dev-small-scope-patch
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Make narrowly scoped CodeFlowMu changes using existing patterns. Use when DEV needs to patch code, docs, manifests, or tests without broad refactors or runtime boundary violations.
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
5 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 10
Use when implementation is authorized and scope is clear.
- Distinctive: line 14
Keep edits small and local.
- Distinctive: line 25
Do not perform drive-by refactors.
- Distinctive: line 26
Do not modify formal FCoP protocol unless explicitly tasked.
- Very specific: line 27
Do not add Panel/API/runtime behavior from a Playbook task.
≈ “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
DEV Small Scope Patch
When to use
Use when implementation is authorized and scope is clear.
Rules
- Keep edits small and local.
- Follow project patterns.
- Preserve unrelated dirty work.
- Explain non-goals.
Required output
Use docs/skills/dev-playbook/small-scope-patch.md.
Forbidden actions
- Do not perform drive-by refactors.
- Do not modify formal FCoP protocol unless explicitly tasked.
- Do not add Panel/API/runtime behavior from a Playbook task.
Minimal example
File: skills/README.md
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