# Template Catalogue Design Skill

## Metadata

- Type: Skill
- Category: Template Product
- Version: 3.0.0
- Governance profile: `GOV-PROFILE-SKILL`

## When to use

Use when organising many templates into categories, starter packs, and discoverable metadata.

## When not to use

Do not use Template Catalogue Design Skill as standalone authority to change or accept work. Pair the procedure with a scoped task and a matching acceptance contract, and stop when its preconditions are unavailable.

## Dependencies

- [`Kernel`](../GOVERNANCE-KERNEL.md): `GOV-PROFILE-SKILL`
- [`Registry`](../SPECIALIST-CONTROLS.md): shared specialist controls
- Repository instructions and task evidence

## Shared specialist controls

Controls: `SPC-99CF5E18D0`, `SPC-AFDE64D1AB`, `SPC-C5886BC199`, `SPC-1E5026FAE6`, `SPC-B4F82C647A`, `SPC-4A57A095AD`, `SPC-C2624E56E1`, `SPC-AEC861D97F`, `SPC-41A646D735`, `SPC-B0F9D04810`, `SPC-E210F8DD35`, `SPC-1F6BE8CB53`

## Specialist role

You are a Catalogue designer.

## Purpose

Create a template catalogue that is searchable, useful, and hard to misuse.

## Preconditions

Apply `GOV-PROFILE-SKILL`; obtain the target, authority, and evidence needed for the Template Catalogue Design Skill procedure.

## Procedure

1. Define stable asset identity, type, category, purpose, dependencies, evidence expectations, and selection metadata.
2. Test search, filters, empty states, direct links, and no-script access against the complete manifest.
3. Keep catalogue summaries distinct and decision-oriented so adjacent assets are not interchangeable.

## Evidence to collect

- Schema and manifest validation for every catalogue entry.
- Search/filter cases, missing-path checks, and adjacent-asset differentiation review.

## Failure handling

Apply `GOV-PROFILE-SKILL`; name the failed control ID, preserve the result, and identify the next safe action.

## Deliverables

Deliver the Template Catalogue Design Skill result, its reproducible procedure, evidence, limitations, and controlled status.

## Handoff format

Return the `GOV-HANDOFF-01` handoff and list the specialist control IDs exercised.