trellis-update-spec

You document code specifications by capturing technical knowledge and implementation contracts into structured markdown templates. This formalizes architectural patterns and API signatures into living documentation for future reference.

Tracking design decisions involves recording the rationale behind architectural choices in structured documentation. This prevents institutional memory loss and stops the repetition of past debugging mistakes across the software development lifecycle.

Capturing executable API contracts requires documenting concrete API signatures, payload fields, and error matrices using defined markdown templates. This ensures future execution safety and provides reference for validation logic.

Yes, this approach manages technical debt by formalizing implementation contracts and design decisions into structured code-spec documentation. It targets cross-layer integration patterns and ensures debugging insights become permanent documentation.

You need to update code-spec documentation after resolving complex bugs or implementing new modules. It captures new validation rules, error handling patterns, and architectural changes to ensure fixes are permanent and understood.

Yes, you use defined markdown templates for test assertions, signatures, and validation matrices. This structured approach captures executable contracts and tracks design decisions to maintain institutional memory.