ssotize

Collapse a scattered truth into one canonical home; make every other place point to it.

Goal

Enforce Single Source of Truth (SSOT): one fact = one home, and every other place that needs it references that home instead of copying it. References don't drift; copies do. This mutates artifacts, so it is deliberate and loss-averse.

Use this to establish or repair SSOT — messy, legacy, or freshly-scaffolded states. Audit first with /ssotchk. Once SSOT holds, don't overuse /ssotize: maintain artifacts with re0 instead. (See /ssotchk for how the SSOT vector differs from re0.)

Workflow

1. Audit first — run the /ssotchk workflow (or reuse its result) for the canonical home and the per-occurrence action plan. Don't consolidate blind.
2. Make the canonical home complete and current — fold in any unique detail that lived only in a copy. Never lose information to consolidation.
3. Reconcile contradictions in the canonical home FIRST (confirm the correct value with the human when ambiguous); only then point others at it.
4. Replace each duplicate with a reference to the canonical home — a link, a "see ", a quote-with-link, or a transclude where the platform supports it.
5. Remove the now-redundant copies. Where removal would orphan a reader, leave a one-line pointer instead of deleting outright.
6. Re-read the canonical home: it must now carry the whole truth on its own.

Rules