Five principles
Files are the source of truth
Chat is not the record; work lands as readable, versioned files.
Never overwrite
Read before writing; merge or pause when someone else changed it.
Anyone can pick it up
Work trees, hand-off cards and snapshots let anyone, or any AI, continue.
People decide
AI drafts and reminds; accountable decisions stay with people.
Rules and facts are separate
What holds for any company is a rule; what is true only for us is a fact.