A Disciplined Agentic Operating Model

The Adopt Keelson skill implements a rigorous, issue-driven workflow for your repository. It transforms your agent from a simple chatbot into a disciplined contributor that follows a structured frame → plan → implement → open-change → gate → close lifecycle. It solves the "agent chaos" problem where AI agents make uncoordinated changes, bypass repository conventions, or fail to communicate their intent.

What it does

This skill initiates a deliberate, multi-round configuration session (typically 8–20 rounds) to map your specific SDLC and project requirements. At a high level, it:

• Conducts a thorough discovery phase to understand your branching models, tracker terminology (GitHub, Jira, Linear, etc.), and delivery stages.
• Establishes the "Tactical vs. Strategic" boundary, defining exactly where the agent acts autonomously and where it must escalate for human approval.
• Generates a repository-specific AGENTS.md substrate and a set of localized, plain-language lifecycle skills.
• Integrates quality gates and engineering standards directly into the agent's operating instructions.

Why developer teams use Keelson

Unlike simple prompting, Keelson ensures your agent respects your specific "Source of Truth," documentation standards (like ADRs), and status-flow rules. The result is an agent that manages its own backlog, writes self-reviewing PRs, and never proceeds under uncertainty without asking—providing true tactical autonomy within a strategic human-in-the-loop framework.