Naming & Identity Standard (NIS-001)
Use this skill when defining IDs, reconciling identity surfaces, or building audits/generators that must stay deterministic.
When to Use
- •Creating new OCS capabilities or WCS blueprints
- •Updating registries or MCP manifest generation rules
- •Designing or auditing ID format rules, reserved namespaces, or legacy migrations
Instructions
- •Canonicalize: treat
metadata.idas canonical; registries and MCP tool names must equal it. - •Derive deterministically: define and apply a single transform from canonical ID → file paths/export symbols.
- •Enforce uniqueness: ensure IDs are globally unique across capabilities + blueprints + agents.
- •Enforce format: enforce lowercase dotted IDs; block new underscores; allow legacy underscores only via allowlist + migration plan.
See references/naming-and-identity-standard.md for the normative specification.