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holocron/docs/issues/0013-lessons-md.md
Defame1297 b55eede1ef docs: implement issues 0013 and 0014 — LESSONS.md and docs/spec/
Add LESSONS.md as the long-loop feedback log at repo root. Patterns
observed during development graduate to standing rules when three or
more entries appear.

Introduce docs/spec/ as the living spec layer: overview.md (deployed
state) and architecture.md (directory structure, install pipeline,
provider model, governance layer). Refactor docs/VISION.md to goals
and intent only — architecture content moved to docs/spec/architecture.md.

Update CLAUDE.md and CONTEXT.md to reference the new spec files.
Close issues 0013 and 0014. Update ROADMAP and factory integration
note to reflect completion.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-17 10:36:59 +00:00

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0013 — LESSONS.md for this repo ✅

What to build

Create LESSONS.md at the repo root. This file is the long-loop feedback mechanism for this repo — patterns noticed during active development get written here, and repeated patterns graduate to standing rules.

File structure:

# Lessons

Patterns observed during development of this repo. Three or more entries on the same pattern → promote to CONTEXT.md (or the relevant instruction file) as a standing rule.

## [date] [short title]
[observation — what happened, what was learned, what should change]

Graduation rule: When three or more entries cover the same pattern, the human reviews and promotes the pattern to the appropriate standing location: CONTEXT.md for domain-level principles, core/instructions/coding.md for coding conventions, core/instructions/git.md for git conventions, or core/instructions/testing.md for testing conventions. The graduated entries are marked [graduated → target file] rather than deleted (audit trail).

Who writes to it: The session-handoff skill (Chunk 3) prompts LESSONS.md extraction before closing a session. The human may also write directly.

What belongs here: Non-obvious observations — a rule that was misapplied, a pattern that caused friction, a decision that turned out wrong in practice. Not summaries of what was built (that's git history) or planned changes (that's issues).

Acceptance criteria

  • LESSONS.md exists at repo root with the structure above
  • Graduation rule is documented in the file header
  • CONTEXT.md docs convention is updated to reference LESSONS.md as an artifact type

Blocked by

None.