# gate-control

Sets the rules for what a video approval actually authorizes and which step comes next. Useful once edits start arriving after a gate.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 329
- Author: Orkas-AI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio/tree/HEAD/packages/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/gate-control

## What it does

One authorization policy covers every VideoStudio production line: COMPOSE, AUTO, GENERATE and EDIT. Line skills own artifacts and craft; they do not build a second confirmation or recovery machine of their own. After a decision at Gate B, C, Preview or D, the skill derives the next operation from current facts: plan identity, artifact identity, narration materialization, paid-attempt facts, QA evidence and explicit user authority.

Gates carry internal identifiers but surface under localized names: Gate A is direction confirmation, Gate B production plan confirmation, Gate C paid generation confirmation, HTML Preview keyframe preview, Gate D final video confirmation. Decision values are `approve` and `revise`; free-text adjustments stay separate. Gate C is a single batch-level decision, so a retry the user asks for needs a fresh Gate C and a new output path.

Authorization is not recovery. `approve` covers the displayed artifact and the next transition only. Technical QA exhaustion is not a second user decision. An error saying authorization is required does not prove recovery is available — query durable status first. Run the resolver through `ovs gate transition` or the `gate_transition` MCP tool, never by pointing at an installed skill path. Pass only the decision field present in the current user submission; pairing a current `--decision` with a cached `--recovery-decision` is not the intent.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill gate-control -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/gate-control/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill gate-control -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill gate-control -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio gate-control
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill gate-control -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --path packages/skills/gate-control
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill gate-control -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio/tree/HEAD/packages/skills/gate-control/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick the next action after a gate decision
- separate a visual-only edit from a change to the approved plan
- require a fresh Gate C before retrying paid generation
- tell a technical failure apart from a new user decision
- choose the production language and keep it locked

## Example prompts
- Gate D came back as revise — work out the next step
- Visual-only edit after the preview: what happens now?
- The paid request failed and the user wants a retry — what comes first?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: gate-control
description: Canonical VideoStudio review authorization and state-transition policy. Use after any Gate B/C/Preview/D decision, post-gate revision, resumed approval, or exhausted visual-QA result across COMPOSE/AUTO/GENERATE/EDIT; maps explicit user authority and durable artifact state to one next action with `ovs gate transition`. Do not use for ordinary planning or craft decisions before a gate exists.
---

# gate-control

This is the single authorization policy for every VideoStudio production line. Line skills own artifacts and production craft; they do not invent a second confirmation or recovery state machine.

Resolve the next operation from current facts—plan identity, artifact identity, narration materialization, paid-attempt facts, QA evidence, and explicit user authority—not from a monotonic stage rank. Preview/snapshot work may continue while required narration is missing; complete draft/final delivery may not. Stop the execution horizon at any operation whose returned evidence decides the next branch.

Gate-B identity is the normalized production-intent projection. Stable copy, timing, language, references, provider settings, and voice selection remain approval-bearing; execution-only fields such as produced paths/status and provider catalog display labels do not. Unknown plan fields remain signed so new semantics cannot bypass review.

## Canonical review gates

The names below are internal protocol identifiers. In normal user-facing headings and decisions, use plain localized names instead:

| Internal identifier | English | Simplified Chinese |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gate A | Direction confirmation | 制作方向确认 |
| Gate B | Production plan confirmation | 制作方案确认 |
| Gate C | Paid generation confirmation | 付费素材生成确认 |
| HTML Preview | Keyframe preview | 关键帧预览 |
| Gate D | Final video confirmation | 成片确认 |
```
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