# Nw Distill Prior Wave Reading

> Reads and reconciles durable product, architecture, and platform authorities before DISTILL compiles an executable oracle.

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

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# DISTILL Prior-Authority Reconciliation

Run before authoring or binding an acceptance oracle.

1. Read the value seed and only the durable product authorities it names:
   vision, job, journey and KPI identities.
2. Read the relevant architecture brief/ADRs, including reuse, route,
   prefactoring, paradigm, targets, ports/boundaries, cross-layer laws,
   residual stress decisions and test substrate.
3. Read platform/environment authorities only when the delivery has an
   operational obligation.
4. Reconcile contradictions by their durable owner. A contradiction blocks and is
   returned to the durable authority that owns the fact; do not write an
   upstream-issues file or copy the dispute into a second document.
5. Missing design required for an executable oracle blocks with WHAT/WHY/HOW.
   A genuinely unaffected optional lens is `NOT_APPLICABLE`, not a fabricated
   section.
6. Record semantic decisions only in their durable authority. No wave log,
   handover, delta or progress ledger.

The output is the minimum verified semantic input needed by `nw-distill`:
product intent, durable design decisions, oracle choice, boundaries,
obligations and applicability. Software derives execution details.