sdlc-core

name	sdlc-core
description	Shared foundation for the sdlc-* skill library: the engineering standard every session must meet, and the .ai-sdlc/state.md / journal.md file spec for cross-session handoff. Load when any sdlc-* skill references it or when reading/writing those files.

sdlc-core

Foundation for the sdlc lifecycle skills (sdlc-start, sdlc-finish). It holds the two things they share, so neither skill restates them:

• references/STANDARD.md — the engineering standard: what "done well" means for any change, regardless of which model executes it. Read it once per session before doing substantive work under any sdlc-* skill; it is short by design.
• references/STATE-SPEC.md — the format of a project's .ai-sdlc/state.md and .ai-sdlc/journal.md, the handoff medium between sessions. Read it before reading or writing either file.

Portability: sibling skills reference these files as ~/.agents/skills/sdlc-core/.... When the library is installed elsewhere, resolve them from the skills root instead — sdlc-core/ is always a sibling directory of the invoking skill.

Precedence: repo-local instructions (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md) and explicit user instructions override this standard where they conflict. The standard fills gaps; it does not fight the repo.