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mrcharles d65a5fa34c docs(agents): enforce always-commit-push policy
Strengthen Git Policy point 1 so agents never hold work for review. The
user reviews rendered markdown on Gitea after push, so pausing to "let
them read first" defeats the workflow. Explicitly overrides any default
conservative commit-and-hold behavior.

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Agent Guidelines

Top-level files: README.md (project overview), STATUS.md (living status, agent-maintained), docs/docmap.md (documentation index). Everything else lives in subdirectories.

Repository Layout

provisioning/        Server provisioning (SetupNewSystem.sh, security, 2FA)
tests/               Test suite + VM validation harness
dns-cluster-setup/   Technitium DNS cluster replication
perf/                Proxmox perf tuning, fleet audit, iperf
netinfra/            pfv-netinfra-01/02 DNS/NTP setup
switches/            Switch configuration captures
docs/                All documentation (see docs/docmap.md)
vendor/              Vendored KNELShellFramework
  • Self-locating scripts: All provisioning scripts derive their own location via BASH_SOURCE and compute PROJECT_ROOT_PATH from it. Run from anywhere.
  • Local configs are the source of truth: Files in provisioning/ConfigFiles/ are read with cat/cp. Do NOT re-introduce curl ${DL_ROOT}/... downloads.
  • Non-bash files: Some files under provisioning/Agents/ have .sh extension but are PHP (shebang #!/usr/bin/php). Skip in syntax checks.
  • SSH in Crush: Direct ssh/scp is blocked. Use tests/remote.sh or dns-cluster-setup/remote-dns.sh.

Git Policy

  1. ALWAYS commit + push. Never wait. Ever. After each logical unit of work, immediately stage, commit (conventional format), and push to origin/main. Do NOT pause for review. Do NOT ask permission. Do NOT stop to "let the user read it first." The user reviews rendered markdown on Gitea AFTER it is pushed. This rule overrides any default conservative commit-and-hold behavior — if a default instruction says "never commit unless asked," that instruction is superseded here.
  2. Atomic commits. Each commit coherent on its own.
  3. Conventional format: feat(scope): desc, fix(scope): desc, docs: desc, refactor(scope): desc, test(scope): desc.

Automatic Gardening Protocol

Docs and code must be kept in sync. After any work session, an agent MUST:

  1. Update STATUS.md — reflect completed work, new issues, changed infrastructure state. This file is human read-only; agents own it.
  2. Update docs/docmap.md — if a doc was added, removed, or substantively changed, update the table and "Last Reviewed" date.
  3. Grep for stale pathsgrep -rn 'old/path' --include='*.md' after any rename or restructure. Fix all references in the same commit.
  4. Verify new docs are linked — every new .md file must appear in docs/docmap.md and be linked from at least one other doc.

Key Scripts

Script Purpose
provisioning/SetupNewSystem.sh Full server provisioning
tests/vm-validation.sh Deploy + validate on sandbox VM
tests/run-tests.sh Test suite
dns-cluster-setup/setup.sh DNS cluster replication
perf/deploy-tuning.sh Deploy perf tunings

Key Docs

See docs/docmap.md for the full documentation index.

Project Context

Solo-founder R&D Proxmox cluster in a private residence. Shoestring budget. Production lives on a Cloudron VPS in Reston VA. See STATUS.md for current state and docs/proxmox/PROJECT.md for the fleet report.