COG Scout Skill

COG Scout Skill

Purpose

Lightweight URL/tool triage that sits between "ignore" and /url-dump. Evaluates whether a URL or tool is worth saving or skipping — checking existing vault coverage, assessing relevance to the user's profile and interests, and recommending a clear next action.

When to Invoke

• User wants to evaluate a URL or tool before committing to a full save
• User says "scout this", "evaluate this", "should I save this?", "is this relevant?"
• User shares one or more URLs and wants a quick relevance assessment
• User mentions a tool/service name and wants to know if it's worth investigating

Agent Mode Awareness

Check agent_mode in 00-inbox/MY-PROFILE.md frontmatter:

• If agent_mode: team — delegate vault scanning and web fetching to parallel sub-agents (one for vault search, one for content fetch/analysis). Combine results for recommendation.
• If agent_mode: solo (default) — handle all scanning and analysis directly in the conversation. No delegation.

Pre-Flight Check

Before executing, check for user profile:

1. Look for 00-inbox/MY-PROFILE.md and 00-inbox/MY-INTERESTS.md in the vault
2. If NOT found:

   Welcome to COG! Scout works best with a profile for relevance matching.
   
   Would you like to run /onboarding first, or should I evaluate with general criteria?
   

3. If found:
   • Read MY-PROFILE.md for active projects and role
   • Read MY-INTERESTS.md for topic areas
   • Read 00-inbox/MY-INTEGRATIONS.md for active integrations (check if web-fetch and web-search are available)

Boundary with /url-dump

Scout evaluates ("should I save this?"). URL-dump saves ("save this now").

• Scout checks existing coverage, assesses relevance, and recommends an action
• If the recommendation is Save, scout hands off to /url-dump with pre-filled category
• Users who already know they want to save should use /url-dump directly