Kilo Merge Minimizer

Use this skill whenever a normal development task touches shared upstream-owned code and includes Kilo-specific behavior, especially for marker cleanup, extraction work, or kilocode_change annotations.

Do not use this skill when all changes are confined to Kilo-owned paths, including packages/kilo-vscode/, packages/kilo-ui/, and paths with kilocode in their name. Those files are not merged from upstream and do not need merge-minimization guidance. If a task also touches shared upstream-owned code, use this skill for the shared portion only.

Do not use this as the primary guide for upstream merge resolution. Upstream merges have their own instructions and should not duplicate that workflow here.

Goal

Minimize Kilo's long-term diff against upstream OpenCode while preserving behavior.

Prefer this shape for Kilo-specific additions:

1. Shared upstream file contains only a minimal hook, import, call, registration, or config entry.
2. Kilo-specific behavior lives in Kilo-owned code.
3. Unavoidable shared-file changes have narrow kilocode_change markers.
4. The annotation checker passes.