Skills reference

Every skill, and what it’s for

All 88 skills available to an NSLS builder, grouped by what you’d reach for them to do. You don’t need to learn these — skim the group that matches your work. And you can always just describe what you want instead of naming a command.

88 skills 23 starred — the ones the team actually reaches for most No technical skills needed

Setting up and getting unstuck

/setupThe onboarding walkthrough itself — connects your tools and confirms who you are.
/connect*Hook Claude up to a system you have a login for, when a skill says its tools are missing.
/personal-setupInstall the personal productivity skills — the day and week planning set.
/signal-setupSwitch on Signal so the coaching skills can see your notes and goals.
/obsidian-setupCreate an Obsidian notes vault set up the way NSLS builders use it.
/screenpipe-windows-setupThe Windows stand-in for Familiar, which only runs on a Mac.
/unblockFixes the trap where every single edit asks you for permission.
/reset-dayWipes today's plan so you can start the morning over.

Your day, week and year

/open-day*Pulls your calendar and tasks into a morning plan with focus blocks.
/close-day*Writes up what you actually got done and files it in your daily note.
/open-week*Set your week's priorities on Monday.
/close-week*Rolls the whole week up on Friday.
/harvest-meeting*Turn a recorded meeting into decisions and next steps you can act on.
/role-coach*Coaching against the role you have and the role you're growing into.
/quarter-setSet personal goals for the quarter, tied to what you actually want to change.
/self-insightA personal operating memo built from your calendar, meetings and notes.
/learnSet a learning goal and get a path through it you can actually follow.
/logWrite what a work session achieved into your project notes.
/familiarRecall what you were working on — reconstruct a day you've half forgotten.
/meet-withFind a time that genuinely works for you and up to three colleagues.

Documents and decks

/gws*Read and edit Google Docs, Sheets and Slides straight from the chat.
/gdoc-build*Build a new branded NSLS Google Doc, with real headings and tables.
/gdoc-edit*Change an existing Google Doc in place instead of making another version.
/google-drive*Upload, share, search and organise files in Drive.
/nsls-slides*Build an on-brand NSLS deck and send it straight to Google Drive.
/frontend-slidesAn animated web presentation, from scratch or from an existing PowerPoint.
/google-slides-apiEdit an existing Google Slides deck — add slides, tables and text.
/instructional-designTurn any how-to document into a designed, easy-to-follow guide. This page was made with it.
/artifact-design*Design guidance for building a polished shareable page. (ships with Claude, not the toolkit)
/kb-articleWrite or update an article in the internal Knowledge Base.
/kb-ownersSee who owns which Knowledge Base pages, and fix links after someone's name changes.
/help-centerRun the member-facing help portal — what's popular, what's retired, what's searchable.

Thinking things through

/brainstorm*Brain-dump a messy problem and get it organised before you plan it.
/brainstorming*Explores what you actually want before any building starts. (ships with Claude, not the toolkit)
/interrogatePushes on an idea until the scope, the audience and the risks are actually clear.
/planStructure a plan grounded in what NSLS already knows, not from a blank page.
/reviewCheck a plan for strategic fit and whether every number holds up, before you share it.
/full-shapeFor when you can feel the shape of something but can't put it into words yet.
/compoundSave what a session taught you somewhere future-you will actually find it.
/skill-creationTurn a process you just worked out into a skill anyone can re-run.
/product-designA sanity check on whether the thing you're building is the right thing.
/nsls-focus-groupRun a simulated focus group before you put something in front of real people.
/ux-auditA structured critique of a page, screenshot or Figma frame.
/investigation*When you need the ground truth rather than a plausible guess.
/web-research*Researched answers from across the web, with the sources shown.

Data and systems

/slack*Search team conversations and find who said what, without leaving Claude.
/hubspot*Look up a member, a chapter or a school in the NSLS CRM.
/data-intelAsk a plain-English question across every connected NSLS system at once.
/airtable*Find the right Airtable base out of two dozen, then query it.
/posthogProduct analytics — funnels, dashboards, who did what and where they dropped off.
/customerioMember records and how an email campaign actually performed.
/n8nBuild and check the automation workflows that run on their own.
/braintrust-evalsTest and compare AI models properly instead of by vibes.
/system-of-recordAnswers “where is this data supposed to live?” across NSLS.
/data-model-discoveryExplore a system you've just connected and map what it knows.

Shipping and infrastructure

/deployment-guideWork out where a thing you've built should actually be hosted.
/netlify-deploy*Put a page on the web with a real link you can send someone.
/add-domainGive it a branded nsls.org address instead of a random one.
/nsls-auth*Add “Sign in with NSLS” to something you're building.
/provision-builderGet another builder set up on the shared NSLS infrastructure.
/register-automationRecord what you've built in the Automation Tracker so the team knows it exists.
/codex-reviewA second opinion from a different AI model on your work.
/macroscopeDeal with the review bot's comments when they block a merge.
/pydoc-pipelineGenerate readable documentation out of Python code.
/announce-updateWrite the release note when you've changed the toolkit for everyone.
/feature-branch-protocol-templateA starting point for writing your own working-discipline skill.

Managing people

/person-intelligence*Prep for a meeting with someone: who they are and where things stand.
/scorecard-builderDraft or revise a performance ScoreCard for someone who reports to you.
/signal-reviewReview your reports' wins and friction before your Monday.
/job-function-auditInventory everything a role really does — useful when making the case for a hire.
/receiptsFind the Ramp transactions missing receipts and file them for you.

Strategy Studio — business bets

/bet-studioThe front door: what bets are running and where each one stands.
/bet-ideaTurn a raw business idea into a proper canvas with its risks named.
/bet-researchWork a bet's riskiest assumptions until you have real evidence.
/bet-planThe economics, the risks and how you'd prove it before spending.
/campus-roadshowBuild the stakeholder report for a campus visit from the recorded meeting.
/squad-dashboardYour squad's own numbers on a filterable page you can send upward.

Society learning tracks

/track-studioThe front door for track work — picks the right tool for where yours is.
/track-briefShape a track idea into something someone could actually build.
/track-designTurn the idea into a complete, importable track.
/track-prototypeClick through your track as a working app before it goes live.
/track-publishTake a track live, or find out what shipping it would really take.
/track-optimizeImprove a live track that members are dropping out of.
/academic-outcomesThe formal outcomes summary a university or accreditor will recognise.
/prompt-packHand a track's AI prompts to developers in a form they can implement.
/value-momentGive members something personal back from data they already gave you.

Email campaigns

/llm-email-workflowBuild and run personalised email campaigns written by AI.
/society-invite-llm-email-promptWrite the prompt behind Society invitation emails.

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