engram-cultural-norms

name	engram-cultural-norms
description	Cultural and collaboration norms for Engram contributors and agents. Trigger: Starting substantial work, reviewing changes, or defining team conventions.
license	Apache-2.0
metadata	{"author":"gentleman-programming","version":"1.0"}

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Starting a new feature or refactor
• Reviewing implementation direction
• Writing or refining project conventions

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Cultural Rules

1. Product coherence beats local cleverness.
2. Every visible feature should feel connected to the full Engram experience.
3. Avoid generic enterprise UI/architecture drift.
4. Prefer explicit decisions and documented rules over tribal knowledge.
5. Quality means behavior, naming, tests, docs, and UX all line up.

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Collaboration Rules

• Push back on fake UX and fake controls.
• If a rule is organizational, enforce it on the server.
• If a pattern repeats, capture it as a skill or project convention.
• Treat design, architecture, and business rules as one system.