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description: Load foundational context for the agent-skills repository
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# Purpose

Orient yourself in **agent-skills** — a collection of production-grade engineering skills
for AI coding agents, plus pi extensions, specialist agent personas, and lifecycle
commands that map to the software development lifecycle.

## Workflow

1. Run `git ls-files` to see the full project file tree
2. Read `README.md` and `CLAUDE.md` for the project overview and conventions
3. Read `docs/skill-anatomy.md` to learn the required skill format
4. Skim `skills/*/SKILL.md` — the core skills, grouped by lifecycle phase
   (Define → Plan → Build → Verify → Review → Ship)
5. Read `agents/*.md` — the specialist review personas
6. Read `docs/pi-extensions.md`, `.pi/extensions/*/README.md` (always-on utilities), and `.pi/harnesses/*/README.md` (selectable session harnesses)
7. Summarize your understanding: purpose, structure, key files, and entry points

Do this directly — read the files yourself rather than delegating to subagents.