# Peer synthesis evidence

Bearing keeps its own skills-first identity, visible Markdown state, authority
ladder, and assurance separation. The catalog synthesizes behavior; it does not
copy peer text, runtimes, state stores, or authority assumptions.

| Bearing skill | Strongest compared peer | Behavior retained |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bearing Orchestrator | [LangChain subagents](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langchain/multi-agent/subagents) and [handoffs](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langchain/multi-agent/handoffs) | central conversational supervisor, bounded handoff, fresh context |
| Intake | [Kiro steering](https://kiro.dev/docs/steering/) | verified workspace and explicit global/workspace scope |
| Architectural Alignment | [Kiro steering](https://kiro.dev/docs/steering/) | durable human-readable workspace context |
| Scope Definition | [Matt Pocock grilling](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/skills/productivity/grilling/SKILL.md) | relentless dependency-ordered interview, one recommended question at a time |
| Planning and Design | [Kiro Quick Spec](https://kiro.dev/docs/specs/quick-spec/) and [GitHub Spec Kit](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/blob/main/workflows/speckit/workflow.yml) | technical-plan, design.md, seit.json, implementation.json, DoD Manifest |
| Coordinator | LangChain subagents | bounded worker dispatch, proven-independent lane coordination, and result integration |
| Implementer | Spec Kit implement step | bounded execution after approved planning; split Test Implementer versus Product Implementer |
| Scribe | event side lane | transcribes; cannot activate authority |
| Plan Integrator | Spec Kit tasks gate | reconciles five artifacts; generates implementation.json and DoD Manifest input |
| Systems Modeler | MBSE view selection | after requirements; before design finalization |
| Integration Engineer | assembly method | dual planning and execution sessions; execution replaces Surveyor |
| Test Engineer | Spec Kit gate | Planning and Assurance sessions; Validator absent from active roles |
| Reviewer | LangChain reviewer subagent | independent defect review with a typed return |
| onboard-bearing | first-run setup | explicit one-setting-at-a-time profile writes; no credentials |