| name | media-workbench-indexing-governance |
| description | Govern Media Workbench indexing posture across metadata-only baselines, opt-in content-derived indexing, local manifest storage, and operator-facing index summaries. Use when indexing tools, manifests, catalog DBs, or media-root governance change together. |
Media Workbench Indexing Governance
Use this skill for Media Workbench indexing policy and local-catalog governance.
Workflow
- Confirm the current indexing posture before mutation:
- metadata-only by default
- content-derived indexing only by direct opt-in
- derived artifacts stay inside the workspace
- Inspect the indexing stack together:
- media-root configs
- metadata-summary generation
- reference-catalog builders and validation
- operator-facing summary or catalog surfaces
- Keep manifests, catalogs, and policy docs aligned when indexing behavior changes.
- Re-run the relevant index or catalog validation path before closing.
- Report whether the repo still preserves
metadata_only as the default truth.
Required Evidence
- indexing mode used
- affected config, manifest, or catalog path
- validation output for the changed indexing surface
- note of any opt-in content-derived behavior introduced or preserved
Guardrails
- Do not mutate the private media root to satisfy indexing.
- Do not enable captioning, embeddings, OCR, or face workflows silently.
- Keep derived indexes, manifests, and notes inside the workspace.
- If indexing policy and operator-facing summaries disagree, report the lane as unresolved.
Best-Fit Companion Skills
$media-workbench-worker-contracts$local-compute-usage$docs-alignment-lock$skill-common-sense-engineering
Scope Boundary
Use this skill only for Media Workbench indexing posture, catalog governance, and validation.
For render-pipeline or worker contract work, route through the more specific media-workbench skills.
