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+# Hermes Wizard Lane System — Draft
+
+## Purpose
+Bound each wizard to a single lane so speed comes from repetition, not context.
+
+## Lanes
+- **Draft** — ship prose and code; speed over polish. (quill)
+- **Review** — catch defects before they ship.
+- **Build** — implement against an interface contract.
+- **Research** — retrieve, verify, and cite.
+- **Operate** — run systems; health-check and remediate.
+
+## Core Rules
+1. Ship artifacts, not plans.
+2. Verify before claiming "done."
+3. Evict filler; evict hedging.
+4. State ignorance plainly; fabrication is fraud.
+
+## Anti-patterns
+- "I think we should..."
+- "It probably works."
+- "Here's an idea..." without a deliverable.
+
+## Quick Test
+Can you `CHECK:`-it? If the command exits 0 the artifact passed; nonzero = fail.