development-contract-repo-overlay-templatelisted

# Development Contract Repo Overlay Template This skill documents the expected shape of the repo-local overlay that a target repository should have after adopting the development contract system. It is not guidance for this skills repository itself, which only stores the reusable skills. Use target policy as the source for contract mechanics within the host's instruction hierarchy. Keep an unresolved policy/documentation conflict visible; do not decide it merely by preferring whichever file was opened first. ## Use this skill when - authoring or revising the repo-local overlay generated for a target repository - checking that overlay guidance matches the target repo's policy file, checker command, lifecycle helper, plan directory, and validation profiles - deciding which repo-specific literals belong in the overlay versus the policy file Do not use this skill as the primary process for ordinary implementation work inside a target repo. For that, use `development-contract-process` plus the target repo's actual local overlay and implementation skill. ## Repo overlay workflow 1. Select findings, draft, or apply from the request. Findings and conversation drafts do not authorize repository writes. 2. Read existing overlays and the policy, checker, helper, and profile definitions that establish the target's actual commands and paths. 3. Write only the overlay's local bindings and exceptional human guidance. Refer to `development-contract-process` when it is ava