Principles

• Skills carry the method. Tools reinforce it.
• Use proportional rigor. Intent, review, and findings stay; scaffold must earn its keep.
• Keep durable truth native. Code, tests, project records, and supported memory outlive working artifacts.
• Carry explicit paths. Consumers discover no store.
• Tasks narrow. They never invent requirements.
• Prove before assessment. Worker claims are inputs, not evidence.
• Separate review. Implementers cannot accept their own work.
• Keep decisions human. Diagnostics and recommendations never become authority.
• Preserve source limits. Claims cannot exceed evidence.
• Keep history historical. Current docs describe the product; ADRs preserve change.

When principles conflict, protect explicit intent, evidence integrity, and human authority. Process does not get a vote.

Related: workflow · source authority