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+---
+version: 3.2
+---
+
+---
+
+## What is this?
+This is Context Engineering for GenAI-Logic Projects (created into each project). 
+
+It is AI-generated technical documentation for AI assistants, created_by: AI (Claude 4.5) through code inspection, system operation analysis, and Socratic training with Val Huber.
+
+It is used as bootstrap context for both developers (in IDE), and evaluators (AI-driven evaluation).
+
+<br>
+
+## 🏗️ What You Get (Auto-Generated Infrastructure)
+
+The created project came from: `genai-logic create --project_name=... --db_url=...`
+
+**It's a complete, production-ready microservice:**
+
+✅ **Enterprise JSON:API** - Standard REST with filtering, sorting, pagination, and relationships  
+✅ **Production Admin UI** - Full CRUD interface at `/admin-app` with multi-table forms  
+✅ **SQLAlchemy Models** - Auto-generated from database schema in `database/models.py`  
+✅ **API Endpoints** - Auto-discovered REST endpoints for all tables in `api/customize_api.py`  
+✅ **Containerized** - Docker/Kubernetes ready with `devops/docker/` configuration  
+✅ **AI-Enabled (MCP)** - Discoverable metadata at `/.well-known/mcp.json` for Copilot/ChatGPT  
+
+**Created in ~5 seconds** - Working API server + Admin UI + Models from the database.
+
+---
+
+## 🎨 What You Do (Customization & Extension)
+
+Now extend this generated foundation:
+
+**Business Logic** - Add declarative rules (5 lines, not 200+ procedural code)  
+**Custom APIs** - Add endpoints in `api/api_discovery/` for complex business transactions  
+**Security** - Add RBAC with `genai-logic add-auth`  
+**React Apps** - Create custom UIs with `genai-logic genai-add-app --vibe`  
+**Integration** - Add Kafka events, webhooks, B2B APIs  
+**Testing** - Create Behave tests with requirements traceability  
+
+---
+
+## Quick Start: See It Work
+
+**Prompt 1: Create Project**
+```bash
+genai-logic create --project_name=basic_demo --db_url=sqlite:///samples/dbs/basic_demo.sqlite
+```
+
+**Result:** Complete project you open in your IDE (VS Code, PyCharm, etc.) with:
+
+- Working JSON:API server with filtering, pagination, sorting
+- Admin UI for data management  
+- SQLAlchemy models auto-generated from your database
+- Container-ready for deployment
+- Ready to run in ~5 seconds - vibe custom apps, etc...
+
+**Prompt 2: Add Business Logic**
+```text
+On Placing Orders, Check Credit:
+1. The Customer's balance is less than the credit limit
+2. The Customer's balance is the sum of the Order amount_total where date_shipped is null
+3. The Order's amount_total is the sum of the Item amount
+4. The Item amount is the quantity * unit_price
+5. The Product count suppliers is the sum of the Product Suppliers
+6. Use AI to Set Item field unit_price by finding the optimal Product Supplier 
+   based on cost, lead time, and world conditions
+
+Use case: App Integration
+1. Send the Order to Kafka topic 'order_shipping' if the date_shipped is not None.
+```
+**Result:** Creates equivalent of 200+ lines of procedural code (want to know more about that?)
+
+Next: Ask me anything - common questions, how it works, what to try next...
+
+---
+
+
+# About This File
+
+**You are reading the bootstrap for context engineering materials.**
+
+This file is the **entry point** for understanding GenAI-Logic architecture. Additional training materials are available:
+
+**For Developers (in IDE):**
+- This file: 1,587 lines of core architecture and patterns
+- Plus `docs/training/` folder: LogicBank API reference, testing guide (555 lines), architecture deep-dives
+- Total: **2,599 lines of context engineering**
+
+**For Evaluators (web):**
+- This file accessed via: https://apilogicserver.github.io/Docs/Eval-copilot-instructions/
+- Additional materials referenced throughout and publicly accessible
+
+**Two use cases:**
+1. **Developers in IDE** - GitHub Copilot reads this to assist with logic creation, testing, security, custom APIs
+2. **Evaluators** - AI assistants (Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini) read this for independent technical analysis
+
+**How it was created:** AI-generated through:
+- Code inspection and architecture analysis
+- Observing system operation (rules traces, engine behavior)
+- Socratic dialogue with Val Huber (40+ years designing business rules technology)
+- Active validation (AI questioned claims, verified against observable behavior)
+
+**Why this matters:** These materials demonstrate senior-level technical understanding that survived AI scrutiny. When multiple AIs analyze them, they reach similar conclusions because they're analyzing genuine architectural patterns, not marketing claims.
+
+**See:** [Eval.md](https://apilogicserver.github.io/Docs/Eval/) explains the AI-driven evaluation methodology this enables.
+
+---
+
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+## 📖 Content Organization Protocol
+
+**WHEN USER ASKS: "how do rules work" or "explain the rules engine"**
+**PRIMARY ANSWER**: Provide the **"How the Rules Engine Works"** 3-phase overview below:
+  1. Authoring (AI-assisted, human-reviewed)
+  2. Engine Initialization (Deterministic analysis)
+  3. Runtime Enforcement (Commit-time)
+
+**FOLLOW-UP OFFER**: After showing the 3 phases, offer: "Would you like more detail on any specific aspect?"
+
+**NEVER**: Respond with generic "Key Concepts" or custom explanations - use the specific 3-phase content from this file.
+
+---
+
 ## Capabilities Reference
 
 When user asks "what can I do here", list these capabilities:
@@ -187,6 +313,350 @@ changelog:
 
 ---
 
+## 📚 Learning Curve (Honest Assessment)
+
+**Timeline:**
+- **Week 1:** ~10 hours - Basic rules (sum, count, formula, constraint, copy), see them work
+- **Month 1:** ~30 hours total - Comfortable with 90% of use cases, including events and debugging
+- **Hardest part:** Mental shift from procedural → declarative thinking (1-2 weeks of practice)
+
+**When NOT to use rules:**
+- Read-only analytics/reporting (rules enforce writes, not reads)
+- Complex algorithms (graph traversal, optimization, ML - not data relationships)
+- Workflow orchestration (multi-step processes - use Temporal/Airflow)
+- Real-time streaming (high-frequency data - use Kafka/Flink)
+
+**When rules are essential:**
+- Data dependency graphs (X affects Y affects Z)
+- Multiple change paths (insert/update/delete/FK changes)
+- Production systems requiring correctness guarantees
+- Long-term maintained systems with evolving requirements
+
+**The Scale Advantage (Production Evidence):**
+
+**Our A/B test (3-table system):**
+- AI procedural code: 220 lines, 2 bugs (missed 8 change paths)
+- Declarative rules: 5 lines, 0 bugs (engine handles all 9 paths)
+
+**The 9 Transaction Paths** (design once, govern all pathos - automatic re-use- coverage with declarative rules):
+1. **Insert Order** → updates Customer.balance
+2. **Insert Item** → updates Item.amount, Order.amount_total, Customer.balance  
+3. **Update Item.quantity** → recalculates Item.amount, Order.amount_total, Customer.balance
+4. **Update Item.unit_price** → recalculates Item.amount, Order.amount_total, Customer.balance
+5. **Update Item.product_id** → copies new Product.unit_price, recalculates amounts
+6. **Update Item.order_id** → adjusts **both** old and new Order totals, **both** Customers
+7. **Delete Item** → adjusts Order.amount_total, Customer.balance
+8. **Update Order.customer_id** → adjusts **both** old and new Customer.balance
+9. **Update Order.date_shipped** → includes/excludes from Customer.balance calculation
+
+**Why declarative wins:** Rules are defined on the **data** (Customer, Order, Item), not on specific transactions. The engine automatically applies them to ALL change paths. Procedural code must explicitly handle each scenario - easy to miss cases like reassigning items between orders (#6).
