From 8ed387ffc662a388b126febc30d7514b36387dfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Farhood Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 22:43:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] feat(sdlc): add delegation model tier policy Set modelProfile cheap only for mechanical, bounded tasks. Leave unset (judgment/reasoning/QA) for standard tier. When in doubt, leave unset. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 --- skills/sdlc/SKILL.md | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md b/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md index c47730a..44ce4a3 100644 --- a/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ description: > branch strategy across Dev/UAT/Prod, the four-phase SDLC pipeline with product analysis intake, PR review and merge policy, the handoff protocol, status semantics, infrastructure layout, the GitHub-origin issue - board-approval gate, and the cc-cpfarhood visibility rule. + board-approval gate, the cc-cpfarhood visibility rule, + and delegation model tier policy. --- # Software Development Lifecycle @@ -119,6 +120,17 @@ GitHub branch protection requires CI checks (lint, test, build-and-push). Govern > **Note on penetration testing:** Stockboy Steve performs scheduled penetration testing against Prod independently of the PR workflow. Board-authorized. Not triggered per-PR. +## Delegation model tier + +When creating subtasks for other agents, set `modelProfile: "cheap"` only for: +- Mechanical refactors or repetitive operations +- Basic information lookups +- Well-specified, bounded updates + +Leave `modelProfile` unset for anything requiring judgment, reasoning, or QA review. + +When in doubt, leave it unset. + ## Handoff protocol — mandatory Every handoff to another agent requires ALL THREE steps: