## What
Two bounded doctrine-reconciliation slices (one coherent arc):
**ag-88y5** — the out-of-session dispatch unit is the `/rpi`·`/evolve`
**skill**, not the `ao rpi`/`ao evolve` CLI. Per the 3.0
skills-are-the-runtime thesis (using-ntm #693 already frames it this
way), re-narrate the **live** doctrine surfaces so the substrate spawns
an agent that *runs the /rpi skill* over a bead:
- docs/3.0.md, docs/architecture/canonical-loop-model.md,
docs/runbooks/nightly-evolution.md
- skills/using-agentops, skills/agent-native,
skills/domain/references/factory.md
Historical surfaces (MIGRATION-3.0, ADR-0009, release notes) +
CLI-reference left as-is; the actual `ao rpi`/`ao evolve` CLI removal is
the **ag-iowf** epic (live automation callers — overnight-evolve,
release-smoke — must migrate first).
**ag-ogp5** — drop the 4 docs still asserting Gas City as THE reference
substrate → NTM+MCP+managed-agents:
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/SCHEMAS.md,
docs/contracts/agents-write-surfaces.md,
docs/patterns/completion-notifications.md (Pattern C)
The ~37 historical/illustrative GC refs are intentionally retained (per
ag-ogp5 scope).
## Verification
regen-all --check, embedded-sync, heal --strict, registry-drift,
codex-rpi-contract, codex-artifacts --scope head — all green.
Closes-scenario: ag-88y5#docs-skills-dispatch-reframe
Bounded-context: BC4-Factory
Evidence: docs/3.0.md
## What
Adds an **AgentOps-owned, shippable `using-ntm` skill** — the missing
NTM leg of the `NTM + MCP + managed-agents` substrate doctrine
(**ag-zaoj**). Until now `automation-shape-routing` pointed **by name**
at the *proprietary* `ntm`/`vibing-with-ntm` skills, which AgentOps
can't ship — a dangling pointer for standalone users. This is original
content modeled on (not copied from) those.
## The seam: skills are the runtime, not the CLI
The skill teaches driving the open `ntm` CLI as the out-of-session
substrate: **NTM spawns Claude/Codex panes that run the `/rpi` and
`/evolve` *skills*** over a bead queue. It explicitly does **not** use
`ao rpi`/`ao evolve` CLI subprocesses — those terminal wrappers are
retired; the substrate dispatches the whole loop as one invocable skill.
## What lands (15 files, +~440)
- `skills/using-ntm/SKILL.md` + `skills-codex/using-ntm/SKILL.md` (twin)
— the new skill.
- `automation-shape-routing` (+ codex twin) — dangling
`ntm`/`vibing-with-ntm` pointers now route to the owned `/using-ntm`;
`ntm` stays as the CLI tool.
- Six derived surfaces regenerated: `registry.json`, skill-domain-map,
SKU catalog, codex hashes/manifest, context-map; + skill-disposition row
and skill-count bumps (80 → 81) in PRODUCT / ARCHITECTURE / SKILLS /
domain-map / BDD-Gherkin.
## E2E verification (against the real `ntm` CLI)
Per the directive (no `ao rpi`/`ao evolve`): verified every `ntm`
subcommand the skill cites exists
(`spawn/send/activity/attach/doctor/deps/kill/health`) and **fixed the
documented flag to the real `--pane=N` syntax** (it had `--pane N`).
`ntm doctor` runs (bv ✓ / bd ✓ / am ⚠). `docs/cli-surface.*` drift
excluded (pre-existing, unrelated).
## Follow-up (not in this PR)
`ao rpi`/`ao evolve` CLI are slated for retirement; `docs/3.0.md` + the
recent Gas City-prune PRs still reference `ao rpi <bead>` as the
dispatch unit and need a skills-not-CLI reconciliation pass.
## Verification
- `regen-all.sh --check` ALL GREEN · registry-drift PASS · codex parity
PASS · skill-isolation/size PASS · markdownlint 0.
Closes-scenario: ag-zaoj#using-ntm-skill
Bounded-context: BC4-Factory
Evidence: skills/using-ntm/SKILL.md
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Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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