Detect when a concern is scattered across many places in a project (config keys, enums, translations, feature flags, API endpoints, doc references) and auto-generate a project-local checklist so that same concern is never partially updated again. Use whenever you add or change something that also exists in several other spots, or when you edit something that already has a checklist. Runs fully autonomously with no user effort, including inside subagents.

The credo work-item model, where the FOLDER an item file lives in is the single source of truth for its status, gated by a hard Definition of Done. Use whenever you create, update, or track a work item; whenever you decide whether something is "done" and may move to 2_done/; whenever you move an item between status folders (clarify, go, done, archived, parked); whenever new code might be unwired; or when someone asks where a task stands. This is the credo task system: .credo/items/ replaces ad-hoc task lists. Applies inside subagents too - if you build or complete work, record and gate it as an item.

Use when the user wants to thoroughly investigate, vet, review, or security-scan a pull request before deciding how to handle it - especially PRs from external or unknown contributors. Runs a parallel multi-agent investigation (technical, security, value/fit, contributor reputation) and merges the findings into one decision-ready report. Works for any repo and any PR; produces no sensitive or personal data.

Capture a user requirement, decision, approval, or constraint word-for-word into an append-only dated log so it survives context compaction and can never be trimmed, softened, or reinterpreted. Use whenever the user states or approves a requirement, gives a GO, sets a constraint, or makes any decision that later work must honor - and also inside subagents, which must log requirements they receive before acting on them. Use before any compaction to secure verbatim intent to disk.

The credo behavior for a session running in ACTIVE mode - intensive live collaboration with the user present at the keyboard. Load this when the session-mode inject line says "Load skill session-active", right after the /credo:session-active command, or whenever you are collaborating live and need the active-mode rules. Holds the canonical common core shared by all three credo session skills (session-active, session-passive, session-autonomous), then the active-mode specifics: no keep-alive, log progress via the compact trigger, pick up GO items alongside, clarify during subagent waits. One mode is active at a time.

The credo behavior for a session running in PASSIVE mode - you carry most of the work alongside and the user is available only for clarifications, with no keep-alive. Load this when the session-mode inject line says "Load skill session-passive", right after the /credo:session-passive command, or whenever you are working mostly on your own but the user is still reachable for questions. Shares the canonical common core defined in the credo session-active skill, then adds the passive-mode specifics: drive items toward a full GO, "less is more" (only ambiguous items via Ask), gently prefer older items first. One mode is active at a time.

Reach and act on Windows-side services, processes, launchers, and logs when the agent runs inside WSL. Use whenever a service seems unreachable from WSL (a localhost curl fails), when you need to start/stop or inspect a Windows-side process or .ps1 launcher, read Windows logs, hibernate the machine, or when the repo ships both a .sh and a .ps1 entry point. Self-detecting: if this is not WSL or the target is not Windows-side, it is a no-op. Applies inside subagents too. Never conclude "unreachable" or "can't test this" from WSL without first trying both the Windows LAN-IP and powershell.exe.