---
title: Role Guides
description: Find your role-specific guide for AI-assisted engineering with HVE Core tooling
author: Microsoft
ms.date: 2026-02-18
ms.topic: concept
keywords:
- roles
- guides
- AI-assisted engineering
- collections
estimated_reading_time: 5
---
HVE Core provides role-specific tooling through collections of agents, prompts, instructions, and skills. Each role guide covers recommended collections, stage walkthroughs, starter prompts, and collaboration patterns tailored to how you work.
## Role Overview
| Role | Dedicated Assets | Total Addressable | Primary Stages | Guide |
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Engineer | 26 | 28+ | Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 6, Stage 7, Stage 8 | [Engineer](engineer.md) |
| TPM | 24 | 32+ | Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 8 | [TPM](tpm.md) |
| Tech Lead / Architect | 19 | 23+ | Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 6, Stage 7, Stage 9 | [Tech Lead](tech-lead.md) |
| Security Architect | 3 | 9 | Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 7, Stage 9 | [Security Architect](security-architect.md) |
| Data Scientist | 6 | 13 | Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 6, Stage 7, Stage 8 | [Data Scientist](data-scientist.md) |
| SRE / Operations | 8 | 13+ | Stage 1, Stage 3, Stage 6, Stage 8, Stage 9 | [SRE / Operations](sre-operations.md) |
| Business Program Manager | N/A | N/A | Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5 | [Business Program Manager](business-program-manager.md) |
| New Contributor | 2 | 10 | Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 6, Stage 7 | [New Contributor](new-contributor.md) |
| Utility | N/A | 13 | All | [Utility](utility.md) |
> **Dedicated Assets** count agents, prompts, instructions, and skills built specifically for a role's primary workflow. **Total Addressable** adds cross-cutting tools (memory, Git prompts, auto-activated instructions) and shared collection assets. The **+** suffix indicates additional auto-activated assets not individually enumerated.
## Find Your Role
| I want to... | Recommended Role Guide |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Write code, implement features, or fix bugs | [Engineer](engineer.md) |
| Plan projects, manage requirements, or track work | [TPM](tpm.md) |
| Design architecture, review code, or set standards | [Tech Lead](tech-lead.md) |
| Assess security, create threat models, or review compliance | [Security Architect](security-architect.md) |
| Analyze data, build notebooks, or create dashboards | [Data Scientist](data-scientist.md) |
| Manage infrastructure, handle incidents, or deploy | [SRE / Operations](sre-operations.md) |
| Define business outcomes or manage stakeholder alignment | [Business Program Manager](business-program-manager.md) |
| Get started contributing to the project | [New Contributor](new-contributor.md) |
| Use cross-cutting utilities (memory, docs, media) | [Utility](utility.md) |
## Collaboration Patterns
Roles frequently collaborate across workflows. These scenarios illustrate common multi-role interactions:
* Engineers and tech leads collaborate on feature development with architecture review, coding standards enforcement, and implementation guidance. See the [Engineer](engineer.md) and [Tech Lead](tech-lead.md) guides.
* TPMs and security architects coordinate secure product launches combining requirements gathering, threat modeling, and compliance verification. See the [TPM](tpm.md) and [Security Architect](security-architect.md) guides.
* Data scientists and engineers bridge analytics pipeline development with data specification, notebook prototyping, and production integration. See the [Data Scientist](data-scientist.md) and [Engineer](engineer.md) guides.
* New contributors progress to engineers through onboarding from guided workflows to full autonomous engineering. See the [New Contributor](new-contributor.md) and [Engineer](engineer.md) guides.
## Coverage Notes
Each role intersects with 9 lifecycle stages, producing 72 role-stage pairs. Coverage levels across those pairs:
| Level | Role-Stage Pairs | Percent |
|----------|-----------------:|--------:|
| Strong | 11 | 15% |
| Moderate | 15 | 21% |
| Thin | 18 | 25% |
| None | 28 | 39% |
**Strongest coverage**: Engineer at Stages 6-7 (implementation and review), TPM at Stages 2-5 (requirements through sprint planning), SRE at Stage 9 (operations).
**Thinnest roles**: Security Architect (3 dedicated assets, 6 of 9 stages at None or Thin) and Business Program Manager (beta, all tooling borrowed from shared collections).
**Least-covered stage**: Stage 4 Decomposition — 7 of 8 roles have no dedicated tooling. Only TPM has strong coverage at this stage.
> [!NOTE]
> Gaps represent contribution opportunities. See the [lifecycle stage guides](../lifecycle/) for per-stage details and [Contributing](../../contributing/README.md) for guidance on creating new agents, prompts, and instructions.
## Next Steps
> [!TIP]
> See the full project lifecycle at [AI-Assisted Project Lifecycle](../lifecycle/) to understand how stages connect across roles. Each stage guide maps available HVE Core tools and role-specific guidance for that phase of work.
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