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Keep your code's facts in one authoritative place.

What it does

Guides code and data changes toward one authoritative source for each fact, preventing conflicting copies.

When to use it

Use when adding information that could exist in two places, when existing sources disagree, or when copying seems easier than referencing.

How to use it

It changes how the agent adds and maintains project data by extending existing owners, deriving values, and consolidating duplicates.

What you provide

  • An existing project

Good to know

  • cannot be undone: the owner

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What you need · 1

Requires principal-engineering as background for applying this doctrine.


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Messages the owner about disagreements (irreversible)