@ai-outfitter/outfitter 0.9.0 → 0.10.0

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  1. package/.outfitter/skills/outfitter/SKILL.md +86 -0
  2. package/README.md +2 -0
  3. package/code/pi-extension/src/outfitter-extension.js +11 -0
  4. package/dist/agents/AdapterProfileControls.js +2 -2
  5. package/dist/agents/AdapterProfileControls.js.map +1 -1
  6. package/dist/agents/AgentAdapter.d.ts +0 -2
  7. package/dist/agents/LaunchResources.d.ts +4 -0
  8. package/dist/agents/LaunchResources.js +27 -1
  9. package/dist/agents/LaunchResources.js.map +1 -1
  10. package/dist/agents/OutfitterSkill.d.ts +11 -0
  11. package/dist/agents/OutfitterSkill.js +128 -0
  12. package/dist/agents/OutfitterSkill.js.map +1 -0
  13. package/dist/agents/claude/ClaudeAdapter.js +16 -1
  14. package/dist/agents/claude/ClaudeAdapter.js.map +1 -1
  15. package/dist/agents/pi/PiAdapter.js +4 -12
  16. package/dist/agents/pi/PiAdapter.js.map +1 -1
  17. package/dist/agents/pi/PiArgs.js +1 -1
  18. package/dist/agents/pi/PiArgs.js.map +1 -1
  19. package/dist/agents/pi/PiSkillSources.js +5 -1
  20. package/dist/agents/pi/PiSkillSources.js.map +1 -1
  21. package/dist/cli/OutfitterCli.js +0 -2
  22. package/dist/cli/OutfitterCli.js.map +1 -1
  23. package/dist/cli/commands/PiLoginLaunch.d.ts +5 -0
  24. package/dist/cli/commands/PiLoginLaunch.js +2 -0
  25. package/dist/cli/commands/PiLoginLaunch.js.map +1 -1
  26. package/dist/cli/commands/RunCommand.d.ts +0 -2
  27. package/dist/cli/commands/RunCommand.js +29 -9
  28. package/dist/cli/commands/RunCommand.js.map +1 -1
  29. package/dist/cli/commands/profile/LintCommand.js +33 -1
  30. package/dist/cli/commands/profile/LintCommand.js.map +1 -1
  31. package/dist/cli/commands/run/RunProfileResolution.d.ts +2 -0
  32. package/dist/cli/commands/run/RunProfileResolution.js +4 -0
  33. package/dist/cli/commands/run/RunProfileResolution.js.map +1 -1
  34. package/dist/profiles/Profile.d.ts +14 -1
  35. package/dist/profiles/Profile.js.map +1 -1
  36. package/dist/profiles/ProfileLoader.js +18 -2
  37. package/dist/profiles/ProfileLoader.js.map +1 -1
  38. package/dist/profiles/ProfileMerger.js +3 -2
  39. package/dist/profiles/ProfileMerger.js.map +1 -1
  40. package/dist/schemas/profile.schema.json +40 -3
  41. package/dist/skills/ProfileSkillResolution.d.ts +21 -0
  42. package/dist/skills/ProfileSkillResolution.js +88 -0
  43. package/dist/skills/ProfileSkillResolution.js.map +1 -0
  44. package/dist/skills/SkillCatalog.d.ts +41 -0
  45. package/dist/skills/SkillCatalog.js +119 -0
  46. package/dist/skills/SkillCatalog.js.map +1 -0
  47. package/dist/skills/SkillDocument.d.ts +21 -0
  48. package/dist/skills/SkillDocument.js +85 -0
  49. package/dist/skills/SkillDocument.js.map +1 -0
  50. package/dist/skills/SkillResolution.d.ts +34 -0
  51. package/dist/skills/SkillResolution.js +217 -0
  52. package/dist/skills/SkillResolution.js.map +1 -0
  53. package/{doc → docs}/documentation/README.md +4 -1
  54. package/docs/documentation/actions.md +97 -0
  55. package/docs/documentation/best-practices.md +105 -0
  56. package/{doc → docs}/documentation/profile-repository.md +74 -6
  57. package/docs/documentation/skills.md +436 -0
  58. package/{doc → docs}/documentation/support-matrix.md +4 -1
  59. package/package.json +4 -8
  60. package/src/schemas/profile.schema.json +40 -3
  61. package/dist/agents/OutfitterDocs.d.ts +0 -2
  62. package/dist/agents/OutfitterDocs.js +0 -38
  63. package/dist/agents/OutfitterDocs.js.map +0 -1
  64. package/skills/outfitter/SKILL.md +0 -68
  65. /package/{doc → docs}/architecture/state_writeback_strategy.md +0 -0
  66. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/cli.md +0 -0
  67. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/concepts.md +0 -0
  68. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/first-time-cli-agent-users.md +0 -0
  69. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/getting-started.md +0 -0
  70. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/iterating-on-profiles.md +0 -0
  71. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/profiles.md +0 -0
  72. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/state.md +0 -0
  73. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/switching-to-outfitter.md +0 -0
  74. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/usecases/engineering.md +0 -0
  75. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/usecases/organization-profile-catalog.md +0 -0
  76. /package/{doc → docs}/documentation/usecases/persona-reviews.md +0 -0
  77. /package/{doc → docs}/philosophy.md +0 -0
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+ // Resolves selected skill IDs, validates references, and materializes generated skills.
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+ import { copyFileSync, cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, realpathSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
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+ import { basename, isAbsolute, join, relative, sep } from 'node:path';
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+ import { isSkillDocumentIssue, isValidSkillId, readSkillDocument, skillMaterializationSections, } from './SkillDocument.js';
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+ export const resolveSkillEntries = (input) => {
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+ const sources = [];
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+ const diagnostics = [];
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+ for (const entryInput of input.entries) {
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+ const outcome = resolveSkillEntry(input, entryInput);
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+ sources.push(...outcome.sources);
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+ diagnostics.push(...outcome.diagnostics);
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+ }
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+ return { sources, diagnostics };
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+ };
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+ const resolveSkillEntry = (input, entryInput) => {
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+ const { entry, profileReferenceRoot } = entryInput;
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+ const selection = typeof entry === 'string' ? { id: entry } : entry;
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+ const catalogEntry = input.catalog.entries.get(selection.id);
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+ if (catalogEntry === undefined) {
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+ return resolveUncataloguedEntry(entry, selection.id);
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+ }
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+ const references = selection.references ?? [];
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+ const referencesKey = JSON.stringify(references);
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+ const cached = input.materializationCache?.get(selection.id);
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+ if (cached !== undefined) {
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+ return resolveCachedEntry(cached, referencesKey, selection.id);
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+ }
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+ const resolved = resolveCatalogSkill({
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+ catalogEntry,
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+ references,
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+ profileReferenceRoot,
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+ projectDirectory: input.projectDirectory,
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+ outputDirectory: input.outputDirectory,
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+ });
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+ input.materializationCache?.set(selection.id, {
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+ referencesKey,
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+ generatedDirectory: resolved.generatedDirectory,
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+ });
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+ return { sources: toEntrySources(resolved.generatedDirectory), diagnostics: resolved.diagnostics };
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+ };
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+ const resolveCachedEntry = (cached, referencesKey, id) => {
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+ if (cached.referencesKey !== referencesKey) {
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+ return {
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+ sources: [],
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+ diagnostics: [
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+ {
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+ severity: 'error',
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+ path: `controls.skills/${id}`,
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+ message: `Skill '${id}' is selected with conflicting reference sets across control scopes.`,
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+ },
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+ ],
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+ };
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+ }
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+ return { sources: toEntrySources(cached.generatedDirectory), diagnostics: [] };
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+ };
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+ const toEntrySources = (generatedDirectory) => generatedDirectory === undefined ? [] : [generatedDirectory];
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+ const resolveUncataloguedEntry = (entry, id) => {
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+ if (typeof entry !== 'string') {
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+ return {
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+ sources: [],
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+ diagnostics: [
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+ {
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+ severity: 'error',
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+ path: `controls.skills/${id}`,
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+ message: `Skill ID '${id}' does not resolve in any skills directory.`,
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+ },
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+ ],
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+ };
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+ }
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+ if (isValidSkillId(entry)) {
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+ return {
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+ sources: [entry],
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+ diagnostics: [
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+ {
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+ severity: 'warning',
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+ path: `controls.skills/${entry}`,
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+ message: `Skill '${entry}' does not resolve in any skills directory; passing it through as a path source.`,
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+ },
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+ ],
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+ };
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+ }
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+ return { sources: [entry], diagnostics: [] };
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+ };
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+ const resolveCatalogSkill = (input) => {
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+ const { catalogEntry } = input;
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+ const diagnostics = [];
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+ const document = readSkillDocument(catalogEntry.skillPath);
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+ if (isSkillDocumentIssue(document)) {
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+ return { diagnostics: [{ severity: 'error', path: document.path, message: document.message }] };
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+ }
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+ if (document.name !== catalogEntry.id) {
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+ return {
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+ diagnostics: [
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+ {
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+ severity: 'error',
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+ path: catalogEntry.skillPath,
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+ message: `SKILL.md 'name' ('${document.name}') must match its directory name ('${catalogEntry.id}').`,
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+ },
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+ ],
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+ };
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+ }
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+ const materializations = planSkillMaterializations(input, document, diagnostics);
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+ if (diagnostics.some((diagnostic) => diagnostic.severity === 'error') || input.outputDirectory === undefined) {
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+ return { diagnostics };
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+ }
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+ const generatedDirectory = join(input.outputDirectory, catalogEntry.id);
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+ cpSync(catalogEntry.directory, generatedDirectory, { recursive: true });
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+ for (const materialization of materializations) {
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+ const sectionDirectory = join(generatedDirectory, materialization.section);
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+ mkdirSync(sectionDirectory, { recursive: true });
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+ // copyFileSync preserves the source mode, so materialized scripts stay executable.
