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Get Design Done - Help

Role: Print a complete, formatted reference of every {{command_prefix}} command with a one-line description. The list is built from the skill manifest at runtime so it can never drift from the installed skills.

Procedure

1. Read the manifest. Open scripts/lib/manifest/skills.json. Its skills array is the source of truth: one object per skill, each with a name (the command, used as {{command_prefix}}<name>) and a description. Some records also carry user_invocable, disable_model_invocation, composes_with, next_skills, and registered_in_phase - use those only to refine grouping, never to drop a skill.

2. Cover every skill. The output must include every object in skills exactly once. Do not hardcode a command list and do not print a fixed count - the only authority is the manifest you just read. If a skill is in the manifest, it appears in the help; if it is removed from the manifest, it disappears from the help automatically.

3. One-line each. For every skill, emit {{command_prefix}}<name> followed by a single condensed line drawn from its description. Trim each description to its first sentence (cut at the first sentence-ending period) so the table stays scannable. Strip any leading "Stage N of 5" boilerplate into a short Stage N tag where it helps. Never invent a description - if a record has only a terse description, use it verbatim (condensed).

4. Group sensibly. The manifest has no explicit category field, so derive groups from what each skill does and lead with the ones users reach for first. A good order:

   • Pipeline stages (run in order): brief, explore, plan, design, verify - the five-stage spine, in that sequence.
   • Standalone analysis: one-shot audits and deltas (for example style, darkmode, compare, audit, start).
   • Navigation and status: next, help, progress, health, stats, quick, fast.
   • Exploration and ideation: discuss, list-assumptions, sketch, sketch-wrap-up, spike, spike-wrap-up, map, bootstrap-ds.
   • Lifecycle and session: new-project, new-cycle, complete-cycle, pause, resume, continue, do, ship, pr-branch, undo.
   • Everything else: every remaining skill not yet listed, alphabetically. This catch-all is what guarantees completeness - sweep the manifest for any name you have not already printed and place it here.

   Grouping is a presentation aid, not a filter. If you are ever unsure where a skill belongs, fall back to a single alphabetical list of all manifest skills - completeness beats tidy buckets.

5. Render. Use this header and shape (a fenced reference block):

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=== Get Design Done - Command Reference ===

Pipeline stages (run in order):
  brief              <first sentence of brief.description>
  explore            <first sentence of explore.description>
  ...

Standalone analysis:
  ...

(continue for every group, ending with the alphabetical catch-all)

Pad command names to a consistent column so descriptions align. Keep the {{command_prefix}} convention: show the bare name in the table (it is already understood to be a {{command_prefix}} command), and use the full {{command_prefix}}<name> form in any surrounding prose.

Update notice (safe-window surface)

After the command reference, emit the plugin-update banner if one is present:

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[ -f .design/update-available.md ] && cat .design/update-available.md

Written by hooks/update-check.sh; suppressed mid-pipeline and when the latest release is dismissed.

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