workflow-chapter4-overlays-contracts-baseline

To generate idempotent overlay skeletons for a business repository, you can use an automated workflow that builds and repairs overlays without repeating previously applied work. This ensures reliable recovery and alignment with triplet baselines.

Validating contract baselines before downstream chapters involves creating or adjusting contract skeletons and running validation checks against frozen overlay refs. This process verifies execution alignment and produces recoverable outputs for subsequent chapters.

Yes, you can freeze overlay refs automatically after applying a triplet baseline. The workflow uses Python tooling to synchronize and freeze refs post-apply, ensuring stable contract validation and reproducible outputs.

Repository directory structure setup requires a parent directory layout containing both the template and business repos as siblings. This layout allows the workflow to operate reproducibly and apply template workflows to the business repository.

Your overlay generation workflow repeats steps if it lacks idempotent execution enforcement. An idempotent workflow explicitly tracks applied state to build and repair overlay skeletons without executing previously completed baseline generations.