git:20260228.7952cc5 to v1.0.0

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name: compare-files

description: "Compare two files and show differences"

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# Compare Files

## Purpose

Compare two files and show differences

## Routing

- Use when: Use when the user asks to compare two files and show differences.

- Do not use when: Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead.

- Outputs: Outcome from Compare Files: task-specific result plus concrete action notes.

- Success criteria: Returns concrete actions and decisions matching the requested task, with no fabricated tool-side behavior.

## Trigger Examples

### Positive

- Use the compare-files skill for this request.

- Help me with compare files.

- Use when the user asks to compare two files and show differences.

- Compare Files: provide an actionable result.

### Negative

- Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead.

- Do not use compare-files for unrelated requests.

- This request is outside compare files scope.

- This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |

|---|---|---|---|

| file1 | string | Yes | Path to the first file |

| file2 | string | Yes | Path to the second file |

## Runtime Prompt

- Current runtime prompt length: 477 characters.

- Runtime prompt is defined directly in `../compare-files.json`.