escalate

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Formats a structured escalation for human decision-maker review.

  • Solves need to escalate issues beyond agent's authority.
  • Depends on user-provided situation summary as input.
  • Decides escalation type and structures options with tradeoffs.
  • Delivers a formatted JSON object with recommendation and deadline.

SKILL.md

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---
name: escalate
description: Format a structured escalation to the human decision-maker (Chief Agentic). Use when hitting an escalation threshold.
argument-hint: "[situation summary]"
user-invocable: true
---

Format an escalation for the following situation: $ARGUMENTS

Use this structure (based on the EscalationToChiefAgentic schema):

**Escalation Type**: [prioritization_decision | scope_change | external_dependency_failure | timeline_impact | irreversible_action_approval | budget_exceeded | repeated_failure | shippability_assessment]

**Situation**
- Summary: [What happened, 1-2 sentences]
- Impact: [What this means for the current plan]
- Root cause: [Why this happened, if known]
- What has been tried: [What the system already attempted]

**Options** (minimum 2):

| Option | Description | Tradeoff | Time | Risk |
|--------|-------------|----------|------|------|
| A: [label] | [what it entails] | [gain vs. lose] | [estimate] | low/medium/high |
| B: [label] | [what it entails] | [gain vs. lose] | [estimate] | low/medium/high |

**Recommendation**: [Which option and why, if applicable]

**Decision deadline**: [How long before this blocks progress]

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