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Prompt-first procedure: Describe the outcome you want in your agent conversation. The agent should select and load the appropriate AIWG assets, explain material changes, request any needed approval, and report verification evidence. Exact commands and flags appear only in the CLI reference.
Maps non-obvious natural language requests to AIWG skills, commands, rules, and workflows. Used by the NL router and by agents interpreting user intent.
Design principle: Claude Code natively matches primary phrases against skill `description:` fields. This document focuses on alternate expressions, domain jargon, abbreviations, and compound intents that Claude would not automatically resolve.
SDLC Domain Terminology
| User Says | Meaning | Maps To |
|---|
| "LO" / "LOM" | Lifecycle Objective — Inception exit gate | `flow-gate-check inception` |
| "LA" / "ABM" | Lifecycle Architecture / Architecture Baseline Milestone | `flow-gate-check elaboration` |
| "IOC" | Initial Operational Capability — Construction exit gate | `flow-gate-check construction` |
| "PRM" | Product Release Milestone — Transition exit gate | `flow-gate-check transition` |
| "SAD" | Software Architecture Document | `orchestrate-project` / Architecture Designer agent |
| "ADR" | Architecture Decision Record | `tot-decide` |
| "RTM" | Requirements Traceability Matrix | `traceability-check` |
| "DOD" | Definition of Done — gate criteria | `gate-evaluation` |
| "NFR" | Non-Functional Requirement | Requirements Analyst agent |
| "RAG status" / "RED/AMBER/GREEN" | Risk dashboard summary | `risk-cycle` |
| "V&V matrix" | Verification & Validation coverage | `traceability-check` |
| "RACI for [X]" | Responsibility assignment | `approval-workflow` |
Operations & Incident Shorthand
| User Says | Meaning | Maps To |
|---|
| "P0" / "P1" / "SEV1" / "SEV2" | Severity-based incident triage | `flow-incident-response` |
| "we got paged" | Production incident response | `incident-triage` |
| "war room" | Incident coordination setup | `flow-incident-response` |
| "postmortem [incident]" | Post-incident review | `flow-retrospective-cycle` |
| "ship it" | Deploy to production | `flow-deploy-to-production` |
| "burn it down" | Rollback workspace to clean state | `workspace-reset` |
| "clean the bench" | Purge working directory | `workspace-prune-working` |
| "mc start" / "mc dispatch" / "mc status" | Mission Control operations | `mission-control` |
| "background this" | Dispatch as background mission | `mission-control` |
Security & Forensics Jargon
| User Says | Meaning | Maps To |
|---|
| "STRIDE [component]" | Threat model using STRIDE framework | `security-assessment` |
| "OWASP check" | OWASP Top 10 validation | `security-assessment` |
| "SAST" / "DAST" | Static/dynamic application security testing | `security-assessment` |
| "CVE scan" | Known vulnerability enumeration | `security-assessment` |
| "IOCs" / "indicators" | Indicator of compromise extraction | `ioc-extraction` |
| "STIX" / "STIX 2.1" | Structured threat intelligence output | `ioc-extraction` |
| "ATT&CK [technique]" / "MITRE [TID]" | Technique-specific threat hunt | `sigma-hunting` |
| "T1059" / "T1053" (etc.) | ATT&CK technique ID lookups | `sigma-hunting` |
| "vol3" / "volatility" | Volatility 3 memory analysis | `memory-forensics` |
| "LSASS" | Credential extraction analysis | `memory-forensics` |
| "chain of custody" | Forensic evidence handling | `evidence-preservation` |
| "bag and tag" | Evidence collection shorthand | `evidence-preservation` |
| "SBOM" | Software bill of materials analysis | `supply-chain-forensics` |
| "Falco" / "Tetragon" / "Tracee" | eBPF runtime monitoring tools | `container-forensics` |
| "CloudTrail" / "Activity Log" | Cloud provider audit log analysis | `cloud-forensics` |
Testing & Quality Jargon
| User Says | Meaning | Maps To |
|---|
| "stryker" / "pitest" / "mutmut" | Tool-specific mutation testing | `mutation-test` |
| "are my tests catching bugs" | Test effectiveness check | `mutation-test` |
| "intermittent failures" / "CI keeps failing randomly" | Flaky test identification | `flaky-detect` |
| "red-green-refactor" | TDD cycle enforcement | `tdd-enforce` |
| "test first" | TDD mode activation | `tdd-enforce` |
| "orphan tests" | Tests without matching source | `test-sync` |
| "coverage holes" / "what's not tested" | Coverage gap analysis | `test-coverage` |
| "lcov" / "istanbul" / "c8" | Coverage tool-specific queries | `test-coverage` |
| "MCP tool testing" | Tool-level acceptance tests | `uat-mode` |
| "fixtures for [model]" / "faker data" | Test data factory generation | `generate-factory` |
Writing & Voice Domain
| User Says | Meaning | Maps To |
|---|
| "sounds robotic" / "too AI-ish" / "sounds like ChatGPT" | AI pattern detection | `ai-pattern-detection` |
| "humanize this" | AI pattern remediation | `ai-pattern-detection` |
| "AI smell test" | Quick authenticity check | `ai-pattern-detection` |
| "make me sound like [reference]" | Reference-based voice creation | `voice-create` |
| "voice fingerprint" | Voice profile extraction from text | `voice-analyze` |
| "rewrite in [voice name]" | Voice transformation | `voice-apply` |
| "70/30 [voice A]/[voice B]" | Ratio-based voice blending | `voice-blend` |
| "SOUL.md" / "project identity" | Project soul/identity definition | `soul-create` |
| "soul score" | Soul quality metrics | `soul-validate` |
| "mode collapse" | RLHF pattern mitigation | `diversity-tuning` |
Marketing Domain
| User Says | Meaning | Maps To |
|---|
| "brand police" | Brand guideline enforcement | `brand-compliance` |
| "on-brand check" | Brand consistency validation | `brand-compliance` |
| "launch checklist" / "pre-flight check" | Pre-launch validation | `qa-protocol` |
| "battle card" | Competitive comparison document | `competitive-intel` |
| "ICP" | Ideal Customer Profile | `audience-synthesis` |
| "buyer persona" | Audience persona creation | `audience-synthesis` |
| "KPIs" / "MQL" / "SQL" / "CAC" / "LTV" | Marketing metrics shorthand | `performance-digest` |
| "ETL [source] to [dest]" | Data pipeline creation | `data-pipeline` |
Compound Intent (Multi-Skill Routing)
These phrases map to a sequence of skills or a compound workflow:
| User Says | Meaning | Skill Sequence |
|---|
| "zero to construction" | Full Inception + Elaboration pipeline | `sdlc-accelerate` |
| "audit everything" | Security + brand + compliance sweep | `security-assessment` → `brand-compliance` → `flow-compliance-validation` |
| "is this release-ready" | Gate check + test coverage + security | `gate-evaluation` → `test-coverage` → `security-assessment` |
| "full retro" | Retrospective + risk update + learnings | `flow-retrospective-cycle` → `risk-cycle` → `cross-task-learner` |
| "harden the codebase" | Security audit + dependency scan + dead code | `security-audit` → `supply-chain-forensics` → `cleanup-audit` |
| "bootstrap and go" | Project scaffold + SDLC ramp-up | the agent-owned use operation → `sdlc-accelerate` |
Disambiguation (Same Phrase, Different Skill)
These phrases route to different skills depending on context:
| User Says | Context | Maps To |
|---|
| "check coverage" | Testing context | `test-coverage` |
| "check coverage" | Requirements/traceability context | `traceability-check` |
| "what's blocking" | Project status context | `project-awareness` |
| "what's blocking" | Risk management context | `risk-cycle` |
| "validate this" | Configuration files | `config-validator` |
| "validate this" | Marketing asset | `qa-protocol` |
| "validate this" | SOUL.md file | `soul-validate` |
| "review" | Pull request context | `pr-review` |
| "review" | Multi-agent document review | `review-synthesis` |
| "review" | Security context | `security-assessment` |
| "scan" | Security context | `security-assessment` |
| "scan" | Log/forensics context | `log-analysis` |
| "scan" | Codebase health context | `codebase-health` |
| "sync" | Documentation context | `doc-sync` |
| "sync" | AIWG framework context | `aiwg-sync` |
| "sync" | Issue tracker context | `issue-auto-sync` |
Clarification & Recovery Patterns
These activate rules rather than skills:
| User Says | Meaning | Rule Activated |
|---|
| "re-read my instructions" | Instruction reparse | `instruction-comprehension` |
| "that's not what I asked" | Correction + reparse | `instruction-comprehension` |
| "I already told you" | Drift detection | `instruction-comprehension` |
| "don't guess, look it up" | Explicit research demand | `research-before-decision` |
| "investigate before you fix" | Root cause analysis | `research-before-decision` |
| "follow my instructions exactly" | Strict compliance demand | `instruction-comprehension` |
Rule Activation Mapping
When these patterns are detected, the corresponding rules are activated in the agent's context:
| Pattern Category | Rule | Effect |
|---|
| Research keywords detected | `research-before-decision` | Agent must search/read before modifying |
| Clarification/correction keywords | `instruction-comprehension` | Agent must reparse original instructions |
| Code modification without prior search | `research-before-decision` | Agent is reminded to research first |
| User repeats same instruction | `instruction-comprehension` | Drift detection triggered |
| Multiple failed attempts at same action | `research-before-decision` | Whack-a-mole detection triggered |
| AIWG maintenance/sync/deploy keywords | `self-maintenance` | CLI-first principle enforced; pre-flight check reminded |
| Background orchestration keywords | `self-maintenance` | Mission Control pattern activated |
References
- @agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/skills/nl-router/SKILL.md - NL router implementation
- @agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/research-before-decision.md - Research rule
- @agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/instruction-comprehension.md - Instruction rule
- @agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/rules/thought-protocol.md - Thought types
- @.claude/commands/address-issues.md - Issue-driven agent loop command
- @.claude/skills/issue-driven-al/SKILL.md - Issue-driven Al skill
- @agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/rules/self-maintenance.md - Self-maintenance rule
- @agentic/code/agents/aiwg-steward.md - AIWG Steward agent