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Ki Repo Kb Principal by knowledgeislands

Name: Ki Repo Kb Principal
Author: knowledgeislands

Ki Repo Kb Principal

Governs the structural overlay for a locally designated principal Knowledge Islands base: its governance home, Enactment gate, charter, memory root, canonical zones, and handoff entry points. It does not establish canonical-island identity, authority, or cross-island roles. Use when auditing, establishing, or conforming the local overlay. A governance skill: it composes ki-repo-kb and ki-decision-records, while identity and integrations remain declared by their owning contracts.

File contents

Principal Knowledge Base

This governance skill holds the portable structural overlay for a repository that has been locally designated as principal. It does not prove that designation or any canonical authority. Read the principal standard before acting and the generated rubric for the checkable floor.

Shared model

A locally designated principal base uses the ki-repo-kb zones and ki-decision-records collection, then adds a governance home: Admin/Governance/Charter.md, Admin/Governance/Known Lands.md, Admin/Governance/Conventions/Conventions.md, and Admin/Operations/Processes/Enactment Process.md. Admin/MEMORY.md remains the root memory anchor. The audit proves only readable, regular-file structural evidence and a routing anchor; it does not prove authority, approval, or identity.

Substantive changes to Admin/, Pillars/, and Resources/ must originate in a Stream proposal under the Enactment Process. This standing gate is anchored in the repository's always-loaded CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md; the rubric verifies the anchor exists.

Repository identity, community language, integrations, and local operating detail belong in the principal's own governance notes, never in this shared skill.

Operating modes

Mode AUDIT

Run ki repo audit --skill ki-repo-kb-principal --repo <repo>, then judge whether the charter, conventions, and Enactment Process actually describe the local overlay rather than empty scaffolding.

Mode CONFORM

Run ki repo conform --skill ki-repo-kb-principal --repo <repo> --dry-run first. The native checker reports the missing principal surface; establish it through EDUCATE or an approved local proposal. CONFORM never moves knowledge, creates a Stream proposal, or reclassifies an existing folder.

Mode EDUCATE

Establish the principal overlay after ki-repo-kb has established its zones: add the governance and process entry points, then review and author their local content before declaring the base operational.

Mode HELP

Describe the principal-only governance delta and route general base structure to ki-repo-kb.

Mode REFRESH

Precondition: REFRESH writes only the canonical ki-repo-kb-principal files in ki-agentic-harness. From an installed copy, stop and route reusable pressure back to this harness.

Reconcile repeated principal-base experience into the standard and rubric; do not turn one island's identity into a shared rule.

Notes

ki-repo-kb owns generic knowledge-base zones, streams, activities, and live artefacts.
ki-decision-records owns Decision Record format and collection integrity.
A satellite or ordinary knowledge base does not declare this skill.

---name: ki-repo-kb-principaldescription: Governs the structural overlay for a locally designated principal Knowledge Islands base: its governance home, Enactment gate, charter, memory root, canonical zones, and handoff entry points. It does not establish canonical-island identity, authority, or cross-island roles. Use when auditing, establishing, or conforming the local overlay. A governance skill: it composes ki-repo-kb and ki-decision-records, while identity and integrations remain declared by their owning contracts.---# Principal Knowledge BaseThis governance skill holds the portable structural overlay for a repository that has been locally designated as principal. It does not prove that designation or any canonical authority. Read [the principal standard](references/standards-principal.md) before acting and [the generated rubric](references/rubric.md) for the checkable floor.## Shared modelA locally designated principal base uses the `ki-repo-kb` zones and `ki-decision-records` collection, then adds a governance home: `Admin/Governance/Charter.md`, `Admin/Governance/Known Lands.md`, `Admin/Governance/Conventions/Conventions.md`, and `Admin/Operations/Processes/Enactment Process.md`. `Admin/MEMORY.md` remains the root memory anchor. The audit proves only readable, regular-file structural evidence and a routing anchor; it does not prove authority, approval, or identity.Substantive changes to `Admin/`, `Pillars/`, and `Resources/` must originate in a Stream proposal under the Enactment Process. This standing gate is anchored in the repository's always-loaded `CLAUDE.md` or `AGENTS.md`; the rubric verifies the anchor exists.Repository identity, community language, integrations, and local operating detail belong in the principal's own governance notes, never in this shared skill.## Operating modes### Mode AUDITRun `ki repo audit --skill ki-repo-kb-principal --repo <repo>`, then judge whether the charter, conventions, and Enactment Process actually describe the local overlay rather than empty scaffolding.### Mode CONFORMRun `ki repo conform --skill ki-repo-kb-principal --repo <repo> --dry-run` first. The native checker reports the missing principal surface; establish it through EDUCATE or an approved local proposal. CONFORM never moves knowledge, creates a Stream proposal, or reclassifies an existing folder.### Mode EDUCATEEstablish the principal overlay after `ki-repo-kb` has established its zones: add the governance and process entry points, then review and author their local content before declaring the base operational.### Mode HELPDescribe the principal-only governance delta and route general base structure to `ki-repo-kb`.### Mode REFRESH**Precondition:** REFRESH writes only the canonical `ki-repo-kb-principal` files in `ki-agentic-harness`. From an installed copy, stop and route reusable pressure back to this harness.Reconcile repeated principal-base experience into the standard and rubric; do not turn one island's identity into a shared rule.## Notes- `ki-repo-kb` owns generic knowledge-base zones, streams, activities, and live artefacts.- `ki-decision-records` owns Decision Record format and collection integrity.- A satellite or ordinary knowledge base does not declare this skill.

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