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+# vm-skills
+
+Production-grade operational skill library (16 skills) following a gated plan → apply → proof → verify → report model with cryptographic evidence.
+
+## Role
+- Acts as the capability layer Claude invokes through vm-mcp tools
+- Emits BLAKE3 receipts and reports consumable by vm-ledger and vm-cc
+- Enforces governance via REQUIRE_CONFIRM and DRY_RUN defaults
+
+## Skill Catalog (16)
+- backup-sovereign — encrypted backups + restore drill
+- btc-anchor — Bitcoin anchoring
+- cloudflare-tunnel-manager — Cloudflare tunnel lifecycle
+- container-registry — registry operations
+- disaster-recovery — DR orchestration
+- dns-sovereign — DNS management
+- eth-anchor — Ethereum anchoring
+- gitea-bootstrap — Git server setup
+- hetzner-bootstrap — Hetzner provisioning
+- merkle-forest — Merkle tree ops and proof verification
+- node-hardening — node security hardening
+- operator-bootstrap — operator initialization
+- proof-verifier — cryptographic proof verification
+- rfc3161-anchor — RFC3161 legal timestamping
+- secrets-vault — secrets management
+- root-coordinator — master coordinator/composer
+
+## Execution Model
+- preflight: environment and tool checks
+- plan: dry-run steps (DRY_RUN=1 default)
+- apply: gated by REQUIRE_CONFIRM + CONFIRM_PHRASE
+- proof: generate BLAKE3 receipt (when defined)
+- verify: assert success (includes restore drills where applicable)
+- report: produce audit/compliance output (99_report.sh)
+
+## Safety & Compliance
+- Confirmation required for mutations; DRY_RUN-first workflow
+- Receipts chain via BLAKE3; restore drill mandatory for backup-sovereign
+- EU/GDPR metadata present in configs (data_residency, jurisdiction, gdpr_applicable)
+
+## Integration via vm-mcp
+- Claude → cognitive_invoke_skill → config.json phases → scripts
+- Outputs flow to vm-ledger (receipts) and vm-cc (evidence aggregation)
+
+## Quickstart
+```bash
+cd vm-skills/<skill>/scripts
+./00_preflight.sh
+./10_*_plan.sh
+./11_*_apply.sh   # requires confirmation
+./30_generate_proof.sh  # when present
+./50_restore_drill.sh   # backup-sovereign
+./90_verify.sh && ./99_report.sh
+```
+
+## Reports & Evidence
+- Reports live alongside scripts as 99_report.sh outputs
+- BLAKE3 receipts accompany mutations; suitable for vm-cc ingestion