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3eb7bd4096 feat(validation): enforce 60K-char cap on skill reference files (#279)
* feat(validation): enforce 60K-char cap on skill reference files

Implements issue #277:

- validate-references.rb: new oversized_reference_errors check — every
  references/*.md must be <= 60,000 characters; error reports path, size,
  and the split-and-reindex remediation; wired into validate-skills.rb
- test-validate-skills.rb: 5 fixture tests (under-limit passes, over-limit
  fails with path+size, exactly-at-limit passes, remediation message,
  non-.md ignored); the suite now runs in validate.yml after the format
  check (it was previously untested in CI)
- Docs: agent-skills/SKILL.md, agent-skills/references/best-practices.md,
  and the AGENTS.md Format Compliance table document the cap and the
  split-and-reindex procedure
- Compliance: split remote-systems-administration/references/ansible.md
  and programming-principles/references/refactoring-guru.full.md into an
  index + focused parts (content moved verbatim); SKILL.md routing,
  README, and source-index references updated; pre-existing stale
  refactoring-guru-smells.md reference repointed to the index
- Fix pre-existing quality-gate violations in the programming-principles
  and remote-systems-administration descriptions (imperative verb +
  negative boundary) so this PR's CI quality step passes; regenerated
  llms.txt and marketplace artifacts

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* test(evals): add eval manifests to modified skills for ratchet

The eval-coverage ratchet requires schema-valid eval manifests for any
skill modified once coverage is past 50%. This PR modifies
programming-principles and remote-systems-administration (splitting
their oversized references), so add evals/evals.json to both:

- programming-principles: 6 output-quality cases (task-to-book mapping,
  principled code review, refactor-vs-rewrite, no-op detection, rule
  distillation, principle conflicts)
- remote-systems-administration: 6 output-quality cases (discovery
  before change, smallest control plane, rollback planning, platform
  identification, verification evidence, escalation on missing
  authority)

Coverage: 87/145 (60.0%) schema-valid; ratchet clean.

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OBEY Refactoring.Guru

Refactoring is the controlled process of improving code structure without adding new functionality. This rule set is derived from the public Refactoring.Guru refactoring material and is binding engineering policy for AI coding agents: MUST is binding, SHOULD is a strong default, and MUST NOT is forbidden.

The full catalog is split into two parts so each file stays within the reference size cap. The table below routes you to the part that covers the section you need.

Parts of this reference

Part Scope
refactoring-guru.full-smells-and-priorities.md Source and scope, purpose, process, when to refactor, technical debt, smell detection, every smell category, technique selection rules, and the smell-to-treatment priority map
refactoring-guru.full-technique-playbook-and-safety.md Technique playbook, decision anti-patterns, technique execution safety, safety and tradeoff rules, the agent workflow, and the review checklist