DeepSeek Harness Plugin

Meteor-system/mattpocock-skills-for-dsh

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A DeepSeek Harness bundle of the 25 promoted mattpocock/skills with a native agent preset, an invocation-aware skill provider, and a light grilling-to-implement bootstrap.

Install

# from GitHub (first run asks for allowBuilds approval — follow the hint, retry)

dsh plugin --profile web add github:Meteor-system/mattpocock-skills-for-dsh

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README

A portable DeepSeek Harness (DSH) adaptation of mattpocock/skills: grilling, spec/ticket flows, TDD, and review, shipped as an installable bundle plus a standalone agent preset.

This is not Superpowers. There is no "load a skill before every reply" bootstrap.

中文: README.md

What is included

  • The 25 promoted skills vendored from mattpocock/skills 1.2.3 (skills/engineering, skills/productivity).
  • A host-layer Cordis skill provider that registers them into the global skill layer. The 11 model-invoked skills show up in any preset's catalog; the 14 disable-model-invocation skills exist only for the human /name entry point.
  • A copyable Matt Pocock Skills agent preset with a light bootstrap covering invocation rules and DSH tool names.

Installation

1. Install the bundle

npx @deepseek-ai/dsh plugin --profile web add github:Meteor-system/mattpocock-skills-for-dsh

Or from a local clone:

git clone https://github.com/Meteor-system/mattpocock-skills-for-dsh.git
npx @deepseek-ai/dsh plugin --profile web add C:\path\to\mattpocock-skills-for-dsh

2. Install the preset template

From this repository:

node scripts/install-preset.mjs

Destination: %USERPROFILE%\.dsh\.agent-presets\mattpocock-skills. Pass --force to back up an existing copy.

3. Restart and start a fresh session

The bundle mounts at profile startup. Restart DSH, refresh the page, and pick Matt Pocock Skills in a new session. Existing sessions keep their original preset generation.

Run /setup-matt-pocock-skills once per repo (issue tracker, triage labels, CONTEXT.md layout).

How to use it

Skills split on one axis: who can start them.

Kind How it starts In the model catalog?
User-invoked You type /skill-name No. DSH injects the full body from the slash
Model-invoked You type /name, or the model loads it with the skill tool Yes

A user-invoked skill may call a model-invoked skill. Nothing may start another user-invoked skill. If setup is missing, the model tells you to type /setup-matt-pocock-skills.

Main path: idea → ship

In a repo with a working directory:

  1. /grill-with-docs interviews you and writes/updates CONTEXT.md and ADRs.
  2. If a design question needs a runnable answer: /handoff out, /prototype in a fresh session, handoff back.
  3. Fits in one session → /implement. Too big → /to-spec, then /to-tickets, then one /implement per ticket in a fresh session.
  4. /implement drives tdd, finishes with code-review, then commits.

Unsure which flow? /ask-matt.

No working directory? /grill-me (same interview, no docs). If a repo is there, always prefer /grill-with-docs.

Other on-ramps

Situation Start here
Incoming bugs/requests on the tracker /triage
Hard, slow, or intermittent failure describe it; the model should load diagnosing-bugs
Too large for one session (greenfield or huge feature) /wayfinder, then /to-spec when the map is clear
Spare time, make the codebase deeper for agents /improve-codebase-architecture
The last message did not land /wait-what
New directory, new harness, or a colleague /handoff
The missing answer lives in someone else's head /to-questionnaire
Only a human can click the dashboard / secrets / cutover the model should load wizard

All 25 skills

Engineering · user-invoked

Slash What it does When to use it
/ask-matt Router over the flows in this preset You do not know which skill to start
/setup-matt-pocock-skills Configure this repo's issue tracker, triage labels, and domain-doc layout Once per repo, before other engineering skills
/grill-with-docs Relentless interview that also writes CONTEXT.md and ADRs You have a repo and need alignment
/to-spec Turn what you already discussed into a spec on the tracker; no new interview After grilling or wayfinder, before build
/to-tickets Split a plan/spec into tracer-bullet tickets with blocking edges Spec exists; you need slices you can queue
/implement Build from a spec or tickets; drives TDD, then code-review, then commit The work is already written down
/triage Move incoming issues/PRs through triage roles into agent-ready briefs Work you did not create (not /to-tickets output)
/wayfinder Map huge work as decision tickets on the tracker and resolve them one by one One session cannot see the destination; output is decisions, not code
/improve-codebase-architecture Scan for deepening opportunities, HTML report, then grill the one you pick Codebase health, not a new feature

Engineering · model-invoked

These appear in DSH available_skills. The model loads them with the skill tool; you can also type /name.

Name What it does When to use it
tdd Red-green loop, one vertical slice at a time Test-first work, "red-green-refactor", integration tests. /implement calls it
code-review Two-axis review since a fixed point: Standards + Spec, parallel sub-agents Review a branch, PR, WIP, or "review since X". /implement closes with it
diagnosing-bugs Build a feedback loop that goes red on this bug, then minimise, hypothesise, instrument, fix, regression-test Hard bugs, performance regressions, flakes
research Background agent reads primary sources and writes a cited Markdown file Docs/API facts while you keep working
prototype Throwaway prototype for one design question (single HTML for logic, toggleable UI variants) You cannot settle it on paper
domain-modeling Sharpen domain language, ADRs, CONTEXT.md Terminology work. /grill-with-docs drives it
codebase-design Deep-module vocabulary: module, interface, depth, seam, adapter Interface design, deepening, testability. Used by tdd and architecture review
resolving-merge-conflicts Resolve an in-progress merge/rebase hunk by hunk by intent; never --abort You are already in a conflict
wizard Generate an interactive bash wizard for steps only a human can take Infra, secrets, unfamiliar dashboards, one-off cutovers. On Windows run the script in Git Bash or WSL

Productivity · user-invoked

Slash What it does When to use it
/grill-me Same interview as /grill-with-docs, no local docs No working directory
/handoff Compact this conversation into a handoff file for another agent New harness, new directory, a colleague, or a mid-phase fork
/teach Teach a concept across sessions in this directory You want to learn and keep a learning record
/to-questionnaire Write a questionnaire for someone else; it grills you about the send, not the subject The blocker is in another person's head
/wait-what Re-pitch the last message in plain language using CONTEXT.md Mid-conversation, the last message did not land

Productivity · model-invoked

Name What it does When to use it
grilling Interview primitive: rounds over the design-tree frontier Engine under /grill-me, /grill-with-docs, /triage, /wayfinder, architecture review. Load it directly only if you want the interview with no wrapper
writing-for-agents Writing docs agents consume: skills, AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md Creating or editing those files

Living next to Superpowers

Sessions do not mix toolsets. Both plugins register their skills globally, so each side's catalog shows the other's model-invoked names. Each bootstrap tells its model to ignore foreign names. The 14 Matt user-invoked skills never enter any model catalog; they answer only the /name entry point.

This preset sets includeDefaultRoots: false, so it does not scan ~/.agents/skills.

Verify

node scripts/verify.mjs

Pinned to mattpocock/skills 1.2.3 / 3cca18b. See UPSTREAM.md.

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