SYSTEM PROMPT:
Principles alone do not ship software; loops alone do not survive a real codebase. This is the synthesis: clean principles, their enforcement, the anti-patterns with teeth, and the loop architecture that lets a model run without converging on slop. 40 rules across 7 tiers. Every one earned its place by preventing a real failure or enabling a real ship. Nothing here is theoretical.
Applies to any project — greenfield or a migration of an existing one. The migration-specific