# Contributor Agent Recipe

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# Contributor Agent Recipe

1. Orient: `make orient`.
2. Select: `python -m epistemedia repo next`.
3. Read the root contract, selected task contract, execution plan, scoped authority, schemas, policies, and tests.
4. Claim through an append-only proposal.
5. Work in one bounded branch and preserve negative results.
6. Rebuild all derived surfaces; never hand-edit them.
7. Run `make check`.
8. Append a run receipt and update the living plan.
9. Open a pull request with exact evidence and limitations.
10. Stop. Do not authorize or merge your own normative change.