# Dt Coaching Foundation

> Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge: coach identity and philosophy, quality and fidelity constraints, method sequencing, coaching state schema, and the canonical deck workflow - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-dt-coaching-foundation`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/tree/main/.github/skills/design-thinking/dt-coaching-foundation

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-dt-coaching-foundation
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# DT Coaching Foundation — Skill Entry

This `SKILL.md` is the **entrypoint** for the Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge.

The dt-coach agent loads this skill at session start and during a coaching session to
ground coaching behavior in a stable identity, enforce quality and fidelity expectations,
navigate method transitions, persist and recover session state, and run the opt-in
canonical deck workflow. The foundation knowledge stays constant across all nine
Design Thinking methods.

## Foundation references

Load the reference that matches the current coaching moment.

| Reference                                                   | When to load                                                                                                                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [coaching-identity.md](references/coaching-identity.md)     | At session start and throughout — establishes coach identity, Think/Speak/Empower philosophy, boundaries, and the Progressive Hint Engine. |
| [quality-constraints.md](references/quality-constraints.md) | Before any artifact generation — enforces fidelity rules, anti-polish stance, and quality-by-space expectations.                           |
| [method-sequencing.md](references/method-sequencing.md)     | At method transitions and space boundaries — guides the nine-method sequence, transition protocol, and non-linear iteration.               |
| [coaching-state.md](references/coaching-state.md)           | For persistence and session recovery — defines the coaching state schema, update rules, and recovery protocol.                             |
| [canonical-deck.md](references/canonical-deck.md)           | For opt-in canonical deck and customer-card generation — governs activation, offer points, and the PowerPoint build branch.                |

## Skill layout

* `SKILL.md` — this file (skill entrypoint).
* `references/` — the DT coaching foundation knowledge documents.
  * `coaching-identity.md` — coach identity, philosophy, and interaction conventions.
  * `quality-constraints.md` — fidelity rules and quality standards across all methods.
  * `method-sequencing.md` — method transitions, space boundaries, and iteration patterns.
  * `coaching-state.md` — coaching state schema, file conventions, and recovery protocol.
  * `canonical-deck.md` — opt-in canonical deck and customer-card workflow.

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## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** [microsoft/hve-core](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

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