@pareto4/pp-core 1.8.2 → 1.10.0

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  1. package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
  2. package/README.md +3 -0
  3. package/agents/pp-code-fixer.md +11 -0
  4. package/agents/pp-code-reviewer.md +77 -1
  5. package/agents/pp-executor.md +34 -1
  6. package/agents/pp-planner.md +24 -103
  7. package/bin/install.js +9 -1
  8. package/commands/pp-ns-manage.md +2 -1
  9. package/commands/pp-vault-promote.md +31 -0
  10. package/gemini-extension.json +1 -1
  11. package/package.json +6 -3
  12. package/pareto-skills/pp-project-setup/SKILL.md +32 -440
  13. package/pp-core/bin/lib/capability-registry.cjs +111 -2
  14. package/pp-core/bin/lib/capability-state.cjs +54 -10
  15. package/pp-core/bin/lib/check-command-router.cjs +473 -3
  16. package/pp-core/bin/lib/clusters.cjs +3 -0
  17. package/pp-core/bin/lib/config.cjs +7 -22
  18. package/pp-core/bin/lib/io.cjs +7 -0
  19. package/pp-core/bin/lib/loop-resolver.cjs +6 -0
  20. package/pp-core/bin/lib/practices-review-check.cjs +938 -0
  21. package/pp-core/bin/lib/profile-output.cjs +4 -2
  22. package/pp-core/bin/lib/vault-command-router.cjs +108 -2
  23. package/pp-core/bin/lib/vault-practices.cjs +982 -0
  24. package/pp-core/bin/lib/vault-write-back.cjs +756 -0
  25. package/pp-core/bin/lib/vault.cjs +45 -3
  26. package/pp-core/bin/pp-tools.cjs +26 -0
  27. package/pp-core/bin/shared/config-schema.manifest.json +4 -0
  28. package/pp-core/references/planner-checkpoints.md +72 -0
  29. package/pp-core/references/planner-tdd.md +55 -0
  30. package/pp-core/references/planner-vault-practices.md +67 -0
  31. package/pp-core/templates/practices/README.md +122 -0
  32. package/pp-core/templates/practices/error-handling.md +18 -0
  33. package/pp-core/templates/practices/minimal-comments.md +14 -0
  34. package/pp-core/templates/practices/naming-convention.md +18 -0
  35. package/pp-core/templates/practices/practice-template.md +23 -0
  36. package/pp-core/workflows/code-review.md +74 -18
  37. package/pp-core/workflows/discovery-sprint.md +409 -16
  38. package/pp-core/workflows/discovery-to-build/steps/architecture-deliverables.md +250 -0
  39. package/pp-core/workflows/discovery-to-build.md +218 -48
  40. package/pp-core/workflows/discuss-phase.md +1 -1
  41. package/pp-core/workflows/execute-phase.md +1 -1
  42. package/pp-core/workflows/plan-phase.md +1 -1
  43. package/pp-core/workflows/ship.md +1 -0
  44. package/pp-core/workflows/vault-write-back.md +213 -0
  45. package/scripts/changeset/lint.cjs +20 -5
  46. package/scripts/gen-capability-registry.cjs +68 -8
  47. package/scripts/lint-allow-test-rule-refs.allowlist.json +8 -1
  48. package/scripts/lint-descriptions.cjs +3 -1
  49. package/scripts/lint-docs-required.cjs +10 -3
  50. package/scripts/lint-legacy-dir-name.cjs +5 -0
  51. package/scripts/lint-test-file-count.allowlist.json +10 -1
  52. package/scripts/release-channel.cjs +58 -0
  53. package/scripts/release-tarball-smoke.cjs +4 -0
  54. package/scripts/verify-opengsd-sweep.cjs +12 -0
  55. package/scripts/verify-rename-guard.cjs +333 -0
@@ -175,12 +175,43 @@ function atomicSwap(stageDir, finalDir) {
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  * - fallback tier → always whole-repo (glab→git); never applies vaultPaths.
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  * Returns a coarse ok/fail classification; the raw stderr is recorded for diagnosis.
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  */
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+ /**
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+ * True when `repo` is already something git can clone directly — an absolute
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+ * path, a scheme-qualified URL, or scp-style `user@host:path` — rather than a
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+ * `group/project` slug that must be composed onto a host.
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+ *
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+ * MUST mirror `resolveCloneTarget` in `src/vault-write-back.cts`: the read and
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+ * write paths have to agree on what `client.vaultRepo` means. They disagreed
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+ * before — the write path used the value verbatim while this one always
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+ * composed a URL — so a slug broke writing and a path broke reading, and a
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+ * path-configured project silently fell through this ladder to the SHARED
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+ * vault and fetched it over the network.
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+ */
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+ // Security (T-29-26): a value git would read as an OPTION must never take the
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+ // verbatim branch. The scheme test is anchored at the START — an earlier version
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+ // used `value.includes('://')`, so `--upload-pack=…#x://` passed through as a
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+ // flag — and the scp-style test may not begin with `-`. This function is also
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+ // the newer half of the pair: before it existed, this path ALWAYS composed a
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+ // URL, so a flag-shaped repo could not reach git here at all. Callers pass `--`
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+ // before the target as the second layer.
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+ function isLiteralCloneTarget(value) {
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+ if (value.startsWith('-'))
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+ return false;
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+ return (/^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//.test(value) ||
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+ /^[\w.][\w.-]*@/.test(value) ||
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+ value.startsWith('/') ||
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+ value.startsWith('./') ||
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+ value.startsWith('../') ||
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+ value.startsWith('~') ||
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+ /^[A-Za-z]:[\\/]/.test(value));
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+ }
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  function cloneTier(tier, exec, destDir, warnings) {
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- const url = `https://${host}/${repo}.git`;
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+ const literal = isLiteralCloneTarget(repo.trim());
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+ const url = literal ? repo.trim() : `https://${host}/${repo}.git`;
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  // Sparse path (client tier with explicit vaultPaths) — git only.
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+ const cl = exec.git(['clone', '--no-checkout', '--depth', '1', '--branch', ref, '--single-branch', '--', url, destDir], { env: { GITLAB_HOST: host }, timeout: CLONE_TIMEOUT_MS });
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+ // A literal path/URL is not a glab coordinate — go straight to git. Trying
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+ // glab first would only spend a failed subprocess before the same fallback.
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+ if (literal) {
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+ const direct = exec.git(['clone', '--depth', '1', '--branch', ref, '--single-branch', '--', url, destDir], { env: { GITLAB_HOST: host }, timeout: CLONE_TIMEOUT_MS });
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+ return direct.exitCode === 0 ? { ok: true } : { ok: false, stderr: direct.stderr };
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+ }
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  // Whole-repo clone: glab first (uses stored glab auth), then git fallback
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  // (credential-helper). A missing glab binary surfaces as exitCode 127.
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  const g = exec.glab(['repo', 'clone', repo, destDir, '--', '--depth', '1', '--branch', ref, '--single-branch'], { env: { GITLAB_HOST: host }, timeout: CLONE_TIMEOUT_MS });
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- const gi = exec.git(['clone', '--depth', '1', '--branch', ref, '--single-branch', url, destDir], { env: { GITLAB_HOST: host }, timeout: CLONE_TIMEOUT_MS });
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+ const gi = exec.git(['clone', '--depth', '1', '--branch', ref, '--single-branch', '--', url, destDir], { env: { GITLAB_HOST: host }, timeout: CLONE_TIMEOUT_MS });
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  usableFiles,
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  cfgGet,
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  readBindings,
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+ // Additive exports (Phase 24-01): both functions already existed above —
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+ // this only widens the export list so src/vault-practices.cts can reuse
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+ // them instead of re-implementing a second bounded-read/secret-filter.
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+ readHeadBounded,
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+ isSecretFile,
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  };
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+ // Safety net (#3097-adjacent, D-16 refusal contract): a router can call
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+ // io.error() -> process.exit() synchronously from deep inside run() (e.g.
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+ // an action command that emits a structured verdict to stdout and THEN
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+ // refuses). process.exit() tears the process down before the .then()/
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+ // .catch() below ever runs, so the fd-1 monkey-patch above would silently
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+ // swallow every byte the command wrote to stdout before it errored —
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+ // never flushed to the REAL fd 1. process.exit() still synchronously
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+ // fires 'exit' listeners before the process truly terminates, so
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+ // restoring fs.writeSync and flushing the captured buffer here is safe.
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+ // The `settled` guard prevents a double-write: the normal completion path
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+ // below removes this listener before it can fire.
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+ const flushOnExit = () => {
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+ settled = true;
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+ restore();
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+ if (captured.length > 0) {
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+ originalWriteSync.call(fs, 1, resolveAtFileOutput(captured));
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+ }
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+ };
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+ # Planner — authoring checkpoint tasks
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+ Extracted from `agents/pp-planner.md` to keep that file inside its size budget.
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+ **Read this when a plan needs a checkpoint task.** It covers the three checkpoint
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+ types and their proportions, the XML task templates for each, authentication
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+ gates, and the writing DO/DON'T guidelines.
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+ Related: `pp-core/references/checkpoints.md` is the full cross-workflow checkpoint
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+ contract; this file is the planner-facing authoring subset.
