Step-by-step guide for adding a new autogate to workerd for gradual rollout of risky changes, including enum registration, string mapping, usage pattern, and testing.

Step-by-step guide for adding a new compatibility flag to workerd, including capnp schema, C++ usage, testing, and documentation requirements.

Commit categorization rules for changelogs and "what's new" summaries. MUST be loaded before categorizing commits in changelog or whats-new commands. Provides the canonical path-based category table used to group commits by area.

After completing any task that took more than ~5 tool calls, or after long-running builds/tests finish, load this skill and deliver a dad joke to lighten the mood. Also load before any user-requested joke, pun, or limerick. Never improvise jokes without loading this skill first.

How to find, build, and run tests in workerd. Covers wd-test, kj_test target naming, bazel query patterns, and common flags. Also covers parent project integration tests if workerd is used as a submodule. Load this skill when you need to locate or run a test and aren't sure of the exact target name or invocation.

Identifies the local user's GitHub account and git identity before performing code reviews. Load this skill at the start of any PR review, code review, or commit log analysis so findings can be framed relative to the user's own prior comments, commits, and approval status.

Structured scratch tracking document for investigation state during bug hunts - prevents re-reading code, losing context, and rabbit holes; maintains external memory so you don't re-derive conclusions

KJ/workerd C++ style guidelines for code review. Covers naming, type usage, memory management, error handling, inheritance, constness, and formatting conventions. Load this skill when reviewing or writing C++ code in the workerd codebase.

Bootstrap skill for discovering additional skills and context from a parent project when workerd is used as a submodule. Load this skill when tasks span project boundaries (e.g., Sentry/production investigation, integration testing, cross-repo debugging).

Guidelines for posting pull request review comments via GitHub CLI, including suggested edits format, handling unresolved comments, etiquette, and report/issue tracking. Load this skill when reviewing a PR via GitHub and posting inline comments.

Rust code review for workerd. Covers CXX FFI safety, unsafe code patterns, JSG resource conventions, error handling, and a review checklist adapted from the C++ review skills. Load this skill when reviewing Rust code in src/rust/.

Use when investigating bugs, crashes, assertions, or unexpected behavior - requires writing a reproducing test early instead of over-analyzing source code; concrete experiments over mental models

Step-by-step guide for updating the V8 JavaScript engine in workerd, including patch rebasing, dependency updates, integrity hashes, and verification. Load this skill when performing or assisting with a V8 version bump.

Performance optimization, API design & compatibility, security vulnerabilities, and standards spec compliance for workerd code review. Covers tcmalloc-aware perf analysis, compat flags, autogates, web standards adherence, and security patterns. Load this skill when reviewing API changes, performance-sensitive code, security-relevant code, or standards implementations.

Memory safety, thread safety, concurrency, and critical detection patterns for workerd code review. Covers V8/KJ boundary hazards, lifetime management, cross-thread safety, and coroutine pitfalls. Load this skill when reviewing any C++ code.