Ref Supersede

What it does

Example prompts

• “/ref-supersede”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Identify the transition
2. 2Draft both notes + get approval
3. 3Write + chain + log
4. 4Reindex

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fd5e9a4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • AskUserQuestion

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown and bash).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ref Supersede loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 437 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~126

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Abilityai/cornelius at commit fd5e9a4, republished under its MIT licence (© Abilityai). 437 words, ~1,167 tokens.

name

ref-supersede

description

Handle a validity transition on a reference entity — a contract renewal, role change, or re-termed price where a full prior snapshot matters. Creates the new status:active note (with valid_from/valid_until), marks the old note status:superseded + superseded_by:[[New]], keeps both for history, and reindexes. Human-gated. Distinct from ref-ingest overwrite (which replaces the body + logs one line); use supersede only when the prior snapshot must be preserved. Company is the default scope.

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion

automation

gated

user-invocable

true

argument-hint

[scope=Company] <entity or engagement being superseded>

metadata.version

1.0

metadata.created

2026-07-08

metadata.author

Cornelius

metadata.changelog

1.0: Initial version — validity-transition supersede: new active note + old superseded + superseded_by chain, valid_from/until, Change Log both, reindex

## Change Log
- 2026-07-08 — superseded by [[<New>]] on renewal (source: <...>)   # on the old note
- 2026-07-08 — supersedes [[<Old>]]; new term 2027-01 → 2027-12 (source: <...>)   # on the new note

cd resources/local-brain-search && ./run_index.sh && ./run_daemon.sh restart   # :7437, RESTART not reload

© Abilityai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/ref-supersede of Abilityai/cornelius.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fd5e9a4