The effect-op-arg-modes brainstorm spec bundled a real, self-contained
DESIGN.md honesty fix with speculative build-ahead infra (an EffectOpSig
arg-mode field whose only consumer was a synthetic test op). Recon had
already destroyed the "effect-handler infrastructure" premise: the effect
raise/declare/subset/propagation machinery is fully generic over any
effect string; the only real prerequisite was one struct field, not a
milestone. The user rejected the bundle as incoherent and the
build-ahead half as the iteration-discipline trap repeated.
- Retire the uncommitted effect-op-arg-modes spec (deleted from the
working tree; never committed).
- roadmap: drop the false "sub-ms-2 = effect-handler infrastructure"
framing; mark Stateful-islands sub-milestone sequencing as UNDER
RE-THINK with the user (no !Mut planning until that conversation);
add the split-out effect-doc-honesty as an in-flight P2 [~] todo.
- plan docs/plans/2026-05-16-effect-doc-honesty.md: placeholder-free
tidy plan (the three DESIGN.md fictions + form_a.md + main.rs +
a new doc-presence pin) over recon-mapped exact byte sites.
- brainstorm SKILL: specs and design talk LEAD with the AILang (.ail)
program that should work (= the feature-acceptance clause-1
evidence); the Rust implementation shape is secondary, never a
substitute; a no-surface infra milestone still shows concrete .ail
(often a must-fail fixture). Codifies user feedback from this session.
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