buy-me-a-carlisted

# Buy Me a Car Help the buyer make a documented purchase decision. Keep asking prices, written OTD (out-the-door) quotes, estimated calculations, proposed offers, and completed transactions distinct. No amount of documentation proves a saving or a successful purchase without the corresponding real evidence. ## Start here 1. Identify the requested outcome and existing authorization. Use a narrow helper for a single calculation, reply, PDF review or checklist. Do not restart a whole buying cycle just to answer one question. 2. Locate the real repository behind the installed skill link. Script resources resolve from their source location. Run `tools/doctor.py` there to identify available dependencies and integrations. 3. Before capturing any real criteria, web page, inbox content or feedback, run `python tools/runtime_paths.py --write`. It must identify a PRIVATE companion. Missing initialization or uncertain visibility blocks writes. A read-only check may report uninitialized without error. 4. Use a private `cycles/<cycle-id>/` directory under that DATA root. Resolve individual paths with `tools/runtime_paths.py cycles/<cycle-id>/criteria.md --write`. Create the returned parent directory only after proof. Copy blank templates there, then fill them. All relative capture paths below are relative to this verified private cycle directory, never the public tool repository. 5. Read [requirements](references/requirements.md), confirm missing materia