dt-coaching-foundation

Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge: coach identity and philosophy, quality and fidelity constraints, method sequencing, coaching state schema, and…

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DT Coaching Foundation — Skill Entry

This SKILL.md is the entrypoint for the Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge.

The dt-coach agent loads this skill at session start and during a coaching session to ground coaching behavior in a stable identity, enforce quality and fidelity expectations, navigate method transitions, persist and recover session state, and run the opt-in canonical deck workflow. The foundation knowledge stays constant across all nine Design Thinking methods.

Foundation references

Load the reference that matches the current coaching moment.

Reference	When to load
coaching-identity.md	At session start and throughout — establishes coach identity, Think/Speak/Empower philosophy, boundaries, and the Progressive Hint Engine.
quality-constraints.md	Before any artifact generation — enforces fidelity rules, anti-polish stance, and quality-by-space expectations.
method-sequencing.md	At method transitions and space boundaries — guides the nine-method sequence, transition protocol, and non-linear iteration.
coaching-state.md	For persistence and session recovery — defines the coaching state schema, update rules, and recovery protocol.
canonical-deck.md	For opt-in canonical deck and customer-card generation — governs activation, offer points, and the PowerPoint build branch.

Skill layout

SKILL.md — this file (skill entrypoint).
references/ — the DT coaching foundation knowledge documents.
- coaching-identity.md — coach identity, philosophy, and interaction conventions.
- quality-constraints.md — fidelity rules and quality standards across all methods.
- method-sequencing.md — method transitions, space boundaries, and iteration patterns.
- coaching-state.md — coaching state schema, file conventions, and recovery protocol.
- canonical-deck.md — opt-in canonical deck and customer-card workflow.

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