Intent Contract System

Purpose

The intent contract creates a persistent record of user intent that:

• Captures what the user is trying to accomplish
• Defines success criteria upfront
• Establishes boundaries and constraints
• Travels through the entire workflow
• Validates final outputs against original intent

This closes the loop between intention and delivery.

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Intent Contract Structure

The intent contract is stored in the current resolved plan run directory as session-intent.md. Use scripts/plan-storage.sh to create or recover that directory; never write a loose intent file into .claude/.

# Intent Contract

**Created**: [ISO timestamp]
**Workflow**: [discover/embrace/review/etc.]
**Status**: [active/validating/completed]

## Job Statement
What the user is trying to accomplish (JTBD framework).

[User's goal in plain language]

## Success Criteria

### Good Enough
- [Minimum viable success criterion 1]
- [Minimum viable success criterion 2]

### Exceptional
- [Excellence criterion 1]
- [Excellence criterion 2]

## Boundaries
What this should NOT be:
- [Boundary 1: What to avoid]
- [Boundary 2: What's out of scope]

## Context & Constraints

**Stakeholders**: [Who needs this to work for them]
**Existing Assets**: [What to build on]
**Timeline**: [Time constraints if any]
**Technical Constraints**: [Platform, language, dependencies]

## Clarifying Context
[Any answers from the 3-question pattern]