principle-model-the-domain
Installation
SKILL.md
Model the Domain
Portability (required)
This skill is part of the portable pstack pack.
- Read the
pstackcapability contract and the adapter for the active coding agent before any helper delegation. - Prefer capability verbs (
explore,implement,review,parallel,ask_user,verify,model_role) over vendor tool names. - Resolve models through
model_role. Never require a vendor-specific model identifier. - When helper spawning is unavailable, run the work on the lead agent and state that fan-out was collapsed.
Encode the real domain in a data structure instead of scattering it across conditionals.
Why: Scattered booleans, repeated shape assumptions, and branching spread across files are accidental complexity. A structure that matches the domain makes invalid states unrepresentable and deletes branches. Choosing it at write time is cheap; recovering it later reads as a refactor and gets deferred.
Reach for structures like these: