---
template: next-step
template_version: 3.0.0
project_owned: true
record_contract: next-step
record_schema_version: 1
id: NEXT-0001
status: proposed
milestone_id: null
advances_exit_criteria: []
---

# Next Deterministic Step

## Objective

<!-- Exactly one observable outcome achievable in one reviewable iteration. -->

## Why this is next

<!-- State which milestone exit criterion it advances and why no higher-priority
unfinished work comes first. -->

## Preconditions

<!-- Bullet list of conditions that must already be true. Use `- None.` when there are none. -->

## Inputs

<!-- Bullet list of exact paths, issues, decisions, APIs, or evidence used by this step. -->

## Ordered actions

<!-- Numbered executable actions. Do not include later optional work. -->

## Expected outputs

<!-- Bullet list of concrete files, behaviours, decisions, or evidence produced. -->

## Acceptance criteria

<!-- Checklist items in the form `- [ ] NS-001: Binary observable condition.` -->

## Validation

<!-- One or more exact executable commands in a fenced code block. -->

## Stop conditions

<!-- Bullet list of conditions that require stopping, escalating, or re-planning. -->

## Out of scope

<!-- Bullet list that prevents the iteration from expanding into later work. -->