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 ### General Guidance
 
+- Before writing any code, ALWAYS search the codebase for relevant anchor comments.
+- Whenever updating code, ALWAYS update relevant anchor comments.
 - Prefer to use Deno to manage dependencies, build the project, and run tests.
 - Use snake_case names for plain TypeScript files.
 - Use comments sparingly; aim to make code readable and self-documenting.