prototype: reframe disposal around primary vs secondary source

Retain the prototype as a primary source on a throwaway branch linked
from the relevant issue, rather than deleting it, while the distilled
answer remains the secondary source. Keeps prototype scaffolding out of
the main branch without destroying the runnable evidence.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Matt Pocock
2026-07-09 14:53:43 +01:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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Reword how the **`prototype`** skill lets go of its artifacts, around a **primary vs secondary source** distinction. The _secondary source_ is the distilled answer (issue/ADR/commit) — still the part that matters most. The _primary source_ is the prototype itself: rather than deleting it, it's now preserved as runnable evidence on a throwaway branch (`prototype/<name>`) linked from the relevant issue, never merged, so the main branch keeps only the validated decision.