+
+**Real enterprise system (100 tables):**
+- 80 tables with business logic
+- 12 rules per table average = **960 rules total**
+- **Procedural approach:** 960 × 44 lines/rule = **42,240 lines to write/maintain**
+- **Declarative approach:** ~960 lines written
+
+**The Versata measurement (production systems, 1995-2010):**
+- Tracked manual code vs. rules-based code across deployments
+- **Result: 97% automation** - developers wrote 3% of equivalent procedural code
+- For 100-table system: Write ~1,250 lines, engine automates the other 41,000 lines of logic
+
+**Not about code golf - about correctness at scale:**
+- 42k lines with multi-table dependencies = unmaintainable
+- When Customer.credit_limit changes, find all 15 places that check it
+- Rules: Update one constraint, engine recalculates all affected transactions automatically
+
+---
+
+## 🤔 Common Developer Questions (FAQ)
+
+### "Is this infrastructure?" (PostgreSQL Parallel)
+
+**Yes - GenAI-Logic is infrastructure in the same sense PostgreSQL is infrastructure.**
+
+**The Parallel:**
+
+**PostgreSQL deployment:**
+```
+Docker Hub: postgres:16
+├─ App 1: postgres + schema_A (separate container)
+├─ App 2: postgres + schema_B (separate container)  
+├─ App 3: postgres + schema_C (separate container)
+```
+
+**GenAI-Logic deployment:**
+```
+Docker Hub: genai-logic:latest
+├─ App 1: genai-logic + rules_A (separate container)
+├─ App 2: genai-logic + rules_B (separate container)
+├─ App 3: genai-logic + rules_C (separate container)
+```
+
+**The Pattern is Identical:**
+
+| Criterion | PostgreSQL | GenAI-Logic |
+|-----------|------------|-------------|
+| **Generic engine** | ✓ Database engine | ✓ Rules engine |
+| **App-specific config** | ✓ DDL/Schema | ✓ Business rules (DSL) |
+| **Docker image** | ✓ postgres:16 | ✓ genai-logic:latest |
+| **Per-app deployment** | ✓ Separate containers | ✓ Separate containers |
+| **Platform team operates** | ✓ DBA team | ✓ Platform/DevOps |
+| **Called "infrastructure"** | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
+
+**Key Insight:**
+
+Nobody says PostgreSQL "isn't infrastructure" because each app gets its own database instance with app-specific schema. The same logic applies to GenAI-Logic:
+
+- **Generic runtime engine** (rules executor, dependency resolver, commit governor)
+- **Configured per-app** (business rules are like DDL - they configure the engine)
+- **Standard deployment** (Docker image + configuration)
+- **Platform operation** (DevOps manages instances)
+
+**What This Means:**
+
+GenAI-Logic is infrastructure you:
+- Deploy as containerized instances (like databases)
+- Configure with declarative rules (like DDL configures schema)
+- Operate as a platform service (like database administration)
+- Scale per-application (like database instances)
+
+**The "organic infrastructure" label is accurate** - it shapes itself to your business through declarative configuration, just as PostgreSQL shapes itself through DDL.
+
+---
+
+### "I hear vibe results in unruly code - is this a vibe tool?"
+
+**No - but it's the perfect backend partner for vibe UIs.**
+
+**Backend governance** (enforcing multi-table constraints and derivations at commit - balances, totals, credit limits - regardless of which client writes):
+
+**The Problem with Vibe Alone:**
+- Vibe generates fast UIs, but those UIs can send ANY data to your backend
+- Who ensures `Customer.balance = Sum(Order.amount_total)`? Who checks credit limits?
+- You either hand-code validation (slow, error-prone) or hope nothing breaks
+
+**GenAI-Logic = Data Integrity for Vibe:**
+- ✅ **Your data is safe** - No matter what the vibe UI does, rules enforce invariants at commit
+- ✅ **Nothing bypasses validation** - All writes (APIs, workflows, UIs, agents) pass through the same rule engine
+- ✅ **Multi-table derivations** - `Customer.balance = sum(orders)`, `Order.total = sum(items)` - automatic cascading
+- ✅ **Declarative specifications** - 5 rules instead of 200+ lines of procedural validation code
+- ✅ **Correctness guarantee** - Proven engine handles ALL change paths (FKs, cascades, transitive dependencies)
+
+**The Architecture:**
+- **Frontend (vibe):** Generate UI fast, iterate quickly
+- **Backend (GenAI-Logic):** Enforce business rules at commit - nothing bypasses them
+- **Result:** Move fast AND keep data correct
+
+**See the A/B test:** AI procedural code = 220 lines, 2 critical bugs. Rules = 5 lines, 0 bugs. Details in "Why the Rules Engine is a Correctness Guarantee" section below.
