Ruleset Segmentation Guidance

To maintain high reasoning quality and avoid context dilution, persona checklists must remain small and focused.

The 10-Item Rule

No single persona checklist should exceed 10 items. If adding a new rule causes the checklist to exceed this limit, the ruleset MUST be segmented.

Segmentation Strategy

1. Identify Sub-Domains: Divide the checklist items into logical sub-categories (e.g., in a security.json persona, split into ipc_security.json and input_validation_security.json).
2. Create Sub-Personas: Create new persona JSON files for these sub-domains in a nested directory structure (up to 5 levels deep).
3. Update Routing: Update the target skill's ROUTING.md to map specific file patterns or complexity flags to these new sub-personas instead of the original parent persona.
4. Clean up Parent: Remove the migrated checklist items from the parent persona.