Skill Scope

Decide the shape of a Claude skill before skill-creator builds it. Run four phases: fast-path check, scoping tests, explicit verdict, handoff.

Workflow

1. Fast-path check — if scope is already settled, confirm in one line and skip to handoff.
2. Apply scoping tests — run the relevant tests below. Don't read all of them on every invocation; pull only the ones that fit the situation.
3. State the verdict — exactly one of: NEW / EXTEND / SPLIT / MERGE. No hedging.
4. Hand off — to skill-creator with the verdict and a one-sentence responsibility statement.

Phase 1 — Fast-path check

Scope is already settled when the user's message: