Paul O'Reilly 423bd155f9 tdd: add read-only test gates and model selection for AI agents
Learnings from F58 3-way model comparison (Sonnet/MiniMax/Haiku):
- Read-only test gates: filesystem enforcement (chmod a-w) because
  prompt instructions are insufficient — MiniMax edited tests 7x,
  Haiku rewrote entirely, only Sonnet respected constraints
- Model selection table: Sonnet minimum for constrained implementation,
  Haiku/MiniMax viable for review and test-writing

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-05 21:49:02 +12:00

best-practices

Cross-project best practices extracted from real project work via the /distill-best-practices skill.

How It Works

The knowledge distillation pipeline in claude-foundations processes session logs and memory files from all tracked projects, extracting generalisable practices into topic files here.

Pipeline

  1. /log — Captures session decisions and gotchas into per-project memory/log/
  2. /reflect-logs — Processes logs into structured topic memory files
  3. /distill-best-practices — Reads memory files across projects, proposes updates to this repo

For Humans

Browse BESTPRACTICES.md for the full index. Each topic file is self-contained.

For Agents

Container agents get this repo cloned to /best-practices. Read BESTPRACTICES.md for the index, then read only the topic files relevant to your task.

Topics

File Description
ansible.md Inventory, templates, idempotency, credential safety
database-selection.md SQLite vs PostgreSQL decision criteria
debugging.md Systematic diagnosis, full-chain testing, common pitfalls
docker.md gosu PID 1, GIT_SSH_COMMAND scope, slim image patterns
docker-uid-matching.md UID wrapper entrypoint, gosu pattern
documentation.md CLAUDE.md, MEMORY.md, FUTURE.md, README.md structure
git-source-control.md Commit practices, GitOps workflows, remote conventions
helm.md Schema validation, version verification, values structure
kubernetes.md Volume mounts, deployment strategies, naming, bootstrap ordering
linting.md Tool choices per language, PostToolUse hook, pre-commit
milestones.md Milestone workflow, verification, reflection process
networking.md nftables, systemd sockets, Docker forwarding, TLS
octopus-process-templates.md OCL syntax, step templates, Platform Hub patterns
scripting.md Shell conventions, verification scripts, idempotency
secrets-management.md SOPS + age, credential handling, encryption gotchas
security-architecture.md Server boundary rule, proxy patterns, defense in depth
skills-development.md Skill authoring, context injection, tool restrictions
spec-driven-development.md Spec structure, requirement numbering, test-first workflow
test-driven-development.md Edge case discovery, property-based testing, AI agent patterns
validation.md Validate locally, deploy once; full-chain testing

Source Control

  • Gitea: skynet/best-practices
  • Remote: git@gitea.oreillyit.nz-ai-enablement:skynet/best-practices.git
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