# Prompt Rules

How every future AI phase prompt must behave.

## Core Rules

1. **Never duplicate permanent instructions.** Do not paste [master-prompt.md](master-prompt.md), project principles, or entire architecture docs into a phase prompt.
2. **Only describe the current phase.** Objective, Scope, Out of Scope, modules/services touched, completion criteria, and phase-specific constraints.
3. **Always use the framework documents.** Instruct the agent to read and follow `docs/ai-framework/` plus architecture, ADRs, registries, and development standards.
4. **Reference, don’t rewrite.** Link to templates, gates, and manifests instead of redefining them.
5. **No silent scope expansion.** Out of Scope must be explicit; agents must not implement adjacent phases.
6. **No business logic in framework prompts.** Framework docs stay process-only; phase prompts carry feature intent.
7. **Completion stops the agent.** After gates pass and handover is done, stop — do not start the next phase unless asked.

## Required Phase Prompt Skeleton

```markdown
# Phase <ID> — <Title>

Follow the permanent AI Development Framework:
- docs/ai-framework/README.md
- docs/ai-framework/master-prompt.md
- docs/ai-framework/development-loop.md
- docs/ai-framework/quality-gates.md
- docs/ai-framework/cursor-guidelines.md
- docs/ai-framework/prompt-rules.md

Also read docs/README.md, architecture/*, ADRs, development/*, module-registry, glossary,
phase-manifest.yaml, service-manifest.yaml, and this phase’s documents.

## Objective
...

## Scope
...

## Out of Scope
...

## Required Templates
(list only those that apply: service/module/entity/repository/service-layer/api/event/testing/documentation)

## Completion Criteria
- Development loop completed
- Quality gates passed
- Phase handover completed
- Registries/manifests/progress/next-steps updated
- Stop after this phase only
```

## Forbidden Prompt Behaviors

- Re-stating Database-per-Service, tenancy, or FE/BE rules in full (link instead)
- Asking to “also quickly do” the next phase
- Allowing TODO leftovers for claimed work
- Instructing agents to bypass quality gates
- Overwriting accepted ADRs

## When to Extend the Framework

If a permanent rule is missing, update `docs/ai-framework/` (and ADR if architectural) in a dedicated docs change — do not bury permanent rules inside a single phase prompt.

## Related Documents

- [Master Prompt](master-prompt.md)
- [Cursor Guidelines](cursor-guidelines.md)
- [Phase Template](phase-template.md)
- [docs/README.md](../README.md)