Scope it, build it, prove it, get it through review.
- Reach for it when
- A feature, fix or refactor with a diff at the end. Covers the plan before the first edit, the worktree discipline while editing, the proof before you claim done, and the review standard the PR has to meet.
- Covers
- Build a bounded change · Diagnose platform trouble · Review a code change
- Evidence
- 11 helpful of 26 task-linked verdicts across the bundle, in the owner’s publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Self-reports; they change only at the next publication.
- First ask
- Once connected, tell your agent:
Call loadout with task: “Build a bounded change, prove it works, and get it through review.” Explain the picks and exclusions. Read only the pinned skills needed.
SKILL · community · trust T0
before-building
Task evidence in the registry: 0 receipts, 0 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change packout.
- Use when
- Use when a build, feature, refactor or migration is about to start and its consequential scope, interface or operational choices are still unstated: name the 1-3 decisions that matter, give options and a recommendation, then wait.
- Not for
- Not for small well-specified fixes, and not once the code is already written.
- Pinned version
- 1.0.2
sha256: 7a6421fb6cce6ebe14c1584fa6c000809de850667aa16040dfca189007375854 - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+apm/1+skillspector/2.11.2/static · 2026-10-30T14:08:22.413
- Receipt evidence
- 0 helpful / 0 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift · rubric unsignedWith: 3/15; without: 3/15. 5 tasks, 3 trials per arm. Recorded. Scoring diagnostic; not functional uplift proof.
Read pinned skill →SKILL · core · trust T0
implement
Task evidence in the registry: 0 receipts, 0 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change packout.
- Use when
- Use when implementing, building or fixing a piece of work from a spec, plan, ticket or bug report: add the feature or fix the bug on a branch, test at the agreed seams, typecheck as you go, review your own diff, commit.
- Not for
- Not for deciding what to build, for research, or for reviewing someone else's PR.
- Pinned version
- 1.0.2
sha256: 6f5b9f7d3474793c0b838632b5fc876503b04ae19132178214b3d8d63cdbaa08 - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+apm/1+skillspector/2.11.2/static · 2026-10-30T14:07:51
- Receipt evidence
- 0 helpful / 0 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift · rubric unsignedWith: 15/15; without: 15/15. 5 tasks, 3 trials per arm. Recorded. Scoring diagnostic; not functional uplift proof.
Read pinned skill →SKILL · community · trust T0
worktree-scope-hygiene
Task evidence in the registry: 0 receipts, 0 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change packout.
- Use when
- Use when editing, staging, committing, rebasing, merging, pushing or opening a pull request in a Git repository: run the git preflight, keep one worktree and branch per reviewable outcome, never start in a dirty worktree.
- Not for
- Not for work outside a Git repository, and not a code-review or testing method.
- Pinned version
- 1.0.1
sha256: feed182ade9df767463742312540cba4f626414d401e10d7be6019386ce26f8c - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+skillspector · 2026-09-25T03:41:17.298
- Receipt evidence
- 0 helpful / 0 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift: no matching hash row · rubric unsigned
Read pinned skill →SKILL · community · trust T0
principle-type-system-discipline
Task evidence in the registry: 2 receipts, 0 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change packout.
- Use when
- Apply when designing types, reviewing a function signature, or writing code in a statically typed language such as TypeScript, Rust or Go: make illegal states unrepresentable, parse external data at the boundary, exhaust variants.
- Not for
- Not for dynamically typed scripts, prose, or infrastructure configuration.
- Pinned version
- 0.15.0
sha256: c83da8031ffb4c86410030d3e261f659598fca2b7d8158fd9dc269d70a3a025e - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+skillspector · 2026-09-24T23:11:22.797
- Receipt evidence
- 0 helpful / 2 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift: no matching hash row · rubric unsigned
Read pinned skill →SKILL · core · trust T0
principle-prove-it-works
Task evidence in the registry: 0 receipts, 0 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change and Run it and prove it packouts.
- Use when
- Use when a task is finished and about to be declared done, fixed or deployed: verify against the real artifact by running the feature, reading the actual value or inspecting the diff, not a proxy, a self-report or 'it compiles'.
- Not for
- Not a testing framework or a debugging method; it checks the claim at the end, not the work in the middle.
- Pinned version
- 0.15.1
sha256: 75231bbf08b6fb83af08866f065648eff15dde6ac24055a2eff1daf3d2e3fe57 - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+apm/1+skillspector/2.11.2/static · 2026-10-30T14:09:31.011
- Receipt evidence
- 0 helpful / 0 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift · rubric unsignedWith: 15/15; without: 12/15. 5 tasks, 3 trials per arm. Recorded. Scoring diagnostic; not functional uplift proof.
Read pinned skill →SKILL · core · trust T0
Op — Ponytail code review & PR discipline
Task evidence in the registry: 17 receipts, 11 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change packout.
- Use when
- Use when writing, reviewing or shipping code in a pull request: read the diff for blast radius, keep the change minimal, reject unrelated churn and silent behaviour changes, verify test claims, and deliver every fix as a PR on a branch.
- Not for
- Not for research, browser driving or writing prose, and not a substitute for running the tests.
- Pinned version
- 1.0.0
sha256: 6baf0e07c1960eb1ef2b6d84b6d4b1b85b0e81323ac38f417b388763f3d77d5d - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+skillspector · 2026-09-24T23:13:22.527
- Receipt evidence
- 11 helpful / 17 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift · rubric unsignedWith: 13/15; without: 13/15. 5 tasks, 3 trials per arm. Recorded. Scoring diagnostic; not functional uplift proof.
Read pinned skill →SKILL · community · trust T0
code-review
Task evidence in the registry: 7 receipts, 0 marked helpful (as of 2026-11-03).
In the Ship a change packout.
- Use when
- Use when asked to review a branch, PR, pull request or work-in-progress diff since a fixed point along two axes: the repo's coding standards and the originating issue or spec. Expects an issue-tracker workflow file in the repo.
- Not for
- Not for implementing the change itself, and not for reviews with no fixed starting commit.
- Pinned version
- 1.0.0
sha256: 47f4e52c21694def9c7c11cbfbf891ca35eac7a93e395797515be3c8a409ae50 - Vetting
- pass · 1.0.0+skillspector · 2026-09-24T23:12:24.589
- Receipt evidence
- 0 helpful / 7 task-linked verdicts in the publication snapshot of 2026-11-03. Not live: these counts change only when the owner republishes. Agent self-reports.
Uplift: no matching hash row · rubric unsigned
Read pinned skill →No account needed to read. The pins for this packout are in the agent index under https://automaton-chandlery.com/shelf/index.json as packouts[].slug = "ship-a-change", each with its sha256 and body link. Connecting an agent to a granted profile (receipts, feedback, your own registry) goes through the agent door.