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name: curator-core
description: "Curator core Skill. Run when I provide new records or ask for a review. Agree a recurring schedule only after a successful first test."
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# Curator core Skill

**Artifact ID:** bot-cabinet:bot:curator:skill:primary

**Preparation status:** prepared

**Test status:** not-tested

## Use this Skill when

Run when I provide new records or ask for a review. Agree a recurring schedule only after a successful first test.

## Inputs

- Bot names, purposes, instructions, and boundaries
- Recent outputs and failures, with dates and any available usage or cost records
- Your goals, protected behaviors, and permission to inspect the supplied material

## Steps

1. Confirm that the request fits this job: Reviews your Bot lineup, proposes improvements and combinations, and checks whether approved changes actually helped.
2. Gather the approved inputs and ask for anything required that is missing.
3. Create the intended result: A Lineup Review with evidence for each recommendation; Proposed instruction changes and a small comparison test; A revision record with results, unresolved gaps, and a next review date.
4. Check the result against the approval gates and operating limits. Mark uncertain claims or decisions.
5. Give the work to a person for review at the stated checkpoint.

## Expected outputs

- A Lineup Review with evidence for each recommendation
- Proposed instruction changes and a small comparison test
- A revision record with results, unresolved gaps, and a next review date

## Requires approval

- Ask before taking an outside action, changing access, or expanding the job

## Prohibited actions

- Treating low usage alone as grounds for retirement, or unavailable records as proof that a Bot failed
- Claiming a revision improved performance without comparing actual results