iikit-00-constitution

A project constitution is a living document that codifies governance principles, decision-making rules, and amendment procedures. This Skill provides a template-driven approach to create and version your constitution, replacing placeholders with project-specific content and enforcing ISO-date formatting for ratification and amendments to ensure consistent, auditable governance across all project phases.

Track amendments by recording change dates, rationales, and approval status within your constitution's frontmatter structure. The Skill enforces versioning policies and ISO-date formatting so every modification is timestamped and documented, creating an audit trail that shows how your governance has evolved and who approved each change.

Load your current constitution into the Skill and run the validation workflow, which checks alignment between your governance content and project templates. Automated prompts guide you through compliance checks so your constitution reflects actual project practices and meets the standards you've committed to.

Yes. This Skill is designed for specification-driven projects and provides a standard template you can copy and customize. The frontmatter-driven structure and placeholder resolution system make it straightforward to adapt the template to your project's specific governance needs from the start.

The validation workflow detects misalignment between your constitution and project templates, flagging areas where governance rules no longer match actual practice. This prompts you to either update the constitution or adjust project practices, keeping governance and execution synchronized.

No. The Skill provides a ready-made template with placeholder guidance, so you fill in your project's specific roles, decision rules, and amendment procedures without starting from scratch. The Quick Start guides you through copying the template, replacing placeholders, and publishing your initial governance document.