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Donchitos e289ce906f Release v0.2.0: Context Resilience, AskUserQuestion, /design-systems
* Add context resilience: file-backed state, incremental writing, auto-recovery

Prevents "prompt too long" crashes from killing sessions by persisting work
to disk incrementally instead of relying on conversation memory.

Changes:
- pre-compact.sh: dumps session state before context compression
- session-start.sh: detects active.md for crash recovery
- session-stop.sh: archives and clears active.md on clean shutdown
- context-management.md: file-backed state as primary strategy
- 9 agents updated with incremental section writing protocol
  (game-designer, systems-designer, economy-designer, narrative-director,
   level-designer, world-builder, writer, art-director, audio-director)
- CLAUDE.md: trimmed redundant imports (10 → 5) to reduce token overhead
- design-docs.md rule: enforces incremental writing pattern
- .gitignore: excludes ephemeral session state files
- directory-structure.md: documents session-state/ and session-logs/
- COLLABORATIVE-DESIGN-PRINCIPLE.md: documents incremental writing pattern

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add AskUserQuestion integration across collaborative protocols

Explicitly reference the AskUserQuestion tool in all collaborative agent
definitions, protocol templates, team orchestrator skills, and the master
principle doc. Introduces the Explain-then-Capture pattern: agents write
full expert analysis in conversation, then call AskUserQuestion with
concise labels to capture decisions via structured UI.

26 files updated:
- 3 protocol templates (design, leadership, implementation)
- 14 agent definitions (10 design + 3 leadership + writer)
- 8 orchestrator skills (brainstorm + 7 team-*)
- 1 master principle doc (COLLABORATIVE-DESIGN-PRINCIPLE.md)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add /design-systems skill: concept-to-GDD decomposition workflow

Bridges the gap between game concept and per-system design documents.
Professional studios use systems enumeration + dependency sorting between
concept and feature docs — skipping this step is one of the most expensive
mistakes (systems discovered during production cost 5-10x more to add).

New files:
- .claude/skills/design-systems/SKILL.md — 7-phase orchestration skill
  (enumerate systems, map dependencies, assign priorities, write GDDs)
- .claude/docs/templates/systems-index.md — master tracking template

Flow integration (7 existing skills updated):
- brainstorm, start, setup-engine, design-review, gate-check,
  project-stage-detect, game-concept template all reference /design-systems
  at the appropriate workflow touchpoints

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* Fix cross-platform bugs, add missing tool permissions, and update docs for v0.2.0

Hooks: fix \s → [[:space:]] in grep -E fallbacks (3 files), fix detect-gaps.sh
empty-variable bug, fix log-agent.sh field name (agent_name → agent_type),
harden validate-push.sh with explicit $MATCHED_BRANCH, convert for-in loops
to while-read for space-safe iteration, add POSIX head -n syntax, increase
PreCompact timeout, widen session-stop log window.

Skills: add AskUserQuestion to 10 skills and TodoWrite to 8 multi-phase skills.
Fix project-stage-detect template/output paths, tech-artist → technical-artist.

Docs: add /design-systems to all references (README, quick-start, workflow guide,
skills-reference), update skill count 35 → 36, remove stale AI artifacts from
COLLABORATIVE-DESIGN-PRINCIPLE.md, add AskUserQuestion note to examples README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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name, description, argument-hint, user-invocable, allowed-tools
name description argument-hint user-invocable allowed-tools
team-narrative Orchestrate the narrative team: coordinates narrative-director, writer, world-builder, and level-designer to create cohesive story content, world lore, and narrative-driven level design. [narrative content description] true Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, Task, AskUserQuestion, TodoWrite

When this skill is invoked, orchestrate the narrative team through a structured pipeline.

Decision Points: At each phase transition, use AskUserQuestion to present the user with the subagent's proposals as selectable options. Write the agent's full analysis in conversation, then capture the decision with concise labels. The user must approve before moving to the next phase.

Team Composition

  • narrative-director — Story arcs, character design, dialogue strategy, narrative vision
  • writer — Dialogue writing, lore entries, item descriptions, in-game text
  • world-builder — World rules, faction design, history, geography, environmental storytelling
  • level-designer — Level layouts that serve the narrative, pacing, environmental storytelling beats

How to Delegate

Use the Task tool to spawn each team member as a subagent:

  • subagent_type: narrative-director — Story arcs, character design, narrative vision
  • subagent_type: writer — Dialogue writing, lore entries, in-game text
  • subagent_type: world-builder — World rules, faction design, history, geography
  • subagent_type: level-designer — Level layouts that serve the narrative, pacing

Always provide full context in each agent's prompt (narrative brief, lore dependencies, character profiles). Launch independent agents in parallel where the pipeline allows it (e.g., Phase 2 agents can run simultaneously).

Pipeline

Phase 1: Narrative Direction

Delegate to narrative-director:

  • Define the narrative purpose of this content: what story beat does it serve?
  • Identify characters involved, their motivations, and how this fits the overall arc
  • Set the emotional tone and pacing targets
  • Specify any lore dependencies or new lore this introduces
  • Output: narrative brief with story requirements

Phase 2: World Foundation (parallel)

Delegate in parallel:

  • world-builder: Create or update lore entries for factions, locations, and history relevant to this content. Cross-reference against existing lore for contradictions. Set canon level for new entries.
  • writer: Draft character dialogue using voice profiles. Ensure all lines are under 120 characters, use named placeholders for variables, and are localization-ready.

Phase 3: Level Narrative Integration

Delegate to level-designer:

  • Review the narrative brief and lore foundation
  • Design environmental storytelling elements in the level
  • Place narrative triggers, dialogue zones, and discovery points
  • Ensure pacing serves both gameplay and story

Phase 4: Review and Consistency

Delegate to narrative-director:

  • Review all dialogue against character voice profiles
  • Verify lore consistency across new and existing entries
  • Confirm narrative pacing aligns with level design
  • Check that all mysteries have documented "true answers"

Phase 5: Polish

  • Writer reviews all text for localization readiness
  • Verify no line exceeds dialogue box constraints
  • Confirm all text uses string keys (localization pipeline ready)
  • World-builder finalizes canon levels for all new lore

Output

A summary report covering: narrative brief status, lore entries created/updated, dialogue lines written, level narrative integration points, consistency review results, and any unresolved contradictions.