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What this is

The core↔adapter seam reclamation (WS1–WS5) — making the harness a general, TS-specialized core where BoringStack is one adapter behind injected seams, per the north star — plus the app-own-layout design spec (docs only; sets up the not-yet-built disposable-dashboard work, #93).

Green throughout (bun run validate: typecheck + lint + full test suite + PTY e2e), and every diff was gated by the 4-model harness-review panel.

The seam reclamation (the substance)

WS What it did
WS1 Conventions content moved behind an injected IConventionProvider; both push (reactive) and pull (pull_conventions tool) threaded through it; conventions.ts relocated into loop/boringstack/. Fixed a real bug: pull_conventions was missing from the policy classifier → silently denied in headless builds.
WS2 BoringStack planning resolved via a generic IStackAdapter seam + a one-line STACK_ADAPTERS registry at the composition root. The not-unit-reachable REPL wiring is pinned by an ast-grep structural guard (a regex guard provably can't tell code from a string/comment copy — took the arms race to a definitive AST match).
WS3 Reclaimed the web-shaped plan spine: ISlice<TUi> / IProductPlan<TUi> are now generic over an injected IPlanSchema<TUi> (system / validateUi / extraCheck). IUiIntent, layout archetypes, the planner prompt/example, and the ≤1-home rule all moved into the adapter. IStackAdapter carries the plan schema, so greenfield plans + validates through the resolved adapter (real multi-adapter).
WS4 Made the boundary MECHANICAL — a lint rule (no-restricted-imports + no-restricted-syntax) fails bun run validate if the generic core loop imports the adapter, via static import / import type / re-export / dynamic import() (literal·template·concat·ternary) / createRequire. The rule's scope is the definition of "core loop"; composition roots, scripts, and tests are exempt by scope. A regression test spawns eslint on throwaway fixtures and proves every form fires. (Hardened across 9 panel rounds; the honest syntactic-matcher ceiling — renamed bindings, dataflow — is documented, not over-claimed.)
WS5 Relocated the acceptance/e2e-generation subsystem out of core (loop/acceptance/) into the adapter (loop/boringstack/acceptance/) — an importer scan proved zero core files depended on it.

Net: nothing web-shaped remains in the core loop's plan/acceptance path. The "Phaser test" holds — the core is stack-agnostic.

Also included

  • docs(spec) app-own-layout design (v1–v4): the disposable-dashboard / scaffold-in-its-own-layout design (docs only — implementation is chore(deps): bump fast-check from 3.23.2 to 4.9.0 #93, not in this PR).
  • docs(plan): the seam-reclamation plan grounded in the coupling audit.

Notes

  • The #63 pre-validate commit (47edfe43) was reverted (424b67fc): it re-added a bun test --timeout 30000 gate relaxation that the review panel has rejected 4/4 — caught by the project memory. #63's real cause is operational (external CPU contention), not code.
  • Verified reverted files are byte-identical to the pre-#63 tip.

Verification

  • bun run validate green on the tip (424b67fc).
  • Every workstream panel-approved (WS1–WS3 passed; WS4 through 9 rounds; WS5 4/4).
  • Not merged — left for the signed merge.

agjs added 30 commits July 31, 2026 15:26
…e, scaffold apps in their own layout

Layout-descriptor abstraction parameterizing the 7 hardcoded demo-shell coupling points; reuse the
existing AppShell with archetype-driven nav-sets (app area vs Settings/Admin area); planner picks the
archetype, harness applies it deterministically, build agent gets no new tools. Submitting to the
4-model panel for review of record before implementation.
… default, deterministic route-area, landable stages)

Panel r1 BLOCKED v1. v2: split the overloaded ui.layout into plan.shellLayout (dashboard|app-sidebar,
absent=today) + slice.navRole (app|settings); planner emits shellLayout so new apps get their own
layout while legacy plans stay unchanged; route-area chosen by a wire-time navSet prop (no URL
guessing); fold the existing 'settings' archetype into navRole; gate runs the sidebar-test union keyed
on shellLayout; e2e gains an app-area landing helper; home defaults to the first app-role slice;
nav-set split specified at the code-mutation level; stages re-sequenced to be landable with no dead
code and no default-flip.
…lves v2 panel BLOCK

Switch from in-place split to ADDITIVE: under shellLayout=app-sidebar the harness generates a new AppNav
+ its own open-typed nav file + wraps feature routes in AppShell with optional defaulted sidebar/brandTo
props; the demo AppShell/AppSidebar/APP_SIDEBAR_NAV_ITEMS + all 11 account route wrappers stay UNTOUCHED
as the Settings area. Real scope enforcement (separate nav file), dashboard path literally unchanged,
per-slice navRole axis dropped (all plan features are app features; Settings = pre-existing scaffold
pages), home defaults to first feature (no lands-in-Settings hole). One axis (plan.shellLayout);
planner emits it. Stages additive/landable.
… additive framing (resolves v3 panel BLOCK)

v3 blocked on one coherent cluster: cross-nav vs 'untouched', and sidebar-as-ReactNode vs the twice-
mounted (desktop+mobile) sidebar. v4: pass nav as DATA (AppSidebar optional navItems rendered in both
mounts) not an element; app sidebar shows a Settings footer link (app->Settings reachable — stock
header has none); a conditional back-to-app footer when an app area exists (Settings->app), one
additive component change, 9 route wrappers untouched; require >=1 slice under app-sidebar + read the
normalized plan (no empty-plan/undefined holes); honest 'behaviorally unchanged for dashboard' (scaffold
component gains defaulted optional props, not byte-identical source); frame feature-can-rewrite-sibling
+ scope-includes-test as parity-with-today, not regressions. Count corrected 11->9.
…g audit

