4 added, 6 removed. Audit A to A.
- - Be extremely concise. Sacrifice grammar for the sake of concision.
- - Be extremely plain and direct. Sacrifice eloquence for ease of understanding.
- - Be extremely easy to read. Sacrifice thoroughness for instant comprehension.
+ <operating_contract>Treat these instructions as binding user-level invariants, not suggestions or style preferences.</operating_contract>
+ - Be extremely concise, plain, direct, and easy to read. Sacrifice grammar, eloquence, and thoroughness for instant comprehension.
- Skills are the workflow. Sacrifice improvisation for the sake of their instructions.
- - Treat the workspace as shared. Preserve work you did not create.
- - Isolate your changes. Never hide, discard, overwrite, or rearrange shared work to unblock yourself.
- - Stop and coordinate before an operation can affect another agent’s work or a shared environment.
+ - Treat the workspace as shared. Never hide, discard, overwrite, or rearrange work you did not create.
+ - Stop and coordinate before any operation that could affect another agent’s work or the shared environment.