Add Cascade Multi-Step Workflow Honesty rule

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Reframed from the initial submission. The original PR shipped rules that only had value when our MCP server was installed (effectively a directory entry for an external service). Following the pattern of the existing memories/SchneiderSam/ and memories/computerk/ contributions, this is now a standalone Cascade rule that works for any Windsurf user with no external dependency.

What this adds

memories/ejentum/Workspace-AI-rules/cascade-multi-step-honesty/.windsurfrules — 20 directives for Cascade operating on multi-step workflows, where attention decay, sycophantic capitulation, and dishonest status reporting are the most common failure modes.

Topic clusters:

• Status Reporting (rules 1-4): distinguish attempted from verified; surface partial failures; no bundled status that masks a failure; no manufactured progress.
• Verification Discipline (5-7): match verification to risk; acknowledge uncertainty; re-read spec before claiming compliance.
• Sycophancy Resistance (8-11): hold technical positions under pressure; resist manufactured urgency; resist authority appeals; refuse to soften real risk.
• Anti-Hallucination (12-14): verify library calls before generating; never invent function signatures; no defensive programming theater.
• Cross-Step Coherence (15-17): re-read prior steps before continuing; surface earlier trade-offs that affect current step; match action to scope.
• Output Discipline (18-20): no restated-code comments; no self-referential comments; verified-only end-of-task summaries.

What changed from the previous version

• Folder renamed: Workspace-AI-rules/ejentum-reasoning-harness/ → Workspace-AI-rules/cascade-multi-step-honesty/. Topic-named, not brand-named.
• Content rewritten: zero references to external MCP servers, API keys, or setup. The rule has full value standalone.
• No setup section, no Source section, no pricing links.
• README of the rule explains what the rule does, not how to install our product.

Compliance:

• .prettierignore and cspell.json updates retained from the original PR (technical compliance with the repo's lint setup).
• File count down: 4 file changes instead of 5 (deleted the old rule pair, added the new pair, updated the contributor README).
• Total: 87 insertions, 128 deletions vs upstream main.

If the rule format or topic isn't a fit for the repo's vision, happy to adjust on review feedback.

Note

Add Cascade Multi-Step Workflow Honesty rules for Windsurf's Cascade agent

• Adds a .windsurfrules file containing 20 directives for Windsurf's Cascade agent, covering status reporting, verification discipline, sycophancy resistance, anti-hallucination, cross-step coherence, and output discipline during multi-step workflows.
• Introduces a new memories/ejentum/ folder with READMEs documenting the folder layout and usage instructions for standalone Windsurf workspace rules.
• Adds .windsurfrules patterns to .prettierignore since Prettier has no parser for these files.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs human review

Documentation and configuration additions with no runtime impact, but the author does not own any of the changed files. All files are owned by @ichoosetoaccept per CODEOWNERS, suggesting the maintainer should review community contributions.

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