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Jon Chery 2c08c778a9 docs(P4): Atelier skills mapping — 9 skill files + index + BA.A extension (REQ-221, REQ-222)
REQ-221: skills/ directory with 9 Atelier-derived skill files mapped to the
BA.A citizen-developer catalog: api, security, data, testing, observability,
errors, devops, infrastructure-as-code, compliance. Each names the Atelier
source path, distills first-principles to the citizen-dev-relevant subset,
links to agent-checklist triggers, maps to BA.A 5-skill catalog.

REQ-222: docs/skills.md index (9-skill table, Atelier provenance, 8 core
principles C1-C8, consumption instructions, reference-only domains, excluded
domains). PROJECT.md BA.A decision extended with the Atelier-derived skill
catalog reference.

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Skill: Data

Atelier source: domains/data/ (first-principles + schema-design, migrations, indexing) Core principles: C1 Correctness, C4 Locality, C6 Composability BA.A mapping: web API, worker, scheduled job Consumer: read this before authoring a service with a database.

First Principles (citizen-developer-relevant subset)

  • Schema reflects the domain, not the application. Tables model real-world entities, not ORM classes.
  • Constraints are in the schema. NOT NULL, UNIQUE, FK — the database enforces integrity, not the application.
  • Migration has an up and a down. Every migration is reversible.
  • Types are domain-accurate. UUID for IDs, TIMESTAMPTZ for timestamps, DECIMAL for money — not string/integer/everything.
  • No SELECT *; no N+1. Explicit columns; eager-load relations.

Agent-Checklist Triggers (§ Data)

  • Schema reflects the domain (not the application)
  • Constraints are in the schema (NOT NULL, UNIQUE, FK)
  • Migration has an up and a down
  • Types are domain-accurate (UUID, TIMESTAMPTZ, DECIMAL for money)
  • No SELECT *; no N+1

How Nova Uses This

Nova deploys your infrastructure (RDS, DynamoDB) but does not author your schema. The data skill ensures the schema you bring meets production-grade standards. The submission-readiness gate checks that your contract declares the infrastructure; the data skill checks that the application running on that infrastructure uses the database correctly.