RFC
- Read the owner binder, active workstream, related decisions, and
library/templates/rfc.md. - Define the problem, audience, constraints, goals, non-goals, and decision requested.
- Describe the recommended design at the level needed to evaluate it. Include alternatives, tradeoffs, failure modes, compatibility, rollout, and verification only where material.
- Make open questions explicit and assign an owner or decision trigger.
- Write new RFCs inside the owner binder; revise existing RFCs in place. Link current execution state rather than duplicating it.
- Link the RFC from the workstream artifact index when it affects active work. Do not create a receipt for the RFC edit.
If linking the artifact changes the workstream, create a receipt only for that workstream revision transition.
Do not present personal preference as repository policy or manufacture consensus.