Dotfiles Research Methodology

Use when turning a hunch, idea, or half-diagnosed problem in this dotfiles repo into an accepted change -- when you are about to say "I think the cause is X", propose a new subsystem, or decide whether an experiment "worked". Trigger phrases -- "I have a theory", "should we build/add/try X", "is this fix real", "the test passed so we're done", "let's just remove it". Covers the evidence bar (one mechanism explains ALL observations), predict-before-run, the idea lifecycle (adopted AND retired both count as success), and where good ideas historically came from. NOT for executing an already-approved change (dotfiles-change-control), triaging a live failure (dotfiles-debuggin…