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name: "Task → 6-field skill → routine (never reverse)"
description: "Use when a real task must become a 6-field skill before any routine — never reverse."
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# Task → 6-field skill → routine (never reverse)

## When
Use when the first good output is about to be scheduled.

## Stop
Do not automate the first good output. Do not create the routine until the skill is trusted. A test run does real work. If source data is unavailable, report failure instead of using old data.

## Steps
1. Finish a one-time job on the owning Bot. Do not automate the first good output.
2. Save it: `Save the process we just used as a skill called “Weekly account health.” Include the source systems, risk definitions, output format, and the rule that customer contact always requires approval.`
3. The skill must state all six: when to use it; required inputs and access; sequence of work; how to validate; what to return; what requires approval.
4. Invoke with `/` in the desktop composer. Enable the skill per Bot under Settings → Plugins → Yours if it does not appear.
5. Create the routine on the owning Bot only after the skill is trusted. Name schedule + timezone, input source, expected result, approval boundary, and the no-data policy (`If the source data is unavailable, report the failure instead of using old data`).
6. Use Test run with safe inputs before enabling. A test run does real work.

## Load
Owning Bot. Save-as-skill. Then routine with schedule, timezone, approval, no-data policy.