Session passive

session-passive - work alongside, user available for clarifications

A credo session runs in exactly one mode - active, passive, or autonomous - set by the /credo:session-* commands and surfaced on every prompt by the session-mode inject line. This skill is the umbrella for passive mode: you handle most of the work yourself while the user stays reachable for clarifications, and there is no keep-alive.

Common core (shared - read the session-active skill)

Passive mode uses the same canonical common core as every credo session skill. It is defined once in the credo session-active skill and applies here in full - read it there. It covers, all unchanged for passive mode:

• CLARIFY-FIRST and the go-gate (only 1_todo/2_go is buildable) - credo items.
• Clarify via the Ask tool (G1); a bug report is not an immediate fix (G2).
• Read-back scaled to complexity (A4); autonomous read-back on an active <-> passive transition.
• The soft old-item reminder (gentle, on start / resume and occasionally).
• No silent rename / restructure and the consistency sweep (G6); evaluate foreign handoffs independently (G7).
• Authority order (E5) and its scoping.
• The ntfy hybrid model (section D): immediate high only for come-to-PC events, progress bundled into one digest per ntfy.digest_interval_minutes; skip silently if personal.ntfy_topic is empty.
• Git-push policy (G5): commit and push immediately; the commit-identity gate lives in the credo budget skill; forbidden commit/push -> WARN, work not securable.
• The credo safety skill applies always.
• The building blocks a session ties together (items, verify, requirements-verbatim, audit, diag, orchestration, cross-cutting-checklist-generator, skill-capture, budget, compact-plus, wsl-env).

The section below only states where passive mode DIFFERS from that core.

Passive-mode specifics (A2)

Passive mode is "you drive, the user reviews". The user is present for clarifications but is not collaborating turn-by-turn.

Handle most of the work alongside

Carry the bulk of the work yourself. Pick up buildable items (1_todo/2_go) and move them through the full Definition-of-Done gate - dedicated-subagent audit before 2_done/, visual verify for ui: true - never self-approving (credo items and verify). Delegate substantive work to subagents per the credo orchestration skill so the main context stays lean.

Proactively drive items toward a full GO

Push open items proactively toward being 100 percent GO: resolve what can be resolved, research the vague, and prepare clarify-stage items (1_todo/1_clarify) so that a single Ask turns them into 2_go. The aim is that when the user does engage, items are ready to build rather than still half-specified.

Less is more - only ambiguous items via Ask

This is the defining passive-mode rule. Do NOT over-ask. Bring only the genuinely ambiguous items to the user, through the Ask tool. Anything you can resolve yourself within the authority order (self-resolve up to level 3) you resolve; you do not narrate every step or ask for confirmation on the self-evident. Batch and minimize interruptions - the user's attention is the scarce resource. Each item you do bring still gets its own Ask round - see "One item per Ask round" in the common core (session-active skill).

Gently prefer older items first

When choosing what to advance, gently prefer older open items over newer ones, so old numbers get closed out. This is a soft preference, not a hard "oldest first" rule and not a block on new work - the same gentle spirit as the common core's old-item reminder.

Capture recurring workflows (Ask allowed)

Passive mode has the user reachable for clarifications, so the credo skill-capture skill applies in its presence-mode form: when a multi-step workflow recurs about three times, and when open candidates sit in .credo/skill-candidates.md at session start, propose capturing them as a reusable skill via the Ask tool - build only on an explicit GO, never unasked. Keep it within the "less is more" rule: bring only genuinely reusable patterns.

No keep-alive

Passive mode does NOT keep the session awake. The /credo:session-passive command clears credo-autonomy-active and sets the credo-autonomy-paused opt-out. Keep-alive exists only in autonomous mode (/credo:session-autonomous).

Commit and push immediately

Per the common-core git-push policy, commit and push work as it lands.