claude-dev-env 1.9.0 → 1.11.0

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  - `positive_framing`
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  - `acceptance_criteria_defined`
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  - `safety_reversibility_language`
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- - `no_destructive_shortcuts_guidance`
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+ - `reversible_action_and_safety_check_guidance`
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  - `concrete_output_contract`
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  - `scope_boundary_present`
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  - `explicit_scope_anchors_present`
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  - `all_instructions_artifact_bound`
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- - `no_ambiguous_scope_terms`
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+ - `scope_terms_explicit_and_anchored`
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  - `completion_boundary_measurable`
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  - `citation_grounding_policy_present`
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  - `source_priority_rules_present`
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  "positive_framing",
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  "acceptance_criteria_defined",
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  "safety_reversibility_language",
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- "no_destructive_shortcuts_guidance",
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+ "reversible_action_and_safety_check_guidance",
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  "concrete_output_contract",
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  "scope_boundary_present",
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  "explicit_scope_anchors_present",
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  "all_instructions_artifact_bound",
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- "no_ambiguous_scope_terms",
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+ "scope_terms_explicit_and_anchored",
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  "completion_boundary_measurable",
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  "citation_grounding_policy_present",
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  "source_priority_rules_present",
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  "- positive_framing\n"
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  "- acceptance_criteria_defined\n"
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  "- safety_reversibility_language\n"
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- "- no_destructive_shortcuts_guidance\n"
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+ "- reversible_action_and_safety_check_guidance\n"
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  "- concrete_output_contract\n"
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  "- scope_boundary_present\n"
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  "- explicit_scope_anchors_present\n"
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  "- all_instructions_artifact_bound\n"
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- "- no_ambiguous_scope_terms\n"
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+ "- scope_terms_explicit_and_anchored\n"
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  "- completion_boundary_measurable\n"
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  "- citation_grounding_policy_present\n"
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  "- source_priority_rules_present\n"
package/package.json CHANGED
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  {
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  "name": "claude-dev-env",
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- "version": "1.9.0",
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+ "version": "1.11.0",
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  "description": "Claude Code development standards — rules, hooks, agents, commands, and skills",
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  "type": "module",
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  "bin": {
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  ### Tier 1: Anthropic (primary authority for Claude)
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  - https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/overview -- overview, links to all sub-guides
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- - https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices -- the single living reference for Claude's latest models. Covers general principles, XML tags, prefill deprecation, tool use, thinking, agentic systems, overeagerness, anti-hallucination.
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+ - https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices -- the single living reference for Claude's latest models. Covers general principles, XML tags, prefill deprecation, tool use, thinking, agentic systems, overeagerness, evidence-grounding and citing sources before strong claims.
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  - https://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html -- emotion concepts research (April 2026): 171 internal activation patterns that causally influence behavior. Key prompt-engineering takeaways: clear criteria and escape routes improve output quality, collaborative framing activates engagement, positive task framing correlates with better results, inviting transparency produces more reliable output. Cross-model caveat: studied on Sonnet 4.5; patterns align with best practices independently.
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  - https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-function -- blog summary of the above paper.
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  - https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/adaptive-thinking -- adaptive thinking reference; replaces manual budget_tokens with effort-based control.
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+ - https://claude.com/blog/harnessing-claudes-intelligence -- harness evolution: primitives Claude already knows, what to stop doing in the harness, deliberate boundaries (context economics, caching, typed tools). Local inventory: `docs/references/anthropic-harnessing-claudes-intelligence-technique-inventory.md`.
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+ - https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/claude-api -- Anthropic `claude-api` Agent Skill for hands-on API/tool patterns from that post (Hook 10). Platform entry: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/claude-api-skill
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  ### Tier 2: Major labs (strong secondary, often transfers across models)
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  If sources disagree on a technique, apply in order: Anthropic documentation first (it describes the actual model behavior), then OpenAI/Google/Microsoft (large-scale research with cross-model relevance), then community sources (patterns and intuition, not authoritative on model internals). When Tier 3 contradicts Tier 1, Tier 1 wins without exception.
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+ ## Harness design patterns (Anthropic blog, April 2026)
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+ Primary URL: https://claude.com/blog/harnessing-claudes-intelligence. Structured inventory: `docs/references/anthropic-harnessing-claudes-intelligence-technique-inventory.md`.
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+ ### Mechanism doc map (Hook 11)
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+ Jump from concept to the platform specs the post names:
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+ - [Bash tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/bash-tool) / [Text editor tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/text-editor-tool)
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+ - [Code execution tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/code-execution-tool) / [Programmatic tool calling](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/programmatic-tool-calling)
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+ - [Memory tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/memory-tool)
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+ - [Agent Skills overview](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/overview)
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+ - [Context windows](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-windows) / [Context editing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-editing) / [Compaction](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/compaction)
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+ - [Subagents](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents)
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+ - [System prompts](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts) / [Working with the Messages API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/working-with-messages) / [Prompt caching](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching)
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+ - [Model migration guide — hard-coded filters](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/migration-guide#additional-recommended-changes)
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+ - [Harness design for long-running applications](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/harness-design-long-running-apps)
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+ - [Claude Code auto-mode](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-auto-mode)
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+ - [Effective context engineering for AI agents](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/effective-context-engineering-for-ai-agents)
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+ ### Context stack (Hook 5)
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+ - **Context editing:** Remove stale tool results and thinking blocks selectively ([Context editing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-editing)).
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+ - **Subagents:** Fork fresh windows for isolated subtasks; post cites **+2.8%** BrowseComp vs best single-agent for Opus 4.6 ([Subagents](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents)).
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+ - **Compaction:** Summarize prior context for long horizons ([Compaction](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/compaction)); effectiveness varies by model generation (see Hook 9 table).
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+ - **Memory folder:** Persist agent-chosen state via the memory tool / files ([Memory tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/memory-tool)).
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+ ### Prompt caching (Hook 6)
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+ The [Messages API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/working-with-messages) is stateless—re-supply prior actions, tool definitions, and instructions each turn. Maximize [prompt caching](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching) hits: **stable prefix first, dynamic tail last**; **append** new content via **messages** instead of rewriting the cached prompt; **avoid mid-session model switches** (caches are model-specific—use a **subagent** for a cheaper model); **treat the tool list as part of the cached prefix** and avoid churn; use **tool search** so dynamic discovery **appends** without invalidating the prefix; for multi-turn agents, **advance breakpoints** toward the latest message (**auto-caching**). Cached input tokens are priced at **10% of base input** per [pricing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing).
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+ ### Typed tools vs bash strings (Hook 7)
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+ Promote actions to **dedicated tools** with typed arguments when the harness must intercept, gate, render (e.g., **modals**), or audit—**hard-to-reverse** steps (e.g., external API calls) for user confirmation; **write/edit** paths with **staleness checks** so concurrent edits are not blindly overwritten ([Harnessing Claude's intelligence](https://claude.com/blog/harnessing-claudes-intelligence)).
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+ ### Standing review: dedicated tools vs general bash + policy (Hook 8)
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+ Re-evaluate promotions as models improve—e.g., Claude Code **auto-mode** (secondary reviewer over bash strings) can **reduce** bespoke tools **only** where users accept that trust profile; **high-stakes** actions still warrant dedicated tools ([Claude Code auto-mode](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-auto-mode)).
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+ ### Benchmark vignettes — motivation only, not guarantees (Hook 9)
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+ | SWE-bench Verified | Claude 3.5 Sonnet **49%** with bash + editor only (then SOTA framing) |
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+ | BrowseComp + output filtering | Opus 4.6 **45.3% → 61.6%** |
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+ | BrowseComp + subagents | Opus 4.6 **+2.8%** vs best single-agent |
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+ | BrowseComp + compaction | Sonnet 4.5 **43%** flat; Opus 4.5 **68%**; Opus 4.6 **84%** (same setup) |
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+ | BrowseComp-Plus + memory folder | Sonnet 4.5 **60.4% → 67.2%** |
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+ | Prompt caching | Cached tokens **10%** the cost of base input tokens |
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  ## NotebookLM Audio Overview customization (example)
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  ```text
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  When deciding how to approach a problem, choose an approach and commit to it. Avoid revisiting decisions unless you encounter new information that directly contradicts your reasoning. If you are weighing two approaches, pick one and see it through. You can always course-correct later if the chosen approach fails.
