north-starlisted

# North Star > **Style:** Mode-B-lite. **Artifact-gated** skill — inert unless `docs/north-star.md` exists. ## Purpose Keep all work aligned to the project's vision. When a project has been onboarded (`docs/north-star.md` exists), this skill reads it and checks that tasks, decisions, and fixes serve that vision — catching drift before it compounds. **It is the canonical example of the artifact-gated pattern: ship complete, stay dormant until fed.** ## When to invoke - `docs/north-star.md` exists AND a task / decision / fix is in progress. - Operator says "check the north star", "is this on-vision", "does this drift". - During Specify / Plan / Decisions / Tasks / a non-trivial fix (alongside FR-20 zoom-out). ## Do not invoke when - **`docs/north-star.md` does NOT exist** → silent no-op. Do not activate, do not prompt repeatedly, do not create the file. (Project simply hasn't been onboarded; that's fine.) - Trivial mechanical edits. ## Required inputs | Input | Where it lives | If missing | |---|---|---| | Project North Star | `docs/north-star.md` | **STOP — skill is a no-op.** Do not create it. (Onboarding via `project-onboarding` / `/onboard` creates it.) | | Current work | spec / decision / task / fix in progress | nothing to check; exit | ## Procedure 1. **Existence gate (MANDATORY FIRST STEP).** If `docs/north-star.md` does not exist → exit silently; this skill contributes nothing. Do NOT create the file. Do NOT nag. 2. **Read** `docs/north-star.md` (vision, aud