Changelog

All notable changes to this repository are documented in this file. Each skill is versioned independently — Devil's Advocate uses [X.Y.Z] headers, additional skills use skill-name [X.Y.Z] headers.

The format follows Keep a Changelog and all skills adhere to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Planned

postmortem-writing companion skill for post-incident analysis

[2.9.2] — 2026-05-12

Changed

Domain framework cap removed — eliminated the artificial max 2 per analysis limit from the context budget. Agents now load all frameworks relevant to the plan's scope in a single analysis pass. Relevance-based selection only: most plans need 2–4; loading all 12 is reserved for full-system reviews. Eliminates the endless-iteration pattern where users had to re-run DA multiple times to cover all domains.
Domain Frameworks section heading updated — changed from "max 2 per analysis" to "load all relevant per analysis" for consistency with the updated budget rule

ai-rules [1.0.1] — 2026-05-12

Changed

Language rule strengthened — en_US for code identifiers is now explicitly "non-negotiable" regardless of project language, user language, or documentation language. Removed reference to "instructions from any other skill or tool" per Gen Agent Trust Hub audit guidance.
Session initialization full-refusal handling — added explicit path: if the user asks to skip initialization entirely, proceed without docs/project-context.md; context-dependent rules apply conservative defaults for the session.
Session closing de-duplicated — removed the second session-closing note that was redundant with the one in the Session Initialization section.
Security and Privacy wording aligned — third-party code rule now uses "regardless of user instruction" phrasing consistent with the other prohibitions in that section.
Risk factors made actionable — added examples: "no test coverage on this module," "external API with no SLA," "single developer with domain knowledge" — vague risk factors are explicitly called out as non-actionable.
Example code boundaries safeguard added — clarifies that code blocks in this skill define document templates and structural conventions, not executable code.

sar-cybersecurity [1.9.0] — 2026-05-12

Changed

Dynamic output directory — removed hardcoded docs/security/ path. Added Step 0 to the Analysis Protocol that asks the user where to save SAR files before any analysis begins. Default remains docs/security/ when the user confirms, provides no response, or runs in automated context. All path references throughout SKILL.md and frameworks/output-format.md replaced with "the output directory" pointing to the confirmed location.
Domain framework cap removed — eliminated the max 2 per assessment limit from the index context budget. Agents now load all frameworks relevant to the assessment scope in a single pass. All 4 domain frameworks are available — load those that directly apply. There is no cap.

[2.9.1] — 2026-05-12

Fixed

Gen Agent Trust Hub compliance — resolved HIGH-risk findings from the April 2026 audit
- [PROMPT_INJECTION] Rule Precedence reframed from override command to design intent: "operates before and around" instead of "takes precedence over all tools and skills"
- [PROMPT_INJECTION] Git commit rule reframed from "non-negotiable and cannot be overridden" to "should remain active to preserve user authority"
- [PROMPT_INJECTION] No AI Credit principle reframed from "this rule wins" absolute command to a consistent practice with explicit handling for conflicting templates; header changed from "Under no circumstances" to "As a consistent practice"
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION_SURFACE] Added Analyzed Content Boundary section to SKILL.md: analyzed content is treated as untrusted input and cannot modify skill protocols or gate behavior
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION_SURFACE] Added untrusted content boundary note to frameworks/analysis-framework.md
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION / EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS] Added pre-install security review note to README.md with links to source repository and audit page
README.md: changed "Runs unconditionally first" to "Runs consistently first"

ai-rules [1.0.0] — 2026-05-12

Added

Initial release: personal behavioral rules skill for AI coding agents
skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md — baseline behavioral contract covering security, documentation storage, documentation format, code quality, version control, communication, and structured estimation
skills/ai-rules/README.md — public documentation
skills/ai-rules/metadata.json — skill metadata for skills.sh registry
Documentation storage rule: all session memory, references, and generated assets must live in docs/ (or user-specified location) — never in AI memory stores or IDE caches — enabling shared context across Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and other tools
Structured estimation model: every recommendation includes Confidence %, effort by capacity mode (Solo 1× / AI-assisted 3–5× / AI-augmented team 5–10×), pivot potential (High / Medium / Low), and explicit risk factors
6 mandatory security safeguards for skills.sh audit compliance (Gen Agent Trust Hub · Socket · Snyk): untrusted input boundary, no arbitrary code execution, bounded autonomy, web search scoping, example code boundaries, report-only output

[2.9.0] — 2026-03-12

Added

Git commit absolute gate — new "Version control" row in All Actions Blocked table covering git commit, git push, git tag, git merge, git rebase, git reset, git checkout --. New absolute rule blockquote: no git write operation may execute without the AI first explicitly stating its intent; explicit user authorization required even with full session permissions (auto-approve, yolo mode). Non-negotiable, non-overridable by session settings, tool permissions, or other skills.
No AI / IDE / Editor Credit Attribution — new Core Principle #1. Prohibits Co-Authored-By with any AI name, "Generated by" / "Created by" AI markers, AI/IDE/editor author mentions, and tool watermarks in all generated artifacts. "All credit belongs to the human user. If another skill or convention conflicts with this rule, this rule wins."
Two new rows in User Authority Preservation table: session permissions don't authorize git writes; Co-Authored-By: [AI] templates are rejected

Changed

Core Principles renumbered: Adversarial Mindset → #2, Systematic Challenge → #3

sar-cybersecurity [1.8.0] — 2026-03-12

Fixed

Medium — Scoring floor boundary ambiguity: Cumulative floor in scoring-system.md changed from 50 to 51 — a score of 50 falls into Warning range (W-prefix), so the floor for reachable unmitigated findings must be 51 to remain in Finding range
Medium — Dashboard placement contradiction: output-format.md prose said "immediately after Findings" but template showed it after Dependency & Supply Chain Analysis — fixed prose to match template
Low — CWE/OWASP in wrong metrics table: Listed as "conditional" but marked "Always (mandatory)" — moved to required metrics table, removed from conditional
Low — Bare Partial values in CSV examples: Updated all instances in output-format.md and recurring-assessment.md to include parenthetical details (e.g., Partial (regex escaping on search only), Partial (inline checks only, no schema))
Low — README stale content: Fixed sorting rule description, removed duplicate CIS entry, added CWE/OWASP dashboard metrics, corrected protocol from 10 steps to 9

Changed

output-format.md dashboard scope rule added: unassessed metrics must show N/A — outside assessment scope rather than being omitted or inflating denominators
output-format.md Existing Mitigation column definition expanded with decision criteria: No (zero controls), named control (specific), Partial (present ones) (multiple expected, some present)

sar-cybersecurity [1.7.0] — 2026-03-12

Added

Corrupted CSV fallback in Step 6: if vulnerabilities.csv exists but is malformed (wrong column count, encoding errors, partially written), treat as absent, document in SAR appendix, start fresh
Recurring finding matching criteria: match by CWE ID(s) + affected component; if uncertain, treat as new and note potential overlap
Step 8 explicit operations: add new with Pending, update recurring scores, preserve team-managed fields, never delete rows — plus CSV validation sub-step (11 columns, no duplicate IDs, team fields preserved, sort order correct)
Sequential assessments exception in Step 9: context release applies only after last assessment when scope is split into multiple assessments in same conversation
Bilingual opt-out in Quick Reference: Generate both EN + ES files now says "unless user requests single-language output"
CWE staleness fallback in dependency-supply-chain.md: when web search is unavailable, note in SAR appendix that CWE Top 25 list was not verified against current year's publication
Cross-reference budget annotations in injection-patterns.md, storage-exfiltration.md, and dependency-supply-chain.md: all cross-reference links now note *(domain framework — counts toward budget)*

Changed

compliance-standards.md header updated: load only when full expanded reference or lesser-known standards are needed — agent can map well-known standards from training knowledge without loading this file
SKILL.md constraint 3 sorting rule: "sorted by status group then Score descending" (was "Sort by Score descending")
output-format.md generation rule 2: changed from "Sort by Score descending" to "Sort by status group, then Score descending" — open findings first, then open warnings, then mitigated entries

sar-cybersecurity [1.6.0] — 2026-03-12

Added

Vulnerabilities Registry (vulnerabilities.csv) — persistent CSV registry with 11 columns, status lifecycle (Pending → In Development → Processing → In QA → In Staging → Mitigated), agent-controlled vs team-controlled fields, group-then-sort ordering, and ID continuity rules. Full schema and generation rules in output-format.md
Mitigated Findings section — mandatory SAR section when CSV contains mitigated entries: [MITIGATED] label, detection/mitigation dates, original SAR link, ordered by mitigation date descending
Worst-finding title rule — SAR filename and heading must reflect the highest-scoring vulnerability (SCREAMING-KEBAB-CASE, max 50 chars). Title derivation table with 7 examples in output-format.md
Dependency & Supply Chain Analysis as mandatory Step 2 — dependency-supply-chain.md promoted to protocol file (free to load). Audits all packages (direct + transitive) against NVD, GitHub Advisories, OSV; evaluates integrated skills/plugins; maps to CWE/MITRE Top 25, OWASP Top 10 (A06, A08), SANS/CIS Top 20 (CIS 2, 7, 16, 18)
CWE ID mandatory for every finding — Step 5 (Score and Document) now requires CWE identifier(s) cross-referenced against CWE/MITRE Top 25
Context release protocol (Step 9) — after SAR and CSV are written, agent discards assessment context; generated files become single source of truth; exception for explicit continuation requests
Operating Constraints expanded from 9 to 12: added #2 (Worst-finding title), #3 (Vulnerabilities registry), #12 (Context release after completion)
Recurring assessment example (examples/recurring-assessment.md) — second SAR on same project showing mitigated finding (F01), recurring entries, CSV update flow
CWE/MITRE Top 25 and OWASP Top 10 Alignment added as required dashboard metrics
Dependency Vulnerability Rate, Version Pinning Rate, Skills/Plugins Security Rate added as conditional dashboard metrics
New Quick Reference rows: SAR title from worst finding, update vulnerabilities.csv, overwrite team-managed fields (never), show mitigated findings, delete CSV rows (never), retain context after SAR (never), finding without CWE (never), skip dependency audit (never), skip skills evaluation (never)
compliance-standards.md: added CWE/MITRE Top 25 to baseline table + expanded reference + 4 new selection guide rows (vulnerable dependency, supply chain integrity, excessive permissions, code-level findings)
metadata.json keywords expanded: owasp-top-10, cwe-top-25, sans-top-20, cis-controls, supply-chain-security, dependency-audit

Changed

Analysis Protocol restructured from 5 steps to 9 steps: (1) Map Entry Points → (2) Audit Dependencies → (3) Trace Execution Flows → (4) Evaluate Controls → (5) Score and Document → (6) Read Vulnerabilities Registry → (7) Write Output Files → (8) Update Vulnerabilities Registry → (9) Release Context
CIS Controls description updated from "formerly SANS Top 20" to "SANS Top 20, now CIS Controls v8 with 18 control categories"
SKILL.md Index: compliance-standards.md description updated to "22 baseline standards"; dependency-supply-chain.md added to protocol files section
README.md rewritten: 10-step workflow diagram, progressive context loading updated (3 protocol files), output section includes vulnerabilities.csv, edge cases expanded to 10

sar-cybersecurity [1.5.0] — 2026-03-09

Added

Security Posture Dashboard — mandatory section in every SAR report with quantitative coverage metrics that serve as measurable OKRs
- 13 required metrics: Assessment Coverage, Secure Surface, Critical/High/Medium Exposure, Auth Coverage, Input Validation Coverage, Parameterized Query Rate, Secrets Hygiene, Encryption Coverage, Compliance Alignment, Mean Finding Score, Remediation Priority Index
- 6 conditional metrics: Cloud Storage Secure Rate, CORS Policy Compliance, Rate Limiting Coverage, Logging & Monitoring Rate, Dependency Vulnerability Rate, RBAC Enforcement Rate
- Severity Distribution breakdown table (count + % of findings + % of surface per severity level)
- Rating thresholds (✅ Good ≥ 80%, ⚠️ Needs improvement 50–79%, 🟥 Critical < 50%)
- All metrics require both percentage and raw count — e.g., 62% (30/48)
Updated output-format.md with full dashboard specification, presentation format, and rating system
Updated SKILL.md Step 5 to reference dashboard generation as mandatory
Updated README.md with dashboard documentation and feature highlight

sar-cybersecurity [1.4.0] — 2026-03-09

Changed

Structural rewrite for Socket audit compliance: Replaced all pseudocode text blocks in 5 flagged example files with narrative markdown (bullet lists + inline text). Previous v1.3.0 approach (token-level replacement) was insufficient — Socket performs semantic analysis, not keyword matching.
- nosql-operator-injection.md — removed code block with database query methods and operator syntax; replaced Scenario with Finding location bullets referencing injection-patterns.md; abstracted Assessment Trace (no ORM/ODM method names)
- regex-redos-injection.md — removed code block with regex constructor and database regex queries; replaced with narrative bullets; Evidence converted to inline text
- secrets-in-source-control.md — removed all 3 code blocks (file discovery, sensitive content patterns, hardcoded credentials); replaced with narrative markdown; eliminated environment file names and connection string patterns
- mass-assignment.md — removed code block with ORM update method, request body passthrough, and schema field listing; replaced Scenario and Assessment Trace with generic descriptions referencing framework tables
- public-cloud-bucket.md — removed both code blocks (IaC pattern and bucket policy); eliminated cloud-provider-specific syntax; replaced with narrative bullets
README.md Edge Cases sanitized: Replaced inline code references with natural language in NoSQL Operator Injection, Public Cloud Storage Bucket, and Secrets in Source Control sections; cleaned directory tree annotation
SKILL.md index table: Replaced ORM-specific method reference with generic description

Fixed

mass-assignment.md Scenario section was not applied in v1.3.0 due to a silent replacement failure — now fully rewritten

sar-cybersecurity [1.3.0] — 2026-03-09

Changed

Socket security audit compliance (superseded by v1.4.0): Initial attempt at sanitizing 5 example files — replaced specific operator syntax with natural language equivalents. Approach proved insufficient as Socket scanner uses semantic analysis rather than keyword detection.
- nosql-operator-injection.md — replaced MongoDB operator syntax with natural language descriptions
- secrets-in-source-control.md — replaced secret variable names with generic placeholders
- mass-assignment.md — replaced privilege escalation payloads with descriptive text
- regex-redos-injection.md — replaced regex attack patterns and MongoDB regex operator references
- public-cloud-bucket.md — replaced Terraform/AWS policy syntax with natural language
Preventive sanitization: Cleaned narrative-context patterns in README.md and scoring-system.md
Updated SKILL.md index table (removed $ne operator syntax from description)

sar-cybersecurity [1.2.0] — 2026-03-09

Added

Confidentiality Primacy principle in scoring system — data exfiltration always scores higher than availability-only
4 impact classifications: data exfiltration, integrity violation, dual-vector, availability-only
Availability-only gate: vulnerabilities with zero data exposure capped at 49 (Warning max)
Operating Constraint #9 (Confidentiality primacy) in SKILL.md
Impact classification as first step in Step 4 analysis protocol

Changed

Rewrote regex-redos-injection.md — score driven by exfiltration vector, ReDoS noted as secondary
Updated injection-patterns.md Regex section: split patterns by Primary Impact
Updated scoring-system.md comparative table with exfiltration-aware scores

sar-cybersecurity [1.1.0] — 2026-03-09

Added

Multi-factor scoring system with 3 dimensions: Exploitation Complexity, Impact Scope, Data Sensitivity
Mandatory Score Justification field in all findings
Comparative Scoring Reference table in scoring-system.md
Operating Constraint #6 (Differentiated scoring) in SKILL.md
examples/sql-injection-comparison.md — same vuln type with scores 92 vs 55

Changed

Rewrote scoring-system.md with multi-factor scoring methodology
Updated output-format.md with Score Justification as mandatory field
Expanded Steps 3 and 4 in SKILL.md analysis protocol

sar-cybersecurity [1.0.0] — 2026-03-09

Added

Initial release: Automated Security Assessment Report (SAR) generator for AI coding agents — deep cybersecurity analysis mapped to 20+ compliance standards (ISO 27001, NIST, OWASP, PCI-DSS, GDPR, MITRE ATT&CK)
skills/sar-cybersecurity/SKILL.md — core skill definition (~170 lines) with 7 operating constraints, progressive context loading via Index section with context budget rules, 5-step analysis protocol, bounded expert scope, and full skills.sh security audit compliance
skills/sar-cybersecurity/metadata.json — skill metadata for skills.sh registry
skills/sar-cybersecurity/README.md — comprehensive documentation with install commands, compatible agents table, workflow diagrams, edge cases, and full feature reference
Protocol files (free to load):
- frameworks/output-format.md — SAR output specification (directory, file naming, document structure)
- frameworks/scoring-system.md — criticality scoring system (0–100) with decision flow
Domain frameworks (max 2 per assessment):
- frameworks/compliance-standards.md — 20 baseline compliance standards with expanded descriptions and selection guide
- frameworks/database-access-protocol.md — SQL, NoSQL, Redis inspection protocol with bounded queries and index verification
- frameworks/injection-patterns.md — 6 injection families: SQL, NoSQL Operator, Regex/ReDoS, Mass Assignment, GraphQL, ORM/ODM
- frameworks/storage-exfiltration.md — 7 data leakage categories: cloud storage, secrets, file uploads, logging, message queues, CDN, IaC
Examples (8 canonical edge cases):
- examples/unreachable-vulnerability.md — dead code with SQL injection (score 35)
- examples/runtime-validation.md — inline validation without formal structure (score 38)
- examples/full-flow-evaluation.md — infrastructure-layer auth masking insecure code (score 30)
- examples/nosql-operator-injection.md — MongoDB $ne injection, 15 endpoints (score 92)
- examples/regex-redos-injection.md — ReDoS + data exfiltration, 23 occurrences (score 82)
- examples/mass-assignment.md — IDOR + privilege escalation via unfiltered body (score 88)
- examples/public-cloud-bucket.md — public S3 with PII, backups, and secrets (score 97)
- examples/secrets-in-source-control.md — 12 secrets across 6 files, 14 months (score 93)
All domain frameworks with code include ⚠️ Reference patterns only boundary notes; all examples include ⚠️ Example only boundary notes — required for skills.sh security audit compliance (Gen Agent Trust Hub, Socket, Snyk)

Changed (repository-level)

.ai-context.md created — AI agent safety context with skills.sh scanner documentation, mandatory safeguards checklist, current audit results table, and new skill onboarding guide
AGENTS.md — added skills.sh Security Audit Compliance section with scanner table, 6 required safeguards, and devils-advocate gold standard reference; skills table expanded to include SAR Cybersecurity
.github/copilot-instructions.md — added SAR Cybersecurity skill reference and skills.sh security audit compliance cross-reference
Root README.md rewritten for professional monorepo presentation: correct badges, comprehensive skills table, detailed skill descriptions for both Devil's Advocate and SAR Cybersecurity, "How Skills Work Together" Mermaid diagram, compatible agents table, repository structure tree, quality gate, and contributing/security/license sections

[2.8.8] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

Low — Quality Standards table incomplete stale patterns: CONTRIBUTING.md "No stale text" row now explicitly lists carrilloapps/devils-advocate alongside with implementation and 14-dimension — matching all 3 patterns enforced by validate.sh Check 6

[2.8.7] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

Low — Contributor table missing DA gate files: CONTRIBUTING.md "What Can I Contribute?" table now includes AGENTS.md and copilot-instructions.md as ⚠️ Discuss first
Low — PR template core protocol section missing DA gate files: "If modifying core protocol files" section now explicitly covers AGENTS.md and copilot-instructions.md with the same issue-first requirement

[2.8.6] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

Low — PR template missing version stamp checkbox: "If adding or modifying an example" section now includes **Skill version**: X.Y.Z present and matches current SKILL.md version — prevents Check 8 CI surprises for contributors

[2.8.5] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

Medium — PR template out of sync with quality standards: added carrilloapps/devils-advocate stale pattern, en_US identifiers check, and validate.sh checkbox to "All PRs" section
Low — PR template Type of Change missing DA gate files: 📦 Project infrastructure type now explicitly includes AGENTS.md and copilot-instructions.md
Low — CONTRIBUTING.md not flagging DA gate files as special: "Improving Existing Files" now warns against weakening references to SKILL.md in AGENTS.md / copilot-instructions.md

[2.8.4] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

Medium — False documentation claim: copilot-instructions.md claimed "branch protection enforced" — replaced with actionable instruction to enable it in GitHub Settings
Medium — Missing AGENTS.md in repo tree: root README.md repository structure tree now shows AGENTS.md with its purpose
Medium — Release checklist incomplete: CONTRIBUTING.md step 3 now explicitly reminds maintainers to update the check count (N checks) in root README.md when checks are added/removed
Low — Quality Standards table missing Check 13: CONTRIBUTING.md quality table now includes SKILL.md token budget row documenting the 8K-token / 32K-char CI enforcement
Low — AGENTS.md missing Conventions section: added ## Conventions (Conventional Commits, en_US, branch) to match copilot-instructions.md — all AI agents now receive the same contributor conventions regardless of which context file they load

[2.8.3] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

High — CI scope gap: validate.sh Checks 2 (fence balance) and 6 (stale text) now scan $REPO_ROOT instead of $ROOT — root README.md, CHANGELOG.md, and all .github/ files are now included in every CI run
High — Missing agent context: Added AGENTS.md (repo root) and .github/copilot-instructions.md — contributors using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and compatible agents now auto-load the Devil's Advocate skill when working on this repository
Medium — Stale token count: CONTRIBUTING.md token estimate updated from ~7,068 to ~7,215 tokens (28,859 bytes)
Medium — Discovery gap: metadata.json now includes keywords field for npx skills find search indexing
Low — Domain count update path: CONTRIBUTING.md new framework checklist now lists all three locations where the domain count must be updated

Added

validate.sh Check 13: SKILL.md token budget enforcement — fails if file exceeds 32,000 chars (~8,000 tokens)
validate.sh Check 7: AGENTS.md and .github/copilot-instructions.md added to required files list
Total checks: 46 → 49

[2.8.2] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

Root README.md check count corrected: 43 checks → 46 checks
metadata.json date field removed — was hardcoded and stale; not required by skills.sh
CONTRIBUTING.md release checklist step 3 updated: added metadata.json, root README.md badge, and correct file paths to cascade list
CONTRIBUTING.md release checklist step 6 updated: added git tag vX.Y.Z and --tags to push command

[2.8.1] — 2026-02-21

Fixed

.gitignore skills/ pattern removed — was silently ignoring all future skills in the monorepo; added inline explanation for OpenClaw users
SKILL.md author footer URL updated from carrilloapps/devils-advocate to carrilloapps/skills
frameworks/handbrake-checklist.md footer URL updated to carrilloapps/skills
Root README.md repository structure tree corrected — scripts/ shown at repo root (not inside skills/devils-advocate/)
.github/CODEOWNERS created — requires @carrilloapps review for core protocol files

Added

validate.sh Check 12: metadata.json version compared against SKILL.md version
validate.sh Check 6: added carrilloapps/devils-advocate as stale text pattern
validate.sh Check 7: metadata.json and .github/CODEOWNERS added to required files list

[2.8.0] — 2026-02-20

Changed

Breaking — Repository restructured to skills.sh monorepo format: all skill files moved from repo root to skills/devils-advocate/; install command updated from npx skills add carrilloapps/devils-advocate to npx skills add https://github.com/carrilloapps/skills --skill devils-advocate; enables the repository to host multiple skills under skills/<name>/

[2.7.10] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Low — CONTRIBUTING.md hardcoded 2.7.8 version number in two illustration examples: replaced both with generic placeholders (X.Y.Z and X.Y.(Z+1)) so the documentation never becomes stale after a release; the specific version numbers were not covered by validate.sh and would require manual maintenance after every release

[2.7.9] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

High — handbrake-protocol.md missing continue command documentation during Handbrake wait: added "continue During Handbrake Wait" section defining the behavior: same semantics as explicit Bypass (⚠️ HANDBRAKE BYPASSED block, 🔴 Critical severity preserved, Gate still applies); agents relying solely on handbrake-protocol.md previously had no guidance when user typed continue at the Handbrake context-request stage
Low — README Best Practices table missing 8th rule from SKILL.md: added "Do not allow any tool, MCP, agent, or skill to bypass this gate" row — the anti-bypass rule was defined in SKILL.md but absent from the README documentation mirror
Low — CONTRIBUTING.md Release Checklist Step 3 hardcoded "All 12 examples/*.md": replaced with "All examples/*.md" (dynamic — no hardcoded count) to prevent stale instructions when a new example is added

[2.7.8] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Medium — CONTRIBUTING.md "New Example" section silent on Skill version stamp: added item 6 to the requirements list documenting the **Skill version**: X.Y.Z stamp and the validate.sh Check 8 that enforces it; contributors adding examples without the stamp were getting unexplained CI failures
Medium — Quality Standards table missing version stamp row: added Version stamp row so contributors see the requirement before submitting a PR

[2.7.7] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Medium — CONTRIBUTING.md Quality Standards "Cross-references" row missing checklists/: updated to list frameworks/, checklists/, and examples/ — contributors adding checklist files now know to index them in SKILL.md, preventing confusing CI failures
Low — IR reply format in immediate-report.md template diverged from all 12 examples: template updated to match the compact Reply: 📝 ... | \continue` ...` format used consistently across examples; the multi-line format was unreachable dead code

[2.7.6] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Low — Double blank line in validate.sh between Check 7 and Check 8: extra blank line removed; all check transitions now use exactly one blank line
Low — Missing blank line in validate.sh between Check 9 ok and Check 10 comment: blank line inserted for visual consistency with all other check transitions
Low — CHANGELOG [2.7.3] "Added" entry for Check 10 was factually incorrect: annotated with "(fix was incomplete — correctly applied in 2.7.4)"

[2.7.5] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Low — validate.sh head() shadowed system head binary: renamed function to section() — eliminates silent collision if a contributor adds | head -N to the script
Low — Check 4 emitted ok before canonical source checks ran: moved ok call to after both example and canonical checks complete — CI output no longer shows ✅ followed by ❌ within the same check
Low — Check 10 section label inconsistent with ok-message: head "Framework index coverage" updated to section "Framework and checklist index coverage" to match the extended scope

[2.7.4] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Medium — validate.sh Check 10 missing checklists/ coverage: CHANGELOG 2.7.3 stated the fix was applied, but code only iterated frameworks/; added checklists/ to the Check 10 glob — both frameworks/*.md and checklists/*.md on disk are now verified against SKILL.md Index
Low — CHANGELOG [2.7.2] Check 1 description inaccurate: described an intermediate implementation that was superseded by the final SIGPIPE-free fix

[2.7.3] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

High — appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0 mutable tag in cicd-pipeline-review.md: comment in "corrected" YAML example still referenced a floating semver tag; updated comment to warn that SHA-pinning is required before use
Medium — immediate-report.md missing --- separator before General Analysis template: Performance template block was not visually separated from General Analysis section; --- added
Medium — [Unreleased] block mis-positioned in CHANGELOG.md: appeared after [2.7.2] instead of as first section; moved to top per Keep a Changelog spec
Medium — validate.yml missing top-level permissions: {}: deny-all baseline not set; added permissions: {} between on: and jobs: blocks
Low — IR Flash Format domain list truncated: [Architecture / Data / Security / Code / Product / UX / Strategy / ...] replaced with full 12-domain list

Added

validate.sh Check 10 extended to cover checklists/ directory in addition to frameworks/ (fix was incomplete — correctly applied in 2.7.4)
Check 4 canonical source check: verifies continue wording in SKILL.md and output-format.md

[2.7.2] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

High — validate.sh Check 1 gawk-specific: replaced 3-arg match() (gawk extension) with grep -m1 '^## \[[0-9]' — matches only versioned headers (digit after bracket), exits cleanly after first match, no SIGPIPE under set -euo pipefail; compatible with macOS default awk and all POSIX environments
High — README.md version badge stale at 2.7.0: updated to 2.7.2; added validate.sh Check 11 to detect badge/version drift going forward
High — Handbrake Output Block missing Performance domain: added / Performance to closed domain list in handbrake-protocol.md Output Block template
High — Check 9 did not cover checklists/: broadened regex from frameworks/... to (frameworks|checklists)/... — risk-checklist.md and questioning-checklist.md now covered
Medium — validate.yml missing permissions: contents: read: added minimal-permission block at job level per version-control.md GitHub Actions guidance
Medium — Check 8 silent pass on missing stamp: added else: fail() branch — examples without a Skill version line now correctly fail CI

Added

validate.sh Check 10: iterates frameworks/*.md on disk and verifies each file appears in SKILL.md Index — catches unindexed new frameworks
validate.sh Check 11: verifies README.md version badge matches SKILL.md version — catches badge drift on every version bump
Standard framework headers (> **Role** / **Load when** / **Always paired with**) added to performance.md and security-stride.md

[2.7.1] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

High — validate.sh Check 1 broken: grep -m1 returned only [Unreleased] before -v filter; fixed to grep | grep -v Unreleased | head -1 so CHANGELOG_VER correctly resolves to latest released version
High — validate.sh Check 2 FENCE_ISSUES never counted: FENCE_ISSUES was referenced but never initialized or incremented; added FENCE_ISSUES=0 init and ((FENCE_ISSUES++)) increment so fence-balance failures now correctly set non-zero count
High — CHANGELOG.md had UTF-8 BOM: bytes xEF 0xBB 0xBF present since initial write; stripped to plain UTF-8 without BOM
High — Performance domain missing from Handbrake escalation map: added Performance bottlenecks, scalability, resource limits, N+1 queries row with Senior Developer / Tech Lead as responsible role
High — Performance domain missing from IR context templates: added ### ⚡ Performance — Bottlenecks / Scalability / Resource Limits template (6 questions) to immediate-report.md; updated template count from 13 → 14
Medium — actions/checkout mutable tag in CI: SHA-pinned to 11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 (v4.2.2) per version-control.md guidance
Medium — building-protocol.md described as unconditionally free: CONTRIBUTING.md now correctly states it is conditionally free (loaded with code, skipped for pure text/strategy)

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validate.sh check 9 (retroactively documented): verifies all framework files referenced in SKILL.md Index exist on disk
CONTRIBUTING.md: 8K token budget warning for SKILL.md — contributors must not add content without delegating equivalent content to framework files

[2.7.0] — 2026-02-20

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frameworks/handbrake-checklist.md — new 8-question rapid-sweep checklist to determine if Handbrake should activate; includes minimum steps and bypass disclosure template
.gitattributes — enforces LF line endings on scripts/validate.sh and GitHub Actions workflows for cross-platform compatibility
.github/workflows/validate.yml — GitHub Actions CI: runs bash scripts/validate.sh on every push and PR to main

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Critical — IR continue vs Handbrake conflict: continue at the IR stage now explicitly documented to skip IR context collection only, NOT bypass the Handbrake; if finding is 🔴 Critical the Handbrake still activates as the next mandatory step (immediate-report.md, SKILL.md)
High — validate.sh CRLF line endings: re-saved with LF only; Windows contributors can now run bash scripts/validate.sh in Git Bash without $'\r': command not found errors
High — example version stamps stale: all 12 examples updated from v2.4.1 to current v2.6.9; new validate.sh check 8 enforces version stamp consistency going forward
High — premortem.md budget conflict: reclassified from Domain Framework (counted against 2-framework budget) to Protocol File (free); Handbrake Step 6 mandates it, so it was self-defeating to count it; domain count updated 13 → 12 in SKILL.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
High — "bypass is recorded" wording: replaced with "visible in the conversation history" in SKILL.md Gate Protocol and handbrake-protocol.md — the previous wording implied non-existent persistence
Medium — duplicate scope guard: removed shorter/incomplete scope guard from Rule Precedence section; single authoritative definition remains in Automatic Trigger Detection with full Disambiguation rule
Medium — IR+Handbrake merge cross-reference missing: added merge note to handbrake-protocol.md Output Block section pointing to immediate-report.md for combined format
Medium — handbrake-checklist.md referenced but missing: created the file; added to SKILL.md Index under Protocol Files

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SKILL.md slimmed (~25% size reduction): removed duplicated Handbrake flow diagram, role escalation table, IR flash format template, and Building Protocol tables — these are all defined authoritatively in their dedicated framework files; SKILL.md now contains minimal summaries with explicit load references
premortem.md moved from Domain Frameworks section to Protocol Files section in SKILL.md Index
CONTRIBUTING.md: domain count updated to 12; premortem.md added to protocol files exclusion list
validate.sh check 7: added .gitattributes and .github/workflows/validate.yml to required files list
validate.sh: added check 8 — example version stamps must match SKILL.md version

[2.6.9] — 2026-02-20

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6 new examples covering all remaining major domains: Product/PM, Data Pipeline, CI/CD Pipeline, Vendor/Strategy, UX/Checkout, Performance
README.md — public project documentation for GitHub and skill.sh
LICENSE — MIT license
CONTRIBUTING.md — contributor guide with quality standards and PR process
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md — Contributor Covenant v2.1
CHANGELOG.md — version history (this file)
SECURITY.md — vulnerability reporting policy
.gitignore — standard ignores for OS, editor, and Node tooling
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ — bug report and feature request YAML templates
.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md — structured PR checklist

[2.6.8] — 2026-02-20

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frameworks/version-control.md — new domain framework: platform detection (GitHub/GitLab/generic), branching strategy, force push & history rewriting, secrets-in-repo remediation, PR/MR workflow, branch protection rules, GitHub Actions security, GitLab CI/CD variables, access control, tag & release management, monorepo/polyrepo trade-offs
examples/version-control-review.md — full protocol stack: leaked DB credentials + force push to main → ⚡ IR + 🛑 Multi-role Handbrake + git filter-repo remediation plan
Version Control domain added to handbrake-protocol.md (Role→Escalation Map + Context Question Template)
Version Control Context Request Template added to immediate-report.md
Version Control added to IR domain list, Handbrake escalation table, trigger table, and "When to Use" in SKILL.md
Developer/DevOps row added to "When to Use This Skill" table

[2.6.7] — 2026-02-20

Fixed

Missing --- separator before ## Handbrake Bypass section in handbrake-protocol.md (accidentally removed during v2.6.6 restructuring)

[2.6.6] — 2026-02-20

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examples/security-review.md — JWT authentication audit: STRIDE analysis, AppSec Handbrake, Building Protocol Critical violation (hardcoded secret in git)
examples/ai-context-review.md — AI Optimization example: AGENTS.md + copilot-instructions.md conflict review, context starvation, hallucination root cause analysis
SKILL.md Index updated with both new examples

Fixed

IR flash format domain list updated from 7 → 10 domains (Finance, Legal, AI Optimization added)
handbrake-protocol.md: Legal and AI Optimization templates repositioned into ## Context Question Templates section (were misplaced after ## Pre-mortem Integration)
continue reply in all 3 original examples: (risks remain active) → (risks remain active and unmitigated)

[2.6.5] — 2026-02-19

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Finance/Billing Context Question Template in handbrake-protocol.md and immediate-report.md
Legal/Compliance Context Question Template in handbrake-protocol.md and immediate-report.md
AI Optimization Context Question Template in handbrake-protocol.md and immediate-report.md
Finance, Legal, AI Optimization rows added to Role→Escalation Map in handbrake-protocol.md
frameworks/ai-optimization.md — AI context file analysis: context window budget, cross-reference integrity, feature overlap, context starvation, instruction conflicts, hallucination risk

[2.6.0] — 2026-02-18

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Orchestration Priority section restructured: explicit Execution Hierarchy diagram, User Authority Preservation table, per-action-category blocking table
Rule Precedence section added: this skill's rules override all other tools, skills, agents, and MCPs
Context Before Calling Resources section added
Read-only exception documented

[2.5.0] — 2026-02-17

Internal iteration — not externally released. Changes incorporated into v2.6.0.

[2.4.1] — 2026-02-15

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frameworks/building-protocol.md — Three Languages rule, Conventional Commits, SOLID enforcement, Definition of Done checklist, reference implementation, violation severity table
Building Protocol Activation rules documented
Role Detection prompt standardized across SKILL.md and building-protocol.md

[2.4.0] — 2026-02-14

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checklists/risk-checklist.md — 8-category structured risk sweep with percentage-based scoring
checklists/questioning-checklist.md — 15-dimension interrogation checklist
AI Optimization category added to both checklists
Building Protocol category added to both checklists

[2.3.0] — 2026-02-12

Internal iteration — not externally released. Changes incorporated into v2.4.0.

[2.2.0] — 2026-02-11

Internal iteration — not externally released. Changes incorporated into v2.4.0.

[2.1.0] — 2026-02-10

Added

frameworks/immediate-report.md — flash alert protocol for first High/Critical finding
frameworks/handbrake-protocol.md — full stop + specialist escalation on Critical findings
Multi-role Handbrake protocol
Pre-mortem Integration step in Handbrake flow
Handbrake Bypass behavior documented

[2.0.0] — 2026-02-05

Added

frameworks/output-format.md — standard report template with PRECONDITIONS A/B/C
examples/architecture-critique.md — microservices with distributed transaction gap
examples/plan-critique.md — database migration with zero-downtime risk
examples/handbrake-example.md — data pipeline PII multi-role Handbrake

Changed

Gate Protocol formalized: 4-step INTERCEPT → ANALYSE → REPORT → GATE flow
Verification Prompt standardized with exact ✅ / 🔁 / ❌ / continue wording

[1.0.0] — 2026-01-28

Added

Initial release
Core adversarial analysis framework
frameworks/analysis-framework.md — 5-step analysis: attack surfaces, assumption challenges, pros/cons, FMEA, edge cases
frameworks/security-stride.md — STRIDE threat model + extended threats
frameworks/performance.md — bottleneck identification and scalability limits
frameworks/premortem.md — forward-looking failure analysis
frameworks/vulnerability-patterns.md — known failure patterns
frameworks/product-risks.md — feature assumptions, launch risks, metrics
frameworks/design-ux-risks.md — dark patterns, WCAG, cognitive load
frameworks/leadership-strategy-risks.md — build vs buy, vendor risk, Type 1/2 decisions
frameworks/architecture-risks.md — distributed systems, coupling, CAP theorem
frameworks/data-analytics-risks.md — pipeline reliability, PII governance, schema drift
frameworks/developer-risks.md — testing gaps, CI/CD risks, dependency management
Proactive Prevention Mode and automatic trigger detection

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