offboard-brand

Retire a brand. Always non-destructive — sunset, never delete. The brand's history stays in the vault for future reference.

Pre-flight checks

1. Brands/{brand_slug}/ exists. Reject if not.
2. Brand's current status is not already sunset. If yes, surface — likely a no-op or intent-mismatch.
3. No active project in Departments/Projects/ references brand: {brand_slug} in its frontmatter. If yes, list them and ask Adam to resolve first.

Procedure

1. Mark the brand

Update Brands/{brand_slug}/BrandContext.md frontmatter:

• status: sunset
• sunset_date: {today}
• sunset_reason: {reason}

2. Archive (default)

If archive: true:

• mkdir -p Brands/_archive/
• mv Brands/{brand_slug}/ Brands/_archive/{brand_slug}/
• Update internal links across the vault: any Brands/{brand_slug}/... reference → Brands/_archive/{brand_slug}/.... Use grep + targeted edits — don't blanket-replace without verifying.

If archive: false: leave folder in place but with status: sunset. (Useful for soft-sunsetting a brand we expect to revive.)

3. Update the roster

Edit Context/Brands.md:

• If archived: remove the row from the active table; add an entry under a "## Sunset / archived" section at the bottom (creating the section if needed).
• If not archived: change the row's status cell from active to sunset.

4. Update the wiki node

Edit Wiki/Companies/{brand_slug}.md:

• status: stale
• last_synthesized: {today}
• Append a brief paragraph: Sunset {today}: {reason}.
• Update wikilink path if the brand was archived (<a class="wikilink wikilink-broken" href="#">Brands/_archive/{brand_slug}/...</a>).

5. Append Log entry

Via log-operation:

• agent: ea-orchestrator
• skill: offboard-brand
• input: {brand_slug}, reason={reason}, archive={archive}
• output: archived path or current path
• artifacts: <a class="wikilink wikilink-broken" href="#">Wiki/Companies/{brand_slug}</a>
• notes: must include the reason

Failure modes

• Active project references the brand: stop, list referencing projects, ask Adam.
• Wikilinks broken after archive move: flag in next lint-wiki run; this skill should pre-flight check and update its known link patterns, but linting catches drift.
• _archive/ folder missing: create it. (One-line fix; don't surface as error.)

Hard rules

• Never delete files. Sunset = move + mark, not destroy.
• Always log the reason. A sunset without reason is meaningless future-context loss.
• If unsure whether to archive vs soft-sunset, default to soft-sunset (status change only). Adam can run offboard-brand again with archive: true later.