Atlas Best Practices Atlas supports declarative and versioned schema workflows. Keep this file minimal and load only the reference file needed for the current task. Workflow Selection - Use declarative workflow when desired schema state is the source of truth. - Use versioned workflow when migration files are required for auditing and staged deployments. - Use baseline workflow when onboarding an existing database. Default Execution Flow 1. Confirm the target in . 2. Confirm is configured and isolated from production. 3. Plan first, then lint/test/validate, then apply. 4. Run production chang…