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title: Standards
subtitle: Reference docs for consistent authoring across the toolkit and target projects.
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# Standards

Reference docs for consistent authoring across the toolkit and target projects.

- [Architecture reference](architecture.md): Shape and content rules for .claude/ARCHITECTURE.md
- [Branch reference](branch.md): Branch naming format and type conventions
- [Commit reference](commit.md): Commit message format and type conventions
- [Context entry reference](context.md): Shape and content rules for .claude/context/<domain>.md entries
- [Design reference](design.md): Shape and content rules for .claude/DESIGN.md
- [Diagram reference](diagrams.md): Shape and content rules for .claude/diagrams/<kind>.md files
- [Glossary reference](glossary.md): Frontmatter, entry shape, ordering, and the rules deciding which terms a glossary carries
- [Groundwork reference](groundwork.md): Folder layout, ordinal naming, reserved numbering, frontmatter and dating, required file contents, and conventions for a measurement track
- [Intake reference](intake.md): Folder layout, ordinal naming, reserved index number, frontmatter and dating, the item template, the answer contract, and retrieval
- [Issue reference](issue.md): GitHub issue title, labels, and body conventions
- [Markdown reference](markdown.md): Headings, paragraph and list structure, code spans, the date form, punctuation, emphasis, file references, banned words, and frontmatter wording
- [Memory reference](memory.md): Filename and type prefix, frontmatter, the body shape per type, links between entries, and the lifecycle from write to retire
- [Plan reference](plan.md): Filename and slug, required sections, the suggested-and-answer contract, and the lifecycle from the live folder to the archive
- [Pull request reference](pr.md): Pull request title and body conventions
- [Publish reference](publish.md): Scan an author runs against finished text, the cross-reference form each destination takes, and the response to an unreadable source
- [Readme reference](readme.md): Readme voice, structure, and content conventions
- [Requirements reference](requirements.md): Shape and content rules for .claude/REQUIREMENTS.md
- [Governance rule reference](rule.md): Rule frontmatter, body shape, and voice for .claude/rules files
- [Session map reference](session.md): Filename and location, the sections a handoff carries, the write and read procedures, and how a role extends it
- [Claude skill reference](skill.md): Claude skill structure and authoring rules
- [Slug reference](slug.md): Transform from a git branch name to a slug, and the three responses to an empty result
- [Snippet reference](snippets.md): Snippet reference and authoring conventions
- [Standard reference](standard.md): Shape and content rules for authoring a standard
- [Tasks reference](tasks.md): Folder layout, filename convention, readiness groups, and content rules for .claude/tasks/
- [Teach reference](teach.md): Workspace layout, ordinal naming, frontmatter, and the mission and learning-record formats for a learning workspace
- [Versioning reference](versioning.md): Phase label vs semver discipline across tasks, PRs, reviews, issues, commits, and tags
- [Wireframe reference](wireframes.md): Shape and content rules for .claude/wireframes/<surface>.md files