What problem does it solve? Complex engineering work often involves layered tasks with dependent steps, unknowns that carry the whole plan, repeated failures, or handoffs that must be verified. Without a structured workflow, these situations lead to skipped verification, self-reviewed work, and premature commits. Fable mode provides a canonical workflow for handling exactly these hard, layered problems. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Canonical Workflow Delegation: Reads and follows the canonical skill definition at .claude/skills/fable-mode/SKILL.md, resolving all script, reference, asset, and template paths from that directory. - Codex Compatibility Layer: Applies the status and exceptions defined in .agents/CODEX-SKILL-COMPATIBILITY.md and translates Claude Code tool names to Codex equivalents per the repository AGENTS.md. - Multi-Agent Verification Guardrails: Before any Task, Agent, or Workflow step, it confirms the session exposes the required multi-agent tools and forbids replacing independent review with self-review. - Use Case: When a user asks for Fable mode on a risky refactor with dependent migration steps, the skill loads the canonical workflow, checks tool availability, and enforces independent review before any commit or deploy action. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to use Fable mode to plan and execute a layered task with dependent steps and verified handoff.
