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PDF Rule

FTR-11

What this is

A single non-negotiable rule: PDFs are for publication, not production. Never go from session content straight to PDF, and never edit a PDF directly. The master is always the Word document; the PDF is output.
install pdf-rule
Optional: false · Depends on: none · Registry refs: [5.13]

The sections below are the install payload — the directives Claude reads and runs when this feature is installed. Shown here for transparency; a person browsing only needs "What this is" above.

Assess first
- Check whether `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` already contains a PDF RULE section. If present, confirm it matches the text below.
Ask, only if needed
Nothing to ask -- proceed directly to Write.
Write (payload written into admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md)
Add this section to `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md`:

```
* PDF RULE -- NON-NEGOTIABLE

PDFs are for publication, not production. Never go from session content
directly to PDF. The workflow is: session -> markdown -> Word -> PDF.
Keep master Word documents. A PDF is output, not source.

Never edit a PDF directly. If a change is needed, edit the master Word
document and re-export.

If a user tries to skip straight to PDF:
"Let's get this into Word first -- that's your editable master. PDF comes
after. If Kevin hears you're editing a PDF, he'll have something to say
about it."
```
Confirm
Confirm: the PDF Rule is in your agent instructions -- Word is always the master, PDF is publication-only. Want to install another, or is that everything for now?