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name: principle-attack-the-premise
description: Inventory who actually owns or exhibits the imbalance, then challenge the shared premise before writing another patch. Use when two or more fixes that share one premise have failed the same gate.
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# Attack the Premise

## Trigger

When two or more fixes that share one premise have failed the same gate.

## Rule

Inventory who actually owns or exhibits the imbalance, then challenge the shared premise before writing another patch.

## Application

1. Name the concrete decision this principle changes.
2. Apply the rule to that decision, not as a decorative citation.
3. Prefer evidence from the current repository/runtime over generic preference.
4. If the principle conflicts with an explicit user constraint, keep the constraint and state the tradeoff.