From f04f641b9c8fb4965db749d3d2468b4a2ffbfbad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anthonydresser <anthonydresser@stripe.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:03:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] remove connect-recommend carve out

---
 .github/workflows/guard-skills.yml | 4 ----
 providers/README.md                | 3 ---
 scripts/sync.js                    | 4 ----
 3 files changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/guard-skills.yml b/.github/workflows/guard-skills.yml
index 592a509b..a9e9f419 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/guard-skills.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/guard-skills.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,9 @@ on:
       - 'skills/**'
       - '!skills/README.md'
       - 'providers/claude/plugin/skills/**'
-      - '!providers/claude/plugin/skills/connect-recommend/**'
       - 'providers/codex/plugin/skills/**'
-      - '!providers/codex/plugin/skills/connect-recommend/**'
       - 'providers/cursor/plugin/skills/**'
-      - '!providers/cursor/plugin/skills/connect-recommend/**'
       - 'providers/grok/plugin/skills/**'
-      - '!providers/grok/plugin/skills/connect-recommend/**'
 
 jobs:
   block:
diff --git a/providers/README.md b/providers/README.md
index c6c424bd..a4e8f73d 100644
--- a/providers/README.md
+++ b/providers/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@ Skills in `providers/*/plugin/skills/` are automatically synced from [docs.strip
 
 To manually trigger a sync, go to the [workflow page](https://github.com/stripe/agent-toolkit/actions/workflows/sync-skills.yml) and click "Run workflow".
 
-## Local-only skills
-
-`connect-recommend` is maintained per provider (not overwritten by the docs.stripe.com sync). Provider-specific wiring (subagent spawn, tool names, path tokens) lives there. Do not move Connect recommendation logic into the synced skill set without updating `LOCAL_SKILLS` in `scripts/sync.js`.
 
diff --git a/scripts/sync.js b/scripts/sync.js
index 2cf24f72..e3f1e85d 100644
--- a/scripts/sync.js
+++ b/scripts/sync.js
@@ -26,15 +26,11 @@ const fetchManifest = () => {
 
 const PRESERVE_FILES = new Set(["README.md", ".gitkeep"]);
 const OMIT_FILES = new Set(["metadata.yaml"]);
-// Skills that are locally managed and should not be removed during sync.
-// Add skill directory names here to protect them from being cleaned up.
-const LOCAL_SKILLS = new Set(["connect-recommend"]);
 
 const cleanDirectory = async (dir) => {
   const entries = await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
   for (const entry of entries) {
     if (PRESERVE_FILES.has(entry.name)) continue;
-    if (entry.isDirectory() && LOCAL_SKILLS.has(entry.name)) continue;
     await fs.rm(path.join(dir, entry.name), { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 };