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name: connect
description: Configure or diagnose access to a requested source using available host tools. Use for source MCP setup; source configuration needs no engagement record and credentials stay with the host.
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# connect

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## Purpose

Configure or diagnose access to a requested source using available host tools. Use for source MCP setup; source configuration needs no engagement record and credentials stay with the host.

Read [the task context contract](references/task-context.md), then [the method](references/connect.md). Load further references only when the task needs them. Everything linked is included in this skill; no other skill pack is required.

## Principles

- Source configuration and capability checks do not require an engagement record. Use available host tools and source documentation. Any later record staging or application follows the ingest method and its binding and confirmation requirements.
- If called by @fde, reuse its current sanitized packet and scope. Do not restart setup, discovery or questions already answered.
- The task context contract controls persistence and authority in both modes. Preserve unknowns and distinguish implementation, verification, deployment and acceptance.
- Use the customer's repository instructions and available tools. Report a missing capability or unrun check honestly; do not claim that installing a skill provisions infrastructure.