elevanaltd ===DEPENDENCY_GRAPH_ANALYSIS=== META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"1.0.0" STATUS::ACTIVE PURPOSE::"Dependency chain analysis, cycle detection, and coupling metrics"
§1::CORE AUTHORITY::BLOCKING[direct_cycles⊕package_cycles]⊕ADVISORY[transitive_cycles⊕coupling_metrics⊕dependency_direction] SCOPE::dependency_mapping⊕cycle_detection⊕coupling_measurement⊕direction_enforcement PRINCIPLE::"Depend toward stability — unstable modules must not be depended upon by stable ones"
§2::PROTOCOL MAPPING_PROCEDURE::[ 1::identify_modules[packages⊕classes⊕services⊕files], 2::trace_imports_and_references[static⊕dynamic⊕config], 3::build_directed_graph[module→dependency], 4::classify_direction[toward_stability⊕toward_instability] ] CYCLE_DETECTION::[ SIGNAL::module_A_imports_B_and_B_imports_A[direct_cycle], SIGNAL::transitive_cycle[A→B→C→A], SIGNAL::package_level_cycle[pkg_A⇌pkg_B], SEVERITY::[direct_cycle::BLOCKING,transitive_cycle::ADVISORY,package_cycle::BLOCKING] ] COUPLING_METRICS::[ AFFERENT::count_incoming_dependencies[who_depends_on_me], EFFERENT::count_outgoing_dependencies[who_do_I_depend_on], INSTABILITY::efferent_div_total[0_stable→1_unstable], FAN_OUT::efferent_gt_7→high_coupling_signal, FAN_IN::afferent_gt_10→core_module[protect_stability] ] DIRECTION_ENFORCEMENT::[ RULE::depend_toward_lower_instability[stable_abstractions], VIOLATION::stable_module_depending_on_unstable→refactor_with_interface, PATTERN::dependency_inversion[introduce_abstraction_at_boundary] ]
§3::GOVERNANCE MUST_ALWAYS::[ map_before_measuring, detect_cycles_before_coupling_analysis, cite_instability_scores_in_findings, recommend_direction_fixes_for_violations ] MUST_NEVER::[ skip_cycle_detection, measure_coupling_without_graph, ignore_transitive_dependencies, accept_package_level_cycles ] ESCALATION::complexity_guard[when_cycles_detected⊕instability_violations_systemic]
§5::ANCHOR_KERNEL TARGET::analyze_dependency_chains_and_enforce_direction NEVER::[skip_cycle_detection,measure_without_graph,ignore_transitive_deps,accept_package_cycles] MUST::[map_all_dependencies,detect_cycles,compute_coupling_metrics,enforce_depend_toward_stability] GATE::"Are dependencies directed toward stability, and are there any cycles?" ===END===