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+# using-yt-tools-rate-limit-guard
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+## Decision trail
+
+### consult 1 — 2026-06-08T12:58:42.510Z
+- question: The task [using-yt-tools-rate-limit-guard] (registered in claude-skills/.tasks) says to add a "don't batch requests at YouTube" rule to `claude-skills/skills/using-yt-tools/SKILL.md`. But since the task was created (2026-05-31), that file became a deprecated inert stub — the canonical skill content migrated to the OpeItcLoc03/yt-tools plugin repo (~/projects/yt-tools/, v0.6.0). Should I apply the fix in the plugin repo (the only place it has effect) instead of the dead stub, commit there, and update the task accordingly?
+- blast_radius: cross-cutting
+- decided_by: human-required
+- ruling: —
+- rationale: escalated: consult_policy=human-only routes any consult straight to a human (arbiter + round-table skipped)
+- escalation_chain: brief → consult-policy:human-only