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+# Criteria-Based Workflow
+
+This workflow excels in environments demanding precise, measurable objectives
+such as bug fixes, performance boosts, tool-score augmentations, or KPI-driven
+assignments.
+
+It's the perfect gateway for new contributors, whether they're
+external aspirants aiming to prove their mettle or internal team members
+venturing into unfamiliar project territory.
+
+The clarity of the tasks diminishes
+risks and downplays the necessity for premature feedback.
+
+## Principles
+
+- **Metrics First**: Initiate with unambiguous benchmarks, like unit tests.
+- **Automated Transparency**: Integrate benchmarks into the CI system for accessible, automated outcomes.
+- **Stepwise Enhancement**: Prioritize continuous betterment aligned with benchmarks.
+- **Open Collaboration**: The definitive nature invites broad participation.
+
+## Stages
+
+1. **Benchmark Onboarding**:
+   * Craft the metric—be it a unit test or performance indicator—and blend it into the CI system.
+   * Trigger a PR that reflects the metric's starting position, typically flagged in red.
+
+2. **Iterative Progression**:
+   * Commit towards fulfilling the defined criteria with regular contributions. Each entry should steer the PR closer to a green metric standing.
+   * As possible, use a progress bar (or an equivalent visual aid) within the PR's README to transparently trace advancements.
+
+3. **Assessment & Alignment**:
+   * Once the criteria are achieved, launch a review to ensure alterations resonate with the project's broader ambitions.
+
+4. **Consolidation & Chronicle**:
+   * Post validation, integrate the PR.
+   * Document the journey, capturing improvements and benchmark evolutions.
+
+## Recommendations
+
+* **Ongoing Feedback Loop**: Consistently assess benchmark outcomes.
+* **Engage & Enrich**: Encourage wide community involvement, capitalizing on the clarity of tasks.
+* **Holistic Vision**: Beyond benchmarks, always account for the project's expansive implications.