ops-engineer-scope-contract

What problem does it solve? Ambiguous task requests in operations work lead to scope creep, unclear deliverables, and unverifiable results. This Skill turns a vague request into a bounded role contract that defines outcomes, non-goals, required inputs, risks, and validation methods before work begins. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Scope Definition: Restates the user outcome in one sentence and lists role-owned scope plus explicit non-goals. - Input and Artifact Contract: Names required and unavailable inputs, then defines the deliverable artifact and its validation method. - Decision Gate: Returns a stop, go, iterate, or escalate decision with a fixed output order of result, evidence, risk, and next action. - Use Case: When an operations engineer receives a vague request like "check the servers," use this Skill to produce a contract specifying what will be inspected, what is out of scope, what access is needed, and how success will be verified. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to load the scope-contract workflow and turn my current operations request into a bounded contract with outcomes, non-goals, inputs, and a go or no-go decision.