goatrodeo

Three-ceremony spec/build/test discipline. Skills, slash commands, hooks, watchdog, and the multi-model gauntlet calibration corpus, all in one repo.

The deployed locations under ~/.claude/{skills,hooks,commands,scripts}/ are symlinks back into this repo. Edit here, edit there — same file.

Ceremonies

Ceremony	What it does	Skill	Command
goatrodeo	Pressure-test a spec through interrogation, live research, twin review. Produces battle-tested REQ-IDs.	ceremonies/goatrodeo/skill.md	/goatrodeo
goatrodeo (design variant)	Same engine, design-spec domain knowledge.	ceremonies/goatrodeo/design-variant/skill.md	/design-goatrodeo
postrodeo	After build: audit what was built vs what was specced. L4 gate before ship.	ceremonies/postrodeo/skill.md	/postrodeo
gauntlet	Multi-model test-authoring quality validation across canary problems.	ceremonies/gauntlet/skill.md	(script-driven)

Plus two goatrodeo feeders that run upstream:

• feeders/ruthless-interrogator.md — Stage 1, only asks questions until zero assumptions remain.
• feeders/uncompromising-executor.md — Stage 2, produces 8 canonical docs + TEST_PLAN.md from interrogation output.

Why this exists

Goat Rodeo decides whether a spec is fit to build. Postrodeo decides whether the build is fit to ship. Gauntlet decides whether AI-authored tests are real tests. Without one project they have no shared spec, no version log, no regression tests for themselves, and no run ledger. Anything that gates every meaningful build needs one place to manage it.

Layout

goatrodeo/
├── ceremonies/
│   ├── goatrodeo/
│   │   ├── skill.md, command.md, v3.2-draft.md
│   │   ├── design-variant/{skill.md,command.md}
│   │   ├── feeders/{ruthless-interrogator.md, uncompromising-executor.md}
│   │   └── mx-goatrodeo/             # build-ledger fixtures (ticket-A1..A4)
│   ├── postrodeo/{skill.md,command.md}
│   └── gauntlet/
│       ├── skill.md
│       ├── scripts/{worktree-isolate.sh, sanity-baseline.sh}
│       └── research/                 # 5 research docs + calibration/{canary_01..03}
├── hooks/                            # goatrodeo-guard.py + 3 rodeo hooks
├── guard/                            # watchdog (mac launchd + homebox-cron)
├── docs/
│   ├── decision-tree.md              # which ceremony fires when
│   └── adr/
├── runs/                             # one file per ceremony run
├── tests/                            # regression tests for the harness itself
├── SPEC.md, CHANGELOG.md, .gitignore

Sync model

Symlinks. No build step. Verify with make verify.

Deployed-path inventory

Deployed path	→ points into project
~/.claude/skills/{goatrodeo,design-goatrodeo,postrodeo,ruthless-interrogator,uncompromising-executor,goatrodeo-v3.2-draft,gauntlet-test-authoring}.md	ceremonies/.../skill.md (or feeder/draft path)
~/.claude/skills/mx-goatrodeo/	ceremonies/goatrodeo/mx-goatrodeo/
~/.claude/skills/research/	ceremonies/gauntlet/research/
~/.claude/commands/{goatrodeo,design-goatrodeo,postrodeo}.md	ceremonies/.../command.md
~/.claude/hooks/{goatrodeo-guard.py, pre-tool-use-rodeo-step-guard.sh, post-tool-use-rodeo-state-updater.sh, statusline-rodeo.sh}	hooks/
~/.claude/scripts/gauntlet-{worktree-isolate,sanity-baseline}.sh	ceremonies/gauntlet/scripts/
~/projects/goatrodeo-guard	guard/