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From: Ed_ <edwardgz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 14:16:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(directives): add curated baseline.md preset (57 BASELINE
 + 4 non-directive context)

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+# Preset: baseline
+
+The curated baseline — directives required to do anything in the codebase without creating entropy. Type promotion, edit discipline, git hard bans, research-first, error handling, state management, process anti-patterns. Excludes anything tier-specific, app-subsystem-specific, testing-specific, documentation-specific, or meta-directive. Engagement presets inherit this and add targeted subsets.
+
+## Directives to warm
+Read each file below before any action.
+
+- atomic_per_task_commits: conductor/directives/atomic_per_task_commits/v1.md
+- git_hard_bans: conductor/directives/git_hard_bans/v1.md
+- timeline_is_immutable: conductor/directives/timeline_is_immutable/v1.md
+- verbose_commit_message_ban: conductor/directives/verbose_commit_message_ban/v1.md
+- verify_before_editing: conductor/directives/verify_before_editing/v1.md
+- edit_small_incremental: conductor/directives/edit_small_incremental/v1.md
+- mandatory_research_first: conductor/directives/mandatory_research_first/v1.md
+- ast_parse_insufficient: conductor/directives/ast_parse_insufficient/v1.md
+- ast_verify_class_methods_after_edit: conductor/directives/ast_verify_class_methods_after_edit/v1.md
+- decorator_orphan_pitfall: conductor/directives/decorator_orphan_pitfall/v1.md
+- preserve_line_endings: conductor/directives/preserve_line_endings/v1.md
+- contract_change_audit: conductor/directives/contract_change_audit/v1.md
+- search_all_call_sites_after_signature_change: conductor/directives/search_all_call_sites_after_signature_change/v1.md
+- anti_entropy_state_audit_before_adding: conductor/directives/anti_entropy_state_audit_before_adding/v1.md
+- no_diagnostic_noise: conductor/directives/no_diagnostic_noise/v1.md
+- no_comments_in_body: conductor/directives/no_comments_in_body/v1.md
+- one_space_indent: conductor/directives/one_space_indent/v1.md
+- type_hints_required: conductor/directives/type_hints_required/v1.md
+- no_new_src_files_without_permission: conductor/directives/no_new_src_files_without_permission/v1.md
+- file_naming_convention: conductor/directives/file_naming_convention/v1.md
+- large_files_are_fine: conductor/directives/large_files_are_fine/v1.md
+- core_value_read_first: conductor/directives/core_value_read_first/v1.md
+- ban_any_type: conductor/directives/ban_any_type/v1.md
+- ban_dict_any: conductor/directives/ban_dict_any/v1.md
+- ban_dict_get_on_known_fields: conductor/directives/ban_dict_get_on_known_fields/v1.md
+- ban_getattr_dispatch: conductor/directives/ban_getattr_dispatch/v1.md
+- ban_hasattr_dispatch: conductor/directives/ban_hasattr_dispatch/v1.md
+- ban_optional_returns: conductor/directives/ban_optional_returns/v1.md
+- ban_local_imports: conductor/directives/ban_local_imports/v1.md
+- ban_prefix_aliasing: conductor/directives/ban_prefix_aliasing/v1.md
+- ban_repeated_from_dict: conductor/directives/ban_repeated_from_dict/v1.md
+- boundary_layer_exception: conductor/directives/boundary_layer_exception/v1.md
+- metadata_boundary_type: conductor/directives/metadata_boundary_type/v1.md
+- per_aggregate_dataclass_promotion: conductor/directives/per_aggregate_dataclass_promotion/v1.md
+- typed_dataclass_fields: conductor/directives/typed_dataclass_fields/v1.md
+- nil_sentinel_pattern: conductor/directives/nil_sentinel_pattern/v1.md
+- result_error_pattern: conductor/directives/result_error_pattern/v1.md
+- missing_data_renders_as_em_dash_not_crash: conductor/directives/missing_data_renders_as_em_dash_not_crash/v1.md
+- comprehensive_logging: conductor/directives/comprehensive_logging/v1.md
+- modular_controller_pattern: conductor/directives/modular_controller_pattern/v1.md
+- strict_state_management: conductor/directives/strict_state_management/v1.md
+- inherited_cruft_ask_first: conductor/directives/inherited_cruft_ask_first/v1.md
+- deduction_loop_limit: conductor/directives/deduction_loop_limit/v1.md
+- report_instead_of_fix_ban: conductor/directives/report_instead_of_fix_ban/v1.md
+- scope_creep_track_doc_ban: conductor/directives/scope_creep_track_doc_ban/v1.md
+- reproduction_before_fix: conductor/directives/reproduction_before_fix/v1.md
+- single_hypothesis_minimal_test: conductor/directives/single_hypothesis_minimal_test/v1.md
+- three_fix_failures_question_architecture: conductor/directives/three_fix_failures_question_architecture/v1.md
+- cheap_fix_first_investigation_phases: conductor/directives/cheap_fix_first_investigation_phases/v1.md
+- evidence_before_completion_claims: conductor/directives/evidence_before_completion_claims/v1.md
+- verify_clean_baseline_before_starting: conductor/directives/verify_clean_baseline_before_starting/v1.md
+- master_branch_default: conductor/directives/master_branch_default/v1.md
+- pathlib_read_write_no_newline_kwarg: conductor/directives/pathlib_read_write_no_newline_kwarg/v1.md
+- sdm_dependency_tags: conductor/directives/sdm_dependency_tags/v1.md
+- convention_enforcement_4_mechanisms: conductor/directives/convention_enforcement_4_mechanisms/v1.md
+- skill_check_before_clarifying: conductor/directives/skill_check_before_clarifying/v1.md
+- no_content_duplication_across_agent_docs: conductor/directives/no_content_duplication_across_agent_docs/v1.md
+
+## Non-directive context
+Read each file below as full documents (NOT as directives — these carry product/tech/architecture context the directives reinforce but do not fully encode).
+
+- project rules: AGENTS.md
+- product vision: conductor/product.md
+- product guidelines: conductor/product-guidelines.md
+- tech stack: conductor/tech-stack.md
+
+## Notes
+The 57 BASELINE directives — rules required to do anything in the codebase without creating entropy. Classification based on the 2026-07-05 audit of all 172 directives (see docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-05-directive-preset-system-design.md §2.4). The 4 non-directive context files are the product/tech docs agents tend to skip. Replaces current_baseline.md as the curated default; current_baseline.md is retained as the original control group.
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