Per-bstack-P11 reflex 7+16 — explicitly trigger the Dogfood Plan + per-stack cookbook + Dogfood Receipt sequence. Auto-detects the tech stack from repo signals (Cargo.toml + src-tauri/ → tauri-sidecar; next.config.* → nextjs; app.json + expo → expo-rn; Cargo.toml solo → rust-cli; openapi.* or REST framework deps → rest-api; mcp.{json,yaml} → mcp-server), loads the matching cookbook entry from bstack/references/dogfood-patterns.md (broomva/bstack ≥ 0.13.0), produces a six-row Dogfood Plan (entry surface · driver · evidence · smoke · end-to-end · receipt anchor), optionally executes via the named surfaces (Interceptor mandatory for visual deploy verification; gstack, cliclick, screencapture, curl+jq, xcrun simctl compose per stack), and produces the final receipt with binary anti-rationalization check. Three subcommands: /dogfood (full sequence — plan → execute → receipt), /dogfood plan (plan only), /dogfood receipt (receipt only, assumes plan exists in PR body or AGENTS.md). Inherits from broomva/bstack: cookbook, P11 discipline, stack-detection algorithm. Composes with broomva/autonomous (which fires this implicitly at reflex 7+16) — use /dogfood directly for narrower scope (small changes, exploration, pre-merge verification gate without full pipeline). USE WHEN dogfood, dogfood this, dogfood plan, dogfood receipt, validate as user, exercise the change, click through the app, /dogfood, P11 receipt, exercise like a user would, did I actually click it, prove this works for a user, interaction evidence, deploy verification. NOT FOR running CI checks (use /p9), batch headless automation (use Browser skill), or scientific-method experiment framing (use Science skill).
dogfood — explicit P11 reflex trigger (Dogfood Plan + Receipt)
Explicit trigger for bstack P11 reflex 7+16 for: $ARGUMENTS
Inheritance from bstack (declared)
This skill is downstream of broomva/bstack. It implements P11 reflex 7 (Dogfood Plan keyed to detected stack) and reflex 16 (Dogfood Receipt) explicitly, where /autonomous fires them implicitly inside its 21-reflex pipeline. Full inheritance contract: references/bstack-inheritance.md.
Cookbook source: bstack/references/dogfood-patterns.md (loaded on demand; not duplicated here)
If bstack isn't installed, the skill still works — it carries its own detection logic and inlines the minimum surfaces matrix. The cookbook (deep per-stack reference) lives upstream in bstack.
Purpose
P11 (Empirical Feedback Loop) mandates "before claiming work complete, the agent has interacted with the deployed/running version… reasoning isn't validation; interaction is." This skill makes the two binding reflexes (Plan + Receipt) explicitly triggerable when you don't want the full /autonomous pipeline.
When to invoke /dogfood instead of /autonomous:
Single-file change with user-visible effect
Exploration: "what does dogfooding look like for this stack"
Pre-merge verification gate on someone else's PR
First time seeing a tech stack you're new to (cookbook entry is the answer)
Receipt-only after manual execution
Usage
/dogfood # full sequence: plan → execute prompt → receipt
/dogfood plan # plan only — produce the six-row plan
/dogfood execute # execute — fire the surfaces named in the plan
/dogfood receipt # receipt only — produce the evidence table
/dogfood --stack=tauri-sidecar # override detection
/dogfood --ticket=BRO-1234 # anchor evidence path to ticket
/dogfood --evidence-dir=/tmp/dogfood/<slug>
CLI fallback (no Claude session required):
./scripts/dogfood.sh detect
./scripts/dogfood.sh plan --stack=nextjs
./scripts/dogfood.sh receipt --plan=plan.md
# echo detected stack
# emit plan template stub
Workflow
Phase 1 — Detect stack
Mirror bstack/scripts/doctor.sh §13 detection. If --stack=<name> was passed, use that instead. If detection returns unknown, the agent declares the stack explicitly in the plan (no silent default).
The detection logic mirrors what bstack doctor §13 does. If bstack doctor is installed and recent, prefer its output:
ifcommand -v bstack >/dev/null 2>&1; then
bstack doctor 2>&1 | grep "^ \[ok\] stack detected:" | sed 's/.*stack detected: //; s/ .*//'fi
Phase 2 — Load cookbook entry
Read the matching pattern section from bstack/references/dogfood-patterns.md:
# Section IDs in the cookbook:# Pattern A — Tauri + sidecar# Pattern B — Next.js# Pattern C — Expo / React Native# Pattern D — Rust CLI# Pattern E — REST API# Pattern F — MCP server / Tool provider
BSTACK_REF=$(npx skills path broomva/bstack 2>/dev/null || echo"$HOME/.agents/skills/bstack")
COOKBOOK="$BSTACK_REF/references/dogfood-patterns.md"
If the cookbook isn't reachable (bstack not installed or older than v0.13.0), fall back to the minimum surfaces table inlined below in Phase 2 — fallback (no bstack). The agent surfaces a one-line warning recommending bstack installation for the deep cookbook.
