# docs/glossary.md Format

## Structure

```md
# Glossary

Domain vocabulary for `template-vertical`. Terms specific to this repo — clean architecture, vertical features, agent workflow, conformance. General programming concepts don't belong here; implementation details belong in code or ADRs.

## Architecture

**Feature**:
A vertical slice owning its Clean Architecture layers (entities → application → infrastructure → DI → integrations).
_Avoid_: module, domain, app.

**Use case**:
A single business action exposed by a feature, implemented as a factory `(deps) => async (input) => output`. Each one has a manifest entry, a Zod input/output schema pair, a colocated test, and a controller.
_Avoid_: command, action, handler.

**Manifest**:
The `feature.manifest.ts` file that declares a feature's use cases, audits, publishes, consumes, and required core packages. Source of truth for conformance gates.

**Conformance**:
The 5-gate enforcement system (TS brands → ESLint → boot assertion → `pnpm conformance` → fallow) that keeps manifest and code aligned.

## Workflow

**PRD**:
The top-level requirements doc at `docs/work/prds/<date>-<slug>.prd.md` that seeds an epic.

**Epic**:
A large body of work containing stories. Folder at `docs/work/epics/<epic-slug>/_epic.md`.

**Story**:
One use case or technical capability. Folder under the epic, file `_story.md`.

**Task**:
One vertical slice = one PR = one commit. File `<slug>.task.md` under the story folder.

## Relationships

- A **PRD** decomposes into one or more **Epics**
- An **Epic** contains one or more **Stories**
- A **Story** is implemented by one or more **Tasks**
- A **Use case** is declared in a **Manifest** before it has code
- **Conformance** asserts that the **Manifest** and the code agree

## Flagged ambiguities

- (none yet — append here when conflicts are resolved during grilling)
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## Rules

- **Be opinionated.** When multiple words exist for the same concept, pick the best one and list the others as aliases to avoid.
- **Flag conflicts explicitly.** When grilling surfaces ambiguity, capture both meanings under "Flagged ambiguities" with the resolution.
- **Keep definitions tight.** One sentence max. Define what it IS, not what it does.
- **Show relationships.** Use bold term names; express cardinality where obvious.
- **Only domain terms specific to this repo.** General programming concepts (timeouts, retries, errors, DI) don't belong even if used heavily. Before adding, ask: is this concept unique to template-vertical, or generic?
- **Group under subheadings** when natural clusters emerge (Architecture, Workflow, Instrumentation, etc.).

This repo is **single-context**: one `docs/glossary.md`, no `CONTEXT-MAP.md`. Don't switch to multi-context layout unless the repo splits.
