# Declarative Config Over Imperative

> Replace imperative setup steps with declarative configuration describing the desired state.

Record: `algorithms:no-imperative-config`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-no-imperative-config
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/no-imperative-config/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Convention Discovery Over Hardcoded Wiring](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/no-hardcoded-wiring.md) and before [Anti-Corruption Layer Over Cross-Context Leak](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/no-leaky-context.md).

## Domain

- [Architectural Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architectural-rules.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Composes

- [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/declarative-core.md)
- [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/extensibility-core.md)

## Math type

- [Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-logic.md)

## Linked from

- [Architectural Clusters](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-architectural-clusters.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)