# Bundle manifest (bundle-manifest-v1) — paths are relative to this bundle dir. schema_version: 1 bundle_name: forward-deployed-engineering purpose: >- Carry an embedded technical engagement from ambiguous stakeholder need through discovery, framing, hypothesis, build, evaluation, deployment, adoption, measurement, and generalization while preserving decision rights, evidence, handoffs, and reusable field learning. audience: >- Technical leads and agents embedded across stakeholder discovery, implementation, production fit, adoption, and measurable workflow outcomes; this is a continuity layer that routes specialist methods rather than replacing them. stages: - name: Discover skills: - ../product-discovery/SKILL.md - ../data-engineering/SKILL.md - ../remote-systems-administration/SKILL.md - name: Frame skills: - ../product-design-and-ux/SKILL.md - ../privacy-engineering/SKILL.md - ../secure-software-engineering/SKILL.md - name: Hypothesize skills: - ../product-experimentation/SKILL.md - ../agent-evals-and-observability/SKILL.md - name: Build skills: - ../implementation-planning/SKILL.md - ../backend-engineering/SKILL.md - ../frontend-engineering/SKILL.md - ../data-engineering/SKILL.md - name: Evaluate skills: - ../agent-evals-and-observability/SKILL.md - ../qa-methodology/SKILL.md - ../verification-methodology/SKILL.md - name: Deploy skills: - ../production-readiness/SKILL.md - ../release-engineering/SKILL.md - ../platform-engineering/SKILL.md - ../remote-systems-administration/SKILL.md - name: Adopt skills: - ../product-adoption/SKILL.md - ../product-design-and-ux/SKILL.md - name: Measure skills: - ../product-analytics-and-measurement/SKILL.md - ../agent-evals-and-observability/SKILL.md - ../site-reliability-engineering/SKILL.md - name: Generalize skills: - ../product-lifecycle-learning/SKILL.md - ../product-methodology/SKILL.md included_skills: - ../product-discovery/SKILL.md - ../product-design-and-ux/SKILL.md - ../product-experimentation/SKILL.md - ../agent-evals-and-observability/SKILL.md - ../implementation-planning/SKILL.md - ../backend-engineering/SKILL.md - ../frontend-engineering/SKILL.md - ../data-engineering/SKILL.md - ../qa-methodology/SKILL.md - ../verification-methodology/SKILL.md - ../production-readiness/SKILL.md - ../release-engineering/SKILL.md - ../platform-engineering/SKILL.md - ../remote-systems-administration/SKILL.md - ../product-adoption/SKILL.md - ../product-analytics-and-measurement/SKILL.md - ../site-reliability-engineering/SKILL.md - ../product-lifecycle-learning/SKILL.md - ../product-methodology/SKILL.md - ../privacy-engineering/SKILL.md - ../secure-software-engineering/SKILL.md prerequisites: - artifact: Stakeholder request or observed workflow opportunity and a named accountable lead - artifact: Authority to conduct non-destructive discovery with access to relevant stakeholders or workflow evidence outputs: - engagement-charter - stakeholder-workflow-map - assumptions-decisions-risks-ledger - engagement-status - stage-handoff-record - evaluation-and-release-decision - adoption-scorecard - outcome-measurement-record - productization-record - field-learning-record handoffs: - to: next lifecycle stage artifact: stage-handoff-record note: >- Each stage receives the current charter, workflow map, ledger, evidence labels, unresolved unknowns, and an explicit entry decision. - to: production-readiness and release specialists artifact: evaluation-and-release-decision note: >- A demo or prototype cannot be called production-ready without representative evidence, risk constraints, rollout and rollback evidence, and an authorized decision. - to: adoption and measurement specialists artifact: adoption-scorecard note: >- Deployment hands off target workflow, activation path, owner, support path, baseline, and decision rule; adoption remains part of completion. - to: product, platform, or receiving delivery owner artifact: productization-record note: >- Field learning is classified with evidence, reuse boundary, owner, and next action rather than being promoted by enthusiasm alone. - to: engagement sponsor artifact: field-learning-record note: >- The engagement closes with observed outcomes, unresolved uncertainty, and a durable transfer or follow-up path. conflicts: - skill: ../product-discovery/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle uses product-discovery for embedded delivery continuity and workflow context; product-lifecycle owns product investment and lifecycle governance. - skill: ../product-discovery/SKILL.md with: research-and-vault guidance: >- Use product-discovery for stakeholder and workflow discovery; use research-and-vault for a reusable web-research-to-knowledge capture chain. - skill: ../product-experimentation/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes experiments to test an engagement intervention; product-lifecycle routes product investment experiments within its lifecycle governance. - skill: ../implementation-planning/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes implementation planning only during Build after an authorized owner approves the requirement; product-lifecycle owns product delivery handoff. Route a bounded code change to neckbeard. - skill: ../production-readiness/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle carries engagement evidence into the specialist readiness review; production-excellence owns the cross-domain launch gate decision. - skill: ../production-readiness/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes readiness for an embedded capability; product-lifecycle owns product lifecycle delivery handoff. Do not run both orchestration paths for one decision. - skill: ../release-engineering/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle routes deployment evidence from the engagement; production-excellence uses release evidence for a launch gate. - skill: ../release-engineering/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle uses release engineering for embedded rollout continuity; product-lifecycle uses it for product delivery handoff. - skill: ../platform-engineering/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle routes platform work needed to deploy the engagement capability; production-excellence assembles platform evidence for launch gating. - skill: ../platform-engineering/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes platform work needed by the engagement; product-lifecycle routes platform work in a product delivery handoff. - skill: ../platform-engineering/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle routes product or engagement platform delivery; agent-production-operations owns runtime agent sandboxing and tool-execution isolation. - skill: ../secure-software-engineering/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle routes trust-boundary work during the engagement; production-excellence consumes security evidence for its launch gate. - skill: ../secure-software-engineering/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes security work in the embedded lifecycle; product-lifecycle routes security work in product lifecycle phases. - skill: ../secure-software-engineering/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle routes application and engagement security; agent-production-operations owns agent authority, disablement, and runtime security controls. - skill: ../privacy-engineering/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes privacy work for engagement data flows; product-lifecycle routes privacy work across product lifecycle phases. - skill: ../privacy-engineering/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle routes engagement privacy decisions; agent-production-operations routes trace scrubbing and user-data-access grants. - skill: ../qa-methodology/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle routes quality evidence for the built capability; production-excellence uses QA evidence at the launch gate. - skill: ../qa-methodology/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes evaluation and quality work for engagement delivery; product-lifecycle uses QA at product delivery handoff. - skill: ../verification-methodology/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle uses verification to label engagement evidence; production-excellence uses it to verify launch-boundary evidence. - skill: ../verification-methodology/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle verifies continuity artifacts and field outcomes; product-lifecycle verifies evidence at product phase gates. - skill: ../site-reliability-engineering/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle routes reliability evidence for the engagement; production-excellence uses SRE evidence for its production gate. - skill: ../site-reliability-engineering/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes reliability work needed for adoption and operation; product-lifecycle routes SRE work in product delivery handoff. - skill: ../site-reliability-engineering/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle routes service reliability; agent-production-operations routes runtime latency, cost budgets, and incident handoff for agents. - skill: ../data-engineering/SKILL.md with: production-excellence guidance: >- This bundle routes data work required by the engagement; production-excellence consumes data evidence in its operational handoff and launch gate. - skill: ../product-adoption/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle owns adoption continuity for an embedded engagement; product-lifecycle owns product adoption as one phase of product governance. - skill: ../product-analytics-and-measurement/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle measures workflow impact for engagement completion; product-lifecycle measures product outcomes in lifecycle review. - skill: ../product-lifecycle-learning/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle uses field learning to decide generalization; product-lifecycle-learning owns the product lifecycle learning method and decision record. - skill: ../agent-evals-and-observability/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle routes eval evidence for engagement release and learning; agent-production-operations consumes eval and trace evidence for runtime control. - skill: ../production-readiness/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle routes readiness for an embedded capability; agent-production-operations consumes readiness as an authority-gating input. - skill: ../release-engineering/SKILL.md with: agent-production-operations guidance: >- This bundle uses release engineering for engagement rollout; agent-production-operations uses it for staged runtime rollout and fallback. - skill: ../product-design-and-ux/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle routes UX for embedded workflow adoption; neckbeard uses UX only as needed for a bounded software change. Route by task boundary. - skill: ../product-discovery/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle owns embedded stakeholder and workflow discovery; neckbeard handles the bounded change after its requirements are known. - skill: ../qa-methodology/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle routes QA for engagement evidence; neckbeard applies QA within its software delivery journey for a bounded repository change. - skill: ../release-engineering/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle routes release work across the engagement lifecycle; neckbeard owns release delivery for a bounded change. - skill: ../secure-software-engineering/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle routes security decisions across embedded delivery; neckbeard applies security to its bounded software change. - skill: ../site-reliability-engineering/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle routes reliability for engagement outcomes; neckbeard routes reliability concerns within its software delivery journey. - skill: ../verification-methodology/SKILL.md with: neckbeard guidance: >- This bundle verifies stage continuity and outcome evidence; neckbeard verifies the bounded repository change. - skill: ../product-design-and-ux/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle routes UX for embedded workflow adoption; product-lifecycle routes UX for product requirements and lifecycle governance. - skill: ../product-methodology/SKILL.md with: product-lifecycle guidance: >- This bundle uses prioritization only to support engagement generalization; product-lifecycle owns product prioritization and portfolio methods. eval_suite: - evals/evals.json