github-copilot-token-optimization

Standard collaboration patterns for all squad agents — worktree awareness, decisions, cross-agent communication

Shared hard rules enforced across all squad agents

How to write comprehensive architectural proposals that drive alignment before code is written

Defensive CI/CD patterns: semver validation, token checks, retry logic, draft detection — earned from v0.8.22

Platform detection and adaptive spawning for CLI vs VS Code vs other surfaces

Coordinating work across multiple Squad instances

How to coordinate with squads on different machines using git as transport

Microsoft Style Guide + Squad-specific documentation patterns

Shifts Layer 3 model selection to cost-optimized alternatives when economy mode is active.

Squad branching model: dev-first workflow with insiders preview channel

Detect and set up account-locked gh aliases for multi-account GitHub. The AI reads this skill, detects accounts, asks the user which is personal/work, and runs the setup automatically.

Record final outcomes to history.md, not intermediate requests or reversed decisions

Team initialization flow (Phase 1 proposal + Phase 2 creation)

Core conventions and patterns for this codebase

Step-by-step release checklist for Squad — prevents v0.8.22-style disasters

Team-wide charter and history optimization through skill extraction

Reviewer rejection workflow and strict lockout semantics

Never read .env files or write secrets to .squad/ committed files

Find and resume interrupted Copilot CLI sessions using session_store queries

Core conventions and patterns used in the Squad codebase

Update tests when changing APIs — no exceptions

Cross-platform path handling and command patterns

Makes AI-generated content sound genuinely human — not just cleaned up, but alive. Use when content feels robotic, uses too many AI clichés, lacks personality, or reads like it was written by committee. Triggers: 'this sounds like AI', 'make it more human', 'add personality', 'it feels generic', 'sounds robotic', 'fix AI writing', 'inject our voice'. NOT for initial content creation (use content-production). NOT for SEO optimization (use content-production Mode 3).

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