Use the safe dataset deprecation Skill

The checked-in Skill gives a coding agent a bounded procedure for one dataset retirement. It operates a configured local Payne checkout; it is not a hosted API and does not gain authority beyond Payne.

pnpm payne-agent -- --help

Each non-help command returns one JSON envelope with schema version payne-agent-client/v1, ok, operation, data, warnings, and nextActions. Failures use normalized safe codes. The client never prints credentials, provider output, or stack traces.

For the exact envelope shape and operation flags, open the checked-in skills/safe-dataset-deprecation/references/operation-contract.md. The skills/safe-dataset-deprecation/examples/fixture-validation-output.md file is derived from the published validation receipt and is labelled fixture output, not current DataHub or application evidence.

Start with capabilities, resolve names with find-dataset, run find-gate before create, check worker-status, then investigate and inspect. The Skill can prepare the supported artifact. It cannot accept or apply it, write DataHub metadata, set gate state, or authorize shutdown.

pnpm test skills/safe-dataset-deprecation/safe-dataset-deprecation.test.ts

Use Evidence semantics, Monitoring recovery, the Migration artifact contract, DataHub write-back, Agent safety, and Inference troubleshooting for the contracts behind the Skill’s response.