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- name: authentication-best-practices
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- description: Authentication and Authorization mastery. Best practices for OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT (JSON Web Tokens), session management, password hashing, MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication), RBAC/ABAC, SSO, and secure credential storage. Use when auditing or implementing login flows, identity systems, or access control.
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- allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
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- version: 2.0.0
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- last-updated: 2026-04-02
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- applies-to-model: gemini-2.5-pro, claude-3-7-sonnet
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- # Authentication & Authorization — Identity Mastery
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- ## Passwords & Hashing
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- // BAD: md5, sha1, sha256 (too fast, vulnerable to brute force/rainbow tables)
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- - **Length over complexity**: Require minimum 12 characters. Stop requiring arbitrary symbols (e.g., `!@#`).
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+ ---
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+ name: authentication-best-practices
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+ description: Authentication and Authorization mastery. Best practices for OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT (JSON Web Tokens), session management, password hashing, MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication), RBAC/ABAC, SSO, and secure credential storage. Use when auditing or implementing login flows, identity systems, or access control.
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+ allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
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+ version: 2.0.0
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+ last-updated: 2026-04-02
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+ applies-to-model: gemini-2.5-pro, claude-3-7-sonnet
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+ routing:
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+ domain: general
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+ tier: basic
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Authentication & Authorization — Identity Mastery
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Passwords & Hashing
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // BAD: md5, sha1, sha256 (too fast, vulnerable to brute force/rainbow tables)
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+ const hash = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(password).digest("hex");
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+
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+ // GOOD: Argon2 (memory-hard, ASIC resistant) or bcrypt
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+ import * as argon2 from "argon2";
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+
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+ async function hashPassword(password: string): Promise<string> {
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+ // Argon2 hashes include the salt inherently in the resulting string
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+ return await argon2.hash(password, {
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+ type: argon2.argon2id, // recommended variant
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+ memoryCost: 2 ** 16, // 64 MB
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+ timeCost: 3, // iterations
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+ parallelism: 1, // threads
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+ });
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+ }
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+
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+ async function verifyPassword(hash: string, password: string): Promise<boolean> {
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+ return await argon2.verify(hash, password);
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Password Policies
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+ - **Length over complexity**: Require minimum 12 characters. Stop requiring arbitrary symbols (e.g., `!@#`).
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+ - **Check against breaches**: Use HaveIBeenPwned API or similar to reject compromised passwords during signup.
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+ - **Never expire passwords arbitrarily**: Only force resets if there is evidence of a breach.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Session Management vs. JWT
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+
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+ ### 1. Stateful Sessions (Cookies)
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+
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+ **Best for**: Monolithic web apps, SSR apps (Next.js, Remix).
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+
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+ - Server stores session ID mapped to user data in Redis/DB.
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+ - Client stores session ID in an `HttpOnly`, `Secure`, `SameSite=Lax/Strict` cookie.
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+ - **Pros**: Immediate revocation, server-side truth, invisible to XSS.
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+ - **Cons**: Requires DB lookup per request.
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+
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+ ### 2. Stateless JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
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+
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+ **Best for**: Distributed APIs, Microservices, Native mobile apps.
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+
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+ - Server signs a token containing user claims.
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+ - Client passes it in `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header.
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+ - **Pros**: No DB lookup needed, easy cross-origin sharing.
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+ - **Cons**: Cannot be easily revoked before expiration.
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+
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+ ### The JWT "Refresh Token" Pattern
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Scenario: API authentication
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+ // 1. Access Token (Short-lived: 15 mins)
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+ const accessToken = jwt.sign({ userId: user.id }, JWT_SECRET, {
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+ expiresIn: "15m",
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+ algorithm: "HS256", // ALWAYS explicitly specify
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+ });
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+ // 2. Refresh Token (Long-lived: 7 days, opaque string in DB)
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+ const refreshToken = crypto.randomBytes(40).toString("hex");
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+ await db.refreshTokens.create({ token: refreshToken, userId: user.id, expires: addDays(7) });
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+ // Client flow:
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+ // - Access token kept in memory (JS variable) to prevent XSS theft.
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+ // - Refresh token kept in HttpOnly cookie.
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+ // - When Access Token expires, endpoint reads cookie, validates DB, issues new Access Token.
