From 0efdff0d558000aea7c1a0cb0bb647f027e132c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bchanot <bchanot@gmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:10:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] fix(portability): make test green on macOS, GNU-only
 idioms replaced
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The suite and seven libs assumed a GNU userland: `cmd | grep -q` under
pipefail (grep exits at the first match, the producer takes SIGPIPE,
rc 141 → 15 false "merged into" FAILs in gitflow-test), `sed -i` with no
suffix, `wc -l` padding compared as a string, `stat -c`, `touch -d`,
`realpath -m` (gstack-links refusal never fired), bare `timeout` off the
sanitized PATH (design gate READY BUT UNVERIFIED), `grep -oP` (update-all
emptied the plugin list). Thirteen suites were red on this machine.

Portable forms on the native userland of both OS: producer captured out
of the pipeline, `sed -i.bak` in tests and a temp-sibling `sed_profile`
on the user dotfile, `tr -d ' '`, python3 perms, `touch -t`, a
`realpath -m` emulation that refuses `..`, perl `alarm` for the 15 s
bound, `sed -n` token extraction. Regression tests: gstack-links T4b,
doctrine-citers Alphabet/Alpha flip, profile-set-managed T18 (failing CLI
no longer aborts `set`), new portability-census suite over the tracked
shell files. Linux run deferred (see TODO).
---
 install-plugins.sh                    | 35 +++++++++++++---
 lib/design-tool-gate.sh               | 28 +++++++++----
 lib/doc-shape.sh                      |  3 +-
 lib/gitflow-test.sh                   | 52 +++++++++++------------
 lib/gstack-links.sh                   | 21 +++++++++-
 lib/profile.sh                        | 22 ++++++----
 lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh         | 12 ++++--
 lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh    |  2 +-
 lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh     | 23 ++++++++--
 lib/tests/effort-pins.test.sh         |  6 +--
 lib/tests/fast-libs.test.sh           |  8 ++--
 lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh         |  3 +-
 lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh        |  8 ++++
 lib/tests/gstack-playwright.test.sh   |  5 ++-
 lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh  | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/tests/profile-census.test.sh      |  3 +-
 lib/tests/profile-default.test.sh     |  3 +-
 lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh | 21 ++++++++++
 lib/tests/run-doc-commit.sh           |  2 +-
 lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh    |  5 ++-
 lib/tests/source-scope.test.sh        |  6 +--
 lib/toggle-external.sh                |  2 +-
 update-all.sh                         |  3 +-
 23 files changed, 255 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh

diff --git a/install-plugins.sh b/install-plugins.sh
index 38c5e7f..c590355 100644
--- a/install-plugins.sh
+++ b/install-plugins.sh
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ echo ""
 install_plugin() {
   local name="$1"
   local source="$2"
-  if claude plugin list 2>/dev/null | grep -qi "$name"; then
+  # CLI call inside the condition: no pipe (SIGPIPE on macOS), no errexit abort
+  if grep -qi "$name" <<<"$(claude plugin list 2>/dev/null)"; then
     ok "$name (already installed)"
     return
   fi
@@ -1140,7 +1141,8 @@ apply_effort_pins "$REPO" || warn "effort pins: map lines rejected — fix lib/e
 # the session. Mirrors the ctx7 auth block (Step 6), stdin-only test included.
 if command -v 21st &>/dev/null; then
   # `whoami` is a local token read (no network): "Logged in as <user> (saved …)."
-  TFD_WHO="$(21st whoami 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+  TFD_WHO="$(21st whoami 2>/dev/null)" || true
+  TFD_WHO="${TFD_WHO%%$'\n'*}"  # first line, no head(1) in a pipeline
   if [[ "$TFD_WHO" == "Logged in as "* ]]; then
     ok "21st: ${TFD_WHO%.}"
   elif [ -t 0 ]; then
@@ -1196,16 +1198,37 @@ fi
 # Remove obsolete effort config — effort is now set in settings.json
 # ("effortLevel"), which supersedes both the old CLAUDE_EFFORT env var and the
 # `claude --effort max` alias (the alias would even override settings.json).
+# sed_profile <expr> — in-place sed on $SHELL_PROFILE. BSD in-place sed needs
+# a suffix, and -i.bak would clobber a hand-made .bak, so write a unique
+# sibling temp and copy it back. rc 1 leaves the profile as it was.
+sed_profile() {
+  local tmp
+  tmp="$(mktemp "$SHELL_PROFILE.XXXXXX")" || return 1
+  # the profile is truncated by the copy-back: past that point $tmp is the
+  # only complete copy, so a failed write keeps it
+  sed "$1" "$SHELL_PROFILE" >"$tmp" || { rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; }
+  if ! cat "$tmp" >"$SHELL_PROFILE"; then
+    warn "profile write failed — full copy kept at $tmp" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  rm -f "$tmp"
+}
 EFFORT_CLEANED=0
 if grep -qF 'export CLAUDE_EFFORT=max' "$SHELL_PROFILE" 2>/dev/null; then
-  sed -i '/export CLAUDE_EFFORT=max/d' "$SHELL_PROFILE"; EFFORT_CLEANED=1
+  if sed_profile '/export CLAUDE_EFFORT=max/d'; then
+    EFFORT_CLEANED=1
+  else
+    warn "could not remove CLAUDE_EFFORT from $SHELL_PROFILE"
+  fi
 fi
 if grep -qF "alias claude='claude --effort max'" "$SHELL_PROFILE" 2>/dev/null; then
-  sed -i "\#alias claude='claude --effort max'#d" "$SHELL_PROFILE"; EFFORT_CLEANED=1
+  if sed_profile "\#alias claude='claude --effort max'#d"; then
+    EFFORT_CLEANED=1
+  else
+    warn "could not remove the claude effort alias from $SHELL_PROFILE"
+  fi
 fi
 if [ "$EFFORT_CLEANED" -eq 1 ]; then
-  # Remove orphaned comment lines left before the deleted entries
-  sed -i '/^# Claude Code — added by install-plugins.sh$/{ N; /^\n$/d; }' "$SHELL_PROFILE"
   info "Removed obsolete effort alias/env from $SHELL_PROFILE (effort set in settings.json)"
 fi
 
