Dancer
Jack Reis's Claude Code skill packs — 5 packs, 26 skills, zero inherited bloat.
Dancer is a curated collection of Claude Code skill packs, written and maintained by Jack Reis. Originally forked from an MIT-licensed upstream, the inherited plugins were removed on 2026-05-16. Dancer now ships only original work.
Plugin Packs
| Pack | Category | Skills | Description |
|---|
autonomous-ai-agents v0.4.0 | ai-agency | 3 + 2 MCP bridges | Fleet coordination: identity, hermes-bridge, openclaw-bridge |
grill-each-other v1.3.1 | skill-enhancers | 10 | Dialectic claim discipline: grill-me, peer-grill, fleet-ratify, permutation, etc. |
athenaeum v0.2.0 | skill-enhancers | 4 | Streamlined dialectic: design, reconcile, ratify, audit |
leonardo v1.1.0 | ai-agency | 1 | Protected-string decoder with Discord audit |
pocock-engineering v1.0.0 | skill-enhancers | 8 | SDLC skills forked from Matt Pocock's framework |
Skills by Pack
autonomous-ai-agents (3 skills + 2 MCP bridges)
| Skill | What it does |
|---|
agent-identity | Declares who an agent is — name, role, capabilities, boundaries |
hermes-bridge | MCP bridge to Hermes messaging relay |
openclaw-bridge | MCP bridge to OpenClaw dispatch system |
grill-each-other (10 skills)
| Skill | What it does |
|---|
grill-me | Interview the user about a plan until shared understanding |
grill-me-agents | Grill multi-agent designs — roles, handoffs, failure modes |
grill-me-with-agents | Code-aware variant that cross-references existing agent definitions |
grill-with-docs | Grill against domain model and documented decisions |
peer-grill | Two agents interrogate each other to converge on shared state |
agent-show-and-tell | Agents write status reports; one reader collates a roundup |
fleet-ratify | Ratify fleet decisions with SHA-256 attestation |
permutation | NxN fleet topology ratification with visual diagrams |
caveman | Ultra-compressed communication mode (75% token reduction) |
find-skills | Discover and install agent skills |
athenaeum (4 skills)
| Skill | What it does |
|---|
design | Propose a design claim for peer review |
reconcile | Resolve conflicting claims into a merged design |
ratify | Sign off on a finalized design with attestation |
audit | 13-branch audit protocol with confidence rules |
leonardo (1 skill)
| Skill | What it does |
|---|
protected-string-decoder | Decode protected strings with Discord audit trail |
pocock-engineering (8 skills)
| Skill | What it does |
|---|
zoom-out | Step back for broader architectural context |
diagnose | Reproduce → minimize → hypothesize → instrument → fix → regression-test |
triage | State-machine issue triage with role-based workflows |
tdd | Test-driven development with red-green-refactor |
to-issues | Break plans into tracer-bullet vertical-slice issues |
to-prd | Turn conversation context into a PRD on the issue tracker |
improve-codebase-architecture | Find refactoring opportunities informed by domain language |
setup-matt-pocock-skills | Bootstrap AGENTS.md with issue tracker, triage labels, domain docs |
Install
# Add the Dancer marketplace
/plugin marketplace add JackReis/dancer
# Install a pack
/plugin install grill-each-other@dancer
/plugin install athenaeum@dancer
Or install individual skills by copying skills/<name>/SKILL.md into your own project.
Architecture
All skills follow the 2025 schema — name + description as the portable minimum, with allowed-tools, version, and package manifests as optional adapter fields.
See AGENTS.md for the full developer guide, schema details, and GitNexus integration.
Fleet Directive
All agents working in this repo follow the Fleet Directive — Durable Evidence (=notes/docs/conventions/fleet-directive.md):
Done = artifact + path + verification + commit + push + caveats.
License
Each pack carries its own LICENSE. Jack-authored packs: MIT. Pocock-derived packs: MIT (original copyright Matt Pocock). See NOTICE for attribution.
Repository: https://github.com/JackReis/dancer
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