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name: skill-steward-preflight
description: Use when a task may benefit from installed or not-yet-installed Agent Skills and Skill Steward is available in the current Harness.
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# Skill Steward Preflight

Run `skill-steward preflight --stdin --compact-json` with a self-contained description of the user's current task on standard input. Preserve the user's wording for a complete request. If the latest message is continuation shorthand such as “continue” or “go on,” describe the active task and latest direction without inventing requirements. Do not forward the conversation transcript. When the current Harness is known, pass its ID with `--harness` (`codex`, `claude`, or `github-copilot`).

1. Use the recommendations in the `use` array for the current task.
2. Present recommendations in the `install` array as approval-required options; never install them automatically.
3. Treat capability gaps as search hints, not proof that a capability is unavailable.
4. Before installing a recommendation, run `skill-steward install --catalog-candidate <id> ...` without `--confirm` and show the plan.
5. Add `--confirm` only after the user approves that exact plan.

Do not refresh catalogs unless the user approves the network action. Do not describe publisher classification as a safety guarantee. If Skill Steward fails, continue with the Harness normally and report the failure briefly.