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+ description: A standalone adversarial PLAN-review loop where Claude Code (builder) and OpenAI Codex (read-only critic) tag-team an implementation plan before any code is written. Use this when you ALREADY have a plan or a clear idea and just want the cross-model stress-test — no requirements interview first. Claude drafts/loads the plan into PLAN.md, Codex reviews it in a read-only sandbox and returns VERDICT:APPROVED or VERDICT:REVISE, Claude revises and re-submits to the SAME Codex session (context preserved) until APPROVED or a configurable MAX_ROUNDS cap is hit. Human approves the converged plan before code. Use when the user says "/codex-review", "codex review my plan", "have Codex review my plan", "argue this plan with Codex", "adversarial plan review", "make Claude and Codex argue/fight over the plan", or is about to build something high-stakes (auth, schema, concurrency, migrations, payments) and wants a second-model sanity check on the PLAN before implementation. For a guided requirements interview BEFORE the review, use /grill-me-codex instead. NOT for reviewing already-written CODE (that is the Codex plugin's /codex:review) and NOT for trivial changes.
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+ - **Echo the active model before Round 1** so the user can confirm: read the `model` line from `~/.codex/config.toml` (absent = "CLI default"); state it alongside the resolved tunables. If the user objects, stop before burning a round.
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+ - **Sandbox flag differs between the two commands.** `codex exec` accepts `-s read-only`. `codex exec resume` does NOT — it rejects `-s` ("unexpected argument"). On resume you MUST force read-only via `-c sandbox_mode="read-only"`, because `config.toml` may default `sandbox_mode` to `danger-full-access` (+ `approval_policy="never"`) — which would let Codex WRITE files mid-loop. This is the single most important safety detail in this skill: verified end-to-end on 2026-06-04.
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+
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+ ## Tunable variables (read from skill args, else default)
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+
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+ | Var | Default | Meaning |
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+ | `MAX_ROUNDS` | `5` | Hard cap on review rounds. The loop ALWAYS terminates at this. |
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+ | `PLAN_FILE` | `PLAN.md` | Where the evolving plan lives (repo root). |
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+ | `LOG_FILE` | `PLAN-REVIEW-LOG.md` | Append-only transcript of the argument (every round's critique + what changed). The artifact. |
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+ If the user invoked the skill with an argument like `rounds=3`, use that for `MAX_ROUNDS`. Echo the resolved values back before starting.
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+
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+ ## Flow
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+
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+ ### Step 0 — Kickoff (human gate #1)
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+
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+ The invocation itself is the kickoff. Confirm scope in one line: what is being planned. If the user gave no task, ask for it (one question). Then proceed — do NOT ask for approval round-by-round; that comes at the end.
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+ ### Step 1 — Claude plans
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+ Do real planning: read the relevant code, think through the approach, surface decisions and tradeoffs. Then write the plan to `PLAN_FILE` in this structure:
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+ > **Where to write it:** `PLAN.md` + `PLAN-REVIEW-LOG.md` are per-session scratch — write them in the working directory the implementing session will actually use, and run Codex from there (`-C <dir>` on the round-1 `exec`; `exec resume` rejects both `-C` and `-s`, so run resume from that cwd and force read-only via `-c sandbox_mode="read-only"`). A project may gitignore these files, so don't rely on git to carry them across checkouts/worktrees. In worktree-based repos, create the issue worktree BEFORE this write and plan inside it.
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+ ```markdown
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+ # Plan: <task>
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+ _Round 0 — initial draft by Claude_
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+
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+ ## Goal
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+ <one paragraph>
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+
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+ ## Approach
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+ <numbered steps, concrete>
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+
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+ ## Key decisions & tradeoffs
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+ <the contestable choices — name them explicitly so Codex has something to bite>
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+ ## Risks / open questions
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+ <what you're unsure about>
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+
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+ ## Out of scope
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+ <bounds>
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+ ```
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+ Initialize `LOG_FILE`:
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+ ```markdown
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+ # Plan Review Log: <task>
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+ Started <stamp the user's local time if known, else "session start">. MAX_ROUNDS=<n>.
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+ ```
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+ Show the user the plan inline and say you're sending it to Codex for adversarial review.
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+
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+ ### Step 2 — The loop
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+
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+ Maintain `ROUND` (start 1) and `THREAD_ID` (empty until round 1 returns).
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+
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+ **The review prompt** sent to Codex each round (adjust the task line):
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+ > You are an adversarial reviewer for an implementation plan. Be skeptical and specific — your job is to find what breaks, not to be agreeable. Read the plan at `PLAN.md` (and any repo files you need; you are read-only). Identify concrete flaws: security holes, race conditions, missing edge cases, schema conflicts, wrong assumptions, observability gaps, simpler alternatives. For each, give a one-line fix. Do NOT modify any files. End your reply with EXACTLY one line: `VERDICT: APPROVED` if the plan is sound enough to implement, or `VERDICT: REVISE` if it still has material problems.
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+ **Round 1** (creates the session — capture `thread_id`):
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+ Stream `--json` to a FILE, never pipe to `grep` — `codex exec --json | grep` deadlocks on codex-cli ≥0.137. **Always launch with `< /dev/null`** — a backgrounded `codex exec … &` without it blocks on stdin and sits at **0 CPU / 0 bytes** forever (the #1 cause of the "silent hang"; verified 2026-06-09). Background it so a **90s liveness probe** still catches a genuine sandbox deadlock.
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+ ```bash
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+ CODEX_TMP="/tmp/codex-$(pwd | sha1sum | cut -c1-8)"; mkdir -p "$CODEX_TMP" # run-unique per worktree cwd: STABLE across round-1+resume turns, collision-free under parallel sessions
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+ codex exec -s read-only --json -o $CODEX_TMP/verdict.txt "$(cat REVIEW_PROMPT)" \
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+ < /dev/null > $CODEX_TMP/r1.jsonl 2>/dev/null &
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+ CODEX_PID=$!
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+ sleep 90 # liveness probe (REQUIRED)
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+ if kill -0 "$CODEX_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
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+ CPU=$(ps -o time= -p "$CODEX_PID" 2>/dev/null | tr -dc '0-9:') # cumulative CPU, e.g. 00:00:00
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+ BYTES=$(wc -c < $CODEX_TMP/r1.jsonl 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
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+ if [ "${CPU:-00:00:00}" = "00:00:00" ] && [ "${BYTES:-0}" -eq 0 ]; then
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+ kill -9 "$CODEX_PID" 2>/dev/null; echo "CODEX-HUNG" # alive + 0 CPU + 0 bytes = blocked, NOT working
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+ fi
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+ fi
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+ wait "$CODEX_PID" 2>/dev/null
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+ THREAD_ID=$(grep -o '"thread_id":"[^"]*"' $CODEX_TMP/r1.jsonl | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f4)
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+ ```
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+ - **`CODEX-HUNG` printed** (alive + 0 CPU + 0 bytes at 90s) → **first suspect the stdin block**: confirm the launch has `< /dev/null` and retry. That fixes it in nearly every case. **NEVER `pgrep`/`kill` codex procs to "clear contention"** — that murders the user's live, unrelated codex sessions and does **not** fix a stdin hang. Only if `< /dev/null` is present and it still hangs (genuine sandbox deadlock) → **STOP**: tell the user, offer to proceed without the cross-model review or retry once. Don't touch other codex processes.
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+ - **Healthy:** CPU climbs past `00:00:00` and/or `$CODEX_TMP/r1.jsonl` grows; `THREAD_ID` parses; critique lands in `$CODEX_TMP/verdict.txt`. `2>/dev/null` hides cosmetic MCP/auth noise.
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+ - **Clean finish but no verdict file + no `THREAD_ID`** = auth/model failure → stop, tell the user.
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+
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+ **Rounds 2..MAX** (resume the SAME session — Codex remembers its earlier critiques, won't re-litigate settled points):
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+ ```bash
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+ # NOTE: resume rejects -s. Force read-only via -c sandbox_mode, or Codex
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+ # inherits config.toml (possibly danger-full-access) and could write files.
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+ CODEX_TMP="/tmp/codex-$(pwd | sha1sum | cut -c1-8)"; mkdir -p "$CODEX_TMP" # run-unique per worktree cwd: STABLE across round-1+resume turns, collision-free under parallel sessions
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+ codex exec resume "$THREAD_ID" -c sandbox_mode="read-only" --json \
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+ -o $CODEX_TMP/verdict.txt \
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+ "I revised the plan. Re-review PLAN.md. Same rules. End with VERDICT: APPROVED or VERDICT: REVISE." \
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+ < /dev/null 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &
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+ ```
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+ Wrap resume in the **same 90s liveness probe** (background + `wait`). Resume discards the `--json` stream, so probe on the verdict file: `BYTES=$(wc -c < $CODEX_TMP/verdict.txt)` plus the `CPU` check — `00:00:00` CPU + empty verdict at 90s → kill, treat as `CODEX-HUNG`, same STOP path as round 1.
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+ **Overall ceiling (both rounds):** the 90s probe catches silent hangs, not long stuck runs. Cap every `codex exec` / `codex exec resume` at **10 minutes** — via Claude Code's Bash tool pass `timeout: 600000` on the tool call (the default 2-minute tool timeout would kill real reviews mid-run); in a plain shell prefix `timeout 600` (macOS: `gtimeout 600` via coreutils). If the ceiling trips, treat it as a failed round: stop and tell the user rather than retrying blind.
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+ Both `codex exec` and `codex exec resume` support `--json` (stream → parse `thread_id` first round) and `-o/--output-last-message` (verdict capture).
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+ **Each round, after Codex returns:**
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+ 1. Read `$CODEX_TMP/verdict.txt`. Append to `LOG_FILE`: `## Round <n> — Codex` + the full critique.
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+ 2. Grep the last line for the verdict token.
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+ - `VERDICT: APPROVED` → break the loop, go to Step 3 (converged).
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+ - `VERDICT: REVISE` → Claude reads the critique, decides **what's actually worth acting on** (Claude has final say — Codex advises, it does not command). Revise `PLAN_FILE`. Append to `LOG_FILE`: `### Claude's response` + what you changed and what you rejected and why. Increment `ROUND`.
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+ 3. If `ROUND > MAX_ROUNDS` → break to Step 3 (deadlock).
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+
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+ ### Step 3 — Resolution (human gate #2)
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+ **If APPROVED:** Present to the user — the final `PLAN_FILE`, a 3-bullet summary of what the argument improved, and the round count. Ask: *"Plan survived N rounds of Codex. Implement it now — Codex builds it (`/codex-build`), Claude builds it, or stop here?"* Only on a yes is code written. **No code is written during the loop.** If the user picks Codex, invoke the `codex-build` skill with `SPEC_FILE=PLAN.md` and the same `LOG_FILE` — roles flip (Codex writes in a bounded workspace-write sandbox, Claude reviews the diff) and the build rounds append to the same log.
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+ **If MAX_ROUNDS hit without APPROVED (deadlock):** Do NOT pretend it converged. Surface the unresolved disagreements explicitly: list each point Codex still flags and Claude's counter-position. Hand it to the human to break the tie. This is a legitimate, useful outcome — a flagged disagreement beats a false "approved."
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+ ## Hard rules
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+ - Codex is read-only EVERY round — `-s read-only` for the first call, `-c sandbox_mode="read-only"` for every resume (resume has no `-s`). It never writes. If you're tempted to give it write access, stop — that's a different skill.
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+ - The loop ALWAYS terminates at `MAX_ROUNDS`. No unbounded recursion.
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+ - Claude is the final arbiter on every REVISE — incorporate good critiques, reject bad ones *with a reason logged*. Don't cave to Codex on everything (that defeats the cross-model check) and don't ignore it (that defeats the point).
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+ - Code only after human gate #2.
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+ - `LOG_FILE` is the deliverable — it tells the whole story of the argument. Keep it complete.
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+
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+ ## What NOT to do
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+ - Don't use this to review existing code — that's `/codex:review`.
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+ - Don't pin a `-codex` model variant on ChatGPT-account auth — it 400s.
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+ - Don't skip the log — the argument transcript is the most valuable artifact.
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+ - Don't let Codex edit files. Read-only, always.
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+ # Third-Party Notices
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+
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+ ## codex-review (the Codex adversarial loop)
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+
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+ This skill (the standalone iterative Codex adversarial plan-review loop) is adapted
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+ from **codex-review** by **Chase AI**, from https://github.com/chaseai-yt/grill-me-codex,
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+ used under the MIT License. Our copy has since diverged from that template.
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+ ```
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+ MIT License
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+
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Chase AI
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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+ SOFTWARE.
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+ ```
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+ ---
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+ name: decision-gate
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+ description: Resolve a bounded trade-off choice or a targeted research gap with read-only investigation, a documented weigh-up, and a reasoned decision. Use when a plan or slice hinges on a concrete "which option" choice or a "need to research this first" gap that is above a binary yes/no fact (verify-spike) but below a high-stakes, hard-to-reverse, ADR-worthy decision (grill-with-docs-codex). Output is a trade-off table plus a justified pick sunk into an ADR/issue/comment. NOT for binary fact-checks (verify-spike), open-ended design feel (prototype), or bug root-cause (diagnose).
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Decision Gate
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+
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+ A decision-gate resolves **a bounded "which option" choice — or a targeted research gap — with evidence, not a hunch.** You have two or more candidate approaches (or one approach you cannot yet commit to), the call is small enough that a full design-grill is overkill, but it is more than a single yes/no fact. The gate makes the choice **documented and defensible** instead of decided in your head.
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+ This is the "Architecture Decisions — best-practice first" rule at small scale: when a slice carries a real trade-off or an unresearched assumption, do the read-only legwork, lay the options side by side, and write down the pick with its reasons before any build slice depends on it.
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+
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+ ## When this and not another skill
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+
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+ <!-- mirror-xform:start codex-escalation -->
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+ | You are deciding… | Skill |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | "Which of these options, given these trade-offs?" / "I need to research this before I can choose." (bounded, sub-grill) | **decision-gate** |
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+ | "Is this one fact true against the real lib / runtime / DB / platform?" (binary yes/no) | `verify-spike` |
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+ | "Is this high-stakes / hard-to-reverse / ADR-worthy?" (auth, schema, concurrency, migrations, payments) | `grill-with-docs-codex` |
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+ | "Does this design / state model / UI feel right?" (open-ended exploration) | `prototype` |
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+ | "Why is this broken / slow?" (root-cause of a known defect) | `diagnose` |
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+ <!-- mirror-xform:end -->
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+ <!-- mirror-xform:start codex-escalation -->
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+ Threshold check, both directions: if the choice is **binary and empirically settleable**, drop down to `verify-spike`. If it is **high-stakes or hard-to-reverse** (a central seam, a one-way door, an ADR), escalate up to `grill-with-docs-codex` — do not let a real architecture decision hide in a decision-gate.
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+ <!-- mirror-xform:end -->
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+
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+ ## Placement — which altitude owns a decision
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+ Deciding *when* to run a decision-gate is one question; deciding *where a choice
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+ gets resolved* is a separate one. This skill is the **single owner** of that
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+ placement rule — `to-waves`'s program-grill agenda, `to-issues`'s gate-slice
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+ placement note, and a `validate-graph` structural-suspicion warning all
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+ **reference** this rule; none of them re-state it.
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+
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+ > A decision is resolved at the altitude whose cut it changes — at that
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+ > altitude's lock point, never as a work item inside it.
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+
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+ - A phase/wave cut → resolved at the program's macro-grill, before the wave
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+ plan locks.
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+ - A slice cut → resolved at the feature-grill (`grill-with-docs`/`to-prd`/
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+ `to-issues`), before the slice table locks.
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+ - A question local to one slice → a gate slice (this skill or `verify-spike`)
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+ or an inline call — it never needs to escalate upward.
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+ A structure-bearing decision surfacing **inside** a build slice — a gate slice
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+ whose dependents reach outside its own slice or wave — is a misplacement, not
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+ a normal case: push it back up to the altitude whose cut it actually changes,
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+ instead of quietly resolving it wherever it happened to surface.
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+
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+ ## Steps
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+ 1. **Frame the options and the criteria.** Name the competing approaches (or the single unresearched approach) as a short list, and the axes the choice turns on — e.g. complexity, blast radius, performance, reversibility, fit with existing patterns. Write down what "good" looks like on each axis *before* you research, so the pick is not retrofitted to a foregone conclusion.
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+ 2. **Research/measure read-only, per option.** Gather evidence for each option against the real thing — read the consuming code (`grep`/Read), the actual lib/runtime behaviour, an official doc/best-practice source, or a quick throwaway measurement. Borrow the feedback-loop toolkit from `diagnose` Phase 1 for any measurement. Read-only: no schema/migration/shared-state writes; if you need numbers, measure against a scratch read, never mutate.
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+ 3. **Lay it out as a trade-off table.** Options × criteria, one row per option, with a **cited cell** (a `file:line`, a measured value, a doc link) — not an adjective. An empty or hand-waved cell means that option is not actually researched yet.
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+ 4. **Decide and sink it durably, with reasons inline.** State the chosen option and *why it wins on the criteria that matter*, plus what you consciously traded away. Sink it where the decision lives — an ADR (if it grew ADR-worthy, reconsider escalating), the issue body, the plan, or a PR comment — with the trade-off evidence attached so a later reader trusts the pick without redoing the research.
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+ 5. **Delete throwaway measurement code.** Any scratch probe built in step 2 is thrown away (or folded into real code). The *decision + its table* is the only keeper; nothing throwaway rots in the repo (`prototype`'s closing rule).
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+ ## Rules
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+ 1. **Read-only.** No schema changes, no migrations, no writes to a shared/prod resource. Research and measurement only; a DB question hits a read or a scratch row.
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+ 2. **Evidence per cell, not assertion.** "Option A is faster/cleaner" is not a trade-off — the measured number, the `file:line`, the doc is. A table of adjectives is an unresearched guess in a table costume.
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+ 3. **Decide — do not just survey.** The output is a *pick with reasons*, not a neutral menu. Name what you traded away so the runner-up's strengths are on record. A genuine tie on the criteria that matter is a finding, not a license to coin-flip: default to the most reversible option and say why, or surface the tie to the user as an outcome question.
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+ 4. **Scope honestly.** The decision holds for the options and context you weighed. State that scope so a new option or a changed constraint re-opens the gate instead of inheriting a stale pick.
