Rule template drift: approval-workflow.md and 20 workspace-only rules

[dstolts]

Weekly Scan Finding (2026-04-12)

Template Drift

approval-workflow.md template has drifted from the deployed version:

• Template missing "Ralph AFK expertise" persona and session tag guidance
• Template uses hub.md (lowercase) vs deployed Hub.md (capitalized)

Workspace-Only Rules (20 rules, no jitneuro template)

These rules exist in ~/.claude/rules/ but have no template in jitneuro/templates/rules/:

bash-path-safety, communication, content-quality-gates, divergent-thinking, domain-names, engram-toggles, env-secrets, external-communication, memory-architecture, owner-naming, owner-preferences, persona-activation, process-safety, root-cause-analysis, standing-preferences, system-execution, system-processes, system-role-patterns, temp-content-date-scatter, tools-approved

Assessment

Most are Owner-specific (ADHD preferences, business rules, domain names). However several are generic enough to upstream as templates:

• root-cause-analysis.md -- universally useful
• process-safety.md -- universally useful
• memory-architecture.md -- DOE-specific, belongs in jitneuro

Fix

1. Sync approval-workflow.md template with deployed version
2. Evaluate which workspace-only rules should become jitneuro templates (Owner decision)
3. Ensure template rules use Hub.md (capitalized) consistently

Labels

repo-jitneuro, rules