Define a new public career surface, or rethink the positioning intent of an existing one — a profile on a platform (LinkedIn, Upwork, or one this repo doesn't ship a definition for), or a free-form surface (portfolio, personal site, GitHub README, speaker bio). Researches an unknown platform, works out with the candidate what the surface should emphasize, and writes data/surfaces/<name>/context.md. Use when the candidate wants a surface they don't have yet, or wants to change what an existing...
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name: surface-define
description: Define a new public career surface, or rethink the positioning intent of an existing one — a profile on a platform (LinkedIn, Upwork, or one this repo doesn't ship a definition for), or a free-form surface (portfolio, personal site, GitHub README, speaker bio). Researches an unknown platform, works out with the candidate what the surface should emphasize, and writes data/surfaces/<name>/context.md. Use when the candidate wants a surface they don't have yet, or wants to change what an existing one communicates (not just refresh it with new evidence).
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Read and follow `playbooks/surface-define.md` in full. It is the single source of truth for this
skill — don't duplicate its instructions here, don't skip steps because they seem implied.
