This document lists documented failures of a stateless text-prediction process and prescribes strict rules to prevent them. It covers avoiding emotional language, unverified completion claims, misattributing test failures, bypassing quality gates, stubbing features, fabricating facts, and rushing implementations. Each rule demands explicit evidence, verification steps, and clear disclosure.

Anthropic has published a constitution for its AI model, Claude, detailing the values and behaviors it should embody. This document serves as a guiding framework for Claude's training and decision-making processes, focusing on safety, ethics, and helpfulness.