diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/AGENTS.md b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/AGENTS.md
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+# Orders service: instructions for coding agents
+
+## Layout
+
+- `orders/domain/`: pure business rules. No I/O, no framework imports.
+- `orders/services/`: use cases. Depend on `domain` and on the `Protocol`
+  classes in `services/ports.py`, never on `adapters`.
+- `orders/adapters/`: databases and network. May import `services` and
+  `domain`.
+
+## Invariants
+
+1. Imports point inward only: adapters -> services -> domain.
+2. Domain dataclasses are frozen.
+3. Absolute imports only (`from orders.domain.models import Order`).
+4. Use `datetime.now(UTC)`, never `datetime.utcnow()`.
+5. Use `pathlib.Path`, not `os.path`.
+6. Before writing a helper, search `orders/` for an existing one.
+
+## Checks that must pass before you finish
+
+Run each of these from the project root:
+
+- `lint-imports`
+- `ruff check . && ruff format --check .`
+- `pytest`
+- `pylint --disable=all --enable=duplicate-code orders`
+- `vulture`
+
+Decisions live in `docs/adr/`. Read the accepted ADRs before changing a
+boundary, and propose a new ADR instead of editing an accepted one.
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/CLAUDE.md b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/CLAUDE.md
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+@AGENTS.md
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/README.md b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/README.md
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+# AI-Assisted Coding Architecture: Keep Python Code Coherent
+
+Sample code for the Real Python article
+[AI-Assisted Coding Architecture: Keep Python Code Coherent](https://realpython.com/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/).
+
+A small layered `orders` package, with the guardrails that keep its
+architecture intact: an `AGENTS.md` file, an import-linter contract, Ruff's
+`banned-api` rule, an AST-based architecture test, duplicate-code detection
+with Pylint, dead-code detection with Vulture, and an architecture decision
+record.
+
+## Setup
+
+Python 3.11 or later is required.
+
+```console
+$ python -m venv venv
+$ source venv/bin/activate
+(venv) $ python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Run the checks
+
+```console
+(venv) $ lint-imports
+(venv) $ ruff check . && ruff format --check .
+(venv) $ pytest
+(venv) $ pylint --disable=all --enable=duplicate-code orders
+(venv) $ vulture
+```
+
+## License
+
+Distributed under the MIT license.
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/docs/adr/0001-layered-architecture.md b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/docs/adr/0001-layered-architecture.md
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+# 1. Use a layered architecture with enforced import direction
+
+Date: 2026-10-26
+
+## Status
+
+Accepted
+
+## Context
+
+Contributors, human and automated, kept importing database code from the
+domain layer. Reviews caught it late, and each fix touched several modules.
+
+## Decision
+
+Code lives in three layers: `orders.adapters`, `orders.services`, and
+`orders.domain`. A layer may import only from layers below it. The rule is
+enforced by an import-linter `layers` contract that runs in CI.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Domain code can be tested without a database.
+- New integrations go in `adapters`, so they can't leak into business rules.
+- A cross-layer shortcut now fails CI instead of waiting for review.
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/__init__.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/__init__.py
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diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/adapters/__init__.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/adapters/__init__.py
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/adapters/sqlite_repo.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/adapters/sqlite_repo.py
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index 0000000000..fa2877e4c7
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/adapters/sqlite_repo.py
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+import json
+import sqlite3
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from orders.domain.models import Order, OrderLine
+
+
+class SqliteOrderRepository:
+    def __init__(self, connection: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
+        self._db = connection
+        self._db.execute(
+            "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS orders "
+            "(id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, body TEXT)"
+        )
+
+    def save(self, order: Order) -> None:
+        body = json.dumps(
+            [[ln.sku, ln.quantity, str(ln.unit_price)] for ln in order.lines]
+        )
+        self._db.execute(
+            "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO orders VALUES (?, ?)",
+            (order.order_id, body),
+        )
+
+    def get(self, order_id: str) -> Order | None:
+        row = self._db.execute(
+            "SELECT body FROM orders WHERE id = ?", (order_id,)
+        ).fetchone()
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        lines = tuple(
+            OrderLine(sku, qty, Decimal(price))
+            for sku, qty, price in json.loads(row[0])
+        )
+        return Order(order_id, lines)
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/__init__.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/__init__.py
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diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/models.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/models.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class OrderLine:
+    sku: str
+    quantity: int
+    unit_price: Decimal
+
+    @property
+    def total(self) -> Decimal:
+        return self.unit_price * self.quantity
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Order:
+    order_id: str
+    lines: tuple[OrderLine, ...]
+
+    @property
+    def total(self) -> Decimal:
+        return sum((line.total for line in self.lines), Decimal(0))
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/pricing.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/pricing.py
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/domain/pricing.py
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+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from orders.domain.models import Order
+
+BULK_THRESHOLD = Decimal(100)
+BULK_DISCOUNT = Decimal("0.10")
+
+
+def discounted_total(order: Order) -> Decimal:
+    if order.total >= BULK_THRESHOLD:
+        return order.total * (1 - BULK_DISCOUNT)
+    return order.total
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/__init__.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/__init__.py
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diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/checkout.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/checkout.py
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/checkout.py
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+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+from orders.domain.models import Order
+from orders.domain.pricing import discounted_total
+from orders.services.ports import OrderRepository
+
+
+def place_order(order: Order, repo: OrderRepository) -> str:
+    """Save the order and return a receipt line."""
+    repo.save(order)
+    placed_at = datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(timespec="seconds")
+    return f"{order.order_id}: {discounted_total(order)} at {placed_at}"
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/ports.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/ports.py
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/orders/services/ports.py
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+from typing import Protocol
+
+from orders.domain.models import Order
+
+
+class OrderRepository(Protocol):
+    def save(self, order: Order) -> None: ...
