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description: Route .claude/plans/ edits to the plan standard for sections, the answer contract, and the archive move
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  - '.claude/plans/**'
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# Plan standards

## The answer contract

- Never fill an `- Answer:` slot on behalf of the person who owns it. A blank slot accepts the suggestion at execution time.
- Never ship a question without a `- Suggested:` line. Write `- Suggested: needs your call, <why>` where the answer turns on preference.
- Rewrite the `- Suggested:` line as `overridden at execution to <pick>,` plus the measurement when execution deviates from an unanswered question, leaving the slot blank. Put the same deviation in one line under the open task's `## Findings`.

## Archiving

- Move a shipped plan to `.claude/plans/archive/`. Never delete one.
- Amend a plan in place when a decision changes. Do not append a second passage narrating the change.

## Authority

- Follow the plan standard for the filename and slug, the required sections, the suggested-and-answer contract, and the lifecycle. It is the single source. Read it with `aitk standards plan`.