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Clarify principles.md as foundational, phonosemantics.md as refinement#245

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Clarify principles.md as foundational, phonosemantics.md as refinement#245
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Summary

  • Annotates principles.md as foundational gates (load first, every candidate must pass) in Step 3 and Reference Files table
  • Annotates phonosemantics.md as refinement (sound-matching between candidates that already pass principles)
  • Minor wording tweak on cultural-references.md bullet for consistency

All three docs already agree on this hierarchy (evaluation.md weights metaphor 3x vs sound 1x; phonosemantics.md itself calls sound alignment "a tiebreaker, not a dealbreaker"), but SKILL.md didn't surface it during generation.

Closes #42

Test plan

  • Verify lint passes (markdownlint-cli2 'SKILL.md' — confirmed locally, 0 errors)
  • Read Step 3 bullet list — hierarchy is clear at a glance
  • Read Reference Files table — same hierarchy reflected

Step 3 and the Reference Files table listed these as co-equal references,
but all three docs agree on the hierarchy: principles are gates (metaphor 3x),
phonosemantics is a tiebreaker (sound 1x). Reorder and annotate both locations
so the priority is visible during generation, not just during evaluation.

Closes #42
@glacierphonk glacierphonk merged commit 339877c into main Mar 21, 2026
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SKILL.md Step 3: clarify that principles.md is foundational, phonosemantics.md is refinement

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