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Spec Driven Development Kit w/HexaLayered Architecture

Something has bothered me ever since I wrote HexaLayered Architecture. The documentation was good, the examples were good, the rules were clear. But the rules only worked if someone read them.

  • Introduces Spec Driven Development with shell script for HexaLayered Architecture.
  • Rules translated into testable guidelines in constitution.md file.
  • Shell script scans for violations on file save, halts with code 2 for errors.

Mapping Page Ranges to Output Files: A Data-Driven Decision Tree for PDF Splits

Most engineers treat splitting a document into parts as a trivial action — choose a page, hit the button, get a smaller file.

  • Page ranges encoded in PDF using indirect objects and cross-reference table
  • MediaBox and CropBox define visible page region, normalization may lose vector fidelity
  • Three valid splitting strategies: fixed-size, boundary-driven, selector-driven

A Screenshot Is Not an Agent Failure Artifact

A screenshot of an execution tree looks useful in a pull request. It is also missing almost everything a skeptical reviewer should ask: Which trace produced it? Was the trace changed after capture?

  • Screenshot alone insufficient for reviewer assessment
  • Raw JSONL output may expose sensitive identifiers
  • Bundle generated via agent-inspect tool with verification

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