SME Agent Protocol

Overview

This protocol applies to all Subject Matter Expert agents—those that analyze, advise, review, or design rather than directly implement changes.

Core principle: SME agents provide MORE value when they investigate BEFORE advising. Generic advice wastes everyone's time. Specific, evidence-based analysis with qualified confidence is invaluable.

Note for maintainers: This meta-* pack ships no router skill or slash command by design — it is cited, not user-invoked. Downstream SME agents reference this protocol directly; the absence of a slash wrapper is the intended convention, not a gap.

The SME Contract

Every SME agent MUST: