cold-start-check
Cold-Start Check
Sensor. Spawn. Grade. Report. Never fix.
Install via npx:
npx skills add fellowship-dev/dogfooded-skills/skills/ops/cold-start-check
When to Use
- After a doc update: Verify that the changes actually make the system understandable to a fresh agent.
- Before a doc sprint: Establish a baseline of what's discoverable — then re-run after the sprint to measure improvement.
- Periodic health check: Monthly or quarterly, to catch doc rot before it compounds.
- After onboarding a new repo to the harness: Confirm that
docs/gives an agent enough to work independently.
What It Does
Cold-start-check asks a rubric's questions to N fresh agent sessions that have never seen the repo before. It grades each response against expected concepts, then aggregates across sessions to identify:
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