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-# Product Guidelines: Manual Slop
+# Product Guidelines: Manual Slop
 
 ## Documentation Style
 
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 - **Strict State Management:** There must be a rigorous separation between the Main GUI rendering thread and daemon execution threads. The UI should *never* hang during AI communication or script execution. Use lock-protected queues and events for synchronization.
 - **Comprehensive Logging:** Aggressively log all actions, API payloads, tool calls, and executed scripts. Maintain timestamped JSON-L and markdown logs to ensure total transparency and debuggability.
-- **Dependency Minimalism:** Limit external dependencies where possible. For instance, prefer standard library modules (like `urllib` and `html.parser` for web tools) over heavy third-party packages.
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+- **Dependency Minimalism:** Limit external dependencies where possible. For instance, prefer standard library modules (like `urllib` and `html.parser` for web tools) over heavy third-party packages.
+## AI-Optimized Compact Style
+- **Indentation:** Exactly **1 space** per level. This minimizes token usage in nested structures.
+- **Newlines:** Maximum **one (1)** blank line between top-level definitions. **Zero (0)** blank lines within function or method bodies.
+- **Type Hinting:** Mandatory, strict type hints for all parameters, return types, and global variables to ensure high-signal context for AI agents.
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-# Technology Stack: Manual Slop
+# Technology Stack: Manual Slop
 
 ## Core Language
 
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 ## Configuration & Tooling
 
+- **ai_style_formatter.py:** Custom Python formatter specifically designed to enforce 1-space indentation and ultra-compact whitespace to minimize token consumption.
+
 - **ast (Standard Library):** For deterministic AST parsing and automated generation of curated "Skeleton Views" (signatures and docstrings) to minimize context bloat for sub-agents.
 - **pydantic / dataclasses:** For defining strict state schemas (Tracks, Tickets) used in linear orchestration.
 - **tomli-w:** For writing TOML configuration files.
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 - **Asynchronous Event Bus:** Employs an `AsyncEventQueue` based on `asyncio.Queue` to manage the communication between the UI and the backend multi-agent orchestrator without blocking.
 - **Synchronous IPC Approval Flow:** A specialized bridge mechanism that allows headless AI providers (like Gemini CLI) to synchronously request and receive human approval for tool calls via the GUI's REST API hooks.
 - **Interface-Driven Development (IDD):** Enforces a "Stub-and-Resolve" pattern where cross-module dependencies are resolved by generating signatures/contracts before implementation.
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