find-wasted-effort

Detect unused gate stops in your Flow artifacts by auditing approval gates that have never blocked a deviation in recent rounds. The skill analyzes gate reports and handoff artifacts to confirm whether specific approval stops are providing actual safety value or simply adding development overhead.

Process ceremony waste includes unused approval gates, per-commit full-suite test habits, artifact duplication, lane misclassification, and unannotated ratchet elements that slow down shipping without reducing risk. Auditing these steps targets overhead that provides no safety or product value.

No, automatic ceremony pruning is not supported. The skill operates strictly in read-only mode, writing only to gitignored state audit output. All proposed changes for eliminating wasted effort are generated as optional review candidates requiring explicit human approval before any action is taken.

Identify redundant full-suite test runs by auditing git logs and deploy reports for per-commit execution habits that consume resources without proportional safety value. The skill applies specific ceremony waste rules to detect these patterns and provides evidence-based verdicts for each finding.

Yes, the audit works with ratchet governance annotations by detecting unannotated ceremony elements within your Flow artifacts. The skill examines ratchet governance annotations alongside gate reports and handoffs to identify elements lacking proper ceremony labeling and provides mandatory coverage statements.

Detect lane misclassification by auditing Flow artifacts to identify instances where Full lane ceremonies are overused for small low-risk changes. The skill analyzes handoffs and approval artifacts to confirm whether lane assignments match the actual risk profile and provides review candidates for correction.