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Agents are not humans — do not estimate timelines, effort, or team size using human baselines.
3 2mo ago A 734 tokens
3Stars on the repository
30Mods indexed here, across every type
2mo agoLast push, which is what freshness is scored on
noneNo LICENSE: all rights reserved, so bodies are not copied
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How agents pick up, verify, and close beads — JIT verification, self-review against ACs, evidence policy, and bd remember knowledge capture.
3 2mo ago A 1,518 tokens
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Standards for creating and closing beads — every bead must be self-contained with ACs, and every close must include evidence.
3 2mo ago A 1,492 tokens
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Convention for marking deliberate simplifications with ceiling and upgrade trigger. Prevents "later means never" by requiring each deferral to name its limitation and the condition for revisiting.
3 2mo ago A 620 tokens
design-docs
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When and how to create committed design specs for larger initiatives.
3 2mo ago A 441 tokens
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Multi-agent code review protocol — same-model multi-lens (autonomous) + cross-model (human-assisted) for structural changes.
3 2mo ago A 1,753 tokens
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Planner/Executor operating model — role definitions, workflow, scratchpad conventions, and beads task tracking.
3 2mo ago A 3,978 tokens
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Prevents file-edit conflicts between the parent agent and running subagents — do not touch files in a subagent's blast radius until it completes.
3 2mo ago A 817 tokens
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Lazy senior dev implementation mode — the decision ladder for minimal, correct code. Activate with 'use ponytail-playbook' or when implementing feature/task beads where code minimalism matters. Defers to pragmatic-tdd.mdc for test discipline.
3 2mo ago A 48 tokens
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Signal-first TDD — test discipline varies by bead type. Prevents zero-signal tests and over-testing.
3 2mo ago A 1,022 tokens
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Session start/close protocol — the first and last things an agent does in every session. Mandatory.
3 2mo ago A 333 tokens
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Git worktree isolation, shared beads DB, and worktree lifecycle for multi-branch development.
3 2mo ago A 919 tokens