ca-conflict
Stop everything and surface a rule conflict — persona vs. docs vs. code. Present both sides and the conflict-hierarchy level; the user resolves. No silent reconciliation.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/arbiterForge/codeArbiter/tree/main/plugins/ca-pi/skills/ca-conflict
claude plugin marketplace add https://llmmart.ai/marketplace.json && claude plugin install arbiterforge-codearbiter@llmmart
git clone https://github.com/arbiterForge/codeArbiter.git
The skills CLI installs just this skill, for any of its supported agents. Claude Code installs the whole arbiterforge/codearbiter collection as a plugin from our marketplace. Git is the plain clone.
Skill manifest
/ca-conflict — conflict protocol
Orchestrator protocol, not a skill route. When a rule conflict surfaces — the persona, a .codearbiter/ document, and code contradict each other, or two docs contradict each other — all other work STOPs and the conflict is presented for the user to resolve. The orchestrator never picks a side.
Flow
- Halt — suspend the in-progress task. No partial progress.
- Identify the conflicting sources (A and B): which document, file, or rule each is.
- Quote the exact passages side by side.
- Classify the conflict against the §2 conflict-resolution hierarchy and name the level the tension sits at. Note which source was more recently updated — informational, not determinative.
- Present and wait. Work resumes only after the user explicitly resolves.
Output
## Conflict detected — work halted
### Source A
File: <path> · Last updated: <date>
> <exact quoted text>
### Source B
File: <path> · Last updated: <date>
> <exact quoted text>
### Nature of conflict
<what the two sources disagree about>
### Conflict-hierarchy level
Level N — <why the tension sits here>
### To resolve
<options — update A, update B, or supersede one via an ADR>
---
Work is halted. Resolve before the orchestrator proceeds.
When routed automatically
The orchestrator surfaces a conflict on its own when the persona and a .codearbiter/ doc contradict
each other, two docs contradict, code contradicts an accepted ADR, a new ADR contradicts an accepted
one, or a task instruction contradicts a hard gate.
After resolution
The orchestrator records the resolution; if the user authorized a doc update, it makes that update (the one sanctioned side effect) and resumes from the suspension point.
Hard gate
MUST stop ALL other work. MUST NOT pick a side without explicit user instruction. MUST NOT decide by
recency alone. MUST NOT silently continue past a detected conflict. If the conflict involves a guessed
or auto-resolved [CONFIRM-NN], flag that as a separate critical finding.
Files (codearbiter)
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SKILL.md 2.3 KB
--- name: ca-conflict description: Stop everything and surface a rule conflict — persona vs. docs vs. code. Present both sides and the conflict-hierarchy level; the user resolves. No silent reconciliation. argument-hint: (none) --- # /ca-conflict — conflict protocol Orchestrator protocol, not a skill route. When a rule conflict surfaces — the persona, a `.codearbiter/` document, and code contradict each other, or two docs contradict each other — all other work STOPs and the conflict is presented for the user to resolve. The orchestrator never picks a side. ## Flow 1. **Halt** — suspend the in-progress task. No partial progress. 2. **Identify** the conflicting sources (A and B): which document, file, or rule each is. 3. **Quote** the exact passages side by side. 4. **Classify** the conflict against the §2 conflict-resolution hierarchy and name the level the tension sits at. Note which source was more recently updated — informational, not determinative. 5. **Present** and wait. Work resumes only after the user explicitly resolves. ## Output ``` ## Conflict detected — work halted ### Source A File: <path> · Last updated: <date> > <exact quoted text> ### Source B File: <path> · Last updated: <date> > <exact quoted text> ### Nature of conflict <what the two sources disagree about> ### Conflict-hierarchy level Level N — <why the tension sits here> ### To resolve <options — update A, update B, or supersede one via an ADR> --- Work is halted. Resolve before the orchestrator proceeds. ``` ## When routed automatically The orchestrator surfaces a conflict on its own when the persona and a `.codearbiter/` doc contradict each other, two docs contradict, code contradicts an accepted ADR, a new ADR contradicts an accepted one, or a task instruction contradicts a hard gate. ## After resolution The orchestrator records the resolution; if the user authorized a doc update, it makes that update (the one sanctioned side effect) and resumes from the suspension point. ## Hard gate MUST stop ALL other work. MUST NOT pick a side without explicit user instruction. MUST NOT decide by recency alone. MUST NOT silently continue past a detected conflict. If the conflict involves a guessed or auto-resolved `[CONFIRM-NN]`, flag that as a separate critical finding.
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