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name: merge-docs

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Compare and merge two design docs for the same feature into a single source of truth.

Use when you have competing or complementary design/implementation docs (e.g. from separate design runs) that need reconciling into one unified document.

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# Merge Design Documents

**Goal: Produce a single, unified set of feature docs from two separate designs for the same feature.**

## Conventions

## When to Use

You have two feature directories under `/docs/wip/` for the same feature — each with its own design, implementation plan, and task list — and you need to combine them into one coherent set of docs.

## Workflow

**Mandatory order — grounding before merging.** The flow below is strictly sequential. Do not categorize sections, surface contradictions, or write merged content until you have read both feature directories fully and built a codebase-grounded mental model. Merging without grounding produces decisions based on prose clarity rather than codebase reality — the wrong tiebreaker.

See [merge-process.md](./merge-process.md) for the detailed steps.