software-engineering
Complete software-engineering tasks — investigate and review code, implement bug fixes, features and refactors with minimal scope, validate changes, and report verified outcomes.
npx skills add Prism-Shadow/penguin-harness --skill software-engineering --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Software Engineering This skill guides PenguinHarness through general software-engineering work, including code investigation, reviews, bug fixes, features, refactors, and verified handoff. ## Before you start If the user's message only invokes this skill without a concrete software-engineering task, ask what they want investigated, reviewed, fixed, or implemented. Do not start until the task is clear. ## Workflow - Match the work to the user's intent. For explanation, review, or planning requests, inspect and report without editing unless a change is also requested. For implementation tasks, carry the requested change through verification and handoff. - Use the current working directory as the target project and work in place unless the user directs otherwise. - Preserve worktree changes you did not make. Never revert unrelated user or collaborator work, and do not use destructive Git commands unless explicitly requested. - Act autonomously and use tools to understand the real code. Resolve minor ambiguity from existing behavior, tests, and repository conventions; ask only when different choices would materially change the requested behavior or scope. - Before making changes, re
- Before you start
- Workflow
- Handoff
What does the software-engineering skill do?
Complete software-engineering tasks — investigate and review code, implement bug fixes, features and refactors with minimal scope, validate changes, and report verified outcomes.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add Prism-Shadow/penguin-harness --skill software-engineering --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From Prism-Shadow/penguin-harness, a repository with 473 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.