+
+**You're not choosing between vibe speed and data integrity. You get both.**
+
+---
+
+### "Am I locked in?" (Vendor Lock-in)
+
+**No.** Here's why:
+
+**Your database is untouched:**
+- No special schema requirements
+- No vendor-specific tables or columns
+- Works with standard SQLAlchemy databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server)
+- Your data stays portable
+
+**Standard technology stack:**
+- Python code you can read and edit
+- SQLAlchemy ORM (industry standard)
+- Flask web framework (standard)
+- No proprietary language or runtime
+
+**Rules are just Python:**
+```python
+Rule.sum(derive=Customer.balance, as_sum_of=Order.amount_total,
+         where=lambda row: row.date_shipped is None)
+```
+This is readable code you can maintain. Not compiled. Not encrypted. Not hidden.
+
+**Open source (free forever):**
+- Apache 2.0 license
+- No runtime fees
+- No enterprise edition paywall
+- Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/ApiLogicServer
+
+**Exit path exists:**
+If you decide rules aren't for you, you can:
+1. Stop using LogicBank, write procedural code instead
+2. Keep your database, models, and API
+3. No migration required - just remove the rules
+4. Your data is never locked in
+
+**Can coexist with existing code:**
+- Add LogicBank to existing Flask app
+- Use rules for new features, keep existing procedural code
+- Migrate incrementally (or not at all)
+
+**Bottom line:** You're adopting an architecture pattern, not signing a vendor contract.
+
+---
+
+### "How does business collaboration work?"
+
+**You work in your IDE** (VS Code, standard Python workflow).
+
+**Business users can optionally explore ideas in WebGenAI** (browser-based prototyping):
+- Creates working backend (API, data, business logic) from natural language
+- Exports to standard Python projects you can enhance
+- **Your role:** Take exported code, add production features (advanced logic, security, deployment)
+
+**Why this matters:**
+- Business stops needing "dev time for prototypes"
+- You receive exportable Python (not proprietary platform code)
+- Standard deployment (containers, your tools)
+
+**Foundation for any frontend:** The backend we generate works with vibe UIs, low-code tools, custom React apps - whatever you choose. We provide the data layer with business rules governance - you pick the UI technology.
+
+---
+
+### "Is this production-ready?" (Battle-Tested)
+
+**Yes. 45 years of production use.**
+
+**The history:**
+- **1979:** Invented in Boston (same time as VisiCalc)
+- **Wang Pace:** 7,500 production deployments
+- **Versata:** $3B startup backed by Microsoft/SAP/Informix/Ingres founders
+- **2025:** Reborn as GenAI Logic for the agentic AI era
+
+**This isn't a new framework. It's a proven architecture refined over decades.**
+
+**Production evidence:**
+- Deployed at enterprise scale (Fortune 500s)
+- Handles millions of transactions
+- 45 years of edge cases discovered and fixed
+- Battle-tested patterns you can't get from fresh development
+
+**What this means for you:**
+- You're not a beta tester
+- The gotchas have been found (and fixed)
+- The patterns are proven at scale
+- The architecture has survived 4 decades of technology shifts
+
+**Current adoption:**
+- 1M+ downloads (yes, many are bots, but real usage too)
+- Open source community
+- Active development
+- Production deployments across industries
+
+**Comparison:**
+- VisiCalc (1979) proved declarative worked for spreadsheets
+- We proved declarative worked for transactions
+- Both are still around because the architecture is sound
+
+**Risk assessment:**
+- Technical risk: Low (proven architecture, standard tech stack)
+- Vendor risk: Low (open source, can fork if needed)
+- Team risk: Medium (learning curve exists, but documented)
+- Migration risk: Low (can coexist with existing code)
+
+**Bottom line:** This isn't experimental. It's established technology adapted for modern AI.