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+ ## Debug JSON schema (prompt-generator pipeline)
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+ Use **only** when the user explicitly requests debug output (for example `show debug`, `full audit table`, `raw internal object`). Default assistant turns stay **audit line + one `xml` fence**; this object is an optional appendix after that pair.
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+ Shape (field names stable for internal audit helpers and Stop-hook leak detection):
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+ ```json
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+ "scope_block": {
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+ "target_local_roots": ["..."],
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+ "target_canonical_roots": ["..."],
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+ "target_file_globs": ["..."],
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+ "comparison_basis": "...",
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+ "completion_boundary": "..."
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+ },
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+ "required_sections": ["role", "context", "instructions", "constraints", "output_format", "examples"],
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+ "base_prompt_xml": "<role>...</role><context>...</context><instructions>...</instructions><constraints>...</constraints><examples>...</examples><output_format>...</output_format>",
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+ "section_scope_rule": "Each refiner edits exactly one section and returns sibling sections unchanged.",
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+ "section_output_contract": {
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+ "required_fields": ["improved_block", "rationale", "concise_diff"]
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+ },
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+ "merge_output_contract": {
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+ "required_fields": ["canonical_prompt_xml"]
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+ "audit_output_contract": {
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+ "required_fields": [
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+ ```
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+ **Harness hygiene:** Re-test harness assumptions about what Claude cannot do alone on each model generation or major product release—stale compensations bottleneck performance as capabilities improve (Hook 1; [Harnessing Claude's intelligence](https://claude.com/blog/harnessing-claudes-intelligence), inventory `docs/references/anthropic-harnessing-claudes-intelligence-technique-inventory.md`).
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+ **Eval contract:** The user-visible behavior this skill must satisfy is defined in `packages/claude-dev-env/skills/prompt-generator/TARGET_OUTPUT.md`. Automated evals live in `packages/claude-dev-env/skills/prompt-generator/evals/prompt-generator.json`.
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+ **Terminology:** **Prompt artifact** the full XML inside the single user-facing `xml` fence (the paste-ready handoff). **Scope block** — the five-key contract in §3A that grounds instructions. **Default refinement pipeline** — §10: base draft → section refine → merge → 14-row compliance audit → capped fixes (subagent-internal unless draft-only). **Light self-check** — §8: fast pre-return sanity pass (shape, tools, scope, patterns); *not* the compliance audit. **Compliance audit (14-row)** — §11: hook-keyed rows that set the `Audit: pass|fail` numerator. **Execution handoff** — `/agent-prompt` after explicit user intent to run work.
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+ **Hook-survival invariant (read first):** The fenced XML artifact is the primary deliverable and MUST survive Stop-hook retries. If a Stop hook rejects the response, only the surrounding audit summary and runtime signal scaffolding may change between retries—the XML inside the fence MUST be re-emitted in full on every retry. Recovery pattern: re-emit the complete fenced XML first, then adjust the audit line. Trimming, summarizing, or deferring the prompt artifact to satisfy a hook gate is forbidden.
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+ | **2 — Session handoff** | User wants a prompt so a **new** session can continue this thread | **Conversation only** — skip redundant repo tools for facts already stated | **One** form, **1–2** questions |
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+ | **3 — Long unstructured input** | Many requirements / paths in one message | Verify repo references (packages, shared utils, configs) with targeted tools **before** questions | First question **confirms extracted intent**; ambiguities as **specific** options; **every** user-stated requirement captured in the generated XML by name — track all requirements from the unstructured input and confirm coverage before shipping |
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+ | **4 — Noisy context** | Long unrelated thread before `/prompt-generator` | Build the subagent brief from: the user’s literal `/prompt-generator` text, a **≤120-word** summary of on-topic facts, and discovery notes—**exclude** raw stack traces and unrelated tangents | As needed (often Scenario 1-shaped) |
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+ - **Completeness:** End every numbered step inside `<instructions>` with a complete sentence and a fully written list item. Balance every XML tag explicitly (open and close each `<role>`, `<context>`, `<instructions>`, `<constraints>`, `<output_format>`). The artifact must be copy-pasteable into a new file with zero manual repair.
