Re-anchor the anti-fragmentation discipline that when an established way of doing something already exists — a code idiom, structure, error-handling approach, naming shape, doc format, or process — new work REUSES that established way or openly REPLACES it (migrate the old uses, record the decision); it never silently stands up a second, parallel way alongside. Then audit the work in flight for an invented approach that diverges from an established way with no stated reason. Replacing the established way is first-class — when evidence backs an improvement, or its rationale is missing, incumbency-only, or stale — the sin is the SILENT second way, not divergence itself. Use when: 'reuse or replace', 'we already have a way of doing this', 'don't invent a second way', 'keep it one way', 'follow the existing pattern or replace it', 'be consistent', 'you added a parallel way', 'this diverges from how we do it elsewhere', or at conversation start on work that extends an established codebase, structure, or process.
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Re-anchor the anti-fragmentation discipline that when an established way of doing something already exists — a code idiom, structure, error-handling approach, naming shape, doc format, or process — new work REUSES that established way or openly REPLACES it (migrate the old uses, record the decision); it never silently stands up a second, parallel way alongside. Then audit the work in flight for an invented approach that diverges from an established way with no stated reason. Replacing the established way is first-class — when evidence backs an improvement, or its rationale is missing, incumbency-only, or stale — the sin is the SILENT second way, not divergence itself. Use when: 'reuse or replace', 'we already have a way of doing this', 'don't invent a second way', 'keep it one way', 'follow the existing pattern or replace it', 'be consistent', 'you added a parallel way', 'this diverges from how we do it elsewhere', or at conversation start on work that extends an established codebase, structure, or process.
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Re-anchor the anti-fragmentation discipline that when an established way of doing something already exists — a code idiom, structure, error-handling approach, naming shape, doc format, or process — new work REUSES that established way or openly REPLACES it (migrate the old uses, record the decision); it never silently stands up a second, parallel way alongside. Then audit the work in flight for an invented approach that diverges from an established way with no stated reason. Replacing the established way is first-class — when evidence backs an improvement, or its rationale is missing, incumbency-only, or stale — the sin is the SILENT second way, not divergence itself. Use when: 'reuse or replace', 'we already have a way of doing this', 'don't invent a second way', 'keep it one way', 'follow the existing pattern or replace it', 'be consistent', 'you added a parallel way', 'this diverges from how we do it elsewhere', or at conversation start on work that extends an established codebase, structure, or process.
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Category
General
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI