SniperGold_ML/docs/AI_ASSISTANT_SESSION_START_PROTOCOL_v1.md

AI ASSISTANT SESSION START PROTOCOL — v1

Document type : GOVERNANCE
Created       : 2026-08-28 (P3-GOV-1)
Version       : v1
MANDATORY for every new AI session in this repository.

EVERY NEW SESSION

Follow these steps in order. Do not skip; do not broad-search first.

1. Read docs/CURRENT_PROJECT_STATE.md.
2. Read the NEWEST docs/SESSION_HANDOVER_*.md (by Git ancestry / filename date).
3. Read docs/CURRENT_DECISION_GATE.md.
4. Verify Git: git rev-parse HEAD == git ls-remote origin HEAD; git branch --show-current == main; git status --short empty; git stash list empty.
5. Verify ONLY the exact files needed for the current phase. Do not broad-search the filesystem.
6. Do not repeat completed work.
7. Do not infer from stale prose when machine-readable evidence exists.
8. Do not proceed outside the current authorization.
9. Respect the authorizations and prohibitions in docs/CURRENT_DECISION_GATE.md.

Canonical evidence precedence

  Machine-readable checkpoint / manifest
      >  committed machine-readable evidence
      >  committed report
      >  human prose

Where a contradiction exists between these layers:

STOP and reconcile before proceeding.

Integration points

• Frozen-asset rules: docs/FROZEN_ASSET_REGISTER.md, docs/AUTHORIZED_CHANGE_MATRIX.md.
• Verification discipline: docs/CODE_VERIFICATION_AND_SILENT_BUG_POLICY_v1.md (independent oracle, mutation testing, temporal checks, leakage checks, reproducibility, immutable artifacts, no silent repair, no result-driven tuning).
• Phase traceability: docs/PROJECT_PHASE_INDEX.md, docs/PROVENANCE_GAP_REGISTER.md.

End of P3-GOV-1 session-start protocol.