+
+    def get(self, order_id: str) -> Order | None: ...
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/pyproject.toml b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/pyproject.toml
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+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 79
+target-version = "py311"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "PTH", "UP", "TID"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports]
+ban-relative-imports = "all"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports.banned-api]
+"datetime.datetime.utcnow".msg = "Deprecated and naive. Use datetime.now(UTC)."
+"datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp".msg = "Deprecated and naive. Use datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, timezone.utc)."
+"random.seed".msg = "Inject a random.Random instance instead of seeding global state."
+
+[tool.importlinter]
+root_package = "orders"
+include_external_packages = true
+
+[[tool.importlinter.contracts]]
+name = "Layers: adapters -> services -> domain"
+type = "layers"
+layers = ["orders.adapters", "orders.services", "orders.domain"]
+broken_contract_guidance = """
+Imports must point down the stack. Pass data into domain code instead of
+fetching it there, and make services depend on a Protocol in
+orders/services/ports.py, not on an adapter. Do not add an ignore_imports
+entry without a new ADR.
+See docs/adr/0001-layered-architecture.md.
+"""
+
+[[tool.importlinter.contracts]]
+name = "Domain stays free of I/O libraries"
+type = "forbidden"
+source_modules = ["orders.domain"]
+forbidden_modules = ["sqlite3", "json", "requests", "httpx"]
+allow_indirect_imports = true
+broken_contract_guidance = """
+Domain code is pure business logic. Move the I/O into an adapter, and have
+a service pass the data in.
+See docs/adr/0001-layered-architecture.md.
+"""
+
+[tool.vulture]
+paths = ["orders", "tests"]
+min_confidence = 60
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = ["."]
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/requirements.txt b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/requirements.txt
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/requirements.txt
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+import-linter==2.15
+pylint==4.1.3
+pytest==9.1.1
+ruff==0.17.2
+vulture==2.16
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_architecture.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_architecture.py
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index 0000000000..37fd2ed200
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_architecture.py
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+"""Invariants that import-linter and Ruff can't express."""
+
+import ast
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DOMAIN = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "orders" / "domain"
+
+
+def _is_frozen_dataclass(node: ast.ClassDef) -> bool | None:
+    """Return None if not a dataclass, else whether it is frozen."""
+    for deco in node.decorator_list:
+        if isinstance(deco, ast.Name) and deco.id == "dataclass":
+            return False
+        if (
+            isinstance(deco, ast.Call)
+            and getattr(deco.func, "id", None) == "dataclass"
+        ):
+            return any(
+                kw.arg == "frozen"
+                and isinstance(kw.value, ast.Constant)
+                and kw.value.value is True
+                for kw in deco.keywords
+            )
+    return None
+
+
+def test_domain_dataclasses_are_frozen():
+    mutable = []
+    for path in sorted(DOMAIN.rglob("*.py")):
+        tree = ast.parse(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        for node in ast.walk(tree):
+            if isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef):
+                if _is_frozen_dataclass(node) is False:
+                    mutable.append(f"{path.name}:{node.lineno} {node.name}")
+    assert not mutable, f"Domain dataclasses must be frozen: {mutable}"
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_checkout.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_checkout.py
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_checkout.py
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+import sqlite3
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from orders.adapters.sqlite_repo import SqliteOrderRepository
+from orders.domain.models import Order, OrderLine
+from orders.services.checkout import place_order
+
+
+def test_place_order_round_trip():
+    repo = SqliteOrderRepository(sqlite3.connect(":memory:"))
+    order = Order("A1", (OrderLine("pen", 20, Decimal("6.00")),))
+    receipt = place_order(order, repo)
+    assert receipt.startswith("A1: 108.0000 at ")
+    assert repo.get("A1") == order
diff --git a/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_duplicates.py b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_duplicates.py
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index 0000000000..664f348e8c
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+++ b/ai-assisted-coding-architecture/tests/test_duplicates.py
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+"""Fail when two functions differ only in names and docstrings."""
+
+import ast
+from pathlib import Path
+
+MIN_NODES = 40
+PACKAGE = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "orders"
+
+
+def normalize(func: ast.FunctionDef) -> str:
+    """Dump the body with local names replaced by numbered placeholders."""
+    params = [
+        arg.arg for arg in ast.walk(func.args) if isinstance(arg, ast.arg)
+    ]
+    local = set(params) | {
+        n.id
+        for n in ast.walk(func)
+        if isinstance(n, ast.Name) and isinstance(n.ctx, ast.Store)
+    }
+    placeholders = {name: number for number, name in enumerate(params)}
+
+    class Rename(ast.NodeTransformer):
+        def visit_Name(self, node):
+            if node.id in local:
+                number = placeholders.setdefault(node.id, len(placeholders))
+                return ast.Name(id=f"_{number}", ctx=node.ctx)
+            return node
+
+        def visit_arg(self, node):
+            number = placeholders.setdefault(node.arg, len(placeholders))
+            return ast.arg(arg=f"_{number}")
+
+    body = func.body
+    if ast.get_docstring(func) is not None:
+        body = body[1:]
+    module = ast.Module(body=body, type_ignores=[])
+    return ast.dump(Rename().visit(module))
+
+
+def test_no_renamed_duplicates():
+    seen = {}
+    for path in sorted(PACKAGE.rglob("*.py")):
+        for node in ast.walk(ast.parse(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))):
+            if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef):
+                key = normalize(node)
+                if key.count("(") >= MIN_NODES:
+                    seen.setdefault(key, []).append(
+                        f"{path.name}:{node.lineno} {node.name}"
+                    )
+    clones = [places for places in seen.values() if len(places) > 1]
+    assert not clones, f"Same logic under different names: {clones}"