Use when deciding whether to spawn subagents — explicit rules for when delegation pays off and when direct work is faster. Opus 4.8 under-delegates by default; these rules correct that.
Use when recording lessons learned in a project, or when a project contains lessons/ or MEMORY.md — file-based memory format and read/write rules that measurably improve long-horizon performance.
Use when a task spans more than a few steps or files — establishes a checkable definition of done, a verification cadence, and fresh-context verifier subagents before claiming completion.