+
+---
+
+### "What IS it designed for?" (PRIMARY USE CASES)
+
+**Most common use case: Backend for Custom UIs (Vibe, React, Vue, etc.)**
+
+Customers **ROUTINELY** use GenAI-Logic as the backend for vibe-generated UIs:
+
+- ✅ **Get production API instantly:** 5 seconds from database to working API with filtering, pagination, sorting, optimistic locking, security/RBAC
+- ✅ **Start simple, add logic later:** Begin with CRUD, add business rules when complexity emerges
+- ✅ **UI automatically inherits logic:** Add validation/calculations in backend → all UIs get it immediately (web, mobile, agents)
+- ✅ **Parallel development:** Frontend team starts immediately with REAL API (not toy mocks that lack enterprise features)
+- ✅ **Zero overhead when simple:** Rules engine checks dependencies, finds none, commits - essentially transparent
+- ✅ **Zero refactoring when complex:** Today's "save note" becomes "audit changes + validate preferences" - no UI changes needed
+
+**Why this beats fat client architectures:**
+- ❌ **Fat client:** Business logic in UI buttons → duplicated across web/mobile, bypassed by APIs, untestable
+- ✅ **Thin client:** Business logic at commit point → enforced everywhere (UIs, APIs, agents), single source of truth
+
+**The vibe workflow:**
+1. Vibe generates UI fast (cards, forms, dashboards)
+2. GenAI-Logic enforces data integrity at commit (balances, totals, credit limits)
+3. Add rules as requirements emerge - UI inherits automatically
+4. **Result:** Move fast AND keep data correct
+
+**Other core use cases:**
+- ✅ **Multi-table derivations and rollups** (Customer.balance = sum(orders), Order.total = sum(items))
+- ✅ **Business constraints across tables** (balance <= credit_limit, can't ship without items)
+- ✅ **Correctness guarantees** across all change paths (insert, update, delete, FK changes)
+- ✅ **Data layer for workflow nodes** (each workflow step writes correct data)
+
+---
+
+### "What CAN'T it do?" (Limitations)
+
+**Honest answer: Rules solve data integrity, not everything.**
+
+**Don't use rules for:**
+
+1. **Complex algorithms**
+   - Machine learning models
+   - Graph traversal algorithms
+   - Optimization problems (traveling salesman, etc.)
+   - Statistical computations
+   - **Why:** These aren't data relationship problems. Use Python.
+
+2. **Read-only queries and reports**
+   - Analytics dashboards
+   - Complex JOINs for reporting
+   - Data warehouse queries
+   - **Why:** Rules enforce writes, not reads. Use SQL views, BI tools, or query optimization.
+
+3. **One-off scripts**
+   - Data migrations
+   - Batch data cleanup
+   - Import/export utilities
+   - **Why:** Rules overhead isn't worth it for run-once code. Use plain Python.
+
+4. **Workflow orchestration (BUT: ideal for nodes within workflows)**
+   - ❌ **Not a workflow engine:** Can't do multi-step approval processes, long-running sagas, external system coordination
+   - ✅ **Perfect for workflow nodes:** Ideal data layer WITHIN each workflow step
+   - **Why:** Workflows orchestrate STEPS ("do these in order"). GenAI-Logic ensures DATA CORRECTNESS within each step.
+   - **Example:** Order approval workflow:
+     - Node 1: Create draft order ← **GenAI-Logic ensures totals, credit check**
+     - Node 2: Send approval email ← Pure workflow
+     - Node 3: Wait for response ← Pure workflow
+     - Node 4: If approved, ship ← **GenAI-Logic updates balances, inventory**
+   - **Use together:** Temporal/Airflow for process orchestration, GenAI-Logic for data operations within nodes
+
+5. **Real-time streaming**
+   - High-frequency trading
+   - IoT sensor processing
+   - Log aggregation
+   - **Why:** Transaction-based commit is wrong model. Use stream processors (Kafka, Flink).
+
+**Architecture fit:**
+- Rules sit at the **commit control point**
+- They enforce **what may persist**, not how to orchestrate
+- Think: "guardrails for data integrity" not "workflow engine"
+
+**The test:**
+If you can express it as "this data relationship is always true," use rules.
+If it's "do these steps in this order," use procedural code.
+
+**Example:**
+- ✅ "Customer balance is always sum of unshipped orders" → Rule
+- ❌ "Send email, wait 3 days, send reminder" → Workflow (not a rule)
+
+**Can you mix?**
+Yes. Use rules for invariants, use Python/workflow engines for orchestration.
+They complement each other.
+
+**Bottom line:** Rules solve correctness for business logic (data relationships).
+They're not a general-purpose programming replacement.
+
+---
+
 ## Detailed Service Documentation
 
 The sections below provide complete details on each service. I'll reference these as needed when we work together.
@@ -222,8 +692,21 @@ python api_logic_server_run.py
 - If server fails to start after model changes, check that alembic migrations have been applied
 
 ### Adding Business Logic
-`docs/training` explains how to translate Natural Language logic into LogicBank (Python) rules like:
 
+**For Human Learning:**
+- **Primary Resource:** https://apilogicserver.github.io/Docs/Logic/
+  - Complete rule type reference tables
+  - Pattern tables and best practices
+  - Video tutorials and examples
+  - Learning path recommendations
+- Use this as your main learning resource for understanding rules
+
+**For AI Code Generation:**
+- `docs/training/*.prompt` files contain patterns for AI assistants
+- AI reads these BEFORE implementing logic
+- Not intended as primary human learning materials
+
+**Rule Example:**
 ```python
 # Edit: logic/declare_logic.py
 Rule.sum(derive=Customer.Balance, as_sum_of=Order.AmountTotal)
@@ -236,7 +719,7 @@ The `docs/training/` folder contains ONLY universal, framework-level training ma
 - ✅ **Universal patterns** → `genai_logic_patterns.md`
 - ✅ **Implementation patterns** → `probabilistic_logic_guide.md`
 - ✅ **Code templates** → `probabilistic_template.py`
-- ✅ **API references** → `.prompt` files (logic_bank_api.prompt, etc.)
+- ✅ **API references** → `.prompt` files (logic_bank_api.md, etc.)
 
 **DO NOT add project-specific content to docs/training/**:
 - ❌ Project-specific instructions or configurations
@@ -256,36 +739,48 @@ See `docs/training/README.md` for complete organization rules.
 ```
 STOP ✋
 
-READ ALL TRAINING FILES IN ORDER (every single time):
+WHEN USER PROVIDES A LOGIC PROMPT:
+
+STEP 1: Read these files (DO THIS FIRST - NOT OPTIONAL):
+   1. docs/training/logic_bank_patterns.md           (Foundation - READ FIRST)
+   2. docs/training/logic_bank_api.md                (Deterministic rules - READ SECOND)
+   3. docs/training/probabilistic_logic.md           (AI/Probabilistic rules - READ THIRD)
 
-1. docs/training/logic_bank_patterns.prompt           (Foundation - ALWAYS READ FIRST)
-2. docs/training/logic_bank_api.prompt                (Deterministic rules - ALWAYS READ SECOND)
-3. docs/training/probabilistic_logic.prompt           (AI/Probabilistic rules - ALWAYS READ THIRD)
+STEP 2: Parse the prompt following logic_bank_api.md instructions:
+   - Identify context phrase ("When X", "For Y", "On Z") → creates directory
+   - Identify colon-terminated use cases → creates files
+   - Follow directory structure rules EXACTLY as specified
 
-⚠️ CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS:
-   - DO NOT skip any files, even if you think you know the pattern
-   - DO NOT selectively read based on keywords in the user's request
-   - READ ALL THREE FILES IN SEQUENCE before writing any code
-   - These files contain failure patterns and correct implementations learned from production use
+STEP 3: Create the directory structure and files as instructed
 
-THEN (and only then) implement the logic.
