78:Tc17,## TL;DR On Codex, the end-of-audit question can go through an experimental tool that sometimes never appears. The user then saw no options while the agent said it was "waiting for your choice above". Every question now also ends the plain message with the same options in the same order, and the agent never claims to be waiting on a choice the user cannot see. Each question also has to offer at least two options, so the "just save the report" choice can no longer drop out. ``` before: question -> experimental tool (never renders) -> user sees nothing -> "waiting for your choice" after: same numbered options in the message -> then the experimental tool -> user can always answer ``` ## What changed - **ci-speedup** (`skills/ci-speedup/SKILL.md`, interaction contract for phases 1 and 6): - When the host's structured-question tool is experimental (Codex `request_user_input`), the plain message also ends with the same question as a numbered option list. Options keep the same order, and the list is sent before the tool call, so a call that never returns cannot hide it. - The agent never says it is waiting on a choice unless the options are visible in its own last message. - At least two options are required, unless a step names the exception. Example: dropping the save when the report failed its own check. - The plain-message-only fallback now also covers a failed tool call. - The always-last `None, just save the report (.md)` rule is unchanged. It is now pinned inside the contract as well. - **ci-score** (`skills/ci-score/SKILL.md`, interaction contract for steps 0 and 4): the same rules. Its contract is documented to stay parallel with ci-speedup's; it also keeps its own "never predict the tool absent" clause. - **ci-score close passages**: the step-4 close, the close invariants and `references/close-contract.md` used to reserve the printed option list for hosts with no tool. All three now carry the mirror rule, so following them on Codex no longer strands the user. The reference no longer treats the mirrored list as banned menu narration. - The ci-speedup SKILL.md body stays at 499 of its 500-line budget. - Pins: - `test_experimental_question_tool_is_mirrored_in_the_plain_message` in `skills/ci-speedup/tests/test_close_guidance.py` and `skills/ci-score/tests/test_close_contract.py`. They assert long contiguous phrases, so a shortened, negated or re-scoped rule fails. - `test_every_close_delivery_passage_carries_the_experimental_tool_mirror` in `skills/ci-score/tests/test_close_contract.py`. - Changelog entries, dated 2026-10-29, are in both skills. ## Verification - Every new or tightened pin failed before its SKILL.md edit and passes after. - Green: the ci-score suite and ci-speedup close guidance (705 passed), plus the other suites that read SKILL.md (535 passed), including the line-budget guard. ## Known gap, not in this PR ci-secure's question delivery has no Codex-specific mirror rule. It is the same failure class and is left for a follow-up. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) 79:Tdbb,

Confidence Score: 4/5

**[Medium impact]** The change affects user questions in two CI skills\. The PR appears safe to merge, with a non\-blocking conflict in `ci-score`'s close instructions.

Findings

**Close instructions still conflict** ▶ _{Reviews (1) · Last reviewed commit: ["fix(ci\-speedup, ci\-score): mirror experi..."](https://github.com/starslingdev/skills/commit/0a9a549151e6e6ca706907dbe4d9cbc1c5b880a3) · [Reviewed by Greptile](https://www.greptile.com/?utm_source=greptile_review&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=review_public&utm_content=starslingdev/skills)} 7a:T7db,fix(ci-speedup, ci-score): carry the question mirror into every close passage The interaction contract gained the experimental-tool mirror, but ci-score's step-4 kickoff, its close invariants and references/close-contract.md still reserved the printed option list for hosts with no tool, so a Codex close that followed them could still strand the user. All three now carry the mirror, and close-contract.md no longer reads the mirror as banned menu narration. Contract tightening, both skills: - The mirror is sent before the tool call. A blocking call that never returns would otherwise keep a list printed after it from ever appearing. - The >=2-option floor names its exception ("unless a step below drops one by name"). Without it, the floor contradicted ci-score's no-checkout prompt and ci-speedup's verify-red save drop. - ci-speedup's fallback also covers a failed call, matching ci-score. The pins now assert long contiguous phrases. A mutant harness showed the old short-fragment asserts survived a negated or re-scoped rule. The always-last save option inside each contract is now pinned as well. Red proof, before the SKILL.md edits: FAILED test_close_contract.py::test_every_close_delivery_passage_carries_the_experimental_tool_mirror AssertionError: SKILL.md step-4 kickoff: delivery split omits the experimental-tool mirror (an unrendered Codex question tool leaves no visible options) FAILED test_close_guidance.py::test_experimental_question_tool_is_mirrored_in_the_plain_message AssertionError: experimental tool not mirrored, re-scoped, or mirrored after a call that may hang FAILED test_close_contract.py::test_experimental_question_tool_is_mirrored_in_the_plain_message AssertionError: mirror missing, re-scoped, or sent after a call that may hang Green after: 705 passed (ci-score suite + ci-speedup close guidance) and 535 passed (other SKILL.md-reading suites). The ci-speedup body stays at 499/500 lines. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 7b:T4c4,fix(ci-speedup, ci-score): mirror experimental-tool questions in the plain message A live Codex close (2026-10-29) sent the fix question through the experimental request_user_input tool, which never rendered; the agent then said it was "waiting for your choice above", offered a single option, and dropped the always-last save option. The shared interaction contract (ci-speedup phases 1/6, ci-score steps 0/4) now: also ends the plain message with the same question as a numbered option list when the host tool is experimental; forbids claiming to wait on a choice whose options are not visible in the agent's own last message; pins >=2 options. Both SKILL.md bodies are line-neutral. Red proof (new pins, before the SKILL.md edits): FAILED skills/ci-speedup/tests/test_close_guidance.py::test_experimental_question_tool_is_mirrored_in_the_plain_message FAILED skills/ci-score/tests/test_close_contract.py::test_experimental_question_tool_is_mirrored_in_the_plain_message AssertionError: 'ALSO end your plain message with the same question' in '**Interaction contract ...' 2 failed, 16 passed Green after the edit; targeted SKILL.md pins: 505 passed. 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