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+ - Scenario id (1–4), user goal, discovery summary, AskUserQuestion answers
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+ - Instruction: produce **one** well-formed XML prompt (required sections) + run the internal refinement loop and **14-row compliance audit**; return **only** the final XML string and a pass/fail + fail count for that audit (no user-facing table)
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+ The orchestrator then prints **`Audit: pass 14/14`** or **`Audit: fail N/14 — [reason]`** immediately followed by the fenced XML. Keep subagent reasoning in the Agent transcript; the user-facing turn contains **only** audit + artifact.
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+ **Draft-only:** If the user explicitly requests no refinement (“quick draft”, “no refinement loop”), the subagent may skip Steps 10–12 below but must still return valid XML and a honest audit line.
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+ - **Medium:** Preferred pattern exists; pseudocode or parameterised template.
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+ - **Low:** Fragile or safety-critical; numbered steps with explicit file paths, command names, and **permitted-action-only lists** (e.g. “Permitted: `pytest packages/foo/tests`; requires explicit user approval before: `git push --force`”).
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+ **Structural invariant D:** Write `<instructions>` / `<constraints>` as direct imperatives (“Open `path/to/file.ts` and …”). Park unresolved items in `<open_question>` tags—one distinct question per tag with the exact decision you need. Inside the fenced XML artifact, use only confident, definitive language: replace hedging phrases (“let me also check”, “actually”, “one more consideration”) and tentative qualifiers (“might be”, “possibly”, “I think”, “could be”) with direct assertions or move genuine uncertainty into `<open_question>` tags.
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+ **Frame positively (zero-negative-keyword rule).** Anthropic: state the desired outcome directly. "Your response should be composed of smoothly flowing prose paragraphs" provides clearer guidance than a prohibition-only instruction. Apply this rule absolutely inside the fenced XML artifact across all sections (`<role>`, `<context>`, `<instructions>`, `<constraints>`, `<output_format>`): every instruction states what to do, what to produce, what to enforce. Use affirmative directives exclusively: "only X", "always X", "ensure X", "require X." Banned keywords inside generated XML: "no", "not", "don't", "do not", "never", "avoid", "without", "refrain", "stop", "prevent", "exclude", "prohibit", "forbid", "reject." Also banned: indirect negative patterns such as "instead of X", "rather than X", "as opposed to." Example pass: "Ensure all functions have explicit return types." Example fail: "Do not leave return types implicit." When a boundary is needed, phrase it as what is permitted: "only run commands within the scoped paths" rather than a prohibition.
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+ **Tool-return policy (agent-harness / tool-use prompts):** Require explicit justification before the harness tokenizes full tool outputs; when the next hop needs only a slice or a tool-to-tool handoff, steer authors toward code execution (bash/REPL) so only execution output reaches model-visible context—not every intermediate payload (Hook 2; [Harnessing Claude's intelligence](https://claude.com/blog/harnessing-claudes-intelligence)).
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+ **Bash + text-editor foundation:** Prefer bash and the text editor for file work; treat Agent Skills, programmatic tool calling, and the memory tool as compositions of those primitives—state which primitive stack the harness assumes (Hook 3; same post).
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+ **Progressive disclosure:** Avoid monolithic system prompts packed with rarely used task branches; keep short always-on summaries and load full bodies via a read path when relevant (skills YAML frontmatter pattern per [Agent Skills overview](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/overview)) (Hook 4; same post).
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- 1. **State the desired outcome explicitly.** "Your response should be composed of smoothly flowing prose paragraphs" is more effective than prohibition-only wording.
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- 2. **Use XML format indicators.** "Write the prose sections of your response in `<smoothly_flowing_prose_paragraphs>` tags."
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- 3. **Match your prompt style to the desired output.** The formatting in your prompt influences the response. Removing markdown from the prompt reduces markdown in the output.
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- 4. **Use detailed formatting preferences** when precision matters. Provide explicit guidance on markdown usage, list vs. prose preference, heading levels.
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+ **For long context** (20k+ tokens): put documents first, query/instructions last. Anthropic: "Queries at the end can improve response quality by up to 30% in tests." Ground responses in quotes from source material before analysis.
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- For structured data output, prefer **structured outputs** (schema-constrained) or **tool calling** over prefill. Anthropic: "The Structured Outputs feature is designed specifically to constrain Claude's responses to follow a given schema."
