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name: active-flags-tracker
description: "Two-sheet Excel workbook (via FTR-36) — open blockers and pending items surfaced at session open; new stable FLAG-NN ID column. Use when a person asks to install or apply \"Active Flags Tracker\" (FTR-14) in a project, or when working in a project that has it installed."
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# Active Flags Tracker (FTR-14, version 1.1)

> Generated from library record FTR-14 version 1.1, publish 20261102a. Review status: unreviewed. The complete specification is in references/spec.md and is the authority; this file is the operating procedure drawn from it.

## What this does

Two-sheet Excel workbook (via FTR-36) — open blockers and pending items surfaced at session open; new stable FLAG-NN ID column

## When to use this skill

- A person asks to install, apply or update "Active Flags Tracker" (FTR-14) in a project.
- A project's agent instructions list active-flags-tracker as installed and the task touches what it covers.
- Requires first: FTR-13 (skill document-tracker-system), FTR-36 (skill excel-tracker-base-capability).

## Install procedure

Steps run in order. Assess comes first, every question in the Ask step is answered by the person before anything is written, and every write merges additively into the existing project files (read the file first, update an existing section in place, never overwrite).

### Assess first
- Confirm FTR-13 (Document Registry) and FTR-36 (Excel Tracker Base Capability) are installed — Active Flags nests under FTR-36's mechanics the same way FTR-13 does.
- Read `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` for any existing Active Flags section and carry forward open flags.
- Scan the conversation/project for existing blockers, pending approvals, or external dependencies to seed the flags list.

### Ask, only if needed
- If open blockers or pending items are evident but not yet captured: "I see a few open items — [list]. Want me to add these as active flags so they surface every session?"
- Otherwise nothing to ask.

### Write

The full Write payload is in references/write-payload.md. It is applied exactly as written, with the merge rule above.

### Confirm
Confirm: the Active Flags tracker is installed — a two-sheet Excel workbook now tracks open blockers and pending items, surfacing at every session open until resolved (and resolved flags move to their own sheet, never deleted). Want to install another, or is that everything for now?
## Files in this skill

- references/spec.md: the complete specification, unabridged.
- references/write-payload.md: the Write step on its own.