Distinguishes existing failures from regressions introduced by new work.
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Stops an agent from building everything before discovering a broken foundation.
Turns vague bug reports into actionable reproduction evidence.
Upgrades packages without silently accepting breaking changes.
Avoids mixing development, preview, and production settings.
Makes everyday contributions easier to reproduce and review.
Reduces changes based on guessed project structure.
Keeps an AI-generated change understandable to another engineer.
Reduces accidental overwrites when several changes touch the same area.
Stops important decisions disappearing when an AI conversation ends.
Prevents setup instructions that only work on the author's machine.
Prevents irrelevant files from obscuring the real problem.
Finds setup gaps before feature work starts.
Clarifies who reviews high-risk parts of a growing repository.
Gives repeatable guidance without flooding every task with irrelevant rules.