# Slate Ar > Wrap Codex Autoresearch for Slate v2 measured loops. Delegates generic packet/dashboard/finalization mechanics to codex-autoresearch while enforcing `.tmp/slate-v2`, Slate correctness routing, target registry context, and short operator modes. - Skill: `lofcz/slate-ar` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lofcz/slate-ar` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lofcz/slate-ar/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: lofcz (https://skillmd.com/u/lofcz) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lofcz/slate-ar --- # Slate AR Handle $ARGUMENTS. Use this as the Slate v2 wrapper around `codex-autoresearch:codex-autoresearch`. It is not the perf lane. `slate-ar` owns Slate-specific defaults for any measured Autoresearch loop: target cwd, session files, dashboard/status/finalization entrypoints, correctness routing, and handoff boundaries. Performance optimization lives in `slate-ar-perf`. ## Use When - The user invokes `slate-ar`. - The user invokes a mini-skill shortcut: `slate-ar-next`, `slate-ar-perfect`, `slate-ar-fast`, `slate-ar-stabilize`, or `slate-ar-ship`. - The user invokes an expert wrapper shortcut: `slate-ar-status` or `slate-ar-finalize`. - The user invokes a focused wrapper: `slate-ar-quality`, `slate-ar-gate`, or `slate-ar-recipe`. - A Slate v2 task needs durable Autoresearch loop state, ASI logging, keep/discard decisions, dashboard visibility, quality-gap research, or packet/resume discipline. - A correctness repair or architecture plan is looping and needs measured hypothesis tracking after the direct owner has provided proof surfaces. - The user asks for Slate v2 Autoresearch status, continuation, dashboard, finalization preview, deep research, or quality-gap handling. ## Do Not Use When - The bug is a direct correctness failure with no oracle. Use `slate-patch`. - The output is an architecture/API proposal for user review. Use `slate-plan`. - The request is specifically performance/max-speed/pagination/virtualization optimization. Use `slate-ar-perf`. - The target is Plate product code instead of raw Slate v2. ## Relationship To Other Lanes - `codex-autoresearch:codex-autoresearch`: owns generic setup, packets, logging, dashboard, deep research, quality-gap, drift, finalization, and CLI mechanics. - `slate-ar`: wraps that engine for Slate v2 cwd, state, correctness routing, and operator modes. - `slate-ar-next`: daily driver that reads status, picks one next owner, and runs one safe step. - `slate-ar-perfect`: primary broad surface-improvement loop backed by `autogoal`; it owns architecture/API/DX gaps, behavior stability, perf, and final no-regression proof for a named surface. - `slate-ar-fast`: expert fastest-safe perf loop backed by `slate-ar-perf` and no-regression checks; normal users should reach it through `slate-ar-perfect` unless they already know the perf target. - `slate-ar-stabilize`: expert behavior-stability loop backed by `slate-ar-gate`, `slate-patch`, and `tdd` when needed; normal users should reach it through `slate-ar-perfect` unless they already know the failing behavior surface. - `slate-ar-ship`: finalization, review, and commit/PR readiness path backed by `slate-ar-finalize` and `autoreview`. - `slate-ar-quality`: runs deep-research / quality-gap loops for Slate v2 API/DX/architecture/test coverage gaps. - `slate-ar-gate`: repeats and logs existing test/typecheck/browser/editor behavior gates. - `slate-ar-recipe`: chooses or previews Codex Autoresearch recipes. - `slate-ar-perf`: adds Slate v2 performance target policy, benchmark registry, exactness gates, and fastest-safe stop rules. - `slate-patch`: fixes correctness bugs and creates missing oracles. - `slate-plan`: decides public architecture/API shape. Do not duplicate Codex Autoresearch mechanics here. Load `codex-autoresearch:codex-autoresearch` for command details, packet lifecycle, dashboard operation, ASI syntax, quality-gap internals, stale-packet recovery, or finalization rules. ## Slate Defaults - Target cwd is `.tmp/slate-v2`. - `plate-2` is the control plane for package shortcuts and target registry commands. It does not prove Slate v2 runtime behavior. - Active loop truth lives in `.tmp/slate-v2/autoresearch.