chore: move skills-plugin profile into CLAUDE.md project facts

The skills plugin dropped dev-cycle-profile.yml. Migrate this project's facts into CLAUDE.md under '## Skills plugin: project facts' and remove the profile file.

.claude/dev-cycle-profile.yml

@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# AILang project profile for the ~/dev/skills/ plugin.
-# Schema reference: ~/dev/skills/docs/profile-schema.md
-
-paths:
-  spec_dir: docs/specs
-  plan_dir: docs/plans
-  design_ledger: design/INDEX.md
-  design_contracts: design/contracts
-  design_models: design/models
-  glossary: design/glossary.md
-  code_roots: [crates, runtime]
-  bench_dir: bench
-  public_interface: [README.md, design, docs, examples]
-  fieldtest_examples: examples/fieldtest
-
-naming:
-  counter_dirs: [docs/specs, docs/plans, design/contracts, design/models]
-  policy: stable_per_directory_4digit
-  slug_separator: "-"
-
-commands:
-  build: cargo build --workspace
-  test: cargo test --workspace
-  doc_build: cargo doc --no-deps 2>&1
-  regression:
-    - bench/check.py
-    - bench/compile_check.py
-    - bench/cross_lang.py
-  architect_sweeps:
-    - bash bench/architect_sweeps.sh
-
-vocabulary:
-  cycle: milestone
-  subcycle: iteration
-  ledger_entry: contract
-
-standing_reading:
-  always:
-    - CLAUDE.md
-    - design/INDEX.md
-    - "git log -10 --format=full"
-  by_role:
-    architect:
-      - design/contracts
-    debugger:
-      - "git log -5 --format=full"
-    bencher:
-      - design/models/0004-rc-uniqueness.md
-      - bench/run.sh
-      - runtime/rc.c
-      - runtime/bump.c
-    grounding-check:
-      - design/INDEX.md
-      - design/contracts
-    fieldtester:
-      - design/INDEX.md
-      - design/models
-
-git:
-  main_sacrosanct: true
-  only_orchestrator_commits: true
-  protected_branches: [main]
-  issue_tracker:
-    kind: gitea
-    close_marker: "closes #N"
-    url: "http://192.168.178.103:3000/Brummel/AILang/issues"
-    list_cmd: "tea issues ls --repo Brummel/AILang --state open"
-
-notifications:
-  command: "~/.claude/notify.sh"
-
-spec_validation:
-  parsers:
-    ail:
-      ext: ".ail"
-      cmd: "ail check {file}"
-    ail-json:
-      ext: ".ail.json"
-      cmd: "ail check {file}"
-    ll:
-      ext: ".ll"
-      cmd: "llvm-as {file} -o /dev/null"
-
-pipeline:
-  brainstorm: { gates: [planner] }
-  planner: { gates: [implement] }
-  implement: {}
-  audit: { mandatory_at: cycle_close }
-  debug: { trigger: bug, red_first: true }
-  boss: { user_invoked: true }
-  fieldtest: { boss_only: true, when: surface_touch }
-  docwriter: { boss_only: true, when: api_stable_across_n_cycles }

CLAUDE.md

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ repos, commit convention, issue-tracker vocabulary). This file
 carries only AILang-specific decisions on top — the language
 identity, code layout, file-naming convention, the
 project-calibrated orchestrator discipline (the skill system
-itself lives in the `~/dev/skills/` plugin and is wired into
+itself lives in the `~/dev/skills/` plugin and reads the few
-this project via `.claude/dev-cycle-profile.yml`), and the
+per-project facts it needs from the "Skills plugin: project
+facts" section at the bottom of this file), and the
 LLM-utility feature gate.
 
 ## AILang — a language for LLM authors
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ most likely a revert, not a redesign.
 | `examples/` | AILang fixtures used by tests and benches |
 | `design/` | The canonical contract ledger — `design/INDEX.md` (sole addressable spine: a typed Contracts + Models table), `design/contracts/` (prose-authoritative test-linked invariants), `design/models/` (onboarding whitepapers). Files under `contracts/` and `models/` follow the counter-prefix convention (see "File-naming convention" below). |
 | `docs/` | Specs and plans — `docs/specs/` (per-milestone design specs), `docs/plans/` (per-iteration plans), `PROSE_ROUNDTRIP.md`. Files under `specs/` and `plans/` follow the counter-prefix convention (see "File-naming convention" below). Project history lives in `git log`; the forward queue lives in Gitea issues (see "Roles" section below). |
-| `.claude/dev-cycle-profile.yml` | Project profile consumed by the `~/dev/skills/` plugin — declares paths, commands, vocabulary, naming policy, issue tracker, and pipeline customisations. See `~/dev/skills/docs/profile-schema.md` for the slot reference. |
 
 ## File-naming convention
 
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ ordering.
 Day-to-day discipline lives in the `~/dev/skills/` plugin —
 generic SKILL.md files at `~/dev/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`,
 agents under `~/dev/skills/<name>/agents/<agent>.md`. The
-plugin reads project-specific slots (paths, commands,
+plugin reads the few project-specific facts it needs (code
-vocabulary, naming, issue tracker, pipeline customisations)
+roots, build/test commands, design-ledger paths, issue
-from this project's profile at
+tracker, by-role standing reading, spec-validation parsers)
-`.claude/dev-cycle-profile.yml`. See `~/dev/skills/README.md`
+from the "Skills plugin: project facts" section at the bottom
-for the skill table and `~/dev/skills/docs/profile-schema.md`
+of this file. See `~/dev/skills/README.md` for the skill table
-for the slot schema. Skills are sharper tools, not a
+and `~/dev/skills/docs/conventions.md` for the fixed
-replacement for orchestrator judgement.
+conventions. Skills are sharper tools, not a replacement for
+orchestrator judgement.
 
 Specs go to `docs/specs/<milestone>.md`, plans to
-`docs/plans/<iteration>.md` — both per `paths.spec_dir` /
+`docs/plans/<iteration>.md`.
-`paths.plan_dir` in the profile.
 
 Autonomous orchestrator mode — picking the next iter from
 the Gitea issue backlog and looping until done-state — is
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ needs it. Concretely:
 
 - Adjust an agent's mandatory reading list (in
   `~/dev/skills/<skill>/agents/<agent>.md`, or per-project via
-  `standing_reading.by_role.<agent>` in this project's profile).
+  the by-role standing-reading table in the "Skills plugin:
+  project facts" section below).
 - Tighten an agent or skill output format if reports are
   getting verbose.
 - Add a new skill when a recurring meta-pattern doesn't fit
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ needs it. Concretely:
 
 Plugin edits are universal (every project that consumes the
 plugin sees them). Edits that are only relevant to AILang go
-in the profile or in this CLAUDE.md, not in the plugin.
+in this CLAUDE.md, not in the plugin.
 
 Skill and agent definitions are versioned files like any other
 code — changes go through git in `~/dev/skills/`, with a
@@ -257,14 +258,13 @@ Work clusters into **milestones**, each subdivided into
 **iterations**. Pipeline (`brainstorm → plan → implement →
 audit → fieldtest`), skipping rules, and exit-code gating
 live in `~/dev/skills/README.md` and the per-skill `SKILL.md`
-files; this project's pipeline configuration is in
+files.
-`.claude/dev-cycle-profile.yml` under `pipeline:`.
 
 Vocabulary note: pre-2026-05-09 git history uses "iter" /
 "family"; current vocabulary is "iteration" / "milestone".
-Old commits are not retroactively renamed. The plugin uses
+Old commits are not retroactively renamed. The fixed plugin
-"cycle" / "iteration" as generic vocabulary; this project's
+terms cycle / iteration / milestone / contract apply across
-profile maps `cycle: milestone`.
+all projects.
 
 ## Roles of the `design/` ledger, `git log`, Gitea issues, `docs/specs/`, `docs/plans/`
 
@@ -320,3 +320,53 @@ Walk procedure: for each milestone-scope commit-range arm
 landed in these files (use `git diff <prev-close>..HEAD --` on
 each file in the pair), open both files in the pair and confirm
 the matching update is present. Flag any unpaired arm as drift.
+
+## Skills plugin: project facts
+
+The few facts the `~/dev/skills/` plugin needs that genuinely vary per
+project. Everything else is a fixed convention (see
+`~/dev/skills/docs/conventions.md`).
+
+- **Code roots** — `crates`, `runtime`
+- **Build** — `cargo build --workspace`
+- **Test** — `cargo test --workspace`
+- **Doc build** — `cargo doc --no-deps 2>&1`
+- **Regression scripts** — `bench/check.py`, `bench/compile_check.py`,
+  `bench/cross_lang.py`
+- **Architect sweeps** — `bash bench/architect_sweeps.sh`
+- **Design ledger** — `design/INDEX.md`
+- **Design contracts** — `design/contracts`
+- **Design models** — `design/models`
+- **Glossary** — `design/glossary.md`
+- **Bench dir** — `bench`
+- **Public interface** — the *only* surface the `fieldtester` may read
+  (everything else, especially code roots and bench, is forbidden to
+  it): `README.md`, `design`, `docs`, `examples`
+- **Fieldtest examples** — `examples/fieldtest`
+- **Spec-validation parsers** — fence-label → parser table the `specify`
+  parse-gate and `grounding-check` use to validate spec code blocks. A
+  block whose label has no entry is a documented skip, never a silent
+  pass.
+
+  | Fence label | Temp ext    | Command |
+  |-------------|-------------|---------|
+  | `ail`       | `.ail`      | `ail check {file}` |
+  | `ail-json`  | `.ail.json` | `ail check {file}` |
+  | `ll`        | `.ll`       | `llvm-as {file} -o /dev/null` |
+
+- **By-role standing reading** — extra files/commands a specific agent
+  role reads on every dispatch, beyond the universal always-list
+  (`CLAUDE.md` + `git log -10`).
+
+  | Role | Reads also |
+  |------|------------|
+  | architect       | `design/contracts` |
+  | debugger        | `git log -5 --format=full` |
+  | bencher         | `design/models/0004-rc-uniqueness.md`, `bench/run.sh`, `runtime/rc.c`, `runtime/bump.c` |
+  | grounding-check | `design/INDEX.md`, `design/contracts` |
+  | fieldtester     | `design/INDEX.md`, `design/models` |
+
+- **Issue tracker** — Gitea, repo `Brummel/AILang`.
+  - browse: `http://192.168.178.103:3000/Brummel/AILang/issues`
+  - list open issues:
+    `tea issues ls --repo Brummel/AILang --state open`