The v5 guide prose, verified two ways. A scripted walkthrough gave a
fresh agent nothing but the guide and a demo board: it created a card
(fresh lowercase UUID, correct bottom rank), moved one to a lane top
with modified and modified-by re-stamped, deleted one into .trash/,
attached a file into attachments/, picked `fern` off the palette table,
and quoted a colon title — and the resulting board loads through
BoardLoader with zero warnings. The walkthrough's one finding is fixed:
the trash-arrival rule now reads formulaically ("smallest order minus
1024") instead of the spatially ambiguous "below the smallest order".
Content drift-guards join the suite: every palette name the app resolves
must appear in the guide (a Palette rename now fails a test instead of
teaching agents dead colors), the rewrite's conventions are present by
name (.trash/, attachments/, modified-by, CLAUDE.user.md, the
stage-only-your-own-paths rule), and the pathfinder's retired vocabulary
(media/, tombstones) cannot resurface — the only deleted: mention is the
warning never to write it.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SR4XGjmBE16ZUYWpfFHXwY
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Swift
import Foundation
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/// The board-embedded agent guide: a `CLAUDE.md` the app silently maintains at every board root,
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/// teaching any file-capable agent how to read and write the board directly (08-agent-integration.md
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/// ▸ The agent guide). The folder is the API, and this is the file an agent working inside the
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/// folder will actually find.
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///
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/// **App-owned and version-gated.** The first line carries `lanework-agent-guide vN`. The guide is
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/// rewritten when it is **missing or older**, and left **byte-for-byte untouched** when it is
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/// current or newer — "never downgraded" (08): a newer app version may have written it, and an
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/// older copy of the app opening the board must not walk it back. Untouched means untouched: a
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/// current guide is never reopened for writing, so its mtime — and, on git boards, the tree — is
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/// undisturbed by an open.
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///
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/// **The marker is read from the first line and nowhere else**, which is 08's own wording and a
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/// deliberate divergence from the pathfinder's anywhere-in-the-file match: a user's own `CLAUDE.md`
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/// that merely *quotes* the marker (a note about this feature, a pasted excerpt) would otherwise
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/// read as an app-owned guide and be silently overwritten.
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///
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/// **A markerless `CLAUDE.md` is displaced, never clobbered** (08 ▸ Ownership). It is user content
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/// sitting on a name the app claims, so it moves — byte-preserving, `FileManager.moveItem` — to
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/// `CLAUDE.user.md` when that name is free, and the guide is written in its place. When the name is
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/// taken the guide write is **skipped entirely**: user content is never destroyed, and a board
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/// without a guide is a board that merely lacks a courtesy. `CLAUDE.user.md` is otherwise never
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/// written, read, upgraded or validated by this app — that one rescue is its only creation
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/// (08 ▸ `CLAUDE.user.md`).
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///
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/// **Nothing here is a user-facing event.** Every refusal below is a log line and nothing more; the
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/// only thing that can reach a banner is a genuine I/O failure of the write itself, because
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/// `BoardStore.performWrite` posts every `BoardWriteError` it sees. The scheduling — when this is
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/// consulted, and why it is safe to consult on every reload — lives at
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/// `BoardStore.refreshAgentGuide()`.
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enum AgentGuide {
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// MARK: - The two claimed names
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/// The app-owned guide, and one of the board-root names the loader already claims
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/// (`BoardLoader.reservedRootNames`) so that neither file is ever read as a stray.
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static let filename = "CLAUDE.md"
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/// The user's extension point (08 ▸ `CLAUDE.user.md`) — and the rescue destination for a
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/// markerless `CLAUDE.md`. The app writes this name exactly once per board, if ever.
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static let userFilename = "CLAUDE.user.md"
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/// The guide the app ships. **v4 was the pathfinder's**, and real boards carry it; v5 is the
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/// rewrite's guide (lanes, `.trash/`, `attachments/`, `modified-by`, the `CLAUDE.user.md`
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/// pointer) and supersedes it on the next open.