+STEP 4: Implement the rules following the training patterns
+
+⚠️ CRITICAL - NO EXCEPTIONS:
+   - You MUST read all three training files before implementing
+   - You MUST follow the directory structure rules in logic_bank_api.md
+   - You MUST NOT create flat files when context phrase is present
+   - DO NOT skip files even if you think you know the pattern
+   - These files contain failure patterns learned from production use
+
+FAILURE MODE: Creating flat files in logic/logic_discovery/ when prompt has context phrase
+CORRECT: Create logic/logic_discovery/<context_dir>/{__init__.py, use_case_files.py}
 ```
 
 **Training File Contents:**
 
-1. **`docs/training/logic_bank_patterns.prompt`** - Foundation patterns for ALL rule types
+1. **`docs/training/logic_bank_patterns.md`** - Foundation patterns for ALL rule types
    - Event handler signatures (row, old_row, logic_row) - REQUIRED READING
    - Logging with logic_row.log() vs app_logger
    - Request Pattern with new_logic_row()
    - Rule API syntax dos and don'ts
    - Common anti-patterns to avoid
    
-2. **`docs/training/logic_bank_api.prompt`** - Deterministic rules API
+2. **`docs/training/logic_bank_api.md`** - Deterministic rules API
    - Rule.sum(), Rule.count(), Rule.formula(), Rule.constraint(), etc.
    - Complete API signatures with all parameters
    - References patterns file for implementation details
    
-3. **`docs/training/probabilistic_logic.prompt`** - Probabilistic (AI) rules API
+3. **`docs/training/probabilistic_logic.md`** - Probabilistic (AI) rules API
    - populate_ai_values() utility for AI-driven value computation
    - Intelligent selection patterns (supplier optimization, dynamic pricing, route selection)
    - Automatic audit trails and graceful fallbacks when API unavailable
@@ -295,33 +790,56 @@ THEN (and only then) implement the logic.
 **Example Natural Language Logic for basic_demo:**
 
 ```text
-Use case: Check Credit    
-    1. Customer balance ≤ credit limit
-    2. Customer balance = sum of unshipped Order amount_total
-    3. Order amount_total = sum of Item amount
-    4. Item amount = quantity × unit_price
-    5. Item unit_price = copied from Product unit_price
+on Placing Orders, Check Credit:
+
+1. The Customer's balance is less than the credit limit
+2. The Customer's balance is the sum of the Order amount_total where date_shipped is null
+3. The Order's amount_total is the sum of the Item amount
+4. The Item amount is the quantity * unit_price
+5. The Product count suppliers is the sum of the Product Suppliers
+6. Use AI to Set Item field unit_price by finding the optimal Product Supplier 
+                                          based on cost, lead time, and world conditions
 
 Use case: App Integration
-    1. Send Order to Kafka when date_shipped changes to non-null
+1. Send the Order to Kafka topic 'order_shipping' if the date_shipped is not None.
 ```
 
-**Why Declarative Rules Matter:**
+**How the Rules Engine Works:**
 
-For developers: Business logic is **typically half the system** in data-centric applications. The real pain with procedural code isn't just volume (200+ lines vs 5 rules) - it's **maintenance**:
-- **Finding insertion points** - you must analyze existing code to figure out where new logic goes
-- **Automatic ordering** - add rules anywhere that makes sense, confident they'll run in the right order
-- **Understanding intent** - you see WHAT it does (business rules) vs HOW (procedural steps)
+**1. Authoring (AI-assisted, human-reviewed)**
+- You express business intent in natural language (via Copilot or any AI assistant)
+- The AI translates intent into a declarative DSL, under human review
+- Distills path-dependent logic into data-bound rules (table invariants) for automatic re-use
+- Resolves ambiguity using schema and relationships (e.g., copy vs reference)
+- Produces readable rules developers can inspect, edit, debug and version
+
+*This is where AI helps — authoring, not execution.*
+
+**2. Engine Initialization (Deterministic analysis)**
+- On startup, the non-RETE rule engine loads all rules
+- It computes dependencies deterministically from Rule types (derivations, constraints, actions)
+- Execution order is derived once, not from code paths
+
+No compilation. No dependencies-from-pattern-matching. No inference from runtime behavior.
 
-With declarative rules, you simply state business requirements. The engine handles dependencies, ordering, and optimization automatically.
