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+# Important Rules
+
+* never, ever mention claude or anthropic in commit messages.  do not use attribution
+
+* after each change, run "make fmt".
+
+* after each change, run "make test" and ensure all tests pass.
+
+* after each change, run "make lint" and ensure no linting errors.  fix any
+  you find, one by one.
+
+* after each change, commit the files you've changed.  push after
+  committing.