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name: tooling-as-data
description: Apply the Nine tool definitions reach every capability: the catalogue is a SQL table, not a prompt article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Nine tool definitions reach every capability: the catalogue is a SQL table, not a prompt

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/tooling-as-data). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/tooling-as-data.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/tooling-as-data/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

A model's capabilities do not have to live in its context. On this build they live in a SQLite table on Cloudflare D1 called directory — one row per capability, reachable through one HTTP endpoint — and the model is shown nine tool definiti

## Representations

- Human: /a/tooling-as-data
- JSON: /api/articles/tooling-as-data
- Relationships: /api/articles/tooling-as-data/topology
- History: /api/articles/tooling-as-data/revisions