make-careful - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: make-careful description: Disable autonomous PRD mode — swap YOLO skill symlinks to careful variants, remove hooks and permissions category: project-management allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash

Disable Autonomous PRD Mode

Swap a project from autonomous (YOLO) PRD mode to careful mode. This replaces YOLO skill symlinks with careful variants, removes the /clear → auto-resume SessionStart hook, and removes autonomous permissions.

What This Does

Swaps symlinks to careful skill variants in .claude/skills/ pointing to SKILL.md files in the claude-config repo
Removes SessionStart hook that enables the /clear → auto-resume loop
Removes autonomous permissions added by /make-autonomous

PRD Skills After Swap

These skills get symlinked to careful variants (passive descriptions, user-driven invocation):

prd-next — Analyze existing PRD to identify and recommend the single highest-priority task
prd-done — Complete PRD implementation workflow - create branch, push changes, create PR
prd-update-progress — Update PRD progress based on git commits and code changes
prd-start — Start working on a PRD implementation
prd-create — Create documentation-first PRDs
prd-update-decisions — Capture design decisions in PRD decision log
prd-close — Close a completed or abandoned PRD
prds-get — Fetch open GitHub issues with PRD label

Process

Step 1: Pre-Flight Checks

Verify the current directory is a git repository (run git rev-parse --git-dir)
Check if .claude/skills/ exists with PRD skill symlinks
Check current mode:
- If .claude/skills/prd-next/SKILL.md is a symlink pointing to a SKILL.v1-yolo.md file: autonomous mode, proceed with swap
- If .claude/skills/prd-next/SKILL.md is a symlink pointing to a SKILL.md file (not yolo): already in careful mode, inform user and exit
- If .claude/skills/prd-next/SKILL.md does not exist: no PRD skills installed, inform user and exit
Locate the claude-config repo:
- Check $CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR environment variable
- Fallback: check ~/Documents/Repositories/claude-config
- Verify the path exists and contains .claude/skills/prd-next/SKILL.md (careful variant)
- If not found: error and exit — claude-config repo is required

Step 2: Swap Symlinks to Careful Skill Variants

For each PRD skill, replace the YOLO symlink with one pointing to the careful variant. Use the Bash tool:

CLAUDE_CONFIG="$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR"  # or ~/Documents/Repositories/claude-config
SKILLS_DIR=".claude/skills"

# PRD skills to swap (all have careful variants as SKILL.md in claude-config)
for skill in prd-next prd-done prd-start prd-update-progress prd-update-decisions prd-create prd-close prds-get; do
    # Only swap if the skill directory exists in the project
    if [[ -d "$SKILLS_DIR/$skill" ]]; then
        # Remove existing symlink
        rm -f "$SKILLS_DIR/$skill/SKILL.md"

        # Create symlink to careful variant (SKILL.md in claude-config)
        ln -s "$CLAUDE_CONFIG/.claude/skills/$skill/SKILL.md" "$SKILLS_DIR/$skill/SKILL.md"
    fi
done

Important: Use absolute paths for symlink targets so they work regardless of working directory.

Step 3: Remove SessionStart Hook

Read .claude/settings.local.json. Remove the prd-loop-continue.sh SessionStart hook entry:

What to remove:

Find the hooks.SessionStart array
Remove the entry where matcher is "clear" and the command references prd-loop-continue.sh
If SessionStart becomes empty after removal, remove the SessionStart key
If hooks becomes empty after removal, remove the hooks key
Never touch other hook types (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, etc.)

Step 4: Remove Autonomous Permissions

Remove the permission entries that /make-autonomous added from .claude/settings.local.json under permissions.allow.

Entries to remove (these are the entries installed by /make-autonomous):

[
  "Bash(git status*)",
  "Bash(git log *)",
  "Bash(git log)",
  "Bash(git diff*)",
  "Bash(git branch*)",
  "Bash(git add *)",
  "Bash(git add .)",
  "Bash(git commit *)",
  "Bash(git checkout *)",
  "Bash(git switch *)",
  "Bash(git push*)",
  "Bash(git pull*)",
  "Bash(git stash*)",
  "Bash(git remote *)",
  "Bash(git rev-parse *)",
  "Bash(git show *)",
  "Bash(gh *)",
  "Bash(ls *)",
  "Bash(ls)",
  "Bash(pwd)",
  "Skill(prd-next)",
  "Skill(prd-done)",
  "Skill(prd-start)",
  "Skill(prd-update-progress)",
  "Skill(prd-update-decisions)",
  "Skill(prd-create)",
  "Skill(prd-close)",
  "Skill(anki-yolo)",
  "WebFetch",
  "WebSearch"
]

Removal rules:

Only remove entries that exactly match the list above
Preserve all other permission entries (user-added, project-specific)
If permissions.allow becomes empty after removal, remove the allow key
If permissions becomes empty after removal, remove the permissions key
Use a script to filter — do not manually edit the JSON

Step 5: Verification

After all changes, verify the symlinks are correct:

# Verify each symlink points to the careful variant
for skill in prd-next prd-done prd-start prd-update-progress prd-update-decisions prd-create prd-close prds-get; do
    if [[ -L ".claude/skills/$skill/SKILL.md" ]]; then
        target=$(readlink ".claude/skills/$skill/SKILL.md")
        if [[ "$target" == *"v1-yolo"* ]]; then
            echo "WARNING: $skill still points to YOLO variant: $target"
        else
            echo "$skill -> $target (careful)"
        fi
    elif [[ -f ".claude/skills/$skill/SKILL.md" ]]; then
        echo "$skill -> regular file (not symlink)"
    else
        echo "$skill -> not installed"
    fi
done

Then display a summary:

Careful PRD mode enabled for [project-name].

Changes made:
  Skills       — Careful variant symlinks installed in .claude/skills/
  Hooks        — SessionStart hook removed (.claude/settings.local.json)
  Permissions  — Autonomous permissions removed (.claude/settings.local.json)

Restart Claude Code to pick up the new skill definitions.
    The symlinks are in place, but the current session has the old skills loaded in memory.

To re-enable autonomous mode: run /make-autonomous

Important Notes

.claude/settings.local.json is auto-gitignored by Claude Code — changes are local only
This skill only removes what /make-autonomous added — it never removes user-added content
If some PRD skills were not installed by /make-autonomous, they are left untouched
The skill is idempotent — running it when already in careful mode is a no-op