Start required local services without changing configuration

skills/references/execution-scope.md

@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ For chat and durable reports, read [talking with the owner](talking-with-the-own
   edits overlap or ownership cannot be established, rather than treating every
   dirty checkout as a blocker. Isolation does not relax protected-branch or
   runtime-checkout rules.
+- When a task depends on a local service or app on this machine that is not
+  running, start it without asking and record what you started and why in the
+  task's PR or issue when posting is authorized, otherwise in the task report.
+  Ask first if startup affects another person, a remote or production system,
+  or paid resources, or if those effects cannot be determined; reuse approval
+  that already covers those effects. Use a start action that leaves login
+  startup behavior, machine settings, and service configuration unchanged. If
+  startup fails, report the failure and any workaround. Leave fixes for why it
+  was not running to follow-up issues under existing planning and posting
+  authority; when no issue write is authorized, include the proposed follow-up
+  in the task report.
 - Run checks required by the repository and affected behavior. Reuse passing
   evidence for the same revision and environment; broaden or repeat checks when
   changes, failures, or unresolved risk justify it. Report missing required