diff --git a/lib/design-tool-gate.sh b/lib/design-tool-gate.sh
index 4a920a0..52404ae 100755
--- a/lib/design-tool-gate.sh
+++ b/lib/design-tool-gate.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ ensure_claude_on_path() {
   for cand in \
     "$HOME/.claude/local/claude" \
     "$HOME/.local/bin/claude" \
+    /opt/homebrew/bin/claude \
     /usr/local/bin/claude; do
     [ -x "$cand" ] && { PATH="$(dirname "$cand"):$PATH"; return; }
   done
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ ensure_21st_on_path() {
   local cand
   for cand in \
     "$HOME/.local/bin/21st" \
+    /opt/homebrew/bin/21st \
     /usr/local/bin/21st; do
     [ -x "$cand" ] && { PATH="$(dirname "$cand"):$PATH"; return; }
   done
@@ -113,7 +115,8 @@ ensure_21st_on_path
 # out; the FIRST LINE of stdout does. A token env, when already exported by
 # the user's shell profile, wins without a CLI call (never requested here:
 # tool calls don't share a shell, and a secret doesn't belong in a comment
-# or the transcript). `timeout 15` bounds a hung CLI; stdin is closed so a
+# or the transcript). A perl `alarm` of 15 s bounds a hung CLI (GNU
+# `timeout` is absent from the macOS system PATH); stdin is closed so a
 # CLI that reads stdin can't eat the gate's own `read` loop; stderr never
 # enters the match (stdout only). Echoes: in | out | unknown:<diagnostic>.
 twentyfirst_auth_state() {
@@ -122,11 +125,13 @@ twentyfirst_auth_state() {
     return
   fi
   local line rc
-  if line="$(timeout 15 21st whoami 2>/dev/null </dev/null | head -1)"; then
+  if line="$(perl -e 'alarm shift; exec @ARGV' 15 21st whoami \
+             2>/dev/null </dev/null)"; then
     rc=0
   else
     rc=$?
   fi
+  line="${line%%$'\n'*}"  # first line, without head(1) in a pipeline
   if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
     case "$line" in
       "Logged in as "*) echo in;  return ;;
@@ -160,14 +165,22 @@ tool_active() {
       ;;
     plugin)
       if ! command -v "$CLAUDE_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo unknown; return; fi
-      if "$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin list 2>/dev/null \
-           | awk -v p="^[[:space:]]*❯ ${name}@" '$0 ~ p {f=1; next} f && /Status:/ {print; exit}' \
-           | grep -q "✔ enabled"
+      # capture first, then match: an early-exit awk/grep -q in a pipe
+      # SIGPIPEs the producer (rc 141 under pipefail on macOS)
+      local plist
+      plist="$("$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin list 2>/dev/null)" || true
+      if grep -q "✔ enabled" < <(awk -v p="^[[:space:]]*❯ ${name}@" \
+           '$0 ~ p {f=1; next} f && /Status:/ {print; exit}' <<<"$plist")
       then echo active; else echo inactive; fi
       ;;
     mcp)
       if ! command -v "$CLAUDE_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo unknown; return; fi
-      if "$CLAUDE_BIN" mcp list 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^${name}"; then echo active; else echo inactive; fi
+      if grep -q "^${name}" \
+           <<<"$("$CLAUDE_BIN" mcp list 2>/dev/null)"; then
+        echo active
+      else
+        echo inactive
+      fi
       ;;
     cli)
       command -v "$name" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo inactive; return; }
@@ -222,7 +235,8 @@ print_unverified() {
     echo "  also unverified (claude CLI unreachable): ${unverified[*]}"
   fi
   local entry name diag
-  for entry in "${unverified_cli[@]}"; do
+  # bash 3.2 (macOS /bin/bash) errors on an empty array under set -u
+  for entry in ${unverified_cli[@]+"${unverified_cli[@]}"}; do
     name="${entry%% (*}"
     diag="${entry#*\(}"; diag="${diag%\)}"
     echo "  $name could not answer: $diag —" \
diff --git a/lib/doc-shape.sh b/lib/doc-shape.sh
index 4bfb9a3..52e09c4 100755
--- a/lib/doc-shape.sh
+++ b/lib/doc-shape.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ _path_exceeds_reason() {
     printf 'new/untracked doc (a creation, not a MINOR drift-patch): %s\n' "$p"
     return
   fi
-  if git diff HEAD -- "$p" | grep -Eq '^\+#{1,6}[ \t]'; then
+  # producer out of the pipe: grep -q would SIGPIPE git (fails open on macOS)
+  if grep -Eq '^\+#{1,6}[ \t]' < <(git diff HEAD -- "$p"); then
     printf 'adds a section heading (structural change, not a factual tweak): %s\n' "$p"
     return
   fi
diff --git a/lib/gitflow-test.sh b/lib/gitflow-test.sh
index 0b95df5..bdefd10 100644
--- a/lib/gitflow-test.sh
+++ b/lib/gitflow-test.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ chk "socle: re-ignore PENDING" 'grep -qxF ".claude/deploy/PENDING.json" .gitigno
 chk "hook installed"     '[ -x .githooks/pre-commit ] && [ "$(git config core.hooksPath)" = .githooks ]'
 chk "tree CLEAN after init"  '[ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]'
 chk "hook TRACKED in commit" 'git ls-files --error-unmatch .githooks/pre-commit >/dev/null 2>&1'
-chk "socle IN root commit"   'git show HEAD:.gitignore | grep -qxF ".claude/deploy/PENDING.json"'
+chk "socle IN root commit"   'grep -qxF ".claude/deploy/PENDING.json" < <(git show HEAD:.gitignore)'
 
 echo "T2b — init existing (master→main rename + adoption via chore/gitflow-adopt merge)"
 newrepo existing
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ hookon
 gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 chk "master→main renamed"   'git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/main >/dev/null && ! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/master >/dev/null'
 chk "develop created"        'git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/develop >/dev/null'
-chk "adoption commit"        'git log main --oneline | grep -q "adopt gitflow"'
+chk "adoption commit"        'grep -q "adopt gitflow" < <(git log main --oneline)'
 chk "existing tree CLEAN"    '[ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]'
 chk "existing hook tracked"  'git ls-files --error-unmatch .githooks/pre-commit >/dev/null 2>&1'
-chk "kept project rule"      'git show HEAD:.gitignore | grep -qxF "node_modules/"'
+chk "kept project rule"      'grep -qxF "node_modules/" < <(git show HEAD:.gitignore)'
 
 echo "T2c — init existing under a LIVE pre-commit (global hooks simulated): socle lands via merge"
 newrepo live; git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ git config core.hooksPath "$WORK/globalhooks"      # stands in for git's GLOBAL
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 live_rc=0; GITFLOW_NO_PUSH=1 gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1 || live_rc=$?
 chk "T2c init succeeds under the live hook (rc 0)" "[ $live_rc -eq 0 ]"
-chk "T2c socle reached main via a merge commit"    'git log main --oneline -1 | grep -q "Merge chore/gitflow-adopt"'
-chk "T2c .gitignore socle on main"                 'git show main:.gitignore | grep -qxF ".claude/deploy/PENDING.json"'
-chk "T2c hooks tracked on main"                    'git ls-tree -r main --name-only | grep -q "^.githooks/pre-commit$"'
+chk "T2c socle reached main via a merge commit"    'grep -q "Merge chore/gitflow-adopt" < <(git log main --oneline -1)'
+chk "T2c .gitignore socle on main"                 'grep -qxF ".claude/deploy/PENDING.json" < <(git show main:.gitignore)'
+chk "T2c hooks tracked on main"                    'grep -q "^.githooks/pre-commit$" < <(git ls-tree -r main --name-only)'
 chk "T2c adoption branch deleted"                  '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/chore/gitflow-adopt >/dev/null'
 chk "T2c develop created from main"                '[ "$(git rev-parse develop)" = "$(git rev-parse main)" ]'
 chk "T2c repo hook active afterwards"              '[ "$(git config core.hooksPath)" = .githooks ]'
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ newrepo finfeat; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 gitflow_start feature f1 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo w>w.txt; git add w.txt; git commit -q -m w
 main_before="$(git rev-parse main)"
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "merged into develop" 'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge feature/f1 into develop"'
+chk "merged into develop" 'grep -q "Merge feature/f1 into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "main untouched"      "[ \"\$(git rev-parse main)\" = \"$main_before\" ]"
 chk "branch deleted"      '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/feature/f1 >/dev/null'
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ gitflow_start chore c1 >/dev/null 2>&1
 mkdir -p .claude/memory; echo m>.claude/memory/x.md; git add -A; git commit -q -m "chore(memory)"
 main_before="$(git rev-parse main)"
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "chore merged into develop" 'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge chore/c1 into develop"'
+chk "chore merged into develop" 'grep -q "Merge chore/c1 into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "chore main untouched"      "[ \"\$(git rev-parse main)\" = \"$main_before\" ]"
 chk "chore branch deleted"      '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/chore/c1 >/dev/null'
 
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ echo "T7 — finish hotfix → main + develop fan-out"
 newrepo finhot; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 gitflow_start hotfix h1 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo p>patch.txt; git add patch.txt; git commit -q -m patch
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "hotfix in main"     'git log main --oneline | grep -q "Merge hotfix/h1 into main"'
-chk "hotfix in develop"  'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge hotfix/h1 into develop"'
+chk "hotfix in main"     'grep -q "Merge hotfix/h1 into main" < <(git log main --oneline)'
+chk "hotfix in develop"  'grep -q "Merge hotfix/h1 into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "hotfix branch gone" '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/hotfix/h1 >/dev/null'
 
 echo "T8 — finish hotfix also lands in OPEN release"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ newrepo finhotrel; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 gitflow_start release 1.0 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo r>rel.txt; git add rel.txt; git commit -q -m relwork
 gitflow_start hotfix h2 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo p>p2.txt; git add p2.txt; git commit -q -m patch2
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "hotfix in open release" 'git log release/1.0 --oneline | grep -q "Merge hotfix/h2 into release/1.0"'
+chk "hotfix in open release" 'grep -q "Merge hotfix/h2 into release/1.0" < <(git log release/1.0 --oneline)'
 
 echo "T9 — reconcile is additive + idempotent + preserves project rules"
 newrepo recon; echo a>a; git add a; git commit -q -m a
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ mism_out="$(gitflow_finish bugfix other 2>&1)"; mism_rc=$?
 chk "arg-mismatch → nonzero rc"       "[ $mism_rc -ne 0 ]"
 chk "arg-mismatch → HEAD untouched"   '[ "$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)" = feature/standon ]'
 chk "arg-mismatch → branch kept"      'git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/feature/standon >/dev/null'
-chk "arg-mismatch → develop NOT merged" '! git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge feature/standon into develop"'
+chk "arg-mismatch → develop NOT merged" '! grep -q "Merge feature/standon into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "arg-mismatch → message names both" 'printf "%s" "$mism_out" | grep -q "current branch" && printf "%s" "$mism_out" | grep -q "bugfix/other"'
 # match: naming the current branch explicitly finishes exactly like the no-arg path
 gitflow_finish feature standon >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "arg-match → merged into develop" 'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge feature/standon into develop"'
+chk "arg-match → merged into develop" 'grep -q "Merge feature/standon into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "arg-match → branch deleted"      '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/feature/standon >/dev/null'
 
