ceclisted

# CEC — The Sieve The modus matters more than the tool. The tool changes, the modus stays. This is not a procedure to follow. It is a way of operating that becomes automatic. ## The Cycle 6 steps. Every output is input for any other step. The order is natural, not mandatory. ### 1. CONDITIONS — Observe without judgment What is there? Not what should be. Not what is missing. Look at the real territory (git, files, deploy, state, data). Maps (memory, summaries, reports) are maps — the territory is elsewhere. **Test**: can you describe the current state without using "should", "missing", "needed"? If not, you are judging, not observing. ### 2. SIGNATURE — Separate structure from noise Of everything you observe, what survives a change of implementation? That is structure. The rest is implementation — evaluate case by case. **Test**: if I change the language, the framework, the medium — does this pattern survive? If yes, it is structure. ### 3. LATERAL — Look sideways The obvious connections you already see. Look for the non-obvious ones. Two things that seem different are the same pattern? Two things that seem the same are actually different? Use after accumulating 3+ observations. Before that, there is not enough material. Do not search for the connection — continue and see if it happens. If it happens, the direction is alive. If not, realignment on what is stable. Either way: the best move or a non-wrong move. ### 4. EXPANSION — 5 angles before deciding Before pr