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jschoubben 93a1231e00 Retire the HAL name where it points forward
Skills take the hq- prefix: they are HQ process workflows, not mesh
workflows, and HQ is company-scoped now. hq-new-research, hq-graduate,
hq-new-issue, hq-diagnose, hq-amend-design, hq-handoff,
hq-sync-constitution, hq-status.

Forward-looking prose becomes Novox Mesh or simply the mesh — the root
README, AGENTS.md, the 00-META README, the mission's module example, and
one to-be document that addressed 'someone working on HAL'.

Three categories deliberately keep HAL, per ADR 0027:

The monorepo is still called hal on the forge. repos.md, every code: field
and every located-in: field name a repository that exists under that name,
and renaming them in prose would make them false.

The as-is layer and the research that measured it describe the system that
runs, and that system is called HAL. 124 modules, 9 daemons, a dead
containerised node — those are observations, not intentions.

Records 0001-0026 are immutable. A record says what was decided when it
was decided, and no record is edited for a name.

Also repoints ADR 0022's link at the renamed skill — a path fix, which the
immutability rule permits, not a change of meaning.
2026-08-23 21:26:09 +02:00

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---
name: hq-handoff
description: Use when an HQ design is settled and implementation is about to start in a code repository. Triggers on "start building this", "hand this off", "ready to implement", "who owns this now".
---
# hq-handoff
Hands a settled design to a code repository. **Authoritative playbook:**
[`00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md`](../../../00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md).
## Steps
1. **Confirm it is settled.** `status: designed`, and every claim traceable to a record in
`02-DECISIONS/`. An open question in the text is a reason to run `hq-new-research`, not to build
around it.
2. **Name the owner.** Set `code:` from
[`00-META/repos.md`](../../../00-META/repos.md). If the repository does not exist yet,
add it to `repos.md` in the same change.
3. **Read the as-is counterpart.** What is being replaced must be written down in
`03-DESIGN/00-as-is/` before it is changed. Building against an undocumented as-is is how
shipped behaviour gets lost.
4. **Flip the status** to `in-progress`, `updated:` today.
5. Build in the code repository. HQ never carries implementation.
6. On completion, run `hq-graduate`'s "when something ships" section.
## Non-negotiable
- Every merge is a human checkpoint, without exception.
- **Never open a pull request unprompted.** A permissions list saying it is allowed is not a
request.
- Work in an isolated worktree, never a shared checkout.
- Never push to the main branch.