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Agent Instructions Sync

FTR-23version 1.0coreskill: agent-instructions-syncskill review: unreviewed

In plain words

Your project instructions live in two places: Claude's Project Instructions box and a file on your computer. At the start of a conversation Claude compares the two and tells you if they have drifted apart.

Use it so you never end up working from an out-of-date copy of your own rules.

Technical summary

Keeps the Project Instructions field and the local file aligned

Install it

Download the skill folder (SKILL.md, with the full spec in references/spec.md), or the zip: agent-instructions-sync-1.0.zip (2592 bytes, sha256 d459a013019e97f2…).

Read it

For an AI without skills, hand over this line, or the plain markdown at id/FTR-23.md.

Fetch https://claude.sotekzone.com/v/20261102a/id/FTR-23.md and walk me through installing it.

Agent Instructions Sync

What this is

A protocol that keeps the two copies of the agent instructions aligned — the Claude Project Instructions field and admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md on the file system. At conversation start, the agent compares them and surfaces any drift rather than proceeding on stale instructions.

Assess first

Ask, only if needed

Nothing to ask — proceed directly to Write.

Write

Add this section to admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md:

◆ AGENT INSTRUCTIONS SYNC PROTOCOL

Agent instructions live in two places: the Project Instructions field and
admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md. The filename never changes. All changes are
logged in the Setup & Change Log.

At conversation start where instructions may have been updated:
1. Compare Project Instructions vs. admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md
2. Check Last Updated date and Bootstrap Version
3. If they differ: flag and walk through reconciliation
4. Never proceed on stale instructions without surfacing the issue

When the two differ, the local file governs.

Confirm

Confirm: the Agent Instructions Sync protocol is installed — the agent will compare your Project Instructions field against the local file at conversation start and flag any drift. Want to install another, or is that everything for now?