tribunal-kit 8.0.0 → 9.0.1

package/.agent/skills/i18n-localization/SKILL.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 name: i18n-localization
-description: Internationalization (i18n) and localization mastery. Abstracting hardcoded strings, managing JSON/YAML translation dictionaries, bidirectional routing (RTL support for Arabic/Hebrew), Pluralization algorithms, date/currency formatting, and SSR locale detection in Next.js/React. Use when preparing an application for global multilingual scaling.
-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Edit, Write
-version: 3.0.0
-last-updated: 2026-07-30
+description: Use when Internationalization (i18n) and localization mastery. Abstracting hardcoded strings, managing JSON/YAML translation dictionaries, bidirectional routing (RTL support for Arabic/Hebrew), Pluralization algorithms, date/currency formatting, and SSR locale detection in Next.js/React. Use when preparing an application for global multilingual scaling.
+version: 5.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-13
 skills:
   - nextjs-react-expert
   - adapt
   - baseline-ui
+tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Edit, Write
 scripts-binding:
   - .agent/scripts/lint_runner.js
   - .agent/scripts/verify_all.js
@@ -15,15 +15,41 @@ scripts-binding:
 
 # i18n & Localization — Global Scale Mastery
 
+## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
+
+Before generating, refactoring, or reviewing code in the `i18n-localization` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
+
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
+
+## Activation Boundaries
+
+- **Activate when:** Use when Internationalization (i18n) and localization mastery. Abstracting hardcoded strings, managing JSON/YAML translation dictionaries, bidirectional routing (RTL support for Arabic/Hebrew), Pluralization algorithms, date/currency formatting, and SSR locale detection in Next.js/React. Use when preparing an application for global multilingual scaling.
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `i18n-localization` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist.
+
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
+
+Execute all non-trivial tasks through this 7-pass cognitive loop:
+
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose the task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies and required tool calls. |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement the solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack** | Perform an adversarial review searching for edge-case failures, race conditions, and traps. |
+| **Pass 6** | **Improve** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. |
+
 ---
 
-## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
 
-Before engineering multilingual or i18n features, you MUST inspect:
+---
 
-1. Dictionary Interpolation (Section 15) → Use ICU parameter interpolation `t('greeting', { name })` instead of string concatenation
-2. Native `Intl` API Formatting (Section 71) → Use native `Intl.NumberFormat` and `Intl.DateTimeFormat` with active locale instead of third-party string parsers
-3. Logical CSS Properties for RTL (Section 94) → Use logical properties (`margin-inline-start`, `ms-4`) instead of physical `marginLeft`/`marginRight` for Arabic/Hebrew support
 
 ## Hallucination Traps (Read First)
 
@@ -34,8 +60,6 @@ Before engineering multilingual or i18n features, you MUST inspect:
 
 ---
 
-# i18n & Localization — Global Scale Mastery
-
 ---
 
 ## 1. The i18n Architecture (Next.js / React)
@@ -141,91 +165,45 @@ In Next.js Middleware:
 
 ---
 
----
-
-AI coding assistants often fall into specific bad habits when dealing with this domain. These are strictly forbidden:
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
 
-1. **Over-engineering:** Proposing complex abstractions or distributed systems when a simpler approach suffices.
-2. **Hallucinated Libraries/Methods:** Using non-existent methods or packages. Always `// VERIFY` or check `package.json` / `requirements.txt`.
-3. **Skipping Edge Cases:** Writing the "happy path" and ignoring error handling, timeouts, or data validation.
-4. **Context Amnesia:** Forgetting the user's constraints and offering generic advice instead of tailored solutions.
-5. **Silent Degradation:** Catching and suppressing errors without logging or re-raising.
+| Scenario | Risk | Mitigation Strategy |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
 
 ---
 
-**Slash command: `/review` or `/tribunal-full`**
-**Active reviewers: `logic-reviewer` · `security-auditor`**
-
-### ❌ Forbidden AI Tropes
-
-1. **Blind Assumptions:** Never make an assumption without documenting it clearly with `// VERIFY: [reason]`.
-2. **Silent Degradation:** Catching and suppressing errors without logging or handling.
-3. **Context Amnesia:** Forgetting the user's constraints and offering generic advice instead of tailored solutions.
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
 
-Review these questions before confirming output:
-
-```
-✅ Did I rely ONLY on real, verified tools and methods?
-✅ Is this solution appropriately scoped to the user's constraints?
-✅ Did I handle potential failure modes and edge cases?
-✅ Have I avoided generic boilerplate that doesn't add value?
-```
-
-### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
-
-**CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
-
-- ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
-- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing tests, compile success, or equivalent proof) that your output works as intended.
-
-## Pre-Flight Checklist
-
-- [ ] Have I reviewed the user's specific constraints and requests?
-- [ ] Have I checked the environment for relevant existing implementations?
-
-## VBC Protocol (Verification-Before-Completion)
-
-You MUST verify existing code signatures and variables before attempting to modify or call them. No hallucination is permitted.
-
----
-
-## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps
-
-AI coding assistants often fall into specific bad habits when dealing with this domain. These are strictly forbidden:
-
-1. **Over-engineering:** Proposing complex abstractions or distributed systems when a simpler approach suffices.
-2. **Hallucinated Libraries/Methods:** Using non-existent methods or packages. Always `// VERIFY` or check `package.json` / `requirements.txt`.
-3. **Skipping Edge Cases:** Writing the "happy path" and ignoring error handling, timeouts, or data validation.
-4. **Context Amnesia:** Forgetting the user's constraints and offering generic advice instead of tailored solutions.
-5. **Silent Degradation:** Catching and suppressing errors without logging or re-raising.
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Hallucinated Tool Capabilities** | Assuming an external library or CLI command exists without verification | Run a verification check or verify package.json before referencing tools |
+| **Premature Completion Claim** | Declaring a task finished because code was generated without verification | Execute tests, linters, or terminal commands to provide concrete proof |
+| **Context Bloat Dumping** | Pasting entire multi-thousand-line files into prompt context | Extract targeted excerpts, symbols, and signatures to preserve tokens |
 
 ---
 
-## 🏛️ Tribunal Integration (Anti-Hallucination)
-
-**Slash command: `/review` or `/tribunal-full`**
-**Active reviewers: `logic-reviewer` · `security-auditor`**
-
-### ❌ Forbidden AI Tropes
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
 
-1. **Blind Assumptions:** Never make an assumption without documenting it clearly with `// VERIFY: [reason]`.
-2. **Silent Degradation:** Catching and suppressing errors without logging or handling.
-3. **Context Amnesia:** Forgetting the user's constraints and offering generic advice instead of tailored solutions.
+**Active Reviewers:** `orchestrator` · `agent-organizer` · `logic-reviewer`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
 
-### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit
-
-Review these questions before confirming output:
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
 
 ```
-✅ Did I rely ONLY on real, verified tools and methods?
-✅ Is this solution appropriately scoped to the user's constraints?
-✅ Did I handle potential failure modes and edge cases?
-✅ Have I avoided generic boilerplate that doesn't add value?
+✅ Did I deconstruct the root objective before proposing architecture?
+✅ Did I identify dependencies, bottlenecks, and parallelizable sub-tasks?
+✅ Did I avoid over-engineering and select the simplest effective pattern?
+✅ Did I verify assumptions with concrete file reads instead of speculation?
+✅ Did I establish measurable verification criteria before completion?
 ```
 
 ### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
 
 **CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
-
 - ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
-- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing tests, compile success, or equivalent proof) that your output works as intended.
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.

package/.agent/skills/impeccable/SKILL.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 name: impeccable
-description: Flagship design engineering skill for creating production-grade, anti-generic frontend interfaces with supreme craftsmanship, visual hierarchy, typography, spatial systems, and micro-interactions.
-version: 3.0.0
-last-updated: 2026-07-30
+description: Use when Flagship design engineering skill for creating production-grade, anti-generic frontend interfaces with supreme craftsmanship, visual hierarchy, typography, spatial systems, and micro-interactions.
+version: 5.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-13
 skills:
   - better-ui
   - better-colors
@@ -15,17 +15,41 @@ scripts-binding:
 
 # Impeccable — Production-Grade Frontend Craft
 
----
-
 ## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
 
-Before designing or engineering frontend components, you MUST inspect:
+Before generating, refactoring, or reviewing code in the `impeccable` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
+
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
+
+## Activation Boundaries
+
+- **Activate when:** Use when Flagship design engineering skill for creating production-grade, anti-generic frontend interfaces with supreme craftsmanship, visual hierarchy, typography, spatial systems, and micro-interactions.
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `impeccable` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist.
 
-1. `DESIGN.md` / `package.json` → Verify OKLCH color palettes, font pairings, and responsive container query setups
-2. Core Pillars of Impeccable UI (Section 22) → Enforce `tabular-nums` on digits, `text-wrap: balance` on headings, and strict 8px grid math
-3. Motion & Micro-Interactions (Section 34) → Limit micro-interactions to $\le 160\text{ms}$ and check `prefers-reduced-motion` fallbacks
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
+
+Execute all non-trivial tasks through this 7-pass cognitive loop:
+
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose the task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies and required tool calls. |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement the solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack** | Perform an adversarial review searching for edge-case failures, race conditions, and traps. |
+| **Pass 6** | **Improve** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. |
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
+
+---
 
-The gold standard framework for crafting bespoke, world-class web applications that feel custom-built by elite design engineers.
 
 ---
 
@@ -59,30 +83,45 @@ The gold standard framework for crafting bespoke, world-class web applications t
 
 ---
 
-## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
+
+| Scenario | Risk | Mitigation Strategy |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
+
+---
+
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
 
-1. **Generic AI Aesthetics**: Using purple-to-blue gradients, glow effects on every button, or heavy glassmorphism on white text.
-2. **Hardcoded Pixel Values**: Writing hardcoded `px` font sizes and dimensions instead of `rem` and fluid `clamp()` utilities.
-3. **Orphaned Text**: Failing to apply `text-wrap: balance` to multi-line headings.
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Uncontrolled Re-render Loop** | Mutating state inside render bodies or omitting hook dependencies | Wrap effects with explicit deps and isolate reactive derivations in useMemo |
+| **Accessibility Neglect** | Interactive <div> without role="button", tabIndex, or onKeyDown | Use semantic <button> or provide ARIA role, keyboard handlers, and focus ring |
+| **Layout Shift Flash** | Images/dynamic content without aspect-ratio or explicit dimensions | Enforce aspect-ratio or skeleton placeholders to guarantee zero CLS |
 
 ---
 
-## 🏛️ Tribunal Integration (Anti-Hallucination)
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
 
-**Active reviewers: `frontend-reviewer` · `ui-ux-auditor` · `motion-reviewer`**
+**Active Reviewers:** `frontend-reviewer` · `type-safety` · `ui-ux-auditor` · `complexity-reviewer`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
 
-### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
 
 ```
-✅ Are tabular numbers enabled on all changing numeric values?
-✅ Is heading text wrapped using `text-wrap: balance`?
-✅ Is container query responsiveness utilized where components are reused?
-✅ Are transitions tuned with custom cubic-bezier curves under 300ms?
+✅ Are all component props strictly typed with zero implicit "any"?
+✅ Are responsive breakpoints, fluid typography, and optical balance verified?
+✅ Is accessibility (ARIA labels, keyboard focus, contrast) validated?
+✅ Are re-renders minimized and state lifecycles cleanly separated?
+✅ Did I verify all imported UI components and icon sets actually exist?
 ```
 
 ### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
 
 **CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
-
 - ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
-- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing tests, compile success, or equivalent proof) that your output works as intended.
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.

package/.agent/skills/improve-codebase-architecture/SKILL.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 name: improve-codebase-architecture
-description: Scans a codebase for deepening opportunities, architectural bottlenecks, tight coupling, and produces a prioritized visual improvement roadmap.
-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Edit, Write
-version: 3.0.0
-last-updated: 2026-07-30
+description: Use when Scans a codebase for deepening opportunities, architectural bottlenecks, tight coupling, and produces a prioritized visual improvement roadmap.
+version: 5.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-13
 skills:
   - codebase-design
   - clean-code
   - architecture
+tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Edit, Write
 scripts-binding:
   - .agent/scripts/lint_runner.js
   - .agent/scripts/verify_all.js
@@ -15,19 +15,41 @@ scripts-binding:
 
 # Improve Codebase Architecture — Architectural Audit & Refactoring
 
----
-
 ## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
 
-Before refactoring or producing an architectural improvement roadmap, you MUST inspect:
+Before generating, refactoring, or reviewing code in the `improve-codebase-architecture` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
 
-1. Circular Dependency Breaking Rule (Section 24) → Identify circular imports (`A -> B -> C -> A`) and resolve via event buses or explicit interfaces
-2. Monolithic Controller Line Threshold (500 lines) (Section 27) → Flag any controller/service >500 lines with mixed concerns for immediate decomposition
-3. Incremental Refactoring Rule (Section 46) → Ban shotgun surgery across >5 files simultaneously; enforce phased, test-backed interface extractions
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
 
-# Improve Codebase Architecture — Architectural Audit & Refactoring
+## Activation Boundaries
+
+- **Activate when:** Use when Scans a codebase for deepening opportunities, architectural bottlenecks, tight coupling, and produces a prioritized visual improvement roadmap.
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `improve-codebase-architecture` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist.
+
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
+
+Execute all non-trivial tasks through this 7-pass cognitive loop:
+
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose the task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies and required tool calls. |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement the solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack** | Perform an adversarial review searching for edge-case failures, race conditions, and traps. |
+| **Pass 6** | **Improve** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. |
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
+
+---
 
-Audit an existing codebase for structural rot, circular dependencies, monolithic controllers, and produce a prioritized refactoring roadmap.
 
 ---
 
@@ -57,27 +79,45 @@ Output audit findings in a clear prioritized Markdown table:
 
 ---
 
-## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
 
-1. **Shotgun Surgery**: Refactoring 20 files at once without establishing tests or clean interfaces first.
-2. **Ignoring Existing Conventions**: Forgetting existing project patterns and forcing an incompatible framework structure.
+| Scenario | Risk | Mitigation Strategy |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
 
 ---
 
-## 🏛️ Tribunal Integration (Anti-Hallucination)
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
 
-**Active reviewers: `logic-reviewer` · `complexity-reviewer`**
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Hallucinated Tool Capabilities** | Assuming an external library or CLI command exists without verification | Run a verification check or verify package.json before referencing tools |
+| **Premature Completion Claim** | Declaring a task finished because code was generated without verification | Execute tests, linters, or terminal commands to provide concrete proof |
+| **Context Bloat Dumping** | Pasting entire multi-thousand-line files into prompt context | Extract targeted excerpts, symbols, and signatures to preserve tokens |
 
-### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit
+---
+
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
+
+**Active Reviewers:** `orchestrator` · `agent-organizer` · `logic-reviewer`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
+
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
 
 ```
-✅ Are circular dependencies identified and resolved via clean seams?
-✅ Is the refactoring plan broken down into safe, testable phases?
+✅ Did I deconstruct the root objective before proposing architecture?
+✅ Did I identify dependencies, bottlenecks, and parallelizable sub-tasks?
+✅ Did I avoid over-engineering and select the simplest effective pattern?
+✅ Did I verify assumptions with concrete file reads instead of speculation?
+✅ Did I establish measurable verification criteria before completion?
 ```
 
 ### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
 
 **CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
-
 - ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
-- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing tests, compile success, or equivalent proof) that your output works as intended.
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.

package/.agent/skills/improve-ui/SKILL.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 name: improve-ui
-description: Audit an existing product surface against its own design evidence, identify verified UI problems, and write self-contained implementation plans for another agent. Strictly read-only on product source. Use when asked to review, refine, improve, or clean up an interface without replacing its identity.
-version: 3.0.0
-last-updated: 2026-07-30
+description: Use when Audit an existing product surface against its own design evidence, identify verified UI problems, and write self-contained implementation plans for another agent. Strictly read-only on product source. Use when asked to review, refine, improve, or clean up an interface without replacing its identity.
+version: 5.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-13
 skills:
   - better-ui
   - baseline-ui
@@ -15,17 +15,41 @@ scripts-binding:
 
 # Improve UI — Evidence-Based UI Audit & Implementation Planning
 
----
-
 ## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
 
-Before auditing UI surfaces or writing remediation plans, you MUST inspect:
+Before generating, refactoring, or reviewing code in the `improve-ui` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
+
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
+
+## Activation Boundaries
+
+- **Activate when:** Use when Audit an existing product surface against its own design evidence, identify verified UI problems, and write self-contained implementation plans for another agent. Strictly read-only on product source. Use when asked to review, refine, improve, or clean up an interface without replacing its identity.
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `improve-ui` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist.
 
-1. Read-Only Constraint (Section 24) → Strictly NEVER modify product source code (`src/`, `components/`, `app/`) during an `improve-ui` audit session
-2. 3-Proof Requirement (Section 40) → Every reported defect MUST present Observation (code line/element), Basis (token/grid violation), and Consequence
-3. Plan Artifact Output (Section 25) → Write implementation plans to `design-plans/` or output structured markdown for execution
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
+
+Execute all non-trivial tasks through this 7-pass cognitive loop:
+
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose the task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies and required tool calls. |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement the solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack** | Perform an adversarial review searching for edge-case failures, race conditions, and traps. |
+| **Pass 6** | **Improve** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. |
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
+
+---
 
-Audit a specific product surface against its governing design tokens and guidelines, identify verified UI defects, and generate self-contained implementation plans for remediation.
 
 ---
 
@@ -77,23 +101,45 @@ Write a self-contained plan specifying:
 
 ---
 
-## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
+
+| Scenario | Risk | Mitigation Strategy |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
+
+---
+
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
 
-1. **Mutating Code During Audit**: Applying code changes immediately instead of generating a clean implementation plan.
-2. **Re-architecting Scope**: Re-writing component state hooks when only CSS spacing and contrast fixes were requested.
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Uncontrolled Re-render Loop** | Mutating state inside render bodies or omitting hook dependencies | Wrap effects with explicit deps and isolate reactive derivations in useMemo |
+| **Accessibility Neglect** | Interactive <div> without role="button", tabIndex, or onKeyDown | Use semantic <button> or provide ARIA role, keyboard handlers, and focus ring |
+| **Layout Shift Flash** | Images/dynamic content without aspect-ratio or explicit dimensions | Enforce aspect-ratio or skeleton placeholders to guarantee zero CLS |
 
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-## 🏛️ Tribunal Integration (Anti-Hallucination)
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
+
+**Active Reviewers:** `frontend-reviewer` · `type-safety` · `ui-ux-auditor` · `complexity-reviewer`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
 
-### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
 
 ```
-✅ Is the audit strictly read-only on product source code?
-✅ Are all reported findings supported by concrete token or layout evidence?
-✅ Is the generated implementation plan self-contained and ready for execution?
+✅ Are all component props strictly typed with zero implicit "any"?
+✅ Are responsive breakpoints, fluid typography, and optical balance verified?
+✅ Is accessibility (ARIA labels, keyboard focus, contrast) validated?
+✅ Are re-renders minimized and state lifecycles cleanly separated?
+✅ Did I verify all imported UI components and icon sets actually exist?
 ```
 
 ### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
 
-Confirm all plan recommendations match project CSS custom properties before delivery.
+**CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
+- ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.