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 # CLAUDE.md
 
-**MANDATORY**: Act as principal-level engineer. Follow these guidelines exactly.
+Act as principal-level engineer.
 
 <!-- <fleet> -->
 
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 Core infrastructure library for Socket.dev security tools.
 
-- 🚨 Internal imports use relative paths (no aliases); vendored externals live in `src/external/` and import by bare name.
-- 🚨 Build: `pnpm build` (rolldown → CJS); type-check: `pnpm run check` (tsgo); test: `pnpm test`; coverage: `pnpm run cover`.
-- 🚨 NEVER `process.chdir()`: pass `{ cwd }` and absolute paths; NEVER `--` before vitest test paths - runs ALL tests. [`architecture`](docs/agents.md/repo/architecture.md)
-- 🚨 Vitest OOM with `tests 0ms` = infinite stream - `Readable.push(undefined)` doesn't end a stream; bisect before raising heap. [`architecture`](docs/agents.md/repo/architecture.md)
-- Full architecture, commands, code-quality tools, build system, package-exports, testing, CI, env-var conventions in [`docs/agents.md/repo/architecture.md`](docs/agents.md/repo/architecture.md).
+- Internal imports use relative paths (no aliases); vendored externals live in `src/external/` and import by bare name.
+- Build: `pnpm build` (rolldown → CJS); type-check: `pnpm run check` (tsgo); test: `pnpm test`; coverage: `pnpm run cover`.
+- Never call `process.chdir()`: pass `{ cwd }` and absolute paths. Never put `--` before vitest test paths; it runs every test. [`architecture`](docs/repo/agents.md/architecture.md)
+- Vitest OOM with `tests 0ms` = infinite stream - `Readable.push(undefined)` doesn't end a stream; bisect before raising heap. [`architecture`](docs/repo/agents.md/architecture.md)
+- Full architecture, commands, code-quality tools, build system, package-exports, testing, CI, env-var conventions in [`docs/repo/agents.md/architecture.md`](docs/repo/agents.md/architecture.md).