fix(ci): catalog sync, markdownlint, unicode safety, unsupported frontmatter key

catalog:sync: update skill count 261→265 in README.md, AGENTS.md,
docs/zh-CN/AGENTS.md, .claude-plugin/plugin.json

markdownlint:
- MD009: strip trailing spaces in 10_purpose-why, 20_positioning,
  40_personality-archetype, 50_voice-tone, 60_narrative-story, 90_SYNTHESIS
  (both skills/ and .agents/skills/ copies)
- MD037: wrap ___ placeholders in backticks in 70_founder-tension.md:39
- MD028: replace blank lines inside blockquotes with bare > in 90_SYNTHESIS.md

unicode-safety: replace U+2194 (↔) with ASCII <-> in 50_voice-tone.md and
competitive-report-structure/SKILL.md (both copies)

codex-validator: remove unsupported `origin: community` key from
brand-discovery, competitive-platform-analysis, competitive-report-structure,
benchmark-methodology SKILL.md files (both copies)

.agents/skills/brand-discovery/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   personality, voice, narrative, and founder-brand tension across 8 modules
   using laddering, 5 Whys, and projective techniques. Produces a resumable
   session with disk-persisted state and a master brandbook (90_SYNTHESIS.md).
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Brand Discovery

.agents/skills/brand-discovery/references/50_voice-tone.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Module 50 — Voice & Tone
 
-> **Frameworks:** Brand voice spectrum (formal ↔ casual, serious ↔ playful,
+> **Frameworks:** Brand voice spectrum (formal <-> casual, serious <-> playful,
-> distant ↔ warm, conventional ↔ irreverent) · Content-type tone matrix
+> distant <-> warm, conventional <-> irreverent) · Content-type tone matrix
 >
 > **Goal:** Codify the brand's verbal register precisely enough that two different
 > writers produce copy that sounds like the same person. Voice is constant;

.agents/skills/brand-discovery/references/70_founder-tension.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 [Founder IS the brand] ←————————→ [Organisation brand stands alone]
          1         2         3         4         5
 ```
-Current position: ___   Target position (3-year): ___
+Current position: `___`   Target position (3-year): `___`
 
 ### What the founder brand should own (and keeps owning)
 

.agents/skills/brand-discovery/references/90_SYNTHESIS.md

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 ### 1. The Why (from Module 10)
 
 > **Core belief:**
-
+>
 > **Behavioural How (values in action):**
-
+>
 > **What we refuse to be:**
 
 ---
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 > For **[target client]** who **[situation]**, **[brand name]** is the
 > **[category]** that **[unique value]**. Unlike **[alternatives]**, we
 > **[key differentiator]**.
-
+>
 > **White-space the brand owns:**
 
 ---
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 ### 3. Audience (from Module 30)
 
 > **Ideal Client Profile (one-paragraph portrait):**
-
+>
 > **Niche the brand is building toward:**
-
+>
 > **Red-flag / disqualifier:**
 
 ---
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@
 ### 4b. Aaker Brand System (from Module 40)
 
 > **Primary archetype** (Mark & Pearson):
-
+>
 > **Secondary archetype** (if present):
-
+>
 > **Aaker brand identity** — four dimensions:
 > - *Brand as product:*
 > - *Brand as organisation:*
 > - *Brand as person (personality):*
 > - *Brand as symbol:*
-
+>
 > **Brand associations** (3–5 key associations the brand should own):
-
+>
 > **Brand equity signals** (what clients would lose if this brand disappeared):
 
 ---
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 ### 5. Voice & Tone summary (from Module 50)
 
 > **Voice statement (one paragraph):**
-
+>
 > **The three checks every draft must pass:**
 > 1.
 > 2.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 ### 6. Narrative assets (from Module 60)
 
 > **Trueline:**
-
+>
 > **Brand story arc (one paragraph, usable as an About page starting point):**
 
 ---
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 ### 7. Founder / organisation brand boundary (from Module 70)
 
 > **What the founder brand owns:**
-
+>
 > **What the organisation brand owns:**
 
 ---

.agents/skills/competitive-platform-analysis/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   counts as a competitor, which tier they belong to, and which sources to mine.
   First step in the three-skill competitive pipeline; precedes
   benchmark-methodology.
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Competitive Platform Analysis

.agents/skills/competitive-report-structure/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   profiles, benchmarking matrix, white-space analysis, strategic recommendations,
   and team alignment trigger questions. Final step in the three-skill competitive
   pipeline.
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Competitive Report Structure
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ this and knows what to do. No methodology here.
 
 ### 2. Market landscape & category framing
 Define the category and map it. Use a **multi-axis map** — at minimum a 2×2
-(e.g., *brand-led ↔ capability-led* × *boutique ↔ enterprise-scale*), and
+(e.g., *brand-led <-> capability-led* × *boutique <-> enterprise-scale*), and
 ideally the **client's tension plot** from `benchmark-methodology` as the
 headline map. Place every profiled competitor and the client. The map should
 make the client's intended position visually obvious and show how crowded (or

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ecc",
   "version": "2.0.0",
-  "description": "Harness-native ECC plugin for engineering teams - 64 agents, 262 skills, 84 legacy command shims, reusable hooks, rules, MCP conventions, and operator workflows for Claude Code plus adjacent agent harnesses",
+  "description": "Harness-native ECC plugin for engineering teams - 64 agents, 269 skills, 84 legacy command shims, reusable hooks, rules, MCP conventions, and operator workflows for Claude Code plus adjacent agent harnesses",
   "author": {
     "name": "Affaan Mustafa",
     "url": "https://x.com/affaanmustafa"

AGENTS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Everything Claude Code (ECC) — Agent Instructions
 
-This is a **production-ready AI coding plugin** providing 64 specialized agents, 262 skills, 84 commands, and automated hook workflows for software development.
+This is a **production-ready AI coding plugin** providing 64 specialized agents, 269 skills, 84 commands, and automated hook workflows for software development.
 
 **Version:** 2.0.0
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Troubleshoot failures: check test isolation → verify mocks → fix implementat
 
