Quick Change

Complete $ARGUMENTS only while it remains small, local, and non-behavioral.

Operational Baseline

Discovery

Use govctl status to confirm repository context. If task context names a Work Item, inspect it with govctl work show <WI-ID>; otherwise check govctl work list active and govctl work list queue only when an existing tracked task may already own the cleanup. Use resource --help for current syntax. In the govctl repository itself, invoke governance commands as cargo run --quiet --.

Hard Stops

• Stop using this workflow when the change affects behavior, changes a governance artifact, exposes an architectural choice, or depends on an ambiguous requirement.
• Do not create a Work Item merely to record a typo, comment, formatting fix, or mechanical cleanup.
• Do not perform artifact lifecycle or destructive operations.
• Do not issue raw VCS commands; use the commit skill.
• Stop before mutation when the task's scope or authority is no longer clear.

Decision Policy

Situation	Action
Typo, comment, small guide fix, or local mechanical cleanup	Continue with quick
Existing matching Work Item already owns the cleanup	Preserve its scope and closure rules
User explicitly needs durable tracking for the outcome	Use at most one coarse Work Item
Governance artifact maintenance with no implementation	Hand off to spec
Open design or requirement ambiguity	Hand off to discuss
Behavior, implementation, or broader verification is involved	Hand off to gov

Activate a matching queued Work Item through its canonical lifecycle command only when it exactly owns the cleanup and the task remains trivial. Otherwise hand off to gov. Never implement under or attempt to close a queued item.

When a matching Work Item exists, keep acceptance criteria observable and notes durable. Transient progress belongs in an existing loop or the final response, not Work Item notes. Do not create a new loop for a trivial untracked change.

Make the smallest coherent edit and run validation proportional to the affected surface. govctl check must pass in a governed repository. Run focused project checks when code or generated output is touched; if those checks reveal broader behavioral risk, switch to gov.

When closing a tracked Work Item, let govctl work move <WI-ID> done execute its effective guards instead of manually repeating them immediately beforehand.

Completion Evidence

The quick change is complete when:

• it remains demonstrably non-behavioral and within the original scope;
• affected focused checks and govctl check pass;
• any existing Work Item accurately reflects the result and passes closure; and
• the final response reports the edit and validation.

Use commit to record the coherent change.