Entry point for Genie operations — routes bug reports, questions, and operational commands, resumes existing lifecycle state, and orchestrates work that needs durable planning or coordination. Other ordinary requests bypass the lifecycle with a one-line notice unless the user asks for Genie.
SkillScore82Maintained
Automatic
◆Project Management pack
Last verified 8/21/2026
What it changes
Passed 16 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 7 of 19 without it.
Without skill36%
With skill82%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The response rejects loading duplicate genie-work skills.
The response recommends reading state with genie MCP tools.
The response specifies genie_task for retrieving task details.
and 8 more in the full report
10 fixed8 passed either way4 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+45 pp
Tokens
-32%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-60%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/21/2026v418 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 10 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 10
Prompt
I need to check workspace system health and verify whether the .genie workspace directory is present. Which specific diagnostic tool call covers this gap?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The response specifies genie_status as the tool for checking workspace health.
Missed
Passed
case-06 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/21/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md32 linessingle file
Genie Cockpit Pointer
Genie is the execution system and the source of task truth. When a workspace
contains .genie/, treat Genie state — wishes, tasks, boards, worker status —
as canonical over anything scraped from a terminal.
Load the product skills, don't duplicate them
For planning, execution, and review posture, load the first-class product
skills directly: wish, work, and review. This plugin no longer ships
genie-work/genie-review duplicates — the product skills are canonical.
Use MCP for board truth
Read board and task state through the genie MCP tools (genie_board,
genie_wish_status, genie_task) rather than terminal scraping. The native
Hermes surface only adds the gap tools MCP does not cover: genie_status
(doctor plus .genie presence), genie_work_plan (context --plan spawn preview), and
genie_review_plan (wish status plus acceptance criteria).
Never poll panes with tmux capture-pane or sleep loops to infer worker
progress. The structured tools return the same truth with provenance.
Human gates on mutation
Every tool in this plugin is read-only (mutation: "none").
Mutations — genie spawn, a non-plan genie context resolution, genie task done — require explicit human approval before they run, every time.
Report outcome-first
Lead with the outcome, then the key facts, then the exact CLI evidence:
the genie ... argv that produced the data, on one line.
Use when auditing performance in any codebase — cold starts, hot paths, dependency weight, storage query patterns. Assess by default, optimize on request; measure, don't guess, and every number carries the command that produced it.