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Change the product without reopening every old decision.
When feedback, bugs, and requests outrun team memory, make each change show what it affects before implementation begins.
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The week every request starts discovery again
You own the product after launch. A customer request looks small until someone asks which rule, decision, integration contract, and accepted behavior it will disturb.
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Why chat memory breaks after launch
The original answer may exist in a session, a meeting, or one person’s head. A new agent can generate a patch, but it cannot prove that the patch keeps the old decision intact.
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Trace the impact before changing code
Treat a bug report, new feature and change to accepted scope according to their different questions. Capture the original request, inspect the requirements, business rules and design it may affect, then propose a bounded update for review. Links help people locate what to revisit; they do not rewrite every dependent artifact automatically.
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A change package with a history
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Original request
Preserve the ask or defect before interpretation.
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Affected scope
Name the stories, rules and technical decisions to review.
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Bounded change
Implement only after the revised acceptance and design are understood.
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Evidence
Record what was checked, failed or skipped for the selected operation.
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What the next change can inspect
The next owner starts from the versioned change and its evidence, not from another round of archaeological prompting.
Make one change traceable
Use the handoff guide on the next request that would otherwise reopen a decision.