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name: agent-ops-baseline description: "Create .agent/baseline.md and later compare against it. Use when capturing baseline build/lint/test results or investigating newly introduced findings." category: core invokes: [agent-ops-state, agent-ops-tasks] invoked_by: [agent-ops-validation] state_files: read: [constitution.md, focus.md] write: [baseline.md, focus.md]

Baseline Workflow

Preconditions

• .agent/constitution.md exists and commands are CONFIRMED.

CLI Commands

Works with or without aoc CLI installed. Baseline operations use direct file editing by default.

Build/Lint/Test Commands

Get commands from .agent/constitution.md — these vary by project:

Copy# Example constitution commands (project-specific)
build: npm run build
lint: npm run lint
test: npm run test
format: npm run format

Issue Discovery After Baseline (File-Based — Default)

When baseline findings need to be tracked as issues:

1. Increment .agent/issues/.counter
2. Append issues to appropriate .agent/issues/{priority}.md file
3. Use type BUG for failures, CHORE for warnings

CLI Integration (when aoc is available)

When aoc CLI is detected in .agent/tools.json, these commands provide convenience shortcuts:

Baseline Capture (mandatory before code changes)

1. Run build/lint commands from constitution
2. Write to .agent/baseline.md:
   • commands executed
   • exit codes
   • warnings/errors grouped by file
3. Run unit tests command from constitution
4. Write to .agent/baseline.md:
   • command
   • summary (pass/fail/skip counts)
   • failure details (stack traces / logs)

Issue Discovery After Baseline

After capturing baseline, invoke agent-ops-tasks discovery procedure:

1. Collect all findings from baseline:

   • Build errors → BUG (critical/high)
   • Test failures → BUG (high)
   • Lint errors → BUG (medium)
   • Lint warnings → CHORE (low/medium)
   • Missing test coverage → TEST (medium)
   • Security warnings → SEC (high)

2. Present to user:

   Copy📋 Baseline captured. Found {N} existing issues:
   
   High:
   - [BUG] 2 failing tests in UserService
   - [SEC] 1 security warning (npm audit)
   
   Medium:
   - [BUG] 15 lint errors
   - [TEST] Coverage below threshold (72%)
   
   Low:
   - [CHORE] 23 lint warnings
   
   Create issues for these? [A]ll / [S]elect / [N]one / [D]efer
   

3. If user creates issues:

   • Offer to start fixing highest priority issue
   • After fixes, re-run baseline to capture cleaner state

4. If user defers:

   • Note in focus.md: "Baseline captured with {N} pre-existing issues"
   • Continue to next workflow step

Baseline Comparison

Use this procedure when comparing current state to baseline (called by this skill or by critical-review):

Input

• Current build/lint/test output
• .agent/baseline.md contents

Comparison Procedure

1. Run checks using constitution commands:

   Copybuild → lint → tests
   

2. Categorize each finding:

   Finding	In Baseline?	Category	Action
   Error	No	NEW_REGRESSION	BLOCK — must fix
   Error	Yes	PRE_EXISTING	Note, continue
   Warning	No	NEW_WARNING	Investigate
   Warning	Yes	PRE_EXISTING	Ignore
   Test fail	No	NEW_FAILURE	BLOCK — must fix
   Test fail	Yes	PRE_EXISTING	Note, continue
   Fewer issues	—	IMPROVEMENT	Note improvement

3. Output comparison report:

   Copy## Comparison vs Baseline
   
   ### New Issues (must address)
   - [list new errors/failures]
   
   ### New Warnings (investigate)
   - [list new warnings]
   
   ### Pre-existing (noted)
   - [count of baseline issues still present]
   
   ### Improvements
   - [any reductions from baseline]
   
   ### Verdict: PASS | FAIL | INVESTIGATE
   

4. Decision rules:

   • Any NEW_REGRESSION → FAIL (block until fixed)
   • Only NEW_WARNING → INVESTIGATE (document or fix)
   • No new issues → PASS

Template

Start from baseline template.