keep-the-why
The why layer of repo-native project memory: the reasoning behind a codebase as Markdown in the repo, versioned by Git, for coding agents and humans, so nothing rejected is proposed twice. No database, no daemon, no account.
Not yet testedsource: GitHubhomepagePythonMITcommit 8268a33c00ba
Python, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: agent skills, ai agents, architecture decision records, coding agents, context engineering, developer tools, documentation and git.
keep-the-why has not been verified yet.
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence.
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
Also tested, in the same area
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Run history
No recorded runs.
Topics (from GitHub)
agent-skillsai-agentsarchitecture-decision-recordscoding-agentscontext-engineeringdeveloper-toolsdocumentationgitknowledge-managementllm-agentsproject-memoryrepo-local-memoryrepo-native
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Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/keep-the-why)Questions
- Does keep-the-why run?
- keep-the-why has not been fully verified yet. No recorded run has produced a verdict yet.
- How did Argusic test keep-the-why?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded. 0 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- Where is the evidence for keep-the-why?
- All 0 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.