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static let version = 5
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// MARK: - The version marker
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private static let markerPrefix = "lanework-agent-guide v"
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/// The version stamped into `text`'s **first line**, or `nil` when that line carries no marker —
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/// which is how a foreign, user-authored `CLAUDE.md` is recognized (there is no "version 0": a
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/// markerless file is not an old guide, it is somebody else's file).
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///
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/// Parsed rather than matched with a `Regex`: `Regex` is not `Sendable`, so a stored pattern
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/// would have to be rebuilt on every call (the pathfinder's trick), and the grammar here — a
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/// literal prefix and the ASCII digits after it — is smaller than the machinery to match it.
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/// Both line endings work by construction, since the first line ends at the first newline
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/// scalar of either kind.
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static func installedVersion(of text: String) -> Int? {
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let firstLine = text.prefix { !$0.isNewline }
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guard let marker = firstLine.range(of: markerPrefix) else { return nil }
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return Int(firstLine[marker.upperBound...].prefix { $0.isASCII && $0.isNumber })
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}
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// MARK: - The decision
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/// What is sitting on `CLAUDE.md`, as the filesystem answers it — no policy, so the rule below
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/// can be a pure function of it.
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enum Existing: Equatable {
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/// Nothing at that path (or nothing this process can read there — the same non-event).
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case missing
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/// A regular file. `text` is its strict UTF-8 decoding, `nil` when it does not decode:
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/// reads are strict everywhere in this app (01-storage-format.md § Encoding), and a file
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/// the app cannot read is a file whose marker it cannot honestly claim to have checked.
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case file(text: String?)
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/// A symlink, a directory, or any other node that is not a regular file. **Symlinks are
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/// never followed or touched anywhere in this app** (01-storage-format.md § Fractal layout
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/// ▸ Rules), and a folder named `CLAUDE.md` is somebody's deliberate arrangement; neither
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/// is displaced or overwritten to make room for a courtesy file.
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case untouchable
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}
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/// The board root's two claimed names, read once — the input to `decide(_:)`.
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struct State: Equatable {
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var existing: Existing
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/// Whether `CLAUDE.user.md` is free — **no file, no folder, no symlink** of that name. The
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/// rescue move re-checks this atomically anyway (`FileManager.moveItem` fails rather than
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/// overwrite), so this is the decision's input, not its safety.
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var userFilenameIsFree: Bool
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}
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/// The four outcomes, and the only four.
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enum Decision: Equatable {
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/// The guide on disk is current or newer. Nothing is opened for writing.
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case leaveAlone
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/// Missing, or an older marker: write the guide.
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case write
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/// A markerless `CLAUDE.md`: rescue it to `CLAUDE.user.md`, then write the guide.
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case displaceThenWrite
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/// A markerless `CLAUDE.md` with `CLAUDE.user.md` already taken — the ruling's
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/// skipped-with-a-log case. Two files the user owns, both left alone.
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case skipUserFilenameTaken
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/// `CLAUDE.md` is a symlink, a folder, or some other non-file. Skipped with a log.
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case skipUntouchable
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}
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/// The whole rule, as a pure function of `state` — so "never downgrade", "never clobber" and
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/// "never touch a symlink" are pinned by the suite without a filesystem in the way.
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///
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/// One edge worth naming rather than special-casing: a **zero-byte** `CLAUDE.md` is markerless,
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/// so it takes the displacement path like any other foreign file. Uniformity is the point —
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/// every rule that decides whether to destroy something answers "no" the same way.
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static func decide(_ state: State) -> Decision {
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switch state.existing {
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case .missing:
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.write
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case .untouchable:
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.skipUntouchable
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case let .file(text):
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if let text, let installed = installedVersion(of: text) {
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installed >= version ? .leaveAlone : .write
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} else {
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state.userFilenameIsFree ? .displaceThenWrite : .skipUserFilenameTaken
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}
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}
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}
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// MARK: - Reading the board root
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/// Reads the state of the two claimed names. Purely a read — it creates nothing, and it is
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/// cheap enough (one `lstat`, plus a small file read only when there is a file to read) to run
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/// on every reload.
