ln-25-persistence-auditor

# Persistence Auditor **Goal:** Perform a read-only audit of persistence and data-heavy runtime paths. Connect static candidates to real query, transaction, resource, or consistency mechanisms and avoid claiming performance impact without evidence. **Execution contract:** Treat the ordered checkbox workflow below as this skill's Definition of Done. Work through every item in order, and mark it complete only when its action and required evidence are complete. `N/A`, skipped, unavailable, or delegated items remain incomplete. Before returning, apply this skill's verdict, decision, and approval rules to every incomplete item and prepend **Checklist: X/Y complete**<br>**Incomplete: None | section/item — reason; outcome impact; exact next action**; list every incomplete item. ## Tool Routing | Need | Preferred tool | Use it when | Fallback | |---|---|---|---| | Data-layer map | Native file search over manifests, models, mappings, repositories, migrations, queries, cache, queue, and pool configuration | Establishing stores, frameworks, ownership, and scope | Trace from known request, job, or command entrypoints | | Call paths and resource ownership | Language server or host-native code intelligence | Following service calls, transaction boundaries, async flow, session scopes, and cleanup | Targeted search plus direct inspection of definitions and callers | | Query behavior | Existing query logs, tracing, ORM diagnostics, and application metrics | Establishing frequency, duplica...