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+ ### 5. Control output format
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+ State desired outcomes explicitly; use XML inside the generated prompt when mixing instruction + context; match prompt style to desired downstream output.
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- Anthropic notes Claude 4.6 is "more direct and grounded... less verbose: may skip detailed summaries for efficiency unless prompted otherwise."
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+ ### 6. Control communication style
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- - If more visibility is wanted: "After completing a task that involves tool use, provide a quick summary of the work you've done."
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- - If less verbosity is wanted: "Respond directly without preamble, using concise task-focused phrasing."
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+ Tune verbosity in the **generated** prompt: summaries after tool use vs direct answers as appropriate to the user’s AskUserQuestion answers.
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- 3-5 concrete examples for structured output, format, or tone-sensitive prompts. Wrap in `<example>` tags with diverse, representative inputs. Anthropic: "Include 3-5 examples for best results. You can also ask Claude to evaluate your examples for relevance and diversity."
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+ For format- or tone-sensitive **generated** prompts, include 3–5 `<example>` blocks where helpful.
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- ### 8. Self-check
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+ ### 8. Light self-check (subagent, pre-return)
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+ **Two-tier validation — tier 1:** Before the subagent returns XML, run a quick pass on output shape, tool phrasing, scope anchors, and safety / research / agentic patterns as applicable (see REFERENCE.md and patterns below). This **light self-check** is not interchangeable with the **14-row compliance audit** in §11; tier 2 supplies the hook-keyed pass/fail counts for the `Audit:` line.
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+ Expand the light self-check with this internal checklist when useful:
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+ - [ ] **Code prompts** include read-before-claim grounding ("read files first; say 'I don't know' when uncertain") and anti-test-fixation (general solutions, flag bad tests)
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  - [ ] **Agentic prompts** that span multiple context windows address state management (context awareness, multi-window workflow, structured state files)
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+ ### 9. Deliver (orchestrator)
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- Final artifact as **one or more fenced blocks** the user can paste as-is. The fenced blocks are your entire response -- no surrounding commentary, explanation, or offer to execute the prompt.
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+ ```text
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+ Audit: pass 14/14
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- Default behavior: for any non-trivial prompt request, run the full section-refinement + merge + audit loop inside `/prompt-generator`.
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+ (or `fail N/14 …`), immediately followed by **one** fenced XML block; **send boundary** is immediately after the closing fence so the user receives a copy-ready pair (audit line + artifact) in one assistant message before the conversation continues.
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+ ### 10. Default refinement mode (subagent-internal)
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157
- Fixed order:
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+ For non-trivial requests, run inside the drafting subagent (use **draft-only** when the user explicitly asks for a quick draft / no refinement loop):
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- 2. Section refinement for each required section in order: `role`, `context`, `instructions`, `constraints`, `output_format`, `examples`
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+ 2. Section refinement in order: `role`, `context`, `instructions`, `constraints`, `output_format`, `examples` (examples optional if unused)
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+ 3. Merge to one canonical XML prompt
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+ 4. Final **14-row compliance audit** pass/fail with evidence (internal)
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+ ### 11. Compliance audit 14-row checklist (internal, audit numerator)
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- When step 10 is active (default), build the refinement and audit state internally and present the user with the compact audit shape below — never the raw internal object. Reveal the internal object only when the user explicitly asks for debug details ("show debug", "show internal", "raw internal object", "pipeline object").
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+ **Two-tier validation tier 2:** The `14` in `Audit: pass 14/14` counts these **compliance** rows (stable ids for hooks). Tier 1 is the **light self-check** in §8—keep the steps separate so models do not merge them.
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- **Audit: <overall_status>** | checklist_results: <pass_count>/14
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+ For each row, maintain `status`, `evidence_quote`, `source_ref`, and `fix_if_fail` internally (see **REFERENCE.md** debug schema). A debug-path markdown table surfaces `status` and a one-phrase evidence summary. **Default user-visible path:** omit this table; **debug path:** after phrases like `show debug` or `full audit table`, print the table plus evidence snippets.
