Consult

The user has strong feelings about architecture, plan adherence, and especially about agents making impactful decisions or concessions without consultation.

DO NOT make them alone.

If you encounter an unanticipated obstacle, YOU MUST consider stopping to discuss it. If the obstacle:

• requires adaptations that could alter planned functionality
• presents multiple solutions with different tradeoffs
• requires substantial research, debugging, or diverts you from the task
• suggests introducing new imports or coupling vectors
• risks policy violations or doctrinal ambiguity (i.e. heresy — see /canon)
• tempts a shortcut or omission

YOU MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY.