aoa-quest-harvest

name	aoa-quest-harvest
description	Give the final promotion verdict on one repeated reviewed quest-shaped unit without collapsing skills, playbooks, orchestrator classes, proof, or memory into one layer. Use when a bounded quest-shaped work pattern has repeated, reviewed evidence exists, and you need the final honest verdict on whether it should stay a quest or move into the next owner surface. Do not use when the route is still active, only one anecdotal occurrence exists, the task is to invent net-new doctrine, or a broader reviewed session artifact still needs donor harvest, route forks, diagnosis, repair, or progression reflection first.
license	Apache-2.0
compatibility	Designed for Codex or similar coding agents with repository file access and an interactive shell. Network access is optional and only needed when repository validation or referenced workflows require it.
metadata	{"aoa_scope":"core","aoa_status":"evaluated","aoa_invocation_mode":"explicit-only","aoa_source_skill_path":"skills/core/session-growth/aoa-quest-harvest/SKILL.md","aoa_source_repo":"8Dionysus/aoa-skills","aoa_technique_dependencies":"AOA-T-0089,AOA-T-0090","aoa_portable_profile":"codex-facing-wave-3"}

aoa-quest-harvest

Intent

Use this skill to decide whether one repeated, reviewed quest-shaped unit should remain a quest or be promoted into the next honest owner surface.

The output is a promotion verdict, not authorship completion and not acceptance by the destination owner repository. It should also say whether repetition is reviewed and isolated, reviewed but weak, contested, owner-pending, or still too mixed for promotion.

Trigger boundary

Use this skill when:

• a bounded work pattern has repeated and now needs an explicit promotion decision
• reviewed evidence exists, but the correct destination is still unclear
• donor harvest or equivalent review has already isolated one repeated unit from broader session residue
• the repeat signal needs to be distinguished from topic recurrence, conversation recurrence, owner-pending follow-through, or mixed donor residue
• the decision must distinguish between skill, playbook, orchestrator surface, proof surface, memo surface, or staying a quest
• the route needs a compact final promotion triage rather than another free-form discussion

Do not use this skill when:

• the route is still active and the evidence has not been reviewed yet
• there is only one anecdotal occurrence with no honest repeat signal
• the task is to invent net-new doctrine rather than classify a repeated pattern
• the repeated unit is still mixed with several reusable donor units, unresolved route forks, diagnosis, repair, automation-readiness questions, or progression reflection
• the repeat evidence posture cannot be stated without guessing
• the route is already clearly scenario-shaped and only needs playbook authoring
• the source is a reviewed session artifact with multiple candidate donor units that still need owner-layer routing first; use aoa-session-donor-harvest
• the source still needs explicit automation-readiness classification for a repeated manual route; use aoa-automation-opportunity-scan
• the source still needs explicit route forks, diagnosis, repair, or progression reflection from the wider session-harvest family before final promotion triage

Inputs

• source quest or quest family
• reviewed run summary or harvest pack
• repeat count and repeat shape
• isolated repeated unit ref, or an explicit statement that the unit was isolated during reviewed harvest
• repeat evidence posture
• owner layer and touched surfaces
• difficulty, risk, and control posture
• residual ambiguity or reasons to defer promotion

Outputs

• promotion verdict
• owner repo and follow-up surface
• explicit reason for promotion or non-promotion
• repeat evidence posture such as reviewed_repeat_isolated, reviewed_repeat_weak, contested_repeat, topic_only_repeat, mixed_residue, or owner_pending
• explicit statement that the verdict is smaller than authoring or owner acceptance in the destination repo
• named next artifact or next quest action
• concise note on what boundary must remain intact
• one QUEST_PROMOTION_RECEIPT using references/stats-event-envelope.md and references/quest-promotion-receipt-schema.yaml
• one CORE_SKILL_APPLICATION_RECEIPT using references/core-skill-application-receipt-schema.yaml

Procedure

1. collect a bounded reviewed harvest pack rather than raw runtime state
2. confirm there is exactly one isolated repeated unit; if several units remain mixed, return to donor harvest, route forks, diagnosis, repair, automation scan, or progression lift instead of forcing triage
3. name the repeat evidence posture before choosing a destination
4. name what actually repeated: leaf workflow, route, proof pattern, recall pattern, or boundary law
5. reject theme-only repetition, repeated discussion, and aesthetic similarity; only repeatable work or repeatable law counts
6. if the repeated unit is a bounded leaf workflow, consider promotion to a skill
7. if the repeated unit is a multi-step scenario route, consider promotion to a playbook
8. if the repeated unit is orchestrator boundary law, read order, or allowed outputs, promote toward orchestrator class surfaces in aoa-agents
9. if the repeated unit is proof posture, promote toward aoa-evals
10. if the repeated unit is recall, writeback, or recurrence posture, promote toward aoa-memo
11. if repetition is still weak, owner is unclear, boundary risk is high, repeat posture is contested or mixed, or the destination owner has not accepted the work shape, keep or open a quest instead of forcing promotion
12. record the verdict with one clear reason for promotion and one clear reason against the nearest wrong target
13. name the next artifact as a proposal or follow-through target, not as proof that the owner repo has accepted or authored it
14. emit one QUEST_PROMOTION_RECEIPT when the triage closes, keeping the receipt smaller than the promotion packet itself
15. when the finish path closes, emit one CORE_SKILL_APPLICATION_RECEIPT that points back to the bounded promotion receipt and records one finished kernel-skill application

Contracts

• invocation must remain explicit and post-session
• orchestrator class identity must not be promoted into a skill
• a skill promotion must stay leaf-workflow-shaped
• a playbook promotion must stay route-shaped
• proof and memory promotions must stay in their owner layers
• one good run is not enough to justify promotion by itself
• repeated discussion is not the same thing as repeated work
• repeat evidence posture must stay visible when repetition is weak, mixed, contested, or owner-pending
• a promotion verdict is not downstream authoring, downstream acceptance, or owner truth
• active quest state must not be copied into memo canon as if it were settled truth
• QUEST_PROMOTION_RECEIPT is verdict telemetry, not promotion authority
• CORE_SKILL_APPLICATION_RECEIPT is generic kernel telemetry, not promotion authority and not a replacement for the verdict receipt
• receipt corrections use supersedes rather than silent overwrite

Risks and anti-patterns

• promoting a theme instead of a repeatable workflow
• treating repeated discussion, urgency, or excitement as repeat evidence
• hiding weak or contested repeat evidence behind a confident promotion target
• collapsing orchestrator class law into the skill layer
• collapsing recurring route method into a single skill
• treating proof debt as skill meaning
• treating memo writeback as active quest ownership
• forcing promotion just because the repeated work feels important
• presenting the next surface as already accepted by aoa-skills, aoa-playbooks, aoa-agents, aoa-evals, or aoa-memo

Verification

• confirm the harvest pack is reviewed and bounded
• confirm exactly one repeated reviewed unit is isolated before final triage
• confirm repeat evidence posture is named and supports the verdict
• confirm the repeated unit is named explicitly
• confirm the chosen promotion target matches the owner layer
• confirm the nearest wrong target is explicitly rejected
• confirm class identity is not being defined by quest metadata
• confirm the result is one of the allowed outcomes: keep or open quest, skill, playbook, orchestrator surface, proof surface, or memo surface
• confirm the next artifact is framed as a proposal or follow-through target, not as downstream owner acceptance
• confirm any emitted receipt stays evidence-linked and subordinate to the closed triage
• confirm any emitted CORE_SKILL_APPLICATION_RECEIPT points to the promotion detail receipt and stays finish-only

Technique traceability

Manifest-backed techniques:

• AOA-T-0089 from 8Dionysus/aoa-techniques at b0f7e094bf81abaf0895a729d504a97f3af91ae8 using path techniques/governance/promotion-boundary/quest-unit-promotion-review/TECHNIQUE.md and sections: Intent, When to use, Inputs, Outputs, Core procedure, Contracts, Validation
• AOA-T-0090 from 8Dionysus/aoa-techniques at b0f7e094bf81abaf0895a729d504a97f3af91ae8 using path techniques/governance/promotion-boundary/nearest-wrong-target-rejection/TECHNIQUE.md and sections: Intent, When to use, Outputs, Core procedure, Risks, Validation

Adaptation points

Project overlays may add:

• local quest IDs and harvest entrypoints
• local owner-repo route maps
• local review packet or acceptance surfaces
• local memo and eval references
• local stop conditions for when promotion must remain deferred
• local destination-owner acceptance checks that happen after this verdict and outside the skill itself
• local repeat evidence posture vocabulary, provided it still distinguishes reviewed isolated repetition from weak, contested, topic-only, mixed, or owner-pending repetition