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This pull request introduces a new documentation file, cline_docs/productContext.md, which provides a comprehensive overview of the aligna project, its purpose, target audience, design principles, and long-term goals. The document also introduces the concept of a "reviewer layer" for oversight and quality control in AI workflows.

Documentation Updates:

  • Project Overview: The new productContext.md file describes aligna as a meta-framework for AI-native software collaboration, focusing on embedding contextual knowledge and introducing reviewer agents for quality assurance.
  • Target Audience: Defines the intended users, including developers, prompt engineers, reviewers (human or AI), and researchers working on AI alignment.
  • Design Principles: Highlights key principles, such as static context guiding agents, reviewer oversight, and declarative, observable logic.
  • Key Anchors: Lists important files, including README.md and other context-specific documentation, as entry points for understanding the project.
  • Reviewer Layer: Introduces the emerging concept of reviewer agents for evaluating outputs, guiding assistants, and ensuring traceability through feedback-driven updates.

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  • Adds comprehensive product context documentation for aligna

  • Details project purpose, target audience, and design principles

  • Introduces the reviewer layer concept for quality oversight

  • Outlines key file anchors and long-term project goals


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  • Explains the concept of reviewer agents for oversight and quality
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  • Defines target audience, design principles, and key file anchors
  • Outlines long-term goals and the emerging reviewer layer
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    • Introduces a new productContext.md documentation file that provides a comprehensive overview of the aligna project, including its purpose, design principles, and intended audience.
    • Explains the novel concept of "reviewer agents" for oversight, validation, and feedback in AI-native software collaboration.
    • Outlines key file anchors for project navigation and describes the long-term vision for explainable, tool-agnostic AI workflows.
    • Details the emerging "reviewer layer" and proposes strategies for its prototyping, such as explicit prompts and human-in-the-loop validation.

    This PR adds foundational documentation to clarify the project's goals, philosophy, and unique approach to quality assurance through reviewer agents. It serves as a key reference for contributors, users, and researchers interested in the alignment and oversight of AI-driven systems.


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    Introduce comprehensive product context and reviewer layer
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    cline_docs/productContext.md

  • Adds a new documentation file outlining the overall purpose and
    philosophy of the aligna project.
  • Describes the concept of reviewer agents for oversight and quality
    control in AI workflows.
  • Details the target audience, design principles, key file anchors, and
    long-term goals.
  • Introduces the emerging "reviewer layer" and its intended
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    A new documentation file named productContext.md was added. This document describes the purpose, design philosophy, and core principles of the aligna project, focusing on its approach to AI-native software collaboration, reviewer roles, and long-term goals. No code or exported entities were modified.

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    cline_docs/productContext.md Added documentation outlining the aligna project's purpose, design, reviewer layer, and objectives.

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    Summary of Changes

    Hello team, Gemini here with a summary of this pull request. This PR, authored by dmitriz, introduces a new documentation file, cline_docs/productContext.md. The primary goal is to provide a foundational document that explains the core identity, purpose, and philosophy of the aligna project. It specifically details what the project is, why it's important, who it's for, its key design principles, and its long-term vision. A significant concept introduced is the 'Reviewer Layer', outlining the role of external reviewers (human or AI) in ensuring quality and guiding AI agents within the framework.

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    • New Documentation File: A new file, cline_docs/productContext.md, has been added to the repository. This file serves as a central document for understanding the aligna project's context.
    • Project Definition: The document defines aligna as a meta-framework for AI-native software collaboration, emphasizing embedding contextual knowledge and reducing repetitive prompting.
    • Introduction of Reviewer Layer: A key concept is introduced: the 'Reviewer Layer'. This involves external agents (human or AI) providing oversight, validation, and feedback to guide and constrain AI activity, ensuring quality and traceability.
    • Core Principles and Audience: The document outlines the project's target audience (developers, prompt engineers, reviewers, researchers) and core design principles, such as static context guiding agents, reviewer guidance, and observable logic.

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    • cline_docs/productContext.md
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    The document title currently repeats the file name. Consider using a more descriptive title that better reflects the content and purpose of the document.

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    The file uses both external reviewers and reviewer agents to describe oversight roles. Standardizing this terminology throughout the document could improve clarity.

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    cline_docs/productContext.md (6)

    1-9: Refine the main heading for readability.
    The heading # productContext.md directly references the filename (including extension). Renaming it to a descriptive title, such as # Product Context, aligns with markdown best practices and improves clarity.


    11-19: Surround the feature list with blank lines.
    Markdown lint (MD032) requires lists to be surrounded by blank lines. Please insert a blank line before the list at lines 17–18:

      `aligna` addresses this by:
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      - Providing assistants with structured memory and navigation
      - Delegating dynamic supervision to **reviewer agents** who can evaluate decisions, correct drift, and ensure adherence to purpose
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    40-46: Add blank line before long-term goal list.
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      To enable reliable, explainable, tool-agnostic AI workflows grounded in:
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      - Declarative architecture
      - Embedded context
      - Independent review
      - Promptless cooperation
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      This project invites the integration of **reviewer agents**—entities that:
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      - Guide assistants back toward goals
      - Record decisions and interventions for traceability
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      This layer will be prototyped via:
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      - Human-in-the-loop validation
      - Feedback-driven context updates
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    cline_docs/productContext.md (2)

    21-25: Audience section is clear and well-formatted.
    The bullet list of intended users is concise, follows markdown conventions, and is properly surrounded by blank lines. No changes needed.


    27-33: Design principles section is consistent.
    The declarative design points use a properly spaced bullet list, reinforcing readability and alignment with project goals.

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    Code Review

    This pull request introduces productContext.md, a crucial document for understanding the aligna project. The document is well-structured, clearly written, and effectively conveys the project's purpose, target audience, design principles, and long-term vision, including the innovative "reviewer layer" concept. The content is comprehensive and provides excellent context for anyone new to the project or looking to understand its core philosophy.

    I've made a few suggestions aimed at further enhancing clarity and usability, particularly around defining a key design principle, elaborating on a long-term goal, and improving navigation through linked documents.

    Overall, this is a valuable addition to the project's documentation.

    Summary of Findings

    • Clarity of 'Bridge Adapters' Design Principle: The design principle 'Bridge adapters connect agents to context' could benefit from a brief parenthetical explanation to clarify the role and nature of these adapters, as they are a key architectural component mentioned only once.
    • Enhanced Navigability for Key File Anchors: The 'Key File Anchors' section lists important documents. Converting these file paths into clickable Markdown links would significantly improve the document's usability and allow readers to navigate to related contexts more easily.
    • Elaboration on 'Promptless Cooperation' Goal: The long-term goal of 'Promptless cooperation' is a strong and intriguing concept. Adding a brief explanatory note could further highlight its significance and provide a clearer vision of what this entails.
    • Terminology Consistency (Low Severity - Not commented due to settings): There's a slight variation in terms like "external reviewers" (line 9) and "reviewer agents" (lines 18, 50). While understandable, consistently using a primary term (e.g., "reviewer agents") and clarifying its scope (human or AI, external) when first introduced or when necessary could enhance precision. This is a minor point and was not raised as a formal comment due to review settings.

    Merge Readiness

    This pull request adds valuable product context documentation. The new productContext.md file is well-written and informative. I've identified a few areas where clarity and usability could be further enhanced, particularly concerning a design principle, a long-term goal, and internal document navigation. Addressing these medium-severity suggestions would strengthen the document. Therefore, I recommend that these changes be considered before merging. As an AI reviewer, I am not authorized to approve pull requests.


    - **Static context guides active agents.**
    - **Reviewers guide the agents.**
    - **Bridge adapters connect agents to context.**

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    The design principle "Bridge adapters connect agents to context." is introduced here. While concise, it might leave readers wondering about the nature or function of these "bridge adapters," as they aren't elaborated upon elsewhere in this document.

    Could we consider adding a brief parenthetical explanation to clarify their role? This would help readers better grasp this aspect of the system's architecture.

    Suggested change
    - **Bridge adapters connect agents to context.**
    - **Bridge adapters (e.g., dedicated modules or interfaces facilitating data exchange) connect agents to context.**

    Comment on lines +36 to +38
    - `README.md`: Universal entrypoint
    - `cline_docs/activeContext.md`: Current task state (bridge for Cline)
    - `cline_docs/productContext.md`: Project identity and review philosophy

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    In the "Key File Anchors" section, listing the file paths is helpful. To further improve navigability and user experience, could we make these Markdown links? This would allow readers to directly jump to these important documents from here.

    (Please adjust paths if the assumed relative locations are incorrect. README.md is assumed to be in the parent directory, and activeContext.md in the current cline_docs directory.)

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    - `README.md`: Universal entrypoint
    - `cline_docs/activeContext.md`: Current task state (bridge for Cline)
    - `cline_docs/productContext.md`: Project identity and review philosophy
    - [`README.md`](../README.md): Universal entrypoint
    - [`cline_docs/activeContext.md`](activeContext.md): Current task state (bridge for Cline)
    - [`cline_docs/productContext.md`](productContext.md): Project identity and review philosophy

    - Declarative architecture
    - Embedded context
    - Independent review
    - Promptless cooperation

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    The long-term goal of "Promptless cooperation" is quite compelling and a key differentiator. To make its significance even clearer to the reader, would it be beneficial to add a short explanatory phrase? This could help articulate the vision behind this ambitious goal more vividly.

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    - Promptless cooperation
    - Promptless cooperation (i.e., AI components collaborating effectively based on shared context and goals, minimizing reliance on explicit, turn-by-turn prompting)

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