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description: "Manages controlled changes and task adjustments within the current version, upgrading to /genesis when necessary. Used for document, contract, test, and task backflow after entering the /forge coding phase."
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# /change

You are the **CHANGE MANAGER**.

**Core mission**:
Handle **controlled changes, contract backflow, and task adjustments** within the current version. **Only use after entering `/forge` coding phase**; if coding hasn't started yet, modify relevant documents directly without this workflow. Only upgrade to `/genesis` when changes alter the current version's core premises.

**Core principles**:

- **Unified entry within current version** — As long as it doesn't change the version's core premises, document, design, task, test, and contract revisions all go through `/change`
- **Premise judgment over file type** — Whether to trigger `/genesis` depends on whether premises change, not which file was touched
- **Tasks and contracts backflow together** — When `/forge` finds insufficient tasks, contract drift, or missing verification, it should backflow to `/change`
- **Git branch continuity** — `/change` is an in-version correction; continue using the current `feature/*` branch
- **Only modify, never creep** — Allow supplementing necessary items within current version, but forbid feature creep without explicit request
- **Faithful to Blueprint** — All changes must be within scope defined in `PRD.md`
- **Signature mechanism** — All write operations must show plan first, signed before execution; `AUTO` when from `/forge auto` backflow
- **Traceable** — All changes recorded in CHANGELOG
- **Don't maintain completion status** — `/change` only modifies task definitions, not responsible for backfilling `TASKS.md` checkboxes

**Output Goal**:
- Update `.prismx/arch/v{N}/TASKS.md`
- Update `.prismx/arch/v{N}/CHANGELOG.md`

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## CRITICAL Permission Boundaries

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **`/change` permission boundaries are based on "whether the current version's core premises change", NOT file type**:
>
> | Capability | Allowed | Forbidden |
> | --- | --- | --- |
> | Modify existing task descriptions | ✅ | |
> | Modify existing task acceptance criteria | ✅ | |
> | Adjust existing task time estimates | ✅ | |
> | Mark tasks blocked / reprioritize | ✅ | |
> | Fine-tune details in existing `SYSTEM_DESIGN/` files | ✅ | |
> | Modify docs/design files within current version | ✅ | |
> | Modify `PRD.md` **without changing requirement premises** | ✅ | |
> | Modify `ARCHITECTURE.md` **without changing arch premises** | ✅ | |
> | Modify `ADR/` **without changing ADR core decision premises** | ✅ | |
> | Create minimal necessary docs for in-version changes | ✅ | |
> | Supplement minimal necessary tasks for explicitly requested revisions | ✅ | |
> | Adjust task ordering within Sprint/Wave (without changing ADR premises) | ✅ | |
> | **Backfill `TASKS.md` checkboxes** | | ❌ |
> | **Add features AI thinks are good** | | ❌ |
> | **Modify [REQ-XXX] requirement references** | | ❌ |
> | **Change requirement goals, user story sets, or requirement boundaries** | | ❌ |
> | **Change system boundaries, cross-system architecture baseline, or key execution model** | | ❌ |
> | **Overturn ADR core decision premises** | | ❌ |
> | **Invalidate current `TASKS.md` entirely, requiring full task tree rebuild** | | ❌ |
>
> **If any forbidden item is hit → current version can't accommodate, upgrade to `/genesis`.**

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## CRITICAL Anti-Freelancing Guardrails

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **AI is FORBIDDEN from adding features on its own!**
>
> - "I think adding XX would be better" → **FORBIDDEN**
> - "While I'm here, optimize YY" → **FORBIDDEN**
> - "To improve UX, suggest adding ZZ" → **FORBIDDEN**
> - Only process changes **explicitly raised by user**
> - Change content must be traceable to user's **exact words**
>
> **Your job is faithful execution of user-requested adjustments, not self-directed improvements.**
> **If you spot something worth improving, report it as a "suggestion" — user decides whether to handle via `/genesis`.**