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- Substitute real values for `<overall_status>`, `<pass_count>`, each row's `pass`/`fail`, the `scope_block` entries, and `<task name>`. Use one short evidence phrase per row. Append `execution_intent: explicit` after the runtime signals line when handing off to `/agent-prompt`. Refer to the prompt artifact by its position-independent identity (its role, purpose, or named scope) — avoid positional adverbs ("above", "below") and time-relative pointers ("just emitted", "the one I just sent"), because the hook flags them and because the audit must remain interpretable when re-rendered out of order.
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- - Internal-only object keys leaking into prose: `pipeline_mode`, `scope_block_validation`, `evidence_quotes`, `source_refs`, `corrective_edits`, `retry_count`, `audit_output_contract`, `section_output_contract`, `base_prompt_xml`, `required_sections`. They belong to the debug-only object below and nowhere else; the user-facing shape uses the column header `Evidence` and the named anchors instead.
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- If a Stop hook rejects a user-facing audit, the next response must re-emit the complete fenced prompt artifact in full (per the Hook-survival invariant defined in the "Prompt-only output rule" section), then re-render the audit using this section's shape. Never trim the prompt block, the checklist, the runtime signals, or the scope anchors to satisfy a gate — fix the format, not the content.
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+ When the user explicitly asks for debug / full audit, emit the markdown table, `scope_block` recap, and the debug JSON **in addition to** the audit line + XML fence.
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- Step 11's user-facing template enumerates the 14 checklist row names. For each row, maintain the four fields defined in the debug-only internal object in Step 11 (`status`, `evidence_quote`, `source_ref`, `fix_if_fail`). The compact table surfaces `status` and a one-phrase `Evidence` summary derived from `evidence_quote`. The remaining fields stay in the debug-only object and surface only when the user explicitly asks for debug details.
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- - **Conservative vs proactive action:** For tools that should act, use explicit language ("Change this function"). For tools that should advise, use: "Default to providing information... Only proceed with edits when the user explicitly requests them."
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+ **Positive rewrite guidance:** When embedding this pattern into a generated XML artifact, rephrase each line using affirmative directives only (per the zero-negative-keyword rule in §4). Example rewrite for generated output: "Prioritize local, reversible actions: read files, run targeted tests, apply patches within scoped paths. Obtain explicit user approval before running commands that delete data, rewrite shared history, or send external notifications. Keep safety hooks enabled (`--verify`, linters). Surface unfamiliar files as questions for the user."
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+ **Out-of-scope guard (Hook 12):** [Harnessing Claude's intelligence](https://claude.com/blog/harnessing-claudes-intelligence) and `docs/references/anthropic-harnessing-claudes-intelligence-technique-inventory.md` cover harness evolution, context economics, caching, and declarative boundaries—not a substitute for a full security threat model or product-specific compliance catalog unless paired with other Tier 1 or governance sources.
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+ **Methodology:** [Anthropic — Agent Skills: evaluation and iteration](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/best-practices#evaluation-and-iteration)
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+ - **Clarity bar:** Every deliverable (AskUserQuestion fields, audit line, XML body) states concrete outcomes, explicit formats, and checkable done-when signals—aligned with Anthropic [Be clear and direct](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices#be-clear-and-direct) and [Control the format of responses](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices#control-the-format-of-responses). Prefer what to do and how to verify it over empty prohibitions or vague quality adjectives.
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+ - **Questions:** Deliver every clarifying question through **AskUserQuestion** (one form per round), with **2–4** options per question and the **recommended** option listed **first**. Tag discovery-sourced options **`[discovered]`** when they came from repo search.
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+ 3. **Send boundary:** stop typing as soon as the closing fence ends—the message body is exactly those two blocks back-to-back, ready to copy; your next tokens belong to the user’s following turn
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+ - **Full audit table / JSON debug bundle:** Stay internal until the user names debug with a phrase such as `show debug`, `full audit table`, or `raw internal object`; then append the table/JSON after the usual audit line + XML fence.
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+ - **Hook retries:** Keep retry loops inside the subagent or internal pipeline; the user sees at most one short status line such as `Retrying: scope anchor missing` before the successful audit line + fence.
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+ - **Decision stability:** Pick one drafting approach, carry it to a complete XML artifact, then stop. Change approach only when the user or tool results add **new** facts that contradict the earlier plan; if the draft fails checks, fix forward inside the same structure instead of restarting from scratch.
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+ **Discovery:** Reread the thread and list: current hypothesis or goal, decisions already made (bulleted), absolute paths of files already edited, the next **three** concrete actions, and blocking constraints. Use repo tools only when the thread references paths you must verify (e.g. confirm a file still exists).
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+ ## Structural invariant A — Tool-free artifact tail
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+ - **Order:** discovery tool calls (when used) → AskUserQuestion → subagent (draft + internal audit) → **one** final assistant message.
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+ - **Final message composition:** That message is plain text only, in order: audit line → opening fence → XML body → closing fence → end-of-message. Run every `tool_use` in earlier turns; between the opening and closing fence, emit only the characters of the XML payload.
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+ ## Internal 14-row compliance checklist (audit numerator)
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+ The `14` in `Audit: pass 14/14` maps to the named rows in `SKILL.md` (§11 **Compliance audit — 14-row checklist**), including `reversible_action_and_safety_check_guidance` and `scope_terms_explicit_and_anchored`. **Default user path:** keep the table internal; print the expanded table + JSON only after an explicit debug request. On failure, set the audit line to `Audit: fail N/14 — [primary theme]` where the theme names one concrete gap (e.g. `scope_block missing completion_boundary`, `output_format lacks acceptance checks`).
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+ "source": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/best-practices#evaluation-and-iteration",
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+ "evals": [
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+ {
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+ "id": 1,
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+ "name": "fresh_chat_brief_goal",
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+ "scenario": "Scenario 1",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator Write a system prompt for a Python linting agent that auto-fixes code style issues in this repo",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "Discovery tool calls (Glob/Grep) execute before any AskUserQuestion",
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+ "All questions delivered via AskUserQuestion — zero questions in direct chat text",
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+ "AskUserQuestion contains 2-4 questions, each with 2-4 options, recommended option first",
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+ "Final response contains exactly: 1-liner audit status + one fenced XML prompt block",
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+ "No commentary, tables, audit rows, or explanation outside the fenced block",
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+ "Fenced block contains <role>, <context>, <instructions>, <constraints>, <output_format>",
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+ "Prompt generation delegated to a subagent (Agent tool call visible in the flow)"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "session_handoff",
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+ "scenario": "Scenario 2",
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+ "prompt": "[Preceded by 20+ turns debugging a theme export race condition, modifying download_manager.py and orchestrator.py, deciding on retry logic] /prompt-generator Generate a handoff prompt so a new session can continue this work",
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+ "packages/samsung-automation/download_manager.py",
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "AskUserQuestion has 1-2 questions — lighter than Scenario 1",
33
+ "Generated prompt <context> includes: session state, decisions, files modified, next steps",
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+ "No redundant discovery tool calls for information already in conversation",
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+ "Handoff prompt is self-contained — a new session can resume without prior context",
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+ "Prior decisions preserved in the handoff, not lost or paraphrased away",
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+ "Final output: 1-liner audit + fenced XML prompt, nothing else"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "long_unstructured_input",
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+ "scenario": "Scenario 3",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator i need a prompt for an agent that goes through our samsung seller portal automation scripts and finds all the places where we hardcoded timeouts or selectors and then extracts them into config files, the scripts are in packages/samsung-automation and they use playwright and theres shared_utils that already has some config patterns i think, also make sure it doesnt break existing tests and follows our TDD approach and code rules",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "First AskUserQuestion question confirms extracted intent — not generic",
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+ "Ambiguities surfaced as specific options, not open-ended questions",
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+ "Discovery tool calls verify references from input (shared_utils, config patterns)",
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+ "ALL requirements from unstructured input captured (timeouts, selectors, config extraction, TDD, code rules, test safety) — none dropped",
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+ "Final output: 1-liner audit + fenced XML prompt, nothing else"
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+ {
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+ "id": 4,
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+ "name": "noisy_context_no_degradation",
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+ "scenario": "Scenario 4",
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+ "prompt": "[Preceded by 80+ turns: failed git push, hook debugging, unrelated Samsung portal discussion, Python tracebacks, Midjourney tangent, 15+ empty Grep results] /prompt-generator Write a system prompt for a code review agent that checks for security vulnerabilities",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "Output format identical to Scenario 1: 1-liner audit + fenced XML prompt",
