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To ensure skill discovery before generating a response, you need a mandatory pre-check workflow that invokes the Skill tool whenever applicability is even slightly likely. This approach prevents wasted effort by checking for relevant instructions before any response or clarifying questions are generated.

The instruction hierarchy for agent workflow skills prioritizes user instructions over skills when conflicts arise, while still treating loaded skills as authoritative over default behavior. This ensures user-instruction precedence is honored while maintaining skill discipline.

Mapping skill invocation across Claude Code, Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI requires platform-specific tool invocation guidance that applies the same pre-check workflow consistently. This ensures uniform agent orchestration and prompt compliance across different command-line interfaces.

You should trigger tool invocation for skill discovery whenever there is even a 1% likelihood of skill applicability during agent orchestration. This mandatory pre-check applies to onboarding and any workflow where a skill could influence the approach or safety rules.

Yes, prompt compliance requires invoking the Skill tool to check for relevant skills before you answer the user or ask any clarifying questions. This pre-check ensures the assistant follows applicable skill instructions from the very start of the interaction.