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digest-of: method/
last-synced: 2026-09-09
token-estimate: 580
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# AGENTS
## Scope
The spec-driven documentation method: artifact ownership, placement, rules, decision records, agent context, format, lifecycle, traceability, procedures, operational documents, gates, and migration.
## How to use this shelf
Load this digest, then the one chapter that owns the question. Load `_docs/specs/` for changes to the canon itself. Do not read decision records unless the rationale is requested.
## Routing
| Artifact ownership and precedence | `00-model.md` |
| Placement and domains | `01-placement.md` |
| Spec shape | `02-specs.md` |
| Requirement grammar and IDs | `03-rules.md` |
| Decision-record lifecycle | `04-decisions.md` |
| Agent loading and budgets | `05-agent-context.md` |
| Markdown and size budgets | `06-format.md` |
| Living-document lifecycle | `07-lifecycle.md` |
| Executable enforcement | `08-gates.md` |
| Spec-to-code traceability | `09-spec-to-code.md` |
| Procedures | `10-procedures.md` |
| Operational documents | `11-operational.md` |
| Migrating an existing corpus | `12-migration.md` |
| Writing prose | `writing-style.md` |
| Review | `99-checklist.md` |
Stable copies live under `../templates/`. Installation and ownership live under `../instance/`.
## Maintenance
- Keep this digest a router.
- Update `last-synced` when routing changes.
- The owning chapter wins on disagreement.