v0.4.13 to v0.4.13

7 added, 3 removed. Audit A to A.

---

name: emperor-capture

description: >-

Emperor Time — CAPTURE / Chain Jail. Hunt, adapt, or author a missing skill,

then pin, get consent, trial, register. Use when a needed capability is

absent from this harness. Never bind an unpinned web skill.

license: MIT

metadata:

version: 0.4.13

chain: chain-jail

---

# Emperor Capture (Chain Jail wrapper)

1. Read `chains/chain-jail/SKILL.md` → `absence-check.md` first.

2. Hunt / adapt / author per router.

3. **Authoring iron law:** before writing or substantively editing a skill,

open `chains/chain-jail/authoring-checklist.md` and/or run

`scripts/emperor author` (HARD-GATE: no skill body without a failing

baseline). Jumping to prose → `scripts/emperor author --reject-untested`.

4. **Testing-skills companion:** before trial/register of a discipline skill,

open `chains/chain-jail/testing-skills.md` and/or run

`scripts/emperor skill-test` (HARD-GATE: combined pressure + watch baseline

FAIL). Academic-only → `scripts/emperor skill-test --reject-academic-only`.

5. **Persuasion-principles companion:** when wording critical / discipline

practices, open `chains/chain-jail/persuasion-principles.md` and/or run

`scripts/emperor persuasion` (HARD-GATE: Authority + Commitment + boost).

Hedge language → `scripts/emperor persuasion --reject-hedge`.

- 6. **Pin + consent + trial are mandatory** before the captured skill may fire:

+ 6. **Skill-discovery (SDO) companion:** when writing YAML `description`,

+ open `chains/chain-jail/skill-discovery.md` and/or run

+ `scripts/emperor sdo` (HARD-GATE: description = when to use, not workflow).

+ Workflow summary → `scripts/emperor sdo --reject-workflow-summary`.

+ 7. **Pin + consent + trial are mandatory** before the captured skill may fire:

read `chains/chain-jail/pin-and-consent.md` then `trial-and-register.md`.

- 7. Captured skills live in `.emperor/captured-skills/` with provenance headers.

- 8. A captured skill that fails trial stays quarantined. Using it is a Vow of

+ 8. Captured skills live in `.emperor/captured-skills/` with provenance headers.

+ 9. A captured skill that fails trial stays quarantined. Using it is a Vow of

Evidence + Vow of Consent breach.