salvage-project

Use when a project has gone down a bad path (wrong stack, over-engineered, incomplete requirements) and the developer wants to start over simpler without losing what they learned. Recovers the real requirements and emits a portable spec bundle to rebuild. Also runs on session start to detect and accept an existing salvage/ bundle. Triggers on "start over", "salvage this project", "rebuild simpler".

Reference for choosing the simplest stack that meets a stated requirement. Use during the salvage architecture interview to frame each technical fork and record a rationale. Covers data store, frontend, realtime, auth, jobs, and deploy.