Guarding Agent Directives

Modes

Choose one explicit mode:

• verify-addition — evaluate one proposed directive and, after user approval, apply an exact reviewed diff.
• audit-existing — read existing directives and return keep, revise, or remove recommendations. This mode is read-only and never changes files.

Default to audit-existing for review requests and verify-addition only when an addition or modification is proposed.

Do not insert a canonical coding baseline or restore deleted baseline rules. Evaluate only the content in scope.

Five Questions

Evaluate every proposed addition or audited rule: