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  "uid": "cogitave.learn.apply-the-agents-floor.introduction",
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  "title": "Introduction",
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  "headings": [
    "Why a floor at all",
    "What you will get from this module"
  ],
  "source": "Every organization has rules. Most keep them in a wiki nobody reads, written for\nhumans and ignored by the automation that does the work. Cogitave keeps its rules\nin one file, in the root of the estate, addressed to **both** the people and the\nagents that change it.\n\nThat file is [`AGENTS.md`](../../../../../AGENTS.md). It is the **managed\npolicy**: every coding and automation agent - and every human in a session -\nreads the nearest `AGENTS.md`, and the root file is the **floor** that all\nsub-trees inherit. It opens with a section titled *\"Non-negotiable rules (the\nfloor)\"* and lists seven of them.\n\n> [!IMPORTANT]\n> The seven rules are **the floor, not a suggestion**. They are numbered 1 to 7\n> in `AGENTS.md` and this module teaches them in that order. When AGENTS.md and\n> a habit disagree, the floor wins.\n\n## Why a floor at all\n\nYou are working inside a **control plane**. Treat every change as auditable\nevidence: a reviewer or an auditor will read your diff. A floor that both a person\nand an agent can read is what lets a narrow, cheap model act unattended and still\nstay correct - the environment carries the rules, so they hold whether the author\nwas human or not.\n\nEach rule also delegates to an **owning standard** for the detail. AGENTS.md is\ndeliberately short; it states the rule and points you at the canonical document\nunder [`standards/docs/standards/`](../../../../standards/docs/standards/). Learn\nthe floor from AGENTS.md; learn the specifics from the standard it cites. Never\nparaphrase a rule from memory when the source is one link away.\n\n## What you will get from this module\n\nNot a tour of opinions - a working command of seven rules you can state, a clear\npicture of **what enforces each one** (a hook, a CI gate, an org ruleset, or\npolicy-as-code), and the ability to apply all seven to your very first change.\n",
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  "durationInMinutes": 4,
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}