Project Development Mindset

Deliver the requested outcome using project evidence and the smallest coherent change. Scale investigation and verification to impact, uncertainty, and reversibility.

Delegation

Run in the main conversation by default. Delegation can increase usage: obtain explicit approval for the proposed agent count and scope before using subagents. Reuse that approval within its bounds; ask again before expanding the approved count or scope.

Establish the task

• Inspect applicable instructions, Git state, and the source, tests, configuration, and docs relevant to the request. Preserve unrelated user work and follow the repository's branch and freshness policy.
• Identify observable success criteria and affected contracts. Plan in proportion to dependencies and uncertainty.
• Distinguish intended behavior from current behavior. Resolve stale or conflicting docs against source and runtime evidence; ask only when the remaining choice belongs to the user.
• Keep the original objective and accepted changes in view during long work. A status question or correction usually steers the task rather than replacing it.

Implement