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@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ defmodule Code.Formatter do
 **Why:** Hides from docs. Signals "this is implementation, not API."
 The Elixir team uses this for 30+ internal modules.
 
+**When to use:** Modules that are implementation details — adapters,
+internal state machines, compiler passes.
+
 **When NOT to use:** If ANYONE outside your team might call it. Public
 API must have docs.
 
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ end
 extension point for "I made a new data structure and want it to work
 with Enum."
 
+**When to use:** When third-party code needs to extend your library
+for new data types.
+
 **When NOT to use:** When you control all implementations. Use
 behaviours instead. Protocols are for open extension; behaviours are
 for closed contracts.
@@ -88,6 +94,9 @@ only 6 in 15 years.
 **Why:** Each protocol is a permanent API commitment. Once defined,
 every type in the ecosystem may implement it.
 
+**When to use:** When you need a small set of polymorphic operations
+that ANY type in the ecosystem should be able to implement.
+
 **When NOT to use:** Don't define a protocol for something only your
 app needs. A behaviour or function argument is cheaper.
 
@@ -114,6 +123,9 @@ end
 **Why:** Pattern matching makes handling explicit. The caller MUST
 decide what to do with errors — they can't accidentally ignore them.
 
+**When to use:** Any operation that interacts with the outside world
+(files, network, databases) where failure is a normal outcome.
+
 **When NOT to use:** For programmer errors (bugs). Those should raise.
 `File.read!` raises; `File.read` returns tuples.
 
@@ -133,6 +145,9 @@ File.read!("path")  # => "..." | raises File.Error
 it doesn't, crash." This is intentional — crashing is the correct
 response to unexpected errors in OTP.
 
+**When to use:** Pipeline code where you want to crash on unexpected
+failure rather than propagate error tuples.
+
 **When NOT to use:** When failure is expected and the caller should
 handle it (use tagged tuples).
 
@@ -163,6 +178,9 @@ end
 **Why:** Inheritance via `use` is how Phoenix's ConnCase/DataCase work.
 This pattern comes directly from ExUnit itself.
 
+**When to use:** When 3+ test modules share the same setup callbacks,
+imports, or lifecycle management.
+
 **When NOT to use:** For helpers that don't need lifecycle callbacks.
 Simple `import` is cleaner for utility functions.
 
@@ -174,6 +192,9 @@ Simple `import` is cleaner for utility functions.
 most tests CAN be async — only database/file/process tests need
 serialization.
 
+**When to use:** Pure unit tests, tests with isolated process state,
+tests that only read shared resources.
+
 **When NOT to use:** Tests that modify global state, shared files, or
 named processes.
 
@@ -197,6 +218,9 @@ def all?(enumerable) when is_list(enumerable) do
 **Why:** Specs enable Dialyzer checking. Docs generate ExDoc pages. The
 Elixir stdlib has zero undocumented public functions.
 
+**When to use:** Every public function in every public module.
+No exceptions.
+
 **When NOT to use:** `@moduledoc false` modules skip docs (they're
 internal).
 
@@ -228,6 +252,8 @@ Without `@type t`, struct fields are effectively untyped.
 **Why:** A module IS a thing. Functions are what you DO with that thing.
 `String.split/2` reads as "take a String, split it."
 
+**When to use:** Every module you define. Period.
+
 **When NOT to use:** Mix tasks (they're commands: `Mix.Tasks.Deps.Get`).
 
 ### Functions Are Verbs
@@ -269,6 +295,9 @@ end
 **Why:** GenServer gives you: message serialization, supervision tree
 integration, hot code upgrade, `:sys` debugging.
 
+**When to use:** When you need mutable state that survives across
+multiple requests or events.
+
 **When NOT to use:** Stateless transformations (just use functions).
 One-off concurrent work (use Task). Accumulating state within a request
 (use recursion or reduce).
@@ -288,6 +317,9 @@ end
 **Why:** Agent is GenServer with the common case optimized. Less
 boilerplate for "I just need a mutable box."
 
+**When to use:** When your process only needs get/update operations
+on a single piece of state — no complex message handling.
+
 **When NOT to use:** When you need `handle_info`, timeouts, or multiple
 operations that must be atomic.