troupe-standup/wizard-work/quill/lane-system-draft.md

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.