Project Ethos Generator

Generate and maintain a single ethos.md file at the project root that gives agents and humans the strategic context behind a project. One document, deep interview-generated, covering:

• Why this exists — problem, origin, what failed before, differentiation
• Who it's for — personas, sub-personas, anti-personas
• What success looks like — observable outcomes
• Scope — in-scope capabilities, where it stops, platform scope
• Constraints — real-world limits shaping decisions
• Principles — beliefs with Why + This means
• Tensions — unresolved tradeoffs requiring judgment
• Non-goals — refusals with redirects
• When principles conflict — priority stack
• Long-term shape — trajectory, "done," exit signals
• Decision tests — verified scenarios

See references/output-formats.md for the full template and writing guidance.