shipkit-orch-directionlisted
Install: claude install-skill stefan-stepzero/shipkit
# shipkit-orch-direction - Direction Loop
**Purpose**: Orchestrate the production and review of strategic artifacts until direction is coherent and stable.
## Standalone Invocation
If invoked directly (no `orchestration.json` exists or `activeLoop` is not set by master):
1. Check that `.shipkit/` directory exists — if not, tell the user to run `/shipkit-why-project` first
2. Create `orchestration.json` yourself with `activeLoop: "direction"`
3. Proceed with normal dispatch order below
## Scope
Strategic artifacts that define WHY, WHAT, and HOW at definition level:
- `.shipkit/why.json` — Project vision and purpose
- Stage assessment in why.json
- `.shipkit/product-discovery.json` — Personas and user journeys
- `.shipkit/product-definition.json` — Features, patterns, differentiators
- `.shipkit/engineering-definition.json` — Mechanisms, components, stack
- `.shipkit/architecture.json` — Architecture decisions (derived from engineering-definition)
- `.shipkit/design-system/` — Design principles, tokens, aesthetic direction (UI projects only)
- `.shipkit/goals/product.json` — Product success criteria
- `.shipkit/goals/engineering.json` — Engineering success criteria
## Roster
| Skill | What It Produces |
|-------|-----------------|
| `/shipkit-why-project` | why.json |
| `/shipkit-stage` | goals/strategic.json |
| `/shipkit-product-discovery` | product-discovery.json |
| `/shipkit-product-definition` | product-definition.json |
| `/shipkit-engineering-definition` | engine