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The forward queue moves out of the in-tree markdown file and into Gitea issues at http://192.168.178.103:3000/Brummel/AILang/issues. Labels: kind:{milestone,feature,todo,idea} + prio:{p1,p2,p3} + state:in-progress. Big chunks live as Gitea milestones (containers) with full prose in the description; smaller items are standalone issues. Browse-and-filter scales constant against growing item count; the previous markdown file was 1059 lines, of which ~850 were already-closed-entry verlauf (the same failure class the JOURNAL cut removed). Sync-drift Code<>Tracker mitigation: Soft-convention `closes #N` / `refs #N` in commit bodies — Gitea auto-closes the issue on push. Captured in user-level CLAUDE.md (~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, not in this commit) as the durable rule; no hook enforcement. In-repo changes: - docs/roadmap.md deleted. - CLAUDE.md (project): Code-layout drops roadmap; /boss gating retargeted; Roles section rewritten with a new "Gitea issues" bullet (URL + tea-CLI snippet) and the closes-#N trailer note. - skills/boss/SKILL.md: 10 sites retargeted, plus Step 1 now prescribes `tea issues ls --labels prio:p1` as the queue read. - skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md: Step 7.5 no-override BLOCK now files a Gitea issue via `tea issues create` instead of appending a roadmap entry; spec deletion stays. - skills/audit/SKILL.md + ailang-architect.md: deferral requirement and debt-heuristic retargeted; forward-intent belongs in the Gitea backlog. - skills/fieldtest/SKILL.md, skills/docwriter/SKILL.md + ailang-docwriter.md: roadmap → backlog. - design/contracts/honesty-rule.md: forward intent lives in the Gitea backlog (pinned phrases unchanged). - design/INDEX.md: Docs bullet drops roadmap, adds the backlog URL. - crates/ailang-core/tests/docs_honesty_pin.rs: two assert messages retargeted (assertion bodies unchanged). - bench/architect_sweeps.sh: Sweep-4 TABU extended with `docs/roadmap\.md` so the deleted path cannot quietly regrow as a cross-reference in design/contracts/. Verification: - cargo build --workspace clean. - cargo test --workspace: 647 passed, 0 failed, 2 ignored. - bench/architect_sweeps.sh exit 0 (all five sweeps clean, incl. new TABU). - grep over the live tree (excluding docs/specs/, docs/plans/) shows zero residual docs/roadmap.md refs. Not touched: ~55 historical files under docs/specs/ and docs/plans/ that mention docs/roadmap.md. Snapshot-character, analogous to the JOURNAL-cut precedent — historical specs are not mass-edited just because a live file was retired; their mentions were correct at write time.
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name: fieldtest
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description: Boss-dispatched only, after audit closes clean (or with ratified drift only), when the orchestrator judges the iteration is complete and wants a field test. Picks 2-4 real-world programming tasks within the milestone's scope, implements each in the AIL Surface form (.ail — not raw JSON), runs the resulting binaries, and writes a friction-and-bug spec to docs/specs/<date>-fieldtest-<milestone>.md. The spec feeds the next plan as a reference. Implementer simulates a downstream LLM that has only the design/ ledger plus the public examples — never the language's own implementation.
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---
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# fieldtest — LLM-usability field test for a shipped milestone
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> **Violating the letter of these rules is violating the spirit.**
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## Overview
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`audit` measures drift between the design/ ledger and what the codebase claims
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to do. `fieldtest` measures something audit cannot: whether the
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language, *as it now ships*, is usable by an LLM author who has only
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the design/ ledger and public examples to work from. The shipping LLM-author
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*is* the user of AILang. If a freshly shipped feature is awkward for
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that author to reach for, or if the design/ ledger leaves a corner ambiguous
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that real code immediately exercises, the milestone has shipped a
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latent debt — even when audit reports `clean`.
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The skill produces a friction-and-bug spec that the next iteration's
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`planner` consumes as a reference. The spec sits next to milestone-design
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specs at `docs/specs/<date>-fieldtest-<milestone>.md`.
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The substantive process — read the design/ ledger + milestone spec
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+ recent iter/audit commit bodies, pick 2-4 real-world programming
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tasks per milestone axis, implement
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each in `.ail` Surface form, run via `ail check`/`build`/`run`,
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classify findings, write the spec — lives in
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`agents/ailang-fieldtester.md`. That file also carries the spec
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template, the source-isolation discipline (no reading under
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`crates/`, `runtime/`, `bench/`), and the per-finding classification
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rules. This skill file only governs trigger, dispatch, and handoff.
