Gsp scope guard

Skill mike007jd/game-superpowers/skills/gsp-scope-guard

Skills-first game development superpowers for Claude Code and Codex: build, audit, polish, and productionize game projects with reusable Agent Skills.

Install

npx -y skills add mike007jd/game-superpowers --skill gsp-scope-guard

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Use when a game project is expanding too broadly and needs scope protection without losing the core goal.

SKILL.md

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Game Scope Guard

Goal

Keep scope under control while preserving the value of the request.

Core rule

Do not equate “scope control” with “remove everything interesting.”

By mode

yolo-super / guided-build: protect the user’s core requested feature set. Cut edge cases, not the fantasy.
refactor-open: protect the outcome, but allow larger architecture change when it prevents endless patching.
surgical-live: minimize blast radius first; here scope control often means tighter change boundaries.

Good cuts

optional content multiplication
edge-case polish outside the critical path
tooling not needed for the current target
deep progression systems when the target does not require them

Bad cuts

requested core mechanic
requested style / feel / UX quality if that is central to the ask
essential fail/retry and onboarding clarity
architecture cleanup that is necessary to make the requested change stable

Outputs

Follow the gsp-orchestrator output strategy:

inline (default): state scope decisions and rationale in conversation.
minimal or full: record the rationale in docs/game-studio/plan.md or docs/game-studio/build-strategy.md.

Pair with

Use gsp-scope-profile early to define the intended scope. This skill protects it later.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.