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///
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/// **`attributesOfItem` throughout, never `fileExists`** — `lstat` semantics rather than `stat`:
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/// a **dangling** symlink is a node that is *there* (the rescue move would fail on it, and this
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/// app does not touch symlinks anyway), while `fileExists` follows the link, finds nothing, and
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/// would call the name free.
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static func inspect(atBoardRoot root: URL) -> State {
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State(
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existing: existingNode(at: root.appendingPathComponent(filename)),
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userFilenameIsFree: !nodeExists(at: root.appendingPathComponent(userFilename))
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)
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}
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private static func nodeExists(at url: URL) -> Bool {
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(try? FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: url.path)) != nil
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}
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private static func existingNode(at url: URL) -> Existing {
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guard let type = (try? FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: url.path))?[.type]
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as? FileAttributeType
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else {
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return .missing
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}
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guard type == .typeRegular else { return .untouchable }
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// A regular file whose *contents* cannot be read reads as undecodable rather than as
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// missing, and the difference is the whole promise: `.missing` would overwrite it, while
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// undecodable displaces it — and the rescue move needs no read permission on the file to
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// preserve it byte for byte.
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guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url) else { return .file(text: nil) }
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return .file(text: String(data: data, encoding: .utf8))
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}
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// MARK: - Writing it
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/// Puts the current guide at the board root, first moving a displaced `CLAUDE.md` out of the way
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/// when the decision called for it.
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///
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/// **Called inside `BoardStore.performWrite`**, so both halves ride one watcher bracket: the
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/// rescue and the guide land as a single app-mediated reload, and (in the Pro edition) as a
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/// single honestly-attributed commit rather than a foreign-looking rename followed by an
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/// app write (06-history-undo.md ▸ Commit messages, "Update agent guide (vN)").
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///
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/// The move is `FileManager.moveItem` and nothing else: it preserves the bytes exactly — the
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/// displaced file may not even be UTF-8 — and it **fails rather than overwrite** if
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/// `CLAUDE.user.md` appeared between the decision and this call, which is what makes the
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/// "user content is never destroyed" promise hold against a race rather than merely against a
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/// stale read.
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static func install(
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atBoardRoot root: URL,
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displacingUserContent displace: Bool
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) throws(BoardWriteError) {
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let guideURL = root.appendingPathComponent(filename)
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if displace {
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do {
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try FileManager.default.moveItem(at: guideURL, to: root.appendingPathComponent(userFilename))
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} catch {
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throw BoardWriteError(
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operation: .agentGuide,
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path: guideURL.path,
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reason: .io(message: "could not move the existing \(filename) aside to \(userFilename): \(error.localizedDescription)")
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)
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}
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}
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try BoardWriter.atomicReplace(text: content, at: guideURL, operation: .agentGuide)
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}
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// MARK: - The guide itself
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/// The bytes written to `CLAUDE.md`: the prose below plus the closing newline a multi-line
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/// literal does not carry. Files the app creates end with LF (01-storage-format.md § Encoding
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/// and line endings), and this one is no exception for being prose.
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static let content = guideBody + "\n"
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/// **The one swappable string.** Its wording is a separate concern from this file's mechanism —
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/// what the guide must teach is 08-agent-integration.md ▸ The agent guide's list, and revising
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/// it is a `version` bump plus a new literal here, with nothing else to change.
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///
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/// The marker interpolates `version` rather than spelling the number twice: the constant and the
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/// first line cannot drift apart, and a bump is one edit.
