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Fixes agents citing superseded versions after execution. Use when quotes or analysis reference language replaced by a later version. Covers version-stamping extractions, re-extracting after signature, and invalidating stale citations. Not for historical comparisons.
Fixes the table of contents being flagged as many changes when only page numbers shifted after reflow. Use when the TOC shows as N separate changes with no heading text altered. Covers detecting TOC pages, stripping page-number tokens before diffing, and reporting pagination-only verdicts. Not for real heading changes.
Fixes diffing against a stale baseline so every real change appears twice. Use when the change list shows each edit duplicated or the count is roughly double the expected. Covers version registry with checksums, always baselining on the latest agreed version, and a count-sanity guard. Not for genuinely duplicated edit…
Fixes duplicate clause extraction when the agent uses both the PDF text layer and an OCR pass. Use when every clause appears twice and diffs report phantom changes. Covers detecting text-layer presence per page, OCRing only textless pages, and a dedupe guard. Not for documents that are pure scans.
Breaks an agent loop that re-executes a cell deleting its own input CSV: make destructive cells guarded and non-reentrant. For agent builders. Never silently deleting user data is the framing rule.
Stops agents mixing prior-bid pricing into new drafts via context isolation and citation checks. Use it when old numbers leak into new bids. Not for within-bid errors.
Fixes an agent breaking a shared dataframe by re-running cells out of order: enforce single-writer, top-to-bottom execution and make destructive cells idempotent. For agent builders.
Fixes agent parsing of RFP amendment redlines by accepting revisions first. Use it when tracked changes defeat the parser. Not for clean-document issues.
Fixes an agent that tries to diff two deployed worker bundles and blows its context window. The skill diffs the source commits behind each version instead, and when only bundles exist it hashes per-module chunks to isolate the changed modules before diffing just those.
Fixes contract-review agents missing defined-term changes between DPA versions (e.g. 'Sub-processor' redefined from 2024 to 2026). Use it when a DPA exists in multiple versions. Key trigger: extracted DPA terms match the older version's definitions, not the current one.
Fixes contract-review agents resolving 'as updated' schedule references against a stale revision after the schedule was re-issued. Use it when fee tables or rate cards exist in multiple revisions. Key trigger: the extracted fees match an older Schedule 1 revision, not the current one.
Fixes stale-cache extraction: the counterparty re-uploaded the contract and the agent analyzed the cached old version without re-parsing. It shows how to key caches on content hashes instead of filenames, verify document identity before extraction, and invalidate on upload. Use it when re-uploaded documents produce su…
Versions runbooks alongside service code so operational knowledge ships with the change. Use when runbooks drift from the code they describe, incidents hit and the runbook is stale, or you want runbook updates in the same PR as the feature. Covers repo layout, linking runbooks to services, and review practices. Not fo…
Fixes redline noise from watermark removal: the agent flagged the missing DRAFT watermark as a substantive change in the final version. It shows how to strip watermarks, headers, and footers before diffing so revision markings never pollute the change list. Use it when draft-to-final comparisons surface watermark, sta…
Resolves answer library version conflicts by merging the two versions by hand. Use it when an overwrite fails on a conflict. Not when you intend to keep both variants.
Shows how to build a runbook from repeated tasks: capturing the procedure, structuring it for stress, testing it with a fresh operator, and keeping it current. Use it when a task recurs and each run re-derives the steps. Triggered by questions about runbook creation, operational documentation, or turning tribal knowle…
Explains how to version an MCP server and keep its registry listings accurate across releases: semver discipline, changelog habits, and per-registry update flows. Use it when you are about to ship a breaking change or when listings have drifted from the running server. Triggered by questions about MCP listing updates,…
Versions operational knowledge as code: runbooks in git next to the services they describe, narrative plus executable scripts, CI linting, peer review, and release tags. Use when runbooks live in wikis or heads and go stale, or when agents need reliable procedures. Not for one-off improvisation or real-time incident c…
Shows how to fix keep partial results and tell empty data apart from an unavailable dependency. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.
Shows how to fix make absence-based deletions reversible: soft marking, grace windows and post-incident repair. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.
What Galileo users hit in practice, with the verified fix: Galileo: prototype in the playground, version code-run experiments
Shows how to fix revision-safe publication sequence for agent-authored skills. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.
Renaming resources or restructuring modules without moved blocks destroys and recreates. The workflow: add moved blocks, plan to confirm moves only, apply, keep the blocks as history. Not the full reference manual.
Provider majors rename arguments, change defaults, and remove deprecated fields. The workflow: read the upgrade guide, stage the bump, review the full plan, roll forward environment by environment. Not the full reference manual.
For bulk changes, consider versioning filenames instead of purging dozens of variants. Use this skill when the task matches the title above. Not for unrelated tools or errors; check the tool's own docs for those.