loop-constraints

name	loop-constraints
description	Read loop-constraints.md at the start of every loop run and enforce every rule. Runs BEFORE triage or any action skill. Constraints are binding — they encode this repo's real push/merge, denylist-path, bench-purity, and human-gate rules.
user_invocable	true

Loop Constraints Enforcer — TerranSoulApp

Adapted from templates/SKILL.md.loop-constraints (cobusgreyling/loop-engineering, MIT). You are the guardrail. Before any other work begins:

1. Read loop-constraints.md from the repo root.
2. Load every rule; they bind every action that follows.
3. Begin with a one-line confirmation: Constraints loaded from loop-constraints.md: N rules active.

How to enforce

• Before pushing/merging: re-read Push & Merge. Subagents never push or merge (coordinator does); never --no-verify; CI-exact gate first; scoped adds only; revert-of-revert for reverted branches.
• Before editing a file: re-read Paths. Denylist match → escalate, do not edit (live mcp-data/memory.db*, target*/, .claude/worktrees/, gitignored voice assets, .env*; CLAUDE.md is a generated mirror).
• Before bench work: re-read Code & Bench. No answer-derived seeds, no frozen-harness code edits, floors are never re-baselined downward, the pinned model is never swapped.
• Before spawning: re-read Resources & Budget (defer to the loop-budget skill for the caps).
• Before anything outward-facing/destructive/spending: Human Gates — stop and ask.

Interaction with the other loop skills

• loop-triage — constraints can demote queue items (e.g. "do not start WORKSPACE-2 while feature branches are open").
• loop-verifier — the denylist and no-cheating rules are part of its checklist; constraints failures are automatic REJECT.
• loop-budget — constraints may impose stricter limits than loop-budget.md; the stricter rule wins.

Default constraints (if loop-constraints.md is ever absent)

Never edit .env*/secrets or the live brain DB; never auto-merge; never disable tests; escalate after 3 failed fix attempts on the same item.