Paul Irish

How to effectively use QMD (Quick Markdown Search) to pull in extra relevant context, run multi-query searches, extract high-scoring chunk IDs, and fetch their contents. Use this skill when asked to search across a large markdown knowledge base, run QMD queries, or retrieve deep context using the qmd CLI.

Paul's modern stack conventions for new projects (pnpm, native node test, esbuild, buildless-types). Consult when starting a new project or repository.

Set up or debug npm Trusted Publishing (OIDC) from GitHub Actions. Handles permissions, metadata validation, and provenance.

Specialized knowledge for writing modern high-quality CSS. Trigger this skill when starting a new CSS project/file, when the user asks about new CSS features (e.g. Masonry, View Transitions, Container Queries, Scroll-driven animations), or requests refactoring of legacy styles to modern standards.

Define, review, and audit a project's domain vocabulary across code and documentation. Use when creating or editing a lexicon, glossary, or term list; auditing against a lexicon for drift, invented vocabulary, and deprecated terms; critiquing project vernacular; reconciling conceptual models; or planning naming refactors.

Set up hot-reloading for chrome extensions. Provides a zero-dependency solution for automatic extension refreshing during development.

Investigating memory issues and leaks in Chromium-based environments (Chrome, Node.js, Electron) using heap snapshots and the @paulirish/agents CLI.

Run a Google Search and capture the AI response/Overview.

Easily query for open discussions and reviews on a pull request to help resolve them.

Fetch a URL using Playwright and convert its content to Markdown.

Extract distilled page content as Markdown using Chromium's on-device ML page content annotation.

Use when the user asks to "set up types without a build step", "use vanilla JS with types", "configure erasable syntax", or mentions "JSDoc type checking". It provides instructions for modern type safety using JSDoc in browsers and native TypeScript execution in Node.js.