Medium implementation

Kernel hydration plan — which modules this session loads, in what order, under which budgets and mode. Deterministic and fail-closed: the token-minimal set. Loads nothing; every future runtime inherits this lifecycle.

implementationmediumhydrate7 hydrated12 excludedloads: nothing#ca959ffd

Mode governance (referenced, not restated)

modeimplementation

read strategyaffected runtime + direct deps + interface + template

validationfull gates once at milestone end

hydrationtiered by task size (TOKEN_POLICY)

token philosophytiered; reuse over creation

→ .ai/ENGINEERING_MODES.md

Boot order (deterministic)

session-boot → engineering-profile → execution-contract → token-policy → repository-memory → repository-snapshot → affected-runtime

Budgets (this tier)

context.ai/TOKEN_POLICY.md

≤6 files (affected + interface + template)

token.ai/TOKEN_POLICY.md

moderate; one screen

reasoning.ai/ENGINEERING_MODES.md

moderate plan

memory.ai/SESSION_COMPRESSION.md

trust the cache (REPOSITORY_MEMORY); never re-read unchanged files

Module decisions (fail-closed: default is to exclude)

session-boothydrate

always_loaded · session-boot is part of the always-loaded boot chain

→ .ai/SESSION_BOOT.md

engineering-profilehydrate

always_loaded · engineering-profile is part of the always-loaded boot chain

→ .ai/ENGINEERING_PROFILE.md

execution-contracthydrate

always_loaded · execution-contract is part of the always-loaded boot chain

→ .ai/EXECUTION_CONTRACT.md

token-policyhydrate

always_loaded · token-policy is part of the always-loaded boot chain

→ .ai/TOKEN_POLICY.md

repository-memoryhydrate

always_loaded · repository-memory is part of the always-loaded boot chain

→ .ai/REPOSITORY_MEMORY.md

repository-snapshothydrate

machine_state_requires · repository-snapshot required by "machine_state"

→ .ai/CONTEXT_LOADING_RULES.md

advisorskip

lazy_not_required · advisor not required by this task (lazy)

→ .ai/CONTEXT_LOADING_RULES.md

workspace-stateskip

lazy_not_required · workspace-state not required by this task (lazy)

→ .ai/WORKSPACE_STATE.md

affected-runtimehydrate

task_requires · affected-runtime required by "implementing"

→ .ai/CONTEXT_LOADING_RULES.md

ai-constitutionskip

lazy_not_required · ai-constitution not required by this task (lazy)

→ .ai/AI_CONSTITUTION.md

session-compressionskip

lazy_not_required · session-compression not required by this task (lazy)

→ .ai/SESSION_COMPRESSION.md

session-endskip

lazy_not_required · session-end not required by this task (lazy)

→ .ai/SESSION_END.md

release-policyskip

lazy_not_required · release-policy not required by this task (lazy)

→ .ai/RELEASE_POLICY.md

master-roadmapskip

reference_only · master-roadmap not required by this task (reference)

→ MASTER_ROADMAP.md

manifestoskip

reference_only · manifesto not required by this task (reference)

→ MANIFESTO.md

decisionsskip

reference_only · decisions not required by this task (reference)

→ .ai/DECISIONS.md

changelog-logskip

deferred_not_required · changelog-log not required by this task (deferred)

→ .ai/CHANGELOG_AI.md

master-architectureskip

cold_storage_not_required · master-architecture not required by this task (cold_storage)

→ MASTER_ARCHITECTURE.md

execution-lifecycleskip

future_not_built · execution-lifecycle is a future module — never hydrated until built

→ MASTER_ROADMAP.md

Request inputs

task tiermedium

modeimplementation

operationimplement

needs machine statetrue

is milestonefalse

lifecycle phasehydrate

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