CANP-WP-0002 T03: composition by reference, two kinds
T01 had already delivered half of composition without naming it: a derived
default binds an input to a prompt dependency, which is transclusion — run
package B, use its output. What was missing was the deterministic half.
`include` inlines another package's rendered template as text. No model is
involved, so the reference CLI can actually perform it, and a shared preamble,
rubric or style block becomes a versioned package instead of copied text. This
is the concrete way to honor INTENT principle 9 without any runtime. `derive`
stays as it was. Both are input defaults, so composition reuses the resolution
machinery rather than adding a second one.
No template inheritance. Four of this repo's own documents argue against it:
INTENT principle 3 (hidden context defeats reuse), section 19's "make package
contents visible before execution", section 17's requirement that behavior
changes produce a new version, and the non-goal on range resolution.
Version selectors: an exact pin is the expected form, with `any`, `newest` and
`>= X.Y.Z` as explicit opt-ins so looseness is written rather than implied by
absence. Selectors are evaluated per dependency against what is available —
no solver, no cross-dependency constraint satisfaction — which is what keeps
them outside the range-resolution non-goal, and the spec says so.
Also defines `type` (template | fragment), which appeared once in the section 4
manifest surface and was specified nowhere.
Spec: 3.2 (type), 5.1 (inclusion resolution rule, renumbered), 6.1 (included
default), 10.1 and 10.2 (new), 18 (rules 14-16), 21.
Reference CLI: validate_version_selector, select_version,
prompt_dependencies replacing prompt_dependency_ids,
check_composition_reference, CatalogComposer with cycle detection, and
resolve_inputs gaining composer= and inherited=. Tests 21 -> 42.
Examples: house-style is a real fragment package; pqrst-estimate composes it
and is bumped 0.1.0 -> 0.2.0 per section 17.
Fixes an ordering bug found while testing: inputs resolved before parameters,
so an included package could not see the including package's parameters and
silently fell back to its own defaults — the fragment rendered tone=neutral
where the including package said blunt. Parameters now resolve first; the
report still lists inputs first.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Bjefh8NUiEiahN4JLwoSKM
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# practice/house-style
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A `type: fragment` package: a reusable block meant to be **included** by other
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packages rather than used on its own.
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`examples/pqrst-estimate` composes it:
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```yaml
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dependencies:
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prompts:
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- id: practice/house-style
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version: ">= 0.1.0"
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requirement: required
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inputs:
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- name: house_style
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required: false
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default:
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include: practice/house-style
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```
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Inclusion is deterministic — the fragment's template is rendered and inlined as
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text, with no model involved — so the reference CLI performs it during
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CANP-WP-0002 T05: required versus observed, and typed context dependencies
The answer to the capability question was conditional: keep both fields if
they carry the required/observed distinction, fix the terminology if they do
not. They did not.
Section 9 opened with "records known requirements or observations", mixing
both in one field — `models` was observational ("known to be compatible or
evaluated") while `capabilities` was prescriptive ("expected from the
execution environment"). Section 10 then described dependencies as what a
prompt "expects". Both fields said expected, so the overlap was real
ambiguity rather than redundancy, and the fix is terminology.
`dependencies` now means **required**; `compatibility` means **observed**. A
consumer must not refuse to run a package because its environment is absent
from a compatibility list. The same capability name may legitimately appear in
both: required to run at all, and separately observed to work well on
particular models. `compatibility.aliases` records the same capability under
other names, so a consumer can recognize a requirement its environment labels
differently.
Dependencies now have three kinds, separated by what the format can do about
them: `prompts` it resolves by id and version; `context` names what it does
not package at all; `capabilities` are what the environment must be able to
do. Context entries use `name` rather than `id`, because nothing can look them
up, and `description` is required because nothing else can explain an
unpackaged dependency. A capability takes no version and no
`requirement: generate` — it is not an artifact and cannot be fetched, pinned
or generated. Capability names are free-form kebab-case, validated for shape
and not membership, exactly as tags are.
Section 10.1 also draws the line the format had never stated: an input is
content the caller passes for one use; a context dependency is a standing fact
about the environment.
Spec: 9 rewritten, 9.1 and 10.1 and 10.2 new, 10 reframed, 18 (rules 19-20),
4 updated. Former 10.1/10.2 renumbered to 10.3/10.4 with cross-references.
Reference CLI: validate_capabilities, validate_context_dependencies, and a
`resolve` section listing required capabilities and context under "this tool
cannot verify these" rather than implying it checked. Tests 51 -> 65.
Also drops an invented `session-review` capability from the example package in
favour of an honest `long-context` observation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Bjefh8NUiEiahN4JLwoSKM
Assistant: claude-code
Assistant-Model: opus
Assistant-Process: 388925@bnt-lap001
Assistant-Session: 3507023f-e0fd-4a1e-9d90-a0d4217d1502
2026-09-06 08:11:13 +02:00
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`resolve`. See `CannedPromptFormat-v0.1.md` § 10.4.
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CANP-WP-0002 T03: composition by reference, two kinds
T01 had already delivered half of composition without naming it: a derived
default binds an input to a prompt dependency, which is transclusion — run
package B, use its output. What was missing was the deterministic half.
`include` inlines another package's rendered template as text. No model is
involved, so the reference CLI can actually perform it, and a shared preamble,
rubric or style block becomes a versioned package instead of copied text. This
is the concrete way to honor INTENT principle 9 without any runtime. `derive`
stays as it was. Both are input defaults, so composition reuses the resolution
machinery rather than adding a second one.
No template inheritance. Four of this repo's own documents argue against it:
INTENT principle 3 (hidden context defeats reuse), section 19's "make package
contents visible before execution", section 17's requirement that behavior
changes produce a new version, and the non-goal on range resolution.
Version selectors: an exact pin is the expected form, with `any`, `newest` and
`>= X.Y.Z` as explicit opt-ins so looseness is written rather than implied by
absence. Selectors are evaluated per dependency against what is available —
no solver, no cross-dependency constraint satisfaction — which is what keeps
them outside the range-resolution non-goal, and the spec says so.
Also defines `type` (template | fragment), which appeared once in the section 4
manifest surface and was specified nowhere.
Spec: 3.2 (type), 5.1 (inclusion resolution rule, renumbered), 6.1 (included
default), 10.1 and 10.2 (new), 18 (rules 14-16), 21.
Reference CLI: validate_version_selector, select_version,
prompt_dependencies replacing prompt_dependency_ids,
check_composition_reference, CatalogComposer with cycle detection, and
resolve_inputs gaining composer= and inherited=. Tests 21 -> 42.
Examples: house-style is a real fragment package; pqrst-estimate composes it
and is bumped 0.1.0 -> 0.2.0 per section 17.
Fixes an ordering bug found while testing: inputs resolved before parameters,
so an included package could not see the including package's parameters and
silently fell back to its own defaults — the fragment rendered tone=neutral
where the including package said blunt. Parameters now resolve first; the
report still lists inputs first.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Bjefh8NUiEiahN4JLwoSKM
Assistant: claude-code
Assistant-Model: opus
Assistant-Process: 388925@bnt-lap001
Assistant-Session: 3507023f-e0fd-4a1e-9d90-a0d4217d1502
2026-09-06 01:31:58 +02:00
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Its `tone` parameter is inherited from the including package when that package
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declares one, and otherwise falls back to the default here.
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