Closed as superseded (user decision, 2026-07-24)
The re-examination the 2026-07-23 scope note mandated has run its course: with #316 (self-description as a ledger principle, C29), #315…
Independent review addendum (2026-07-24)
After the owner asked how the skills-less cycle knows it made no error, two further passes ran on the branch:
- **Self-audit of prose claims against…
Shipped in the same commit as #315 (829a198, branch worktree-issue-315-help-self-description):
- `process
Shipped on branch worktree-issue-315-help-self-description (829a198) — decision log
Cycle ran without the skills pipeline (owner-directed experiment, 2026-07-24): no spec/plan artifacts —…
Direction ratified (owner, 2026-07-24)
Fork: retire the research-verb sugar -> YES. The owner ratified the retirement direction in chat on 2026-07-24. Consequences, per this issue's…
Milestone fieldtest roll-up: GREEN (run close)
After the containment fixes (51096a3 walkforward/sweep, a20b6f6 mc) and the pluralization tidy (4897919), all three mission drivers were re-run…
Inventory note (2026-07-24, stderr-honesty cycle)
Commit 51096a3 on the worktree-issue-278-stderr-markers branch deliberately ADDS one eprintln! + std::process::exit(3) site to the…
Milestone fieldtest result + routing (decision log)
The milestone-close fieldtest for "Surface honesty on stderr" ran 2026-07-24, source-blind (knowledge floor = release binary + its own…
Binary-only field evidence (milestone fieldtest, 2026-07-24)
The "Surface honesty on stderr" milestone fieldtest ran source-blind — knowledge floor = the release binary and its own help…
Autonomous spec sign (specify Step 6, /boss)
Spec stderr-class-markers (this issue + #313, milestone "Surface honesty on stderr") is signed for planning. The signature is the grounding-check…
Design reconciliation addendum (specify, post grounding-check)
The grounding-check on stderr-class-markers returned BLOCK on one finding: three benign continuing-run diagnostics were missing…
Design reconciliation (specify)
Spec: stderr-class-markers — one cycle covering #278 + #313 (milestone "Surface honesty on stderr"). The forks below are still listed open on this issue;…
Fieldtest fork: RestatesName vs the namespaced short name
The cycle's fieldtest surfaced an underspecified reading in the C29 gate: at the load seam the entry name is the full namespaced type…
Backlog placement (2026-07-23 triage scheme)
The 2026-07-23 backlog triage organized the open backlog into six sequenced milestones (self-description; data-authorability boundary; stderr…