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Load ./skill.spec.yml from this skill folder before taking task actions.
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When the skillspec CLI is available and the spec shape is unfamiliar, run skillspec sensemake ./skill.spec.yml --view index to learn the section roles, counts, query handles, and navigation grammar without dumping the full YAML.
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Then create the ordered phase plan and current-route action checklist:
skillspec plan ./skill.spec.yml --input='<user task>' --trace-dir "${PWD}/.skillspec/traces"
skillspec act ./skill.spec.yml --input='<user task>' --run <run_dir> --phase <phase-id>
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Strip skill invocation prefixes such as /my-skill, $my-skill, or /durable-executor-spec before passing --input.
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Preserve the emitted trace run_dir.
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Read the full phase plan and action checklist before using tools. Treat them as the active execution SOP, not as advice. The PHASE TOOL BOUNDARY - HARD section is the permission boundary for the next action.
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For each execution phase, run skillspec act ./skill.spec.yml --input='<user task>' --run <run_dir> --phase <phase-id> before acting, record phase progress in <run_dir>/execution.jsonl, then run skillspec progress show ./skill.spec.yml --run <run_dir> to see completed, current, blocked, and remaining phases.
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Pull active details with skillspec query ./skill.spec.yml <handle> --view summary and relationship edges with skillspec refs ./skill.spec.yml <handle> --view summary. Prefer precise handles such as rule:<id>, rule:<id>.forbid, command:<id>.requires, and state:<id>.next over reading the whole spec.
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Before every substrate/tool call, apply the phase tool boundary and checklist allow/deny questions. Any unlisted tool, data source, execution substrate, provider, adapter, CLI, browser mode, API, or skill requires explicit user permission before use. The selected route and matched rules override lower-level skill defaults and generic tool preferences.
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When the CLI is available after a trace exists, run skillspec trace align ./skill.spec.yml --decision-trace <run_dir> and, when structured action evidence exists, add --execution-trace <run_dir>/execution.jsonl. The command writes <run_dir>/alignment.json; report the alignment status, meaning, model layers, evidence gaps, user-facing proof rows, summary, and trace path.
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If skillspec plan, skillspec act, or skillspec progress is unavailable, fall back to skillspec decide, then manually construct the same ordered phase checklist and progress notes before using tools. If the CLI is unavailable, read skill.spec.yml directly and apply the same contract manually. Do not expand this loader into a second source of truth.
