ICM deterioration · Clief Notes

ICM deterioration

Hi community. I just Wondered whether anyone else has come across this issue:

I created a complete repo using the ICM structure, it's an agency style business. I've attached a pic of generally what my repo looks like.

For the first few weeks it was working really great. I was able to ask it to generate invoices and proposals and contracts and by and large it was deterministic in nature just following the instructions from the context.md files as expected.

But then I started to notice a deterioration in the output. And what would happen is if I wanted to add a custom item for let's say a proposal or an invoice, it would then start updating the config files and changing the workflow. Previous templates that were set up as desired were subtly changing over time as I was making requests for particular clients or particular contracts to include particular clauses.

And now I'm in a situation where I feel like I'm correcting things more than I should be and my productivity is getting impacted. It seems like the integrity of my framework has deteriorated.

I'm obviously a little bit cautious and worried about having to rework my entire repo, but I'm wondering if anybody has experienced this issue themselves and what steps, if any, they have put in to create some guardrails around this.

I also feel like over time it's probably helpful to have a workflow that just cleans house full of clutter and unwanted files that tend to materialize over time as I work on the business.

Any ideas, thoughts, or input much appreciated.

Thank you.

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ICM deterioration