docs(skill): step 1 names its own invocation contract - #86
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`SKILL.md` step 1 read "Mechanical pre-pass — `scripts/detect-mechanical.py`". Run from that line alone, the script errors on the missing `--transcript-file`, and the obvious way to supply it — `ls -t …/*.jsonl | head -1` — is the exact shortcut `references/workflow.md` warns about: several sessions share one project slug, so the newest transcript is regularly somebody else's, and every downstream finding is then attributed to the wrong session. Both happened in one run. Fourteen transcripts sat under the slug that day; a token search afterwards showed the mtime pick had been the right file, which is luck, not method — an entire retrospective rested on it. The step now states the required flag and the by-content rule, and points at the reference that carries the full invocation. The index stays an index; what belongs in three lines is here, the reasoning stays in `workflow.md`. Local: 5 test files pass, validate-skill.sh 0 errors and 19 warnings, unchanged from main. SKILL.md body is 80 lines of the 500 the validator allows. Assisted-by: claude-code:claude-opus-5 Agent-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Mf63edGvCVRQz6mwF8gxcC Agent-Host: 32116e Signed-off-by: Sebastian Mendel <info@sebastianmendel.de>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe retro pipeline documentation now requires Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR clarifies how to invoke the workflow and does not affect runtime behavior. The only noted issue is that the reference is not clickable, which affects navigation but not execution or product behavior. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains, so it is merge-ready after normal checks and review. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@skills/retro/SKILL.md`:
- Line 49: Update the workflow reference near “Invocation” in SKILL.md from
inline code formatting to a relative Markdown link targeting the referenced
workflow document, while preserving the surrounding wording.
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SKILL.mdstep 1 read "Mechanical pre-pass —scripts/detect-mechanical.py". Run from that line alone, the script errors on the missing--transcript-file, and the obvious way to supply it —ls -t ~/.claude/projects/<slug>/*.jsonl | head -1— is exactly the shortcutreferences/workflow.mdexists to prevent:Both failures happened in one run of the pipeline: the bare invocation errored, and the recovery used mtime. Fourteen transcripts sat under that slug the same day. Checking afterwards with a token search showed the mtime pick had happened to be the right file — which makes it luck, not method, and an entire retrospective rested on it.
What changed
Step 1 now states the required flag and the by-content rule, and points at the reference carrying the full invocation. Four lines, in the place the pipeline is actually read from. The index stays an index: the reasoning — why the token decides, why
pwdmust not derive the candidate list — stays inworkflow.md.Verification
validate-skill.sh: 0 errors, 19 warnings — identical tomainSKILL.mdbody is 80 lines against the validator's 500-line limitAssisted by claude-code:claude-opus-5 — Session