.ai/rules/23-precommit-strategy.md

# Precommit Strategy

**Purpose:** Apply precommit strategy only when it advances the locked objective. Use observable evidence, keep the action bounded, record material results, escalate blockers explicitly, and stop when its proof condition is met.

**Trigger:** Load when the manifest condition matches the current task.

**Required behavior:** Preserve repository constraints and canonical sources. Classify side findings before acting.

**Budget:** WIP 1; same-strategy attempts 3; verification passes 2; critic rounds 1; nested depth 2.

**Evidence:** Record commands, source locations, test output, or explicitly labeled inference.

**Escalation:** If the next action is invalid or repeated work adds no information, reset strategy or report the exact blocker.

**Stop condition:** The rule's required outcome is proven or a blocker is declared.

**Master prompt:** sections 106–110.