governance: zero technical debt, production-ready always; safety first across system prompts, AGENTS templates, proposal, and plan

collab/proposals/01-codexhelper.llm.md

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 - Layout (repo): `CodexHelper`, `bin/install.sh`, `prompts/global/{system.md,system.llm.md}`, `modes/<Name>/{mode.md,system.md?,defaults.yaml}`, `templates/project/<Name>/...`, `templates/project/_shared/AGENTS.md`, `meta/{AGENTS.seed.md,AGENTS.seed.llm.md}`.
 - Layout (project): `AGENTS.md`, `prompts/{project.md,style.md?}`, `prompts/_mode/`, `codex.yaml`, `codex.sh`, `runs/`.
 - Governance/Propagation: non-project-specific workflow changes get recorded in `prompts/global/` and seed AGENTS templates; proposal/plan updated so scaffolding includes them.
- - TDD Governance: adopt test-driven development with full unit/integration tests for all features in this repo and generated projects; tests written first and required for acceptance.
+- TDD Governance: adopt test-driven development with full unit/integration tests for all features in this repo and generated projects; tests written first and required for acceptance.
+ - Zero Technical Debt: safety first; no technical debt; production-ready at all times; no deferring tests/docs/refactors; use sub-agents as needed.
 - Phase 1 acceptance:
   - new-mode creates mode skeleton
   - new-project scaffolds without overwrites
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
   - prompts/global present and used in prompt composition
   - governance rule: changes to global norms propagate to prompts/global and AGENTS templates; logged in DevLog
   - tests: unit/integration tests (bats) cover CLI flows and guardrails; TDD observed
+  - zero debt: docs/tests included with every feature; no pending TODOs/deferrals; production-ready criteria met
 \n+## Approval — Tick All That Apply
 
 - Subcommands approved: `new-project`, `run`, `new-mode` [ ]