V29 Gate 10: Align promoted draft notes checks

Update the notes-only draft checker to use repo-relative V30 posture instead of stale absolute V27/V26 requirements.

Refresh the V30 notes scaffold for active V29 / draft V30 and align the protocol demonstration canonical input artifact expectation with the promoted checker.

Author: geraldarthurdavis

BITCODE_SPEC_V30_NOTES.md

@@ -3,32 +3,38 @@
 ## Status
 
 - Version: `V30`
-- V30 state: future notes scaffold only
-- Current canonical/latest target: `V27`
-- Current active draft target: `V28`
-- Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V27.md`
-- Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V27_PROVEN.md`
+- V30 state: notes-only draft opening
+- Current canonical/latest target: `V29`
+- Current active draft target: `V30`
+- Canonical pointer: `BITCODE_SPEC.txt` -> `V29`
+- Active canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29.md`
+- Active generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md`
+- Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29.md`
+- Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md`
 - Generated structured artifact inventory: none for V30 yet
-- Source parity state: not opened; V30 source parity begins only after V30 draft opening
+- Source parity state: notes-only draft opening; V30 source parity begins only after V30 first-gate work
 - Scope: future notes for Protocol/BTD hardening after V28 commercial Protocol/Terminal MVP and V29 deeper Terminal work. Exchange is deferred beyond V35.
 
 This NOTES file does not promote V30 and does not open V30 implementation.
-It preserves roadmap intent so V28 can remain focused on commercial Protocol/Terminal MVP QA, bugfixing, audit, and hardening.
+It preserves roadmap intent so V30 first-gate work can open from promoted V29 without rediscovering deferred Protocol/BTD hardening pressure.
 
-## Notes companion rule
+## Notes-only draft rule
 
-This file is planning memory only.
-Requirements become binding only when V30 is explicitly opened as the draft-target SPEC family.
+This file is planning memory only and is not first-gate implementation.
+Requirements become binding only when V30 is explicitly opened as a full draft-target SPEC family.
 
 ## Concise current-system reading
 
-V27 is active canon.
-V28 is current draft target and owns commercial Protocol implementation, Terminal MVP QA, MCP API/ChatGPT App MVP, BTD/testnet/ledgerization, and demonstration-to-commercial boundary cleanup.
-V29 is expected to deepen Terminal workflows.
+V29 is active canon.
 V30 is expected to harden Protocol/BTD surfaces after V28/V29 reveal implementation pressure.
 Exchange is not V30 work.
 
-## Intended V30 focus
+## Deferred from V29
+
+V29 canonically closes deeper Terminal transaction depth, local/staging promotion readiness, and promotion automation.
+V30 inherits deferred hardening pressure around Bitcoin fee boundaries, GitHub delivery evidence, compute/runtime capability truth, storage/readback posture, and build/process proof surfaces.
+
+## Candidate V30 workstreams
 
 V30 owns Protocol/BTD hardening:
 
@@ -40,13 +46,8 @@ V30 owns Protocol/BTD hardening:
 - source-to-shares proof cleanup revealed by V28/V29;
 - Protocol/BTD-specific tests, proofs, and telemetry hooks needed before Exchange returns beyond V35.
 
-## Boundaries
+## Non-goals during V30 opening
 
 V30 must not redefine `$BTD` supply, BTC fee separation, AssetPack range identity, owner-read/licensed-read law, measureminting, or ancestry.
 V30 must not absorb V31 Auxillaries expansion, V32 provation/testing depth, V33 interface depth, V34 deployment depth, or V35 telemetry/documenting depth except for narrow Protocol/BTD-owned hooks.
 V30 must not absorb Exchange or website Conversations; those return beyond V35.
-
-## Return To V28
-
-Do not start V30 implementation during V28.
-Use this scaffold only to keep V28 focused on commercial Protocol/Terminal MVP QA and hardening.

protocol-demonstration/test/v21-specifying.test.js

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ function projectLabel(version) {
 function expectedActiveCanonicalInputArtifactCount(version) {
   const numeric = Number.parseInt(String(version || '').replace(/^V/u, ''), 10);
   if (!Number.isInteger(numeric)) return 3;
-  if (numeric === 27 || numeric === 28) return 0;
-  if (numeric >= 26) return 22;
+  if (numeric >= 27) return 0;
+  if (numeric === 26) return 22;
   if (numeric >= 22) return 3;
   if (numeric === 21) return 2;
   return 6;

scripts/check-bitcode-draft-notes.mjs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function parseArgs(argv) {
 function printHelp() {
   process.stdout.write(
     [
-      'Usage: node scripts/check-bitcode-draft-notes.mjs --version V27 --current-target V26 [options]',
+      'Usage: node scripts/check-bitcode-draft-notes.mjs --version V30 --current-target V29 [options]',
       '',
       'Options:',
       '  --version <VN>          Draft target version to validate.',
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ function main() {
   const requiredPhrases = [
     `Spec ${version} Notes`,
     '## Status',
-    `Canonical pointer: \`${path.join(repoRoot, 'BITCODE_SPEC.txt')}\` -> \`${currentTarget}\``,
-    `Active canonical anchor: \`${path.join(repoRoot, `${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}.md`)}\``,
-    `Active generated proof appendix: \`${path.join(repoRoot, `${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}_PROVEN.md`)}\``,
+    `Canonical pointer: \`BITCODE_SPEC.txt\` -> \`${currentTarget}\``,
+    `Active canonical anchor: \`${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}.md\``,
+    `Active generated proof appendix: \`${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}_PROVEN.md\``,
     `${version} state: notes-only draft opening`,
     '## Notes-only draft rule',
     `## Deferred from ${currentTarget}`,
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ function main() {
     'compute',
     'storage',
     'build/process',
-    '## Candidate V27 workstreams',
-    '## Non-goals during V26 closure'
+    `## Candidate ${version} workstreams`,
+    `## Non-goals during ${version} opening`
   ];
 
   for (const phrase of requiredPhrases) {