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name: nl-horizon-scan
description: "Forward-foresight scan for Dutch policy and regulatory signals over 6-36 months — EU/pipeline/procurement/Senate signals rated on an impact×likelihood grid into a prioritised watchlist. Use when the user asks what is coming in the next 1-3 years, what EU directives will force NL legislation, what signals to monitor for a sector, or wants a horizon scan, foresight brief, or forward radar. Do NOT trigger for: a single known bill's passage forecast (→ nl-dossier-tracker); article-level directive transposition mapping (→ nl-eu-transposition); any bill-status alert, even one-off (→ nl-monitor); a consulting-style report connecting all current activity on one dossier or topic (→ nl-policy-legislative-landscape)."
metadata:
  stromy-client-summary: "Look 6 to 36 months ahead at Dutch policy and regulation likely to affect you."
---
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# Horizon Scan (MCP-hosted skill)

This skill's full instructions are hosted on the `nl-gov-data` MCP server. Do not hardcode workflow logic locally — always fetch the live version from the MCP.

## Loading instructions

1. Read the main skill instructions:
   → call the `fs_read` tool on the `nl-gov-data` MCP with `path="skills/nl-horizon-scan/SKILL.md"`.

   **Read it to the end.** `fs_read` returns one page at a time. If the result's `next_offset_chars` is not null — or the returned text ends in a `<<< PARTIAL READ … >>>` block — the body is incomplete: call `fs_read` again with `offset_chars` set to that value and concatenate, repeating until it comes back null. Do **not** start work on a partial skill body. Hard rules and anti-patterns often sit in the final third, and a partial read fails silently — it looks like a complete skill.

2. Discover reference files (and any other skill assets), then read on demand:
   → call `fs_list` with `path="skills/nl-horizon-scan"` (and `path="skills/nl-horizon-scan/references"`),
   → call `fs_read` with `path="skills/nl-horizon-scan/references/<file>"`.

Follow the instructions returned by the MCP exactly.

## This MCP is the only correct path

Produce this skill's output **only** by following the live SKILL.md fetched above and calling the `nl-gov-data` MCP's own tools. Do **not** substitute a local or identically-named base skill from elsewhere, and do **not** invent your own output path. A locally-produced or unbranded artifact is **wrong output, not a fallback** — it bypasses the server-side brand and quality gates.