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+ copyFileSync(materialization.sourcePath, join(sectionDirectory, materialization.destinationName));
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+ }
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+ return { generatedDirectory, diagnostics };
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+ };
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+ const planSkillMaterializations = (input, document, diagnostics) => {
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+ const materializations = [];
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+ for (const section of skillMaterializationSections) {
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+ const entries = [
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+ ...document[section].map((reference) => ({ reference, fileRoot: input.catalogEntry.referenceRoot })),
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+ // Profile-added references resolve `file` from the declaring profile's repository.
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+ ...(section === 'references'
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+ ? input.references.map((reference) => ({
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+ reference,
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+ fileRoot: input.profileReferenceRoot ?? input.projectDirectory ?? input.catalogEntry.referenceRoot,
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+ }))
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+ : []),
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+ ];
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+ materializations.push(...planSectionMaterializations(input, section, entries, diagnostics));
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+ }
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+ return materializations;
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+ };
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+ const planSectionMaterializations = (input, section, entries, diagnostics) => {
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+ const materializations = [];
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+ const destinationNames = new Set();
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+ for (const { reference, fileRoot } of entries) {
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+ const resolved = resolveReferenceMaterialization({
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+ reference,
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+ section,
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+ fileRoot,
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+ projectDirectory: input.projectDirectory,
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+ skillPath: input.catalogEntry.skillPath,
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+ });
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+ if (resolved === undefined) {
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+ continue;
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+ }
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+ if ('message' in resolved) {
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+ diagnostics.push(resolved);
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+ continue;
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+ }
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+ if (destinationNames.has(resolved.destinationName)) {
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+ diagnostics.push({
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+ severity: 'error',
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+ path: input.catalogEntry.skillPath,
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+ message: `Destination '${section}/${resolved.destinationName}' is declared more than once.`,
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+ });
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+ continue;
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+ }
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+ // Checked against the source skill directory during planning so lint reports
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+ // shipped-file collisions without materializing anything.
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+ if (existsSync(join(input.catalogEntry.directory, section, resolved.destinationName))) {
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+ diagnostics.push({
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+ severity: 'error',
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+ path: input.catalogEntry.skillPath,
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+ message: `Destination '${section}/${resolved.destinationName}' collides with a file ` +
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+ `already shipped by skill '${input.catalogEntry.id}'.`,
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+ });
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+ continue;
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+ }
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+ destinationNames.add(resolved.destinationName);
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+ materializations.push(resolved);
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+ }
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+ return materializations;
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+ };
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+ const describeReference = (reference, fileRoot, projectDirectory) => 'repo_file' in reference
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+ ? { declaredPath: reference.repo_file, root: projectDirectory, kind: 'repo_file', rootLabel: 'project' }
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+ : { declaredPath: reference.file, root: fileRoot, kind: 'file', rootLabel: 'catalog' };
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+ const resolveReferenceMaterialization = (input) => {
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+ const { declaredPath, root, kind, rootLabel } = describeReference(input.reference, input.fileRoot, input.projectDirectory);
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+ const error = (message) => ({
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+ severity: 'error',
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+ path: input.skillPath,
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+ message,
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+ });
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+ if (root === undefined) {
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+ return error(`Reference ${kind} '${declaredPath}' has no ${rootLabel} root to resolve from.`);
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+ }
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+ const sourcePath = isAbsolute(declaredPath) ? declaredPath : join(root, declaredPath);
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+ if (!existsSync(sourcePath)) {
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+ // A consuming project may not contain a repo_file target; the reference is omitted.
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+ return kind === 'repo_file' ? undefined : error(`Reference file '${declaredPath}' was not found under '${root}'.`);
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+ }
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+ if (!statSync(sourcePath).isFile()) {
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+ return error(`Reference ${kind} '${declaredPath}' must be a regular file.`);
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+ }
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+ if (escapesRoot(sourcePath, root)) {
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+ return error(`Reference ${kind} '${declaredPath}' resolves outside its ${rootLabel} root '${root}'.`);
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+ }
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+ return { section: input.section, sourcePath, destinationName: basename(declaredPath) };
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+ };
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+ /** Targets must remain within their root after following symlinks. */
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+ const escapesRoot = (sourcePath, root) => {
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+ let resolvedSource;
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+ let resolvedRoot;
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+ try {
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+ resolvedSource = realpathSync(sourcePath);
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+ resolvedRoot = realpathSync(root);
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+ }
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+ catch {
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+ /* v8 ignore next 2 -- existsSync guards the source; a vanished root is a race we treat as escaping. */
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+ return true;
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+ }
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+ const relativePath = relative(resolvedRoot, resolvedSource);
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+ // A bare '..' or a '../' prefix escapes; a sibling name like '..config' does not.
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+ return relativePath === '..' || relativePath.startsWith(`..${sep}`) || isAbsolute(relativePath);
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+ };
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+ //# sourceMappingURL=SkillResolution.js.map
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+ The agent runs arbitrary `gh`/`git`/shell with whatever token you hand it, against untrusted input. Prefer the workflow's own `GITHUB_TOKEN` with an explicit least-privilege `permissions:` block; use a fine-grained PAT from a dedicated machine account only when the agent needs its own identity. Never use a human's PAT. The action's [token-permissions](https://github.com/ai-outfitter/actions/blob/main/docs/token-permissions.md) and [bot-account](https://github.com/ai-outfitter/actions/blob/main/docs/bot-account.md) guides cover this in depth, including prompt-injection trust boundaries.
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+ ## More examples
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+ The action's [`examples/`](https://github.com/ai-outfitter/actions/tree/main/examples) directory covers scheduled commit review, PR ready-for-review reviews, sensitive-path audits, assigned-task agents, and zero-key issue triage on GitHub Models. A complete live setup — workflow, profile, provider config, and validation — runs in [`ai-outfitter/default-profiles`](https://github.com/ai-outfitter/default-profiles) as its own issue-triage agent.
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+ # Best practices
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+ Outfitter works best with a few stable profiles and many focused skills.
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+ Profiles define who the agent is and the boundaries it operates within. Skills
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+ define what the agent can progressively learn to do.
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+ ## Prefer a few profiles and many skills
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+
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+ Create a profile for a durable identity or policy boundary — engineering,
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+ platform operations, support, a customer persona. A profile owns model and
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+ provider controls, operating policy and safety boundaries, tools and
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+ permissions, conventions, and the short rules for selecting skills.
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+
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+ Add a skill when the new behavior is a capability within an existing identity:
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+ issue planning, code review, deployment smoke testing, KPI reporting, release
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+ preparation. Adding a new situation SHOULD usually add a skill and a concise
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+ activation rule, not another profile. Reserve profile inheritance for genuine
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+ control and policy composition; do not require consumers to inherit a profile
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+ merely to access one of its skills.
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+ Prefer one profile with many skills:
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+ ```text
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+ platform profile
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+ ├── issue-planning skill
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+ ├── issue-implementation skill
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+ ├── kpi-reporting skill
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+ ├── deployment-review skill
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+ └── failed-deployment-triage skill
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+ ```
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+ Avoid separate `issue-planner`, `deployment-reviewer`, and `kpi-reporter`
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+ profiles when they share the same platform identity, permissions, and tools.
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+ Adding release notes later should add a `release-notes` skill to the platform
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+ profile, not a `release-notes-agent` profile with copies of the same controls.
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+ Separate profiles are appropriate when the policy boundary differs. An
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+ engineering agent may edit code, run tests, and push branches; a customer
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+ support agent may read customer conversations and draft replies but must not
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+ modify repositories. Those are different identities with different data access,
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+ tools, and write permissions, so separate `engineering` and `support` profiles
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+ are appropriate — and each can still expose many focused skills.
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+
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+ ## Keep skills focused
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+
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+ Give each skill one recognizable capability and a description precise enough
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+ for an agent to decide when it applies. Keep common policy in the profile
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+ rather than repeating it across every skill.
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+
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+ Focused does not mean tiny. Err on the side of one larger skill that
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+ [routes to different references](./skills.md#skills-as-routers) over many
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+ near-duplicate skills: split a skill only when its description can no longer
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+ say when it applies. Point references at existing human-maintained
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+ documentation rather than writing new agent-only copies, and use
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+ [profile-added references](./skills.md#profile-added-references) to specialize
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+ a shared skill instead of forking it.
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+ ## Use references for human documentation
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+ Keep canonical architecture, policy, and operating documents in normal `docs/`
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+ locations where people already maintain and review them. Declare those files as
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+ skill `references` instead of copying them into skill directories, and read
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+ them only after the skill activates so every run does not pay the context cost
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+ of every possible workflow. See
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+ [External references](./skills.md#external-references) for the reference format
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+ and trust rules.
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+
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+ ## Keep routing concise
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+
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+ A profile's system prompt can map stable runtime signals to relevant skills.
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+ Keep these activation rules short; detailed procedures belong in the selected
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+ skills and their references, never repeated in the profile prompt (see
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+ [Where context and instructions live](./skills.md#where-context-and-instructions-live)).
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+
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+ ```text
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+ Select only the skill relevant to the current task.
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+ - Planning request: use issue-planning.
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+ - Approved implementation request: use issue-implementation.
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+ - Recurring repository activity report: use kpi-reporting.
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+ - Successful environment awaiting verification: use deployment-review.
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+ - Failed environment update: use failed-deployment-triage.
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+ Load detailed task content only after selecting the skill.
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+ ```
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+
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+ When an integration launches the profile, pass only the trusted identifiers and
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+ runtime metadata needed to choose a skill. Keep untrusted source material out
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+ of the activation rules and let the selected skill retrieve only what it needs
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+ with trusted tools.
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+ For agentic automation, prefer a small number of reusable workflows that pass
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+ concise runtime metadata to the same stable execution profile. Let that profile
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+ activate the appropriate skill. One profile and one workflow can then support
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+ issue planning, implementation, scheduled reporting, deployment review, and
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+ another near-duplicate profile and automation job.
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+ ## Review the trust chain
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+ Profiles and skills can influence agent behavior and tool use. Follow
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+ [Trust and review](./profile-repository.md#trust-and-review) for catalog
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+ sources, keep secrets out of profiles, skills, references, and prompts, and run
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+ `outfitter profile lint --strict` in CI to catch broken skill IDs and
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  # Profile repositories
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+ A profile repository (also called a profile catalog) is a git repository that
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+ standard `name` in `SKILL.md` MUST match it. See [Skills](./skills.md) for the
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+ Standalone catalog skills are independent of catalog profiles. A consumer can
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+ ```yaml
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+ default_profile: platform
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+ default_agent: pi
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+ profile_sources:
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+ - github: ai-outfitter/actions
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+ - path: ./profiles
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+ ```
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+ ```yaml
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+ id: platform
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+ label: Platform
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+ skills:
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+ - outfitter-actions
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+ ```
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+ The catalog root is the directory containing `profiles/` (and `settings.yml`,
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+ when present). Outfitter discovers `skills/` beside `profiles/` at that root,
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+ so a catalog may publish standalone skills without publishing placeholder
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+ profiles. A source whose `path:` points directly at the profiles directory
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+ keeps working; its parent is the catalog root.
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+ Skill IDs follow the same [layer precedence](./concepts.md#layer-precedence) as
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+ profiles: project-local, project, user, then cached remote sources in
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+ configured order. Outfitter reports shadowed IDs so consumers can see which
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+ source supplies the selected skill.
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+ A published skill can reuse human-maintained catalog documentation without
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+ copying it into the skill folder: declare the document as a `file` reference,
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+ which resolves inside the catalog's checkout (including its synced cache),
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+ while `repo_file` references resolve inside the consumer's active project. See
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+ [External references](./skills.md#external-references) for the two-root model
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+ and trust rules.
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+ `profiles/` and, optionally, `skills/`), or the profiles directory itself as
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  - **Inject extensions** into your agent launch (`controls.extensions`). Extensions are code that runs inside the agent process with full access to your system — files, network, and shell.
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  - **Shape prompts, skills, subagents, and DeepWork jobs** — steering what the agent does with the access it already has.
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- 3. Confirm the repository's ownership and that its maintainers are who you expect.
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+ 3. Check `remote_settings` targets: a settings file can add further profile sources you did not review.
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+ 4. Confirm the repository's ownership and that its maintainers are who you expect.
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+ 5. Prefer `only:` filters so you expose just the profiles you reviewed, and list
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  For organization catalogs, pin a `ref:` (a tag or commit) rather than tracking the default branch. A pinned ref makes updates an explicit, reviewable action — bump the ref after reviewing the diff — instead of silently pulling whatever the catalog publishes next. Unpinned sources are convenient for catalogs you maintain yourself, but they mean `outfitter sync` executes-by-configuration whatever landed upstream.