Protocol Contract

AGENTS.md contains the complete operating floor. Its core rules are:

1. Work comes from Linear or GitHub Issues, only when ready (ai:agent-ready).
2. Ad-hoc requests get tickets before code is edited.
3. Claim before you code (with mandatory concurrency read-back).
4. One ticket, one worktree.
5. Stay inside Owned Paths.
6. Verification is a gate, not a formality.
7. Negative testing: observed failure before fix.
8. Post a structured Handoff before review.
9. Never auto-merge security-sensitive behavior or protected branches.
10. Treat Done as merged, green, and running.

This summary is intentionally incomplete. Follow the live AGENTS.md in the repository you are changing; repository-specific instructions can strengthen the floor.