# Working in this repo

This repo is the global AI development configuration repository — the authoritative source for agent definitions, skills, workflows, and prompts across all projects.

## Structure

- `core/` — provider-agnostic source of truth (plain language, no tool-specific references)
- `.agents/skills/` — canonical skills location (Agent Skills standard); deployed to `~/.agents/skills/` via `install.sh`
- `providers/claude-code/` — Claude Code adapter (deployed to `~/.claude/` via `install.sh`)
- `docs/` — project documentation, PRDs, and issues
- `scripts/` — install.sh (sync.sh and init-project.sh come in Chunk 6)
- `tests/` — test scripts

## Key documents

Read CONTEXT.md at the start of every session in this repo.

Read these on demand:

- `docs/VISION.md` — purpose, goals, and long-term Management Application vision
- `docs/spec/overview.md` — current deployed state; what works today
- `docs/spec/architecture.md` — current directory structure, install pipeline, provider model
- `docs/ROADMAP.md` — chunk status table and open questions; read this to orient on where work stands
- `docs/adr/` — architectural decisions; read before answering design questions or proposing structural changes
- `docs/ai-constitution.md` — full governance evidence base; read when a governance decision needs justification
- `docs/research/ai-coding-factory/ai-coding-factory-principles.md` — factory design rationale; read when implementing, auditing, or reviewing skills or factory structure
- `docs/notes/factory-integration-decisions.md` — decisions from the factory integration grill; read when making skill authoring or factory design decisions
- `docs/HUMANS.md` — human practitioner checklist; applies when working with AI tools in this repo
- Governance rules are always in effect — `core/instructions/governance.md` (agent rules); `docs/research/governance_principles/CONTROLS.md` (Phase 2 enforcement spec, Chunk 6)

## Key rules

- `core/` content must use plain imperative language — no tool names, provider APIs, or format assumptions
- Never edit files deployed by `sync.sh` directly in a project; put customizations in override files
- `providers/claude-code/CLAUDE.md` is the deployed global config — edit it there, not here
- Governance constraints from `core/instructions/governance.md` apply when building content in this repo — hard prohibitions on secrets and data, HITL requirements before irreversible actions, sycophancy resistance, and deterministic execution preference are always in effect

## Chunk development workflow

Each chunk follows this sequence:
1. `/grill-with-docs` — grill vision/context before writing anything
2. `/to-prd` — write the PRD from the grilling output
3. `/to-issues` — break PRD into issues (`docs/issues/` until Gitea is set up)
4. `/tdd` — implement each issue using TDD
5. `/improve-codebase-architecture` — architecture review after implementation
6. Start a new session before the next chunk

Don't skip `/tdd` — it's the easy one to forget.

## Working context

This repo is built by a junior developer as a homelab tool intended to scale to professional environments. Challenge ideas and reference industry standards rather than validate assumptions. Explain the why behind decisions — assume the user is learning, not just executing. Flag significant actions before taking them.