Build ONE scoped phase of an existing multi-phase plan in a fresh session — re-verify the plan against the live code, interview the user sharply on real forks, then implement only that phase behind plan-mode approval with runnable verification and a fresh-eyes review. Invoke explicitly when starting a phase (the cross-platform form of /tale-mode:kickoff-phase; on Codex, name the plan-file + phase in your prompt). On Claude Code, use the /tale-mode:kickoff-phase command instead of this skill.
Plan a large, multi-phase feature to a high bar — verify against the code, receipts on every decision, an adversarial fresh-eyes review, and runnable verification gates, decomposed into independently-shippable phases. Invoke explicitly when starting a big multi-session build (the cross-platform form of the /tale-mode:plan-phase command; on Codex, name the task in your prompt). On Claude Code, use the /tale-mode:plan-phase command instead of this skill.
Make Claude work rigorously on complex or high-stakes tasks instead of one-shotting them. Triggers: "tale mode", "tale on" — or self-activates on hard multi-step work. Enforces staged planning, decisions-with-receipts, verifying claims against the real source (not memory), parallel delegation, an independent adversarial review for high-stakes output, and durable progress notes. Right-sizes itself so trivial work stays fast.
Scan a repo's package.json scripts, CI workflows, and equivalent manifests, then SUGGEST a committed .claude/tale-mode.json gate list for tale-mode's Stop-hook loop — suggestions only; this skill never writes the config unasked, never trusts it, and never arms anything. Invoke ONLY when the user explicitly asks to seed, suggest, or set up tale-mode gates for a repo.
Reference for tale-mode's two user-only opt-in files — the committed-gate trust store (~/.claude/tale-mode-trust) and the Codex cwd-root opt-in (~/.tale-mode-allow-cwd-root) — and their security model. Invoke ONLY when the user explicitly asks how to trust a repo's committed tale-mode gates, about the "content-hash is NOT trusted" notice, or how to enable the autonomous loop on Codex. Do NOT load this proactively, and NEVER write either file yourself — both grants are manual, user-only actions.
Explicitly end a tale-mode build phase by clearing the phase marker(s) under <project>/.claude/, which stops the Stop-hook's committed-gate enforcement for this repo. Invoke ONLY when the user explicitly asks to end the phase, stop or disarm the tale-mode phase loop, or clean up phase markers — never proactively, and never as a way to escape a failing gate.