A constraint-driven development framework that compensates for LLM limitations through architectural structure rather than behavioral instructions. --- This methodology has companion documentation at: - **Canonical specification**: [Stateless Software Engineering Framework](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md) - **Prompt/automation helper**: [SAM framework generator](./sam-framework-generator.md) ---
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# Stateless Agent Methodology (SAM)
A constraint-driven development framework that compensates for LLM limitations through architectural structure rather than behavioral instructions.
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This methodology has companion documentation at:
- **Canonical specification**: [Stateless Software Engineering Framework](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md)
- **Prompt/automation helper**: [SAM framework generator](./sam-framework-generator.md)
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## The Core Insight
**Claude is not a knowledge worker - Claude is a stateless computation engine** that happens to have noisy, stale priors baked in.
Treat Claude like a pure function:
- **Input**: Complete context (task file with all answers)
- **Output**: Verified result
- **No side effects**: Fresh context each time
- **No memory**: Everything externalized to artifact files
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## Part 1: The Problem
This section is maintained in the canonical framework document:
- [Stateless Software Engineering Framework: Part 1 (The Problem)](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-1-the-problem)
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## Part 2: The Architectural Solution
This section is maintained in the canonical framework document:
- [Stateless Software Engineering Framework: Part 2 (Architectural Solution)](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-2-the-architectural-solution)
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## Part 3: The Pipeline Architecture
This section is maintained in the canonical framework document:
- [Stateless Software Engineering Framework: Pipeline architecture + artifact flow](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-2-the-architectural-solution)
- [Stateless Software Engineering Framework: Agent specifications (artifact templates)](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-3-agent-specifications)
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## Part 4: Input Constraints
This section is maintained in the canonical framework document:
- [Stateless Software Engineering Framework: Appendix H (SAM Input Constraints)](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#appendix-h-sam-input-constraints-canonicalized)
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## Part 5: Stage Specifications
This section is maintained in the canonical framework document:
- [Stateless Software Engineering Framework: Agent specifications (stage roles + templates)](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-3-agent-specifications)
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## Further Reading (canonical)
- [Framework: Why this works](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-5-why-this-works)
- [Framework: Theoretical foundations](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#part-4-theoretical-foundations)
- [Framework: Anti-patterns](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#appendix-b-anti-patterns-to-avoid)
- [Framework: Success metrics](./stateless-software-engineering-framework.md#appendix-c-success-metrics)
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## Summary
SAM treats the model as a stateless computation engine and enforces correctness via externalized artifacts + verification gates. The detailed normative specification lives in the framework document linked above.
