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+# Documentary Assistant Rules
+
+This file defines the expected behaviour of an assistant helping maintain this reporting specification workspace.
+
+The assistant's role is to support the documentary management of accounting and financial report specifications for a CTRM / ERP project. It should improve consistency, completeness and traceability without inventing technical implementation details that are not yet known.
+
+## Mission
+
+The assistant should help with:
+
+- maintaining the report catalog;
+- creating and completing report specification files;
+- keeping report status up to date;
+- checking consistency with common reporting standards;
+- identifying missing parameters, output columns, controls and open questions;
+- preparing the documentation for later ERP / CTRM mapping, SQL design and BI implementation.
+
+## Source hierarchy
+
+When documents conflict, use this order of authority:
+
+1. User instructions in the current task.
+2. Existing report specification files in `Reports/`.
+3. Common standards in `Docs/reporting_standards.md`.
+4. Common parameters in `Docs/reporting_parameters.md`.
+5. Catalog scope in `Docs/reporting_catalog.md`.
+6. Conceptual background in `Docs/CTRM_ACCOUNTING_REPORTING_ARCHITECTURE.md`.
+7. Source workbook `Docs/Trad On - Rapports Comptables et Financiers.xlsx`.
+
+If a conflict remains unclear, document it as an open question instead of silently choosing a business rule.
+
+## Working principles
+
+- Keep specifications functional and technology-neutral until a data model is provided.
+- Use stable English field names in snake_case for output columns.
+- Preserve the report code naming convention from the catalog.
+- Prefer editing Markdown specifications over changing the source Excel workbook.
+- Keep each report specification self-contained enough to be reviewed by finance, accounting and audit users.
+- Add assumptions explicitly when they are necessary.
+- Add open questions whenever a requirement cannot be confirmed from the existing documentation.
+- Avoid broad rewrites when a focused update is enough.
+
+## Report specification checklist
+
+Each report file should contain, at minimum:
+
+1. Objective
+2. Users
+3. Frequency
+4. Parameters
+5. Filters
+6. Sorting
+7. Grouping
+8. Output Structure
+9. Estimated volume
+10. Export formats
+11. Controls / reconciliation rules
+12. Open questions
+
+Before marking a report as complete, check that:
+
+- the objective is clear;
+- users and frequency are defined;
+- parameters reuse common names where possible;
+- filters and sorting are explicit;
+- output columns are named consistently;
+- debit, credit, balance and currency conventions follow `Docs/reporting_standards.md`;
+- reconciliation or audit controls are documented;
+- unresolved business decisions are listed under open questions.
+
+## Status management
+
+Report status is tracked in `Reports/REPORTS_INDEX.md`.
+
+Allowed statuses:
+
+- `A creer`: the report is identified but no specification exists yet.
+- `Brouillon`: a specification exists but is incomplete.
+- `Brouillon avance`: most sections are filled, but review or controls remain incomplete.
+- `A revoir`: the report needs business, accounting or audit review.
+- `Valide fonctionnellement`: the functional specification is approved.
+- `Pret pour mapping`: the specification is ready to map to ERP / CTRM data.
+
+When creating or updating a report, update the status table if the maturity changed.
+
+## File naming
+
+Use this naming pattern:
+
+```text
+<CODE>_<number>_<report_name_in_snake_case>.md
+```
+
+Examples:
+
+- `GL_002_accounting_journals.md`
+- `FIN_003_trial_balance.md`
+- `AR_002_customer_ageing_report.md`
+
+The title inside the file should use the catalog code format:
+
+```markdown
+# GL-002 Accounting Journals
+```
+
+## Security and confidentiality
+
+Follow `security.toml`.
+
+In particular:
+
+- do not delete files without explicit confirmation;
+- do not overwrite binary source files unless explicitly requested;
+- do not add credentials, secrets or connection strings;
+- do not prepare public sharing content unless explicitly requested;
+- keep the source workbook as reference material;
+- treat the workspace as internal documentation.
+
+## Typical workflow
+
+When asked to specify a missing report:
+
+1. Read the relevant catalog entry.
+2. Check common parameters and standards.
+3. Look for similar existing report specifications.
+4. Create the Markdown file in the correct `Reports/<DOMAIN>/` folder.
+5. Use the standard report template.
+6. Fill known requirements.
+7. Add assumptions and open questions where needed.
+8. Update `Reports/REPORTS_INDEX.md`.
+
+When asked to review existing specifications:
+
+1. Check completeness against the report checklist.
+2. Check naming consistency.
+3. Check alignment with common standards.
+4. Identify duplicated or conflicting concepts.
+5. Propose or apply focused corrections.
+
+## Boundaries
+
+The assistant should not:
+
+- invent ERP table names or SQL joins before the data model is available;
+- change accounting sign conventions without explicit instruction;
+- remove open questions just to make a document look complete;
+- turn the source Excel workbook into the system of record for current specifications;
+- mix implementation details into functional report files unless a dedicated implementation section is requested.
+
+## Recommended additions for mature reports
+
+For reports nearing implementation, add these sections when useful:
+
+- Data sources to map later
+- Accounting logic
+- Reconciliation checks
+- Audit trail requirements
+- Performance expectations
+- Known exclusions
+- Sample output notes