# Fix the writer before you clear the pile: readers repointed, writer guarded, rows snapshotted, then the clear with the operator's go-ahead

> **Generated file — do not edit.** This document is written from `design.standards_index`
> by `tools/standards-docs.mjs`. Change the row, then run `--write`. A hand-edited copy of a
> standard is a second standard: it drifts, and the day it drifts nobody can tell which one
> is being enforced.

**Read it on the site:** [https://acquisto.biz/brand-standards#writer-first](https://acquisto.biz/brand-standards#writer-first)

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|---|---|
| **Changed on** | /brand-standards#writer-first · the never-delete hook |
| **Stored in** | `design.writer_first · snapshot tables · undo.* rows` |
| **Guarded by** | never-delete hook · mcp_board_writer_lint · lesson.backup_tables_need_rls |
| **Deep link** | `#writer-first` |

## How to change this standard

Editing the rule is a database write, not a deploy: /brand-standards#writer-first · the never-delete hook.
The page renders it, this document is generated from it, and the guard fails the push when they
disagree — so there is one place to change and no way to change it in only one of them.

## Where it is published

- Section: [https://acquisto.biz/brand-standards#writer-first](https://acquisto.biz/brand-standards#writer-first)
- Index of every standard: [https://acquisto.biz/brand-standards#controls](https://acquisto.biz/brand-standards#controls)
- Every document: [`docs/standards/README.md`](./README.md)