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## OAuth2 & OIDC (OpenID Connect)
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+
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+ ```
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+ Roles:
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+ 1. Resource Owner (User)
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+ 2. Client (Your App)
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+ 3. Authorization Server (Google/GitHub/Auth0)
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+ 4. Resource Server (API)
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+
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+ Flow (Authorization Code + PKCE):
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+ 1. User clicks "Login with Google".
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+ 2. App generates `code_verifier` and `code_challenge`.
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+ 3. App redirects user to Google with `code_challenge`.
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+ 4. User logs in, Google redirects back to App with an authorization `code`.
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+ 5. App sends `code` + `code_verifier` to Google backend.
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+ 6. Google returns `id_token` (OIDC identity) and `access_token` (OAuth permissions).
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+
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+ // ❌ HALLUCINATION TRAP: Implicit Flow is deprecated.
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+ // Never use Implicit Flow (response_type=token) where the token is returned in the URL hash.
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+ // Always use Authorization Code Flow with PKCE, even for Single Page Apps (SPAs).
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
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+ - **SMS**: Deprecated by NIST due to SIM swapping vulnerabilities. (Better than nothing, but avoid as primary MFA).
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+ - **TOTP (Authenticator Apps)**: Standard implementations use HMAC-SHA1. Keep the secret key heavily encrypted at rest.
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+ - **WebAuthn / Passkeys**: The modern gold standard. Replaces passwords entirely using hardware enclaves (FaceID, TouchID, YubiKey).
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Authorization Models
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+
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+ ### RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
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+
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+ - Users have Roles (`admin`, `editor`, `viewer`).
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+ - Roles have Permissions (`create:post`, `delete:user`).
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // ✅ Check permissions, not roles directly (more flexible)
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+ if (!user.permissions.includes("delete:user")) {
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+ throw new ForbiddenError();
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control)
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+ - Access based on context (e.g., "User can edit Document if Document.department == User.department").
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Example Policy
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+ function canEditPost(user: User, post: Post): boolean {
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+ if (user.role === "admin") return true;
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+ if (post.authorId === user.id) return true;
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+ if (post.status === "draft" && user.department === "content") return true;
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+ return false;
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ AI coding assistants often fall into specific bad habits when dealing with this domain. These are strictly forbidden:
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+ 1. **Over-engineering:** Proposing complex abstractions or distributed systems when a simpler approach suffices.
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+ 2. **Hallucinated Libraries/Methods:** Using non-existent methods or packages. Always `// VERIFY` or check `package.json` / `requirements.txt`.
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+ 3. **Skipping Edge Cases:** Writing the "happy path" and ignoring error handling, timeouts, or data validation.
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+ 4. **Context Amnesia:** Forgetting the user's constraints and offering generic advice instead of tailored solutions.
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+ 5. **Silent Degradation:** Catching and suppressing errors without logging or re-raising.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ **Slash command: `/review` or `/tribunal-full`**
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+ **Active reviewers: `logic-reviewer` · `security-auditor`**
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+
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+ ### ❌ Forbidden AI Tropes
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+
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+ 1. **Blind Assumptions:** Never make an assumption without documenting it clearly with `// VERIFY: [reason]`.
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+ 2. **Silent Degradation:** Catching and suppressing errors without logging or handling.
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+ 3. **Context Amnesia:** Forgetting the user's constraints and offering generic advice instead of tailored solutions.
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+ Review these questions before confirming output:
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+ ```
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+ ✅ Did I rely ONLY on real, verified tools and methods?
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+ ✅ Is this solution appropriately scoped to the user's constraints?
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+ ✅ Did I handle potential failure modes and edge cases?
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+ ✅ Have I avoided generic boilerplate that doesn't add value?
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
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+ **CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
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+
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+ - ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
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+ - ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing tests, compile success, or equivalent proof) that your output works as intended.
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+ ## Pre-Flight Checklist
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+ - [ ] Have I reviewed the user's specific constraints and requests?
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+ - [ ] Have I checked the environment for relevant existing implementations?
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+ You MUST verify existing code signatures and variables before attempting to modify or call them. No hallucination is permitted.
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+ routing:
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+ domain: general
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+ tier: basic
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  - **Input Validation**: Parse all inputs using Zod. Do not trust TypeScript types, as they do not exist at runtime.
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  - **IDOR Prevention**: Always verify that the resource being modified belongs to the user requesting the modification (e.g., `WHERE userId = session.userId`).
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