Agent skill

Governance Constraint Design

by Habitat-Thinking in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers

A skill your agent uses when writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md, translating governance language into operational meaning, reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability, or…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Governance Constraint Design

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill governance-constraint-design -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers governance-constraint-design --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/governance-constraint-design .claude/skills/governance-constraint-design && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
governance-constraint-design
GitHub stars
114
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
541 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
42
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md, translating governance language into operational meaning, reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability, or…

  • Works in 3 steps: What do you verify? — the specific… → What counts as evidence? — what… → What happens on failure? — the response…
  • Writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md
  • SKILL.md covers The Core Problem, The Falsifiability Test, The Three-Frame Translation Step and The Governance Constraint…, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Governance Constraint Design is an agent skill from Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers. Use when writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md, translating governance language into operational meaning, reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability, or when "/governance-constrain" needs guidance on the authoring workflow.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/anti-patterns.md` and `references/governance-constraint-template.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Translation. The repository describes itself as: A set of Claude Code and GitHub Copilot plugins providing the AI Literacy framework's complete development workflow — harness engineering, agent orchestration, literate….

When your agent uses it

  • Writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md
  • Translating governance language into operational meaning
  • Reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability
  • /governance-constrain needs guidance on the authoring workflow

Example prompts

  • “/governance-constrain”
  • “/governance-constraint-design”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. What do you verify? — the specific observable condition
  2. What counts as evidence? — what artefacts demonstrate compliance
  3. What happens on failure? — the response when verification fails

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d35995. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Governance Constraint Design loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 541 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.8k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 541 words (~1,140 tokens).

“A governance constraint encodes operational meaning, not governance language. The phrase "ensure human oversight" is governance language — it sounds precise but means different things to different people. A governance constraint translates that language into a verification slot with defined…”

— opening of SKILL.md by Habitat-Thinking, Custom licence
name
governance-constraint-design

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/governance-constraint-design of Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/anti-patterns.md
  • references/governance-constraint-template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d35995

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Questions about Governance Constraint Design

What does Governance Constraint Design do?

A skill your agent uses when writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md, translating governance language into operational meaning, reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability, or…. Governance Constraint Design is an agent skill from Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.md, translating governance language into operational meaning, reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability, or when "/governance-constrain" needs guidance on the authoring workflow.

When should I use Governance Constraint Design?

Governance Constraint Design fits situations like: writing governance constraints for HARNESS.md; translating governance language into operational meaning; reviewing existing governance constraints for falsifiability; /governance-constrain needs guidance on the authoring workflow.

How do I install Governance Constraint Design in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill governance-constraint-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/governance-constraint-design in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers) into .claude/skills/governance-constraint-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Governance Constraint Design in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill governance-constraint-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/governance-constraint-design in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers) into .agents/skills/governance-constraint-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Governance Constraint Design in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill governance-constraint-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/governance-constraint-design, .gemini/skills/governance-constraint-design, .github/skills/governance-constraint-design and .opencode/skills/governance-constraint-design in your project.

What does Governance Constraint Design need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Governance Constraint Design is instructions for the agent only.

Does Governance Constraint Design access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Governance Constraint Design safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Governance Constraint Design use?

Governance Constraint Design has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Governance Constraint Design use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Governance Constraint Design?

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Who maintains Governance Constraint Design?

Habitat-Thinking (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers, which has 114 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 20, 2026.

Source: Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.