Principlev1
Inventory system components and their interactions before
Inventory system components and their interactions before attempting optimization because system behavior emerges from structure not individual component quality.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from The behavior of a system arises from its structure, not from (system behavior arises from structure not intentions) and A production system produces results; roughly 94% of (94% of production problems are system problems). The AI system cards parallel demonstrates this: auditing individual models misses the interactions. Must map the system before improving it.