# Changelog — STL skill

## [1.0.1] — 2026-07-06

### Fixed
- Shortened the `SKILL.md` frontmatter `description` below the 1024-character limit enforced by Claude Skills (reported by a user during installation). The triggering function is preserved — institutions, flagship cases, founding instruments, and the verification-first rule remain; the exhaustive enumerations live on in the skill body and references.

## [1.0.0] — initial release

### Added
- `SKILL.md` — entry point, verification-first discipline, standard workflow, institutional architecture (closure 31 December 2023), source hierarchy, citation format overview, 2011 Interlocutory Decision flagged for extra care, audit mode, substantive doctrine pointers, sensitive contexts (Hariri, Hezbollah, in absentia)
- `references/foundational-texts.md` — UN-Lebanon Agreement, Resolution 1757 (Chapter VII), Statute (Articles 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, 22, 25, 26), Rules of Procedure and Evidence (Rule 86, 105 bis, 106, 176 bis)
- `references/authoritative-sources.md` — Tier 1 (stl-tsl.org legacy, legal-tools.org, un.org, UN AVL), Tier 2 (Cassese, Scharf, Milanović, Vasiliev, Saul, Ambos, Kress, Clooney-Webb), three-language note (English/French/Arabic)
- `references/citation-format.md` — five citation modes, case-number anatomy (STL-11-01, STL-13-04, STL-18-10, STL-14-05, STL-14-06), phase suffixes (I/PT/T/S/A/R176bis), defendants table with final status (including Appeals Chamber convictions of Merhi/Oneissi)
- `references/verification-workflow.md` — fallback ladder (stl-tsl.org → Wayback → legal-tools → UN), five STL-specific traps (customary law contestation, in absentia retrial, Lebanese vs international law, connected attacks, Trial vs Appeals Chamber on Merhi/Oneissi)
- `references/jurisprudence-map.md` — 9 sections covering Chapter VII establishment, 2011 Interlocutory Decision, jurisdiction/connection test, Lebanese substantive law, in absentia, Trial Judgment 18 August 2020, victim participation, contempt cases, closure and residual matters
- `examples/example-verification.md` — verifying the 2011 Interlocutory Decision's customary-law-terrorism finding (with contested-status discipline)
- `examples/example-audit.md` — two audits illustrating Trap 5 (Trial vs Appeals on Merhi/Oneissi) and Trap 1 (the 2011 Decision misattributed and overgeneralised)

### Skill scope at v1.0.0
- Covers the entire STL lifecycle (establishment 2007, operations 2009-2023, closure 31 December 2023) plus residual matters
- Encodes the same verification-first methodology as the other skills in this repository
- Specifically equips the user to handle the **2011 Interlocutory Decision** with appropriate care for its contested status
- Maps the Appeals Chamber convictions of Merhi and Oneissi (10 March 2022, sentenced 16 June 2022) — frequently missing from summaries that report only the 18 August 2020 Trial Judgment

### Known limitations
- The STL produced an enormous procedural record (hundreds of decisions). This skill maps the principal decisions; specific procedural orders on disclosure, witness protection, in-court evidentiary rulings, and similar interlocutory matters are left for case-by-case verification at runtime.
- Connected attack cases (STL-18-10) have their own evolving procedural status — verify current disposition against stl-tsl.org.
- The skill flags but does not resolve the scholarly debate on the customary international law status of transnational terrorism. The skill enables accurate citation of the STL's finding; the doctrinal debate is left to the user.