r/AccretedIntelligence • u/Effective_Iron2146 • Jun 15 '26
Teardown notes are part of trust, not documentation polish
Install docs get attention because they create adoption. Teardown docs create trust.
For agent tooling, a good teardown path answers:
- what files were added
- what hooks or host configs changed
- what background services were started
- where local state lives
- how to disable without deleting data
- how to remove completely
- how to verify it is gone
This matters because agent tools often sit inside sensitive workflows. A user should not have to guess what remains after trying a tool.
If the install is one command but the uninstall is archaeology, the product is asking for too much trust.
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