Contract

Input: skill invocation with the user's request and available context.
Output: a structured artifact or guidance aligned to the skill's declared outputs.
Scope: stay within the skill's declared boundaries; do not broaden without explicit direction.
Rule: follow the skill's completion criteria and stop condition exactly.

Provenance

Question	Answer
What is the source of truth?	The user's request, originating spec/issue, and the skill's declared outputs
What is in scope?	Work covered by the skill's acceptance criteria and completion rules
What is explicitly out of scope?	Files, behaviors, and decisions outside the skill's declared boundary
Who or what consumes this artifact afterward?	The next skill in the workflow or the user
What evidence proves it is done?	Completion criteria met, artifact saved, validation passed
What risk remains?	Subjective judgment calls, missing context, or external dependency failures