*` and `.tmp/slate-v2/autoresearch.research/**`. - `benchmarks/targets/slate-v2.json` is supporting context for target-backed loops; perf-specific registry policy lives in `slate-ar-perf`. - Slate correctness beats local metric movement. A packet that breaks editor behavior is `checks_failed` or `discard`, not `keep`. - Do not run `slate-plan` pass schedules inside Autoresearch. ## Natural Modes Interpret short user text before picking commands: - `continue`, `resume`: continue the current Slate AR session only. Do not initialize a new target unless the session is missing or stale and the target is unambiguous. - `status`, `dashboard`, `where are we`: read-only status mode. Use `slate-ar-status` behavior. Do not run packets or edit files. - `finalize`, `finalize preview`: finalization mode. Use `slate-ar-finalize` preview behavior only. - `review branches`, `create review branches`, `run finalizer branches`: explicit review-branch mode. Use `slate-ar-finalize` and require the user to clearly approve branch creation in the same turn. - `research`, `quality gap`, `improve quality`, `find gaps`: use generic Codex Autoresearch deep-research / quality-gap flow through `slate-ar-quality`. - `gate`, `proof`, `repeat`, `full editor behavior`, `navigation`, `typing`: route to `slate-ar-gate`. - `recipe`, `recipes`, `what loop`, `setup recipe`: route to `slate-ar-recipe`. - `fast`, `fastest`, `max perf`, `pagination`, `virtualization`, `benchmark`: route to `slate-ar-perf`. - `next`, `do next`, `pick best`: route to `slate-ar-next`. - `perfect `: route to `slate-ar-perfect`. - `absolute best`, `best architecture`, `best DX`, `no regressions`, or mixed API/testing/perf quality requests: route to `slate-ar-perfect`. - `ship`, `reviewable`, `ready to commit`: route to `slate-ar-ship`. - `stabilize`, `regressions`, `native behavior`: route to `slate-ar-stabilize`. If a mutating Slate AR loop is already running in another thread, default to read-only status unless the user explicitly says this thread owns writes. ## Command Surface Use the `slate-ar*` skills as the operator entrypoints. Do not invent package scripts for Slate AR; Plate only exposes benchmark target scripts. For exact shell execution, load `codex-autoresearch:codex-autoresearch` and use its CLI fallback with `--cwd .tmp/slate-v2`. For target-backed setup from the Plate control repo, use: ```bash pnpm bench:targets:dry-run -- node tooling/scripts/bench-targets.mjs autoresearch-init ``` ## Start Or Resume 1. Identify the exact Slate v2 surface and whether this is generic AR, performance, correctness, or architecture work. 2. Route before editing: - correctness failure or missing oracle: `slate-patch`; - existing proof/gate repeatability: `slate-ar-gate`; - broad quality-gap research: `slate-ar-quality`; - recipe selection/setup-plan: `slate-ar-recipe`; - performance optimization: `slate-ar-perf`; - public API/runtime redesign: `slate-plan`; - measured loop, quality gap, status, or finalization: continue here. 3. Read existing `.tmp/slate-v2/autoresearch.*` session files when present. 4. Use generic Codex Autoresearch for onboarding, recommendation, doctor, dashboard, packet, log, stale-packet, segment, and finalization mechanics. 5. Keep Slate-specific routing in force after every packet: - `keep` only when the measured target improves and Slate correctness checks pass; - `checks_failed` or `discard` when native selection, input ordering, IME, copy, paste, undo, follow-up typing, focus, or browser behavior regresses; - `slate-patch` when correctness fails without an existing oracle; - `slate-plan` when the remaining win needs API/runtime redesign. ## Quality-Gap Research Use generic Codex Autoresearch deep-research and quality-gap workflow. Slate additions: - keep sources under `.tmp/slate-v2/autoresearch.research/**`; - turn accepted implementation gaps into Slate proof rows or target rows; - route test/behavior suite gaps with an existing oracle to `slate-ar-gate`; - route perf-specific gaps to `slate-ar-perf`; - route correctness gaps without an oracle to `slate-patch`; - route public API/DX architecture gaps to `slate-plan`. `quality_gap=0` closes the current accepted checklist only. It does not prove that no more Slate gaps exist. ## Finalization Mode Use generic Codex Autoresearch finalization flow. Slate defaults: - run Codex Autoresearch `finalize-preview --cwd .tmp/slate-v2` first; - default finalization is preview-only. It may generate/read finalization plan JSON, but must not execute `finalize-autoresearch.mjs ` or create `autoresearch-review/*` branches unless the user explicitly asks to create review branches; - exclude `autoresearch.*`, `autoresearch.research/**`, dashboard exports, and finalization scratch files unless the user asks to review session artifacts; - use Codex Autoresearch `finalize-current-tree --cwd .tmp/slate-v2` only as a readiness preview when the current tree is the review unit because kept commits were later corrected, bundled, or reverted; - branch creation, cleanup, commit, push, and PR work require explicit user approval. Short confirmations like `go`, `next`, `ok`, or `continue` after a normal ship/perfect flow do not approve review-branch creation. ## Handoff Report: - active cwd and session; - measured target or quality-gap slug; - baseline/latest/best when available; - kept/discarded/crashed/checks-failed packet counts; - correctness checks used; - dashboard URL, if served; - next recommended packet, route, or blocker.