Harness-first: reclaim a clean core/adapter boundary so tsforge is a general TS harness and BoringStack
is one adapter. Audit found the build-loop seam is already clean (adapter->core via injected interfaces);
the leaks are (1) BoringStack conventions content in core loop, (2) boringstack-planning in core + CLI
import, (3) web concepts (IUiIntent/layout) in the core plan schema. WS1 conventions->adapter provider,
WS2 planner constraints->adapter, WS3 reclaim the plan spine (supersedes app-own-layout's core shellLayout),
WS4 mechanical no-core->adapter import rule = the finish line. Each staged + panel-gated.
…eam (core stops importing adapter content)

First slice of the core<->adapter seam reclamation (docs/superpowers/plans/2026-07-31-core-adapter-seam-reclamation.md).
- New core interface loop/conventions-provider.ts (IConventionProvider) — the generic seam.
- loop/conventions.ts exports boringstackConventionProvider implementing it (the BoringStack CONTENT).
- session.ts: the front-loaded guides are now injected via cfg.conventions (removed the static
  buildConventionGuides import); gate is provider-presence, not the pullConventions flag.
- build-config.ts (adapter) injects boringstackConventionProvider into the build session.
- Behavior preserved (BoringStack sets the provider → same guides; a plain/non-web build gets none).
Residual (WS1b): turn.ts reactive push + pull_conventions tool + agent.constants enum + relocating
conventions.ts into loop/boringstack/. Validate green (3228).
- Re-couple the front-load gate to pullConventions but SOURCE content from cfg.conventions
  (kills the transient decouple foot-gun: no config front-loads guides while advertising a
  pull tool it wasn't offered, or vice-versa).
- Trim IConventionProvider to buildGuides() (WS1a's only consumer) — no speculative surface;
  WS1b grows it when the push/tool migrate. Provider trimmed to match.
- Correct the overstated seam docs (only front-load draws from the provider in WS1a).
- Add a seam-locking test: pullConventions:true with NO provider ⇒ no guides (a revert to the
  static buildConventionGuides import fails it). Validate green (3229).
…s seam (panel r2 BLOCK)

- FAKE-provider test: sentinel content reaches the prompt AND the real BoringStack lib does NOT —
  proves the guides are INJECTED, not statically imported (a revert fails it).
- Gate test: provider present but pullConventions omitted ⇒ no front-load (the flag still governs).
- Mirrored conventions-provider.test.ts: pins the interface contract via the concrete provider.
- build-config: assert REAL guide content, not just typeof string (empty provider now fails).
Validate green (3232).
…to the injected provider

The last two core consumers of the BoringStack convention CONTENT now read the injected
IConventionProvider instead of importing loop/conventions:
- IConventionProvider grows unseenForErrors/guide/topics/isTopic (now consumed) + provider impls them.
- Provider threaded onto ILoopCtx.tool → spread into every IToolContext (tool) AND read by injectFeedback (push).
- turn.ts reactive push: ctx.tool.conventions.unseenForErrors (dropped the ./conventions import).
- pull_conventions tool: reads ctx.conventions (guide/topics), no provider ⇒ a clear message; ctx narrowed to Pick<IToolContext,'conventions'>.
- session.ts sets ctx.tool.conventions = cfg.conventions.
Result: NO core file outside loop/boringstack/ imports the convention content. Tests updated to inject
the provider (fake + real). Validate green (3233). Residual: agent.constants topic enum, flag
consolidation, relocating conventions.ts into loop/boringstack/.
…ovider test (panel BLOCK)

- Remove IConventionProvider.isTopic (+ its impl) — no consumer (doPullConventions uses guide()+null),
  it was speculative surface (panel agreement-3 BLOCK).
- Correct the boringstackConventionProvider docblock (WS1b done — no core file outside the adapter
  imports the content; only the file relocation remains).
- Add the push-no-provider edge test: conventionsEnabled ON but ctx.tool.conventions absent ⇒ no push.
Validate green (3234).
…ctive push (real drive loop)

Closes the panel's session-wiring gap: a real drive-to-green Session where the model makes an edit,
the RED gate fires, and the reactive push injects the INJECTED provider's sentinel guide into the next
message. Deleting session.ts's ctx.tool.conventions spread makes the push find no provider ⇒ the
sentinel never appears ⇒ this fails. (The tool-path version is blocked by a pre-existing bug — task
#95: pull_conventions is missing from the policy classifier, so it's denied 'unrecognized' in
non-interactive builds.) Validate green (3235).
… PULL threading end-to-end (WS1b)

Closes the panel finding that the migrated PULL half was nonfunctional + untestable:
- policy/classify.ts: add [TOOL_NAME.pullConventions]: 'read_file' — the pure read-only lookup was
  missing from the classifier, so a model's pull_conventions call classified 'unknown' → policy DENY
  in non-interactive builds (same DOA class as the historical 'script' bug). Now allowed everywhere.
- Real-Session test: the model calls pull_conventions and gets back the INJECTED provider's guide
  (sentinel) through the real dispatcher — proves cfg.conventions → ctx.tool.conventions → doPullConventions.
- Corrected the ISessionConfig.conventions JSDoc (all three paths now draw from the provider).
WS1b now: no core file outside the adapter imports convention content; push+pull+front-load all
injected + tested end-to-end. Validate green (3236).
…lassifier unit-lock + provider tests

- session.ts: gate ctx.tool.conventions on pullConventions (not just provider presence). Now that
  pull_conventions is policy-allowed (read_file), a hallucinated call with the feature OFF must find
  no provider ⇒ 'not configured', never a withheld capability that executes with the real library.
  + test proving it.
- policy-evaluation.test.ts: pin pull_conventions → read_file in the canonical KIND_BY_TOOL cases
  table (the unit lock, alongside check/ask_user).
- conventions-provider.test.ts: assert guide/topics/unseenForErrors return real content + dedupe,
  not just buildGuides.
Validate green (3238).
WS1-tail: PULL_CONVENTIONS_TOOL.topic is now a plain string described by the
front-loaded guides, not a hand-maintained BoringStack topic enum baked into
core. Topics come from the injected provider at runtime; validity is enforced
by the provider's guide()/topics() (unknown topic → listing). Repoint the
three enum-sync tests to registry membership (the enum they guarded is gone).

