# Features Advance Goals

## Context

A feature contributes to a goal and carries a walker through nothing, while every other serves carrier does the reverse.

## Decision

A feature's link to a goal is renamed from `serves` to `advances`. Every feature names at least one problem in `solves`, and its parent is the first. Every feature names at least one goal in `advances`.

## Evidence with Confidence

`research/intent-hierarchy-evidence` and `research/cross-layer-trace-evidence` are measured over the largest consumer on 2026-10-30, high confidence. `research/established-traceability-practice` carries the stated vendor-restatement limit on the regulated regimes.