Development Contract Repo Overlay Template

This skill documents the expected shape of the repo-local overlay that a target repository should have after adopting the development contract system. It is not guidance for this skills repository itself, which only stores the reusable skills.

Use target policy as the source for contract mechanics within the host's instruction hierarchy. Keep an unresolved policy/documentation conflict visible; do not decide it merely by preferring whichever file was opened first.

Use this skill when

• authoring or revising the repo-local overlay generated for a target repository
• checking that overlay guidance matches the target repo's policy file, checker command, lifecycle helper, plan directory, and validation profiles
• deciding which repo-specific literals belong in the overlay versus the policy file