Get current weather and forecasts with verified location matching (no API key required).

Remote-control tmux sessions for interactive CLIs by sending keystrokes and scraping pane output.

Summarize or extract text/transcripts from URLs, podcasts, and local files (great fallback for “transcribe this YouTube/video”).

Create or update AgentSkills. Use when designing, structuring, or packaging skills with scripts, references, and assets.

Autonomous web research and content extraction. Best for deep dives into topics, news, and technical documentation.

Read and control I2C and SPI peripherals on supported boards (LicheeRV Nano, MaixCAM, NanoKVM).

Interact with GitHub using the `gh` CLI. Use `gh issue`, `gh pr`, `gh run`, and `gh api` for issues, PRs, CI runs, and advanced queries.

Remote control and automation for Android devices. Best for testing apps, monitoring notifications, and performing tasks on old phones.

Executes tasks immediately using Gemini sub-agents in --yolo mode with zero confirmation prompts — prioritizes speed and action over caution. Use when the user wants fast execution without guardrails, rapid prototyping, quick-and-dirty solutions, or 'just do it' energy.

Run VernHole on existing discovery output. Point the council at a consolidation or master plan and get fresh perspectives.

UX Vern - Cool architecture, but can the user find the button? Empathy-driven design thinking.

Startup Vern - MVP or die trying. Lean, fast, validate assumptions, iterate or pivot.

Retro Vern - We solved this with cron jobs and a CSV in 2004. Grizzled veteran, historical perspective.

Rerun a discovery pipeline on an existing project. Cleans previous output and re-runs with fresh config.

Paranoid Vern - What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Risk assessment and failure mode specialist.

Oracle Vern - The ancient seer who reads the council's chaos and finds the signal. Pattern recognition across perspectives.

Post-hoc Oracle operations - consult the Oracle on existing VernHole output or apply an Oracle vision to rewrite VTS tasks.

Optimist Vern - Everything will be fine! Sunny-side-up. Encouragement and can-do energy.

Nyquil Vern - brilliant as Vernile but the NyQuil is kicking in. Haiku-level brevity.

Create a new discovery idea folder with standardized input/output structure. Use when the user wants to prepare an idea for discovery.

Generates comprehensive code and thorough analysis using OpenAI Codex sub-agents — handles large-scale code generation, exhaustive edge case coverage, and detailed boilerplate scaffolding. Use when the user wants comprehensive output, large code generation, thorough analysis, or 'give me everything' solutions.

Vern the Mediocre - missed his alarm, throwing down code fast. Uses Sonnet, watches token consumption.

Performs deep, multi-pass exploration of a problem using Claude sub-agents — runs 3+ planning passes from different angles, then synthesizes insights into a holistic solution. Use when the user wants deep thinking, creative exploration, unconventional approaches, or multi-perspective analysis of a complex problem.

Inverse Vern - Contrarian takes only. Whatever the consensus is, he's against it.