create-control-manifest

You can extract actionable rules from accepted ADRs by generating a control manifest that converts architectural rationale into required, forbidden, and guardrail rules. This produces a flat checklist programmers can follow without repeatedly interpreting the original ADRs.

A control manifest is a single source of truth document that extracts programmer-ready rules from accepted ADRs. It organizes what to implement and avoid across Foundation, Core, Feature, and Presentation layers, including naming conventions, performance budgets, and deprecated engine APIs.

You should generate a control manifest after your architecture review passes and your ADRs reach Accepted status. This ensures the extracted engineering rules reflect finalized decisions rather than draft proposals, keeping the manifest stable for implementation workflows.

You can organize engineering standards by architecture layer by categorizing extracted rules into Foundation, Core, Feature, and Presentation sections. Cross-layer rules are duplicated where needed so each layer has direct visibility into its specific constraints and guardrails.

Yes, a control manifest includes global constraints such as naming conventions, performance budgets, forbidden patterns, and deprecated engine APIs. These constraints apply across all architecture layers and are validated through a technical director review gate before the manifest is written.

Engineering rules are validated through a technical director review gate that previews and checks the output before writing the manifest file. This gate ensures only accepted ADRs and engine reference documents contribute to the final rules, maintaining documentation integrity.