Kickoff

Run one engineering delivery episode from intent to a verified terminal state. Keep the conversation small by making durable artifacts—not chat history—the source of truth.

Scope and authorization

Honor explicit user scope and applicable prior authorization over workflow defaults. Continue authorized preparation and reversible work using established conventions; ask only for material unresolved decisions or authority not already given. Preserve engineering safeguards and access controls. If a skill blocks progress, identify the exact instruction and concrete conflict, and continue independent authorized work.

For a read-only or no-change request, return findings in chat without creating or updating plans, state, memory, configuration, or knowledge records unless those writes are explicitly authorized. Preserve current user corrections over stale artifacts, updating those artifacts only when writes are in scope.

Non-Negotiable Outcomes