Herdr Scope

Role Routing

• Ordinary work follows general coding policy; load no Herdr references.
• Herdr standups and worker status updates use Skill(skill: "herdr-standup").
• Observation and observer wakes use Skill(skill: "herdr-observer").
• Other explicit Herdr requests use Skill(skill: "herdr-foreman").
• Verify the launched role through the shared bootstrap.
• HERDR_ENV grants no role or task authority.
• Foremen load their operating contract and current decision references.
• Workers load their verified assignment and protocol; never the foreman workflow.
• Preserve ownership, unknown deliveries and holds across outages and handoffs.
• Planning and context selection grant no runtime authority.

Delegation

• Authorized delegation uses existing Herdr owners; native subagent mechanisms are forbidden.
• An unavailable Herdr route grants no native fallback or new role authority.
• Standalone agents retain direct task ownership and applicable delegation restrictions.

Installed Lookup

• Narrow exception for installed Herdr skill lookup in its command blocks.
• Applies to explicit Herdr skill commands in Tessl, ACR and source checkouts.
• Preconditions are binding: read skills/herdr-foreman/references/bootstrap.md Installed Skill Lookup before executing those blocks.
• Every other command block follows generic coding-policy script delegation.
• General review, release and worktree hygiene belong to jbaruch/coding-policy.
• Keep both packages' hooks distinct; a policy upgrade requires a verified authority handoff for existing work.

Artifact Stdout

• Narrow exception for skills/herdr-foreman/review-package.sh artifact-path stdout.
• Applies to a completed Herdr review package in this installed plugin or its verified source.
• Preconditions are binding: read skills/herdr-foreman/references/coding-policy-integration.md Script Output before relying on it.
• Inputs: recorded BASE HEAD [OUTFILE] in the target checkout; absent OUTFILE uses FOREMAN_REPORTS_DIR.
• Success: absolute artifact path and newline. Failure: no path, nonzero exit, actionable stderr diagnostic.
• Every other script retains generic JSON stdout.