refactor(skills): using-scribe keeps the every-turn practices; moment-specific depth moves to reference files (#4398)
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Anthropic's skill guidance: keep SKILL.md under 500 lines, split into
reference files linked one level deep as it nears that. using-scribe was
478 and every new practice lands there.

- SKILL.md 478 -> 317 lines. It keeps orientation, one copy, the reflexes,
  scope, the judge section, UI and the process-skill index, plus a "Read
  these when the moment comes" list naming each file with its moment.
- projects.md: binding a non-git directory (.scribe) and project inception.
- writing-records.md: where a new rule goes, lesson growth, and notes that
  carry their own check (reflex 10 keeps a pointer).
- missed-retrieval.md: the record-before-dial route, verbatim.
- Text moved, not rewritten, except for the seams and one cross-reference.

Tests:
- tests.helpers.skill_text reads SKILL.md plus its reference files. The
  ownership registry, the miss-route and the verification tests use it, so
  a topic stays owned by its skill whichever file holds it.
- The force test scans every skill .md on its own, since each file is read
  on its own.
- New test_skill_structure: SKILL.md <= 350 lines, every reference file is
  linked from SKILL.md, none links another, and one over 100 lines opens
  with Contents. Each guard is shown to fail.

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# Projects: binding a directory, and starting one
Part of the using-scribe skill. Read it when a working directory maps to no
project, or when a new project is about to be created.
## Binding a directory to a project
**A directory does not have to be a git repo to have a project.** A repo is
bound by its remote (`list_repo_bindings` shows the bindings). Anything else —
a notes folder, a server's config directory, a scratch directory — is bound by
a `.scribe` file naming the project:
{"instance": "https://scribe.example.com", "project_id": 2, "project": "Homelab"}
`instance` is what makes the id trustworthy. An id means nothing on its own —
it is a different project on every Scribe — so a marker that has travelled to
another instance is ignored rather than followed to the wrong project. A bare
`2` also works when writing the file by hand. When work plainly belongs to a
project and the directory names none, offer to write the marker;
`list_projects` has the id.
## Starting a project: decide what it inherits
A project's inheritance is a **decision, not a default**. Before
`create_project`, ask the operator the two inception questions and pass the
answers — never create a project bare by default:
- which **design system** its UI is built from (`list_design_systems`; or
none) → `design_system_id=<id | -1>`
- whether to **seed the standard starter Systems** so records can be tagged
from day one → `seed_systems=true|false`
Rules are not an inception question: a global rule already applies to every
project, and a project's own rules are written on it as they come up.
If `enter_project` returns an `inception` key, the project was never decided
(it inherits its defaults silently): raise that ask once, with the defaults it
carries, then `decide_project_inception(project_id, …)`. Existing projects
were stamped "legacy" and do not ask; any project can be re-decided. The
design-system and Systems tools still work one at a time — inception is the
moment they are decided together, and the record of why.