Emerge Forward Synthesis

What it does

When your agent uses it

• A lead agent receives a forwardsynthesispending event
• A job with skillname=emerge-forward-synthesis

Example prompts

• “/emerge-forward-synthesis”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Compare all samples. Literals that vary with sample args should become __args["name"].
2. 2Be conservative. If unsure whether a literal is a parameter, keep it constant.
3. 3Remove dead code: no print, debug logging, timing noise, or exploratory branches.
4. 4Do not introduce new dependencies unless connector notes already require them.
5. 5For read mode, assign result. For write mode, assign action.
6. 6Generate a stronger verify strategy. Prefer required_fields, type checks, and row-shape checks over bool(rows).
7. 7Validate the candidate through icc_exec with no_replay=true, then write the pending artifact yourself using the normal file-editing tools.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 035db30. 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 (its code samples are json).

  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

Emerge Forward Synthesis loads about 585 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 220 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~56

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

~585

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

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 jianzhichun/emerge at commit 035db30, republished under its MIT licence (© jianzhichun). 220 words, ~585 tokens.

name

emerge-forward-synthesis

description

Distill Emerge forward flywheel WAL samples into a parameterized pipeline result. Use when a lead agent receives a forward_synthesis_pending event or a job with skill_name=emerge-forward-synthesis.

{
  "connector": "mock",
  "mode": "read",
  "pipeline_name": "sheet",
  "code": "__result = [{'file': __args['filename']}]",
  "confidence": 0.91,
  "rationale": "filename varied across samples, so it was parameterized; sheet name was constant.",
  "verify_strategy": {
    "required_fields": ["file"]
  }
}

{"verify_strategy": {"required_fields": ["name", "area"]}}

© jianzhichun, 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 skills/emerge-forward-synthesis of jianzhichun/emerge.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 035db30