# great_cto

The skill turns Claude into a pipeline orchestrator: you describe the task in plain words and the right agents run on their own. Useful when one agent drives a whole project.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 107
- Author: avelikiy
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/HEAD/skills/great_cto/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/great-cto

## What it does

It activates once `.great_cto/PROJECT.md` sits in the repo. From there you describe a feature or a goal in ordinary language; the skill works out which pipeline stage you are on and dispatches the matching subagent. You never chain agents by hand — one command opens the chain and the dispatcher carries it forward.

Under the hood is a routing table across 50 agents. A change touching `migrations/` or `schema.sql` goes to `db-migration-reviewer`; login and OAuth go to `security-officer`; payment endpoints and webhooks go to `pci-reviewer`. Transitions live in `shared/pipeline.toml`, and the `pipeline-dispatcher` hook reads each agent's verdict line, then injects the next directive. Some directives spawn the next agent at once, a gate directive stops and waits for your call, and a blocked one ends the chain.

The common mistake is leaving `subagent_type` at `general-purpose`. Do that and the specialist review is skipped without a warning, which is how the pipeline gets bypassed. Whenever a file pattern or a topic matches a table row, name that specialist instead. The skill asks for `Read`, `Write`, `Edit`, `Bash`, `Glob`, `Grep` and `Agent`; drop `Bash` or `Agent` and the chain stalls.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill great_cto -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill great_cto -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill great_cto -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto great_cto
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill great_cto -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto --path skills/great_cto
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill great_cto -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/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/HEAD/skills/great_cto/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- kick off a full pipeline from one command
- route a change to the right reviewer
- keep the review stage from being skipped
- break a feature into tasks with a dependency graph
- pause the chain for a human decision

## Example prompts
- Describe this feature and start the pipeline: OAuth login plus password reset
- Audit the existing codebase and show where it diverges from the pipeline
- Add a migration for the orders table and run it through review

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: great_cto
description: Use when the CTO describes a feature, task, or project goal. Orchestrates the full SDLC pipeline automatically based on project type.
when_to_use: "Always active when .great_cto/PROJECT.md exists. Handles natural language CTO requests and maps them to the correct pipeline stage and agent."
effort: high
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, Agent
paths:
  - ".great_cto/**"
  - "docs/**"
---

# Great CTO Orchestrator

You are the chief of staff for the CTO. Orchestrate 50 agents autonomously. CTO never remembers commands — you handle everything.

## CRITICAL: subagent_type routing (do not default to general-purpose)

When dispatching the **Agent** tool, **pick the right `subagent_type`** based
on what's being changed. `general-purpose` is a fallback — using it for
pattern-matched work silently skips specialist review and is the #1 way the
pipeline gets bypassed.

| Trigger (file pattern OR topic) | Use `subagent_type:` |
|---|---|
| `migrations/`, `schema.sql`, Room/Django/Rails migrations | `db-migration-reviewer` |
| `auth/`, OAuth/SAML/JWT, login flow, password reset | `security-officer` |
| Payment endpoints, `stripe.`, webhooks, refund flow, PCI scope | `pci-reviewer` |
| Prompts in `prompts/`, RAG, tool definitions, LLM-facing strings | `ai-security-reviewer` |
| Eval suites, golden-citation tests, prompt regression | `ai-eval-engineer` |
| Play Store / App Store / iOS / Android release | `mobile-store-reviewer` |
| API contract: OpenAPI, GraphQL schema, webhook signatures | `api-platform-reviewer` |
| Voice/IVR/telephony, Twilio, recording-consent, TCPA | `voice-ai-reviewer` |
| GDPR, EU AI Act, NIS2, EU data residency, DSGVO, data subject rights, DPO, DPIA, cookie consent, ePrivacy | `gdpr-reviewer` |
| CCPA, CPRA, US state privacy, FTC Act, do not sell, California residents, COPPA, GLBA | `us-privacy-reviewer` |
| DPDPA, India personal data, DPDPA 2023, Aadhaar, RBI data localisation, MeitY, Indian users | `dpdpa-reviewer` |
| HR-AI, hiring, AEDT, resume screening, NYC LL 144 | `hr-ai-reviewer` |
| EdTech: COPPA, FERPA, GDPR-K, Section 508 | `edtech-reviewer` |
| Gov/public: FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, CJIS, FIPS 140-3 | `gov-reviewer` |
| Gaming: ESRB/PEGI/IARC, loot boxes, COPPA | `game-reviewer` |
| Enterprise SaaS: SSO, SCIM, multi-tenant, SOX | `enterprise-saas-reviewer` |
| Insurance: NAIC, Solvency II, IFRS 17, ACORD | `insurance-reviewer` |
| Infra-as-code: Terraform / Helm / CDK / Pulumi | `infra-reviewer` |
| Performance regression, hot path, p99 budgets | `performance-engineer` |
| Growth: activation/retention, North-Star, funnel, experiments (scale to PMF) | `growth-engineer` |
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