.cursor/skills/blink-dispatch/SKILL.md

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Blink Dispatch

Blink Dispatch is a fast, deterministic gate for deciding whether a delivery needs a subagent. It is inspired by thin-slicing: inspect a few high-signal features, not the whole problem again.

Do not launch a "blink" subagent. The point is to avoid spending subagent latency on a dispatch decision the main agent can make from the current diff.

Output Contract

Emit exactly one dispatch line in close-out notes and drift when relevant:

subagent_dispatch: skip:<reason> | use:<subagent>:<reason>

Also update .archon/run.md:

• closeout.subagent_dispatched = 1 when any subagent is launched.
• closeout.subagent_dispatched = skip:<reason> when the gate decides no subagent is needed.
• For the legacy capture-auditor rows, mirror the result:
  • capture-auditor used: auditor_ran=1, auditor_processed=1
  • capture-auditor not used: auditor_ran=skip:<reason>, auditor_processed=skip:<reason>

Thin-Slice Signals

Use these signals, in this order:

1. Path risk: source/API/db/governance path touched?
2. Boundary risk: auth, secret, deploy, DB, CI permissions, routing, or lifecycle semantics changed?
3. Failure repair: validation failed and the delivery included a fix?
4. State closure: debt, milestone, manifest acceptance, or external blocker status changed?
5. Drift pressure: current or resulting drift reaches light/full/emergency?
6. Agent uncertainty: main agent cannot confidently bound the risk.

Required Dispatch

Launch a subagent when any required signal matches:

The portable source of truth for high-risk path patterns and allowed skip reasons is .archon/contracts/governance-contract.yaml §blink_dispatch; keep this skill's prose aligned with that contract.

Signal	Dispatch
Manifest-declared product/source path changed	use:archon-capture-auditor:implementation-risk
Archon core changed (.archon/soul*, .archon/domain-lenses, .archon/contracts, .archon/templates, docs/archon, scripts, .husky/pre-commit, .cursor/commands, .cursor/agents, .cursor/rules, .cursor/skills, governance.test.ts)	use:archon-capture-auditor:governance-risk
Full review threshold reached	use:archon-reviewer:full-review-required
Auth, secret, deploy, DB, or CI permission boundary changed	use:archon-capture-auditor:boundary-risk
Debt/milestone/external blocker is being closed	use:archon-capture-auditor:state-closure-risk
Validation failed and was repaired	use:archon-capture-auditor:repair-risk
Main agent is uncertain	use:archon-capture-auditor:uncertain-risk

Allowed Skip

Skip subagents only for low-risk, validation-backed changes:

Case	Dispatch
Copy-only docs, no state closure	skip:copy-only
Drift log budget maintenance	skip:drift-budget
Validation-only CI trigger/cache/concurrency change, no secret/deploy permission expansion	skip:low-risk-ci
Manifest sync of already verified facts	skip:verified-manifest-sync
Fast-path delivery	skip:fast-path

When in doubt, dispatch. A false positive costs time; a false negative removes the independent judgment Archon relies on.