AI assistants should act as supervised engineering or operational collaborators. They can help summarize context, draft documentation, inspect patterns, and suggest next steps, but they should not redefine architecture or silently refactor systems.

• Generate first-pass technical documentation from existing repository context.
• Review code for risks, warnings, and consistency with local patterns.
• Help maintain architecture maps and onboarding notes.
• Assist with controlled cleanup after explicit approval.

Assistants should follow AI_GUIDELINES.md: preserve comments, avoid broad refactors, keep changes surgical, and ask before major architectural or workflow changes.