๐ค Contributing Guide
๐งฌ Commit Legend โ The Human Pattern Labโ
We use lore-coded prefixes + emojis so commits read like dispatches from Lab departments.
| Prefix | Emoji | Who / What | Use forโฆ |
|---|---|---|---|
CORE | ๐งฉ | Core architecture | Big refactors, foundational structure |
SYS | โ๏ธ | Systems layer | Logic, state, loaders, data plumbing |
UI | ๐จ | Interface | Layout, visuals, components, styling |
UX | ๐งญ | Experience | Flows, navigation, accessibility |
STYLE | ๐๏ธ | Formatting | Prettier, lint, whitespace only |
BUILD | ๐๏ธ | Build / tooling | Vite, scripts, config, infra |
FIX | ๐ ๏ธ | Bug fixes | Anything that โwas wrong, now is rightโ |
WIP | ๐ง | Work in progress | Partial work, experiments in progress |
CJO | ๐ผ | Carmel โ Chief Judgment Office | Polish, spacing, micro-adjustments |
OOD | ๐๏ธ | Orbson โ Obs. Oversight Division | Routing, indexing, correctness |
AOE | ๐ | Fill the Void โ Anomalous Energies | Edge cases, spooky bugs, anomalies |
DUE | ๐ฅ | Nemmi โ Unpredictable Energies | Experiments, prototypes, wild ideas |
RBS | ๐ฆ | Stan โ Raccoon Behavioral Sciences | Small QoL tweaks, โfound a shinyโ additions |
EWU | ๐ง๏ธ | Drizzle โ Emotional Weather Unit | Tone, emotional UX, messaging |
FE | ๐ | Professor McChonk โ Feline Epistemology | Docs, explanations, reasoning |
AV | ๐ฆ | Ada Vale โ Founder | Vision, world-shaping, big conceptual shifts |
LYRIC | ๐ฎ | Lyric โ Lab AI | Synthesis, refactors, pattern unification |
LORE | ๐ | Worldbuilding | Mascot bios, Lab canon, story updates |
NOTE | ๐ | Lab Notes | Notes content, structure, metadata |
DATA | ๐๏ธ | Data / i18n | JSON, localization, datasets |
DOCS | ๐ | Documentation systems | Doc site structure & plumbing |
OPS | ๐ฐ๏ธ | Ops / maintenance | Dependencies, pipelines, cleanup |