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Constitution Split — Binding vs Detail

Problem

The v2 constitution is lean at ~700 tokens but enforcement details could move to wiki while binding principles stay in the prompt, saving ~200-300 tokens per session across all 54 agents.

Impact

~540k tokens/day savings (~$1.62/day). Minor but compounds.

Proposed Solution

Split into constitution-binding.md (~300 tokens, every session) and constitution-detail.md (wiki JIT only).

Acceptance Criteria

  • All 10 principles retained in binding version
  • DJ approves the split