# help

Pinpoints your current game development stage and suggests the next action. Useful when you finish a task or do not know what to do next.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 411 installs · ★ 27473
- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/help/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/donchitos-help

## What it does

This skill operates strictly in read-only mode and writes no project files. It inspects configuration values via `yaml-helper.sh`, checks `.claude/docs/workflow-catalog.yaml`, and scans `.claude/skills/` for uncataloged tools. Artifact progress is checked deterministically with a single call to `bash .claude/scripts/artifact-check.sh --phase [current-phase]`.

Current project phases range from Concept and Systems Design to Production and Release. The skill extracts the phase from `project.stage` or infers it from repository artifacts like architecture records or source file counts. When the `minimal` workflow tier is active, it skips ladder progression and prioritizes checkpoints inside `production/session-state/active.md`.

Running this outside the Claude-Code-Game-Studios repository structure will fail because it expects dedicated bash scripts and catalog YAML files. For a deep gap analysis rather than a quick direction check, the author points to `/project-stage-detect`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill help -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/help/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/help/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill help -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/help/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill help -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/help/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios help
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/help/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill help -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/help
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/help/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill help -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/help/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- identify the current game development stage from workspace artifacts
- find the next task when stuck or after finishing a milestone
- verify step completion against catalog requirements using `artifact-check.sh`
- list installed skills that are not part of the phase catalog

## Example prompts
- What should I do next? Finished design-review
- I am stuck on ADRs, what comes next?
- Check our current phase and tell me what artifacts are missing

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: help
description: "What should I do next? Use when stuck or you don't know what to do."
argument-hint: "[optional: what you just finished, e.g. 'finished design-review' or 'stuck on ADRs']"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/help/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *), Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/help/../../scripts/story-status.sh"), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/story-status.sh*), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/artifact-check.sh *), Bash(bash ".claude/scripts/artifact-check.sh" *), Bash(bash ./.claude/scripts/artifact-check.sh *), Bash(git log *)
model: haiku
---

# Studio Help — What Do I Do Next?

This skill is read-only — it reports findings but writes no files.

This skill figures out exactly where you are in the game development pipeline and
tells you what comes next. It is **lightweight** — not a full audit. For a full
gap analysis, use `/project-stage-detect`.

## Live Project State

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys project.stage,workflow`

These are resolved before this skill runs. Use them as-is:

- **`project.stage`** from the config block is the authoritative phase for Step 2
  — it already applies the `project.yaml` → `production/stage.txt` fallback, and
  preserves values containing spaces (`Systems Design`).
- **`workflow`** from the config block is the tier for Steps 2 and 5 — do not re-read it.
- If no config block rendered, shell preprocessing is disabled; fall back to the
  defaults in `.claude/docs/config-resolution.md`.

---

## Step 1: Read the Catalog

Read `.claude/docs/workflow-catalog.yaml`. This is the authoritative list of all
phases, their steps (in order), whether each step is required or optional, and
the artifact globs that indicate completion.

---

## Step 1b: Find Skills Not in the Catalog

After reading the catalog, Glob `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` to get the full list
of installed skills. For each file, extract the `name:` field from its frontmatter.

Compare against the `command:` values in the catalog. Any skill whose name does
not appear as a catalog command is an **uncataloged skill** — still usable but not
part of the phase-gated workflow.

Collect these for the output in Step 7 — show them as a footer block:

```
### Also installed (not in workflow)
- `/skill-name` — [description from SKILL.md frontmatter]
- `/skill-name` — [description]
```

Only show this block if at least one uncataloged skill exists. Limit to the 10
most relevant based on the user's current phase (QA skills in production, team
skills in production/polish, etc.).

---

## Step 2: Determine Current Phase

**First, take `workflow` from the config block above.** If it is `minimal`, the
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