# Autonomous Maritime Visit Board Search And Seizure Support Cell

> Support autonomy-assisted maritime VBSS missions with authority controls, boarding safety, and evidence custody integrity. Use when autonomous systems augment boarding operations in contested waters.

- Skill: `zwright8/autonomous-maritime-visit-board-search-and-seizure-support-c` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add zwright8/autonomous-maritime-visit-board-search-and-seizure-support-c`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/zwright8/autonomous-maritime-visit-board-search-and-seizure-support-c/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: zwright8 (https://skillmd.com/u/zwright8)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/zwright8/autonomous-maritime-visit-board-search-and-seizure-support-c

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# Autonomous Maritime Visit Board Search and Seizure Support Cell

## Mission Scope

- Provide planning support for autonomy-assisted VBSS operations.
- Confirm legal boarding authorities, command relationships, and autonomy bounds.
- Keep outputs releasable with explicit caveats.

## Workflow

1. Build vessel risk and authority baseline.
2. Sequence boarding actions with explicit autonomy/human control boundaries.
3. Define evidence custody flow and contingency branches.
4. Assign command approval gates before action execution.

## Required Output Format

1. Situation snapshot.
2. Recommended boarding sequence.
3. Alternate/degraded sequence.
4. Decision points and human control gates.
5. Staff tasking and suspense.

## Domain Products

Primary products: VBSS action sequence, autonomy authority matrix, evidence custody packet.

## External Tools and Protocol Integration

- Use `../_shared/references/external-tools-protocols.md` and `../_shared/references/warfighter-tool-authority-gates.md`.
- Use packet template `DPL-VBSS-AUTO-001` from `../_shared/references/domain-tool-packet-library.md`.
- Bind recommendations to `ts-maritime-vbss-autonomy-v1` in `../_shared/references/warfighter-external-tool-and-protocol-catalog.md`.
- Include protocol mappings (for example `AIS/NMEA`, `API/JSON`, `USMTF`) and custody acknowledgment chain.

## Guardrails

- Restrict autonomy to approved authority envelope.
- Require human confirmation before evidence-sensitive actions.
- Mark uncertain legal status recommendations as advisory-only.

## Fail-Closed Authority Gate

- Require `requires_human_approval=true` for recommendations that alter boarding sequence, use-of-force posture, or evidence handling actions.
- Block publication if `authority_tier`, `approval_role`, `legal_basis_ref`, `audit_record_id`, or `custody_chain_status` is missing.
- If legal authority, identity confidence, or evidence custody integrity is uncertain, downgrade to advisory-only and mark `execution_not_authorized`.

## Domain Toolchain Defaults

- Primary: `tool_suite_id=ts-maritime-vbss-autonomy-v1` with `protocol_stack_id=ps-maritime-awareness-stack-v1`.
- Alternate: `tool_suite_id=ts-maritime-interdiction-v1` with `protocol_stack_id=ps-cop-event-sharing-stack-v1`.
- Degraded: manual boarding matrix with paper custody chain and UTC verification.

## Domain Packet Defaults

- Default packet ID: `DPL-VBSS-AUTO-001`.
- If legal authority or custody traceability is incomplete, downgrade to advisory-only.