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## When to Use / Skipping
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Triggers:
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- Boss-dispatched after audit closes cleanly, when the orchestrator
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believes the iteration is correct and wants a field test. The
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pre-condition is a clean (or `ratify`-d) audit; the trigger is the
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Boss's judgment-call that the iteration is complete.
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- A shipped feature is suspected of being LLM-hostile in some way the
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earlier brainstorm could not foresee.
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- A user-facing surface change (Decision 6, schema rev, new
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effect/typeclass mechanic) has just landed.
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Findings cluster around two shapes — simple bugs (route via `debug` →
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`implement` mini) or catastrophic architecture problems (route via next
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`brainstorm`). Friction and spec-gap items are also possible; the
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routing table below applies in all cases.
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**Skipping is permitted only** for:
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- Bug-fix iterations (use `debug`).
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- Tidy iterations whose scope is purely internal cleanup with zero
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surface impact.
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- Iterations whose entire scope is documentation in `docs/`.
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**Skipping is not permitted** for:
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- A milestone that introduced or changed surface syntax, schema,
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effects, types, modes, or any user-visible diagnostic.
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- A milestone whose commit body or backlog issue claims "LLM author
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can now write X". `fieldtest` is the gate that empirically
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substantiates such claims; an unverified claim is drift.
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## The Iron Law
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```
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THE FIELDTESTER WORKS FROM DESIGN.MD AND PUBLIC EXAMPLES — NOT FROM THE COMPILER SOURCE.
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EVERY EXAMPLE IS WRITTEN IN .ail (SURFACE) FIRST. RAW .ail.json IS NEVER HAND-AUTHORED.
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EVERY FRICTION POINT AND BUG IS RECORDED. NONE IS WORKED AROUND.
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```
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The first clause is load-bearing: the whole point of the field test is
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to simulate a downstream LLM author who has only the specification and
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the example corpus. The agent file enforces this with a hard path
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allowlist; the orchestrator must trust that contract and not feed the
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agent compiler-internal hints in the carrier.
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## Dispatch
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Dispatch `ailang-fieldtester` with the carrier from the Handoff
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Contract below. The agent picks 2-4 examples (one per axis the
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milestone touched), implements them in `.ail`, runs them through the
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public `ail` CLI, classifies findings, and writes the spec. All
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artefacts (fixtures + spec) stay in the working tree as unstaged
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changes; the Boss commits them after reviewing the report (suggested
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commit subject: `fieldtest: <milestone> — <N> examples, <K> findings`).
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Two to four examples is the right size. One is too few (no signal on
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variation); five is too many for one report to stay readable.
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## Handoff Contract
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`fieldtest` consumes (from orchestrator at milestone close):
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| Field | Content |
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|-------|---------|
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| `milestone_id` | e.g. `milestone-22` |
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| `milestone_scope` | 1-3 sentences naming what shipped |
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| `axis_hints` | bullet list, one per milestone axis the test should probe |
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| `commit_range` | `<prev-milestone-close>..HEAD` |
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`fieldtest` produces:
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| Field | Content |
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|-------|---------|
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| `spec_path` | `docs/specs/<date>-fieldtest-<milestone>.md` |
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| `examples_added` | list of `.ail` paths committed |
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| `findings` | list, each with class (`bug` / `friction` / `spec_gap` / `working`) + recommendation |
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| `status` | `clean` / `friction_found` / `bugs_found` / `infra_blocked` |
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The orchestrator drives downstream:
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- `bug` → `debug` (RED-first; GREEN via `implement` mini-mode)
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- `friction` → next `brainstorm` or a tidy iteration via `planner`
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- `spec_gap` → ratify by updating the design/ ledger (and naming the gap in the closing commit body), or tighten the design/ ledger
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- `working` → carry-on (worth recording, no follow-up)
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`fieldtest` does NOT self-resolve.
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## Cross-references
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- **Agent dispatched:** `skills/fieldtest/agents/ailang-fieldtester.md`
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— carries the five-phase process, the Iron Law in operational form,
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the spec template, the per-finding classification rules, the Common
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Rationalisations table, and the Red Flags list.
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- **Upstream gate:** `skills/audit/SKILL.md` runs first; fieldtest
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comes after a clean (or ratified) audit.
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- **Cadence ordering:** fieldtest runs *before* `skills/docwriter/SKILL.md`;
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docwriter happens at a later, longer stability window.
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- **Downstream targets:**
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- `skills/debug/SKILL.md` — for each `bug` finding
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- `skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md` or `skills/planner/SKILL.md` — for
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`friction` and `spec_gap` findings worth a follow-up iteration
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- **Project source:** `design/contracts/feature-acceptance.md`
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— the field test is the empirical complement to brainstorm's
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prospective application of that criterion. Brainstorm asks "would
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an LLM author reach for this?"; fieldtest asks "did one?"
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