Autopilot Apply

---
name: autopilot-apply
description: "Use when an approved cheatsheet or patching guide must be applied to the real source artifact and the applied result verified. Not for drafting or refining the cheatsheet, or for unrelated source implementation."
---

# autopilot-apply

This is a Codex-native Skill projection generated from the portable capability
contract. It is adapter-owned output, not a legacy compatibility Skill copy.

## Source

- Portable source: `capabilities/autopilot-apply.md`
- Runtime check: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh capability-info autopilot-apply`
- Bootstrap: `adapters/codex/AGENTS.md`

## Use

1. Before approval, route from this compact metadata and `core/WORKFLOW.md §0.2`; do not read the full portable source merely to propose the route.
2. Present the five-field confirmation card from `core/WORKFLOW.md §0.4` unless the same route and scope are already approved.
3. After approval, direct/quick acting sessions read `capabilities/autopilot-apply.md`; at `standard+`, the dispatch-depth-1 owner reads it and stage workers read only their assigned contracts.
4. Before the first durable capability artifact, compile and bind the checked route with `preflight.sh route --capability autopilot-apply ...`; `preflight.sh route autopilot-apply` is grounding only, not route participation. A native-subagent restriction never authorizes direct execution.
5. Run `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh capability-info autopilot-apply` and obey the reported status:
   - `instruction-only`: use this Skill as Codex guidance plus explicit preflight guards.
   - `tool-contract`: report the named `tool_contract`, run any `tool_contract_check`, and obey `runtime_surface` / `fallback` before claiming full support.
   - `unsupported`: stop or use the reported `fallback`.

## Shape

- Identifier: `autopilot-apply`
- Invocation class: `entry-router`
- Supported modes: `none`
- Argument shape: `"<cheatsheet hint / task>" [--target latex] [--source <path-to-real-source>] [--isolation branch|worktree] [--from preflight|apply|verify|handback]`
- Portable meaning: Apply a cheatsheet draft to the real source artifact and verify the result.



## Required Guards

- Before edits: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh write <file> [session-id]`
- Capability grounding only: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh route autopilot-apply [cwd] [session-id]`
- Before durable capability output: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh route --capability autopilot-apply <complete compile arguments>`
- Before spec-changing work: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh capability autopilot-apply [cwd] [session-id]`
- After actually reading a spec PRD: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh read <prd.md> [session-id]`
- For workflow state: `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh status [cwd] [session-id]` and `adapters/codex/bin/preflight.sh prompt-signal [cwd] [session-id]`

Do not use legacy compatibility Skill files or non-native adapter Skill files
as Codex-native source. Those files are compatibility/reference surfaces only.