Skill: commission-assured

Use this skill when the user wants to commission a project to the Assured (Method 2) SDLC option. This is a one-time installation that scaffolds the decomposition declaration, sets regulatory context, and configures optional validators.

This skill assumes:

• The project already has the sdlc-programme plugin installed (Assured layers on Programme).
• The user has authority to commission (this is an irrevocable decision per Article 16).

Steps

1. Verify prerequisites. Confirm sdlc-programme is installed; confirm sdlc-knowledge-base is initialised (run kb-init if not).

2. Prompt for regulatory context.

   • Which regulatory standards apply? (DO-178C / IEC 62304 / ISO 26262 / IEC 61508 / FDA 21 CFR §820 / none / multiple)
   • For IEC 62304: software safety class (A / B / C)
   • For ISO 26262: ASIL level (A / B / C / D)
   • For DO-178C: DAL (A / B / C / D / E)

3. Prompt for decomposition.

   • Does the project have one logical area or multiple? (single → use default P1.SP1.M1; multiple → scaffold a programs.yaml with placeholders to fill in)
   • If multiple: how many programs? Sub-programs per program? Modules per sub-program?

4. Scaffold the artefacts.

   • Copy programs.yaml template to programs.yaml (project root) with placeholders substituted.
   • Copy visibility-rules.md template to docs/architecture/visibility-rules.md.
   • For regulated contexts (IEC 62304 ≥ B, FDA, ISO 26262 ASIL ≥ C): copy change-impact.md template to docs/change-impacts/CHG-template.md.
   • Add library/_ids.md and library/_code-index.md placeholders (will be populated by kb-codeindex and kb-rebuild-indexes).

5. Configure validators.

   • Set commissioning flags in .sdlc/team-config.json:
     • assured.visibility_mode: strict for regulated contexts; advisory otherwise
     • assured.change_impact_gate: enabled for IEC 62304 ≥ B, FDA, ISO 26262 ASIL ≥ C; disabled otherwise

6. Run initial validation.

   • python3 -m sdlc_assured_scripts.assured.ids to build initial library/_ids.md
   • kb-codeindex to build initial library/_code-index.md (will be empty until annotations exist)
   • Confirm validators run cleanly on the empty/scaffolded project.

7. Wire the Assured library sources into the knowledge base.

   The _code-index.md and _spec-findings.md files emitted by kb-codeindex and kb-rebuild-indexes are shelf-index documents that must be registered as library sources so the research-librarian and synthesis-librarian agents can query them.

   Run kb-register-library for each source:

   /sdlc-knowledge-base:kb-register-library \
       --handle <project-handle>-code \
       --path library/_code-index.md \
       --domain code-annotations
   
   /sdlc-knowledge-base:kb-register-library \
       --handle <project-handle>-specs \
       --path library/_spec-findings.md \
       --domain spec-requirements
   

   Confirm both handles appear in library/.sdlc-kb/registry.json (or the project's active registry). The SYNTHESISE-ACROSS-SPEC-TYPES mode in synthesis-librarian queries these handles; without this registration step, spec-as-KB-finding queries will return empty results.

8. Commit the commissioning.

   • One commit per scaffolded artefact group (programs.yaml + visibility-rules.md as one; change-impact template as another; library wiring as a third).

Done criteria

• programs.yaml committed with no placeholder text remaining.
• library/_ids.md and library/_code-index.md exist (may be empty).
• .sdlc/team-config.json has assured.* flags set.
• Validators run without errors on the freshly-commissioned project.