Removes the last BoringStack-topic literal from core's agent tool schema.
…der topics

Panel r1 (WS1-tail) BLOCK: dropping to a free-form topic string was coarser
than necessary and left the schema untested. Replace the removed hardcoded
enum with buildPullConventionsTool(topics) — the enum-at-offer pattern
buildSpawnAgentTool already uses for subagent_type. The topic enum is now
built from the injected provider's topics() at offer time: core carries NO
topic literal (stack-agnostic), the model still gets structured guidance (no
wasted turn on an invalid topic), and an empty provider degrades to a
free-form string. session threads cfg.conventions.topics() through toolsFor,
gated on pullConventions to match the capability-bypass guard.

Tests: enum mirrors injected topics exactly (arbitrary + real), empty-provider
free-form fallback, and the offer path (toolsFor) publishes the topics in the
advertised schema. Replaces the obsolete enum-sync assertions.
… orphaned JSDoc

Panel r2 (WS1-tail) BLOCK: two findings.
- major/missing-test: no test observed the schema Session actually advertises,
  so a regression swapping cfg.conventions.topics() for [] would stay green.
  Add a Session test that intercepts provider.complete's tools and asserts the
  advertised set contains buildPullConventionsTool(provider.topics()) — the
  end-to-end guard for the offer-time enum threading.
- minor/dead-code: remove the orphaned JSDoc block left above
  buildPullConventionsTool (the second block is the one that attaches).

validate green (3241 pass, 0 fail).
…e conventions into the adapter

Two WS1-finish steps:

1. Panel r3 residual (major/other, session.ts): gate the pull_conventions
   OFFER on provider presence, not just the pullConventions flag. Advertising a
   knowledge tool with no knowledge base is incoherent — dispatch would always
   return "no convention library" and the schema would falsely promise a topic
   listing. Now the tool is offered iff a provider is injected; the front-load
   guides + reactive push keep their separate pullConventions gate (a
   provider-present-but-flag-off session still must not front-load). New test:
   pullConventions on + no provider ⇒ pull_conventions is NOT advertised.

2. Relocate loop/conventions.ts → loop/boringstack/conventions.ts. The
   BoringStack convention CONTENT now lives entirely under the adapter dir; the
   only core-side surface is the generic IConventionProvider interface
   (loop/conventions-provider.ts, unchanged). Sole src importer was the adapter's
   build-config.ts; imports repointed.

validate green (3242 pass, 0 fail).
…e tools list

WS1-finish panel residuals (all three):
- major/other (session.ts): the system-prompt tool inventory advertised
  pull_conventions off raw cfg.pullConventions while toolsFor gated it on
  provider presence — so pullConventions:true + no provider told the model a
  tool the tools list omitted (broke the flag↔prompt invariant). Add a single
  conventionsOffered(cfg) predicate (flag AND provider) and use it for BOTH the
  prompt (tool mention + guide front-load) and toolsFor. Test now also asserts
  the system prompt omits pull_conventions in the no-provider case.
- minor/missing-test: the no-provider offer test could pass vacuously if
  complete never ran; assert the base tools are present (provider WAS called).
- minor/dead-code: drop the stale 'still lives under loop/' relocation comment
  in the now-relocated conventions.ts.

validate green (3242 pass, 0 fail).
The CLI (composition root) no longer imports BoringStack planning specifics
directly. New core seam loop/planning/stack-adapter.ts: IStackAdapter
({id, detect(dir), planConstraints(onStripped)}) + resolveStackAdapter(dir,
adapters) — the generic greenfield flow knows only this interface, never a
concrete stack. Moved loop/planning/boringstack-planning.ts →
loop/boringstack/planning.ts and added boringstackStackAdapter there.
cli/repl.ts holds a one-line adapter registry and drives a stack-agnostic
greenfield-planning flow (detection AND constraints from the SAME resolved
adapter — no gap). Adding a stack (Phaser next) is a registry line, not a
change to planning logic.

Tests: stack-adapter.test.ts (resolve first-match / none→null / empty; the
boringstack adapter is well-formed + carries the reserved-entity fail-closed
rule + detect false without a receipt); planning test imports repointed.

validate green (3248 pass, 0 fail).
…WS2 r1 fixes)

WS2 panel r1 BLOCK (3 findings):
- major/missing-test: no REPL-level test proved a detected adapter triggers
  planning with the EXACT resolved adapter's constraints, or that unmatched /
  already-planned projects bypass. Extract two pure, exported seams from the
  line handler — resolveGreenfieldStack(dir, adapters, hasApprovedPlan) (the
  interception decision) and greenfieldConstraints(stack, echo) (resolved
  adapter → planner constraints, drops routed to echo) — and test both:
  detected+no-plan→exact adapter, detected+planned→null, none→null,
  short-circuit; constraints carry the adapter's rule + surface drops via echo.
- minor/missing-test: assert boringstackStackAdapter.detect TRUE through the
  adapter method for a real .tsforge/scaffold.json receipt (a false-returning
  detect stub would now fail).
- minor/other: correct the IStackAdapter.planConstraints doc — the type is
  fail-closed (a reporter is always required) but cannot force forwarding the
  CALLER's reporter; that is the adapter contract, verified per-adapter by test.

validate green (3254 pass, 0 fail).
…reenfield seams

WS2 panel r2 residual (agreement-1): the seam tests invoke resolveGreenfieldStack
/ greenfieldConstraints directly but never prove the REPL dispatch path calls
them — removing the interception block or routing a greenfield line to runSend
would leave them green. The interception lives inside repl()'s readline line
handler (a closure), the same not-unit-reachable class the /clear + --continue
wiring is already source-guarded for. Add a source guard asserting the handler
calls resolveGreenfieldStack (definition + call site), routes to
runGreenfieldPlanning, uses greenfieldConstraints(stack, echo), and resolves
against STACK_ADAPTERS.

validate green (3255 pass, 0 fail).
…s unit-tested

WS2 panel r3 BLOCK: the source-guard used independent whole-file string probes
(comments/imports could satisfy them; nothing bound STACK_ADAPTERS into the
resolve call or the resolved stack into the planning branch). Fix the DESIGN,
not the probe: extract greenfieldOrSend(dir, adapters, hasApprovedPlan,
onGreenfield, onSend) — the interception BRANCH itself (resolve → plan vs send,
exactly one runs). The readline handler now just supplies the two continuations.

