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 ## Delivery Discipline
 
 - Treat bug fixes as the highest-priority items in `TODO.md`.
+- Do not start a new feature while unrelated tracked or untracked local changes
+  remain in the repo.
+- If previous work leaves unrelated uncommitted changes behind, stop and ask
+  the user before continuing with the next feature.
 - Do not treat this product as complete until the stated requirements in this file are actually satisfied.
 - Do not stop at a “good checkpoint” or “meaningful tranche” when required product capabilities are still missing.
 - Continue iterating in test-first slices: