From d6d94623f4cb4c58e786be9fa20ee76437046432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flea Flicker <22+gb_flea@noreply.git.farh.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:30:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs(skills): remove stale no-self-merge contract refs
 (GRO-2763)

Remove stale no-self-merge contract references left by org#17 (GRO-2377 fast-follow). Fixes coding-standards, sdlc, and devops skills.
---
 skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md | 2 +-
 skills/devops/SKILL.md           | 2 +-
 skills/sdlc/SKILL.md             | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md b/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md
index 5d715a2..51c1b80 100644
--- a/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: >
   Engineering quality bar for GroomBook code: priority ordering of correctness
   vs. clarity vs. maintainability vs. performance vs. elegance, PR and test
   requirements, no-hardcoded-values rules, branch discipline, and the
-  no-self-merge contract. The uat→main merge-gate policy lives in the `sdlc`
+  PR self-merge rule. The uat→main merge-gate policy lives in the `sdlc`
   skill, not here.
 ---
 
diff --git a/skills/devops/SKILL.md b/skills/devops/SKILL.md
index edd6b4e..c6ed3e1 100644
--- a/skills/devops/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/devops/SKILL.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Use the `GITEA_TOKEN` environment variable for all Gitea operations — it is al
 tea pr create --base main --title "..." --body "... cc @cpfarhood"
 ```
 
-Gitea branch protection requires CI checks to pass. See `coding-standards` for the no-self-merge contract and the `cc @cpfarhood` rule.
+Gitea branch protection requires CI checks to pass. See `coding-standards` for the PR self-merge rule and the `cc @cpfarhood` rule.
 
 ## Infrastructure topology
 
diff --git a/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md b/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md
index 4c39c0c..09651f5 100644
--- a/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/sdlc/SKILL.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Three long-lived branches map to the three deployment environments:
 
 ## Pull requests
 
-All changes happen via pull request. Gitea branch protection requires CI checks to pass. See `coding-standards` for the no-self-merge contract and the `cc @cpfarhood` visibility rule.
+All changes happen via pull request. Gitea branch protection requires CI checks to pass. See `coding-standards` for the PR self-merge rule and the `cc @cpfarhood` visibility rule.
 
 ```bash
 tea pr create --base dev --title "..." --body "... cc @cpfarhood"