# planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode

Lets an agent carry approved PlanetScale changes through plan, execution, verification and reporting without per-step approval. The operator accepts the risk once, for a named scope.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1800 installs · ★ 136
- Author: planetscale
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/planetscale/skills/tree/HEAD/planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode

## What it does

Autonomous mode turns on only when the operator's message carries three things: an explicit risk acknowledgment, a named scope, and a statement about whether production-affecting changes are included. Soft phrasing like "go ahead" does not activate it — that stays a per-change approval. The acknowledgment covers this run and this scope only. If a new problem surfaces mid-run, the skill adds it to the report instead of fixing it.

Before the first mutation the agent shows an execution plan: dependency order first, then risk order, a live-state pre-flight, and safety prerequisites as real steps. A backup must be confirmed before any Class D DDL, and revertible vehicles are preferred. Changes run one at a time, Class D steps are never parallelized, and state is read back after each one. Class E operations — dropping production databases, disabling every safety mechanism at once, exposing secrets — are refused in every mode. If a change set contains one, the rest still executes and the exclusion lands in the report.

Scheduled runs (cron, Cursor Automations, webhooks) replace interactive acknowledgment with a written standing authorization in `AGENTS.md` or a dedicated file: owner, scope, class ceiling, an operation allowlist and an expiry date. The author recommends reviewing it every 90 days. A scheduled run with no delivery channel must not execute mutations at all, because status with no reader is not status.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install planetscale/skills planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/planetscale/skills --path planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode -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/planetscale/skills/tree/HEAD/planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run an approved set of schema changes without approving each step
- ship production DDL through a deploy request with a revert window
- halt a run when branch or recommendation state has drifted
- write a bounded standing authorization for a cron-driven agent
- get a partial-run report after the operator says stop

## Example prompts
- I understand the risk. Execute VIT-1 and VIT-3 in storefront-demo, leave production alone.
- I accept the risk — everything in the report for storefront-demo, Class D included.
- Stop after the current step and give me the partial-run report.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: planetscale-autonomous-execution-mode
description: Execute approved PlanetScale changes end-to-end without per-step approval when the operator has explicitly acknowledged the risk. Defines the risk-acknowledgment contract, scoped autonomy levels, sensible execution ordering, continuous status reporting, halt conditions, and rollback discipline. Extremely safe, very enabling.
---

# Autonomous execution mode

## Purpose

Let an operator who has explicitly accepted the risk hand the whole job to the agent: plan, execute, verify, and report — with live status the entire way — instead of approving each change one by one. This mode removes the per-step approval friction. It does not remove any verification, ordering, rollback, or halt discipline. Autonomy changes who clicks "go", never how carefully the work is done.

## Activation contract

Autonomous mode activates only when the operator's message contains all three:

1. **Explicit risk acknowledgment.** An unambiguous statement such as "I understand the risk", "I accept the risk", "I know this can affect production". Softer phrasings — "go ahead", "sounds good", "do it" — do NOT activate autonomous mode; they remain per-change approvals under the change-gates skill.
2. **A named scope.** One of:
   - Named change IDs ("VIT-1, VIT-3, WEB-1"), or
   - A named database or org with a change-class ceiling ("everything in the report for storefront-demo"), or
   - "All recommendations in the report" — valid in this mode only, because the report already names every change.
3. **A production statement.** Whether production-affecting (Class D) changes are included. If the operator does not say, ask once; if still unstated, run at `auto-safe` (Class D excluded).

Record the acknowledgment verbatim in the run log before executing anything.
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