Ceratops Governance Lifecycle
Goal
Route governance work to the narrowest action reference while keeping prompt,
skill, instruction, and cross-scope audit decisions in one capability surface.
Context
Action References
- Optimize a raw prompt as a deliverable or execution preflight:
references/optimize-prompt.md
- Propose advisory-only improvements to existing skills:
references/optimize-skill.md
- Design or apply an approved regression-safe instruction change:
references/propose-rules-update.md
- Audit cross-scope governance consistency:
references/governance-consistency-audit.md
Inputs To Capture
- Action intent and the target prompt, skill set, instruction stack, automation,
helper contract, policy surface, or governance scope.
- Expected deliverable, strict constraints, current source text, and available
regression or history evidence.
- Whether the task is advisory-only or authorizes an exact mutation.
Constraints
Shared Action Rules
- Preserve the target's intended meaning, purpose, constraints, and established
behavior except where the selected action explicitly permits an authorized
change.
- Use only the action-scoped work and evidence needed to satisfy the selected
action's completion gate; do not inspect or change unrelated surfaces.
- In
execution-preflight mode, keep the optimized prompt internal and resume
the calling task.
- For skill optimization, rule updates, and governance audits, inspect companion
artifacts only when they govern the same behavior, evidence, or output
contract.
Skill-Specific Rules
- Apply an authorized instruction update only after the proposal action accepts
the candidate.
Boundaries
- Use this skill for prompt optimization, advisory skill optimization,
instruction-system change design or approved application, and cross-scope
governance consistency audits.
- Use
$ceratops-skill-lifecycle to create a skill or apply skill-source,
metadata, manifest, helper, validation, or documentation changes.
- Use the owning lifecycle audit for domain-specific repository, code, runtime,
GitHub, or skill-contract consistency.
Done When
Completion Gate
- The narrowest action was selected and its completion gate passed or its exact
blocker was reported.
Output Contract
Return only the selected action's required output, unresolved blockers, and
important retained or unverified state.
1---2name: ceratops-governance-lifecycle3description: Route Ceratops governance work across prompt optimization, advisory skill optimization, regression-safe instruction updates, and cross-scope governance consistency audits. Use when Codex should rewrite a rough prompt as the requested deliverable or an execution preflight, recommend exact changes to existing skills without applying them, diagnose and route approved instruction changes, or audit alignment across AGENTS files, automations, directly referenced helpers, and governance owners.4---56# Ceratops Governance Lifecycle78## Goal910Route governance work to the narrowest action reference while keeping prompt,11skill, instruction, and cross-scope audit decisions in one capability surface.1213## Context1415### Action References1617- Optimize a raw prompt as a deliverable or execution preflight:18 `references/optimize-prompt.md`19- Propose advisory-only improvements to existing skills:20 `references/optimize-skill.md`21- Design or apply an approved regression-safe instruction change:22 `references/propose-rules-update.md`23- Audit cross-scope governance consistency:24 `references/governance-consistency-audit.md`2526### Inputs To Capture2728- Action intent and the target prompt, skill set, instruction stack, automation,29 helper contract, policy surface, or governance scope.30- Expected deliverable, strict constraints, current source text, and available31 regression or history evidence.32- Whether the task is advisory-only or authorizes an exact mutation.3334## Constraints3536### Shared Action Rules3738- Preserve the target's intended meaning, purpose, constraints, and established39 behavior except where the selected action explicitly permits an authorized40 change.41- Use only the action-scoped work and evidence needed to satisfy the selected42 action's completion gate; do not inspect or change unrelated surfaces.43- In `execution-preflight` mode, keep the optimized prompt internal and resume44 the calling task.45- For skill optimization, rule updates, and governance audits, inspect companion46 artifacts only when they govern the same behavior, evidence, or output47 contract.4849### Skill-Specific Rules5051- Apply an authorized instruction update only after the proposal action accepts52 the candidate.5354### Boundaries5556- Use this skill for prompt optimization, advisory skill optimization,57 instruction-system change design or approved application, and cross-scope58 governance consistency audits.59- Use `$ceratops-skill-lifecycle` to create a skill or apply skill-source,60 metadata, manifest, helper, validation, or documentation changes.61- Use the owning lifecycle audit for domain-specific repository, code, runtime,62 GitHub, or skill-contract consistency.6364## Done When6566### Completion Gate6768- The narrowest action was selected and its completion gate passed or its exact69 blocker was reported.7071### Output Contract7273Return only the selected action's required output, unresolved blockers, and74important retained or unverified state.
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