constitute

Constitution driven development is a governance approach that derives a living constitution from project artifacts like memory banks and ADRs, auditing alignment and tracking version amendments throughout the lifecycle.

You can run the constitute command to initialize governance, which automatically reads memory banks, design docs, ADRs, and CDDs to derive or amend your project's living constitution based on the current stage.

Yes, the governance process audits alignment between derived principles and project artifacts, automatically detecting gaps or conflicts to ensure production states match your living constitution.

Yes, governance workflows support version-tracked amendments to evolve principles over time, alongside phase-aware routing that guides teams from discovery to execution with explicit user approvals.

The best way to manage cross-stage governance is using a phase-aware approach that reads production states and artifacts, providing stage-aware onboarding and handoff to guide decisions across domains.