What problem does it solve?
Long-running coding agents like Codex or Claude Code often drift without a clear objective, making it hard to know when work is actually done. This Skill produces a precise /goal line that gives the agent a concrete objective, observable validation evidence, and an explicit stop condition.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Structured Goal Template: Compresses objective, lane, starting context, evidence, and stop condition into one
/goal line.
- Transcript-Verifiable Completion: Ensures completion is judgeable by anyone reading the transcript, using exact checks like
bun test packages/auth exits 0 instead of vague claims.
- Failure Bounding: Instructs agents to report root cause and next decision after three failed attempts on the same check.
- Use Case: Before launching a multi-turn refactoring session, ask for a
/goal so the agent works in checkpoints, surfaces test output after each one, and stops only when the defined evidence appears.
Quick Start
Ask the agent to write a /goal for migrating the auth package to the new API, with tests passing as the completion evidence.