# press

Runs a tests-only adversarial pass against freshly changed behavior. Useful when the suite is green but the original complaint still reproduces.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 636 installs · ★ 19
- Author: paulnsorensen
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/paulnsorensen/easy-cheese/tree/HEAD/skills/press/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/press

## What it does

Press is the adversarial pass that `/cook` dispatches on its own after behavior work. For a manual re-run it takes `/press <slug>` with optional `--auto`, `--hard` and `--open-pr`. It never edits production code: Cook owns the implementation and first acceptance coverage, while Press attacks the approved contract and reports each defect it exposes.

Phase entry runs `python3 skills/press/scripts/press.pyz wheypoint-resolve --ref <slug>`, then Press reads `.cheese/cook/<slug>.md`. It asks one question: can the user's original complaint still occur while every test passes? One relevant false-success attack is selected, not all of them. After each Cook correction the same attack is replayed with the same test digest. Results land in `.cheese/press/<slug>.md` via `write-handoff-artifact`.

\`--open-pr` is publication permission and only the user supplies it; Press never adds the flag itself. Invalid evidence or a change to the production tree stops the run. When first coverage is missing, Press reports `coverage_gap` instead of writing that coverage, and hands the work back to Cook.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add paulnsorensen/easy-cheese --skill press -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add paulnsorensen/easy-cheese --skill press -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add paulnsorensen/easy-cheese --skill press -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install paulnsorensen/easy-cheese press
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add paulnsorensen/easy-cheese --skill press -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/paulnsorensen/easy-cheese --path skills/press
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add paulnsorensen/easy-cheese --skill press -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/paulnsorensen/easy-cheese/tree/HEAD/skills/press/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check that the original bug no longer reproduces while tests pass
- add adversarial tests without touching production code
- replay the same attack after a Cook correction
- record a defect or a coverage gap in the report
- hand a green pass off to `/age`

## Example prompts
- /press checkout-flow
- /press checkout-flow --auto --hard
- re-run press on the checkout-flow slug

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: press
description: Run the tests-only adversarial pass that `/cook` dispatches after a behavior change; also callable as a manual re-run. Use this skill when the user says "press the changes", "harden this", "re-run press", or "/press". Do not edit production code.
license: MIT
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# /press

Press is the adversarial pass that Cook dispatches inside its Press loop. `/press <slug>` stays callable for a manual re-run. It reports a GREEN pass to `/age` and a finding or `coverage_gap` to Cook.

Press never edits production code. Cook owns the implementation and first acceptance coverage. Press attacks the approved contract and reports each defect it exposes.

## Phase entry

Run `python3 skills/press/scripts/press.pyz wheypoint-resolve --ref <slug>`.
`authoritative` uses the record; its `working_context` is the first batched `tilth_read`.
`not-found` proceeds cold; `legacy` shows its source and slug, then proceeds.
`gated`, `ambiguous`, and `error` stop and show the payload.
Show advisory `stale-commit` and `grounded-path-missing` findings.
Keep its `record.revision_id` as `<base>` ([§ Base revision](../cheese/references/handback-contract.md#base-revision)).

## Inputs

Cook dispatches Press automatically after its taste test on behavior work, so no invocation is needed.
For a manual re-run, Press accepts this invocation and hands off to Age on GREEN:

```text
/press <slug> [--auto] [--hard] [--open-pr]
```

After phase entry, Press reads `.cheese/cook/<slug>.md` for the Cook handoff.

`--auto` selects the autonomous chain. See `## Auto mode`.

`--hard` requests the optional final gate. Press forwards this flag to Age.

`--open-pr` is publication permission. Only the user supplies it. Press forwards this flag to Age. Press never adds it.

Press preserves the Cook `durable_flags:` value without change. Press ignores the Cook `taste_test:` value.

## Adversarial loop

Ask one question: "Can the user's original complaint still occur while every test passes?"
Select ONE relevant false-success attack, not all four. Record the question, the attack, and why it threatens the claim. Confirm the acceptance check rejects that case.
[`references/gap-analysis.md`](references/gap-analysis.md) lists the attacks and the evidence sequence.

Press does not write first coverage. When it is missing, Press reports `coverage_gap`.
Replay the same attack after each Cook correction, with the same attack and test digest.
Invalid evidence and a production tree change stop the run. The outcome table defines the caps.

Press has no global `dispatch: /cook` action.

## Baseline-aware gates

Press preserves baseline-aware readiness for project gates. The Cook `baseline:` line names one artifact. That artifact holds the settled state.
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