@codyswann/lisa 2.282.0 → 2.284.0
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- package/all/create-only/.lisa/DEPENDENCY_DECISIONS.md +175 -0
- package/dist/core/upstream-evidence-manifest.d.ts.map +1 -1
- package/dist/core/upstream-evidence-manifest.js +28 -2
- package/dist/core/upstream-evidence-manifest.js.map +1 -1
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa/.codex-plugin/skills/lisa-task-decomposition/SKILL.md +26 -0
- package/plugins/lisa/rules/eager/dependency-decision-records.md +32 -0
- package/plugins/lisa/rules/eager/dependency-trust-classes.md +43 -0
- package/plugins/lisa/rules/reference/dependency-decision-records.md +140 -0
- package/plugins/lisa/rules/reference/dependency-trust-classes.md +243 -0
- package/plugins/lisa/skills/lisa-task-decomposition/SKILL.md +26 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-agy/skills/lisa-task-decomposition/SKILL.md +26 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-cdk/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-cdk/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-cdk-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-cdk-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-cdk-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-copilot/rules/eager/dependency-decision-records.md +32 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-copilot/rules/eager/dependency-trust-classes.md +43 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-copilot/rules/reference/dependency-decision-records.md +140 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-copilot/rules/reference/dependency-trust-classes.md +243 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-copilot/skills/lisa-task-decomposition/SKILL.md +26 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-cursor/rules/dependency-decision-records-reference.mdc +145 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-cursor/rules/dependency-decision-records.mdc +37 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-cursor/rules/dependency-trust-classes-reference.mdc +248 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-cursor/rules/dependency-trust-classes.mdc +48 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-cursor/skills/lisa-task-decomposition/SKILL.md +26 -0
- package/plugins/lisa-expo/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-expo/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-expo-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-expo-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-expo-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-harper-fabric/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-harper-fabric/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-harper-fabric-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-harper-fabric-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-harper-fabric-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-nestjs/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-nestjs/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-nestjs-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-nestjs-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-nestjs-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-openclaw/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-openclaw/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-openclaw-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-openclaw-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-openclaw-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-phaser/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-phaser/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-phaser-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-phaser-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-phaser-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-rails/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-rails/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-rails-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-rails-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-rails-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-typescript/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-typescript/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-typescript-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-typescript-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-typescript-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-wiki/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-wiki/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-wiki-agy/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-wiki-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/lisa-wiki-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/src/base/rules/eager/dependency-decision-records.md +32 -0
- package/plugins/src/base/rules/eager/dependency-trust-classes.md +43 -0
- package/plugins/src/base/rules/reference/dependency-decision-records.md +140 -0
- package/plugins/src/base/rules/reference/dependency-trust-classes.md +243 -0
- package/plugins/src/base/skills/lisa-task-decomposition/SKILL.md +26 -0
- package/ui/index.html +195 -43
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# Dependency Decisions (load-bearing)
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Material dependencies are recorded as decisions, not lockfile trivia. The
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governed record is `.lisa/DEPENDENCY_DECISIONS.md`, seeded once by `lisa apply`
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from the `all/create-only` template surface and never overwritten afterward.
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real time to replace. Each record entry must name, in this order: why we keep it
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in plain language, what it is, its owned capability, trust basis, exposure,
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date. Field labels lead with the operator's question and keep the technical term
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in parentheses. "Why we keep it" comes first on purpose — an entry that opens
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with a version range opens with the trivia the record exists to replace.
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update its entry in the same change. When you cannot name the detection evidence
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that would fail if an update broke the owned capability, write "nothing would
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catch it" rather than inventing a check — the gap is the finding.
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kept and what evidence would detect a bad update. Lead with the outcome it
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protects, not the mechanism.
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can add one without rewriting the file. An honest gap is written as
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upgrade, or when the trust basis names no maintainer or owner.
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# Dependency Trust Classes (load-bearing)
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the answer to the decision record's "Why we believe it's safe (trust basis)"
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field in `.lisa/DEPENDENCY_DECISIONS.md` — it says why we can trust a *kind* of
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dependency, so each entry does not re-argue trust from scratch.
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Each class fixes five review inputs: capability owner, update cadence, detection
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evidence, replacement-cost threshold, and whether product/human ratification is
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required. Higher exposure and lower trust buy stronger evidence and mandatory
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ratification, not weaker: runtime-critical service clients always need human
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takes the decision away from the agent. A class definition that cannot say what
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the same change. A proposal with no named class is not ready to build.
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**why** a dependency is in the project at all, what capability it owns, how much
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blast radius it has, or what would fail if a bad update shipped. Dependency
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operator can read, instead of package-manager trivia only an engineer can
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## Where the record lives
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- Every project that runs `lisa apply` receives the scaffold, regardless of
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stack — the record is stack-independent because dependency posture is.
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so a long record is never injected raw into every session. Agents read the
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entry they need, when they need it.
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a non-technical operator has to make a keep/replace/escalate judgment. A machine
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## What an entry must name
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because the record's primary reader is looking for an answer, not a term:
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- **Why we keep it** — plain-language reason, written for a non-technical
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reader, leading with the outcome it protects. This is deliberately the FIRST
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- **What it is (dependency)** — package or service, plus the version range in
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- **What it does for us (owned capability)** — the single capability the
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