By name: dt-coaching-foundation description: "Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge: coach identity and philosophy, quality and fidelity constraints, method sequencing, coaching state schema, and the canonical deck workflow - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core" user-invocable: false metadata: authors: "microsoft/hve-core" last_updated: "2026-02-14"
DT Coaching Foundation — Skill Entry
This SKILL.md is the entrypoint for the Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge.
The dt-coach agent loads this skill at session start and during a coaching session to ground coaching behavior in a stable identity, enforce quality and fidelity expectations, navigate method transitions, persist and recover session state, and run the opt-in canonical deck workflow. The foundation knowledge stays constant across all nine Design Thinking methods.
Foundation references
Load the reference that matches the current coaching moment.
| Reference | When to load |
|---|---|
| coaching-identity.md | At session start and throughout — establishes coach identity, Think/Speak/Empower philosophy, boundaries, and the Progressive Hint Engine. |
| quality-constraints.md | Before any artifact generation — enforces fidelity rules, anti-polish stance, and quality-by-space expectations. |
| method-sequencing.md | At method transitions and space boundaries — guides the nine-method sequence, transition protocol, and non-linear iteration. |
| coaching-state.md | For persistence and session recovery — defines the coaching state schema, update rules, and recovery protocol. |
| canonical-deck.md | For opt-in canonical deck and customer-card generation — governs activation, offer points, and the PowerPoint build branch. |
Skill layout
SKILL.md— this file (skill entrypoint).references/— the DT coaching foundation knowledge documents.coaching-identity.md— coach identity, philosophy, and interaction conventions.quality-constraints.md— fidelity rules and quality standards across all methods.method-sequencing.md— method transitions, space boundaries, and iteration patterns.coaching-state.md— coaching state schema, file conventions, and recovery protocol.canonical-deck.md— opt-in canonical deck and customer-card workflow.