Named anti-shapes
Anti-shapes are named, catalogued, and watched
- Status
- PUBLISHED
- Priority
- P1
- Rank
- GUIDELINE
- Cited
- Not yet
- Updated
- 2026-05-14
Assertion
Every project drifts toward one or two anti-patterns. They are named
at bootstrap and watched explicitly.
Why
The answer to "am I drifting toward $ANTISHAPE?" being yes is rarely
fatal. Not asking is fatal.
Mechanism
Anti-shapes live in
docs/north-star/intent.md under
drift_watches:. The drift-watcher subagent adjudicates explicitly.Cited by
Not yet cited.