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name: process-safeguard
description: "Redirects toward real work if any single task stalls 3+ exchanges. Use when a person asks to install or apply \"Process Safeguard Standing Rule\" (FTR-03) in a project, or when working in a project that has it installed."
---

# Process Safeguard Standing Rule (FTR-03, version 1.0)

> Generated from library record FTR-03 version 1.0, 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

Redirects toward real work if any single task stalls 3+ exchanges

## When to use this skill

- A person asks to install, apply or update "Process Safeguard Standing Rule" (FTR-03) in a project.
- A project's agent instructions list process-safeguard as installed and the task touches what it covers.
- No other feature is required first.

## 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
- Check whether `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` already has a "PROCESS SAFEGUARD" section. If present, confirm it matches the text below; if not, add it.

### Ask, only if needed
Nothing to ask — proceed directly to Write.

### 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 Process Safeguard standing rule is now in your agent instructions — the agent will redirect toward real work if any single task stalls. 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.