Dispatcher Technical Advisory (AMS)

Provide deterministic guidance for AEM 6.5/AMS use cases involving the Adobe Dispatcher Apache HTTP Server module and related HTTPD configuration.

Variant Scope

• This skill is AMS-only.
• Scope is fixed by this skill directory; do not ask the user to choose deployment variant.

MCP Tool Contract

Use only these Dispatcher MCP tools when producing verification plans:

• validate
• lint
• sdk
• trace_request
• inspect_cache
• monitor_metrics
• tail_logs

Workflow

1. Confirm scope and assumptions.
2. If the repo layout or execution path is unclear, start with quick-start-execution-path.md and repo-layout-workflows.md.
3. Use capability-coverage-map.md to route prompt/tool/resource intents to the right dispatcher skill flow.
4. Select a scenario path from core7-capability-playbook.md for development/debugging requests.
5. For conceptual questions (e.g. statfileslevel, filter order, URL decomposition, cache invalidation), use concepts.md and cite official docs.
6. Apply ams-6-5-guardrails.md before recommendations (tier boundaries, variables, flush ACL, immutable constraints).
7. Convert the selected playbook to exact MCP commands with playbook-command-linkage.md.
8. Use curated public references for recommendations in this variant.
9. Produce MCP verification steps for this variant when needed.
10. Route execution-heavy changes to this variant's execution skills.

Verification Scope Selection

Use shared references for deterministic coverage:

• mode-specific-verification-matrix.md
• test-case-catalog.md

Output Contract

Use one of these output shapes:

• Explanation-only question: recommendation summary + citation list from curated public-docs index.
• Recommendation/change question: recommendation summary + citation list + MCP verification plan with expected evidence + risk/rollback guidance and open risks.

Guardrails

• Do not claim a check was executed unless tool evidence exists.
• Keep variant assumptions explicit for every recommendation.
• For migration/cross-variant requests, produce a side-by-side variant delta plan from the verification matrix and flag when the companion variant plugin must be run separately.
• Follow citation discipline from public-doc-citation-rules.md.

References

• core7-capability-playbook.md – high-value development/debugging playbooks for the current core-7 MCP contract
• capability-coverage-map.md – prompt/tool/resource coverage map to current dispatcher skill workflows
• concepts.md – key concepts (filter last-match, URL decomposition, statfileslevel, invalidate vs flush) for explanations
• quick-start-execution-path.md – single entry path for broad or first-time requests
• repo-layout-workflows.md – normalize repos to the dispatcher src root and likely file families
• playbook-command-linkage.md – deterministic linkage from playbooks to MCP commands and tests
• ams-6-5-guardrails.md – AMS topology/variables/flush and immutable-file constraints
• public-docs-index.md
• public-doc-citation-rules.md
• mode-specific-verification-matrix.md
• test-case-catalog.md
• change-risk-and-rollback-template.md
• core-7-tools-reference.md
• request-router.md