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Agent skill

Scope Discipline

by tola-rs in tola-rs/tola-ssg

Keep a change inside its requested scope. An agent skill from tola-rs/tola-ssg.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Scope Discipline

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tola-rs/tola-ssg --skill scope-discipline -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tola-rs/tola-ssg scope-discipline --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/tola-rs/tola-ssg.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/scope-discipline .claude/skills/scope-discipline && 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
scope-discipline
GitHub stars
178
Token cost
~478 tokens
SKILL.md length
203 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Keep a change inside its requested scope. An agent skill from tola-rs/tola-ssg.

  • A plan is accreting robustness
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Infrastructure work nobody asked for
  • An implementation step is drifting past the stated deliverable and acceptance criteria

What it does

Scope Discipline is an agent skill from tola-rs/tola-ssg. Keep a change inside its requested scope. Use when a plan is accreting robustness, concurrency, security, extensibility, cleanup, or infrastructure work nobody asked for, or when an implementation step is drifting past the stated deliverable and acceptance criteria, or when another agent is working the same tree and a step reaches for its files.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories. The repository describes itself as: SSG for typst-based websites - keep your focus on the content. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A plan is accreting robustness
  • Infrastructure work nobody asked for
  • An implementation step is drifting past the stated deliverable and acceptance criteria
  • Another agent is working the same tree and a step reaches for its files

Example prompts

  • “/scope-discipline”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fbb0506. 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

Scope Discipline loads about 478 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 203 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~478

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

The full file from tola-rs/tola-ssg at commit fbb0506, republished under its MIT licence (© tola-rs). 203 words, ~478 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/scope-discipline/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
scope-discipline
description
Keep a change inside its requested scope. Use when a plan is accreting robustness, concurrency, security, extensibility, cleanup, or infrastructure work nobody asked for, or when an implementation step is drifting past the stated deliverable and acceptance criteria, or when another agent is working the same tree and a step reaches for its files.

Scope Discipline

Smallest correct change satisfying user's explicit deliverable + acceptance criteria.

Inspect broadly, modify narrowly.

No invented requirements. Possible risk ≠ authorization to fix it.

Optional robustness, concurrency, security, extensibility, cleanup: never prerequisites.

Every implementation step MUST map to an explicit acceptance criterion; delete plan steps that don't.

New subsystems, dependencies, protocols, persistent state, locks, leases, IPC, configuration surfaces, generalized abstractions: explicit approval required.

Prefer existing framework mechanisms + project patterns.

Accepted plan viable → execute. No recursive prerequisites unless new concrete evidence shows plan cannot satisfy an explicit requirement.

Real but non-blocking issue → Follow-ups, do not implement.

Beside other agents

Work split across agents: your slice is the boundary.

  • Work your slice only. Never edit a file another agent owns, pick up their work, or reach into their area; expansion requires user authorization; default — stay in your lane — needs no question.
  • One owner per file, shared manifests + lockfiles included.
  • Re-read a file immediately before editing it; smallest edit that lands; never rewrite a whole file for a small change.
  • Collision ⇒ boundary was fuzzy. Compare both intents, decide from code which content is correct — not which agent — keep that, continue; no halt for permission; no wholesale revert of the other side.

All acceptance criteria pass → STOP.

© tola-rs, 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 .agents/skills/scope-discipline of tola-rs/tola-ssg.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fbb0506

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Scope Discipline next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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To Specbestofjs/bestofjs3.1k21 repos~757Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Scope Discipline

What does Scope Discipline do?

Keep a change inside its requested scope. An agent skill from tola-rs/tola-ssg. Scope Discipline is an agent skill from tola-rs/tola-ssg. Keep a change inside its requested scope.

When should I use Scope Discipline?

Scope Discipline fits situations like: A plan is accreting robustness; infrastructure work nobody asked for; an implementation step is drifting past the stated deliverable and acceptance criteria; another agent is working the same tree and a step reaches for its files.

How do I install Scope Discipline in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tola-rs/tola-ssg --skill scope-discipline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/scope-discipline in tola-rs/tola-ssg) into .claude/skills/scope-discipline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scope Discipline in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tola-rs/tola-ssg --skill scope-discipline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/scope-discipline in tola-rs/tola-ssg) into .agents/skills/scope-discipline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Scope Discipline 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 tola-rs/tola-ssg --skill scope-discipline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scope-discipline, .gemini/skills/scope-discipline, .github/skills/scope-discipline and .opencode/skills/scope-discipline in your project.

What does Scope Discipline need to run?

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

Does Scope Discipline 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 Scope Discipline 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 Scope Discipline use?

Scope Discipline is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Scope Discipline use?

About 478 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Scope Discipline?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scope Discipline: User Story Writer (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars), Ralph Tui Create Beads (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars), Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Ralph Tui Create Beads Rust (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scope Discipline?

tola-rs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in tola-rs/tola-ssg, which has 178 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: tola-rs/tola-ssg on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.