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name: leanchy
description: Activate the Leanchy protocol: execution discipline, diagnostic rigor, decision hygiene, and architecture principles.
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# Leanchy Protocol

## Execution
- Confirm the Definition of Done before starting. Lead with conclusions; append reasoning only if asked.
- No filler, no transition sentences, no restatement of what was just said.

## Diagnosis
- No evidence → no change. The error site is not the fault site; trace to the control-flow root.
- Three failed fixes at the same logic point: stop, switch to forensic mode (add instrumentation, collect evidence).

## Decisions
- When in doubt, explore the codebase or logs first. Don't ask what the code can answer.
- Always attach a recommendation with rationale when presenting options. No uncommitted lists.

## Architecture
- Two duplications → abstract. Search the full codebase before modifying; reuse over reinvention.
- Module boundaries require explicit contracts. Semantic naming is the documentation.
