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discover-build-systems

This skill acts as a gateway to automatically load build system expertise when Claude detects related tasks. It provides access to 8 specific build tools skills like CMake, Gradle, and Bazel through a progressive loading system. The skill auto-activates based on context and directs users to detailed documentation.

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This page reorganizes the original catalog entry around fit, installability, and workflow context first. The original raw source lives below.

Stars
81
Hot score
93
Updated
March 20, 2026
Overall rating
A7.3
Composite score
5.7
Best-practice grade
N/A

Install command

npx @skill-hub/cli install rand-cc-polymath-discover-build-systems
build-systemsautomationdeveloper-toolsworkflowcli

Repository

rand/cc-polymath

Skill path: skills/discover-build-systems

This skill acts as a gateway to automatically load build system expertise when Claude detects related tasks. It provides access to 8 specific build tools skills like CMake, Gradle, and Bazel through a progressive loading system. The skill auto-activates based on context and directs users to detailed documentation.

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Best for

Primary workflow: Ship Full Stack.

Technical facets: Full Stack.

Target audience: Developers working with multiple build systems who need quick access to specialized knowledge for tools like Make, CMake, Gradle, Maven, and Bazel.

License: Unknown.

Original source

Catalog source: SkillHub Club.

Repository owner: rand.

This is still a mirrored public skill entry. Review the repository before installing into production workflows.

What it helps with

  • Install discover-build-systems into Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, or OpenCode workflows
  • Review https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath before adding discover-build-systems to shared team environments
  • Use discover-build-systems for development workflows

Works across

Claude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCode

Favorites: 0.

Sub-skills: 0.

Aggregator: No.

Original source / Raw SKILL.md

---
name: discover-build-systems
description: Automatically discover build system skills when working with build systems. Activates for build-systems development tasks.
---

# Build Systems Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive build-systems skills.

## When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- build systems
- Make
- CMake
- Gradle
- Maven
- Bazel
- compilation
- incremental builds

## Available Skills

### Quick Reference

The Build-Systems category contains 8 skills:

1. **bazel-monorepos**
2. **build-optimization**
3. **build-system-selection**
4. **cmake-patterns**
5. **cross-platform-builds**
6. **gradle-jvm-builds**
7. **make-fundamentals**
8. **maven-configuration**

### Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

```bash
cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/INDEX.md
```

This loads the full Build-Systems category index with:
- Detailed skill descriptions
- Usage triggers for each skill
- Common workflow combinations
- Cross-references to related skills

### Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

```bash
cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/bazel-monorepos.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/build-optimization.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/build-system-selection.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/cmake-patterns.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/cross-platform-builds.md
```

## Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:
- **Level 1**: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
- **Level 2**: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
- **Level 3**: Load specific skills as needed

## Usage Instructions

1. **Auto-activation**: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects build-systems work
2. **Browse skills**: Run `cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/INDEX.md` for full category overview
3. **Load specific skills**: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

---

**Next Steps**: Run `cat ~/.claude/skills/build-systems/INDEX.md` to see full category details.
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