+**3. Runtime Enforcement (Commit-time)**
+- Rules execute at transaction commit via SQLAlchemy commit events
+- All writes — APIs, workflows, UIs, agents — pass through the same rule set
+- Dependencies are already known; execution is deterministic and efficient
+- **No rule is "called." No path can bypass enforcement.**
+- Non-RETE optimizations: pruning, adjustment logic, delta-based aggregations
+- **Cascading via old_row tracking** - When Order.customer_id changes, adjusts BOTH old and new Customer.balance
 
-LogicBank provides **44X code reduction** (5 lines vs 220+ procedural). **At scale, this means a typical 100-table enterprise system would require ~1,000 declarative rules vs. 40,000+ lines of procedural code.** More critically, those 40,000 lines would contain bugs in foreign key change handling that the rules engine prevents by construction.
+**The Key Developer Insight:**
 
-The engine provides automatic:
-- **Dependency tracking** - listens to SQLAlchemy ORM events at attribute level
-- **Cascading updates** - when Order.customer_id changes, adjusts BOTH old and new Customer.balance
-- **Transitive dependencies** - Item.quantity change cascades through Item.amount → Order.amount_total → Customer.balance
-- **Optimized execution** - uses deltas, not re-aggregation; automatic pruning
+You declare invariants on data. You don't wire rules into flows. Invocation is automatic, on commit. The engine enforces them — everywhere, automatically, at commit.
+
+**Why Declarative Rules Matter:**
+
+LogicBank provides **44X code reduction** (5 lines vs 220+ procedural) with:
+- **Automatic ordering** - add rules anywhere that makes sense, confident they'll run in the right order
+- **Understanding intent** - you see WHAT it does (business rules) vs HOW (procedural steps)
+- **Maintenance** - no need to find insertion points or trace execution paths
 
 **Why the Rules Engine is a Correctness Guarantee:**
 
@@ -329,29 +847,17 @@ The "2 critical bugs" that even AI-generated procedural code missed:
 1. **Changing Order.customer_id** - procedural code failed to adjust BOTH the old and new customer balances
 2. **Changing Item.product_id** - procedural code failed to re-copy the unit_price from the new product
 
-These bugs illustrate why declarative rules are **mandatory, not optional**:
-
-**Dependency Chains:** In the logic above, `Customer.balance` has transitive dependencies:
-- Direct: `Order.amount_total`, `Order.date_shipped`
-- Through Order: `Item.amount` (affects Order.amount_total)
-- Through Item: `Item.quantity`, `Item.unit_price` (affect Item.amount)
-- Through Product: `Product.unit_price` (copied to Item.unit_price)
-
-**Automatic Completeness:** The declarative rules engine:
-- Listens to **SQLAlchemy ORM events** at the attribute level
-- When `Order.customer_id` changes, **automatically adjusts both old and new customer balances**
-- When `Item.product_id` changes, **automatically re-copies from the new product**
-- Uses **dependency ordering** to fire rules in correct sequence
-- Applies **optimized chaining** (uses deltas, not re-aggregation)
-
-**Why Procedural Code Fails:** Even AI-generated procedural code requires explicit handlers for EVERY possible change path. It's easy to miss:
+These bugs illustrate why declarative rules are **mandatory, not optional**. Even AI-generated procedural code requires explicit handlers for EVERY possible change path. It's easy to miss:
 - Foreign key changes affecting multiple parents
 - Transitive dependencies through multiple tables
 - Where clause conditions that include/exclude rows
 
 The rules engine eliminates this entire class of bugs by automatically handling all change paths.
 
-See `logic/declarative-vs-procedural-comparison.md` for complete analysis.
+**The Complete A/B Test:**
+
+For the full experiment comparing declarative rules vs AI-generated procedural code, including the 2 bugs Copilot missed and the AI's own analysis of why it failed, see:
+https://github.com/ApiLogicServer/ApiLogicServer-src/blob/main/api_logic_server_cli/prototypes/basic_demo/logic/procedural/declarative-vs-procedural-comparison.md
 
 ### Discovery Systems
 
@@ -388,7 +894,7 @@ def declare_logic():
 
 **PATTERN RECOGNITION for Business Logic**:
 When users provide natural language with multiple use cases like:
-- "Use case: Check Credit" + "Use case: App Integration"
+- "on Placing Orders, Check Credit" + "Use case: App Integration"
 
 **ALWAYS create separate files**:
 - `logic/logic_discovery/check_credit.py` - for credit checking rules