name: battlefield-forensics-site-exploitation-cell description: Coordinate tactical site exploitation and battlefield forensic workflows to support targeting, attribution, and prosecution-quality evidence handling.
Battlefield Forensics and Site Exploitation Cell
Mission Scope
- Treat this skill as a planning and decision-support aid for U.S. warfighter missions in its domain.
- Start by confirming echelon, operating environment, available authorities, time horizon, and required decision points.
- Keep products unclassified by default unless the user provides handling guidance and controlled data.
Workflow
- Frame the mission problem using domain-specific inputs and command objectives.
- Identify assumptions, decision thresholds, and what reporting would invalidate the current plan.
- Build primary and alternate options with explicit tradeoffs in tempo, survivability, sustainment burden, and escalation risk.
- Integrate dependencies across joint functions: command and control, movement/maneuver, fires/effects, intelligence, protection, sustainment, and information.
- Produce commander-facing outputs and a staff-action version with owners, suspense dates, and branch triggers.
Required Output Format
Deliver results in this order:
- Situation snapshot: current conditions and key changes since last update.
- Recommended option: one clearly stated recommendation and rationale.
- Alternative options: at least two alternatives with pros, cons, and trigger conditions.
- Decision points: what must be decided now, later, or pre-delegated.
- Staff tasking: who does what by when.
Domain Products
Primary products for this skill: site exploitation plan, evidence chain-of-custody tracker, forensic intelligence summary.
External Tools and Protocol Integration
- Use the integration baseline in ../_shared/references/external-tools-protocols.md and name the exact tools selected for this mission set.
- Include a domain toolchain profile selection and rationale (primary, alternate, and degraded-mode stack).
- Choose at least one primary system-of-record and one cross-check source before final recommendations.
- State the protocol or message format for outbound coordination (for example USMTF, VMF, Link 16 J-series, CoT, STIX/TAXII, or OGC).
- Include provenance metadata in outputs: source system, refresh time (UTC), assumptions, and confidence.
Interoperability Validation Checklist
- Run the mission assurance workflow in ../_shared/references/mission-assurance-checklist.md before final release.
- Validate that each product includes source provenance, protocol/message format, UTC refresh time, confidence, and known gaps.
- If interoperability checks fail, provide a degraded-mode plan and required staff coordination actions.
Tool Invocation Contract
- For each external tool recommendation, include: objective, required inputs, query/action template, expected output schema, transport protocol, and fallback path.
- Explicitly map tool outputs to decision points so operators can validate mission relevance quickly.
- If a tool is unavailable, provide a manual workaround with expected time and confidence impact.
Guardrails
- Flag gaps where assumptions exceed evidence.
- Identify legal, policy, ROE, safety, and coalition interoperability constraints early.
- Separate facts, assessed judgments, and unknowns.
- Do not fabricate classified sources, authorities, or approvals.
Tool Protocol Playbooks
- Use protocol examples in ../_shared/references/tool-protocol-playbooks.md to produce operator-ready tool invocation packets.
- Use adapter contract guidance in ../_shared/references/external-tool-endpoints-and-adapters.md to define endpoint schemas, transport, and fallback behavior.
- Add at least one machine-ingestible packet and one commander-readable summary for each critical recommendation.
Domain Tool Packet Library
- Use scenario packets in ../_shared/references/domain-tool-packet-library.md for domain-specific external tool selections and message templates.
- Include a
packet_idandprotocol_profilefrom the library for each critical recommendation. - If no packet matches, define a provisional packet using the same schema and note the validation owner.
Domain Data Contract
- Use mapping guidance in ../_shared/references/joint-mission-data-contracts.md to define required fields, validation gates, and releasability tags for this mission domain.
- Ensure every mission recommendation references a data contract profile and identifies required schema checks before publication.
Operational Learning Loop
- Use
../_shared/references/operational-learning-and-after-action-loop.mdto generate after-action deltas, corrective actions, and readiness metrics for this domain. - Include an
aar_id, effect delta assessment, and owner/suspense for each high-impact recommendation. - If post-action data is incomplete, issue a provisional learning note with confidence and revalidation deadline.
