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name: vip-gut
description: Apply the VIP for Gut: Evidence-Graded Look at Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# VIP for Gut: Evidence-Graded Look at Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

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

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/vip-gut.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/vip-gut/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

What's breaking down Gut issues often trace to layers where repair falls behind degeneration. The intestinal lining can lose tight junction integrity, allowing contents to leak and trigger immune responses. Motility can slow or become errat

## Representations

- Human: /a/vip-gut
- JSON: /api/articles/vip-gut
- Relationships: /api/articles/vip-gut/topology
- History: /api/articles/vip-gut/revisions