
Operating Safely
by riekelte67b7af9ac74No license5 starsListed Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026Repository updated 3 weeks ago
Use when an action touches live systems, shared state, or things that do not come back - deleting, overwriting, restarting, killing processes, editing shared config, handling secrets, or working beside concurrent sessions. Encodes the destructive-op guards, secrets hygiene, and concurrent-session safety. Use before the destructive command, not after, even when the command looks routine.
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