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+ <!-- mirror-xform:start codex-escalation -->
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+ 5. **Respect the threshold.** Mid-gate, if it turns high-stakes or hard-to-reverse → stop and escalate to `grill-with-docs-codex`; if it collapses to one binary fact → drop to `verify-spike`. The gate is for the bounded middle, not a place to quietly settle a big decision.
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+ ---
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+ name: diagnose
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+ description: Disciplined diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Reproduce → minimise → hypothesise → instrument → fix → regression-test. Use when user says "diagnose this" / "debug this", reports a bug, says something is broken/throwing/failing, or describes a performance regression.
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Diagnose
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+ > **Skill identity (don't get confused):** the folder `diagnose` + invocation `/diagnose` map to Matt Pocock's upstream skill **`diagnosing-bugs`**. Upstream renamed `diagnose` → `diagnosing-bugs`; we deliberately keep the folder name `diagnose` (invocation stability `/diagnose`). Content = upstream `diagnosing-bugs` @ `7a83a3a`, locally adapted (description kept with full trigger coverage). Provenance/rename ledger: `docs/agents/provenance.md` (§Re-Sync-Log), at the project root.
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+ A discipline for hard bugs. Skip phases only when explicitly justified.
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+ When exploring the codebase, read `CONTEXT.md` (if it exists) to get a clear mental model of the relevant modules, and check ADRs in the area you're touching.
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+ ## Phase 1 — Build a feedback loop
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+ **This is the skill.** Everything else is mechanical. If you have a **tight** pass/fail signal for the bug — one that goes red on _this_ bug — you will find the cause; bisection, hypothesis-testing, and instrumentation all just consume it. If you don't have one, no amount of staring at code will save you.
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+ Spend disproportionate effort here. **Be aggressive. Be creative. Refuse to give up.**
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+ ### Ways to construct one — try them in roughly this order
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+ 1. **Failing test** at whatever seam reaches the bug — unit, integration, e2e.
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+ 2. **Curl / HTTP script** against a running dev server.
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+ 3. **CLI invocation** with a fixture input, diffing stdout against a known-good snapshot.
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+ 4. **Headless browser script** (Playwright / Puppeteer) — drives the UI, asserts on DOM/console/network.
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+ 5. **Replay a captured trace.** Save a real network request / payload / event log to disk; replay it through the code path in isolation.
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+ 6. **Throwaway harness.** Spin up a minimal subset of the system (one service, mocked deps) that exercises the bug code path with a single function call.
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+ 7. **Property / fuzz loop.** If the bug is "sometimes wrong output", run 1000 random inputs and look for the failure mode.
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+ 8. **Bisection harness.** If the bug appeared between two known states (commit, dataset, version), automate "boot at state X, check, repeat" so you can `git bisect run` it.
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+ 9. **Differential loop.** Run the same input through old-version vs new-version (or two configs) and diff outputs.
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+ 10. **HITL bash script.** Last resort. If a human must click, drive _them_ with `scripts/hitl-loop.template.sh` so the loop is still structured. Captured output feeds back to you.
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+ Build the right feedback loop, and the bug is 90% fixed.
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+ ### Tighten the loop
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+ Treat the loop as a product. Once you have _a_ loop, **tighten** it:
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+ - Can I make it faster? (Cache setup, skip unrelated init, narrow the test scope.)
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+ - Can I make the signal sharper? (Assert on the specific symptom, not "didn't crash".)
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+ - Can I make it more deterministic? (Pin time, seed RNG, isolate filesystem, freeze network.)
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+ A 30-second flaky loop is barely better than no loop; a 2-second deterministic one is tight — a debugging superpower.
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+ ### Non-deterministic bugs
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+ The goal is not a clean repro but a **higher reproduction rate**. Loop the trigger 100×, parallelise, add stress, narrow timing windows, inject sleeps. A 50%-flake bug is debuggable; 1% is not — keep raising the rate until it's debuggable.
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+ ### When you genuinely cannot build a loop
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+ Stop and say so explicitly. List what you tried. Ask the user for: (a) access to whatever environment reproduces it, (b) a captured artifact (HAR file, log dump, core dump, screen recording with timestamps), or (c) permission to add temporary production instrumentation. Do **not** proceed to hypothesise without a loop.
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+ ### Completion criterion — a tight loop that goes red
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+ Phase 1 is done when the loop is **tight** and **red-capable**: you can name **one command** — a script path, a test invocation, a curl — that you have **already run at least once** (paste the invocation and its output), and that is:
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+ - [ ] **Red-capable** — it drives the actual bug code path and asserts the **user's exact symptom**, so it can go red on this bug and green once fixed. Not "runs without erroring" — it must be able to _catch this specific bug_.
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+ - [ ] **Deterministic** — same verdict every run (flaky bugs: a pinned, high reproduction rate, per above).
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+ - [ ] **Fast** — seconds, not minutes.
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+ - [ ] **Agent-runnable** — you can run it unattended; a human in the loop only via `scripts/hitl-loop.template.sh`.
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+ If you catch yourself reading code to build a theory before this command exists, **stop — jumping straight to a hypothesis is the exact failure this skill prevents.** No red-capable command, no Phase 2.
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+ ## Phase 2 — Reproduce + minimise
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+ Run the loop. Watch it go red — the bug appears.
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+ - [ ] The loop produces the failure mode the **user** described — not a different failure that happens to be nearby. Wrong bug = wrong fix.
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+ - [ ] The failure is reproducible across multiple runs (or, for non-deterministic bugs, reproducible at a high enough rate to debug against).
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+ - [ ] You have captured the exact symptom (error message, wrong output, slow timing) so later phases can verify the fix actually addresses it.
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+ ### Minimise
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+ Why bother: a minimal repro shrinks the hypothesis space in Phase 3 (fewer moving parts left to suspect) and becomes the clean regression test in Phase 5.
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+ Done when **every remaining element is load-bearing** — removing any one of them makes the loop go green.
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+ Do not proceed until you have reproduced **and** minimised.
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+ ## Phase 3 — Hypothesise
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+ Generate **3–5 ranked hypotheses** before testing any of them. Single-hypothesis generation anchors on the first plausible idea.
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+ Each hypothesis must be **falsifiable**: state the prediction it makes.
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+ > Format: "If <X> is the cause, then <changing Y> will make the bug disappear / <changing Z> will make it worse."
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+ If you cannot state the prediction, the hypothesis is a vibe — discard or sharpen it.
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+ **Show the ranked list to the user before testing.** They often have domain knowledge that re-ranks instantly ("we just deployed a change to #3"), or know hypotheses they've already ruled out. Cheap checkpoint, big time saver. Don't block on it — proceed with your ranking if the user is AFK.
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+ ## Phase 4 — Instrument
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+ Each probe must map to a specific prediction from Phase 3. **Change one variable at a time.**
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+ Tool preference:
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+ 1. **Debugger / REPL inspection** if the env supports it. One breakpoint beats ten logs.
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+ 2. **Targeted logs** at the boundaries that distinguish hypotheses.
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+ 3. Never "log everything and grep".
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+ **Tag every debug log** with a unique prefix, e.g. `[DEBUG-a4f2]`. Cleanup at the end becomes a single grep. Untagged logs survive; tagged logs die.
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+ **Perf branch.** For performance regressions, logs are usually wrong. Instead: establish a baseline measurement (timing harness, `performance.now()`, profiler, query plan), then bisect. Measure first, fix second.
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+ ## Phase 5 — Fix + regression test
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+ Write the regression test **before the fix** — but only if there is a **correct seam** for it.
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+ A correct seam is one where the test exercises the **real bug pattern** as it occurs at the call site. If the only available seam is too shallow (single-caller test when the bug needs multiple callers, unit test that can't replicate the chain that triggered the bug), a regression test there gives false confidence.
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+ **If no correct seam exists, that itself is the finding.** Note it. The codebase architecture is preventing the bug from being locked down. Flag this for the next phase.
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+ If a correct seam exists:
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+ 1. Turn the minimised repro into a failing test at that seam.
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+ 2. Watch it fail.
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+ 3. Apply the fix.
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+ 4. Watch it pass.
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+ 5. Re-run the Phase 1 feedback loop against the original (un-minimised) scenario.
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+ ## Phase 6 — Cleanup + post-mortem
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+ Required before declaring done:
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+ - [ ] Original repro no longer reproduces (re-run the Phase 1 loop)
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+ - [ ] Regression test passes (or absence of seam is documented)
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+ - [ ] All `[DEBUG-...]` instrumentation removed (`grep` the prefix)
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+ - [ ] Throwaway prototypes deleted (or moved to a clearly-marked debug location)
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+ - [ ] The hypothesis that turned out correct is stated in the commit / PR message — so the next debugger learns
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+ **Then ask: what would have prevented this bug?** If the answer involves architectural change (no good test seam, tangled callers, hidden coupling) hand off to the `/improve-codebase-architecture` skill with the specifics. Make the recommendation **after** the fix is in, not before — you have more information now than when you started.
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+ # Third-Party Notices
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+ This skill is adapted from **Matt Pocock's skills**
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+ (https://github.com/mattpocock/skills), `skills/engineering/diagnosing-bugs` @ d574778, Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock,
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+ used under the MIT License. Locally adapted (fork-and-own); see PROVENANCE.md.
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+ ```
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+ MIT License
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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+ SOFTWARE.
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+ ```
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+ #!/usr/bin/env bash
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+ # Human-in-the-loop reproduction loop.
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+ # Copy this file, edit the steps below, and run it.
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+ # The agent runs the script; the user follows prompts in their terminal.
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+ #
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+ # Usage:
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+ # bash hitl-loop.template.sh
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+ #
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+ # Two helpers:
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+ # step "<instruction>" → show instruction, wait for Enter
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+ # capture VAR "<question>" → show question, read response into VAR
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+ #
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+ # At the end, captured values are printed as KEY=VALUE for the agent to parse.
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+ set -euo pipefail
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+ step() {
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+ printf '\n>>> %s\n' "$1"
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+ read -r -p " [Enter when done] " _
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+ }
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+ capture() {
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+ }
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+ # --- edit below ---------------------------------------------------------
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+ step "Open the app at http://localhost:3000 and sign in."
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+ capture ERRORED "Click the 'Export' button. Did it throw an error? (y/n)"
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+ capture ERROR_MSG "Paste the error message (or 'none'):"
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+ # --- edit above ---------------------------------------------------------
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+ # ADR Format
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+ ADRs live in `docs/adr/` and use sequential numbering: `0001-slug.md`, `0002-slug.md`, etc.
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+ Create the `docs/adr/` directory lazily — only when the first ADR is needed.
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+
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+ ## Template
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+
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+ ```md
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+ # {Short title of the decision}
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+ {1-3 sentences: what's the context, what did we decide, and why.}
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+ ```
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+ That's it. An ADR can be a single paragraph. The value is in recording *that* a decision was made and *why* — not in filling out sections.
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+ ## Optional sections
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+ Only include these when they add genuine value. Most ADRs won't need them.
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+ - **Status** frontmatter (`proposed | accepted | deprecated | superseded by ADR-NNNN`) — useful when decisions are revisited
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+ - **Considered Options** — only when the rejected alternatives are worth remembering
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+ - **Consequences** — only when non-obvious downstream effects need to be called out
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+ ## Numbering
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+ Scan `docs/adr/` for the highest existing number and increment by one.
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+ ## When to offer an ADR
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+ All three of these must be true:
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+ 1. **Hard to reverse** — the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful
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+ 2. **Surprising without context** — a future reader will look at the code and wonder "why on earth did they do it this way?"
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+ 3. **The result of a real trade-off** — there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons
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+ If a decision is easy to reverse, skip it — you'll just reverse it. If it's not surprising, nobody will wonder why. If there was no real alternative, there's nothing to record beyond "we did the obvious thing."
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+ ### What qualifies
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+ - **Architectural shape.** "We're using a monorepo." "The write model is event-sourced, the read model is projected into Postgres."
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+ - **Integration patterns between contexts.** "Ordering and Billing communicate via domain events, not synchronous HTTP."
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+ - **Technology choices that carry lock-in.** Database, message bus, auth provider, deployment target. Not every library — just the ones that would take a quarter to swap out.
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+ - **Boundary and scope decisions.** "Customer data is owned by the Customer context; other contexts reference it by ID only." The explicit no-s are as valuable as the yes-s.
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+ - **Deliberate deviations from the obvious path.** "We're using manual SQL instead of an ORM because X." Anything where a reasonable reader would assume the opposite. These stop the next engineer from "fixing" something that was deliberate.
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+ - **Constraints not visible in the code.** "We can't use AWS because of compliance requirements." "Response times must be under 200ms because of the partner API contract."
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+ - **Rejected alternatives when the rejection is non-obvious.** If you considered GraphQL and picked REST for subtle reasons, record it — otherwise someone will suggest GraphQL again in six months.
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+ # CONTEXT.md Format
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+ ## Structure
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+ ```md
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+ # {Context Name}
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+ ## Language
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+ _Avoid_: Purchase, transaction
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+ A request for payment sent to a customer after delivery.
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+ _Avoid_: Bill, payment request
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+ ```
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+ ## Rules
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+ - **Be opinionated.** When multiple words exist for the same concept, pick the best one and list the others under `_Avoid_`.
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+ - **Keep definitions tight.** One or two sentences max. Define what it IS, not what it does.
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+ - **Only include terms specific to this project's context.** General programming concepts (timeouts, error types, utility patterns) don't belong even if the project uses them extensively. Before adding a term, ask: is this a concept unique to this context, or a general programming concept? Only the former belongs.
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+ - **Group terms under subheadings** when natural clusters emerge. If all terms belong to a single cohesive area, a flat list is fine.
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+ ## Single vs multi-context repos
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+ **Single context (most repos):** One `CONTEXT.md` at the repo root.
