Pattern Proposal: Template-Driven Pattern Evolution and Promotion

Summary

Templates and documentation define a lifecycle for signals, heuristics, patterns, experiments, learnings and promotion decisions.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: template-driven-pattern-evolution
• Classification: intelligence
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• cas-knowledge/templates/pattern_template.md - Template for pattern artifacts.
• cas-knowledge/templates/heuristic-to-pattern_template.md - Template for promoting heuristics to patterns.
• cas-knowledge/templates/promotion_decision.md - Template for promotion decisions.
• cas-knowledge/templates/signal_template.md - Template for signal artifacts.
• cas-knowledge/templates/rule_template.md - Template for rule artifacts.
• docs/architecture/cas-pattern-evolution-flow.md - Documentation for pattern evolution flow.

Scope Assessment

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

Rationale

• Intent: Keep architectural learning durable by moving evidence through controlled artifact states.
• Context: cas-knowledge/templates contains templates for patterns, heuristics, signals, rules, learnings, experiments, promotion decisions and architecture records; docs include pattern evolution flow.
• Force: ad hoc notes do not scale
• Force: patterns need promotion criteria
• Force: agents and humans must share the same artifact shape

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns