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goal-governor

Use when a Codex goal/task is stuck, hanging, not finishing, or needs status. Reads goal.md, state.yaml, receipts.jsonl; syncs reported status with board files; fixes invalid state.yaml; classifies blockers; decides done. Not for ordinary reviews or one-off fixes.

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, actionable body for a complex multi-mode governance skill, with concrete commands, explicit validation feedback loops, and clean one-level-deep references. Only minor conciseness drift from a repeated truth-lane list.

Suggestions

De-duplicate the truth-lane list: enumerate the six lanes once in Outputs and reference them by name in Workflow step 6 and Validation rather than re-listing them.

Consider consolidating the near-duplicate 'do not infer completion' guidance from Failure Mode and Gotchas into one location to reduce redundancy.

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Conciseness

The body is dense and procedural with no padding of concepts Claude already knows, but the truth-lane enumeration (local_validation, generated_artifacts, remote_pr_checks, review_threads, tracker_state, merge_readiness) is repeated in both Outputs and Workflow step 6 and could be tightened.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides exact file names, a fully enumerated output YAML contract, and copy-paste-ready validation commands with environment variables and concrete script paths, covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A numbered 7-step workflow with explicit validation gates ('rerun the exact failed gate once', 'do not begin Worker work until check_goal_board.py passes') and clear stop conditions forms a proper validate-fix-retry feedback loop.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Clear sectioned overview (When To Use, Inputs, Outputs, Workflow, Failure Mode, Validation, References) with one-level-deep references that each carry a descriptive one-liner; all referenced files (goal-contract.md, creation-and-continuation.md, markers.md, native-goal-runtime.md, session-evidence-closeout.md, implementation-notes-contract.md, evals.yaml) exist.

5 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, specific description with concrete file-level actions, natural trigger phrases, and an explicit negative boundary. It clearly answers both what and when with minimal conflict risk.

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Specificity

Names multiple concrete actions tied to specific artifacts ('Reads goal.md, state.yaml, receipts.jsonl', 'syncs reported status with board files', 'fixes invalid state.yaml', 'classifies blockers', 'decides done'), giving comprehensive coverage of capabilities.

5 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what (reads/syncs/fixes/classifies/decides) and when ('Use when a Codex goal/task is stuck, hanging, not finishing, or needs status'), with a concrete negative boundary ('Not for ordinary reviews or one-off fixes').

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

The trigger clause 'stuck, hanging, not finishing, or needs status' supplies several natural synonyms a user would say, though it omits file-extension-style triggers and a few common variations.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche (Codex goal governance with board files) plus an explicit exclusion ('Not for ordinary reviews or one-off fixes') minimizes overlap with other skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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