[andrewstellman]

Update quality-playbook skill to v1.6.1

This PR updates the Quality Playbook skill from v1.5.6 to v1.6.1.
It replaces the bundled v1.5.6 files in skills/quality-playbook/ with a
single SKILL.md that installs the current toolkit from pip or npm, so
the registry no longer carries a copy of the reference files that goes
stale with each release.

What it is

Run a complete quality engineering audit on any codebase. Derives behavioral requirements from the code, generates spec-traced functional tests, runs a three-pass code review with regression tests, executes a multi-model spec audit (Council of Three), and produces a consolidated bug report with TDD-verified patches. Finds the 35% of real defects that structural code review alone cannot catch. Works with any language. Trigger on 'quality playbook', 'spec audit', 'Council of Three', 'fitness-to-purpose', or 'coverage theater'.

Distribution

The full Quality Playbook toolkit is published on pip + npm as
quality-playbook (v1.6.1). The SKILL.md added here gives users
a one-line install (pip install quality-playbook or
npx quality-playbook install --into <repo> --ai-tool <tool>) plus
the canonical quality-playbook install --into <repo> --ai-tool <tool>
command, which copies the skill files into the adopter's AI-tool
skills directory (auto-detecting .claude/, .github/, .cursor/,
.continue/, .codex/, .windsurf/, .cline/, .aider/).

The skill ships SKILL.md plus six support directories (references/,
phase_prompts/, agents/, ai_context/, schemas/, scripts/):
about 76 files, with an 89KB SKILL.md. That is larger than a typical
in-repo skill, so the SKILL.md in this PR links back to
https://github.com/andrewstellman/quality-playbook as the canonical source instead of inlining the assets.

Verification

The maintainer can verify the skill by running:

pip install quality-playbook==1.6.1
quality-playbook install --into ./test-target-repo --ai-tool claude
ls ./test-target-repo/.claude/skills/quality-playbook/   # or similar

Then in the target repo's AI agent, say "run the quality playbook"
and the skill activates.

Checklist (per github/awesome-copilot CONTRIBUTING.md)

• I have read CONTRIBUTING.md and followed the submission
  guidelines.
• This PR targets the staged branch (not main).
• Contribution type: update to an existing skill (skills/quality-playbook/).
• SKILL.md frontmatter has name, description, and license.
• name matches the folder name (quality-playbook).
• description is clear and non-empty.
• npm start run locally: skill:validate passes and the
  top-level README.md is regenerated; both are staged in this PR.
• Canonical repo + license linked.

License note for maintainers

The Quality Playbook toolkit ships under Apache 2.0 (see
LICENSE.txt in the canonical repo). The frontmatter license: field
in this PR's SKILL.md is set to Apache-2.0. If the registry
requires license: MIT for all skill entries, please flag and we will
re-evaluate licensing options with the QPB maintainers.

Canonical source

Maintained at https://github.com/andrewstellman/quality-playbook.

[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

The remaining agent still copies the old skill layout, so the resource deletions leave it without required phase and iteration instructions; its installation flow must be updated or those resources retained.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

This PR moves Quality Playbook toward upstream package distribution for v1.6.1, removing bundled v1.5.6 resources from the skill catalog to avoid maintaining stale copies.

Changes:

• Removes bundled audit references, verification guidance, and requirements protocols.
• Removes phase prompts and bundled orchestration agents.
• Removes the bundled Apache license file as part of the distribution change.

File	Description
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​verification.md	Removes bundled verification checklist.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​spec_audit.md	Removes bundled multi-model audit protocol.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​schema_mapping.md	Removes schema-mapping guidance.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​run_state_schema.md	Removes run-state schema documentation.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​requirements_review.md	Removes requirements review template.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​requirements_refinement.md	Removes requirements refinement protocol.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​requirements_pipeline.md	Removes requirements generation pipeline.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​orchestrator_protocol.md	Removes shared orchestration rules.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​iteration.md	Removes iteration strategy guidance.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​functional_tests.md	Removes functional testing guidance.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​exploration_patterns.md	Removes bug-discovery patterns.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​defensive_patterns.md	Removes defensive-code analysis guidance.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​constitution.md	Removes quality constitution template.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​code-only-mode.md	Removes code-only audit documentation.
skills/​quality-playbook/​references/​challenge_gate.md	Removes bug-validation protocol.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​single_pass.md	Removes single-pass prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​README.md	Removes phase-prompt documentation.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​phase6.md	Removes verification prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​phase5.md	Removes reconciliation and TDD prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​phase4.md	Removes spec-audit prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​phase3.md	Removes code-review prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​phase2.md	Removes artifact-generation prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​phase1.md	Removes exploration prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​phase_prompts/​iteration.md	Removes iteration invocation prompt.
skills/​quality-playbook/​LICENSE.txt	Removes bundled Apache license text.
skills/​quality-playbook/​agents/​quality-playbook.agent.md	Removes bundled general orchestrator.
skills/​quality-playbook/​agents/​quality-playbook-claude.agent.md	Removes bundled Claude orchestrator.
skills/​quality-playbook/​agents/​calibration_orchestrator.md	Removes calibration-cycle orchestrator template.

_{Review effort: Balanced (auto)}

[aaronpowell]

Please retarget this PR to main. AGENTS.md says pull requests should target main, not staged; gh pr view currently reports staged as the base branch.

[aaronpowell]

Closing due to staleness