Simplify bundled skill catalog and routing

.github/ci/suites.v1.json

@@ -323,7 +323,13 @@
         "tests/test_skills/test_hub_*.py",
         "tests/test_skills/test_loader_*.py",
         "tests/test_skills_bundled_baseline.py",
-        "tests/test_skills_default_prompt_contract.py",
+        "tests/test_skill_catalog_projection.py",
+        "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_catalog_compatibility.py",
+        "tests/test_gateway/test_rpc_commands.py",
+        "tests/test_migration/test_legacy_config_fixtures.py",
+        "tests/test_skills/test_catalog_upgrade_retirement.py",
+        "tests/test_skills/test_sop_compiler.py",
+        "tests/unit/cli/tui/test_opentui_completion_catalog.py",
         "tests/test_skills_hash_consumers.py",
         "tests/test_skills_hot_reload.py",
         "tests/test_skills_hub_*.py",

.github/scripts/plan_ci.py

@@ -150,7 +150,13 @@
         "tests/test_skills_manifest.py",
         "tests/test_skills_bundled_baseline.py",
         "tests/test_skills_hot_reload.py",
-        "tests/test_skills_default_prompt_contract.py",
+        "tests/test_skill_catalog_projection.py",
+        "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_catalog_compatibility.py",
+        "tests/test_gateway/test_rpc_commands.py",
+        "tests/test_migration/test_legacy_config_fixtures.py",
+        "tests/test_skills/test_catalog_upgrade_retirement.py",
+        "tests/test_skills/test_sop_compiler.py",
+        "tests/unit/cli/tui/test_opentui_completion_catalog.py",
         "tests/test_skills_loader_namespaces.py",
         "tests/test_skills_tree.py",
         "tests/test_skills_hub_archive.py",
@@ -1325,11 +1331,16 @@ def _repository_files_for_validation(repo: Path) -> list[str]:
             if (path.is_file() or path.is_symlink())
             and ".git" not in path.relative_to(repo).parts
         )
-    return sorted(
+    paths = [
         item.decode("utf-8", errors="strict")
         for item in completed.stdout.split(b"\0")
         if item
-    )
+    ]
+    # ``git ls-files --cached`` retains paths deleted in an uncommitted
+    # worktree. They are useful to change classification but cannot be parsed
+    # as current test-module sources, so exclude only physically absent paths
+    # from repository-content validation.
+    return sorted(path for path in paths if (repo / path).exists())
 