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private static let guideBody = """
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<!-- lanework-agent-guide v\(version) — created and kept up to date by the Lanework app. Don't edit this file: it is overwritten on upgrades. Board-specific instructions live in CLAUDE.user.md (see below), which the app never touches. -->
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# This folder is a Lanework kanban board
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Plain folders and Markdown, rendered live by the Lanework app. You can (and
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should) manipulate the board by editing files directly — while the board is
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open, the app picks up every filesystem change automatically. There is
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nothing to sync and no API to call: the files are the board.
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**If a `CLAUDE.user.md` exists next to this file, read it too** — it carries
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board-specific instructions from the board's owner.
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## Layout
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```
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<board>/ this folder (the board)
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├── index.md board title + settings; body = board description
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├── CLAUDE.md this guide (app-maintained)
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├── .trash/ deleted cards (app-managed — see Deleting)
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├── <uuid>/ a LANE
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│ ├── index.md lane title + order; body = lane notes/policy
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│ ├── <uuid>/ a CARD
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│ │ ├── index.md card title + order; body = the card's content
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│ │ └── attachments/ the card's files (flat, top-level)
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│ └── <uuid>/ another card
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└── <uuid>/ another lane
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```
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- Depth alone defines meaning: depth 1 = lane, depth 2 = card. There is no
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type field.
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- Folder names are lowercase UUIDs and are the item's permanent identity.
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**Never rename a folder.** Titles live in frontmatter only.
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- Every `index.md` is YAML frontmatter between `---` lines, then a Markdown
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body. Files are plain UTF-8, **no BOM**; keep each file's existing line
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endings, and end new files with LF.
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## Reading the board
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- Lanes run left→right by ascending `order`; cards top→bottom by ascending
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`order` within their lane. Ties break by folder name.
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- Lane titles carry the workflow semantics (e.g. To Do → In Progress →
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Done). Read the board's and lanes' index.md bodies for descriptions and
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per-lane policy before deciding where a card belongs.
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- `.trash/` holds deleted cards; everything else at board root that isn't a
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UUID-named folder is not part of the board's content.
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## Frontmatter
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All levels: `schema` (required, always `1`), `title` (optional — an item
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without one renders as untitled, so give cards real titles), `created` and
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`modified` (ISO-8601 with timezone, e.g. `2026-07-24T18:00:00Z`),
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`background` (color), `icon` (SF Symbol name), `iconColor` (color, tints
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`icon`). Lanes and cards additionally require `order` (a number; floats are
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fine). Lanes may set `width` (integer ≥ 1, multiplier of the standard lane
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width).
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**Quote any `title` containing a colon** — `title: Fix: the thing` is
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invalid YAML; write `title: "Fix: the thing"`. The same goes for any value
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containing `: ` or starting with `#`, `[`, `{`, or a quote — when in doubt,
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double-quote.
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Unknown keys are preserved verbatim by the app and invisible in its UI —
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custom metadata (`project:`, `tags:`, `claimed-by:` …) is safe to add and
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survives every app rewrite. Reserved for Lanework's upcoming tracker sync —
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preserved but not rendered, don't repurpose them: the card keys `labels`,
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`assignees`, `due`, the `remote` key (cards and board), `remote-state`
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(lanes), and a card-level `comments/` folder.
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## Stamping your work: `modified-by`
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Add `modified-by: <your-name>` (e.g. `modified-by: claude`) to the
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frontmatter of every `index.md` you write — it attributes the change in the
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app and, on git boards, in the auto-commit. The app clears the stamp on its
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own writes, so **re-stamp on every write, and after every move**: a bare
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folder move rewrites no file, so the moved card arrives unstamped unless you
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touch its `index.md` again. When you need exact authorship, commit your
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changes yourself instead (see Git below).
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## Creating a card
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1. Pick the lane folder. Compute `order`: bottom of the lane = max existing
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card `order` + 1024; top = min − 1024; between two cards = their
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midpoint. (Empty lane: any number, conventionally 1024.)
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2. Create a folder named a fresh lowercase UUID:
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`id=$(uuidgen | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')`.
