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Sanctuary Spec Kitty by richfrem — Agent Skill

Name: Sanctuary Spec Kitty
Author: richfrem

Sanctuary Spec Kitty

Project Sanctuary-specific skill for Spec-Driven Development. Knows the project's constitution, safety rules, AUGMENTED.md best practices, and how the spec-kitty-plugin should be configured for this project.

richfrem 7a29e9a 2.8 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Sanctuary Spec-Kitty Configuration

Status: Active Domain: Project Sanctuary Depends on: spec-kitty-plugin (generic spec-driven development framework)

Purpose

This skill is the Sanctuary-specific glue layer that knows how to configure and use the generic spec-kitty-plugin for Project Sanctuary's development workflow.

The spec-kitty-plugin has two layers:

Auto-synced commands (from upstream CLI) — generic, overwritten on update
AUGMENTED.md files (our custom best practices) — project-specific, never overwritten

This skill documents what's Sanctuary-specific about our spec-kitty setup.

Sanctuary-Specific Configuration

Constitution

The project constitution lives at .kittify/memory/constitution.md and is synced to .agent/rules/constitution.md. It defines:

The Human Gate (no state-changing ops without explicit approval)
The Hybrid Workflow (Universal start → Learning Loop or Custom Flow)
Zero Trust git policy (never commit to main, never push without approval)
Tool Discovery enforcement (use query_cache.py, no grep for tools)

AUGMENTED.md Files

These contain project-specific best practices that survive spec-kitty CLI updates:

File	Sanctuary-Specific Content
`commands/spec-kitty-merge/AUGMENTED.md`	Pre-merge remote backup protocol, branch protection awareness (GH006 handling), kitty-specs conflict resolution
`commands/spec-kitty-implement/AUGMENTED.md`	Worktree discipline, absolute paths only, commit hygiene
`commands/spec-kitty-review/AUGMENTED.md`	Batch review protocol, dependency verification
`commands/spec-kitty-specify/AUGMENTED.md`	Doc co-authoring integration for specification quality
`commands/spec-kitty-plan/AUGMENTED.md`	Doc co-authoring integration for plan quality

Workflow SKILL.md

skills/spec-kitty-workflow/SKILL.md is the end-to-end guide with:

Anti-simulation rules (proof = pasted command output)
Deterministic closure protocol (review → accept → retrospective → merge → verify)
Pre-merge remote backup (mandatory)
Dual-Loop mode integration (Protocol 133)

Sync Plugin

To update when spec-kitty CLI upgrades:

# Invoke the sync-plugin skill
/spec-kitty.sync-plugin

This runs sync_configuration.py, then the agent reviews AUGMENTED.md files for staleness.

Protected Files

The following files MUST NOT be deleted or corrupted during any sync or merge:

.agent/rules/constitution.md
.agent/rules/standard-workflow-rules.md
.agent/rules/01_PROCESS/*
.agent/rules/02_OPERATIONS/*
.agent/rules/03_TECHNICAL/*

---name: sanctuary-spec-kitty-2description: Project Sanctuary-specific skill for Spec-Driven Development. Knows the project's constitution, safety rules, AUGMENTED.md best practices, and how the spec-kitty-plugin should be configured for this project.---# Sanctuary Spec-Kitty Configuration**Status:** Active**Domain:** Project Sanctuary**Depends on:** `spec-kitty-plugin` (generic spec-driven development framework)## PurposeThis skill is the **Sanctuary-specific glue layer** that knows how to configure and use the generic `spec-kitty-plugin` for Project Sanctuary's development workflow.The spec-kitty-plugin has two layers:1. **Auto-synced commands** (from upstream CLI) — generic, overwritten on update2. **AUGMENTED.md files** (our custom best practices) — project-specific, never overwrittenThis skill documents what's Sanctuary-specific about our spec-kitty setup.## Sanctuary-Specific Configuration### ConstitutionThe project constitution lives at `.kittify/memory/constitution.md` and is synced to `.agent/rules/constitution.md`. It defines:- The Human Gate (no state-changing ops without explicit approval)- The Hybrid Workflow (Universal start → Learning Loop or Custom Flow)- Zero Trust git policy (never commit to main, never push without approval)- Tool Discovery enforcement (use query_cache.py, no grep for tools)### AUGMENTED.md FilesThese contain project-specific best practices that survive spec-kitty CLI updates:| File | Sanctuary-Specific Content ||---|---|| `commands/spec-kitty-merge/AUGMENTED.md` | Pre-merge remote backup protocol, branch protection awareness (GH006 handling), kitty-specs conflict resolution || `commands/spec-kitty-implement/AUGMENTED.md` | Worktree discipline, absolute paths only, commit hygiene || `commands/spec-kitty-review/AUGMENTED.md` | Batch review protocol, dependency verification || `commands/spec-kitty-specify/AUGMENTED.md` | Doc co-authoring integration for specification quality || `commands/spec-kitty-plan/AUGMENTED.md` | Doc co-authoring integration for plan quality |### Workflow SKILL.md`skills/spec-kitty-workflow/SKILL.md` is the end-to-end guide with:- Anti-simulation rules (proof = pasted command output)- Deterministic closure protocol (review → accept → retrospective → merge → verify)- Pre-merge remote backup (mandatory)- Dual-Loop mode integration (Protocol 133)### Sync PluginTo update when spec-kitty CLI upgrades:```bash# Invoke the sync-plugin skill/spec-kitty.sync-plugin```This runs `sync_configuration.py`, then the agent reviews AUGMENTED.md files for staleness.## Protected FilesThe following files MUST NOT be deleted or corrupted during any sync or merge:- `.agent/rules/constitution.md`- `.agent/rules/standard-workflow-rules.md`- `.agent/rules/01_PROCESS/*`- `.agent/rules/02_OPERATIONS/*`- `.agent/rules/03_TECHNICAL/*`

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