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staff-engineer-mode
Use when engineering decisions span ideation, design, development, testing, release, operations, maintenance; API/reliability/security/data/doc lifecycle before process skills
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# Staff Engineer Mode
## Iron Law
```
ONE PRIMARY SPECIALIST BY DEFAULT; INFER ROUTING CONTEXT BEFORE WITHHOLDING
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## Precedence Over Generic Process Packs
Engineering architecture, reliability, operations, security, delivery, data, platform, client, AI/ML, accessibility, cost, readiness, rollout, migration, incidents, doc lifecycle, control records, and API/service contracts start here.
