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@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ override it:
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- **Bounded** — a well-scoped change to an existing, understood flow: a
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new flag, a small endpoint, a one-file fix. Ask the clarifying
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questions that matter, present a short design IN CHAT (a few
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- sentences to a few short paragraphs), and get approval. No spec
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- file, no implementation plan document.
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+ sentences to a few short paragraphs), and STOP. Implementation
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+ starts only after your human partner says yes to that design — a
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+ bounded task's approval is as hard a gate as an architectural
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+ one. No spec file, no implementation plan document.
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- **Architectural** — new projects, new subsystems, changes that
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restructure how components fit together or alter interfaces others
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depend on. Follow the full process: questions, approaches, sectioned
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@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ artifact, never the approval.
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| "This is too simple to need a design" | Simple means a short design, not no design. Two sentences in chat, then approval. |
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| "I'll call it bounded and skip the spec" | Reaching for a label to skip work IS the doubt — take the heavier path. |
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+| "It's bounded and the design is obvious — I'll start while they read it" | The gate is the approval, not the design's length. Present, then stop until you hear yes. |
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| "The spike works, so I'll keep the code" | A spike's output is an answer. Keeping the code is a new request — classify it. |
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| "It grew, but I'm almost done — no need to re-classify" | Hidden complexity upgrades the path mid-task. Stop and say so. |
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| "They approved the spike, so the follow-up change is approved too" | Each task gets its own classification and its own approval. |
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@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ your path and complete them in order.
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1. **Explore project context** — check files, docs, recent commits
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2. **Ask clarifying questions** — one at a time, the ones that matter
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3. **Present short design in chat** — approach, files touched, testing
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-4. **Get approval** — explicit, before any implementation
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+4. **Get approval** — STOP and wait for an explicit yes; presenting the design and starting in the same breath is skipping the gate
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5. **Implement** — proceed with the normal development workflow (TDD applies); no plan document
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**Architectural:**
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