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description: Slop-mop quality-gate skill
alwaysApply: true
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## Slop-mop skill

Slop-mop (`sm`) is a quality-gate runner for this repository. It provides three verbs that form a continuous validation loop:

| Verb | Purpose | When to use |
|------|---------|-------------|
| `sm swab` | Fast validation — runs configured quality gates and auto-fixes | During implementation, after meaningful code changes |
| `sm scour` | Full PR-readiness check — runs all gates without auto-fix | Before opening or updating a pull request |
| `sm buff` | Post-PR triage — digests CI results and review feedback | After CI completes or review feedback lands on a PR |

### Required workflow
1. Run `sm swab` early and often during implementation.
2. If swab reports failures, summarize the failing gates, apply fixes, and re-run until clean.
3. Before opening or updating a PR, run `sm scour`.
4. After CI completes or review feedback lands, run `sm buff <PR_NUMBER>` and follow the guidance.

### Tooling preference
- If MCP tools `sm_swab`, `sm_scour`, `sm_buff` are available (e.g. via a configured MCP server), prefer calling those tools.
- Otherwise, run the CLI commands directly from the project root.

### Safety
- Never bypass, disable, or silence failing gates as a shortcut.
- Only run `sm` subcommands needed for the swab/scour/buff loop.
- If output is large, summarize and cite the most actionable items.