| name | source-of-truth |
| description | Use before caching, quoting, or acting on ANY product, imagery, or brand fact — resolve it from the canonical source registered in SOT.md, never from memory or a filename. Prevents second-copy drift and wrong-fact defects. |
| origin | SkyyRose |
Source of Truth
Every product, imagery, and brand fact has exactly one canonical home, registered in
SOT.md at the repo root and surfaced as root symlinks (skyyrose-catalog.csv,
sot-images.json, cerebrum.md, anatomy.md, …). Memory rots; the canonical file
does not. Resolving a fact from recollection, a filename, or a second copy is how wrong
facts reach the site — it is what produced the lh-005 fanny-pack (a product resolved from
a non-canonical store). This skill makes "read the SOT first" the reflex before any
product-touching work.
Boot first: read SOT.md before caching any product / imagery / brand fact — it
names the one canonical source for each. Never fork or introduce a second copy of a SOT.
When to Use
- Before quoting a SKU, price, name, collection, or material — any product fact.
- Before resolving a product image — the manifest is identity, the filename is not.
- Before stating a brand fact (tagline, collection canon, founder voice).
- Before caching any of the above into memory, a render prompt, or page content.
The canonical map
| Fact | Canonical source | Resolve via |
|---|
| Product (SKU, price, name, collection, material) | skyyrose-catalog.csv + per-SKU dossier | catalog loader — the CSV, then the dossier |
| Product imagery | data/sot-images.json (generated; make sot-manifest) | skyyrose.core.sot_images — front-first |
| Brand canon | brand canon / from-interview.md / brand.yaml | read it; do not paraphrase from memory |
| Prior work / "did we solve this?" | .wolf/buglog.json + claude-mem | see [[memory-system]] |
Reference products by name, not SKU — SKU-first lookups caused br-001 conflations.
Loop until the fact traces to the SOT
Bounded, like [[drive-to-green]] — ≤5, stop on repeat:
1. Need a product/imagery/brand fact.
2. Resolve it through the SOT-registered source (CSV / manifest / canon), never memory.
3. Quote the canonical value (row, dossier line, manifest entry).
4. If the source disagrees with what you assumed → the SOURCE wins; correct and re-check.
Verify from an authoritative source
- Quote the canonical file, not your memory. A product fact cites the catalog CSV row
or dossier; an image cites its
sot-images.json entry; a brand fact cites the canon.
- Prove single-source. Before trusting a fact, confirm there is no second copy feeding
it —
grep for duplicate stores; a fork of the catalog/manifest is garbage, and using it
is a fail-open (see [[fail-closed-audit]], [[dependency-hygiene]]'s single-source rule).
- Pixels over filenames for imagery — the manifest resolves identity, then
[[product-image-fidelity-gate]] eyes-on confirms the garment. A filename never proves it.
Adversarial pass
- [[adversarial-verification]] — assume the remembered value / filename is WRONG until the
canonical source confirms it. For anything touching a render or the live site, default to
"unverified" and resolve through the SOT before proceeding.
Guardrails · Handoff · Log
- Canonical-sources-only is LOCKED — other stores are garbage; never introduce a second SOT.
- Regenerate generated SOTs the sanctioned way (
make sot-manifest) — never hand-edit them.
- Product-image work → hand to
skyyrose-design with [[product-image-fidelity-gate]];
catalog drift → skyyrose-core; log corrections via [[self-learning]] per CROSS-PLUGIN.md.
