Dt Coaching Foundation

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.