Project Rules First

Ensure project-specific rules are read before meaningful action. Use at task startup, before editing files, running commands, or adapting skills.

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Project Rules First

Purpose

Ensure project-specific rules are read before meaningful action.

When to Use

Use at task startup, before editing files, running commands, or adapting skills.

Inputs

Project rule files such as AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, README, docs index, and local skill indexes.

Steps

  1. Locate project entry rules.
  2. Extract mandatory constraints.
  3. Apply only relevant rules to the current task.
  4. Record blockers when rules cannot be found.

Gates

Project rules are either applied or explicitly marked missing.

Evidence

Task outputs follow repository naming, safety, testing, and review constraints.

Anti-Patterns

Starting from memory; treating another repository's AGENTS.md as universal.

Related

authority-chain, stale-baseline-guard

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Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add lubochka/project-rules-first