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+# Agent Guidelines
+
+## Code and tooling
+
+- All code must remain compatible with PHP 7.4, and PHPStan and PHP-CS-Fixer
+  must be run against PHP 7.4.
+- Always pass an explicit character list to `trim()`, `ltrim()`, and `rtrim()`;
+  never rely on the default characters.
+- Handle `preg_*` engine failures: when the result is used as data, test for
+  `false` or `null` and throw a `\RuntimeException` including
+  `preg_last_error_msg()`; boolean validation guards must compare strictly, such
+  as `=== 1`, so an engine failure can only ever fail closed.
+- Anchor validation patterns to the true end of input with the `D` modifier or
+  `\z`; a bare `$` accepts a trailing newline.
+- Never embed raw control bytes in exception messages and other diagnostics;
+  escape or redact the offending value first.
+- Helper classes that expose only public static methods are `final` and have a
+  private constructor.
+- Resist native PHP serialization when a class holds live state (streams,
+  resources, handles, callbacks, credentials); plain data holders remain
+  serializable.
+- To resist, `__serialize()` and `__unserialize()` both throw
+  `\LogicException(static::class.' should never be serialized')` and its
+  unserialized counterpart, via the `@internal` `NonSerializableTrait`.
+- In general, numeric inputs should not accept non-finite floats. In situations
+  where they are accepted and we need to cast to a string, we should branch on
+  `\is_finite($value)`, using `(string) $value` for the finite case and
+  `\is_nan($value) ? 'NAN' : ($value > 0 ? 'INF' : '-INF')` otherwise.
+- Changes in behavior need a `CHANGELOG.md` entry in the unreleased section of
+  the target branch and an `UPGRADING.md` note when the behavior differs between
+  major versions.
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Wrap markdown prose and PHPDoc text to 80 columns using greedy wrapping. Never
+  split a markdown link or an inline code span across a line break; a line that
+  cannot be broken may exceed the limit. Avoid em dashes.
+- Keep PHPDoc and the corresponding `docs/` pages in sync: shared prose is
+  deliberately word-for-word identical, including boilerplate copied verbatim
+  between related functions, so apply the same edit to every copy. Only
+  formatting and linking may differ, such as a docs link becoming a PHPDoc
+  `@see` tag; the wording must never drift.
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