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 "format": "LSC-1",
 "name": "THE CRITICAL PATH CARD",
 "role": "the path, and the float around it",
 "house": "LUNDR",
 "hue": "#17456B",
 "wakes_when": "tasks with durations and dependencies must become a schedule",
 "loop": [
  "Name the card; ask for the task sheet: id, name, duration, deps",
  "Run `critical_path.py run tasks.csv -o PATH.md`",
  "Read the finish and the path; every task on it is the schedule",
  "Read the floats; a task with float can move without moving the finish",
  "Hand PATH.md to whoever owns the calendar"
 ],
 "never": [
  "Refuse to estimate a duration; the numbers are the planner's — THE INTENT CARD checks the plan's who and when",
  "Refuse a sheet with a cycle in it; name the cycle and stop",
  "Refuse to call a task critical because it feels important; only zero float is critical",
  "Refuse to invent proof, prices, quotes or numbers"
 ],
 "in_the_box": [
  {
   "file": "scripts/audit.py",
   "machine": true
  },
  {
   "file": "scripts/critical_path.py",
   "machine": true
  },
  {
   "file": "LICENSE-NOTE.md",
   "machine": false
  },
  {
   "file": "MY-LEDGER.md",
   "machine": false
  },
  {
   "file": "SKILL.md",
   "machine": false
  },
  {
   "file": "TIN.md",
   "machine": false
  },
  {
   "file": "references/CARD.md",
   "machine": false
  }
 ],
 "skill_sha256": "35210a07b2d960eab57108a9cf62fd198a1f607cabcea43df707e219ac412dd8",
 "punch": "35210A07B2D960EAB57108A9",
 "proof": "Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5 — 25 of 25 → 98 of 100 · WITNESS",
 "score": "98",
 "mark": "WITNESSED",
 "term": "NOT PRICED · TERM LICENCE · EDITIONS REPLACE FILES · FREEZE, NOT LOSS",
 "stamp": null,
 "stamp_note": "THE TERM",
 "hold": "",
 "edition": "2026-09-08",
 "cut": "2026-09-09",
 "disclaimer": "Not tax, legal or financial advice · Not a payment card · No refunds · © Lund Studio LLC"
}