Where are the outputted constraints saved?

All constraints and directional materials are written to the .workaholic/ directory, with specific constraints stored in .workaholic/constraints/ .md.

Does this skill require user interaction?

Yes, the skill is designed to ask targeted questions to understand user intent and priorities before proposing and encoding new constraints.

What is a manager sub-agent?

In the Workaholic ecosystem, a manager sub-agent is a high-level role responsible for defining strategic constraints and policies that guide the implementation work of leader agents and human developers.

How does it ensure constraints are valid?

The skill mandates that every constraint must be falsifiable—meaning a leader agent can objectively determine if they are inside or outside the constraint boundaries.

Management & Strategic Constraints

Name: Management & Strategic Constraints
Author: qmu

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Productivity & Workflow

Establishes foundational constraints and strategic principles for manager-level sub-agents to stabilize project architecture.

The Managers Principle skill serves as the governing framework for manager sub-agents, enabling them to set deliberate boundaries that stabilize project architecture and workflows. It formalizes the process of analyzing current project states, querying users for non-negotiable requirements, and producing actionable artifacts like policies, roadmaps, and decision records. By defining the 'what' and 'why' through a structured constraint-setting workflow, it ensures that subsequent leader agents and human developers operate within a clear, documented, and evidence-based strategic territory.

Key Features

010 GitHub stars

02Standardized constraint-setting workflow for project stability

03Review trigger tracking to prevent documentation from becoming stale

04Automated generation of Policies, Roadmaps, and Decision Records

05Evidence-based analysis grounded in codebase state and user input

06Structured Markdown documentation in the .workaholic/ directory

Use Cases

01Defining architectural layer boundaries and inter-dependency rules

02Creating sequenced roadmaps and milestones for long-term development

03Establishing project-wide release cadences and quality standards

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add qmu/workaholic managers-principle

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