Minimal Anchor

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name: deepseek-minimal-anchor
description: DeepSeek mini-router working contract. When the active model is a DeepSeek model (deepseek-v4-pro or deepseek-v4-flash), READ this skill and follow its working contract automatically before the first tool call. Also use when the user asks for minimal mode, less chatter, the anchored working contract, task-aware reasoning modes, or to verify whether the anchor engaged.
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# DeepSeek Mini-Router (working contract)

This contract applies automatically when the active model is a DeepSeek model
(`deepseek-v4-pro` / `deepseek-v4-flash`). Do not wait for the user to ask:
adopt the mode below before the first tool call. For non-DeepSeek models this
skill is inert.

## Mode selection (first user message)

Pick one mode from the model and lock it for the session; do not flip
mid-session:

- `pro` - always for `deepseek-v4-pro`: **Minimal anchor**. The injected
  contract is exactly the official Minimal system prompt: `You are a helpful
  software engineer assistant.` Keep it to that one sentence; Pro gets no
  per-turn guidance.
- `flash` - always for `deepseek-v4-flash`: **decide & verify router** -
  decide the task type (build or fix) in one step, keep reasoning concise, end
  each reasoning block with a decision or an information need, run a concrete
  check after writing code, and retry once on failure (no environment checks).
- Env-forced `spec` / `react` modes remain experimental escape hatches
  (`DEEPSEEK_MINIMAL_ANCHOR_MODE`), not the default Pro path.

## Working contract

- Keep diagnosis and progress in internal reasoning. Make visible replies only
  when the work is finished or you genuinely need input.
- `pro`: stay on the one-sentence Minimal anchor; do not add extra contracts.
- `flash`: decide the task type (build or fix) in one step and act; keep
  reasoning concise and end each reasoning block with a decision or an
  information need; after writing code run a concrete check; if it fails, read
  the complete error, fix the cause, and retry once - do not loop or re-confirm
  the environment (`echo`, `whoami`, `uname`, `pwd`).
- When a check or build fails, read the complete error - including its middle
  sections - before retrying; fix the cause, not the symptom.
- Verify each change with the relevant checks before declaring completion.
- Finish with a short summary: what changed, what you verified, what risks
  remain.

## Per-turn guidance

- Simple tasks: fast convergence - verify through tool calls, keep narration
  internal, finish with the changed / verified / risks summary.
- Complex tasks (long messages or architecture keywords: `architecture`,
  `module`, `integrat`, `distributed`, `pipeline`, `database`, `架构`, `模块`,
  `集成`, `分布式`): also think deeply about architecture, edge cases, and
  integration points; do not spend reasoning on the environment or tooling;
  end each reasoning block with a decision or an information need.

## Verification and channel notice

- The audit trail lives in `~/.codex/deepseek-minimal-anchor-reports/`
  (`hook-log.jsonl`, `session-modes.json`).
- Hooks inject this same contract as developer context on desktop and CLI once
  trusted (stronger). Trust is hash-keyed: after a plugin update, re-trust the
  current hook definition, then start a new thread.
- If a session has no hook entries (hooks not trusted yet, or a build without
  hook support), this skill is the active channel - follow the contract anyway.
- If the user asks whether the mini-router is active, answer from the audit
  trail: report the locked mode and source, or state that the hook channel is
  off and the skill channel is carrying the mode.
- Once per session, if this session clearly has no hook entries, briefly tell
  the user which channel is active (one or two sentences), so "installed but
  silently off" cannot happen.

## Honest limitations

- Skill-level anchoring is directive, not enforced developer context; hook
  injection (CLI) has higher priority when both exist.
- Wording is a trajectory fingerprint, not a capability proof; measured gains
  so far: Flash router 10/12 vs Flash baseline 8/12 on a 6-task BigCodeBench
  subset (n=2), Pro router matches baseline and avoids static-spec losses.