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3. Write `<lane>/$id/index.md` (timestamp: `date -u +%FT%TZ`):
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```markdown
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---
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schema: 1
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title: Short imperative card title
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order: 3072
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created: 2026-07-24T18:00:00Z
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modified: 2026-07-24T18:00:00Z
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modified-by: claude
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---
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The card's content — any Markdown.
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```
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Creating a lane is the same one level up (body optional; `order` ranks
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lanes left→right).
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## Moving and reordering
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- Move to another lane: `mv <laneA>/<card-uuid> <laneB>/` — the folder move
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IS the move. Then set the card's `order` to place it among the
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destination's cards, update `modified`, and re-stamp `modified-by`.
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- Reorder within a lane: rewrite only that card's `order`.
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## Editing and deleting
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- Edit bodies freely; update `modified` on every write. Preserve frontmatter
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keys you don't recognize and don't reformat content you didn't change.
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- **Delete a card = move it into `<board>/.trash/`**: `mv <lane>/<card-uuid>
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<board>/.trash/` (create `.trash/` if missing). Arrivals go on top: set
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the card's `order` to the smallest `order` already in `.trash/` minus
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1024 (empty trash: any number), and update `modified`. Restore is the
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same move in reverse — into a lane, with a fresh `order`.
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- Never write a `deleted:` key — that convention is retired; the app
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migrates any it finds.
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- Remove a folder outright (`rm -r`) only when you mean permanent,
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unrecoverable deletion. Lanes have no trash: deleting a lane folder is
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permanent, so be sure.
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## Attachments
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- A card's files live in `attachments/` inside the card folder, flat at its
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top level. **Put files there, never beside `index.md`** — the app
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relocates loose files into `attachments/` and tells the user it did.
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- To attach a file: create `attachments/` if missing and copy the file in.
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If the name is taken, pick a free one Finder-style (`shot.png` →
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`shot 2.png`) — never overwrite.
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- Reference attachments from the card body by relative path:
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``.
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- Subfolders under `attachments/` are tolerated but the app never creates
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or lists them — keep attachments top-level.
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## Hard rules (the app fails loudly on violations)
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- Frontmatter must parse as YAML; `schema` (plus `order` on lanes and
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cards) is required. Keep `schema: 1`. The classic violation is an
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unquoted colon in a title (see Frontmatter above).
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- Files must be UTF-8 without BOM.
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- Never create a card folder without an `index.md`.
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- Never rename UUID folders.
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- Prefer atomic writes (write a temp file, then rename over the target) —
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the app reloads on every filesystem event and can catch half-written
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files.
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## Colors and icons
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`background` takes a palette name (preferred) or `#RRGGBB[AA]` hex. `icon`
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is any SF Symbol name; `iconColor` takes a palette name (preferred) or hex
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to tint it.
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- Icon tint palette: `obsidian`, `aluminum`, `soapstone`, `chalk`,
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`carnation`, `rich-grapefruit`, `smokey-tangerine`, `fern`,
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`light-teal`, `deep-sky-blue`, `pale-violet`, `deep-cool-granite`.
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- Background palette: `obsidian`, `shale`, `aluminum`, `chalk`,
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`light-cayenne`, `light-mocha`, `smokey-mocha`, `smokey-fern`,
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`dark-teal`, `smokey-ocean`, `smokey-rich-eggplant`,
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`intense-cool-shale`.
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## Git
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Some boards are git repositories — because the board lives inside a repo of
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yours, or because Lanework Pro manages its history. Two rules when one is:
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- **Stage only your own paths** — never `git add -A` or `git add .`: a
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sweep would commit the user's not-yet-committed changes under your name.
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- Committing your changes yourself is fine and gives you exact authorship;
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the app follows along. If you don't commit, Lanework Pro auto-commits
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your changes as external edits (attributed via `modified-by` when you
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stamped it).
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"""
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}
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