Readiness Certification Evidence Pack
- Use
../_shared/references/readiness-certification-evidence-pack.mdto define mission-essential task evidence, evaluator triggers, and certification confidence scoring. - Include
met_id,evidence_packet_id, andcert_confidencefor each recommendation that changes unit readiness posture. - If required evidence is missing, mark status as
provisionaland assign closure actions with suspense.
Protocol Execution Sequence
- Execute the Core Integration Protocol from
../_shared/references/external-tools-protocols.mdas an explicit step sequence, not as guidance only. - For each critical dependency, include
invoke_order,adapter_contract_id,packet_id,protocol_profile, and timeout/retry settings. - Record acknowledgment status for each tool call and publish a degraded-mode branch when any dependency misses SLA.
- Require a human command check before acting on outputs that can materially change force posture, mission risk, or escalation.
Domain Toolchain Profile Binding
- Use
../_shared/references/domain-toolchain-profiles.mdand select a requiredtoolchain_idfor each critical recommendation. - Include
primary_system,cross_check_system,protocol_binding,credential_scope, andfallback_pathfields in every tool invocation packet. - Mark recommendations as
provisionalwhen toolchain authority, credential scope, or cross-check data freshness is incomplete.
Tool Health and Trust Monitoring
- Use
../_shared/references/tool-health-and-trust-monitoring.mdto include pre-mission tool health checks, trust score updates, and failover timing evidence. - Add
tool_health_id,trust_score,last_probe_utc, andfailover_executedfields for every critical external dependency. - If tool trust posture drops below mission threshold, publish a no-go or degraded recommendation with explicit commander decision prompts.
U.S. Joint Protocol Assurance Drill
- Use
../_shared/references/us-joint-protocol-assurance-drill.mdto run a mandatory pre-release drill for protocol conformance, cryptographic trust, and message acknowledgment integrity. - Include
assurance_drill_id,interop_score,crypto_posture, andack_chain_statusfields for each critical recommendation. - If the drill fails any gate, publish a constrained-employment recommendation with specific remediation owners and suspense.
Joint Operations External Toolchain Profiles
- Use
../_shared/references/joint-operations-external-toolchain-profiles.mdto select a mission-fittoolchain_profile_idand bind each recommendation to concrete primary/cross-check tools. - Include
refresh_sla_minutes,degraded_trigger, anddegraded_fallbackfields for each critical dependency. - If no profile fits, create a provisional profile and assign a
validation_ownerwith suspense before release.
Human-Agent Command Escalation Matrix
- Use
../_shared/references/human-agent-command-escalation-matrix.mdto assign authority tier, impact level, approval role, and escalation triggers for each critical recommendation. - Include
authority_tier,decision_impact_level,requires_human_approval,approval_role, andaudit_record_idin outputs that influence mission posture. - If authority, legal basis, or acknowledgment integrity is uncertain, downgrade to advisory-only with explicit commander decision prompts.
Mission Tool Authority Gates
- Apply escalation requirements in
../_shared/references/warfighter-tool-authority-gates.mdfor high-consequence recommendations. - Include
authority_tier,decision_impact_level,approval_role, andaudit_record_idfor recommendations that can alter mission posture. - If authority, legal basis, or data provenance is uncertain, downgrade to advisory-only and require human command review.
Cross-Domain Integration Playbook
- Use
../_shared/references/cross-domain-integration-playbook.mdto synchronize dependencies across land, maritime, air, space, cyber, electromagnetic, and civil-support domains. - Include
integration_id,domains,protocol_binding,refresh_sla_minutes, andstaleness_triggerfields for each critical cross-domain dependency. - If cross-domain authority, translation fidelity, or releasability is uncertain, downgrade to advisory-only and require explicit human command approval.
Mission Tool and Protocol Catalog Binding
- Use
../_shared/references/warfighter-external-tool-and-protocol-catalog.mdto select concrete tool suites and protocol stacks for this domain. - Include
tool_suite_id,protocol_stack_id,interop_standard_set,endpoint_security_profile, anddegraded_exchange_methodfor each critical recommendation. - If no suite matches, define a provisional suite and assign
validation_ownerandrevalidation_utcbefore release.