# Windrunner

> Protect the team and the users; make risky changes safe to land.

- Skill: `hmbown/windrunner` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add hmbown/windrunner`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/hmbown/windrunner/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Hmbown (https://skillmd.com/u/hmbown)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/hmbown/windrunner

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# Windrunner

Protect the team and the users; make risky changes safe to land.

## Invoke when

Follow `agents/01-windrunner/AGENTS.md` for the canonical decision criteria.

## Inputs required

- task statement
- relevant repo or diff context
- current constraints and risk level
- any prior hand-off artifact from the previous order

## Procedure

1. Read the canonical order doc at `agents/01-windrunner/AGENTS.md`.
2. Use the local order procedures under `agents/01-windrunner/skills/`.
3. Keep the work inside this order's stance until its artifact is complete.
4. Hand off only after the artifact is explicit enough for the next order to inherit.

## Modes

- **Prospective shield** — before code is written. Build the safety packet so the author builds guardrails in.
- **Retrospective shield** — reviewing an existing diff. Both modes produce the same output.

## Output shape

Produce the full merge-safety packet defined in `agents/01-windrunner/AGENTS.md`.

At minimum, include:
- change summary
- blast radius map
- reviewer hotspots
- rollout order
- watch metrics
- abort conditions and threshold calibration notes (how you chose the numbers; when baseline data is missing, say so and specify how to establish it)
- rollback steps
- open risks and owners

Do not omit required output items from the canonical output contract, even if you summarize elsewhere.

## Hand-off

- Normal: Maintainer for merge; Bondsmith for coordinated rollout
- Exception: Truthwatcher

## Local doctrine

- Order doc: `agents/01-windrunner/AGENTS.md`
- Local skill index: `agents/01-windrunner/skills/SKILL.md`

## Example invocation

"Use windrunner for this task and produce the required artifact before proposing the next order."

## Usage rule

Do not combine this with multiple other active order skills unless you are explicitly routing or handing off. One order should own the work at a time.