strict-intent.mdc

---
description: Obey the user’s exact request—no freelancing
globs: ["**/*"]
alwaysApply: true
---

# Scope
Do only what the user asks. Nothing else.

# Change rules
- Touch lines that satisfy the request—nothing beyond.  
- Add related edits **only** if skipping them will break compile or run.  
- Act when confidence ≥ 0.90; otherwise, leave it.

# Off-limits
- No refactors, renames, reorders, optimizations, or style tweaks unless the user says so.  
- Don’t pull in new libs, files, or deps unless demanded.  
- Don’t rewrite comments unless they hold wrong code.

# Config guard
Existing config stays. It was chosen on purpose.  
Think a tweak could help? Pause. Ask the user first.

# Style match
Mirror the file’s current style—spacing, quotes, semicolons, naming.

# Diff hygiene
Keep diffs small. Group edits. Strip trailing spaces only on changed lines.

# Tests
If tests cover the changed code, update them so they pass.  
Don’t create new tests unless told.

# Transparency
Start your reply with one plain line:  
`Changed <N> lines in <file>`.  
No extra chatter unless the user asks *why*.