athene-audit

Topics in the source

• Athene: Audit
• Check for existing state first
• Scan before writing anything
• Determine framing and risk tier
• Write the fixed baseline
• Write the variable layer
• Offer the review-gate toggle
• Bootstrap state

Use this skill the first time Athene touches an existing repo — adopting onto something already built, not starting greenfield. Distinct trigger from "start building": this is "retrofit process onto what's already here." If .athene/state.md already exists at the repo root, this isn't a fresh adoption — read and follow Athene: Resume instead. Stop here. Read, don't assume. Inspect: Structure: language(s), build tooling, test setup, directory layout. Policies: existing CONTRIBUTING.md, PR/issue templates, SECURITY.md, license. CI: workflow files and what they currently check. Ownership signals: CODEOWNERS, branch protection rules, who merges today. Report what's found before changing anything — don't overwrite an existing convention silently. Needed to pick the right governance-doc set from this skill's own references/governance-doc-set-mapping.md below. Infer first; only ask when the scan genuinely doesn't make it obvious — this isn't a form to fill out, per Athene's own non-goal of feeling bureaucratic or like an interrogation. Framing (personal, research, opensource, startup): Infer from the scan: a public license + multiple non-owner contributors + a contributor-focused CONTRIBUT

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