Workflow Reliability term
Invariant
Captures rules that must remain true across every state and transition.
What it means
Plain meaning
system rule: Captures rules that must remain true across every state and transition.
Aliases
system rule, must always be true
Use it when your messy ask mentions
- should never happen
- data mismatch
- broken state
- consistency
- safety
- invalid state
Prompt phrase
List the invariants this flow must preserve, then test each transition against them.
Before and after
Weak ask
Fix this should never happen flow.
Exact Terms ask
List the invariants this flow must preserve, then test each transition against them.