What problem does it solve? When multiple AI agent skills collaborate on one project, each skill restating shared rules causes drift and contradiction. This Skill centralizes the live-spec pack's twenty-nine shared working rules in one rulebook so every working skill references a single source of truth. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Shared rulebook: Holds the pack's working rules once — covering orchestration, concurrent-edit fencing, checkpoints, evidence standards, and reply formatting — referenced by all twelve working skills. - Settings ladder: Resolves configuration across four nested scopes (package defaults, personal profile, host profile, session) with documented precedence. - On-demand reference modules: Glossary, rule origins, worked examples, worker-restore wording, and session handover guidance loaded only when a specific question arises. - Use Case: Before running any live-spec working skill (director, spec-author, architect, test-author, etc.) or briefing a worker that writes files, load this base so the session operates under the same rules and settings as the rest of the pack. ## Quick Start Load the live-spec-base skill before using any other live-spec pack skill so the shared rules and settings ladder apply to this session.