# Autonomy Stress Test

> Stress-test proposed autonomous CIO preparation against evidence changes, approval gaps and human-control failures. Use when the user needs autonomy stress test for CIO decision support.

- Skill: `rweisssieker-xp/autonomy-stress-test` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add rweisssieker-xp/autonomy-stress-test`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/rweisssieker-xp/autonomy-stress-test/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: rweisssieker-xp (https://skillmd.com/u/rweisssieker-xp)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/rweisssieker-xp/autonomy-stress-test

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# Autonomy Stress Test

## Mission

Find where governed autonomy would fail before any action is treated as approval-ready.

## Inputs

Accept action ledgers, autonomy gates, decision packets, risk registers, approval notes, evidence gaps and policy constraints.

## Workflow

1. Identify proposed autonomous or semi-autonomous preparation steps.
2. Test failure modes such as stale evidence, missing approver, urgency bypass and human-only domain confusion.
3. Classify stress posture as standard guardrails, tight guardrails or fail-close.
4. Define required safeguards before autonomy can increase.
5. Keep the result as a decision-support artifact only.

## Output Format

- Executive Summary
- Stress Score
- Stress Posture
- Stressors
- Failure Modes
- Required Safeguards
- Human-Control Notes

## Guardrails

Do not authorize execution. Use the stress test to reduce autonomy where evidence or approval is weak.