Features & Capabilities

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Features & Capabilities

Explore the full feature set of GSD Skill Creator, from the concise Feature Reference that lists every capability with its status, to the decision guide for choosing between Skills, Agents, and Teams, to the Skill Format Guide that defines the YAML schema and activation rules for custom skills.

Feature Reference

The complete capability list covering all 139 features across 14 domains, with descriptions, version numbers, and current status. The authoritative reference for evaluating what GSD Skill Creator can do.

Skills vs Agents vs Teams

A practical guide to the three abstraction levels: when to use a lightweight Skill, when to escalate to an Agent, and when multi-agent Team coordination is the right approach — with composition rules and real-world examples.

Skill Format Guide

The complete YAML schema for custom skills: required and optional metadata fields, activation rule syntax, trigger conditions, priority weights, and the validation rules that gated skill loading enforces.

Feature Domain Guides

Detailed walkthrough guides for every feature domain in GSD Skill Creator. Each guide covers how the system works, practical usage examples, and audience-specific callouts for students, professionals, and system administrators.

Core Systems

Core Skill Management Guide

Create, store, index, validate, and resolve conflicts between skills — the foundation layer that every other feature builds on. Covers SkillStore, SkillIndex, 15 validators, and ConflictDetector.

Learning & Refinement Guide

How skill-creator learns from your corrections — feedback capture, bounded refinement with safety guardrails (3+ corrections, 7-day cooldown, 20% max change), drift detection, and contradiction analysis.

Safety & Security Guide

All 7 safety features: GenerationSafety, PathSafety, YAMLSafety, JSONLSafety, AuditLogger, FileLock, and OperationCooldown. Defense-in-depth for a self-modifying system.

Pipeline & Observation

Observation & Detection Guide

Session observation, pattern analysis via streaming frequency detection, and automatic skill generation from recurring workflows. Covers SessionObserver, PatternAnalyzer, and the discover CLI.

Activation Pipeline Guide

The 6-stage pipeline that loads skills at runtime: Score, Resolve, ModelFilter, CacheOrder, Budget, Load. Includes token budgeting, model profiles, and skill inheritance.

Pattern Discovery

Advanced pattern recognition that scans Claude Code session history to find recurring interaction patterns and generate draft skills. Covers DBSCAN clustering, incremental scanning, and noise filtering.

Composition & Teams

Agent Generation

How skills compose into agents when they co-activate 5+ times over 7+ days. Covers the composition workflow, safety validation, model selection, and the official Claude Code agent format.

Agent Teams

Coordinate multiple Claude Code agents on complex tasks. Five topology patterns (leader-worker, pipeline, swarm, router, map-reduce), GSD workflow templates, and calibration threshold optimization.

Integration & Environment

GSD Integration Guide

How GSD and skill-creator connect: 5-stage intent classification, phase skill loading, reference injection, and the 6-page planning docs dashboard.

Desktop Environment Guide

The GSD-OS retro desktop experience: WebGL CRT engine, Amiga-inspired window manager, calibration wizard, desktop shell, and Tauri IPC integration.

Specialized & Educational

Specialized Systems Overview

High-level overview of 6 specialist systems: Electronics Education, Brainstorm Sessions, Vision-to-Mission, MCP Integration, OpenStack Cloud, and Chipset Architecture.

CLI Commands Guide

Complete command reference for every skill-creator CLI command, organized by category with full usage examples, flags, and expected output.

Educational Packs Development Guide

Complete walkthrough for creating knowledge packs, structuring curriculum, designing assessments, and integrating educational content with GSD phases. Primary audience: teachers and curriculum designers.

Explore by Domain

GSD Skill Creator's 139 capabilities are organized across 14 domains — from Core Learning and Agent Orchestration to Specialist Systems and Infrastructure. The Capability Index provides a dual-entry index: browse all 139 capabilities by domain, or trace the full version history from v1.0 through v1.33.

Best for: Professionals evaluating capabilities, developers planning integrations