What problem does it solve?
Provides a single, enforceable baseline for tone, response formatting, labeling, and security so multiple agents produce consistent, safe, and scannable outputs across projects.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Tone guidance: Professional, concise, and direct responses that explain reasoning not just conclusions.
- Response formatting: Rules for headers, bullet lists, code blocks with language hints, tables, and bolding for scannability.
- Label conventions: A severity taxonomy (Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info) to standardize findings and recommendations.
- Security baseline: Explicit prohibitions on exposing secrets, over-privileged patterns, and PII; guidance for redaction and handling embedded credentials.
- Script execution rules: Best practices for running terminal scripts, validating environment variables, and avoiding passing secrets on the command line.
- Use Case: Apply during agent development, code review, or audits to validate agent outputs for tone, format, and operational safety.
Quick Start
Use the Shared Standards skill to check an agent's response for tone, formatting, labeling, and security compliance.