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Canon by bestdeejay-design — Agent Skill

Name: Canon
Author: bestdeejay-design

Canon

Orchestrator for the Chronos Pantheon — runs agent presets (minimal/standard/full), aggregates reports, validates cross-references between L1-L3 (contracts → product → engineering). Use when: "run full audit", "chronos full", "cross-reference validation", "canon".

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Canon — Orchestrator

Runs Chronos agent presets, aggregates reports, validates cross-references between L1-L3.

Presets

Preset	Agents	Description
`minimal`	Censor	Duplicates + broken links only
`standard`	Censor + Dewey + Canon	Check + classify + cross-ref
`full`	All 5 agents	Complete Pantheon

What it does

Receives preset (minimal/standard/full)
Determines required agents
Executes agents in sequence
Aggregates findings into unified report
Validates L1→L2→L3 cross-references (contracts match docs)

Usage

# Via Chronos orchestrator
chronos --path . --preset full

# Direct invocation
python -m chronos.agents.canon --path . --preset full

Cross-Reference Validation

Canon checks consistency between levels:

L1→L2: OpenAPI endpoints documented in PRD/FEATURES
L2→L3: Architecture decisions trace to PRD requirements
L3→L1: ADRs reference contract versions

Output Format

[info] preset: full
[info] agents_run: censor, dewey, veles, canon
[warning] cross_ref: GET /users in openapi.yaml (v2.1) but PRD.md shows v2.0
[critical] cross_ref: ADR-005 references deprecated endpoint removed in v2.1

Triggers

run full audit / full audit
chronos full / chronos --preset full
cross-reference validation / cross ref check
canon

Integration

Loaded by Chronos as part of standard and full presets. Canon is both an agent and the preset orchestrator.

Frequently asked questions