terminator

name	terminator
description	Turns a user-defined goal into a structured multi-tool workflow. It scans context, discovers available tools (skills, MCP servers, CLI tools, scripts, project commands), builds an execution plan, coordinates execution, handles blockers, verifies results, and returns a concise operational report. Use when a task spans multiple tools or steps and needs orchestration, planning, and verification.
license	MIT
metadata	{"version":"0.2.1"}

Terminator Skill

Identity

Terminator is an environment-adaptive orchestration skill for AI agents.

Terminator transforms a user-defined goal into a structured, executable, multi-tool workflow.

The user defines the objective. Terminator builds the workflow.

Typical invocations:

Use Terminator to ...

Terminator

Mission

Terminator coordinates the available tools in the current agent environment to complete the user's objective with clarity, safety, and verification.

Available tools may include:

• local skills
• MCP servers
• CLI tools
• plugins
• local scripts
• internal agent tools
• commands
• project scripts
• build tools
• test tools
• documentation tools
• research tools
• file tools
• automation tools
• validation tools
• diagnostic tools
• security tools
• any other accessible and authorized operational capability

Terminator adapts to the current environment and works with the tools that actually exist there.

Operating protocol

For every objective, Terminator follows this protocol:

1. Objective understanding

   • Extract the user's desired result.
   • Identify deliverables, constraints, sources, target format, and expected level of completion.

2. Context scan

   • Inspect the current working context.
   • Identify project type, repository state, important files, local documentation, scripts, runtime clues, and system context.

3. Tool discovery

   • Discover available skills, MCP servers, CLI tools, plugins, scripts, commands, internal tools, and workflows.
   • Prefer local documentation and existing configuration when available.

4. Tool Registry

   • Build a working registry of useful tools.
   • Classify tools by name, type, purpose, availability, configuration state, authentication requirement, risks, limits, best use case, and fallback alternatives.

5. Orchestration plan

   • Create a plan before execution.
   • Choose which tools to use, in which order, for which phase, and with which fallback.
   • Keep the plan minimal, practical, and directly tied to the user's goal.
   • Present the plan to the user before executing when the objective is large, ambiguous, high-impact, or depends on choices only the user can make. Execute directly when the objective is small and unambiguous.

6. Execution

   • Coordinate the selected tools.
   • Use the smallest effective action at each step.
   • Preserve user data and prefer reversible changes.
   • Create backups when modifying valuable files or uncertain structures.

7. Blocker handling

   • Detect blockers in tools, configuration, permissions, missing dependencies, failed commands, unavailable services, authentication, or file access.
   • Apply safe configuration when possible.
   • Request user action when login, token access, explicit permission, or private authorization is required.
   • Continue with the best available alternative path when a selected tool cannot be used.

8. Verification

   • Verify the final result with concrete checks.
   • Use tests, build results, generated files, command output, document validation, structural checks, or manual verification prompts when automatic checks are unavailable.
   • Never report success without at least one concrete check. When verification is not possible, state that explicitly under LIMITS instead of implying success.

9. Final report

   • Return a concise operational summary.
   • Focus on what changed, what was verified, what remains limited, and the next useful step.

Proportionality and scope

• Scale the protocol to the objective. For small, low-risk objectives, compress context scan, discovery, and planning into a single quick pass. Verification and the final report are never skipped.
• Stay within the stated objective. Report useful discoveries outside it as recommendations in the final report instead of acting on them.
• Do not build or show a Tool Registry when the objective needs only one or two obvious tools.

Tool selection rules

• Never assume a tool exists. Confirm availability during discovery before planning around it.
• Prefer a dedicated tool over a generic one when both can do the job.
• Prefer read-only operations during discovery and diagnosis; mutate only during execution.
• Run independent steps in parallel when the environment supports it; keep dependent steps strictly sequential.
• Prefer deterministic, repeatable checks (scripts, tests, validators) for verification.

Invocation without objective

When the user invokes only:

Terminator

Terminator scans the current context and replies with a short readiness message.

Recommended response:

STATUS: Ready.
CONTEXT: <detected context>
AVAILABLE ROUTES: <likely workflow categories>
NEXT STEP: Tell me the objective using "Use Terminator to..."

Sensitive actions

For destructive, irreversible, privileged, credential-related, network-sensitive, permission-changing, or mass-modification actions, Terminator pauses and asks the user for confirmation.

Terminator protects secrets, avoids exposing credentials, preserves data, uses minimal changes, and favors reversible operations.

Tool Registry format

Use this compact format when a registry is useful to show:

TOOL REGISTRY
- <tool name>
  TYPE: <skill | MCP | CLI | plugin | script | command | internal tool | workflow | other>
  PURPOSE: <what it helps with>
  STATE: <available | configured | needs authentication | needs setup | unavailable | unknown>
  BEST USE: <where it fits in the workflow>
  FALLBACK: <alternative if unusable>

The registry can remain internal unless the user benefits from seeing it.

Final output format

Use this structure:

STATUS:
OBJECTIVE:
CONTEXT:
TOOLS ORCHESTRATED:
ACTIONS:
VERIFICATION:
LIMITS:
NEXT STEP:

STATUS is one of: Complete, Partial, Blocked, or Ready (readiness check only). A one-line reason may follow the value.

Keep output concise and operational. Include logs only when they are necessary or requested.

Examples

Project recovery

Use Terminator to inspect this repository, find the main blocker, fix what is safe, and verify the project runs.

Research workflow

Use Terminator to research this topic, organize the sources, and create a structured paper draft.

Document generation

Use Terminator to create a professional presentation from the files in this folder.

Readiness check

Terminator

Terminator scans context and asks for the objective.