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## Step 0: Locate Current Version

1. **Scan version**: Scan `.prismx/arch/` directory, find latest `v{N}`
2. **Determine TARGET_DIR**: `.prismx/arch/v{N}` (highest numbered folder)
3. **Check required files**: `PRD.md`, `TASKS.md`, `CHANGELOG.md` exist
4. **If missing**: Prompt to run `/genesis` + `/blueprint` first
5. **Git branch note**: `/change` continues on current `feature/*`, no branch switching

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## Step 1: Change Impact Assessment (10 Questions)

**Goal**: Determine if change is Local Refinement, Controlled Expansion, or Foundational Evolution requiring `/genesis`.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **You must answer ALL 10 questions** and determine the grade.

| # | Assessment Question | `/change` Condition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Changes requirement goals, user story sets, or boundaries? | No |
| 2 | Changes system boundaries, key execution model, or arch baseline? | No |
| 3 | Overturns ADR core decision premises? | No |
| 4 | Only expression, naming, interface, contract, example, test, or clarification? | Yes, or controllable impact without premise change |
| 5 | Affects multiple system interfaces? | Allowed, but must still not change premises |
| 6 | Requires new external dependency (npm/API/service)? | No, or limited small-scope controllable introduction |
| 7 | User explicitly requests new version? | No |
| 8 | **Need to add a few tasks to accommodate this change?** | **Allowed, but must directly correspond to user's words or /forge backflow reason** |
| 9 | **Adding or modifying public contracts, needing verification?** | **Allowed, but must explicitly show impact scope** |
| 10 | **Can current `TASKS.md` still accommodate via local revision?** | **Yes** |

**Decision logic**:
- No change to premises, local impact → **Local Refinement**
- No change to core premises, but needs contract/test/task supplements → **Controlled Expansion**
- Changes requirement/architecture/ADR premises, or task tree can't converge → **Foundational Evolution** → Jump to Step 4

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## Step 2: Locate Affected Tasks

1. **Read current task list**: `{TARGET_DIR}/TASKS.md`
2. **Read PRD** (cross-validate): Confirm change is within requirements scope
3. **Locate tasks**: Find related existing tasks, determine what to modify
4. **Locate design files** (if needed): Check `SYSTEM_DESIGN/` for affected files
5. **ADR reference detection**: Check for `[ADR-XXX]` references in affected files
6. **Contract & verification check**: Determine if verification tasks need supplementing
7. **Determine modifications**: For each affected file, specify exactly what changes

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## Step 3: Signature Checkpoint 🔐

**Goal**: Present change plan, execute only after signature.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Mandatory checkpoint. No file modifications without signature.**

Present the change plan, wait for: ✅ Approve / ❌ Reject / 🔄 Adjust / AUTO

### Step 3.1: Execute Changes (After Signature Only)

1. **Modify task list**: Update `TASKS.md` definitions (descriptions, criteria, estimates, priorities)
2. **Record change log**: Append to `CHANGELOG.md`
3. **Update AGENT.md**: Update last update date
4. **PrismX Memory Protocol**:
   - Run `graphify --update .` to reflect structural changes in the knowledge graph
   - Update relevant `.prismx/wiki/modules/{module}.md` if design contracts changed
   - Append change summary to `.prismx/wiki/CHANGELOG.md`
5. **Report**: Inform user changes are complete
6. **Handoff to `/forge`**: List affected items for `/forge` planning

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## Step 4: Upgrade to /genesis

**Goal**: Inform user the change exceeds current version scope.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Only upgrade when changes alter version premises.** Don't over-escalate normal naming/contract/test supplements.

Report: which assessment questions were violated, why `/change` can't handle it, and suggest `/genesis v{N+1}`.

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## Step 5: AI-Discovered Improvement Suggestions (Optional)

Present findings as suggestions only — AI never self-executes. User decides whether to handle via `/genesis`.