Phase 2 — fallback (no bstack ≥ 0.13.0 available)
Minimum surfaces table (covers ~80% of cases without the deep cookbook):
Stack
Primary surfaces
Mandatory
tauri-sidecar
curl+jq engine API · cliclick+screencapture · Interceptor at :1420
Interceptor for visual verification
nextjs
dev server log-tail · Interceptor · curl+jq for routes
Surface the plan in the agent's response, and (if a PR is active) into the PR body via gh pr edit <pr> --body-file or gh pr comment <pr>. Six rows, all mandatory:
The plan rows MUST be concrete — file paths, URLs, commands, not vibes. Rows that genuinely don't apply are marked ⊘ with explicit reason ("backend mocked in this PR; real cloud creds not available — smoke-only this run"). Silent omission is the failure mode this contract closes.
Phase 4 — Execute (only if subcommand is execute / explore or full sequence)
For each plan row, fire the named driver. The explore subcommand (v0.2.0+) emits the per-stack execution recipe; for web stacks it composes with the agent-browser exploratory workflow.
Exploratory web QA mode (v0.2.0+)
For web stacks (nextjs, rest-api-with-frontend, or any --url= target), /dogfood explore --url=... produces an agent-browser session-based exploration recipe: initialize → authenticate → orient → explore → document issues → wrap up. Each issue logged with screenshots / video / repro-steps to ./dogfood-output/<slug>/. The exploratory output's report.md becomes the parent Dogfood Plan's Evidence row.
dogfood explore --url=https://staging.example.com --session=billing-page --ticket=BRO-1234
# → emits a recipe: agent-browser open · snapshot · screenshot · errors · console# → mkdir -p ./dogfood-output/staging-example-com/{screenshots,videos}# → cp templates/exploratory-report.md → output dir
Composition with the upstream dogfood skill: the agent-browser workflow + issue taxonomy + report template are adapted from the pre-existing dogfood skill at ~/.agents/skills/dogfood/ (agent-skills catalog). See references/bstack-inheritance.md for attribution + references/exploratory-issue-taxonomy.md for what to look for.
Capture the exit status of each driver invocation. Failed invocations are surfaced before producing the receipt.
Phase 5 — Produce the Dogfood Receipt
After execution (or after the user reports manual execution), produce the evidence table:
**Dogfood Receipt** — <ticket> · <date>
| Plan row | Executed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smoke | ✅ | <evidence>: <path / outputline> |
| End-to-end | ✅ | Screenshots: <paths> |
| API contract | ✅ | <responsecapturedinPRcomment #N> |
| Side-effect | ✅ | <DBquery / log / stateassertion> |
| Deploy preview | ✅ | <previewURL> — Interceptor screenshot <path> |
| <rowthatwasn'tapplicable> | ⊘ | Reason: <explicit> |
**Anti-rationalization check**: did I actually click the app like a user would? <yes/no>**Surfaces driven**: <Interceptor / cliclick / curl / etc.>**Time-to-receipt**: <duration> from first write to receipt complete.
The anti-rationalization line is binary and mandatory. If the honest answer is no, the receipt isn't complete — the plan goes back into execution.
Phase 6 — Persist the receipt
Anchor the receipt at the location named in the plan's Receipt anchor row:
PR body — gh pr comment <pr> --body "$(cat receipt.md)" OR include in PR description
Repo file — docs/dogfood-receipts/<date>-<ticket>.md for repos with substantial dogfood history
Bridge (P1) auto-capture — bstack's Stop hook captures the session-end receipt to Obsidian automatically; no explicit action needed if bstack is installed
Composition with /autonomous
/autonomous fires this skill at reflex 7 (Plan) and reflex 16 (Receipt). When invoked directly, /dogfood runs in isolation. Both produce the same artifacts; the difference is scope.
Scope
Use
Full feature work (multi-file, public contract, deploy-impacting)
/autonomous
Single-file change with user-visible effect
/dogfood directly
Pre-merge verification of someone else's PR
/dogfood --ticket=<id>
First time seeing a new tech stack
/dogfood plan
Receipt-only after manual execution
/dogfood receipt
Anti-patterns this skill closes
Anti-pattern
Why it fails
What /dogfood enforces
"Compile-time pass = shipping"
Compile ≠ deploy correctness
Plan rows require evidence beyond exit codes
"CI green = shipping"
CI tests what CI was told; user flow is broader
Receipt requires deploy-verification screenshot
"I dogfooded mentally"
Ritual without artifact
Receipt table is the artifact; anti-rationalization line is binary
"I'll dogfood after merge"
Post-merge = bug found by user
Plan precedes substantive work; receipt precedes claiming complete
Agent-browser for visual deploy verification
Bot detection + missed visual state
Interceptor mandatory per cookbook
Cross-references
Cookbook (per-stack patterns): bstack/references/dogfood-patterns.md (loaded on demand)
