Codex compatibility note:

Invoke $skill-name: load the registered .agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md and execute it with Codex tools; no separate Skill tool or Claude mode switch is needed. Author .claude/**; mirrors are generated.

Track steps before execution and keep progress/evidence current. Explicit skill requests execute their protocol. Use the native question tool for required questions.

Map foreign tool names to available host capabilities. A name mismatch needs no approval; an actually unavailable required capability stops with its step/evidence and a user question before adaptation.

Subagent authorization: when a skill is user-invoked or AI-detected and its protocol requires subagents, that skill activation authorizes use of the required spawn_agent subagent(s) for that task.

Preserve protocol order unless the user approves a deviation. Workflows use $start-workflow: gates stay fixed; other steps may flex with logged reasons and evidence.

Quick Summary

Review modes: For review/audit work, standalone defaults to --review-only (--report-only alias); --fix-loop enables review → validate → authorized fix → fresh re-review, default cap 3. --fix-loop --loop-owner=caller returns a read-only pass to the caller that owns fixes/re-review. Create triage, review, validation and re-review todo tasks first; apply the carried review-policy contract for LOW deferral and user-approved bounded extensions. Non-review modes and terminal findings validation keep their own dispatch.

Goal: Run the selected architecture contract to design a solution, review compliance, grade scalability, or deliver a whole-project health report with evidence-backed decisions.

Summary: Select the explicit --mode → read its complete reference → execute its own phases, evidence gates, flags and outputs → validate and hand off. No mode prints the table and stops, without questions or work. full composes read-only reviewer faces; other modes run independently.

Workflow: Dispatch → load the selected contract → triage targets and plan review tasks → execute the mode → validate → hand off.

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