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 Project agent rules.
 
+Start every session by inspecting Git status and worktrees, fetching origin with pruning, safely fast-forwarding local main, and verifying main matches origin/main. Only then create a task branch from synchronized main if needed. Preserve existing task branches and unfinished work. Never reset, discard changes, auto-stash, or force-push merely to synchronize. If safe synchronization is blocked, resolve the blocker before editing or branching.
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 # DOX framework