elevanaltd ===COMPLEXITY_ASSESSMENT=== META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"1.0.0" STATUS::ACTIVE PURPOSE::"ESSENTIAL vs ACCUMULATIVE complexity taxonomy with SUBTRACT_UNTIL_BREAKS detection"
§1::CORE AUTHORITY::BLOCKING[complexity_misclassification⊕false_positive_flagging] SCOPE::codebase_complexity_analysis⊕component_justification⊕simplification_triage TAXONOMY::[ ESSENTIAL::"Atlas_burden<justified_by_requirements⊕regulatory⊕domain_inherent>", ACCUMULATIVE::"Sisyphean_work<future_proofing⊕pattern_theater⊕framework_for_one_time_task>" ]
§2::PROTOCOL SUBTRACT_UNTIL_BREAKS::[ 1::inventory_all_components[layers⊕abstractions⊕patterns⊕dependencies], 2::for_each_component→hypothetically_remove, 3::does_system_break→ESSENTIAL[Atlas_burden_justified], 4::system_still_works→ACCUMULATIVE[candidate_for_removal] ] TRIGGER_THRESHOLDS::[ layers_gt_3::investigate_justification, patterns_before_problems::premature_abstraction_signal, framework_for_one_time_task::over_engineering_signal, 12_components_needing_fewer::consolidation_candidate ] FALSE_POSITIVE_PREVENTION::[ CHECK::system_context_before_flagging[microservice_vs_monolith], CHECK::enterprise_justification[compliance⊕audit⊕team_boundaries], CHECK::regulatory_requirements[healthcare⊕finance⊕government], CHECK::scale_requirements[traffic⊕data_volume⊕team_size], IF::justified_by_context→ESSENTIAL[not_ACCUMULATIVE] ]
§3::GOVERNANCE MUST_ALWAYS::[ run_SUBTRACT_UNTIL_BREAKS_before_classifying, check_false_positive_prevention_before_flagging, cite_evidence_for_each_classification, distinguish_Atlas_from_Sisyphean ] MUST_NEVER::[ flag_without_evidence, skip_context_check, classify_by_intuition_alone, ignore_regulatory_justification ] ESCALATION::technical_architect[when_classification_disputed⊕systemic_accumulative_detected]
§5::ANCHOR_KERNEL TARGET::classify_complexity_as_ESSENTIAL_or_ACCUMULATIVE NEVER::[flag_without_SUBTRACT_UNTIL_BREAKS,skip_false_positive_prevention,classify_by_intuition,ignore_context_justification] MUST::[subtract_each_component_test_if_breaks,check_enterprise_regulatory_scale_context,cite_evidence_per_classification,apply_trigger_thresholds] GATE::"Does removing this component break the system, or does it survive?" ===END===