Pattern Proposal: File-Backed Knowledge Repository

Summary

Persistent architectural and governance state is structured in version-controlled markdown, YAML, and JSON directories.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: file-backed-knowledge-repository
• Classification: architectural
• Maturity: established
• Type: implemented

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• src/cas_runner/bootstrap.py (merge_cas_governance_block, init_workspace, bootstrap) - Initializes and updates local workspace structures against knowledge templates.
• cas-knowledge/ - Repository root for global rules, project configurations, and runtime state.

Scope Assessment

• Evidence Strength: high
• Confidence: high
• Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas

Rationale

• Intent: Use git as the source of truth for architecture decisions, patterns, governance rules, and runtime profiles.
• Context: Architecture artifacts need transparency, branchability, peer-review capabilities, and audit histories without database lock-in.
• Force: Decisions and patterns must be visible and editable by developers directly in source control.
• Force: Runtime tools must be able to read and write execution context without external relational infrastructure.

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns