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inherit-legacy-style
Prevent AI style drift on legacy projects by scanning the codebase for implicit conventions, resolving conflicts with the operator one at a time, and writing an enforceable .ai-style-rules.md (Golden Files, naming rules, DONTs) plus an optional CLAUDE.md hook. Use when onboarding an AI agent onto a hand-written legacy codebase or extracting a project's unwritten coding rules.
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# Inherit Legacy Style
Prevents AI code style drift in legacy projects by scanning the codebase for implicit conventions across 4 meta-architecture dimensions, resolving conflicts with the user one at a time, and crystallizing the consensus into an enforceable `.ai-style-rules.md`. Fully language- and framework-agnostic.
## When to Activate
- User types `/inherit-legacy-style`
- User mentions onboarding AI onto a hand-written legacy project
- User is worried about AI-generated code "drifting" from existing project conventions
- User wants to extract and codify their project's implicit coding rules
## When to Use
Use this skill when you need to preserve legacy project style and prevent AI-generated style drift. See **When to Activate** above for trigger conditions.