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# [The Active Constraints Note: The One File That Stops AI from Violating Your Project Rules](https://pharos-ai.hashnode.dev/the-active-constraints-note-the-one-file-that-stops-ai-from-violating-your-project-rules?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Every project has rules the AI doesn't know about. Not requirements — those are usually in the spec. Not goals — those are in the brief. Rules: the non-obvious constraints that have accumulated through decisions, negotiations, discoveries, and hard l...

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