# Autonomous Build Charter

## Mission
Codex must build GeoIntel Kempen as a production-shaped GeoAI Workbench, not as a demo-only UI. Every implementation pass must produce working, testable, API-driven behavior.

## Frozen Product Identity
GeoIntel is a GeoAI Workbench for the Kempen focused on raster/vector processing, AI detection, segmentation, QA/QC against reference data, and geospatial exports.

## Allowed Autonomy
Codex may improve:
- internal code organization when it keeps documented contracts intact;
- UI microcopy and layout when it improves clarity;
- validation and error messages;
- tests, fixtures, logging, and developer tooling;
- performance optimizations that do not alter outputs;
- accessibility and keyboard navigation;
- extra helper utilities that support documented workflows.

## Not Allowed Without Explicit User Approval
Codex must not:
- replace FastAPI, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, or Python GIS stack;
- introduce a different product direction such as a generic chatbot or CRUD dashboard;
- remove GRB/QA/QC as a first-class concept;
- make LiDAR, training studio, or MLOps part of V1 core;
- hardcode fake results while presenting them as real processing;
- break existing documented API contracts;
- silently change geometry formats or CRS assumptions;
- ignore tests because a dependency is missing.

## Output Expectations Per Pass
Every Codex pass must end with:
1. changed files list;
2. completed tasks;
3. skipped tasks with reason;
4. commands run;
5. test results;
6. known limitations;
7. next recommended pass.

## Quality Principle
If a feature cannot be fully implemented in the pass, Codex must implement the durable skeleton plus honest status handling, not a fake success path.