| name | idg-esl-hop |
| description | ESL lifecycle hop — when the cortex routes a verified, drift-checked change to IDG in an ESL-enabled project (tonberry MCP available), the Scribe owns the archived hop: archive the change folder, chronicle the lifecycle outcome with provenance, and route the promotion-intent envelope to CRYSTALIUM. Absent tonberry → document normally (ESL opt-in). |
| metadata | {"methodology":"IDG"} |
IDG — ESL Lifecycle Hop
Use this skill in an ESL-enabled project (mcp__tonberry__* tools available)
when the cortex routes a change to you that is already verified and
drift-checked. You own the archived hop of the Eidolons Spec Lifecycle
(ESL) — the Scribe closes the loop by chronicling the outcome and promoting the
spec-of-record.
For the full lifecycle, stage definitions, and role bindings, see the nexus
cortex methodology/cortex/esl-protocol.md.
Your hop
- archive — call
mcp__tonberry__archive --change_id <id>. This MOVES
.spectra/changes/<id>/ → .spectra/changes/archive/<date>-<id>/, sets
status=archived, and records archive_path (tonberry v0.4.0: archive moves,
not copies). Tonberry also composes the promotion-intent ECL envelope.
- document — your scribe role. Run your normal I → D → G cycle and
chronicle the lifecycle outcome: what was proposed, implemented, verified, and
archived. Ground every claim in the change folder's artefacts (
change.json,
spec.{md,yaml}, verify/drift records). Apply structural markers
([DECISION], [ACTION], [DISPUTED], [GAP]) and emit a provenance block
citing the archive_path and the change id.
- promote — route the promotion-intent envelope (composed by
archive) to
mcp__crystalium__ingest if CRYSTALIUM is available. This is the durable
spec-of-record promotion — the verified, archived change becomes recallable
semantic memory. If CRYSTALIUM is absent, the intent stays on disk in the
archive folder (graceful); a later session promotes it.
Invariants
- Tonberry moves and composes; you chronicle and promote. Tonberry performs
the folder move and writes the promotion-intent envelope; you supply the
document (lifecycle narrative + provenance) and forward the intent to
CRYSTALIUM.
- Document from provided context only. Read the change folder's artefacts;
do not research, retrieve, or analyse code. Missing information is a
[GAP],
never an invention.
- Graceful skip — if
mcp__tonberry__* tools are unavailable, document the
change normally via your standard cycle and never hard-fail. Likewise if
mcp__crystalium__* is unavailable, the promotion intent stays on disk. ESL is
opt-in; IDG is EIIS-standalone-conformant and works without tonberry or
CRYSTALIUM.
Scribe — ESL Lifecycle Hop
