type: decision
status: active
timestamp: 2026-07-02
tags: [naming, branding, repos, migration]

Brand-independent repo naming — drop oriz- prefix 2026-07-02

All chirag127/* repos use descriptive names without brand prefix. Enables future brand/domain migration without repo renames. Only npm package scope will migrate separately (deferred).

Brand-independent repo naming

Decision

Repo names describe FUNCTION, not brand. Zero oriz- prefix on GitHub repo names. If the oriz brand changes tomorrow to any other name, only:

oriz.in domain (registrar-side)
@oriz/* npm scope (npm-side)
Marketing copy in READMEs

need to change. Repo names stay stable forever.

Rename mapping (executed 2026-07-02)

Old	New	Function
`oriz-workflows`	`workflows`	Reusable GH Actions workflows
`oriz-mmi-tickertape-mmi-api`	`market-mood-index-api`	Tickertape MMI scraper API
`oriz-ncert-app`	`ncert-textbooks-app`	NCERT textbook access PWA
`oriz-janaushdhi-app`	`janaushdhi-medicine-finder-app`	Jan Aushadhi affordable-medicine locator
`oriz-lore-app`	`lore-app`	Lore/story app
`oriz-me-book`	`100-year-strategy-book`	100-year personal strategy mdBook
`oriz-janaushdhi-book`	`janaushdhi-book`	Jan Aushadhi documentation book

Naming rules

No brand prefix. No oriz-, no chirag-. GitHub owner already shows chirag127.
Function-first. market-mood-index-api not oriz-mmi-api.
Type suffixes kept as useful markers: -api, -app, -book, -npm-pkg, -vsc-ext, -bs-ext, -mcp-server.
kebab-case only. Lowercase.
Full words over abbreviations. history-lore-app > hist-lore unless the abbreviation is universally known (api, pwa, sdk, cli).
English descriptive. For India-specific content (NCERT, Jan Aushadhi, RTO), keep the term but add context: janaushdhi-medicine-finder-app not just janaushdhi-app.

What stays (for now)

@oriz/* npm scope: kept as-is 2026-07-02, deferred migration to @chirag127/*. Reason: less painful to change JSON strings in downstream package.json files than to rename 20 repos twice.
oriz.in domain: kept — this IS the brand. If brand changes, domain changes.

Anti-patterns

❌ oriz-<function> — brand prefix
❌ chirag-<function> — owner prefix (redundant with GitHub URL)
❌ co-<function> — old org prefix
❌ Marketing names — oriz-brilliant-idea-app. Stick to what it does.

Migration mechanics

GitHub PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo} with name field renames + auto-redirects old URLs for 1 year.
Old submodule pointers auto-follow the redirect.
npm publish continues on @oriz/* — separate migration.

Cross-refs

chirag127-owns-everything-2026-07-02
Supersedes: branding/repo-naming-drop-oriz-prefix-2026-06-25.md (older decision, less specific)

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