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name: scout-core
description: "Scout core Skill. Run when I ask. I may add a schedule after several successful tests."
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# Scout core Skill

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

**Preparation status:** prepared

**Test status:** not-tested

## Use this Skill when

Run when I ask. I may add a schedule after several successful tests.

## Inputs

- Your topics and audience
- A list of preferred sources
- Optional schedule and delivery channel

## Steps

1. Confirm that the request fits this job: Finds timely topics, developments, or opportunities in the subjects you choose and returns a short ranked list.
2. Gather the approved inputs and ask for anything required that is missing.
3. Create the intended result: A short ranked list; A link for each source; A sentence explaining why each item matters.
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 short ranked list
- A link for each source
- A sentence explaining why each item matters

## Requires approval

- Ask before contacting anyone
- Ask before changing a schedule
- A person selects the topics to pursue
- A person verifies important claims against the linked sources before publication

## Prohibited actions

- Publishing