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+ "Prompt content about code review and security — zero contamination from prior noise",
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+ "No references to prior errors, tangents, or unrelated tool calls in the prompt",
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+ "XML structure complete and well-formed — no truncation from context pressure",
65
+ "Subagent delegation visible (Agent tool call with curated context, not raw conversation)"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": 5,
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+ "name": "no_tool_calls_after_fence",
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+ "scenario": "Structural invariant A (Issue #41 Eval A)",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator Create a prompt for an agent that traces a routing bug across shared_utils/export_handler.py, orchestrator.py, and download_manager.py — find where extract_apk is called and whether it handles APK signature check failures",
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+ "files": ["packages/samsung-automation/shared_utils/export_handler.py"],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "No tool_use blocks appear after the first fence marker of the prompt artifact",
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+ "All Glob/Grep discovery calls precede the AskUserQuestion",
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+ "All AskUserQuestion interactions precede the fenced block",
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+ "Prompt artifact emits in a single uninterrupted response"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": 6,
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+ "name": "fenced_block_closes_cleanly",
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+ "scenario": "Structural invariant B (Issue #41 Eval B)",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator Write a detailed agent-harness prompt for a TDD bug-fix workflow that traces a routing error across 5+ files, with state management for multi-window execution and structured test tracking",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "Opening fence has a matching closing fence",
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+ "Every XML tag properly opened and closed",
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+ "No truncation at numbered-list bullets (the Issue #41 failure mode)",
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+ "No mid-sentence cuts or incomplete sections",
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+ "Artifact is copy-pasteable as-is without manual repair"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": 7,
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+ "name": "discovery_complete_gate",
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+ "scenario": "Structural invariant C (Issue #41 Eval C)",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator Create a prompt for an agent that refactors the Samsung theme scoring pipeline — but I'm not sure if the scoring logic is in theme_scorer.py or distributed across multiple files",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "Discovery tool calls attempt to locate scoring logic before prompt generation",
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+ "If resolved: prompt references concrete file paths from discovery",
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+ "If unresolved: prompt contains <open_question> in <context> for downstream agent",
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+ "No re-entry to discovery after fenced block starts",
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+ "AskUserQuestion may surface the uncertainty if discovery was inconclusive"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": 8,
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+ "name": "no_mid_artifact_hedging",
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+ "scenario": "Structural invariant D (Issue #41 Eval D)",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator Write a comprehensive agent prompt for migrating all 12 Samsung portal automation scripts from hardcoded selectors to centralized config, covering full test suite update",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "Zero instances of 'let me also check', 'actually', 'one more consideration' inside fenced block",
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+ "No tentative language ('might be', 'possibly', 'I think') in instructions or constraints",
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+ "All uncertainty expressed as <open_question> tags, not inline hedges",
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+ "Prompt reads as confident complete instructions, not a draft-in-progress"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "id": 9,
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+ "name": "zero_negative_phrasing_in_output",
125
+ "scenario": "Content quality gate A (anti-pattern elimination)",
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+ "prompt": "/prompt-generator Write a system prompt for an agent that reviews TypeScript code for type safety, enforces strict null checks, and ensures all function signatures have complete type annotations",
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+ "files": [],
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+ "expected_behavior": [
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+ "Fenced prompt artifact contains zero hard anti-pattern keywords: 'no', 'not', 'don't', 'do not', 'never', 'avoid', 'without', 'refrain', 'stop', 'prevent', 'exclude', 'prohibit', 'forbid', 'reject'",
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+ "Zero indirect anti-patterns: 'instead of X' (implies X is bad), 'rather than X', 'as opposed to'",
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+ "Every instruction phrased as a positive directive: what TO do, what TO produce, what TO enforce",
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+ "Constraints section uses affirmative boundaries: 'only X', 'always X', 'ensure X', 'require X' — positive framing throughout",
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+ "Example: 'Ensure all functions have explicit return types' passes; 'Do not leave return types implicit' fails; 'Avoid missing return types' fails",
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+ "Applies to all sections inside the fenced block: <role>, <context>, <instructions>, <constraints>, <output_format>"
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ }