Bulletproof agent operating protocol. 15 failure-prevention rules distilled from 120+ real sessions and 10 agent definitions. Covers fabrication, constraint tracking, verification, scoping, retry discipline, and communication. Load before any task to prevent the most common agent failure modes.
How to install discipline?
av/facts/discipline
$npx -y skills add av/facts --skill disciplineInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/av/facts" --skill "av/facts/discipline"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/av/facts" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/av/facts"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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