Skills
Pan Out is a collection of four skills that work together. Each handles a different part of the cooking pipeline.
panout-help
Orientation and skill routing.
The entry point. Tell it what you want to do and it routes you to the right skill. If you’re not sure where to start, start here.
Slash command: /panout-help
panout-recipe
Research a dish and build a protocol.
Give it a dish name and it searches recipes, food science, and technique guides, cross-validates data from multiple sources, and builds two things: a research document (the science) and a protocol (the step-by-step plan). The process is interactive — it negotiates phase structure, technique choices, and seasoning strategy with you before committing anything.
Slash command: /panout-recipe [dish]. Also triggered by “I want to make [dish]” or “research [dish]”.
panout-cook
Real-time guided cooking.
The cook skill is your sous-chef — it stays one step ahead, tells you what to do next, manages timers, and checks your temperatures. One instruction at a time when you’re at the stove, background updates when you can walk away. It picks up where you left off if the session restarts.
Slash command: /panout-cook [dish]. Also triggered by “let’s cook” or “start cooking”.
panout-debrief
Post-cook review and learning capture.
Closes the learning loop. It reads your cook session data, interviews you about how things went (3-5 questions, conversational), and drafts proposed changes to memory files, the protocol, and your cook profile. Nothing gets written without your approval. Every protocol update includes a revision history entry for traceability.
Slash command: /panout-debrief. Also triggered by “debrief” or “how did that go”.