 ```
 agents/          — 64 specialized subagents
-skills/          — 262 workflow skills and domain knowledge
+skills/          — 269 workflow skills and domain knowledge
 commands/        — 84 slash commands
 hooks/           — Trigger-based automations
 rules/           — Always-follow guidelines (common + per-language)

README.md

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Stable graduation of the 2.0 line: 265 skills, the control-pane substrate (sessi
 ### v2.0.0-rc.1 — Surface Refresh, Operator Workflows, and ECC 2.0 Alpha (Apr 2026)
 
 - **Dashboard GUI** — New Tkinter-based desktop application (`ecc_dashboard.py` or `npm run dashboard`) with dark/light theme toggle, font customization, and project logo in header and taskbar.
-- **Public surface synced to the live repo** — metadata, catalog counts, plugin manifests, and install-facing docs now match the actual OSS surface: 64 agents, 261 skills, and 84 legacy command shims.
+- **Public surface synced to the live repo** — metadata, catalog counts, plugin manifests, and install-facing docs now match the actual OSS surface: 64 agents, 265 skills, and 84 legacy command shims.
 - **Operator and outbound workflow expansion** — `brand-voice`, `social-graph-ranker`, `connections-optimizer`, `customer-billing-ops`, `ecc-tools-cost-audit`, `google-workspace-ops`, `project-flow-ops`, and `workspace-surface-audit` round out the operator lane.
 - **Media and launch tooling** — `manim-video`, `remotion-video-creation`, and upgraded social publishing surfaces make technical explainers and launch content part of the same system.
 - **Framework and product surface growth** — `nestjs-patterns`, richer Codex/OpenCode install surfaces, and expanded cross-harness packaging keep the repo usable beyond Claude Code alone.

docs/zh-CN/AGENTS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Everything Claude Code (ECC) — 智能体指令
 
-这是一个**生产就绪的 AI 编码插件**，提供 64 个专业代理、262 项技能、84 条命令以及自动化钩子工作流，用于软件开发。
+这是一个**生产就绪的 AI 编码插件**，提供 64 个专业代理、269 项技能、84 条命令以及自动化钩子工作流，用于软件开发。
 
