diff --git a/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/ADR-FORMAT.md b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/ADR-FORMAT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbb9fbf --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/ADR-FORMAT.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# ADR Format + +ADRs live in `docs/adr/` and use sequential numbering: `0001-slug.md`, `0002-slug.md`, etc. + +Create the `docs/adr/` directory lazily: only when the first ADR is needed. + +## Template + +```md +# {Short title of the decision} + +{1-3 sentences: what's the context, what did we decide, and why.} +``` + +That's it. An ADR can be a single paragraph. The value is in recording _that_ a decision was made and _why_, not in filling out sections. + +## Optional sections + +Only include these when they add genuine value. Most ADRs won't need them. + +- **Status** frontmatter (`proposed | accepted | deprecated | superseded by ADR-NNNN`): useful when decisions are revisited +- **Considered Options**: only when the rejected alternatives are worth remembering +- **Consequences**: only when non-obvious downstream effects need to be called out + +## Numbering + +Scan `docs/adr/` for the highest existing number and increment by one. + +## When to offer an ADR + +All three of these must be true: + +1. **Hard to reverse**: the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful +2. **Surprising without context**: a future reader will look at the code and wonder "why on earth did they do it this way?" +3. **The result of a real trade-off**: there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons + +If a decision is easy to reverse, skip it: you'll just reverse it. If it's not surprising, nobody will wonder why. If there was no real alternative, there's nothing to record beyond "we did the obvious thing." + +### What qualifies + +- **Architectural shape.** "We're using a monorepo." "The write model is event-sourced, the read model is projected into Postgres." +- **Integration patterns between contexts.** "Ordering and Billing communicate via domain events, not synchronous HTTP." +- **Technology choices that carry lock-in.** Database, message bus, auth provider, deployment target. Not every library: just the ones that would take a quarter to swap out. +- **Boundary and scope decisions.** "Customer data is owned by the Customer context; other contexts reference it by ID only." The explicit no-s are as valuable as the yes-s. +- **Deliberate deviations from the obvious path.** "We're using manual SQL instead of an ORM because X." Anything where a reasonable reader would assume the opposite. These stop the next engineer from "fixing" something that was deliberate. +- **Constraints not visible in the code.** "We can't use AWS because of compliance requirements." "Response times must be under 200ms because of the partner API contract." +- **Rejected alternatives when the rejection is non-obvious.** If you considered GraphQL and picked REST for subtle reasons, record it; otherwise someone will suggest GraphQL again in six months. diff --git a/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/CONTEXT-FORMAT.md b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/CONTEXT-FORMAT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79bbb32 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/CONTEXT-FORMAT.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +# CONTEXT.md Format + +## Structure + +```md +# {Context Name} + +{One or two sentence description of what this context is and why it exists.} + +## Language + +**Order**: +{A one or two sentence description of the term} +_Avoid_: Purchase, transaction + +**Invoice**: +A request for payment sent to a customer after delivery. +_Avoid_: Bill, payment request + +**Customer**: +A person or organization that places orders. +_Avoid_: Client, buyer, account +``` + +## Rules + +- **Be opinionated.** When multiple words exist for the same concept, pick the best one and list the others under `_Avoid_`. +- **Keep definitions tight.** One or two sentences max. Define what it IS, not what it does. +- **Only include terms specific to this project's context.** General programming concepts (timeouts, error types, utility patterns) don't belong even if the project uses them extensively. Before adding a term, ask: is this a concept unique to this context, or a general programming concept? Only the former belongs. +- **Group terms under subheadings** when natural clusters emerge. If all terms belong to a single cohesive area, a flat list is fine. + +## Single vs multi-context repos + +**Single context (most repos):** One `CONTEXT.md` at the repo root. + +**Multiple contexts:** A `CONTEXT-MAP.md` at the repo root lists the contexts, where they live, and how they relate to each other: + +```md +# Context Map + +## Contexts + +- [Ordering](./src/ordering/CONTEXT.md): receives and tracks customer orders +- [Billing](./src/billing/CONTEXT.md): generates invoices and processes payments +- [Fulfillment](./src/fulfillment/CONTEXT.md): manages warehouse picking and shipping + +## Relationships + +- **Ordering → Fulfillment**: Ordering emits `OrderPlaced` events; Fulfillment consumes them to start picking +- **Fulfillment → Billing**: Fulfillment emits `ShipmentDispatched` events; Billing consumes them to generate invoices +- **Ordering ↔ Billing**: Shared types for `CustomerId` and `Money` +``` + +The skill infers which structure applies: + +- If `CONTEXT-MAP.md` exists, read it to find contexts +- If only a root `CONTEXT.md` exists, single context +- If neither exists, create a root `CONTEXT.md` lazily when the first term is resolved + +When multiple contexts exist, infer which one the current topic relates to. If unclear, ask. diff --git a/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff54caf --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +--- +name: domain-modeling +description: Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing a CONTEXT.md, or recording or editing an ADR. +--- + +# Domain Modeling + +Actively build and sharpen the project's domain model as you design. This is the _active_ discipline: challenging terms, inventing edge-case scenarios, and writing the glossary and decisions down the moment they crystallise. (Merely _reading_ `CONTEXT.md` for vocabulary is not this skill: that's a one-line habit any skill can do. This skill is for when you're changing the model, not just consuming it.) + +## File structure + +Most repos have a single context: + +``` +/ +├── CONTEXT.md +├── docs/ +│ └── adr/ +│ ├── 0001-event-sourced-orders.md +│ └── 0002-postgres-for-write-model.md +└── src/ +``` + +If a `CONTEXT-MAP.md` exists at the root, the repo has multiple contexts. The map points to where each one lives: + +``` +/ +├── CONTEXT-MAP.md +├── docs/ +│ └── adr/ ← system-wide decisions +├── src/ +│ ├── ordering/ +│ │ ├── CONTEXT.md +│ │ └── docs/adr/ ← context-specific decisions +│ └── billing/ +│ ├── CONTEXT.md +│ └── docs/adr/ +``` + +Create files lazily: only when you have something to write. If no `CONTEXT.md` exists, create one when the first term is resolved. If no `docs/adr/` exists, create it when the first ADR is needed. + +## During the session + +### Challenge against the glossary + +When the user uses a term that conflicts with the existing language in `CONTEXT.md`, call it out immediately. "Your glossary defines 'cancellation' as X, but you seem to mean Y. Which is it?" + +### Sharpen fuzzy language + +When the user uses vague or overloaded terms, propose a precise canonical term. "You're saying 'account': do you mean the Customer or the User? Those are different things." + +### Discuss concrete scenarios + +When domain relationships are being discussed, stress-test them with specific scenarios. Invent scenarios that probe edge cases and force the user to be precise about the boundaries between concepts. + +### Cross-reference with code + +When the user states how something works, check whether the code agrees. If you find a contradiction, surface it: "Your code cancels entire Orders, but you just said partial cancellation is possible. Which is right?" + +### Update CONTEXT.md inline + +When a term is resolved, update `CONTEXT.md` right there. Don't batch these up: capture them as they happen. Use the format in [CONTEXT-FORMAT.md](./CONTEXT-FORMAT.md). + +`CONTEXT.md` should be totally devoid of implementation details. Do not treat `CONTEXT.md` as a spec, a scratch pad, or a repository for implementation decisions. It is a glossary and nothing else. + +### Offer ADRs sparingly + +Only offer to create an ADR when all three are true: + +1. **Hard to reverse**: the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful +2. **Surprising without context**: a future reader will wonder "why did they do it this way?" +3. **The result of a real trade-off**: there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons + +If any of the three is missing, skip the ADR. Use the format in [ADR-FORMAT.md](./ADR-FORMAT.md). diff --git a/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/agents/openai.yaml b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/agents/openai.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f1522d --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/domain-modeling/agents/openai.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +interface: + display_name: "Domain Modeling" + short_description: "Build and sharpen a domain model" diff --git a/.agents/skills/grilling/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/grilling/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ca78c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/grilling/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +name: grilling +description: Grill the user relentlessly about a plan, decision, or idea. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases. +--- + +Interview the user relentlessly until you reach a shared understanding. Map this as a **design tree**: every decision branches into the decisions that hang off it. + +Work the tree in **rounds**. The **frontier** is every decision whose prerequisites are already settled: the questions you can ask _now_ without guessing at answers you haven't heard yet. Ask the whole frontier in one round: number each question and give your recommended answer. Then wait for the user's answers before the next round. + +Format a round like so: + +``` +❓ **Q1** - ****: + +➡️ + +--- + +❓ **Q2** - ****: + +➡️ +``` + +Each round the user answers reshapes the tree: settled decisions push the frontier outward and unblock questions that depended on them. Recompute the frontier and ask the next round. A question whose answer depends on another question still open in this round belongs to a _later_ round, not this one. + +Finding _facts_ is your job, never the user's. When a frontier question needs a fact from the environment (filesystem, tools, etc.), dispatch a sub-agent to find it; don't ask the user for anything you could look up yourself. Don't block on it: a running exploration is an unsettled prerequisite, so only the questions downstream of it wait for the sub-agent to report; ask the rest of the frontier now. The _decisions_ are the user's: put each to them and wait. + +The session is done when the frontier is empty: every branch of the design tree visited, nothing left silently assumed. Do not act on it until the user confirms you have reached a shared understanding. diff --git a/.agents/skills/grilling/agents/openai.yaml b/.agents/skills/grilling/agents/openai.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ddbdb96 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/grilling/agents/openai.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +interface: + display_name: "Grilling" + short_description: "Stress-test thinking a round of questions at a time" diff --git a/.agents/skills/prototype/LOGIC.md b/.agents/skills/prototype/LOGIC.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65a7217 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/prototype/LOGIC.md @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +# Logic Prototype + +A single, self-contained HTML file (a **shareable demo**) that lets anyone drive a state model by clicking buttons. Use this when the question is about **business logic, state transitions, or data shape**: the kind of thing that looks reasonable on paper but only feels wrong once you push it through real cases. + +Because it's one file with nothing to install, you can hand it to a non-developer (a designer, a PM, a domain expert) and let them feel the model for themselves. So it speaks their language, not the code's. + +## When this is the right shape + +- "I'm not sure if this state machine handles the edge case where X then Y." +- "Does this data model actually let me represent the case where..." +- "I want to feel out what the API should look like before writing it." +- Anything where someone wants to **press buttons and watch state change**. + +If the question is "what should this look like," this is the wrong branch. Use [UI.md](UI.md). + +## Process + +### 1. State the question + +Before writing code, write down what state model and what question you're prototyping. One paragraph, at the top of the demo (in a visible intro, not just a comment). A logic prototype that answers the wrong question is pure waste, so make the question explicit so it can be checked later, whether the user is watching now or returning to it AFK. + +### 2. Isolate the logic in a portable module + +Put the actual logic (the bit that's answering the question) in a single `