
### DAO-ENTRY-20260308-080106
- **Task:** N/A (session orientation)
- **Input:** "where are we?"
- **Disposition:** answer
- **Content:** Provide current project state overview — branch, recent work, in-progress tasks
- **Rationale:** Simple orientation question at session start; direct answer is the smallest useful intervention
- **Confidence:** 0.95
- **Fallback:** false

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## DAO-014
- **Timestamp:** 2026-03-09T08:10:32Z
- **Task ID:** TASK-797
- **Feature ID:** N/A
- **Workflow:** N/A
- **Calling Skill:** N/A (session entry)
- **Source:** human
- **Disposition:** instruction
- **Confidence:** 0.95

### Message
> please validate existing task based skills, refinement -> technique design -> implement -> acceptance test -> refactoring -> closing

### Guidance Returned
> User instructs validation of 6 task-based skills in their workflow pipeline sequence: feature-refinement → technical-design → code-implementation → feature-acceptance-test → code-refactor → feature-closing. Load x-ipe-meta-skill-creator for structural validation of each skill's SKILL.md.

### Rationale
> Clear instruction to validate existing skills. The user specified the exact pipeline order. This is meta-maintenance work — ensuring skill definitions are structurally sound and follow conventions. x-ipe-meta-skill-creator is the authoritative skill for skill validation.

### Suggested Skills
> suggested_skills:
>   - skill_name: "x-ipe-meta-skill-creator"
>     match_strength: "strong"
>     reason: "Skill creator handles creation, updating, AND validation of all skill types"
>     execution_steps:
>       - phase: "Validation Mode"
>         step: "Load skill, run structural checks against template, verify DoR/DoD/execution flow"

### Follow-up
> None

### DAO-015 — DoR/DoD Maximum Checkpoint Limits
- **Disposition:** instruction (0.92)
- **Skill:** x-ipe-meta-skill-creator
- **Summary:** User observed DoR/DoD sections growing unbounded across skills. Two-part fix: (1) add max checkpoint limits to skill-creator templates/validation, (2) audit all existing skills and trim to comply.
- **Decision:** Proceed with DoR max=5, DoD max=10. Skills exceeding limits retain only the most critical checkpoints.

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### DAO Decision — Skill Confirmation Step Validation

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Timestamp** | 2025-07-17 |
| **Task ID** | pending (pre-task DAO routing) |
| **Source** | human |
| **Calling Skill** | N/A (direct user message) |
| **Disposition** | `instruction` |
| **Confidence** | 0.92 |
| **Fallback Required** | false |

**User Need:** Validate that all "intake" skills (skills receiving user needs before generating plans/designs) have a confirmation/clarification step before proceeding, and add this step to any skill that lacks it.

**Three Perspectives:**
- **Supporting:** Strong pattern recognition — intake skills that produce plans/designs SHOULD confirm understanding before generating output. Prevents wasted work.
- **Opposing:** 5 of 6 target skills already have confirmation steps. Risk of over-engineering if adding steps where they exist.
- **Neutral:** Analysis confirms only meta-skill-creator lacks a confirmation step. Targeted fix, not sweeping overhaul.

**Direction/Timing/Environment:** All aligned — user just completed TASK-797 (skill validation) and TASK-798 (DoR/DoD limits). Continuing skill quality improvement.

**Suggested Skill:** `x-ipe-meta-skill-creator` (for modifying skill files)

**Decision:** Route as `instruction` — validate all 6 skills, add confirmation step only to meta-skill-creator (the only one missing it). Report validation results for all 6.

### DAO-016 — Intake Confirmation Step Validation
- **Disposition:** instruction (0.92)
- **Skill:** x-ipe-meta-skill-creator
- **Summary:** Validated 6 intake skills for confirmation/clarification steps. 5/6 already have them. Only x-ipe-meta-skill-creator lacks a confirmation step before generating skill drafts. Adding one between Step 3 (Plan Resources) and Step 4 (Round 1: Meta + Draft).

### DAO-017
- **Timestamp:** 2026-03-09T09:51:33Z
- **Source:** human
- **Task:** TASK-800
- **Disposition:** instruction
- **Content:** Audit all skills with human review gates. Replace broad "review this" confirmations with AI self-critique + specific-question-only escalation. Remove gates that only rubber-stamp.
- **Rationale:** Broad review gates waste human attention. AI should self-validate and only escalate genuine unresolvable decisions.
- **Confidence:** 0.95
- **Suggested Skills:** x-ipe-meta-skill-creator (strong)

### DAO-018
- **Timestamp:** 2026-03-09T10:14:16Z
- **Source:** human
- **Task:** TASK-800
- **Disposition:** instruction
- **Content:** Execute gate optimization: replace broad review gates with 5-type taxonomy (Intake Clarification, Self-Critique Escalation, Preference, Safety Alert, Next-Task Routing). Also optimize non-broad gates where possible.
- **Rationale:** User confirmed 5-type taxonomy and gave go-ahead to implement across all skills.
- **Confidence:** 0.95
- **Suggested Skills:** x-ipe-meta-skill-creator (strong)
