# Org skill tags — controlled vocabulary

Every bundled skill carries 3-5 tags from this list, and only from this list.
Tags feed skill search (a tag hit weighs like a name hit) and `tag:<t>`
selectors in a role's `skill_pool`. Tags are lowercase, hyphenated, singular.

Pick tags in this order: one or two **domain** tags, then the **language /
framework / platform** the skill is specific to (if any), then the
**activity** or **business topic** that best names what the skill is for.
Add a tag only when someone looking for that tag should find the skill.

## Domains

The original coarse tags. Existing `tag:` pools depend on them, so they stay.

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `engineering` | Writing, structuring or reviewing software in general |
| `backend` | Servers, APIs, services, persistence |
| `frontend` | Browser UI, web components, client-side code |
| `mobile` | iOS, Android and cross-platform mobile apps |
| `devops` | Infrastructure, delivery pipelines, runtime operations |
| `data` | Data pipelines, warehouses, analysis-ready data |
| `ai-ml` | Machine learning, LLM applications, model work |
| `security` | Application, infrastructure and organizational security |
| `testing` | Test design, test automation, QA, proving work is done |
| `design` | Visual, interaction and product design |
| `product` | Product management, discovery, roadmaps |
| `marketing` | Demand generation, positioning, campaigns |
| `sales` | Pipeline, deals, prospecting, sales enablement |
| `writing` | Producing prose: copy, docs, reports, comms |
| `research` | Gathering and weighing evidence |
| `science` | Scientific method, academic work |
| `finance` | Money: accounting, modeling, budgets, investment |
| `legal` | Contracts, law, regulatory interpretation |
| `operations` | Running the business or the org day to day |
| `leadership` | Executive advice, org design, coordination of people or agents |
| `support` | Customer support and success |

## Languages

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `typescript` | TypeScript, JavaScript and Node.js |
| `python` | Python |
| `go` | Go |
| `rust` | Rust |
| `java` | Java |
| `kotlin` | Kotlin |
| `swift` | Swift |
| `cpp` | C and C++ |
| `sql` | SQL queries and schema DDL |
| `bash` | Shell scripting |

## Frameworks and platforms

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `react` | React (web) |
| `react-native` | React Native |
| `vue` | Vue |
| `nextjs` | Next.js |
| `django` | Django and Django REST Framework |
| `fastapi` | FastAPI |
| `spring` | Spring and Spring Boot |
| `dotnet` | C#, .NET and ASP.NET |
| `flutter` | Flutter |
| `postgres` | PostgreSQL |
| `kubernetes` | Kubernetes |
| `docker` | Docker and container images |
| `terraform` | Terraform and infrastructure as code |
| `cloud` | AWS, GCP, Azure architecture and cost |
| `stripe` | Stripe and payment integration |
| `mcp` | Model Context Protocol servers and tools |
| `llm` | Building on large language models: prompts, RAG, evals, cost |
| `agents` | Multi-agent systems, agent tooling, agent coordination |
| `embedded` | Firmware, microcontrollers, RTOS |
| `game-dev` | Games, game engines, game content |
| `blockchain` | Solidity, smart contracts, DeFi, chains |
| `monomind` | monomind's own tools and org workflows |

## Engineering activities

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `architecture` | System and software architecture decisions |
| `api` | API design, contracts, API testing |
| `database` | Schema design, queries, migrations, tuning (MySQL, Redis, and others without their own tag) |
| `code-review` | Reviewing code changes or responding to review |
| `debug` | Finding the root cause of a failure |
| `refactor` | Restructuring or modernizing existing code |
| `migrate` | Schema, data, platform or dependency migrations and upgrades |
| `deploy` | Releases, deployment strategy, CI/CD |
| `git` | Branching, commits, worktrees, history |
| `performance` | Profiling, benchmarking, optimization |
| `observability` | Monitoring, logging, metrics, alerting |
| `incident` | Incident response, runbooks, postmortems |
| `reliability` | SLOs, error budgets, resilience, error handling |
| `coding-standards` | Language idioms, style and conventions |
| `documentation` | Technical docs, READMEs, ADRs, changelogs |
| `planning` | Specs, plans, task breakdown, scoping |
| `audit` | Systematic assessment against a checklist or standard |
| `prompting` | Prompt and context engineering |
| `evaluation` | Measuring model or agent quality |

## Design and product topics

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `ux` | User research, flows, usability |
| `ui` | Interface craft: components, layout, polish |
| `accessibility` | WCAG, assistive technology, inclusive design |
| `design-system` | Tokens, component libraries, themes |
| `visualization` | Charts, dashboards, diagrams |
| `analytics` | Tracking, metrics, attribution, reporting |
| `experimentation` | A/B tests, experiment design, statistics for tests |
| `statistics` | Statistical analysis and modeling |
| `strategy` | Business, product or go-to-market strategy |
| `pricing` | Pricing, packaging, monetization |
| `launch` | Product and feature launches |

## Marketing and sales topics

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `seo` | Search and AI-answer-engine visibility |
| `content` | Content strategy and content production |
| `copywriting` | Persuasive copy and copy editing |
| `email` | Email sequences, cold email, lifecycle email |
| `social` | Social media, community, influencers |
| `ads` | Paid acquisition and ad creative |
| `cro` | Conversion rate optimization of pages and flows |
| `growth` | Acquisition loops, referrals, retention, churn |
| `customer-research` | Interviews, feedback synthesis, market research |
| `competitive-analysis` | Competitors, teardowns, comparison pages |
| `communication` | Internal comms, stakeholder updates, PR |
| `fundraising` | Investor materials, board decks, startup finance |

## Business domains

| Tag | For |
|---|---|
| `compliance` | Regulatory and standards compliance and personal-data handling (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, GDPR, HIPAA) |
| `people` | Hiring, HR, culture, team design |
| `supply-chain` | Logistics, procurement, inventory, manufacturing |
| `coordination` | Coordinating agents or roles: topology, consensus, dispatch |