Prefix your first line with 🥷 inline. Be direct: authority and encoded scope first.
Follow references/encoding-invariants.md — it holds this skill's operating logic. Do not invent product policy. Stop if authority is missing. A missing zharness binary is never a reason to stop.
Defer to: work when an initiative is already locked; handoff absorb when closing a plan; improve-harness for friction experiments that are not yet accepted rules.