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+ <checkpoints>
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+ ## Checkpoint Types
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+ Human confirms Claude's automated work works correctly.
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+ <options>
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+ <name>[Name]</name>
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+ Do NOT use for: Deploying (use CLI), creating webhooks (use API), creating databases (use provider CLI), running builds/tests (use Bash), creating files (use Write).
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+ ## Authentication Gates
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+ ## Writing Guidelines
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+ - Matcher ran, no practices directory found in any fetched vault tier: `Practices checked — none found in the vault.` (D-14)
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+ - The matcher CLI call itself failed: planning continues regardless — this is advisory, not a blocker, mirroring the vault fetch step's own skip-on-error discipline — and the block carries `Practices could not be checked: <reason>.` (D-15)
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+ 1. **Frontmatter** — a small block of `key: value` lines between two `---`
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+ markers at the very top of the file. This is what a machine reads.
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+ 2. **Description** — a plain-English paragraph or two underneath the
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+ frontmatter. This is what a person (or an AI agent quoting the practice
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+ back to a person) reads.
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+
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+ A malformed practice file is never treated as a fatal error. If a file is
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+ missing a required field, or a field has an unrecognized value, it is simply
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+ skipped with a plain-English warning explaining what was wrong — the rest of
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+ your practices still load normally.
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+
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+ ## The five frontmatter keys
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+
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+ Every practice file's frontmatter needs exactly these five keys:
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+
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+ | Key | Meaning |
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+ |-----|---------|
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+ | `id` | A stable identifier for this practice. **It must equal the filename**, without the `.md` extension. If your file is `minimal-comments.md`, its `id` must be `minimal-comments`. |
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+ | `scope` | Either `scoped` or `global` (see below). |
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+ | `severity` | How strongly this practice should be enforced: `critical`, `warning`, or `info`. This is the same three-level scale used elsewhere in code review. |
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+ | `applies-to` | A list of file-path patterns (globs) this practice applies to, e.g. `src/**/*.ts`. **Required when `scope: scoped`. Must be left out entirely when `scope: global`.** |
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+ | `schemaVersion` | Always `1` for now. This lets a future pp-core version recognize practice files written for an older or newer format. |
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+
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+ ### `scoped` vs `global`
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+
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+ - **`scope: scoped`** — this practice applies only to files that match one of
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+ the globs you list in `applies-to`. Use this for conventions tied to a
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+ specific part of the codebase (a naming rule for your source files, an
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+ error-handling rule for your API layer, etc.).
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+ - **`scope: global`** — this practice always applies, everywhere, and you do
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+ not list any `applies-to` globs at all. Use this for house-wide rules that
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+ are not tied to any particular file or folder (for example, "keep comments
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+ minimal and purposeful"). A global practice is always surfaced to the
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+ agent, and its relevance to the current task is judged from your
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+ description text — not from a file match.
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+
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+ Every practice must be internally consistent: `scoped` practices need at
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+ least one `applies-to` glob, and `global` practices must not declare any.
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+
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+ ### Supported glob syntax
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+
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+ `applies-to` patterns support this documented subset — matching is
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+ guaranteed to produce identical results regardless of which Node version
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+ pp-core runs on:
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+
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+ | Syntax | Meaning | Example |
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+ |--------|---------|---------|
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+ | `*` | Any run of characters, within a single path segment | `src/*.ts` matches `src/foo.ts`, not `src/a/foo.ts` |
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+ | `?` | Exactly one character, within a single path segment | `src/?.ts` matches `src/a.ts`, not `src/ab.ts` |
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+ | `**` | Zero or more whole path segments | `src/**/*.ts` matches `src/foo.ts` and `src/a/b/foo.ts` |
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+ | `{a,b}` | Alternation between listed options | `src/*.{ts,cts}` matches `src/foo.ts` and `src/foo.cts` |
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+
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+ `*`, `?`, and `**` never match a path segment that starts with a dot (e.g.
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+ `src/*.ts` does not match `src/.hidden.ts`) — write an explicit leading `.`
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+ in the pattern if you need to match dotfiles.
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+
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+ Other glob syntax — most notably character classes (`[ab]`, `[a-z]`) and
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+ extglob groups (`+(...)`, `@(...)`, `!(...)`, `?(...)`, `*(...)`) — is **not
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+ supported**. A practice whose `applies-to` uses unsupported syntax is
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+ skipped with a warning naming the offending glob; the rest of your
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+ practices still load normally.
