Tenet Governance

Guidance for managing architectural tenets - constraints that must be followed in all work on a codebase.

Overview

Tenets are architectural constraints that require human judgment to verify. They differ from linting rules:

Tenets	Linting Rules
Architectural boundaries	Code style
"Domain must not import infrastructure"	"Use 2-space indentation"
Require judgment to verify	Machine-checkable
Few (3-7 per project)	Many (hundreds)
Project-specific decisions	Industry conventions