Now the property the reviewers wanted is BEHAVIORAL unit test, not a probe:
detected+unplanned → onGreenfield with the EXACT stack, never onSend;
undetected → onSend never onGreenfield; detected+already-planned → onSend. The
remaining thin glue (handler calls greenfieldOrSend with STACK_ADAPTERS + both
real continuations) is guarded by a SINGLE bound regex over comment-stripped
source — greenfieldOrSend(args.dir, STACK_ADAPTERS, … runGreenfieldPlanning …
runSend(line)) — so a wrong registry, define-but-never-call, or swapped branch
breaks the one match.

validate green (3258 pass, 0 fail).
…eld source guard

WS2 panel r4 residuals (both agreement-1, on repl-greenfield-stack.test.ts):
- minor/missing-test: the branch tests proved exclusivity but not exactly-once
  cardinality (calling the selected continuation twice would still pass). Count
  invocations via a spy and assert onGreenfield/onSend fire EXACTLY once.
- major/scope-bypass: the source-guard regex used [\s\S]*? which could cross
  the greenfieldOrSend call boundary, so a later unconditional runSend(line)
  would still satisfy it. Bound the match with [^;] (cannot cross the call's
  terminating ;) and require the onSend arrow form '() => runSend(line)' INSIDE
  the call, plus a defense-in-depth assertion that no bare 'await runSend(line);'
  trails right before the handler closes.

validate green (3258 pass, 0 fail).
…iming guard

WS2 panel r5 BLOCK:
- major/as-cast (unanimous): the spy used 'null as IStackAdapter | null',
  violating the no-casts house rule (which applies in tests too). Give the spy
  an explicit ISpy interface and annotate 'const s: ISpy', so 'stack' is
  nullable with no cast.
- minor/scope-bypass: the second source-guard assertion (not.toMatch of one
  exact ';await runSend(line);}' shape) did not actually close the plan-THEN-send
  hole — ASI/void/return/other forms slip past. Removed it rather than overclaim;
  the single-statement-bound positive regex + the behavioral branch test remain.

validate green (3258 pass, 0 fail).
…-then-send bypasses

WS2 panel r6 residuals (agreement-1): deleting the negative assertion last round
relaxed the source guard. Replace it with a STRONGER single structurally-bound
regex that closes both demonstrated bypasses at the source level:
- onGreenfield must be a BRACE-LESS arrow '(stack) => runGreenfieldPlanning(' —
  a single expression, so it cannot contain a trailing runSend (the ASI
  block-body 'stack => { plan; send }' bypass).
- the call must be the handler's TERMINAL statement ') ; }' immediately after,
  so no bare 'runSend(line)' can trail it.
Verified out-of-band: the regex matches the real wiring, and rejects BOTH a
block-body plan-then-send and a trailing-send handler. Strengthens, not relaxes.

validate green (3258 pass, 0 fail).
…cases

WS2 panel r7 BLOCK (3 findings):
- major/missing-test: the rejection of malicious forms was verified only out of
  band. Commit the negatives: three tests assert the same WIRED regex REJECTS a
  block-body plan-then-send, a .finally-chained send, and a trailing runSend.
- major/scope-bypass: a brace-less arrow is not single-operation —
  runGreenfieldPlanning(...).finally(() => runSend(line)) chained past [^;]. Pin
  onGreenfield to the EXACT call terminated by '),' so nothing (no .finally) can
  sit between that ')' and the ',' — the chain form now fails (and is tested).
- minor/other: comments overclaimed 'closes BOTH'. Restate honestly: this is a
  WIRING guard, not a purity proof; a regex can't prove a continuation is
  side-effect-free, but any deviation from the exact shape fails and forces
  reviewer attention. The greenfieldOrSend behavioral test is the semantic proof.

validate green (3261 pass, 0 fail).
…lback-purity arms race)

WS2 panel r8 residual (agreement-1): a hasApprovedPlan callback like
'() => runSend(line).then(() => false)' still matched because the third arg was
unrestricted [^;]*?. Rather than continue allow-variation-but-forbid-sends (a
regex can't prove any of the three callbacks is pure — the reviewers can always
name another chained-send form), pin the WHOLE call to its exact current shape:
all three arguments, not just the two continuations. Any deviation to any arg
(a sending hasPlan, a chained/trailing send, a wrong registry) now fails the
match and forces reviewer attention. Committed the raised form as a fourth
negative case. Semantic plan-XOR-send remains proven by the greenfieldOrSend
behavioral test.

validate green (3262 pass, 0 fail).
…9 fixes)

WS2 panel r9 residuals:
- minor/wrong-idiom: after pinning the 3rd arg, the three pre-existing negatives
  (block-body, .finally, trailing) still used 'h' as hasApprovedPlan, so they
  failed for the WRONG reason (h ≠ the pinned form) instead of their specific
  bypass. Give each the REAL 'async (d) => (await loadApprovedPlan(d)) !== null'
  form so each isolates exactly the bypass it names.
- major/scope-bypass (cheap part): a member-call decoy 'shim.greenfieldOrSend('
  matched. Anchor the callee with '(?<![.\w])' (bare name, not a member call or
  word-prefixed) and commit a decoy negative. (Deeper nested-dead-block /
  template-literal decoys are out of a regex's reach — that is what the
  greenfieldOrSend behavioral test covers; noted honestly in the comment.)

validate green (3263 pass, 0 fail).
…rals (WS2 r10)

WS2 panel r10 BLOCK (both source-guard findings, now concretely closed):
- major/wrong-idiom: '(?<![.\w])' didn't cover $ / # / Unicode prefixes. Replace
  with a POSITIVE anchor '(?<=await\s)' — the name must sit IMMEDIATELY after
  'await ', so ANY prefix (., $, #, Unicode id char, member call) breaks it.
  Committed decoys: shim.greenfieldOrSend, $greenfieldOrSend, this.#greenfieldOrSend.
- major/scope-bypass: a template-literal copy of the exact call matched. codeOnly()
  now strips template literals alongside comments, so a backtick decoy is non-code.
  Committed a template-literal decoy negative.

The single remaining decoy a source regex cannot exclude is the exact call inside
an UNREACHABLE block (needs reachability analysis, not a regex) — documented
honestly; the greenfieldOrSend behavioral test is the semantic proof there.

validate green (3264 pass, 0 fail).
agjs added 23 commits August 1, 2026 02:40
WS2 panel r11 BLOCK (unanimous, agreement 4): a source-TEXT regex cannot
distinguish executable code from a string / comment / template / unreachable copy
of the same shape — codeOnly stripped comments+templates but an ordinary quoted
string 'await greenfieldOrSend(...)' still satisfied WIRED. This is unfixable with
regex; every stripping leaves another literal class.

Fix the TOOL: match the AST structurally via ast-grep (the repo's own dependency,
used by loop/astgrep-fix.ts). Pattern 'await greenfieldOrSend(args.dir,
STACK_ADAPTERS, $$$REST)' matches ONLY a real call-expression node — a
string/comment/template copy is not a call node and can never match (verified:
against a file with string+comment+template+dead-block copies, ast-grep returns
only the real call). Assert exactly one such node, and — since the matched region
is real code — that it wires both continuations (runGreenfieldPlanning + runSend).
A guard asserts ast-grep is present so it can't silently vanish. Plan-XOR-send
semantics remain proven by the greenfieldOrSend behavioral test.

validate green (3259 pass, 0 fail).
…ck + AST negatives

WS2 panel r13 BLOCK (3 legit findings; I had over-loosened the ast-grep guard):
- scope-bypass: the $$$REST pattern constrained only the first two args, so
  plan-then-send bypasses still matched. Pin the FULL wiring as the ast-grep
  pattern (STRICT — all three args literal, no metavars): a sending hasPlan, a
  block-body onGreenfield, or a send chained onto planning is a DIFFERENT AST node
  and yields zero matches.
- gate-relaxed: substring presence didn't pin shape. STRICT is the exact-shape
  node match; a trailing send (the only thing outside the call node) is closed by
  a terminal-statement check on the bytes after the match (range.byteOffset.end).
- missing-test: re-added the negatives as AST-level regression tests — block-body,
  .finally chain, sending hasPlan, string/comment/template copies, trailing send —
  each run via ast-grep over a temp decoy file (0 matches, or fails the terminal
  check for trailing-send).
Minors: toMatch fails closed on unexpected JSON (no ''-masking); dropped the weak
existsSync check — astFind throws if ast-grep is absent (stdout isn't a JSON array)
so the guard still can't vanish; handle ast-grep exit 1 = zero matches (not error).

validate green (3263 pass, 0 fail).
… nested-block class)

WS2 panel r14 BLOCK:
- scope-bypass: the terminal check matched only ';}' after the call, so an exact
  call in an inner dead/try block with an OUTER send passed while the handler still
  sends. Anchor it to the runLine HANDLER ARROW: require ';' '}' ';' after the call
  (statement terminator + arrow body close + the 'const runLine = … => {…}'
  assignment semicolon). A call nested in an inner block is followed by '}' + MORE
  code, not '};', so it fails — closing if(false){call} outer-send and
  try{call}finally{send}.
- missing-test: added those exact decoys as committed negatives (STRICT matches the
  correct call node, isHandlerTerminal rejects it) plus a positive sanity that the
  correct arrow shape passes.
- dead-code: dropped the unused IMatch.text field (only endByte is read now).

validate green (3266 pass, 0 fail).
…ment (close reachability)

WS2 panel r15 BLOCK (agreement-3): the byte-suffix terminal check couldn't prove
the '}' closed the runLine arrow — 'await runSend(line); if (false) { CALL; };'
passed it (the '}' closed the if, the ';' was an empty statement). A byte regex
fundamentally can't anchor to the handler.

Replace it with ONE ast-grep structural pattern that pins the call as the FINAL
statement of the runLine arrow, matched by its exact signature:
  async (line: string): Promise<void> => { $$$BODY <exact call>; }
'$$$BODY' absorbs every earlier statement; the call must be the block's last
node. This single structural fact closes ALL classes at the AST level — verified
by committed negatives that each return 0: shape bypasses (block-body onGreenfield,
.finally chain, sending hasPlan), code-vs-literal (string/comment/template), and
reachability/nesting (trailing send, dead-block+outer-send, the r15 outer-send-
before-dead-block bypass, try/finally, inner-arrow). Positive + a sanity test
confirm the real handler and the correct arrow shape match (1). Dropped the
byte-offset machinery (IMatch/toMatch/isHandlerTerminal) entirely — the guard now
just counts matches.

validate green (3268 pass, 0 fail).
…S2 r16)

WS2 panel r16 (agreement-2 + two agreement-1, all the same point): the ANCHORED
pattern proves the call is the runLine-arrow's LAST statement (nothing sends
AFTER), but a send BEFORE it — 'await runSend(line); <call>;' — still matches, and
the comment over-claimed 'closes EVERY class'. The preceding-send class cannot be
closed statically: the REAL handler legitimately has conditional runSend in earlier
return-guarded branches (plan-discuss/approval), so a blanket 'reject any preceding
send' would reject the real handler — separating an unconditional preceding send
from a return-guarded one is control-flow analysis, not pattern matching.

Fix the claim to match the guarantee: reword the comment to state exactly what the
guard enforces (exact call node + exact shape + last statement of the signature
arrow → no send after) and what it explicitly does NOT (no unconditional preceding
send — covered by the greenfieldOrSend behavioral test + build/e2e). Add a test that
PINS this boundary: the preceding-send decoy returns 1 (documented limit, not
silent). All other negatives (shape, literal, after-nesting) remain 0.

validate green.
… behavioral test)

WS2 panel PASS with agreement-1 precision residual: the comment attributed the
'no unconditional preceding send' gap to the greenfieldOrSend behavioral test,
but that test only proves the two continuations are mutually exclusive INSIDE
greenfieldOrSend — it never sees a runSend the caller runs BEFORE invoking it.
Reword both the guard comment and the documented-limit test: only the real
build/e2e path (or full CFA) exercises a preceding send. Comment-only; reduces
an overclaim.
…lanSchema seam (WS3)

The core plan spine no longer names a web UI shape. ISlice<TUi>/IProductPlan<TUi>
are GENERIC over the UI-intent type; core validates the structural spine (product,
entity, verification) and delegates the stack-specific UI to an injected
IPlanSchema<TUi> { system, example, validateUi, extraCheck }.

Moved to the adapter (loop/boringstack/plan-extension.ts): IUiIntent,
LAYOUT_ARCHETYPES, LayoutArchetype, IMPLEMENTED_LAYOUT_ARCHETYPES, the isUiIntent
validator (isBoringstackUiIntent), the planner PLANNER_SYSTEM/PLANNER_EXAMPLE, the
cross-slice '≤1 home' rule, the acceptance UI-field extractor, and the bundled
boringstackPlanSchema.

Core generics: plan-types (ISlice/IProductPlan/IPlanSchema), plan-store
(isProductPlan/isSlice/parsePlan/readPlan/loadApprovedPlan/writePlan/serializePlan
thread the schema), propose-plan (proposePlan takes the schema; prompt/example
removed), run-planning (IPlanningDeps<TUi> carries the schema), acceptance-spec
(planToAcceptanceSpec takes a uiFields extractor; acceptance.types screens widened
to string[]). Composition root (repl.ts) + scripts + build.ts pass
boringstackPlanSchema. No behavior change for a boringstack build.

validate green (3269 pass, 0 fail).
- dead-code: remove the unused IPlanSchema.example (PLANNER_SYSTEM already embeds
  the serialized example) — no more lying contract.
- scope-bypass (soundness): re-apply the schema's extraCheck AFTER
  stripReservedSlices in proposePlan, so a transform can't leave a cross-slice
  invariant false.
- wrong-idiom (multi-adapter): IStackAdapter now carries planSchema
  (type-erased IPlanSchema<unknown>); the greenfield flow (repl) drives planning
  AND the approved-plan check through the RESOLVED adapter's schema, not a
  hardcoded boringstackPlanSchema. Adds boringstackPlanSchemaErased (validateUi
  erases directly; extraCheck re-narrows each opaque ui).
- missing-test: new generic-plan-seam.test.ts proves core defers UI + cross-slice
  validation to a NON-boringstack (game) schema — a hardcoded web check would fail
  it. New plan-extension.test.ts covers isBoringstackUiIntent edges, the ≤1-home
  extraCheck, erased-schema parity, and boringstackUiFields.
- complexity/idiom: isProductPlan validates slices ONCE (single loop collecting
  narrowed slices) instead of every()+filter().
- dead-code: build.ts uses the BoringstackProductPlan alias.
- honest scope: acceptance IAcceptanceUiFields comment no longer claims screens/nav
  leave core — the plan SPINE is reclaimed; acceptance generation stays web-shaped
  (boringstack-only), relocation tracked as follow-up.

validate green (3282 pass, 0 fail).
- share ONE boringstackAtMostOneHome helper between the typed and erased
  schemas so their extraCheck bodies can never drift (was two hand-maintained
  copies that diverged on invalid ui)
- propose-plan.test: prove proposePlan RE-APPLIES the injected extraCheck to
  the STRIPPED plan (reject when stripping invalidates it, accept when it holds)
  via a removal-sensitive custom schema — the boringstack rule can't exercise it
- plan-extension.test: compare typed vs erased side-by-side on every valid plan
  + the documented invalid-ui divergence case (now shared → identical)
- repl-greenfield-stack.test: ast-grep guard that runGreenfieldPlanning's
  runPlanning call carries schema: stack.planSchema (the RESOLVED adapter's),
  with a hardcoded-schema negative decoy
…-identity + stale docs)

- generic-plan-seam: two home-marked game slices are ACCEPTED, proving core
  applies NO residual ≤1-home rule of its own — every cross-slice rule comes
  from the injected schema
- repl-greenfield-stack: assert resolveGreenfieldStack consults hasApprovedPlan
  with the DIR and the EXACT resolved adapter (its schema drives the check),
  not just a zero-arg stub
- plan-types / run-planning: drop the stale 'example' from the IPlanSchema and
  IPlanningDeps.schema doc comments (the field was removed; system embeds it)
…lamation finish line)

The generic core loop (loop/** minus loop/boringstack/**) must never import the
BoringStack adapter. WS1-WS3 reclaimed the leaks (conventions, stack-adapter,
plan spine) by hand; this rule keeps them reclaimed — a future core-loop file
that reaches into loop/boringstack/** now fails 'bun run validate', not review.

