Operational and governance rules¶
Every rule governing autonomous agent and contributor behavior. This index is generated
from the front matter of .agents/rules/*.md at build time.
| ID | Rule | Status | Applies To | Activation | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF-RULE-001 | Unit tests | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | tests-audit |
| DF-RULE-002 | Inline docstrings and generated documentation | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | docs-site, tests-audit |
| DF-RULE-003 | Product requirements and ADRs | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | pr206, merge-gates |
| DF-RULE-004 | English language consistency | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | system-audit |
| DF-RULE-005 | Commit granularity | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | system-audit |
| DF-RULE-006 | CI readiness | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | system-audit |
| DF-RULE-007 | Branches and pull requests | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | harness-auth |
| DF-RULE-008 | Formatting and linting | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | tests-audit |
| DF-RULE-009 | Issue binding, branch auto-deletion, and board status | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | system-audit |
| DF-RULE-010 | Approved delivery plan | normative | agents, automation | always | merge-gates |
| DF-RULE-011 | Review approval and auto-merge | normative | agents, automation | always | harness-auth, system-audit |
| DF-RULE-012 | Request capture and confirmation | normative | agents, automation | always | merge-gates |
| DF-RULE-013 | Specification and work tracking | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | workflow-graph |
| DF-RULE-014 | Agent runtime and resilience | normative | agents, automation | always | rotation |
| DF-RULE-015 | Repository taxonomy | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | system-audit, cli-release |
| DF-RULE-016 | Security and secrets | normative | agents, automation, contributors | always | harness-auth |
16 rules — 16 normative.