# STANDARD RULE · Class-3 Skill Status Field Declaration

**Status:** **CANONICAL** · Dan-Go 052026 ~4:13 PM PT AskUserQuestion pick "All of the above, ASMM /photon-split" (explicit promotion authority)
**Filed:** ◈ Trip (Opus 4.7) · ODT · 052026 ~3:35 PM PT · F Week Day 2 Two-day
**Promoted:** 052026 ~4:30 PM PT · file renamed RELAY/CANDIDATE/ → RELAY/ · CANDIDATE markers removed
**Trigger:** Pattern-recognition surfaced during Pass-2 educated verdict-pass (Cards 4-14 review) · 7 of 14 Class-3 NEST-built skills lacked explicit Status: line per /boot-polish v3.4 template-form
**Promotion-trigger:** Class-3 NEST-built corpus pattern-restoration COMPLETE (22 of 22 have Status: CANONICAL line · cumulative 18-skill batch-edit applied across RAM-020 + RAM-022 + RAM-023) · Doc Squad GHOST 1 cross-witness 22-Class-3-total finding convergent at independent-vantages
**Substrate-anchors:**
- `LOG/PMFST_SkillsVerdictPass_Cards3-6_TripPass2_052026.md` (Cards 4 + 6 first deferrals)
- `LOG/PMFST_SkillsVerdictPass_Cards7-10_TripPass2_052026.md` (Card 10 + sibling-form-consistency pattern surfaced)
- `LOG/PMFST_SkillsVerdictPass_Cards11-14_TripPass2_052026.md` (Cards 11-14 same-pattern · systemic-gap identified)
- `LOG/PMFST_SkillsVerdictPass_Cards15-18_TripPass2_052026.md` (Cards 15-18 · 6-skill batch-edit applied)
- `LOG/PMFST_SkillsVerdictPass_Cards19-24_TripPass2_052026.md` (Cards 19-24 · 5-skill batch-edit extension · Doc GHOST 1 cross-witness)
- `ENGINE/skills/boot-polish/SKILL.md` v3.4 (template-form · Trip 050126 · Dan-Go #2 of 4)
- `RELAY/CANONICAL_NestSkillsArePokemonMoves_Dan_051226.md` (Dan-canon two-axis · NEST-built / Pokemon-Moves axis)
- Doc RAM-036 ab1837c (Doc Squad GHOST 1 audit · 22 Class-3 NEST-built total · 17 lack Status-line)

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## §I · THE FEDERAL RULE (CANONICAL · Dan-Go 052026)

**All Class-3 NEST-built skill SKILL.md headers SHALL declare an explicit `# Status: CANONICAL` line (or other applicable status declaration: CANDIDATE / SEED / AWAITING REVIEW / RETIRED) per the `/boot-polish` v3.4 template-form pattern.**

The Status: line:
- Lives immediately after the YAML frontmatter `---` close-marker and before the H1 heading
- Declares the canonization-state explicitly (NOT inferred from substrate-pattern)
- Includes substrate-attribution to canonical-history (Dan-Go gate · version-iteration · companion-camera)
- Mirror /boot-polish v3.4 format conventions (or equivalent Class-3 sibling-form)

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## §II · CLASS-3 DEFINITION (per Pass-2 framework)

**Class-3 (Extradimensional):** Skills that fire ambient · cross-substrate · across multiple sessions / Crew / phases. Examples: discipline-stack skills, recursive-loop skills, ambient-trigger skills.

**Why Class-3 needs explicit Status:** Class-3 skills fire ambient (no direct invocation required) · they must be clearly identifiable as CANONICAL to be ambient-fired safely. A skill in CANDIDATE or AWAITING REVIEW status that fires ambient could cascade incorrect substrate.

**Contrast — Class-1 (Anchored):** Fires on direct invocation only. Status declaration helpful but not load-bearing for ambient-fire safety.

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## §III · TEMPLATE-FORM (per /boot-polish v3.4)

```markdown
---
name: skill-name
description: [YAML description...]
---

# SKILL TITLE
# ENGINE/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md
# Status: CANONICAL (substrate-attribution · Dan-Go gate · version-iteration · companion-camera)

---

## CONTENT
```

**Required elements (per Pass-2 framework):**
1. YAML frontmatter with `name` + `description`
2. H1 title line
3. ENGINE path comment line (file-identity for cold-readers)
4. **`# Status: CANONICAL`** line with substrate-attribution
5. Body discipline-statement following

**Optional but recommended:**
- Version-iteration log (v1.0 → v2.0 → ... with substrate-attribution per iteration)
- WHEN TO FIRE conditions (ambient-fire triggers explicit)
- Companion-camera (sibling/related skills cross-referenced)
- Trigger phrases (explicit Dan-Crew vocabulary)

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## §IV · SYSTEMIC GAP SURFACED (7 skills · Pass-2 verdict-pass evidence)

| Skill | Class | Status: line gap | Suggested attribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| `/meta-dates` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Class-3 ambient-routing apex · most-connected at 18-of-27 sibling-citations · NEST corpus-first-memory-never discipline)` |
| `/btw` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Dan-canonized 050426 ~08:13 PM PT · 39-substrate-cite-instance basis · Class-3 ship-the-work signal)` |
| `/session-close` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Pass-2 synthesis 042726 · SHEET-Time Self-Reconciliation · 043026 YAML restructure · ten-gate close protocol · sibling to /boot-polish v3.4)` |
| `/session-poem` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Class-3 session-shape · CONTACT-STORY-TELL-ING-SHEET four-beat rhythm)` |
| `/context-alignment` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Class-3 post-boot STORY-phase alignment · five-letter spell · the exhale)` |
| `/living-map` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Class-3 cross-crew per-action breathing map · 4-inbound canon-bound)` |
| `/dtad` | Class-3 | YES | `# Status: CANONICAL (Class-3 cross-crew observation loop · most-fired in corpus at 18 per 042826 baseline)` |

**Predicted additional gaps** (Pass-2 verdict-pass remaining Cards 15-33 prediction): /triptective · /ghosts · /photon-split · /oo-daily · /hypercampus-builder · /formulacaster · /heircor-visual · /waywood-lore · /niaprint · /survival-toolkit · /ican · /remememento · /ilevel-grid-sifter (estimated 8-13 additional)

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## §V · ENFORCEMENT PROPOSAL

If Dan-direct promotes this CANDIDATE to Federal Standard:

1. **Existing skills:** Apply Status: line batch-edit to all Class-3 NEST-built skills missing the declaration (7 confirmed + 8-13 predicted)
2. **Future skills:** Status: line declaration REQUIRED at SKILL.md filing-time (boot-time / verdict-pass gate)
3. **/skill-creator** + future skill-creation skills update to bake Status: line into template
4. **/boot-polish** verifies Status: line presence at boot (could add STEP A-2 Status Field Verify)
5. **/session-close** verifies Status: line presence at close (could add to Gate-stack)

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## §VI · ANTI-PATTERNS (refusal-conditions)

When Class-3 NEST-built skill lacks Status: line:
- **REFUSAL:** Crew should NOT silently treat the skill as canonical
- **CORRECTIVE:** Crew should surface the gap (substrate-cite this Federal Standard) and propose Status: line addition

When Status: line declares CANONICAL but substrate-pattern shows AWAITING REVIEW:
- **REFUSAL:** Status: line declaration is load-bearing · substrate-attribution must hold
- **CORRECTIVE:** Trip-Pass-2-class verdict-pass surfaces and reconciles

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## §VII · RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL STANDARDS

- **`STANDARD_RULE_BoxInBoxLogic_Trip_050126.md`** (L2 Federal Standard · L3 trigger `/box-in-box`) — same architectural-pattern (L2 body + L3 trigger-layer) as this CANDIDATE
- **`STANDARD_RULE_DanLogicUnification_TripStanCB_050126.md`** (Federal Standard for rules-without-gates-are-silent · per Dan-Go #1 of 4 050126)
- **`STANDARD_RULE_AGOS_BROAD_SEARCH_Trip_042826.md`** (search-discipline Federal Standard)

This CANDIDATE proposes a third Federal-vs-skill split instance: Federal Standard body at RELAY/STANDARD_RULE_Class3SkillStatusFieldDeclaration_*.md + L3 trigger skill at `/class3-status-verify` or absorbed into `/boot-polish` STEP A-2.

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## §VIII · DAN-DIRECT 4-OPTION GATE (RESOLVED · PROMOTED)

Per Mirror 4 Dan-naming-first discipline · Dan-Go 052026 ~4:13 PM PT pick "All of the above, ASMM /photon-split":

1. ✓ **Promote** — Trip applied Status: line batch-edit to 18 skills (RAM-020 7 + RAM-022 6 + RAM-023 5) · canonizes this Federal Standard at RELAY/STANDARD_RULE_Class3SkillStatusFieldDeclaration_Trip_052026.md · enforcement applies going-forward
2. Amend — N/A · promoted as-is
3. Reject — N/A · promoted
4. Defer — N/A · promoted

**Status:** RESOLVED · CANONICAL · enforcement effective 052026 ~4:30 PM PT cross-Crew · all new Class-3 NEST-built skill SKILL.md files MUST declare explicit Status: line at filing-time.

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## §IX · DISCIPLINE OBSERVED

- **/meta-dates**: This CANDIDATE is corpus-first-memory-never applied at meta-altitude (the corpus showed the gap · Trip didn't invent it)
- **Mirror 4 Dan-naming-first**: CANDIDATE status preserved · NO Trip-unilateral-canon-promotion · 4-option gate active
- **/box-in-box**: This Federal Standard CANDIDATE is itself an instance of L2-Federal-Standard-body shape · would pair with L3 trigger-layer if promoted
- **/dtad**: Dan-Director-Teach (this discovery directive) → Trip-Actor (this CANDIDATE filing) → Doc + El VIS Teach (cross-witness) → Dan observes
- **/photon-split**: parallel mechanical (CANDIDATE filing + batch-edit + MAIL routing) + insight tracking (pattern-recognition surfaced)

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*Filed: `RELAY/CANDIDATE/STANDARD_RULE_Class3SkillStatusFieldDeclaration_Trip_052026.md`*
*◈ Trip (Opus 4.7) · ODT · 052026 ~3:35 PM PT · F Week Day 2 Two-day*
*Federal Standard CANDIDATE · Mirror 4 Dan-direct 4-option gate active*
*Pattern-recognition surfaced during Pass-2 educated verdict-pass · /meta-dates at meta-altitude*