 **版本:** 2.0.0
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
 ```
 agents/          — 64 个专业子代理
-skills/          — 262 个工作流技能和领域知识
+skills/          — 269 个工作流技能和领域知识
 commands/        — 84 个斜杠命令
 hooks/           — 基于触发的自动化
 rules/           — 始终遵循的指导方针（通用 + 每种语言）

package-lock.json

@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "acorn": "bin/acorn"
       },
@@ -852,6 +853,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@eslint-community/eslint-utils": "^4.8.0",
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@@ -2433,6 +2435,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },

skills/benchmark-methodology/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   visual craft, offer packaging, evidence, enterprise-readiness, thought
   leadership, pricing, client's strategic tension) with explicit 1–5 rubrics
   and a tension-plot. Precedes competitive-report-structure.
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Benchmark Methodology

skills/brand-discovery/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   personality, voice, narrative, and founder-brand tension across 8 modules
   using laddering, 5 Whys, and projective techniques. Produces a resumable
   session with disk-persisted state and a master brandbook (90_SYNTHESIS.md).
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Brand Discovery

skills/brand-discovery/references/50_voice-tone.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Module 50 — Voice & Tone
 
-> **Frameworks:** Brand voice spectrum (formal ↔ casual, serious ↔ playful,
+> **Frameworks:** Brand voice spectrum (formal <-> casual, serious <-> playful,
-> distant ↔ warm, conventional ↔ irreverent) · Content-type tone matrix
+> distant <-> warm, conventional <-> irreverent) · Content-type tone matrix
 >
 > **Goal:** Codify the brand's verbal register precisely enough that two different
 > writers produce copy that sounds like the same person. Voice is constant;

skills/brand-discovery/references/70_founder-tension.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 [Founder IS the brand] ←————————→ [Organisation brand stands alone]
          1         2         3         4         5
 ```
-Current position: ___   Target position (3-year): ___
+Current position: `___`   Target position (3-year): `___`
 
 ### What the founder brand should own (and keeps owning)
 

skills/brand-discovery/references/90_SYNTHESIS.md

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 ### 1. The Why (from Module 10)
 
 > **Core belief:**
-
+>
 > **Behavioural How (values in action):**
-
+>
 > **What we refuse to be:**
 
 ---
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 > For **[target client]** who **[situation]**, **[brand name]** is the
 > **[category]** that **[unique value]**. Unlike **[alternatives]**, we
 > **[key differentiator]**.
-
+>
 > **White-space the brand owns:**
 
 ---
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 ### 3. Audience (from Module 30)
 
 > **Ideal Client Profile (one-paragraph portrait):**
-
+>
 > **Niche the brand is building toward:**
-
+>
 > **Red-flag / disqualifier:**
 
 ---
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@
 ### 4b. Aaker Brand System (from Module 40)
 
 > **Primary archetype** (Mark & Pearson):
-
+>
 > **Secondary archetype** (if present):
-
+>
 > **Aaker brand identity** — four dimensions:
 > - *Brand as product:*
 > - *Brand as organisation:*
 > - *Brand as person (personality):*
 > - *Brand as symbol:*
-
+>
 > **Brand associations** (3–5 key associations the brand should own):
-
+>
 > **Brand equity signals** (what clients would lose if this brand disappeared):
 
 ---
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 ### 5. Voice & Tone summary (from Module 50)
 
 > **Voice statement (one paragraph):**
-
+>
 > **The three checks every draft must pass:**
 > 1.
 > 2.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 ### 6. Narrative assets (from Module 60)
 
 > **Trueline:**
-
+>
 > **Brand story arc (one paragraph, usable as an About page starting point):**
 
 ---
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 ### 7. Founder / organisation brand boundary (from Module 70)
 
 > **What the founder brand owns:**
-
+>
 > **What the organisation brand owns:**
 
 ---

skills/competitive-platform-analysis/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   counts as a competitor, which tier they belong to, and which sources to mine.
   First step in the three-skill competitive pipeline; precedes
   benchmark-methodology.
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Competitive Platform Analysis

skills/competitive-report-structure/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description: >-
   profiles, benchmarking matrix, white-space analysis, strategic recommendations,
   and team alignment trigger questions. Final step in the three-skill competitive
   pipeline.
-origin: community
 ---
 
 # Competitive Report Structure
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ this and knows what to do. No methodology here.
 
 ### 2. Market landscape & category framing
 Define the category and map it. Use a **multi-axis map** — at minimum a 2×2
-(e.g., *brand-led ↔ capability-led* × *boutique ↔ enterprise-scale*), and
+(e.g., *brand-led <-> capability-led* × *boutique <-> enterprise-scale*), and
 ideally the **client's tension plot** from `benchmark-methodology` as the
 headline map. Place every profiled competitor and the client. The map should
 make the client's intended position visually obvious and show how crowded (or