- eslint.config.js: a @typescript-eslint/no-restricted-imports rule (the ts-eslint
  superset, so it also catches 'import type') scoped to loop/**/*.ts with
  loop/boringstack/** ignored. The rule's SCOPE is the definition of 'core loop':
  the composition roots that legitimately wire the adapter (cli.ts, cli/**),
  scripts, and tests all live OUTSIDE loop/** and are exempt with no allow-list;
  the adapter's own intra-boringstack imports are excluded via 'ignores'.
- core-adapter-boundary.test.ts: proves the rule is LIVE — lints throwaway
  fixtures on the CORE side of the boundary and asserts it FIRES on a value
  import AND a type-only import of the adapter, and stays SILENT on a core import
  (a real boundary, not a blanket ban).
…panel minors)

- eslint.config.js: correct the leftover 'no-restricted-paths resolves PHYSICAL
  paths' note (from an abandoned draft) — the rule is @typescript-eslint/no-restricted-imports
  matching the SPECIFIER; every adapter reach from inside loop/ names the boringstack/ segment
- core-adapter-boundary.test: suffix the fixture dir with process.pid so concurrent
  test workers can't race on it; surface a non-JSON eslint stdout as a clear error
  (exit code + stderr) instead of a cryptic JSON.parse throw
…crash output (panel minors)

- assert the core-ok control file HAS a result entry before checking the rule
  is absent, so an omitted/ignored/mis-scoped file fails instead of green-washing
  the allow-case via a '?? []' default
- surface the FULL eslint stderr+stdout on the non-JSON crash path (no more
  slice() truncation — no-silent-truncation)
… boundary (panel r3)

no-restricted-imports covers static import/export declarations but NOT a dynamic
import("../boringstack/x") — a core file could reach the adapter through it and
bypass the mechanical boundary. Add a no-restricted-syntax ImportExpression
selector (scoped to the same loop block, same exemptions) matching a boringstack
path segment. Re-includes the enum-ban selector since a same-key rule in a later
flat-config block replaces it wholesale for loop files. Regression test gains a
leak-dynamic.ts fixture asserting the dynamic form is rejected (under the
no-restricted-syntax ruleId). Verified: dynamic + static + type leaks all fire,
the enum ban still holds in loop/, and the real tree is clean.
… guard enum ban (panel r4)

r4 majors:
- ImportExpression selector matched only string Literals → templated/concat/ternary
  dynamic imports evaded. Broaden to a DESCENDANT Literal selector (catches a
  boringstack literal anywhere in the arg: , ternary)
  plus a TemplateElement selector (catches import(`../boringstack/x`)). Verified:
  literal/template/concat/ternary all fire; a fully-computed import(var) and a
  segment-splitting concat are the documented inherent limit (un-lintable for ANY
  rule, and not how a known module is imported) — spelled out in the config comment.
- no test guarded that the re-included enum ban still fires in loop files → add an
  enum.ts fixture asserting no-restricted-syntax fires (a future edit dropping the
  TSEnumDeclaration selector can no longer silently relax the loop gate).
- move mkdir/writeFile INSIDE the try so cleanup runs even if they throw.
Regression test now covers value + type + dynamic-literal + dynamic-template + enum,
and asserts the core-ok control is neither restricted nor enum-flagged.
… document runtime-loader limit (panel r5)

r5 was PASS (4/4), with one agreement-1 advisory: a core file could reach the
adapter via createRequire(import.meta.url)("../boringstack/x") — no-restricted-imports
only sees the permitted node:module import, and the dynamic-import selectors don't
match a require() call.

- add a no-restricted-syntax selector for the immediately-invoked form
  CallExpression[callee.callee.name=createRequire] > Literal[/boringstack/] — the
  one statically-matchable createRequire shape.
- reframe the config comment: the boundary closes every form whose target path is a
  static STRING in the AST (static import, import type, dynamic import literal/
  template/concat/ternary, immediately-invoked createRequire). The DOCUMENTED
  INHERENT LIMIT (un-lintable for any rule, and adversarial — this is pure-ESM with
  zero createRequire use): a runtime-assembled path — import(var), a segment-split
  concat, or a require fn ALIASED to a variable first.
- regression test gains a leak-require.ts fixture asserting the immediately-invoked
  createRequire form is rejected.

Verified: static + type + dynamic(literal/template/concat/ternary) + immediately-
invoked createRequire all fire; aliased-require and computed-var forms correctly do
not (documented limit); a core-module load via createRequire does not fire; real
tree clean.
…m with tests (panel r6)

r6 BLOCK majors:
- the createRequire selector matched only a DIRECT Literal arg, so createRequire(u)(`..`),
  createRequire(u)("../boringstack/"+n), and a ternary arg evaded it — despite each holding a
  statically-matchable boringstack segment (not the documented aliased/computed limit).
- the test never exercised static re-exports or the claimed dynamic concat/ternary forms, so
  those could regress green.

Fix: collapse the import()/createRequire selectors into two unified :matches() selectors over
both loaders — a DESCENDANT boringstack Literal (string / concat / ternary) and a boringstack
TemplateElement (templated) — so import() and createRequire(...)() are hardened identically.
Regression test now covers static value + type + re-export, dynamic literal/template/concat/
ternary, createRequire literal/template, the enum ban still firing, and a silent core control.
Also guard the eslint binary path with a clear existsSync error (minor r6 finding).

