dev conductor

Software tasks often stall when the complexity is high and the right tools are not sequenced correctly. You end up with fragmented PRs or technical debt because a small fix touched a sensitive auth layer without the proper checks.

What it does

• Task sizing categorizes work into Tiers to apply the correct amount of process and safety overhead.
• Specialist routing maps specific task phases like debugging, design, or schema changes to the most appropriate installed skills.
• Stack detection identifies the frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers to ensure domain-specific rules are applied.
• Safety gating enforces strict rules around destructive commands, PII, and credential handling based on project-level configurations.

How it works

1. Fact-finding starts with running stack detection and routing scripts to identify available tools and repository constraints.
2. Tier assessment analyzes signals like schema changes or payment logic to determine if the task is Standard or Heavy.
3. Domain mapping loads specific procedures for frontend, backend, or security-sensitive areas based on what the code touches.
4. Execution routing hands off specific phases to specialist skills while maintaining the overall lifecycle and safety gates.

Frameworks & tools

This skill uses Python scripts for environment detection and is designed to coordinate specialized agents across React, Next.js, Node.js, Prisma, and cloud infrastructure.

Why this beats prompting it yourself

Manual prompting often misses cross-domain side effects or skips critical verification steps when tasks get complex. This skill automates the decision of when to be cautious, ensuring migrations and security changes get tier-3 oversight while simple fixes stay fast.

Use cases

• Orchestrating a feature that requires both a database migration and a UI update.
• Routing a complex bug fix through specialized debugger and reviewer skills.
• Enforcing safety gates during sensitive refactors involving auth or PII.
• Managing multi-session project roadmaps using structured planning directories.

Known limitations

Requires Python 3.9+ for stack detection scripts. Does not automate the installation of missing specialist skills, as this requires manual user approval.