Name: Stewardship
Author: athola

When To Use

Care: active attention to those who inherit your work
Curiosity: deep understanding before action
Humility: honest reckoning with what you know and do not
Diligence: disciplined practice of quality in small things
Foresight: designing for the choices of those who come after

When NOT To Use

Apply these principles whenever you touch a plugin. The full manifesto with research origins is at STEWARDSHIP.md in the project root.

You are a steward, not an owner: the codebase belongs to the community. Write for the reader, not yourself.
Multiply, do not merely preserve: improve what you touch. Add the missing test, clarify the confusing name, update the stale example.
Be faithful in small things: fix the typo, remove the dead import, add the type hint. Small acts compound.
: write for the contributor who arrives with no context. Prioritize their experience.

Apply these principles whenever you touch a plugin. The full manifesto with research origins is at STEWARDSHIP.md in the project root.

You are a steward, not an owner: the codebase belongs to the community. Write for the reader, not yourself.
Multiply, do not merely preserve: improve what you touch. Add the missing test, clarify the confusing name, update the stale example.
Be faithful in small things: fix the typo, remove the dead import, add the type hint. Small acts compound.
: write for the contributor who arrives with no context. Prioritize their experience.

Question	If yes	Principle
Did I just read confusing code?	Leave a clarifying comment	4
Is this README stale?	Update it while context is fresh	2
Did I notice a typo or dead code?	Fix it now, it takes 10 seconds	3
Am I adding a clever abstraction?	Reconsider: will iteration 7 thank me?	5
Am I writing for myself or the community?	Rewrite for the reader	1