The Agent Skills Directory

Deterministic Data Processing: The skill uses a Python script (scripts/trend_compare.py) to perform like-for-like metric comparisons. This process is deterministic and relies on local JSON configuration files for its logic.
Provenance and Rights Management: The inclusion of rights-register.json and explicit checks for license expiry and usage scope in the rules (insight-rules.md) demonstrates a robust approach to data governance and compliance.
Standard Tool Usage: The skill executes a local Python script with clearly defined inputs (question.json, research-index.json) and output (compared.json), which is standard behavior for data-processing skills.
Vendor Context: The skill is attributed to Microsoft Retail & CPG Skills and uses standard MIT licensing. All patterns observed are consistent with enterprise-grade internal tooling.

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