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name: forge-ship
description: Close an accepted complete candidate and perform only explicitly authorized publication. Use for "Forge ship", asking Forge to ship an accepted candidate, or a caller-selected Ship phase. Review/Verify PASS alone grants no merge, deployment, release, or publication authority.
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# Forge Ship

<skill name="forge-ship">
<activation>
Run this phase only when explicitly invoked through Forge, selected by the caller,
or reached by an authorized Forge lifecycle. Ordinary unselected requests do not
activate portable Forge.
Reuse accepted Launch/authority on resume. Stop at this phase's boundary; an
installed machine name is not evidence of native slash-command support.
</activation>
<setup>
Read [authority](../forge-shared/references/authority.md) and
[target harness resolution](../forge-shared/references/target-harness.md), [Launch and gates](../forge-shared/references/workflows.md),
and the target repository's applicable root/nested harness. Adopt
[Engineer](../../agents/engineer/instructions.md) as primary professional guidance.
Engineer or the continuing responsible owner checks current complete-candidate evidence and authorized closure; no mandatory new Ship agent.
</setup>
<workflow>
<step n="1" name="Bind the assignment">
Identify the accepted outcome/source revision, selected workflow/depth/control,
requested boundary, actual candidate/state, allowed writes, required proof, and
material unresolved choices. Show or reuse Launch before dispatch or edits.
</step>
<step n="2" name="Perform the phase">
Follow the [owning procedure](references/ship.md), loading only applicable
support and professionals. Run [Finish](../forge-shared/references/finish.md) when actual completion has approved unapplied meaning or owned processes to reconcile; preserve existing PR authority.
</step>
<step n="3" name="Inspect and return">
Use the [shared return contract](../forge-shared/references/returns.md). The
accountable owner opens the actual result and relevant new log entries before
advancement, checking the selected template/rubric, candidate, actual evidence,
and gaps. Correct incomplete handoffs; do not promote self-reports into proof.
</step>
</workflow>
<output>
Use [the existing ship artifact template](assets/ship.md) when a separate
artifact is earned; otherwise record its applicable information in the existing
Issue/log. Preserve actual results, findings and remedy authority, evidence limits,
and the direct-phase stopping boundary.
</output>
<checklist>
- Requested phase, authority, Launch, and applicable target harness resolved.
- Owning procedure/template and applicable professional instructions loaded.
- Shared pragmatic severity and scope rules applied to findings and remedies.
- Actual result, required independent return, and relevant new log evidence inspected.
- Unsupported checks remain incomplete; next phase/publication is not implied.
</checklist>
</skill>