# AGENTS.md — Operating Rules for All Agents on This Repo

1. **Always read `.agents/PLAN.md` first.** It contains the architecture, the
   LOCKED DECISIONS, the UI/UX standards, the data model, and the roadmap.
   Do not design anything that contradicts it.
2. **Follow the phased execution protocol in `.agents/phases/`.** Work through
   `.agents/phases/todo/` in numeric order. When a phase is complete, move its
   directory to `.agents/phases/complete/`.
3. **Strictly adhere to the LOCKED DECISIONS** (PLAN §2). If you believe a
   LOCKED decision is wrong, stop and flag it — do not silently deviate.
4. **"One Story, One Phase":** each user story in `.agents/user_stories/`
   corresponds to a distinct execution phase, and **every** phase — story-driven
   or owner-directed — includes its own dedicated Playwright E2E test suite
   (one test file for the phase, run in isolation).
5. **"UI Structure Check":** before finalizing any UI component, verify that
   it follows the layout principles in `.agents/PLAN.md` §7 (proper container
   usage, the 72rem centered reading column — every page rides the 72rem
   container at every viewport; phase 100 supersedes §7.1's 46rem chat
   column, full-width tables on Sources — no skinny wasted-space lists;
   the catalogue tables (RAG, Sources, History) are bounded scroll
   panels — `max-height: min(70vh, 64rem)` — with a sticky header row;
   a clipped action label shows an ellipsis hint (`.cell-clip`) with
   the full text kept reachable via the control's aria-label
   (phase 156); an in-flight turn never paints an empty answer
   bubble — the box is created empty as the reasoning anchor and
   `.msg .bubble:empty { display: none }` hides it until the first
   answer token (phase 166); the document viewer's page strip is CLASS-scoped —
   the primary class shows the strip in place of the text, the
   additive class never hides the text: Text/Pages toggle group
   (`aria-pressed`, Text default) with the strip behind it
   (phase 163); a lazily-drilled KB-tree level keeps the level the
   user is ON rendered while its node fetch runs, and its ONE
   in-flight row (`role="status"`) / alert + Retry row
   (`role="alert"`, a real `<button>`) sits inside that same bounded
   scroll panel — and the stat cards read the server's `totals`,
   never a walk of a depth-limited tree (phase 167)) and
   meets WCAG 2.1 AA basics (semantic
   landmarks, labels, contrast ≥4.5:1, focus-visible, aria-live for the
   stream).
6. **"No CDN Rule":** all CSS, JS, fonts, and images must be served statically
   from within the FastAPI application. No `<script src="https://…">` or
   `<link href="https://…">` tags in HTML templates unless bundled locally.
   An integration test enforces this on the index page.
7. **"Debugpy Check":** any new entrypoint must keep the conditional import —
   `debugpy` is imported **only** when `DEBUGPY=1` (see
   `app/core/debugging.py`); default off, never imported otherwise.
8. **Git protocol:** Git is mandatory. One **atomic, professional commit per
   completed phase** (Conventional Commits, e.g. `feat(rag): stream RAG
   answers over SSE with source citations`). Always append `--no-gpg-sign`
   (the repo also sets `commit.gpgsign=false`). `.agents/` is **tracked and
   committed** with the phase — only runtime artifacts (`.agents/phase-sessions/`,
   `.agents/pipeline.log`) are gitignored.
9. **Test gates are non-negotiable:** a phase is complete only when unit +
   integration tests pass, `app/` coverage is **>90%**
   (`uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing`), and the phase's
   Playwright E2E file passes **in isolation**
   (`uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_<story>.py -v --no-cov`).
10. **Amply log, visibly feed back:** server-side, log the required
    per-turn line (PLAN §9) **and** the per-response byte-budget line
    (`app/core/response_budget.py` — one
    `api method=… path=… status=… bytes=… enc=… duration_ms=…` line per
    `/api/*` response, INFO at/over `BOR_LOG_LARGE_RESPONSE_BYTES`, read it
    with `grep ' :: api '`, audit it with
    `uv run python -m scripts.api_payload_audit`, phase 167); UI-side,
    honor the "never stale" feedback contract (PLAN §7.4).

## Quick reference
```bash
podman compose up -d db                      # start Postgres 17 + pgvector
cp .env.example .env                         # once; then edit
uv run alembic upgrade head                  # apply migrations
uv run uvicorn app.main:app --reload         # dev server (add DEBUGPY=1 to debug)
uv run pytest                                # unit + integration
uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing
uv run playwright install chromium           # once
uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_smoke.py -v --no-cov
uv run ruff check . && uv run pyright        # lint + types
uv run python -m scripts.eval_retrieval --from-file tests/fixtures/retrieval_battery.txt   # retrieval regression battery (phases 119/162)
uv run python -m scripts.api_payload_audit                      # endpoint byte audit vs the 256 KB budget (phase 167; app must be running)
```