RFD 1063: STE enforcement moves to the plugin
Problem
RFD 1000 named scripts/ste-lint-decisions.py as this repository’s STE linter. It scored each RFD’s prose at violations per 100 words. It ran in CI, through npm run lint:ste. It ran again in .pre-commit-config.yaml’s ste-lint hook. Three places ran the same check on the same files.
fire/claude-ste-plugin is a Claude Code plugin. It checks at a better point in the process. It lints the reply before the reply reaches a file, and it asks for a rewrite. The old script caught a violation only after a commit already held it. Two enforcement points for one rule is the DRY policy’s own complaint, turned on this repository’s own tooling.
Decision
Delete scripts/ste-lint-decisions.py. Delete its npm run lint:ste entry in thirdparty/3d_studio/package.json. Delete its step in scripts/ci.sh, and its hook in .pre-commit-config.yaml. STE enforcement now runs once, in the plugin’s Stop hook, at write time.
See DETAILS.md for what moved to the plugin, including three new checks this repository contributed upstream. It also names what the deleted script’s aggregate score this repository does not gain back.