Development Contract Core

Find the repo's contract policy file and use it as the source of truth for repo-specific paths, plan locations, lanes, and validation profiles. Treat any separate repo guidance as secondary unless it contradicts policy; if it does, fix the mismatch instead of guessing.

Use this skill when

• work may trigger a tracked change contract
• a repo requires a plan update for substantive changes
• a checker validates plan structure, ownership, or evidence
• you need to choose the smallest proving validation set for a substantive change

Core workflow