agent-skill-governance

Agent and Skill Governance

This skill defines mandatory authoring standards for files under agents/ and skills/.

Scope

• Agent definitions in agents/*.md
• Skill definitions in skills/**/SKILL.md

Language and Terminology

• Use English only.
• Keep terminology consistent across files:
  • decision: go|no_go
  • blocking_issues
  • next_actions
  • validator, generator, checker, interactor
  • limit_ratio, limit_semantics, wrong_solution_kill

Required Structure

Agent files

Must include:

1. Role and responsibility statement.
2. Workflow or audit scope.
3. Mandatory output contract.
4. Fail-fast behavior.
5. Forbidden behavior.

Skill files

Must include:

1. Purpose.
2. Trigger conditions.
3. Step-by-step execution guidance.
4. Required output format.
5. Decision rules (go vs no_go).
6. Forbidden behavior.

Workflow Consistency Rules

• Do not define contradictory workflow steps between agents and skills.
• Do not relax hard gates in documentation unless workflow guard and tool behavior are updated accordingly.
• Never infer completion from file presence when structured tool evidence is required.

Quality Bar

Before finalizing edits:

1. Ensure no duplicated instruction blocks.
2. Ensure no mixed-language fragments.
3. Ensure contract fields are spelled identically across files.
4. Ensure each file has explicit no-go criteria.
5. Ensure examples do not conflict with enforced gates.

Review Checklist Template

Use this checklist when updating any agents/ or skills/ file:

• Role/scope is explicit.
• Trigger conditions are explicit (skills).
• Output contract is explicit.
• Gate behavior is explicit.
• Decision rules are explicit.
• Forbidden behavior is explicit.
• Terminology is consistent with project standards.

Project-specific constraints such as maximum clarification count are allowed as long as they are explicit and non-contradictory.