brain-protocol
Skill1 starsChanged 35 days agoApache-2.0View on GitHub
Load and maintain Snowshoe's spec-driven brain. Use at session start, before any behavior or product-claim change, and when CURRENT/ADRs may be stale.
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- FPVE-Webdev/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Aug 17, 2026
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- FPVE-Webdev/claude-skills★ 0same name
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In this repository9 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/rules/agent-comms.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/project.mdcCursor rule
- consistency-auditSkill
- grill-canonSkill
- grillingSkill
- grill-meSkill
- snowshoe-scratchSkill
- snowshoeSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 27
If you change product behavior, positioning, non-goals, monetization, or any claim CURRENT makes:
- Very specific: line 29
Add or update an ADR under docs/brain/DECISIONS/ (use docs/brain/templates/DECISION_TEMPLATE.md).
- Very specific: line 30
Update CURRENT.md in the same change so it stays the compiled truth.
- Distinctive: line 34
Do not implement application code until CURRENT says we are past scaffold-only.
- Distinctive: line 38
Keep CURRENT short. Detail lives in ADRs.
- Distinctive: line 39
Do not invent metrics, users, or competitors.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Brain protocol
Read order (required)
docs/brain/START_HERE.mddocs/brain/CURRENT.md— compiled truthdocs/brain/ROADMAP.md— sequence of intent, not shipped factdocs/brain/EXPERIMENTS.md— registry of bets, not truth
Then open only the ADRs, notes, or evidence the task needs.
Trust
- Truth =
CURRENT.md+ ADRs withstatus: accepted(activeis a lint alias only; DECISIONS table usesaccepted). - Experiments stay in the registry until promoted.
docs/evidence/**supports a claim; it does not become true by existing.docs/brain/notes/**is working memory.docs/archive/**is historical.
Writes (required on behavior / claim change)
If you change product behavior, positioning, non-goals, monetization, or any claim CURRENT makes:
- Add or update an ADR under
docs/brain/DECISIONS/(usedocs/brain/templates/DECISION_TEMPLATE.md). - Update
CURRENT.mdin the same change so it stays the compiled truth. - Set frontmatter
status:correctly (accepted,proposed,superseded, …). - Move superseded canon to
docs/archive/rather than deleting history silently.
Do not implement application code until CURRENT says we are past scaffold-only.
Hygiene
- Keep CURRENT short. Detail lives in ADRs.
- Do not invent metrics, users, or competitors.
- English in brain files.
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