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26 cards covering:
- Project philosophy (session isolation, process discipline, dissipative structure)
- Comparisons (vs skill, vs dynamic workflow)
- Business rationale (FTE vs vendor, OPC, switching cost)
- Learning model (memory + skill + workflow)
- Self-improvement (reflective workflow, eval)
- Open questions (workflow granularity, human-in-the-loop)
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Skill 和 workflow 不是替代关系,是不同层次。

Skill 管的是一个 session 内怎么做——给 agent 的指令和方法论。你可以在 skill 里写"先规划再编码再 review",但 agent 始终在同一个 session 里,review 自己刚写的代码时带着全部决策记忆。确认偏误无法靠 prompt 消除。

Workflow 管的是 session 之间怎么协作——强制 session 断裂,reviewer 进来时不知道 developer 当时为什么做那个选择,只看到产出物。这个隔离不是靠自律,是靠结构。

两者正交:workflow 的每个 role 里面完全可以加载 skill。Skill 提升单个 session 的能力,workflow 编排多个 session 的协作关系。