 
 def _validate_execution_input_patterns(

.github/scripts/windows_test_assignments.json

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
       "tests/test_engine/test_final_diff_contract.py",
       "tests/test_engine/test_final_diff_salvage_and_endgame_freeze_levers.py",
       "tests/test_engine/test_goal_context_prompt.py",
-      "tests/test_engine/test_goal_routing_hint.py",
       "tests/test_engine/test_historical_image_followup.py",
       "tests/test_engine/test_history_silent_reply.py",
       "tests/test_engine/test_long_task_backend_boundaries.py",
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@
       "tests/test_scripts/test_live_meta_skill_creator_e2e.py",
       "tests/test_skill_pdf_toolkit.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_awesome_webpage_meta_skill.py",
+      "tests/test_skills/test_catalog_upgrade_retirement.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_schema_protocol.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_summary.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_text_parser.py",
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_invoke_recursion_guard.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_invoke_tool.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_mvp.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_meta_pre_commit_quality_gate.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_readiness.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_short_drama_delivery_audit.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_authoring_docs.py",
@@ -353,7 +352,6 @@
       "tests/test_application/test_session_reset.py",
       "tests/test_application/test_session_transcript.py",
       "tests/test_attachment_workspace.py",
-      "tests/test_bundled_voice_skills.py",
       "tests/test_channels/test_approval_i18n.py",
       "tests/test_channels/test_channel_command_registry.py",
       "tests/test_channels/test_channel_dedupe.py",
@@ -552,6 +550,7 @@
       "tests/test_gateway/test_local_provider_keyless_e2e.py",
       "tests/test_gateway/test_memory_health_boundary.py",
       "tests/test_gateway/test_memory_repair_storage_gate.py",
+      "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_catalog_compatibility.py",
       "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_setup_launch_e2e.py",
       "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_skill_config_auto_trigger.py",
       "tests/test_gateway/test_metrics_counters.py",
@@ -900,7 +899,6 @@
       "tests/test_session/test_turn_acceptance_storage.py",
       "tests/test_session/test_turn_usage_storage.py",
       "tests/test_session_streams_meta_events.py",
-      "tests/test_skill_html_to_pdf.py",
       "tests/test_skill_multi_search_engine.py",
       "tests/test_skill_xlsx.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_nl_extract.py",
@@ -910,20 +908,17 @@
       "tests/test_skills/test_high_value_meta_trigger_coverage.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_hub_deps_subprocess.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_executor_gate.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_meta_paper_skills.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_parallel.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_paused_scheduler.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_resume.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_router_accuracy.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_creator_lint.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_user_input_executor.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_nano_banana_openrouter_image.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_retrieval_fingerprint.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_skill_exec_python_resolution.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_skill_exec_subprocess_encoding.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_sop_compiler.py",
       "tests/test_skills_hot_reload.py",
-      "tests/test_skills_memory_contract.py",
       "tests/test_tools/test_admin_audio_config.py",
       "tests/test_tools/test_admin_cron_strict.py",
       "tests/test_tools/test_admin_gateway_contract.py",
@@ -1169,15 +1164,14 @@
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_cancellation.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_diagram_triangulation.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_inputs_collected.py",
+      "tests/test_skills/test_meta_paper_skills.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_paper_write_e2e.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_plan_serde.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_security_review_bundle.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_accept.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_smoke_test.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_meta_stack_trace_investigator.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_user_input_types.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_multi_search_engine_concurrency.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_weather_skill_entrypoint.py",
       "tests/test_skills_hash_consumers.py",
       "tests/test_skills_hub_github.py",
       "tests/test_skills_loader_namespaces.py",
@@ -1400,12 +1394,11 @@
       "tests/test_scripts/test_stage_webui_artifact.py",
       "tests/test_scripts/test_verify_desktop_slim_size.py",
       "tests/test_scripts/test_verify_webui_artifact.py",
+      "tests/test_skill_catalog_projection.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_skip_summary.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_creator_trigger_no_collision.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_history_explorer.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_meta_arxiv_daily_digest_deck.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_auto_trigger_enabled.py",
-      "tests/test_skills/test_meta_codereview_current_diff.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_on_failure_substitute.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_orchestrator_offload.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_meta_run_persistence_e2e.py",
@@ -1417,7 +1410,6 @@
       "tests/test_skills/test_runtime_e2e_gate.py",
       "tests/test_skills/test_skill_exec_non_blocking.py",
       "tests/test_skills_community_copy_contract.py",
-      "tests/test_skills_default_prompt_contract.py",
       "tests/test_skills_dependency_summary.py",
       "tests/test_skills_hub_installer_security.py",
       "tests/test_skills_paths.py",

.github/scripts/windows_test_durations.json

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
     "tests/test_artifacts.py": 2.895,
     "tests/test_asyncio_utils.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_attachment_workspace.py": 0.148,
-    "tests/test_bundled_voice_skills.py": 0.673,
     "tests/test_channels/test_admission_reason_persistence.py": 0.856,
     "tests/test_channels/test_approval_dispatch_intercept.py": 1.046,
     "tests/test_channels/test_approval_i18n.py": 0.041,
@@ -358,7 +357,6 @@
     "tests/test_engine/test_final_diff_salvage_and_endgame_freeze_levers.py": 8.245,
     "tests/test_engine/test_finalize_evidence_gate.py": 0.28,
     "tests/test_engine/test_goal_context_prompt.py": 0.11,
-    "tests/test_engine/test_goal_routing_hint.py": 0.026,
     "tests/test_engine/test_heuristic_router_strategy.py": 0.818,
     "tests/test_engine/test_historical_image_followup.py": 4.251,
     "tests/test_engine/test_history_silent_reply.py": 0.014,
@@ -612,6 +610,7 @@
     "tests/test_gateway/test_local_provider_keyless_e2e.py": 0.048,
     "tests/test_gateway/test_memory_health_boundary.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_gateway/test_memory_repair_storage_gate.py": 0.898,
+    "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_catalog_compatibility.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_setup_launch_e2e.py": 0.927,
     "tests/test_gateway/test_meta_skill_config_auto_trigger.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_gateway/test_metrics_counters.py": 0.129,
@@ -1248,13 +1247,14 @@
     "tests/test_session/test_turn_acceptance_storage.py": 15.113,
     "tests/test_session/test_turn_usage_storage.py": 0.112,
     "tests/test_session_streams_meta_events.py": 0.01,
+    "tests/test_skill_catalog_projection.py": 2.1,
     "tests/test_skill_docx.py": 3.082,
-    "tests/test_skill_html_to_pdf.py": 0.937,
     "tests/test_skill_multi_search_engine.py": 0.283,
     "tests/test_skill_pdf_toolkit.py": 1.198,
     "tests/test_skill_pptx_delivery.py": 0.75,
     "tests/test_skill_xlsx.py": 1.185,
     "tests/test_skills/test_awesome_webpage_meta_skill.py": 22.667,
+    "tests/test_skills/test_catalog_upgrade_retirement.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_autofill.py": 0.013,
     "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_nl_extract.py": 0.078,
     "tests/test_skills/test_clarify_schema_protocol.py": 0.031,
@@ -1279,11 +1279,9 @@
     "tests/test_skills/test_loader_list_meta_specs.py": 3.264,
     "tests/test_skills/test_loader_turn_snapshot.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_skills/test_managed_toolchains.py": 4.983,
-    "tests/test_skills/test_meta_arxiv_daily_digest_deck.py": 3.156,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_auto_trigger_enabled.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_cancellation.py": 5.727,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_clarify_defaults.py": 0.013,
-    "tests/test_skills/test_meta_codereview_current_diff.py": 5.94,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_diagram_triangulation.py": 3.295,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_dsl_extensions.py": 0.921,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_executor_gate.py": 0.01,
@@ -1298,7 +1296,6 @@
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_parallel.py": 0.344,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_paused_scheduler.py": 0.071,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_plan_serde.py": 0.166,
-    "tests/test_skills/test_meta_pre_commit_quality_gate.py": 5.252,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_readiness.py": 1.657,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_resume.py": 20.007,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_router_accuracy.py": 1.08,
@@ -1313,7 +1310,6 @@
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_linter.py": 25.593,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_proposals.py": 3.153,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_skill_smoke_test.py": 0.281,
-    "tests/test_skills/test_meta_stack_trace_investigator.py": 7.126,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_travel_planner_direct_e2e.py": 1.215,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_trigger_accuracy_harness.py": 0.024,
     "tests/test_skills/test_meta_user_input_executor.py": 0.087,
@@ -1330,7 +1326,6 @@
     "tests/test_skills/test_paper_refbib_metadata.py": 0.342,
     "tests/test_skills/test_paper_source_readiness_gate.py": 1.824,
     "tests/test_skills/test_proposals_lib.py": 0.295,
-    "tests/test_skills/test_retrieval_fingerprint.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_skills/test_runtime_e2e_gate.py": 0.016,
     "tests/test_skills/test_short_drama_review_normalizer.py": 0.276,
     "tests/test_skills/test_skill_disable_toggle.py": 0.04,
@@ -1342,10 +1337,8 @@
     "tests/test_skills/test_title_card_image.py": 0.107,
     "tests/test_skills/test_toolchain_runtime_integration.py": 0.128,
     "tests/test_skills/test_toolchain_state_scope.py": 0.02,
-    "tests/test_skills/test_weather_skill_entrypoint.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_skills_bundled_baseline.py": 0.793,
     "tests/test_skills_community_copy_contract.py": 0.01,
-    "tests/test_skills_default_prompt_contract.py": 10.372,
     "tests/test_skills_dependency_summary.py": 0.2,
     "tests/test_skills_eligibility.py": 0.01,
     "tests/test_skills_hash_consumers.py": 0.459,
@@ -1360,7 +1353,6 @@
     "tests/test_skills_hub_source.py": 0.017,
     "tests/test_skills_loader_namespaces.py": 1.024,
     "tests/test_skills_manifest.py": 1.315,
-    "tests/test_skills_memory_contract.py": 0.693,
     "tests/test_skills_paths.py": 0.016,
     "tests/test_skills_provenance_contract.py": 4.11,
     "tests/test_skills_third_party_notices.py": 2.373,

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1886,7 +1886,13 @@ jobs:
             tests/test_skills_manifest.py \
             tests/test_skills_bundled_baseline.py \
             tests/test_skills_hot_reload.py \
-            tests/test_skills_default_prompt_contract.py \
+            tests/test_skill_catalog_projection.py \
+            tests/test_gateway/test_meta_catalog_compatibility.py \
+            tests/test_gateway/test_rpc_commands.py \
+            tests/test_migration/test_legacy_config_fixtures.py \
+            tests/test_skills/test_catalog_upgrade_retirement.py \
+            tests/test_skills/test_sop_compiler.py \
+            tests/unit/cli/tui/test_opentui_completion_catalog.py \
             tests/test_skills_loader_namespaces.py \
             tests/test_skills_tree.py \
             tests/test_skills_hub_archive.py \

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,8 +14,40 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   Non-loopback request authorities remain rejected by those guards, `"*"` is
   never accepted, and existing CORS response-header behavior is unchanged.
 
+### Changed
+
+- The bundled Skill catalog now exposes eight ordinary entry points and three
+  stable Meta workflows, with coding instructions available in coding mode.
+  Internal helpers remain available to their owning workflows. The optional
+  relevance filter is retired; old filter settings are ignored during upgrade.
+- Redundant bundled wrappers, including `cron`, `memory`, `git-diff`, and
+  `http-fetch`, are retired while their native tools remain available. The
+  weather and tmux wrappers and the dedicated HTML-to-PDF/LaTeX wrappers are
+  also retired; generic tools remain available, but their former scripts and
+  output contracts are not preserved. PDF extraction, composition and
+  generation remain supported; arbitrary in-place PDF rewriting is no longer
+  a dedicated Skill capability.
+- In total, 31 bundled Skills are retired: four native-tool wrappers, five
+  audio wrappers, `summarize`, five weather/tmux/HTML-to-PDF/LaTeX/PDF-rewrite
+  wrappers, eight obsolete paper helpers, three creator helpers whose work
+  now runs in the creator runtime, and five stack-trace probes.
+- Catalog retirement takes effect when the upgraded Gateway restarts and
+  rebuilds its Skill snapshot. Personal, project and other user-installed
+  copies are not removed, and memory files and scheduled jobs stay in place.
+  Old Meta workflow definitions that reference retired Skills must be updated
+  by their authors; they are not automatically migrated.
+
 ### Fixed
 
+- Skill and Meta catalog reads remain compatible when the Web UI and Gateway
+  are upgraded separately. Meta details fall back on older gateways; new
+  gateways preserve public Meta list and detail responses for older clients.
+  Managed instances keep their source and lifecycle identity, and dependency
+  status refreshes after setup without retaining old missing-dependency counts.
+- Retired nested Skill-filter environment variables no longer prevent Gateway
+  startup. Newly authored personal and project Meta SOPs receive the correct
+  invocation defaults, and command completion follows the public catalog.
+
 - Aborting a turn no longer leaves an orphan task that crashes while the turn
   generator is finalized. The gateway now closes the runner stream when the
   consuming task exits, and the turn scope stack (process ownership, sandbox