Read CDAF sidecar files (.cdaf) instead of processing video with vision. Use whenever a task involves understanding, summarizing, searching, editing, or selecting from video files (b-roll, raw clips, footage libraries) — check for a .cdaf sidecar FIRST before analyzing any video directly.
Trust metadata for files, memories, and skills — check before you trust, stamp what you verify. Use before building on existing files, after completing verified work, and when handling agent memories or downloaded skills.
Agent Knowledge Format — stamp trust metadata into every file AI touches. Trust scores, provenance, and compliance that embed natively into DOCX, PDF, images, and code.
Keep markdown module specs in specs/ / synchronized with source code using spec-sync. Use this whenever creating, editing, or reviewing code in a module that has (or should have) a spec, or whenever the user mentions specs, spec-sync, companion files (tasks.md/requirements.md/context.md/testing.md/design.md), or asks…