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+
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+ ## Writing the description body
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+
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+ Underneath the frontmatter, write one or two plain-English sentences that say
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+ what the practice asks for and, briefly, why. Write it the way you would
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+ explain the rule to a teammate — a bounded, verbatim excerpt of this text is
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+ quoted back in match reports for **both** scoped and global practices (a
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+ scoped practice's excerpt is quoted next to the file(s)/glob(s) that matched;
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+ a global practice's excerpt appears under "Always surfaced"), so it should
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+ read naturally on its own, without any extra context.
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+
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+ ## Worked example
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+
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+ ```markdown
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+ ---
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+ id: minimal-comments
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+ scope: global
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+ severity: info
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+ schemaVersion: 1
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+ ---
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+
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+ Keep comments minimal and purposeful. Comment the *why* behind a non-obvious
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+ decision, not the *what* — the code itself should already say what it does.
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+ ```
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+
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+ This file's `id` (`minimal-comments`) matches its filename
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+ (`minimal-comments.md`), its `scope` is `global` so it has no `applies-to`
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+ key, and its `severity` (`info`) reflects that this is a stylistic guideline
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+ rather than a hard rule.
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+
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+ ## What happens if a file is malformed
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+
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+ If a practice file is missing `id`, uses an unrecognized `severity` or
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+ `scope`, declares `applies-to` on a `global` practice (or omits it on a
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+ `scoped` one), or sets a `schemaVersion` this pp-core version does not
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+ understand, that one file is skipped with a warning explaining exactly what
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+ was wrong. Every other well-formed practice file still loads and is applied
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+ normally — one bad file never breaks the run.
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+
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+ ## Getting started
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+
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+ Copy `practice-template.md` in this same folder, rename it to match your new
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+ practice's `id`, fill in the frontmatter and description, and place it in
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+ your vault's `practices/` folder.
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+ ---
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+ id: error-handling
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+ scope: scoped
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+ severity: warning
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+ applies-to:
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+ - "src/**/*.ts"
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+ - "src/**/*.cts"
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+ schemaVersion: 1
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+ ---
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+
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+ Never swallow an error silently. If a function catches an exception it can't
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+ recover from, it must either re-throw it, return a result that clearly says
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+ "this failed" (so the caller has to notice), or log an actionable message
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+ before continuing — never an empty `catch {}` block that hides the failure.
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+ When you do report an error, say what went wrong and, where possible, what
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+ the caller can do about it (which file, which value, which step) instead of
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+ a generic "something went wrong" message that gives the next person nothing
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+ to act on.
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+ ---
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+ id: minimal-comments
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+ scope: global
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+ severity: info
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+ schemaVersion: 1
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+ ---
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+
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+ Keep comments minimal and purposeful. Comment the *why* behind a non-obvious
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+ decision, not the *what* — the code (or the microflow's action names and
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+ structure) should already say what it does. A comment that just restates the
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+ next line in English adds noise without adding information; remove it. Save
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+ comments for the cases a reader genuinely could not work out on their own:
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+ a workaround for a platform quirk, a business rule that isn't obvious from
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+ the surrounding logic, or a warning about an easy mistake.
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+ ---
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+ id: naming-convention
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+ scope: scoped
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+ severity: warning
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+ applies-to:
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+ - "src/**/*.ts"
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+ - "src/**/*.cts"
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+ schemaVersion: 1
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+ ---
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+
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+ Name things so a teammate can tell what they do without opening the file.
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+ Use full, descriptive words instead of abbreviations (`practiceRecord`, not
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+ `prRec`), and match the verb to the action: functions that check a condition
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+ and return a boolean should read as a question (`isSecretFile`,
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+ `hasAppliesTo`), functions that transform data should read as a verb phrase
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+ (`parsePracticeFile`, `discoverPracticeFiles`). Keep the same name for the
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+ same concept across the codebase — if one file calls it `cwd`, don't call
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+ the same value `projectRoot` in another file a few lines away.
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+ ---
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+ id: practice-template
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+ scope: scoped
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+ severity: warning
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+ applies-to:
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+ - "src/**/*.ts"
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+ schemaVersion: 1
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+ ---
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+
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+ Replace this paragraph with a plain-English description of what this
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+ practice asks for and why. Write it the way you would explain the rule to a
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+ teammate — an AI agent will quote this text back verbatim when it reports a
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+ match, so it should read naturally on its own.
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+
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+ To use this template:
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+
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+ 1. Copy this file and rename it to `your-practice-id.md`.
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+ 2. Change `id` above to match the new filename exactly (without `.md`).
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+ 3. Set `scope` to `scoped` (and list your `applies-to` globs) or `global`
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+ (and remove the `applies-to` key entirely — global practices must not
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+ declare it).
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+ 4. Set `severity` to `critical`, `warning`, or `info`.
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+ 5. Replace this body with your own description.