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+ **Multiple contexts:** A `CONTEXT-MAP.md` at the repo root lists the contexts, where they live, and how they relate to each other:
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+ ```md
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+ # Context Map
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+ ## Contexts
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+ - [Ordering](./src/ordering/CONTEXT.md) — receives and tracks customer orders
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+ - [Billing](./src/billing/CONTEXT.md) — generates invoices and processes payments
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+ - [Fulfillment](./src/fulfillment/CONTEXT.md) — manages warehouse picking and shipping
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+ ## Relationships
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+ - **Ordering → Fulfillment**: Ordering emits `OrderPlaced` events; Fulfillment consumes them to start picking
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+ - **Fulfillment → Billing**: Fulfillment emits `ShipmentDispatched` events; Billing consumes them to generate invoices
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+ - **Ordering ↔ Billing**: Shared types for `CustomerId` and `Money`
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+ ```
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+ The skill infers which structure applies:
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+ - If `CONTEXT-MAP.md` exists, read it to find contexts
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+ - If only a root `CONTEXT.md` exists, single context
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+ - If neither exists, create a root `CONTEXT.md` lazily when the first term is resolved
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+ ---
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+ name: domain-modeling
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+ description: Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when the user wants to pin down domain terminology or a ubiquitous language, record an architectural decision, or when another skill needs to maintain the domain model.
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+ ---
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+ # Domain Modeling
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+ > **In this repo (if present):** `CONTEXT.md` + `docs/adr/` already exist (lazily created via `/grill-with-docs`). The **ADR conventions are SSOT in `docs/adr/README.md`** (project root; status lifecycle, template, numbering) — use that convention when creating an ADR, don't shadow it with the generic [ADR-FORMAT.md](./ADR-FORMAT.md). `/grill-with-docs`(-codex) maintains CONTEXT.md + ADRs in operation; this skill is the vocabulary underneath. Provenance: `docs/agents/provenance.md`.
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+ Actively build and sharpen the project's domain model as you design. This is the *active* discipline — challenging terms, inventing edge-case scenarios, and writing the glossary and decisions down the moment they crystallise. (Merely *reading* `CONTEXT.md` for vocabulary is not this skill — that's a one-line habit any skill can do. This skill is for when you're changing the model, not just consuming it.)
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+ ## File structure
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+ Most repos have a single context:
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+ ```
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+ ├── CONTEXT.md
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+ ├── docs/
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+ │ ├── 0001-event-sourced-orders.md
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+ │ └── 0002-postgres-for-write-model.md
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+ └── src/
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+ ```
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+ If a `CONTEXT-MAP.md` exists at the root, the repo has multiple contexts. The map points to where each one lives:
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+ ```
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+ /
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+ ├── CONTEXT-MAP.md
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+ ├── docs/
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+ │ └── adr/ ← system-wide decisions
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+ ├── src/
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+ │ │ ├── CONTEXT.md
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+ │ │ └── docs/adr/ ← context-specific decisions
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+ │ └── billing/
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+ │ ├── CONTEXT.md
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+ │ └── docs/adr/
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+ ```
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+ Create files lazily — only when you have something to write. If no `CONTEXT.md` exists, create one when the first term is resolved. If no `docs/adr/` exists, create it when the first ADR is needed.
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+ ## During the session
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+ ### Challenge against the glossary
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+ When the user uses a term that conflicts with the existing language in `CONTEXT.md`, call it out immediately. "Your glossary defines 'cancellation' as X, but you seem to mean Y — which is it?"
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+ ### Sharpen fuzzy language
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+ When the user uses vague or overloaded terms, propose a precise canonical term. "You're saying 'account' — do you mean the Customer or the User? Those are different things."
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+ ### Discuss concrete scenarios
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+ When domain relationships are being discussed, stress-test them with specific scenarios. Invent scenarios that probe edge cases and force the user to be precise about the boundaries between concepts.
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+ ### Cross-reference with code
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+ When the user states how something works, check whether the code agrees. If you find a contradiction, surface it: "Your code cancels entire Orders, but you just said partial cancellation is possible — which is right?"
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+ ### Update CONTEXT.md inline
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+ When a term is resolved, update `CONTEXT.md` right there. Don't batch these up — capture them as they happen. Use the format in [CONTEXT-FORMAT.md](./CONTEXT-FORMAT.md).
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+ `CONTEXT.md` should be totally devoid of implementation details. Do not treat `CONTEXT.md` as a spec, a scratch pad, or a repository for implementation decisions. It is a glossary and nothing else.
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+ ### Offer ADRs sparingly
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+ Only offer to create an ADR when all three are true:
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+ 1. **Hard to reverse** — the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful
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+ 2. **Surprising without context** — a future reader will wonder "why did they do it this way?"
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+ 3. **The result of a real trade-off** — there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons
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+ If any of the three is missing, skip the ADR. Use the format in [ADR-FORMAT.md](./ADR-FORMAT.md).