gremlin
Gremlin Bootstrap
This is not the canonical Gremlin repo skill.
Gremlin-specific skills should ship with the Gremlin repo unless they are specifically about how Gremlin plugs into the joelclaw system.
Canonical repo-local skill
Load this first for normal Gremlin work:
/Users/joel/Code/badass-courses/gremlin/skills/gremlin/SKILL.md
Then load narrower repo-local skills as needed:
/Users/joel/Code/badass-courses/gremlin/skills/gremlin-package-release/SKILL.md/Users/joel/Code/badass-courses/gremlin/skills/gremlin-project-setup/SKILL.md/Users/joel/Code/badass-courses/gremlin/skills/gremlin-tanstack-start/SKILL.md
Use this joelclaw-side skill only when
- you are outside the Gremlin repo and need to jump into it
- you need to distinguish repo-local Gremlin guidance from joelclaw-specific automation/integration guidance
- you are updating joelclaw prompts, routing, or memory surfaces that refer to Gremlin
Rules
- Prefer the repo-local Gremlin skill for Gremlin truth.
- Do not let joelclaw-owned prompts drift into owning Gremlin repo policy.
- If a Gremlin skill is generally useful to Gremlin contributors, move it into the Gremlin repo instead of expanding this file.
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