---
title: "18 Commands You Can Invoke"
description: "Every /ork:X command skill in OrchestKit -- grouped by category with descriptions and usage examples."
---

## What Are Command Skills?

Command skills are the 18 skills with `user-invocable: true` in their frontmatter. You trigger them by typing `/ork:skill-name` in Claude Code. Each one is a structured workflow that guides Claude through a multi-step process, often spawning parallel agents and pulling in reference skills automatically.

Command skills differ from reference skills in three ways:

1. **You invoke them explicitly** with the `/ork:` prefix.
2. **They define workflows**, not just knowledge -- step-by-step processes with decision points.
3. **They compose other skills** via the `skills:` frontmatter field, pulling in reference skills as needed.

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## Implementation and Development

These commands handle the core development cycle: building features, fixing bugs, and managing code quality.

| Command | Description | Complexity | Example |
|---------|-------------|------------|---------|
| `/ork:implement` | Full-power feature implementation with parallel subagents. Asks for scope (full-stack, backend-only, frontend-only, quick prototype) and constraints before starting. | medium | `/ork:implement user authentication` |
| `/ork:fix-issue` | Systematic GitHub issue resolution with hypothesis-based root cause analysis, similar issue detection, and prevention recommendations. | medium | `/ork:fix-issue 123` |
| `/ork:verify` | Comprehensive verification with parallel test agents. Validates implementations across unit tests, integration tests, security, and type safety. | low | `/ork:verify` |
| `/ork:explore` | Deep codebase exploration with parallel agents. Maps architecture, discovers patterns, generates ASCII diagrams, and produces health assessments. | low | `/ork:explore` |
| `/ork:brainstorm` | Design exploration with parallel agents. Generates ideas, compares alternatives, and produces structured recommendations. | medium | `/ork:brainstorm real-time notifications` |
| `/ork:assess` | Rates quality 0-10 with structured pros/cons analysis. Works on code, designs, approaches, or any artifact. | low | `/ork:assess this API design` |
| `/ork:write-prd` | Product Requirements Documents with structured 8-section templates, user stories, acceptance criteria, and value proposition validation. | medium | `/ork:write-prd payments feature` |

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## Git and GitHub

Commands for version control and pull request workflows.

| Command | Description | Complexity | Example |
|---------|-------------|------------|---------|
| `/ork:commit` | Creates commits with conventional format and validation. Analyzes staged changes, generates a message, and runs pre-commit checks. | low | `/ork:commit` |
| `/ork:create-pr` | Creates GitHub pull requests with validation. Runs security scanning, code review, and type checking before opening the PR. | low | `/ork:create-pr` |
| `/ork:review-pr` | PR review with parallel specialized agents. Checks security, test coverage, type safety, and code quality simultaneously. | medium | `/ork:review-pr 456` |

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## Memory and Knowledge

Commands for storing and retrieving decisions, patterns, and context across sessions.

| Command | Description | Complexity | Example |
|---------|-------------|------------|---------|
| `/ork:remember` | Stores decisions and patterns in the knowledge graph. Supports `--success`, `--failed`, and `--agent` flags for categorization. | low | `/ork:remember --success cursor pagination scales well` |
| `/ork:memory` | Read-side memory operations: search, load, sync, history, and visualization. Subcommands: `search`, `load`, `sync`, `history`, `viz`, `status`. | low | `/ork:memory search "pagination"` |

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## Plugin Management

Commands for managing OrchestKit itself -- health checks, configuration, and help.

| Command | Description | Complexity | Example |
|---------|-------------|------------|---------|
| `/ork:doctor` | OrchestKit health diagnostics. Validates permissions, hooks, skills, agents, and memory system status. | low | `/ork:doctor` |
| `/ork:configure` | Configures OrchestKit settings. Interactive wizard for MCP servers, plugin options, and preferences. | low | `/ork:configure` |
| `/ork:help` | OrchestKit skill directory. Lists available skills grouped by category with descriptions. | low | `/ork:help` |
| `/ork:setup` | Personalized onboarding wizard. Detects your stack, configures MCPs, generates a readiness score and improvement plan. | low | `/ork:setup` |

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## Visualization

Commands for visualizing plans and architecture before implementation.

| Command | Description | Complexity | Example |
|---------|-------------|------------|---------|
| `/ork:visualize-plan` | Visualize planned changes before implementation. Compares before/after architecture, assesses risk, and analyzes execution order and impact. | low | `/ork:visualize-plan` |

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## How Command Skills Compose Reference Skills

Every command skill lists reference skills in its frontmatter `skills:` field. When you invoke the command, those reference skills are automatically loaded into context. For example, `/ork:implement` pulls in:

```yaml
skills:
  - api-design
  - react-server-components-framework
  - testing-unit
  - testing-e2e
  - testing-integration
  - testing-llm
  - testing-perf
  - explore
  - verify
  - memory
```

This means you do not need to remember which reference skills exist. The command skill knows what knowledge it needs and loads it automatically.

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## Invocation Patterns

### Basic invocation

```
/ork:implement user authentication with OAuth
```

### With GitHub issue reference

```
/ork:fix-issue 123
```

### With flags (memory commands)

```
/ork:remember --success --category database pgvector handles 10M vectors well
/ork:memory search "caching strategy"
```

### Chaining commands in a session

```
/ork:explore                          # Understand the codebase
/ork:implement search feature         # Build the feature
/ork:verify                           # Validate the implementation
/ork:commit                           # Commit the changes
/ork:create-pr                        # Open a pull request
```

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## What's Next

- [61 Reference Skills](/docs/skills/reference-skills) -- The knowledge library that command skills pull from.
- [Composing Skills Into Workflows](/docs/skills/skill-composition) -- How these commands orchestrate agents and skills together.
- [How Skills Work](/docs/skills/overview) -- The fundamentals of the skill system.
