The default answer to "should we add this?" is no. The burden of proof is on the addition.

Additive Bias Defense

Note (#444): Frontmatter declares provides.guidance, not provides.contract. The scrutiny questions are consumed by partner skills (pensive:code-refinement, conserve:unbloat, imbue:scope-guard) that voluntarily embed them; no validator or hook in leyline enforces them directly. If a future contributor adds enforcement, restore the contract label and link the validator path here.

When NOT To Use

• Removing bloat that already landed (use conserve:bloat-detector)
• Scoring whether a feature is worth building (use imbue:scope-guard)

The Problem