sop-dogfooding-pattern-retrieval

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Purpose

Systematically collect and reuse patterns, fixes, and heuristics learned from dogfooding sessions to accelerate future quality work.

Trigger Conditions

• Positive: preparing playbooks, seeding new skills with proven patterns, or responding to repeated findings across projects.
• Negative: net-new explorations without prior data; one-off audits without reuse goals.

Guardrails

• Confidence ceiling: Provide Confidence: X.XX (ceiling: TYPE Y.YY) using ceilings {inference/report 0.70, research 0.85, observation/definition 0.95}.
• Evidence-backed entries: Each pattern must include source session, file:line or log evidence, applicability, and limitations.
• Structure-first: Maintain curated examples/tests that demonstrate pattern application and failure modes.
• Versioning: Track pattern versions and deprecate superseded items.

Execution Phases

1. Harvest
   • Pull artifacts from recent dogfooding runs; tag by skill, domain, and risk class.
   • Extract candidate patterns with context and triggers.
2. Curate & Validate
   • Consolidate duplicates; validate on at least one fresh example.
   • Record constraints and anti-patterns.
3. Publish & Wire-in
   • Add patterns to references/resources; update examples/tests accordingly.
   • Communicate availability and intended use to downstream skills.
4. Review & Confidence
   • Schedule periodic reviews to retire stale patterns.
   • State confidence with ceiling and note coverage gaps.

Output Format

• Pattern catalog entries with source, evidence, applicability, and limitations.
• Validation notes and example usage.
• Change log for additions/removals.
• Confidence statement using ceiling syntax.

Validation Checklist

• Source sessions and evidence recorded.
• Patterns validated on fresh examples.
• Examples/tests updated to reflect patterns and pitfalls.
• Versioning and retirement tracked.
• Confidence ceiling provided; English-only output.

Confidence: 0.70 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - SOP rewritten to align with Prompt Architect confidence discipline and Skill Forge structure-first curation.