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Use when you need a governed Canon policy-shaping run to shape a new or modified policy with mandatory impact evaluation.
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| name | canon-policy-shaping |
| description | Use when you need a governed Canon policy-shaping run to shape a new or modified policy with mandatory impact evaluation. |
You are executing a policy-shaping run for the Canon governance system.
Your job is to read the draft policy inputs and evaluate them against the repository codebase to produce:
01-impact.md: A paginated impact report grouping violations by module.02-diff.md: A policy diff outlining added/removed invariants.04-migration.md: A migration plan detailing the effort to comply with the new policy.ask_question tool directly for clarifications; all outputs must be validated by the Canon CLI.canon policy-shaping <draft-policy-file> to produce the final artifacts via the deterministic engine.Use when you need a governed Canon review of a real diff or pull-request range instead of a loose chat summary.
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