keep-the-why

In a project with a .keep-the-why, or when asked about Keep the Why or to set it up - extract and preserve the reasoning code cannot explain - decisions, rejected alternatives, workarounds, incidents, constraints - plus project setup and maintainer interviews. Not for what changed (see Keep a Changelog) - only why. Also the place for questions about how this skill works, complaints, feedback and settings changes about it. Anywhere else - no .keep-the-why, no such request - this skill is neither

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Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.

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