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CONTRIBUTING.md: the hard rule. Net ≤ 10 added lines per PR. AUDIT.md + AUDIT_REPORT.md: removed. Historical snapshots, referenced by nothing, 506 lines of dead weight. The policy eats its own dogfood. Net diff: +11 -594 = -583
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Contributing to the Nexus
Every PR: net ≤ 10 added lines. Not a guideline — a hard limit. Add 40, remove 30. Can't remove? You're homebrewing. Import instead.
Why
Import over invent. Plug in the research. No builder trap. Removal is a first-class contribution. Baseline: 4,462 lines (2026-03-25). Goes down.
PR Checklist
- Net diff ≤ 10 (
+12 -8 = net +4 ✅/+200 -0 = net +200 ❌) - Manual test plan — specific steps, not "it works"
- Automated test output — paste it, or write a test (counts toward your 10)
Applies to every contributor: human, Timmy, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Kimi, Grok. Exception: initial dependency config files (requirements.txt, package.json). No other exceptions. Too big? Break it up.