ATM Task Intent Resolver

Use this skill when the user prompt mentions a task id, task card, plan document, or a scoped batch of tasks.

If the user gives one exact task id and no extra plan or batch ambiguity, prefer the session-local CLI selector instead of writing the shared runtime intent file:

node atm.mjs next --task TASK-ABC-0001 --json
node atm.mjs next --claim --actor "$ATM_ACTOR_ID" --task TASK-ABC-0001 --json

Use this semantic resolver for fuzzy task titles, shorthand ranges, plan documents, target-repo hints, or multiple tasks.

Semantic Extraction First

Read the current user prompt semantically before routing. Do not rely on keyword matching alone. Infer, with explicit uncertainty when needed:

• Which task ids are mentioned directly or indirectly.
• Which plan document, task root, or active document the user likely means.
• Which target repository owns the work, especially when the current repository is only a planning or adopter repo.
• Whether the requested action is analyze, implement, redo, reopen, close, audit, or cleanup.
• Whether the user asks for one task, an ordinal range such as "first three", or the whole scoped queue.

When semantic resolution is needed, write exactly one atm.taskIntent.v1 JSON file before calling ATM:

{
  "schemaId": "atm.taskIntent.v1",
  "userPrompt": "$ARGUMENTS",
  "mentionedTaskIds": [],
  "mentionedPlanPaths": [],
  "taskRootHints": [],
  "targetRepoHints": [],
  "requestedAction": "implement",
  "confidence": 0.75,
  "source": "atm-skill"
}

Use .atm/runtime/task-intent.json unless the editor integration provides a different runtime path. This is a shared runtime fallback; do not use it for a single exact --task route. The skill may propose intent; ATM CLI remains the only authority that can accept, reject, narrow, claim, or route it.

First Command After Intent File Exists

node atm.mjs next --intent .atm/runtime/task-intent.json --json

If the skill cannot resolve a confident target, still write the intent file with lower confidence and the safest candidate hints. ATM should then return ATM_NEXT_TASK_SELECTION_REQUIRED or ATM_NEXT_TASK_SCOPE_NOT_FOUND; do not pick a global task manually.

Intent Contract

Call:

node atm.mjs next --intent <intent-json-path> --json

ATM will validate the skill's hints against repo-local task cards, imported ledger files, task source metadata, target repo constraints, and closure authority before routing.

node atm.mjs next --prompt "$ARGUMENTS" --json is only the deterministic fallback for environments that cannot run this semantic skill. It is not the primary route when this skill is available.

Guardrails

• Do not choose a global open task when the prompt is scoped to a specific plan.
• Do not treat fuzzy title matches as authority unless ATM returns a unique route.
• Do not treat CLI keyword extraction as semantic understanding; the skill must produce source: "atm-skill" intent when the prompt contains human task or plan language.
• If ATM returns ATM_NEXT_TASK_SELECTION_REQUIRED, ask for a task id or narrower plan scope before editing.
• If ATM returns a requiredCommand, run that command exactly before mutating.

Charter Invariants

• INV-ATM-001 — No second registry (enforcement: gate, breaking change: yes) Rule: A host project must not create a second AtomicRegistry implementation outside of packages/core or introduce a parallel ID allocation, version tracking, or registry promotion path.
• INV-ATM-002 — Lock before edit (enforcement: doctor, breaking change: no) Rule: No governed file mutation may occur without a valid ScopeLock recorded in .atm/locks/ for the current WorkItem. Agents must call atm lock before editing files.
• INV-ATM-003 — Schema-validated promotion only (enforcement: gate, breaking change: yes) Rule: An UpgradeProposal must pass all automatedGates (including JSON Schema validation) before promotion. Direct registry mutation that bypasses the UpgradeProposal path is forbidden.
• INV-ATM-004 — No competing highest authority (enforcement: doctor, breaking change: yes) Rule: No host project rule, profile, or configuration may declare itself to have authority equal to or higher than the AtomicCharter. Any rule that contradicts an invariant must go through a charter waiver proposal.
• INV-ATM-005 — Host rule amendments require waiver flow (enforcement: waiver-required, breaking change: no) Rule: When a host project rule conflicts with a charter invariant, the host must submit a behavior.evolve UpgradeProposal with a charterWaiver field and a linked HumanReviewDecision. Silent override is not permitted.
• INV-ATM-006 — Framework work tracking stays downstream (enforcement: doctor, breaking change: yes) Rule: The framework repository must not host coordinating implementation task cards, planning queues, or project-specific work tracking artifacts beyond ATM's own bootstrap/runtime-managed files. Upstream planning cards belong in the coordinating host workspace and may feed evidence back upstream without becoming framework-resident work tracking.
• INV-ATM-007 — Public framework docs remain English-only (enforcement: doctor, breaking change: yes) Rule: Public contributor-facing documentation in the framework repository must remain English-only and repository-neutral. Non-English planning notes, local experiments, or downstream operating guidance must live in the coordinating host workspace unless they are translated into neutral English framework documentation.