Verified via probes: all eight leak forms fire; a computed import(var), an aliased-require, and a
core-module load do not (documented inherent limit); real tree clean.
…el r7 minors)

r7 was PASS; these close its three agreement-1 minors:
- use node:path basename() instead of split("/").pop() so eslint's absolute paths map to fixture
  basenames on Windows (backslash separators) too.
- note in the test header that the intentional-violation fixtures live briefly under the real
  source tree but never collide with the project lint step (validate chains steps with &&, so lint
  finishes before the test writes anything).
- document in eslint.config.js that the descendant createRequire selector also matches a boringstack
  literal in the createRequire(FILENAME) arg — a pathological over-match in the SAFE direction
  (rooting a require loader at a boringstack path is already adapter-adjacent; no real code does it).
…honest syntactic ceiling (panel r8)

r8 findings:
- MAJOR (orphan footgun): the test writes intentional-violation fixtures under the source tree; a
  SIGKILL/crash before `finally` would orphan a PID dir that then breaks every later `eslint packages`.
  Fix: globally IGNORE the `__adapter_boundary_*` fixture dirs in eslint.config.js (so an orphan is
  invisible to validate), and lint them in the test with `--no-ignore` to override.
- MINOR (exemption untested): add an ADAPTER-side fixture under loop/boringstack/ that names a
  boringstack path — it must NOT fire, locking the boundary block's `ignores` (delete it → fires → fail).
- MAJOR (more loader evasions): closed the one cheap named form — `module.createRequire(...)(...)` via
  a `callee.callee.property.name` selector (+ test). Reframed the config comment to stop over-claiming:
  a no-restricted-syntax matcher catches the DIRECT loader forms (import / createRequire /
  module.createRequire with a boringstack Literal or template quasi in the arg — string/concat/ternary/
  template), which is the realistic coupling risk; it CANNOT follow a renamed import binding
  (createRequire as cr), resolve dataflow (const p=...; import(p)), or evaluate a segment-split concat —
  those need scope/type analysis, are deliberately obfuscated, and appear nowhere in this pure-ESM,
  zero-createRequire codebase. The static no-restricted-imports gate already stops every normal coupling.

Test now covers static value/type/re-export, dynamic literal/template/concat/ternary, createRequire
literal/template/member, the enum ban, a silent core control, AND the adapter-side exemption (17 asserts).
- tighten the global fixture ignore from a bare `**/__adapter_boundary_*/**` to
  `packages/core/src/loop/**/__adapter_boundary_*/**`, so it can only ever exempt the boundary
  test's own fixture dirs under loop/ — not any checked-in code elsewhere that happened to share
  the sentinel name (which would have silently bypassed the whole lint gate).
- add a second test that lints a fixture WITHOUT --no-ignore (as `bun run validate` does) and
  asserts eslint reports it as IGNORED — proving the crash-orphan-safety ignore pattern actually
  matches, so a broken/ineffective pattern can no longer pass the suite.
…ngStack adapter

The WS3 documented follow-up. The acceptance/e2e-generation subsystem (acceptance-spec,
acceptance.types, acceptance-outcome, acceptance-steer) was still in core `loop/acceptance/`
but is WEB/SaaS-shaped (nav/shows/screens, testids, negatives-from-rules) and — confirmed by a
full importer scan — consumed EXCLUSIVELY by the BoringStack adapter (build.ts, db-oracle,
gate-stages, and the e2e-generator/e2e-runner/testid-contract already under
loop/boringstack/acceptance/). ZERO core-loop files import it.

Move the 4 files into loop/boringstack/acceptance/ (beside their only consumers) and rewrite the
import paths (moved acceptance-spec now reaches core planning via ../../planning; the 6 boringstack
importers and 12 test files updated). Core now keeps only the generic plan spine
(IProductPlan<TUi>/ISlice<TUi> in planning/). No behaviour change — pure relocation; the acceptance
+ boringstack unit suites (206 tests) and the WS4 boundary test all pass, and `bun run validate`
is green, so the core↔adapter lint boundary holds after moving a whole subsystem across it.
…tput cache pollution

Two real bugs in the harness-review pre-validate path:

1. FLAKY 5s TIMEOUT → false-BLOCK: the `test` script ran `bun test packages` with bun's default
   5000ms per-test cap. Slow hermetic tests (e.g. the eslint-spawning boundary test) flake under
   concurrency → validate exits red → the panel BLOCKs with "validate failed" on a clean diff.
   Fix = the prescribed `--timeout 30000` on the test script (never narrow the gate).

2. GREEN-OUTPUT CACHE POLLUTION: validateRunner substring-matched /error/iu on ALL output, so a
   PASSING validate ("0 errors", a test name like "…error handling…", a fixture string) produced a
   non-empty firstErrors. That summary feeds the verdict CACHE KEY, so identical green diffs got
   different keys run-to-run → the cache never hit and every panel re-ran the full 4-model review.
   Fix = extract the passed/errors mapping into a pure, exported `summarizeValidateOutput(text, code)`
   that returns an EMPTY summary on exit 0 (errors only matter when validate actually failed).

Unit test locks both the empty-on-green behaviour (with a green output that contains "error") and
the fail-path extraction (+20-line cap).
…rejected gate relaxation)

47edfe4 added `bun test packages --timeout 30000` to the test script — which is EXACTLY the
"tolerate the flake" fix the 4-model panel has rejected 4/4 THREE separate times (see memory
panel-prevalidate-flaky-timeout): a global timeout bump weakens fail-fast for all files and is a
gate relaxation. #63's false-BLOCK root cause is EXTERNAL CPU contention (a runaway build
container), so its resolution is OPERATIONAL (build-teardown + re-run on a quiet box), not a code
change — and the pre-review flake is already non-poisoning (a flake block is never cached).

Also back out the validateRunner cache-key-hygiene change (empty summary on green): defensible on
its own, but not worth re-litigating in the single most-scrutinized, repeatedly-rejected area of
the codebase for modest value, especially since my motivation for touching it was a misdiagnosis.
validateRunner + the test script are restored byte-for-byte to 9e42b93. #63 stays open with the
operational resolution noted; do NOT re-propose a timeout bump or retry.
@agjs
agjs merged commit 25c72c9 into main Aug 1, 2026
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