Policy Compliance Order

Policy Compliance Order

Shared policy-compliance instructions to avoid duplicating the same policy order across multiple agents.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• An agent must declare the repository’s mandatory policy reading order.
• You need to reiterate non-negotiable constraints (e.g., no policy edits, no secrets, no silent skips).
• Multiple agents share the same compliance preamble.

Required Policy Reading Order (Baseline)

Claude Code auto-loads rules via path-scoped frontmatter in .agents/skills/. This ordering documents precedence when policies conflict:

1. AGENTS.md (standing instructions, always loaded)
2. AGENTS.md (cross-language code change policy)
3. AGENTS.md (cross-language unit test policy)
4. Language- or domain-specific rules based on files in scope:
   • Python: .agents/skills/python/SKILL.md, .agents/skills/python-suppressions/SKILL.md
   • PowerShell: .agents/skills/powershell/SKILL.md
   • TypeScript: .agents/skills/typescript/SKILL.md, .agents/skills/typescript-suppressions/SKILL.md
   • C#: .agents/skills/csharp/SKILL.md

Hard Constraints (Baseline)

• Do NOT modify policy documents under .agents/skills/ or .agents/skills/.
• Do NOT create secrets or .env files unless explicitly requested.
• Prefer repo-defined tasks/commands when running checks.
• If information is missing, proceed with best-effort assumptions and document them.

Extensions (Agent-Specific)

Agents may append additional requirements that are unique to their role (e.g., policy audit templates or epic docs), but should not duplicate the baseline order above.