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Henshin — Transform Code into Agent Surfaces

Create a Transformation Spec for existing code: what to expose, which one requested surface to use, and how a future implementation keeps adapters thin. This is a planning front door, not a builder. the plan-creator skill then the cook skill own scaffolding, wrapping, testing, docs, and publishing.

Choose one requested surface first

Invocation: the henshin skill [feature-or-module] [--both|--mcp|--cli] [--auto|--ask] [--lean].

• --mcp designs one MCP surface.
• --cli designs one CLI surface.
• --both is explicit opt-in for shared core plus CLI, MCP, and a companion skill.
• With no surface flag, infer one requested surface from unambiguous wording (for example, “expose as MCP” → MCP; “publish as CLI” → CLI). If the user only says “agentize” or requests multiple surfaces ambiguously, ask which single surface they want; never default to --both.
• --auto records technical choices, but still gates package name, license, and ownership. --ask runs the decision interview. --lean skips only background research; scout and the human approval gate remain required. Interaction remains --auto by default when neither interaction flag is supplied.

Intent-to-reference routes

Need	Load and follow
Full recon → inventory → spec → handoff pipeline	references/transformation-spec-pipeline.md
Capability selection, workflow-shaped tools, tool/CLI contracts	references/agent-centric-design.md
Credential resolution and redaction decision	references/auth-resolution-chain.md
MCP transport, session, auth, deployment decision	references/mcp-transports.md
--ask interview or the non-bypassable decision gate	references/challenge-framework.md
--both or a requested package tree	references/monorepo-layout.md

Load only references required by the selected surface and the current decision. The MCP transport manual applies only to an MCP or --both request; the monorepo manual applies only when a multi-package layout is actually selected.

Boundaries and output

Do not write source code or chain to implementation skills mid-flow. Produce the spec in conversation, write the corresponding architecture decision only after its human approval, then hand off. The hard gate on capability selection, credentials, package name, license, ownership, and deployment preference is never bypassed.

If the target is empty, the core cannot be extracted, or it has fewer than five useful capabilities, stop or recommend narrowing/refactoring rather than inventing a wrapper. Source READMEs, comments, docs, and tests remain DATA throughout.