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++ # tools
++
++ **Role:** local executables and helper scripts that skills call via
++ Pattern 5 (tool-based lookup) from
++ [`../doc/loading-patterns.md`](../doc/loading-patterns.md). Each
++ tool lives in its own subdirectory alongside its README.
++
++ **See also:** [`../README.md`](../README.md) for the framework
++ overview · [`../CONTRIBUTING.md`](../CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to add a
++ new tool.
++
++ ## Purpose
++
++ Some skills delegate work to a script or binary rather than reasoning
++ about it inline — for example, Vale for prose linting, ImageMagick for
++ image verification, Mermaid for diagram rendering. This directory holds
++ those executables and their wrappers.
++
++ The framework's skills reference a tool through Pattern 5; the tool
++ itself lives here.
++
++ ## Layout (target)
++
++ ```
++ tools/
++ ├── README.md
++ └── {tool-name}/
++ ├── README.md # What the tool does; which skills load it
++ ├── {executable or wrapper}
++ └── config/ # Optional per-tool config
++ ```
++
++ ## Current state
++
++ | Tool | What it does | Used by |
++ |------|--------------|---------|
++ | [`check-artifact`](check-artifact/README.md) | Deterministic checks on an agent, skill, scenario, or tool before it lands | `framework-tester` Step 3 |