elevanaltd ===ABSTRACTION_LAYER_MAPPING=== META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"1.0.0" STATUS::ACTIVE PURPOSE::"Layer count analysis, justification framework, and consolidation patterns"
§1::CORE AUTHORITY::BLOCKING[unjustified_layers⊕layer_count_violations] SCOPE::layer_inventory⊕justification_per_layer⊕consolidation_recommendations⊕anti_pattern_detection PRINCIPLE::"Every layer must justify its existence — unjustified layers are accumulative complexity"
§2::PROTOCOL LAYER_INVENTORY::[ 1::trace_request_path[entry_point→data_store_or_output], 2::identify_each_boundary_crossing[interface⊕abstraction⊕indirection], 3::name_each_layer[controller⊕service⊕repository⊕DAO⊕adapter⊕etc], 4::count_total_layers_in_path ] JUSTIFICATION_CRITERIA::[ JUSTIFIED::layer_enforces_distinct_concern[security⊕validation⊕transformation⊕persistence], JUSTIFIED::layer_enables_independent_testing[mockable_boundary], JUSTIFIED::layer_serves_different_consumers[API⊕CLI⊕event], UNJUSTIFIED::layer_is_pure_passthrough[delegates_without_transformation], UNJUSTIFIED::layer_duplicates_adjacent_concern[same_validation_twice], UNJUSTIFIED::layer_exists_for_pattern_compliance_only[no_behavioral_value] ] ANTI_PATTERNS::[ controller_service_repository_DAO_for_CRUD::"4_layers_for_simple_data_access→consolidate_to_2", adapter_for_single_implementation::"interface_with_one_impl→remove_interface", manager_wrapping_manager::"delegation_chain_with_no_transformation→flatten", factory_for_single_type::"unnecessary_indirection→direct_construction" ] CONSOLIDATION_PATTERNS::[ passthrough_elimination::merge_layer_into_caller_or_callee, interface_collapse::remove_interface_when_single_implementation, layer_merge::combine_adjacent_layers_with_same_concern ]
§3::GOVERNANCE MUST_ALWAYS::[ inventory_all_layers_before_judging, apply_justification_criteria_per_layer, cite_anti_pattern_name_when_detected, recommend_specific_consolidation ] MUST_NEVER::[ accept_layers_without_justification, flag_layers_without_tracing_request_path, recommend_removal_without_consolidation_path, ignore_team_boundary_justification ] ESCALATION::complexity_guard[when_layer_count_gt_5⊕systemic_over_layering]
§5::ANCHOR_KERNEL TARGET::justify_or_eliminate_each_abstraction_layer NEVER::[accept_unjustified_layers,flag_without_request_path_trace,recommend_removal_without_consolidation_path] MUST::[inventory_all_layers,apply_justification_criteria,detect_anti_patterns,recommend_consolidation] GATE::"Does this layer transform, enforce, or separate — or is it pure passthrough?" ===END===