 echo "T13 — finish release fan-out (main+develop+delete), 2 open releases + bugfix→develop-only"
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ newrepo finrel; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 gitflow_start release 9.9.9 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo v>VERSION; git add VERSION; git commit -q -m "bump 9.9.9"
 finish_rc=0; gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1 || finish_rc=$?
 chk "T13a finish rc 0"                 "[ $finish_rc -eq 0 ]"
-chk "T13a main has release commit"     'git log main --oneline | grep -q "bump 9.9.9"'
-chk "T13a develop has release commit"  'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "bump 9.9.9"'
+chk "T13a main has release commit"     'grep -q "bump 9.9.9" < <(git log main --oneline)'
+chk "T13a develop has release commit"  'grep -q "bump 9.9.9" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "T13a release branch deleted"      '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/release/9.9.9 >/dev/null'
 
 newrepo finrel2; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ gitflow_start release 1.0 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo r1>r1; git add r1; git commit -q
 gitflow_start release 2.0 >/dev/null 2>&1; echo r2>r2; git add r2; git commit -q -m rel2
 gitflow_start hotfix hboth >/dev/null 2>&1; echo p>p; git add p; git commit -q -m hotfixboth
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "T13b hotfix in release/1.0" 'git log release/1.0 --oneline | grep -q "Merge hotfix/hboth into release/1.0"'
-chk "T13b hotfix in release/2.0" 'git log release/2.0 --oneline | grep -q "Merge hotfix/hboth into release/2.0"'
+chk "T13b hotfix in release/1.0" 'grep -q "Merge hotfix/hboth into release/1.0" < <(git log release/1.0 --oneline)'
+chk "T13b hotfix in release/2.0" 'grep -q "Merge hotfix/hboth into release/2.0" < <(git log release/2.0 --oneline)'
 
 newrepo finbugfix; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 gitflow_start bugfix bx >/dev/null 2>&1; echo w>w.txt; git add w.txt; git commit -q -m bugfixwork
 main_before="$(git rev-parse main)"
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "T13c develop has bugfix commit" 'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge bugfix/bx into develop"'
+chk "T13c develop has bugfix commit" 'grep -q "Merge bugfix/bx into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "T13c main untouched"            "[ \"\$(git rev-parse main)\" = \"$main_before\" ]"
 chk "T13c bugfix branch deleted"     '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/bugfix/bx >/dev/null'
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ git add secret.txt
 gl_out="$(git commit -q -m "add secret" 2>&1)"; gl_rc=$?
 chk "T16a fake secret on feature branch → blocked" "[ $gl_rc -ne 0 ]"
 chk "T16a message mentions gitleaks"               'printf "%s" "$gl_out" | grep -qi gitleaks'
-chk "T16a nothing committed"          '! git log --oneline 2>/dev/null | grep -q "add secret"'
+chk "T16a nothing committed"          '! grep -q "add secret" < <(git log --oneline 2>/dev/null)'
 git restore --staged secret.txt 2>/dev/null || true; rm -f secret.txt
 
 # T16b — a clean commit is unaffected
@@ -295,19 +295,19 @@ gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
 # <sha>:path` proves BDR-065's "git history = the archive" recovery.
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # pf_add_sha is used in the deferred chk eval string
 pf_add_sha="$(git log develop --full-history --format=%H -- docs/superpowers/specs/s.md | tail -1)"
-chk "T17a merged into develop"           'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge feature/pf into develop"'
+chk "T17a merged into develop"           'grep -q "Merge feature/pf into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "T17a develop TIP has no transient"  '[ -z "$(git ls-tree -r develop --name-only -- docs/superpowers)" ]'
-chk "T17a purge commit on record"        'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "purge transient planning artifacts"'
+chk "T17a purge commit on record"        'grep -q "purge transient planning artifacts" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 chk "T17a artifact recoverable from history" '[ "$(git show "$pf_add_sha":docs/superpowers/specs/s.md 2>/dev/null)" = spec ]'
-chk "T17a non-transient code survives"   'git ls-tree -r develop --name-only | grep -qx feat.txt'
+chk "T17a non-transient code survives"   'grep -qx feat.txt < <(git ls-tree -r develop --name-only)'
 chk "T17a feature branch deleted"        '! git rev-parse --verify -q refs/heads/feature/pf >/dev/null'
 
 # T17b — no artifacts → purge is a silent no-op, no spurious commit
 newrepo purgenone; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 gitflow_start feature pn >/dev/null 2>&1; echo w>w.txt; git add w.txt; git commit -q -m w
 gitflow_finish >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "T17b merged into develop"     'git log develop --oneline | grep -q "Merge feature/pn into develop"'
-chk "T17b no purge commit created" '! git log develop --oneline | grep -q "purge transient"'
+chk "T17b merged into develop"     'grep -q "Merge feature/pn into develop" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
+chk "T17b no purge commit created" '! grep -q "purge transient" < <(git log develop --oneline)'
 
 # T17c — opt-out (GITFLOW_PURGE_TRANSIENT=0) keeps the artifacts on develop
 newrepo purgeoff; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ newrepo pushsrc; echo a>a; hookon; gitflow_init >/dev/null 2>&1
 bare="$WORK/pushsrc.git"; git init -q --bare "$bare"; git remote add origin "$bare"
 git push -q origin main develop 2>/dev/null
 gitflow_start feature ap >/dev/null 2>&1
-chk "T18a start pushed the branch"        'git ls-remote --heads origin feature/ap | grep -q feature/ap'
+chk "T18a start pushed the branch"        'grep -q feature/ap < <(git ls-remote --heads origin feature/ap)'
 echo w>w; git add w; git commit -q -m w 2>/dev/null
 chk "T18b commit pushed by post-commit"   '[ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(git -C "$bare" rev-parse feature/ap)" ]'
 echo w2>>w; git add w; GITFLOW_NO_PUSH=1 git commit -q -m w2 2>/dev/null
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ chk "T20b pre-commit rewritten == emitted" 'diff -q <(_gitflow_emit_pre_commit)
 chk "T20c post-commit restored"            '[ -x .githooks/post-commit ]'
 chk "T20d second run is silent"            '[ -z "$(gitflow_reconcile_hooks 2>/dev/null)" ]'
 mkdir -p sub; cd sub || exit 1; echo "# stale" >> ../.githooks/post-merge
-chk "T20e works from a subdirectory"       'gitflow_reconcile_hooks 2>/dev/null | grep -q post-merge'
+chk "T20e works from a subdirectory"       'grep -q post-merge < <(gitflow_reconcile_hooks 2>/dev/null)'
 cd .. || exit 1
 newrepo plain; echo a>a; git add a; git commit -q -m a
 chk "T20f non-gitflow repo → silent, no .githooks created" '[ -z "$(gitflow_reconcile_hooks 2>/dev/null)" ] && [ ! -d .githooks ]'
diff --git a/lib/gstack-links.sh b/lib/gstack-links.sh
index b3b0c6c..39719e5 100644
--- a/lib/gstack-links.sh
+++ b/lib/gstack-links.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ if ! declare -F info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   info() { echo -e "${BLUE}→${NC} $1"; }
 fi
 
+# _gstack_links_realpath_m <path> — prints <path> resolved through its
+# nearest existing ancestor (BSD realpath has no -m). rc 1 + warning when
+# the path holds a `..` component: it cannot be resolved lexically.
+_gstack_links_realpath_m() {
+  local path="${1%/}" rest="" dir base
+  case "/$path/" in
+    */../*) warn "refusing path with '..': $1" >&2; return 1 ;;
+  esac
+  dir="$path"
+  while [ -n "$dir" ] && [ ! -d "$dir" ]; do
+    base="${dir##*/}"
+    rest="/$base$rest"
+    case "$dir" in */*) dir="${dir%/*}" ;; *) dir=. ;; esac
+  done
+  [ -n "$dir" ] || dir=/
+  dir="$(CDPATH='' cd -P -- "$dir" && pwd -P)" || return 1
+  printf '%s%s\n' "${dir%/}" "$rest"
+}
+
 # _gstack_links_guard_dst <src> <dst> — removes a stale <dst> symlink
 # (gstack ./setup plants `skills/gstack -> skills-external/gstack` when
 # the dir is absent), refuses ever writing INTO <src> (dst resolving
@@ -61,7 +80,7 @@ _gstack_links_guard_dst() {
     rm -f "$dst"
   fi
   real_src="$(realpath "$src")"
-  real_dst="$(realpath -m "$dst")"
+  real_dst="$(_gstack_links_realpath_m "$dst")" || return 1
   case "$real_dst" in
     "$real_src"/*|"$real_src")
       warn "refusing to write into the gstack submodule: $dst" >&2
diff --git a/lib/profile.sh b/lib/profile.sh
index 8dbb0d5..9c1f911 100755
--- a/lib/profile.sh
+++ b/lib/profile.sh
@@ -265,13 +265,15 @@ skill_status() {
       # `claude plugin list` is the source of truth — settings.json may be
       # ahead of or behind reality if the user toggled outside this tool.
       if command -v "$CLAUDE_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        # Match the plugin block by name then check Status line
-        if "$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin list 2>/dev/null \
-           | awk -v p="$skill" '
+        # Match the plugin block by name then check Status line. List is
+        # captured first: an early-exit awk/grep -q in a pipe SIGPIPEs the
+        # producer (rc 141 under pipefail on macOS).
+        local plist
+        plist="$("$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin list 2>/dev/null)" || true
+        if grep -q "✔ enabled" < <(awk -v p="$skill" '
                /^[[:space:]]*❯ '"$skill"'@/ { found=1; next }
                found && /Status:/ { print; exit }
-             ' \
-           | grep -q "✔ enabled"; then
+             ' <<<"$plist"); then
           echo "enabled"
         else
           echo "disabled"
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ skill_status() {
       ;;
     mcp)
       if command -v "$CLAUDE_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
-         "$CLAUDE_BIN" mcp list 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^${skill}"; then
+         grep -q "^${skill}" <<<"$("$CLAUDE_BIN" mcp list 2>/dev/null)"; then
         echo "enabled"
       else
         echo "disabled"
@@ -371,7 +373,10 @@ enable_skill() {
       if [ "$(skill_status "$skill" "$type")" = "enabled" ]; then
         : # already on
       elif command -v "$CLAUDE_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        if "$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin enable "${skill}@${marketplace}" 2>&1 | grep -qiE "enabled|already"; then
+        # CLI call stays inside the condition: a failing CLI must not abort
+        if grep -qiE "enabled|already" \
+             <<<"$("$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin enable \
+               "${skill}@${marketplace}" 2>&1)"; then
           ok "enabled plugin: ${skill}@${marketplace}"
         else
           warn "could not enable plugin: ${skill}@${marketplace}"
@@ -441,7 +446,8 @@ disable_skill() {
       if [ "$(skill_status "$skill" "$type")" = "disabled" ]; then
         : # already off
       elif command -v "$CLAUDE_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        if "$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin disable "$key" 2>&1 | grep -qiE "disabled|already"; then
+        if grep -qiE "disabled|already" \
+             <<<"$("$CLAUDE_BIN" plugin disable "$key" 2>&1)"; then
           ok "disabled plugin: $key"
         else
           warn "could not disable plugin: $key"
diff --git a/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh b/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh
index d13d260..bc24cbf 100644
--- a/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh
+++ b/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ has   "list shows client-a"            "$LIST" '"client-a"'
 has   "list shows client-b"            "$LIST" '"client-b"'
 has   "list shows a property"          "$LIST" 'sc-domain:a.com'
 hasnt "list redacts refresh tokens"    "$LIST" 'RT_AAA'
-PERM="$(stat -c '%a' "$STORE")"
+# stat -c is GNU only; python3 gives the same octal mode on BSD and GNU
+octal_perm() {
+  python3 -I -c 'import os,stat,sys; print(oct(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(sys.argv[1]).st_mode))[2:])' "$1"
+}
+PERM="$(octal_perm "$STORE")"
 [ "$PERM" = "600" ] && ok "store file is 0600" || no "store file 0600" "got $PERM"
-DPERM="$(stat -c '%a' "$(dirname "$STORE")")"
+DPERM="$(octal_perm "$(dirname "$STORE")")"
 [ "$DPERM" = "700" ] && ok "store dir is 0700" || no "store dir 0700" "got $DPERM"
 rm -rf "$TMP"
 
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ import safe_fetch as sf
 try: sf.safe_fetch("file:///etc/passwd"); print("OK")
 except sf.UnsafeTarget: print("REFUSED")')"
 has "non-http scheme refused"     "$SCHEME" 'REFUSED'
-IMP="$(/bin/grep -E "^(import|from) " "$SD/safe_fetch.py" | /bin/grep -cvE "gzip|http\.client|ipaddress|socket|ssl|urllib\.parse")"
+IMP="$(/usr/bin/grep -E "^(import|from) " "$SD/safe_fetch.py" | /usr/bin/grep -cvE "gzip|http\.client|ipaddress|socket|ssl|urllib\.parse")"
 [ "$IMP" = "0" ] && ok "safe_fetch is stdlib-only" || no "safe_fetch is stdlib-only" "$IMP non-stdlib imports"
 hasnt "no requests dependency"    "$(cat "$SD/safe_fetch.py")" 'import requests'
 
@@ -477,7 +481,7 @@ has   "clear reports ok"         "$CL" '"status": "ok"'
 has   "clear reports count"      "$CL" '"cleared": 1'
 L7="$(python3 "$SD/tokenstore.py" list --file "$S6")"
 has   "clear empties store"      "$L7" '"accounts": []'
-PERM6="$(stat -c '%a' "$S6")"
+PERM6="$(octal_perm "$S6")"
 [ "$PERM6" = "600" ] && ok "store stays 0600 after clear" || no "store 0600 after clear" "got $PERM6"
 # via the real fetch.sh dispatch layer
 python3 "$SD/tokenstore.py" set --file "$S6" --label back --refresh-token RT_BACK \
diff --git a/lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh b/lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh
index d6f8a46..83a92b0 100755
--- a/lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bad() { echo "FAIL $1 — $2"; FAIL=$((FAIL + 1)); }
 # own probes must never resolve a REAL 21st — else CLI_ABSENT_10 (and every
 # other case) would silently exercise this machine's CLI instead of the stub.
 if PATH=/usr/bin:/bin command -v 21st >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-   || [ -e /usr/local/bin/21st ]; then
+   || [ -e /usr/local/bin/21st ] || [ -e /opt/homebrew/bin/21st ]; then
   echo "FAIL precondition: system-wide 21st present," \
        "CLI_ABSENT case not hermetic"
   FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
diff --git a/lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh b/lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh
index a21eb3c..7281874 100644
--- a/lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh
@@ -16,16 +16,27 @@ check() { if [ "$2" = "$3" ]; then pass=$((pass+1)); else fail=$((fail+1));
 
 # _citers_extract <file>… → "file:line:name" per cited section (quoted) or label (§)
 _citers_extract() {
-  /usr/bin/grep -nHoE 'CLAUDE(\.global)?\.md[^"“]{0,12}["“][^"”]{2,60}["”]' "$@" 2>/dev/null \
+  /usr/bin/grep -nHoE 'CLAUDE(\.global)?\.md[^"“]{0,12}["“][^"”[:space:]][^"”]{1,59}["”]' "$@" 2>/dev/null \
     | sed -E 's/^([^:]+:[0-9]+):.*["“]([^"”]+)["”]$/\1:\2/'
   /usr/bin/grep -nHoE 'CLAUDE(\.global)?\.md[^§]{0,60}§ ?[A-Z][A-Za-z][A-Za-z -]{1,40}' "$@" 2>/dev/null \
     | sed -E 's/^([^:]+:[0-9]+):.*§ ?([A-Za-z][A-Za-z -]+)$/\1:\2/; s/[[:space:]]+$//'
 }
 
-# _citers_resolve <doctrine> <name> → rc 0 when a heading or a bold label starts with <name>
+# _citers_resolve <doctrine> <name> → rc 0 when a heading starts with <name>
+# (then end, space, `:`, `(` or `—`) or a bold label `**<name>` appears.
+# Fixed-string awk: the name is never read as a regex (BSD grep -E rejects
+# some, and "Alpha" must not resolve against "## Alphabet").
 _citers_resolve() {
-  /usr/bin/grep -qE "^#+ ${2}( |$|:|\(|—)" "$1" && return 0
-  /usr/bin/grep -qF -- "**${2}" "$1"
+  awk -v n="$2" '
+    /^#+ / {
+      t = $0; sub(/^#+ /, "", t)
+      if (substr(t, 1, length(n)) == n) {
+        r = substr(t, length(n) + 1)
+        if (r == "" || r ~ /^[ :(]/ || index(r, "—") == 1) found = 1
+      }
+    }
+    index($0, "**" n) { found = 1 }
+    END { exit !found }' "$1"
 }
 
 # citers_check <doctrine> <file>… → prints DANGLING lines; rc = their count (capped 99)
@@ -45,6 +56,10 @@ FIX="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$FIX"' EXIT
 printf '## Alpha\n\n**Always English, always caveman**: rule.\n\n## Memory registries (`x`)\n' > "$FIX/doctrine.md"
 printf 'ok: see CLAUDE.md "Alpha" and CLAUDE.md "Memory registries" (Always English, always caveman)\n' > "$FIX/good.md"
 printf 'bad: (see CLAUDE.md "Memory registries" § Language) and CLAUDE.md "Beta"\n' > "$FIX/bad.md"
+printf '## Alphabet\n' > "$FIX/prefix.md"
+printf 'prefix: see CLAUDE.md "Alpha"\n' > "$FIX/alpha.md"
+citers_check "$FIX/prefix.md" "$FIX/alpha.md" >/dev/null
+check T2d-name-prefix-of-heading-stays-dangling "$?" 1
 citers_check "$FIX/doctrine.md" "$FIX/good.md" >/dev/null; check T1-resolving-citations-pass "$?" 0
 out=$(citers_check "$FIX/doctrine.md" "$FIX/bad.md"); rc=$?
 check T2-dangling-section-and-label-caught "$rc" 2
diff --git a/lib/tests/effort-pins.test.sh b/lib/tests/effort-pins.test.sh
index 1e66381..329136c 100755
--- a/lib/tests/effort-pins.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/effort-pins.test.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ check T6b-no-name-still-frontmatter "$(fm_effort "$EXT/noname/SKILL.md")" "low"
 snap="$(cat "$EXT"/*/SKILL.md)"
 bash "$LIB" "$REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1
 check T7-idempotent "$(cat "$EXT"/*/SKILL.md)" "$snap"
-check T7b-no-tmp-left "$(find "$EXT" -name '*.tmp' | wc -l)" 0
+check T7b-no-tmp-left "$(find "$EXT" -name '*.tmp' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" 0
 
 # rejections: nothing written, rc 1
 for bad in 'alpha turbo' '../evil high' 'alpha high extra'; do
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ else
   printf 'ro high\n' > "$WORK/h14/lib/effort-pins.txt"
   chmod 555 "$d14"; out="$(bash "$LIB" "$WORK/h14" 2>&1)"; rc=$?; chmod 755 "$d14"
   check T14-write-failure-no-temp \
-    "$rc|$(printf '%s' "$out" | grep -c 'ERR ')|$(find "$d14" -name 'SKILL.md.*' | wc -l)" "1|1|0"
+    "$rc|$(printf '%s' "$out" | grep -c 'ERR ')|$(find "$d14" -name 'SKILL.md.*' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" "1|1|0"
 fi
 
 # T15: SIGINT during the awk write removes the temp sibling, exit 130
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bash -c 'source "$1"; awk() { kill -INT $$; sleep 2; }
   _effort_pin_write "$2" sig high' _ "$LIB" "$d15/SKILL.md" >/dev/null 2>&1
 rc=$?
 check T15-sigint-removes-temp \
-  "$rc|$(find "$d15" -name 'SKILL.md.*' | wc -l)" "130|0"
+  "$rc|$(find "$d15" -name 'SKILL.md.*' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" "130|0"
 
 # T15b: previous INT trap restored on a normal return, no EXIT trap set
 mkrepo h15b tr; d15b="$WORK/h15b/skills-external/tr"
diff --git a/lib/tests/fast-libs.test.sh b/lib/tests/fast-libs.test.sh
index 9db21dc..4678a86 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fast-libs.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/fast-libs.test.sh
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ check T4-none "$(bash "$L" detect "$tmp/cpp" >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $?)" 1
 check T5-missing "$(bash "$L" cache-status "$tmp/js" || true)" missing
 mkdir -p "$tmp/js/.ctx7-cache"; touch "$tmp/js/.ctx7-cache/react-core.md"
 check T6-fresh "$(bash "$L" cache-status "$tmp/js")" fresh
-touch -d '10 days ago' "$tmp/js/.ctx7-cache/react-core.md"
+touch -t 200001010000 "$tmp/js/.ctx7-cache/react-core.md"
 check T7-stale "$(bash "$L" cache-status "$tmp/js" || true)" stale
 
 # --- hook: fires once per session, silent on stable projects ---
 hook() { printf '{"prompt":"add a hook","session_id":"%s","cwd":"%s"}' \
   "$1" "$2" | TMPDIR="$tmp" bash "$H"; }
 check H1-fires "$(hook s1 "$tmp/js" | grep -c 'Fast-moving')" 1
-check H2-once "$(hook s1 "$tmp/js" | wc -l)" 0
-check H3-cpp-quiet "$(hook s2 "$tmp/cpp" | wc -l)" 0
+check H2-once "$(hook s1 "$tmp/js" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" 0
+check H3-cpp-quiet "$(hook s2 "$tmp/cpp" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" 0
 check H4-notif-quiet \
   "$(printf '{"prompt":"<task-notification>x","session_id":"s3","cwd":"%s"}' \
-    "$tmp/js" | TMPDIR="$tmp" bash "$H" | wc -l)" 0
+    "$tmp/js" | TMPDIR="$tmp" bash "$H" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" 0
 
 printf 'PASS=%s FAIL=%s\n' "$pass" "$fail"; [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh b/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh
index ccba234..b0b0323 100644
--- a/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ check_kind STUB "$rc" 2 "$out" 'FLOOR STUB'
 
 # ── THRESHOLD_DOWN ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 d=$(mk_repo threshold); base=$(git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD)
-sed -i 's/lines: 80/lines: 60/' "$d/vitest.config.ts"
+# BSD sed -i needs a suffix argument
+sed -i.bak 's/lines: 80/lines: 60/' "$d/vitest.config.ts" && rm -f "$d/vitest.config.ts.bak"
 out=$(cd "$d" && bash "$LIB" "$base" 2>&1); rc=$?
 check_kind THRESHOLD_DOWN "$rc" 2 "$out" 'FLOOR THRESHOLD_DOWN'
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh b/lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh
index 803496a..1783cbe 100755
--- a/lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh
@@ -98,4 +98,12 @@ check T4-nothing-created "$([ -e "$DST4" ] && echo present || echo absent)" \
 check T4-warns "$(printf '%s' "$out4" | grep -qi 'refusing' \
   && echo yes || echo no)" yes
 
+# ── T4b: dst under src with a missing parent — refused, nothing created ──
+DST4B="$SRC/missing/x"
+link_gstack_helpers "$SRC" "$DST4B" >/dev/null 2>&1
+rc4b=$?
+check T4b-rc "$rc4b" 1
+check T4b-nothing-created \
+  "$([ -e "$SRC/missing" ] && echo present || echo absent)" absent
+
 printf 'PASS=%s FAIL=%s\n' "$pass" "$fail"; [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/lib/tests/gstack-playwright.test.sh b/lib/tests/gstack-playwright.test.sh
index 1baa684..5cce44d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/gstack-playwright.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/gstack-playwright.test.sh
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ check T7-update-conflict-nondestructive "$t7_state" "1:Y:Y"
 
 # ── T8 — no destructive command anywhere in the lib source ───────────────
 d8=OK
-sed 's/#.*//' "$L" | grep -qE 'git [^|;]*(checkout|reset|clean|stash)' && d8=BAD
-sed 's/#.*//' "$L" | grep -qwE '(rm|rmdir|unlink|truncate|mv)' && d8=BAD
+# producer out of the pipe: grep -q SIGPIPEs it under pipefail on BSD
+grep -qE 'git [^|;]*(checkout|reset|clean|stash)' < <(sed 's/#.*//' "$L") && d8=BAD
+grep -qwE '(rm|rmdir|unlink|truncate|mv)' < <(sed 's/#.*//' "$L") && d8=BAD
 check T8-no-destructive-command "$d8" OK
 
 # ── T9-T14 — browsers-report, fixture cache + playwright-core installs ───
diff --git a/lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh b/lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc3dc90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh — regression guard for GNU-only shell
+# idioms that break on macOS (BSD userland). Deterministic idioms only:
+#   sed -i with no suffix, stat -c, realpath -m, touch -d, grep -P,
+#   a bare /bin/grep (LRN-074: pin /usr/bin/grep).
+# Not covered on purpose: `cmd | grep -q` under pipefail (not decidable by
+# text; fixed structurally by taking the producer out of the pipe).
+# Usage: portability-census.test.sh [file…]
+#   no args: flip-test, then scan tracked *.sh + hooks/*
+#   args   : scan only those files; exit 2 on any hit
+set -u
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+
+RE="sed -i ['\"]|stat -c|realpath -m|touch -d|grep -[A-Za-z]*P([^A-Za-z]|$)"
+RE="$RE|(^|[^a-z])/bin/grep"
+
+# file:line (or file:*) exempt from the scan, each with its reason.
+ALLOW=(
+  "lib/tests/guard-bash.test.sh:221"  # deny fixture: GNU spelling
+  "lib/tests/guard-bash.test.sh:225"  # deny fixture: GNU spelling
+  "lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh:*"  # spells the idioms
+)
+
+_allowed() {
+  local entry
+  for entry in "${ALLOW[@]}"; do
+    entry="${entry%%  #*}"
+    [ "$entry" = "$1:$2" ] || [ "$entry" = "$1:*" ] && return 0
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+# scan <file>… → prints file:line:text per hit, rc 2 when any
+scan() {
+  local f rel line lno text hits=0
+  for f in "$@"; do
+    rel="${f#"$ROOT"/}"
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+      lno="${line%%:*}"; text="${line#*:}"
+      case "$text" in [[:space:]]*"#"*|"#"*) continue ;; esac
+      _allowed "$rel" "$lno" && continue
+      printf 'GNU-ONLY: %s:%s:%s\n' "$rel" "$lno" "$text"; hits=$((hits+1))
+    done < <(grep -nE -- "$RE" "$f" 2>/dev/null)
+  done
+  [ "$hits" -eq 0 ] || return 2
+}
+
+if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then scan "$@"; exit $?; fi
+
+# flip-test: a planted GNU idiom must be caught before the real census runs
+PLANT="$(mktemp -d)" || exit 1; trap 'rm -rf "$PLANT"' EXIT
+printf '#!/usr/bin/env bash\nsed -i '"'"'s/a/b/'"'"' x\n' > "$PLANT/planted.sh"
+scan "$PLANT/planted.sh" >/dev/null; flip=$?
+if [ "$flip" -ne 2 ]; then echo "FAIL flip: plant not caught"; exit 1; fi
+
+mapfile -t FILES < <(cd "$ROOT" && git ls-files '*.sh' 'hooks/*' \
+  | sed "s#^#$ROOT/#")
+scan "${FILES[@]}"; rc=$?
+[ "$rc" -eq 0 ] && echo "PASS portability census (${#FILES[@]} files)"
+exit "$rc"
diff --git a/lib/tests/profile-census.test.sh b/lib/tests/profile-census.test.sh
index 3aadcc1..8d150d0 100755
--- a/lib/tests/profile-census.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/profile-census.test.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ run_mutant T3-mutant-removed "$M1" 'REMOVED_LISTED:qa:ship' \
 
 # Mutant 2: the superset profile drops a name full carries.
 M2="$WORK/mutant-superset"; cp -r "$BASE" "$M2"
-sed -i '/^beta$/d' "$M2/max.profile"
+# BSD sed -i needs a suffix argument
+sed -i.bak '/^beta$/d' "$M2/max.profile" && rm -f "$M2/max.profile.bak"
 run_mutant T4-mutant-superset "$M2" 'SUPERSET_GAP:beta' \
   FIXTURE_SUPERSET_DETECTED
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/profile-default.test.sh b/lib/tests/profile-default.test.sh
index 56987b7..b80acd8 100644
--- a/lib/tests/profile-default.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/profile-default.test.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ printf '  none \r' > "$FX/.active-profile"
 out="$(statusline)"
 check_has T10-full "$out" "profile: full"
 
-sed -i 's/^DEFAULT_PROFILE="full"/DEFAULT_PROFILE="otherish"/' "$FX/lib/profile.sh"
+# BSD sed -i needs a suffix argument
+sed -i.bak 's/^DEFAULT_PROFILE="full"/DEFAULT_PROFILE="otherish"/' "$FX/lib/profile.sh" && rm -f "$FX/lib/profile.sh.bak"
 rm -f "$FX/.active-profile"
 out="$(statusline)"
 check_has T11-otherish "$out" "profile: otherish"
diff --git a/lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh b/lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh
index e38434a..7d4fdab 100644
--- a/lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh
@@ -80,4 +80,25 @@ check T16b-obs-back "$([ -e "$FX/skills/observability-and-instrumentation" ] &&
 check T16c-obs-park-gone "$([ -e "$FX/skills-disabled/observability-and-instrumentation" ] && echo p || echo n)" n
 check T17-no-mcp-ever "$(grep -c '^mcp ' "$FX/claude-calls.log" || true)" 0
 
+# --- a failing `claude plugin enable` must warn, never abort `set` ---
+# Guards the capture-inside-the-condition form: a bare out="$(claude …)"
+# would trip errexit and skip every entry after the plugin.
+mkdir -p "$FX/failbin"
+cat > "$FX/failbin/claude" <<'EOF'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+[ "$1 $2" = "plugin enable" ] && exit 1
+exit 0
+EOF
+chmod +x "$FX/failbin/claude"
+cat > "$FX/lib/profiles/pluginish.profile" <<'EOF'
+fake-plug   plugin@fake-market
+gs-a
+EOF
+rm -f "$FX/skills/gs-a"
+PATH="$FX/failbin:$PATH" PROFILE_REPO_OVERRIDE="$FX" \
+  TOGGLE_EXTERNAL_REPO_OVERRIDE="$FX" bash "$FX/lib/profile.sh" set pluginish \
+  >/dev/null 2>&1
+check T18-failing-plugin-enable-keeps-going \
+  "$([ -e "$FX/skills/gs-a" ] && echo on || echo off)" on
+
 printf 'PASS=%s FAIL=%s\n' "$pass" "$fail"; [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/lib/tests/run-doc-commit.sh b/lib/tests/run-doc-commit.sh
index 5d16d22..e5cd8ed 100755
--- a/lib/tests/run-doc-commit.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/run-doc-commit.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ printf '    err: %s\n' "$(printf '%s' "$ERR" | grep -i decisions | head -1)"
 if [ "$RC" -eq 4 ]; then ok "mixed → exit 4"; else ko "expected 4, got $RC"; fi
 if [ "$(git -C "$R" rev-parse HEAD)" = "$BEFORE" ]; then ok "NOTHING committed (README not half-committed)"; else ko "a commit slipped through"; fi
 if printf '%s' "$ERR" | grep -q '.claude/memory/decisions.md'; then ok "stderr names the offender"; else ko "offender not named"; fi
-if git -C "$R" status --porcelain | grep -q ' M README.md'; then ok "README left dirty (not embarked)"; else ko "README state wrong"; fi
+if grep -q ' M README.md' < <(git -C "$R" status --porcelain); then ok "README left dirty (not embarked)"; else ko "README state wrong"; fi
 rm -rf "$R"
 
 echo "T2 — dynamic pathspec: clean passed path filtered, no abort"
diff --git a/lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh b/lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh
index 3bfe4ae..5e39f49 100644
--- a/lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ echo
 ( cd "$WORK" || exit 1
   bash "$GITFLOW" start release 4.0.0 >/dev/null            # base develop → release/4.0.0 (lib L49/L71)
   printf '4.0.0\n' > version.txt                            # prep: version bump
-  sed -i 's/## \[Unreleased\]/## [Unreleased]\n\n## [4.0.0] — 2026-06-30/' CHANGELOG.md
+  # BSD sed -i needs a suffix argument: -i.bak then drop the backup
+  sed -i.bak 's/## \[Unreleased\]/## [Unreleased]\n\n## [4.0.0] — 2026-06-30/' CHANGELOG.md && rm -f CHANGELOG.md.bak
   git commit -qam "chore(release): 4.0.0 — version.txt + CHANGELOG"
   bash "$GITFLOW" finish >/dev/null                         # fan-out main+develop+delete (lib L108-111)
   # TAG = the gap. Lives in the SKILL (lib untouched). RED skips it, GREEN does it.
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ echo "=== assertions (RC_TAG=$RC_TAG) ==="
 if [ "$(git -C "$WORK" show main:version.txt 2>/dev/null)" = "4.0.0" ]; then ok "fan-out: main carries the release (version.txt 4.0.0)"; else no "fan-out: main version.txt != 4.0.0"; fi
 if [ "$(git -C "$WORK" show develop:version.txt 2>/dev/null)" = "4.0.0" ]; then ok "merge-back: develop carries 4.0.0"; else no "merge-back failed"; fi
 if git -C "$WORK" show-ref --verify -q refs/heads/release/4.0.0; then no "release/4.0.0 NOT deleted"; else ok "release/4.0.0 branch deleted"; fi
-if git -C "$WORK" show main:CHANGELOG.md | $GREP -q '## \[4.0.0\]'; then ok "CHANGELOG [4.0.0] on main"; else no "CHANGELOG not finalized"; fi
+if $GREP -q '## \[4.0.0\]' < <(git -C "$WORK" show main:CHANGELOG.md); then ok "CHANGELOG [4.0.0] on main"; else no "CHANGELOG not finalized"; fi
 if git -C "$WORK" rev-parse -q --verify refs/tags/v4.0.0 >/dev/null; then
   if [ "$(git -C "$WORK" rev-list -n1 v4.0.0)" = "$(git -C "$WORK" rev-parse main)" ]; then ok "tag v4.0.0 on main's release-merge commit"; else no "tag v4.0.0 exists but not on main HEAD"; fi
 else
diff --git a/lib/tests/source-scope.test.sh b/lib/tests/source-scope.test.sh
index b674b6c..02946c2 100644
--- a/lib/tests/source-scope.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/source-scope.test.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ case "$G" in *"*"*) check C2-grep-has-no-glob "has-glob" ok ;;
   *) check C2-grep-has-no-glob ok ok ;; esac
 
 # --- findargs: one token per line, 3 tokens per dir ---
-N="$(cd "$TMP/plain" && bash "$S" findargs | wc -l)"
-D="$(cd "$TMP/plain" && bash "$S" list | wc -l)"
+N="$(cd "$TMP/plain" && bash "$S" findargs | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
+D="$(cd "$TMP/plain" && bash "$S" list | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
 check D1-findargs-3-tokens-per-dir "$N" "$((D * 3))"
 check D2-findargs-first-token "$(cd "$TMP/plain" && bash "$S" findargs | head -1)" '!'
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ check E1-excludes-dist  "$(find . "${FEXCL[@]}" -name 'a.png' | grep -c '/dist/'
 check E2-keeps-src      "$(find . "${FEXCL[@]}" -name 'a.png' | grep -c '/src/')"   1
 check E3-excludes-nodem "$(find . "${FEXCL[@]}" -name '*.png' | grep -c 'node_modules')" 0
 # public/ survives: the audit's own resource checks live there
-check E4-keeps-public   "$(find . "${FEXCL[@]}" -name 'favicon.ico' | wc -l)" 1
+check E4-keeps-public   "$(find . "${FEXCL[@]}" -name 'favicon.ico' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" 1
 cd / || exit 1
 
 # --- usage ---
diff --git a/lib/toggle-external.sh b/lib/toggle-external.sh
index 9e9657b..5b54f9f 100755
--- a/lib/toggle-external.sh
+++ b/lib/toggle-external.sh
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pack_hints() {
     21st)
       if ! command -v 21st >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         warn "the \`21st\` CLI is not on PATH — install it: npm i -g @21st-dev/cli"
-      elif ! 21st whoami 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^Logged in as '; then
+      elif ! grep -q '^Logged in as ' <<<"$(21st whoami 2>/dev/null)"; then
         warn "not signed in to 21st — component retrieval and 21st AI need: 21st login"
       fi
       ;;
diff --git a/update-all.sh b/update-all.sh
index 87fb47d..f83d907 100644
--- a/update-all.sh
+++ b/update-all.sh
@@ -603,8 +603,9 @@ fi
 echo ""
 echo "── Updating marketplace plugins..."
 if command -v claude &>/dev/null; then
+  # sed -n: BSD grep has no PCRE mode (rc 2 emptied the list)
   _plugins=$(claude plugin list 2>/dev/null \
-    | grep -oP '(?<=❯ )\S+' || true)
+    | sed -n 's/.*❯ \([^[:space:]][^[:space:]]*\).*/\1/p' || true)
   if [ -n "$_plugins" ]; then
     while IFS= read -r _p; do
       _name="${_p%%@*}"

From e5b6cc5ef4ec3edb701c1d81b91e9a6bb8bf97e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bchanot <bchanot@gmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:19:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] docs(changelog): macOS portability fix + deferred Linux
 run under [Unreleased]

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd8ffed..0fcc8e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -466,6 +466,26 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
   plugin cache or `claude plugin list`.
 
 ### Fixed
+- **`make test` was red on macOS: the suite and seven scripts assumed a GNU
+  userland.** Under `pipefail`, `cmd | grep -q` lets grep exit at the first
+  match and the producer dies of SIGPIPE (rc 141): `lib/gitflow-test.sh`
+  reported 15 false "merged into" failures and `lib/doc-shape.sh` failed open.
+  `update-all.sh` read the marketplace plugin list with `grep -oP`, which BSD
+  grep rejects, so `make update` updated no marketplace plugin on macOS. The
+  design gate bounded `21st whoami` with `timeout`, absent from the macOS
+  system PATH, and reported READY BUT UNVERIFIED. `lib/gstack-links.sh` relied
+  on `realpath -m`, so its refusal to write into the gstack submodule never
+  fired. Producers are now captured before matching. In-place edits use
+  `sed -i.bak` in tests and a temp-sibling copy on the user's shell profile. The
+  other idioms have portable forms: `tr -d ' '` after `wc -l`, python3 for
+  file modes, `touch -t`, a `realpath -m` emulation that refuses `..`, perl
+  `alarm` for the 15 s bound and `sed -n` token extraction.
+  `lib/design-tool-gate.sh` also looks for `claude` and `21st` under
+  `/opt/homebrew/bin` and no longer trips on an empty array under macOS's bash
+  3.2. A failing `claude plugin enable` no longer aborts `profile set`. New
+  hermetic suite `lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh` flags GNU-only idioms
+  (`sed -i` without suffix, `stat -c`, `realpath -m`, `touch -d`, `grep -P`,
+  bare `/bin/grep`) in tracked shell files.
 - `install-plugins.sh` never offered the ctx7 and 21st logins: both blocks required stdout to be a terminal, and stdout is the `tee` pipe of the install log. They now test stdin alone, as `update-all.sh` already did.
 - `lib/effort-pins.sh` residual LOW (security re-gate of BDR-108): INT/TERM trap removes the mktemp sibling and exits 130 (never an EXIT trap, the installer owns one); the post-write re-read message no longer claims CRLF and is reached by a stubbed unit test; the rejected map line is printed through `printf '%q'` so a caller's `echo -e` cannot interpret map content; the fixture suite guards its `mktemp -d` and skips the read-only case visibly under root.
 - `update-all.sh` re-fetched the vendored skills at every run but never re-applied the effort pins: brainstorming/writing-plans lost their xhigh until the next `make plugin` (BDR-107 gap, closed by `lib/effort-pins.sh`).
@@ -554,6 +574,9 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
   the plugin while the 7 symlinks are still linked, delete the
   `skills/<7>` symlinks or re-run `make plugin` to avoid duplicate skill
   descriptions.
+- The macOS portability fix has only been run on macOS. Its replacements are
+  meant to behave identically on GNU/Linux, and a Linux `make test` run is due
+  before the next release.
 
 ## [1.5.0] — 2026-09-13
 

From 276fa67c803486a0c40d73b15f8147cc7949343b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bchanot <bchanot@gmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:19:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] =?UTF-8?q?chore(memory):=20BDR-110=20+=20BLK-026/027?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20+=20LRN-189/190=20+=20journal=20=E2=80=94=20macOS=20portabil?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ity=20bugfix,=20contract=20+=20plan?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

---
 .claude/memory/blockers.md                    |  14 ++
 .claude/memory/decisions.md                   |   8 +
 .claude/memory/journal.md                     |   2 +
 .claude/memory/learnings.md                   |  10 ++
 .claude/tasks/TODO.md                         |   8 +
 .../2026-10-06-macos-portability-1105.md      |  64 ++++++++
 .../2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md      | 149 ++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 255 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .claude/tasks/contracts/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1105.md
 create mode 100644 .claude/tasks/plans/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md

diff --git a/.claude/memory/blockers.md b/.claude/memory/blockers.md
index 957f63d..9bbacc5 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/blockers.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/blockers.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ rules:
 | BLK-023 | 2026-09-28 | floor-guard SKIP pattern `xit(` (Jasmine) matches any `exit(` in python/JS test helpers → false ECARTS; workaround: no `exit(` in inline python, bash derives rc from output — 2026-09-28 | resolved |
 | BLK-024 | 2026-09-29 | update-all.sh re-fetched vendored skills but never re-applied the effort pins (lost until next `make plugin`); my first fix placed the re-apply BEFORE the late 21st refresh — rtk-truncated grep read as complete — 2026-09-29 | resolved |
 | BLK-025 | 2026-09-30 | deny rule `Bash(npm install -g *)` bypassed unknowingly by the alias `npm i -g` (pasted user instruction ran as typed); deny patterns are literal prefixes — 2026-09-30 | resolved (partial) |
+| BLK-026 | 2026-10-06 | `make test` red on macOS: 13 suites, GNU-only idioms in suite + 7 libs (SIGPIPE under pipefail, `sed -i`, `wc` padding, `stat -c`, `realpath -m`, bare `timeout`, `grep -oP`) | resolved |
+| BLK-027 | 2026-10-06 | this machine never ran `make link`/`make plugin`: no global `core.hooksPath` → post-commit push never fired, branches landed ahead of upstream; 11 vendored skills + `~/.claude/.env` missing | resolved (link) / open (plugin) |
 
 ---
 
@@ -282,3 +284,15 @@ rules:
 - **Real cause**: deny entries are literal patterns; `i` alias and `--global` spelling do not match. No refusal fired, so nothing signalled the guardrail. Not a deliberate reroute, same effect.
 - **Solution**: deny += `npm i -g *`, `npm install --global *`, `npm i --global *` (3dad33e, user go). Disclosed to the user at the design gate. Rule for me: before a global install, grep settings.json `deny` for the verb family, not the exact spelling.
 - **Status**: resolved (partial) 2026-09-30 — flag-after-package forms (`npm i <pkg> -g`, `npm add -g`, `npm -g i`) still pass; pattern grammar for a mid-string wildcard unverified. Open question left to the user. [[BDR-109]]
+
+## BLK-026 — `make test` red on macOS: GNU-only idioms — 2026-10-06
+- **Friction**: release prep for 2.0.0 ran `make test`: 13 suites red, ~45 FAIL. gitflow-test 15 "merged into" FAIL while merge commit present.
+- **Real cause**: suite + 7 libs written on Ubuntu. `cmd | grep -q` under `set -o pipefail`: grep exits at 1st match, producer SIGPIPE rc 141 (5/5 repro on `git log | grep -q`). Plus `sed -i` no suffix (BSD reads file as script), `wc -l` padded, `stat -c`, `touch -d`, `realpath -m` (gstack write-guard never fired), bare `timeout` off sanitized PATH (design gate UNVERIFIED), `grep -oP` (update-all `_plugins` empty), empty array under `set -u` on bash 3.2, extractor false positive in doctrine-citers. Effort pins also dropped on 2 gitignored SKILL.md (cause not established, re-applied by hand).
+- **Solution**: [[BDR-110]] forms at every site, 23 files, commit 0efdff0; regression tests T4b, Alphabet/Alpha flip, profile-set-managed T18, portability-census suite.
+- **Status**: resolved 2026-10-06. Open: Linux `make test` deferred (TODO); effort-pins re-red trigger (TODO).
+
+## BLK-027 — machine never onboarded: no global hooksPath, push hook silent — 2026-10-06
+- **Friction**: fix commit 0efdff0 and release/2.0.0 prep commit stayed `[ahead 1]`; nobody noticed until `git status -sb`.
+- **Real cause**: `make link` never run on this Mac → `core.hooksPath` unset (local + global), `~/.claude/githooks` absent. `gitflow start` pushes explicitly so branch creation looked fine; commits rely on the post-commit hook. `make link` also reports `make plugin` never ran (11 vendored skills absent) and `~/.claude/.env` missing.
+- **Solution**: pushed both branches by hand; `make link` run (user go) → `core.hooksPath=~/.claude/githooks`, 4 hooks installed. `make doctor` "Git hooks" section flags this; run it first on a new machine.
+- **Status**: resolved for hooks; open: `make plugin` + `.env` on this machine (user action).
diff --git a/.claude/memory/decisions.md b/.claude/memory/decisions.md
index f9ede33..86b2dc9 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/decisions.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/decisions.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ rules:
 | BDR-107 | 2026-09-28 | Effort tiering: session high, effort pins on 20 agents (BDR-077 second axis), entry level on 30 skills, five paired shifter skills, max at loop caps + ship-feature 4b | accepted |
 | BDR-108 | 2026-09-29 | Effort round: level on every skill next to its model pin (3 repo + 25 vendored via `lib/effort-pins.txt` re-applied after the LAST vendoring step of install + resync), design stack ONE level (high), model pins stay tier aliases: quality/price trade-off = tier × effort, never version | accepted |
 | BDR-109 | 2026-09-30 | Higgsfield pack: npm CLI `latest` + 8 upstream skills git-cloned into gitignored `skills-external/higgsfield-*`, OFF by default, in no profile; two toggles (`higgsfield` = allowlist of 7 media skills, `higgsfield-websites` = landing-page aid, never website create/deploy/publish); CLI presence by probe; routing on explicit ask | accepted |
+| BDR-110 | 2026-10-06 | Shell portability doctrine: native userland on macOS AND Linux, no Homebrew GNU tools on PATH; `lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh` locks deterministic GNU-only idioms | accepted |
 
 ---
 
@@ -1356,3 +1357,10 @@ Branch feature/user-writing-web-rules, UNMERGED (human gate).
 - **Alternatives rejected**: `npx skills add` (relinks all 8 into skills/ on every refresh, breaks off-by-default); `creative` profile (`profile apply` overwrites the active label, next `make plugin` runs exclusive `set`, parks the design stack); `+creative` profile modifier (parser + statusline + census for a label); commit pin (user: track main like 21st; security gate reports 2 MEDIUM, accepted); glob "every higgsfield-* except websites" (renamed upstream skill linked with no review).
 - **Gates**: plan challenge 3 lenses + 1 confirmation, 0 BLOCKER, 7 MAJOR closed by named changes; SDD 7 tasks (sonnet), 1 fix round; GATE 0 MET; verifier ECARTS(6) (2 shellcheck suppressions of mine + 4 plan copies) → CONFORME 14/14, again CONFORME after the fix wave; security PASS ×2; final review (opus): 1 Important (drift never reported once enabled) + 5 minors fixed in one wave, 3 deferred with rulings; `make test` 45 suites rc 0.
 - **Refs**: contract `.claude/tasks/contracts/2026-09-30-higgsfield-pack-1412.md`, commits 3dad33e..5350221 (feature/higgsfield-pack), [[BDR-093]], [[BDR-079]], [[BDR-108]], [[LRN-183]], [[LRN-184]], [[LRN-185]], [[LRN-186]], [[LRN-187]], [[LRN-188]], [[BLK-025]], [[EVAL-039]].
+
+## BDR-110 — Shell portability: native userland both OS, census on deterministic idioms [accepted] (2026-10-06)
+- **Decision**: every tracked `*.sh` + hook runs on BSD (macOS) and GNU userland as installed. Portable forms: producer captured out of `| grep -q` pipelines under pipefail (`grep -q PAT < <(cmd)` tests, `if grep -q PAT <<<"$(cmd 2>&1)"` prod); `sed -i.bak` tests, temp-sibling copy on user dotfiles; `wc -l | tr -d ' '`; python3 for perms; `touch -t`; `realpath -m` emulated (refuses `..`); `perl -e 'alarm shift; exec @ARGV'` for bounds; `sed -n` not `grep -P`; `/usr/bin/grep` pin ([[LRN-074]]). `lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh` greps tracked shell for `sed -i` no-suffix, `stat -c`, `realpath -m`, `touch -d`, `grep -P`, bare `/bin/grep`; file:line allowlist with reason; NO `grep -q` rule (not decidable by text, fix structural).
+- **Why**: suite built on Ubuntu, repo now also lives on macOS. 13 suites red here; 7 prod scripts broken silently (update-all plugin list empty, design gate UNVERIFIED, gstack write-guard dead). Brew GNU on PATH rejected: brew dependency + two behaviours by PATH.
+- **Alternatives rejected**: prepend coreutils/gnu-sed to PATH in Makefile+hooks; `grep X >/dev/null` (GNU grep treats /dev/null stdout like `-q`, race stays); broad `| grep -q` census (119 hits, fixtures, false confidence).
+- **Gates**: 3 lenses (FATAL 6 / CONCERNS 4 / FATAL 2) + confirmation CONCERNS(2), all closed r3; GATE 0 MET 8/8 ×2; verifier CONFORME 9/9; security PASS (1 MEDIUM hardened). Linux run `[deferred]`.
+- **Refs**: contract `.claude/tasks/contracts/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1105.md`, plan `.claude/tasks/plans/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md`, commit 0efdff0 (bugfix/macos-portability), [[BLK-026]], [[LRN-189]], [[LRN-190]].
diff --git a/.claude/memory/journal.md b/.claude/memory/journal.md
index eeffc8f..c76ebf6 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/journal.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/journal.md
@@ -562,3 +562,5 @@ rules:
 - User go "pour tout le reste tu peux merger": feature/higgsfield-pack merged into develop via `gitflow finish` → df6dbce, spec + plan purged (BDR-065), pushed (develop == origin/develop), local + origin copies removed by the lib. Open: user wants npm global installs on `ask` instead of `deny` (supply-chain caution, installs themselves fine); deny removal = hand edit by the user (hard_deny on weakening guardrails), `ask` tier abandoned under auto mode ([[BDR-090]]) → soft_deny entry proposed.
 - User go "merge tout ça": chore/npm-global-soft-deny merged into develop via `gitflow finish` (soft_deny "Global npm installs" entry + CHANGELOG), pushed, copies removed. The four `permissions.deny` npm lines are still in settings.json: user's hand edit pending, they override the classifier until removed.
 
+## 2026-10-06
+- /release-candidate 2.0.0 (user: MAJOR): prep DONE on release/2.0.0 (9d421e4), suite RED → user hold. Root cause = GNU-only idioms on new macOS machine ([[BLK-026]]). /bugfix on bugfix/macos-portability: 4 challenge passes → r3, bugfixer, GATE 0 MET, verifier CONFORME 9/9, security PASS, hardening (sed_profile keeps tmp on failed write), commit 0efdff0 + CHANGELOG docs commit; [[BDR-110]] [[LRN-189]] [[LRN-190]]. Found [[BLK-027]]: no global hooksPath here, `make link` run (user go), `make plugin` + `.env` still missing. Next: reconcile, prune-memory, doc-sync, resume release at STEP 4 after merging develop into release/2.0.0.
diff --git a/.claude/memory/learnings.md b/.claude/memory/learnings.md
index 2ce5ad9..7d76820 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/learnings.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/learnings.md
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ rules:
 | LRN-186 | 2026-09-30 | `GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0` does not stop credential prompts: editor terminals export `GIT_ASKPASS`; empty `GIT_ASKPASS` short-circuits core.askPass + SSH_ASKPASS | unattended `git clone` of a repo that may vanish or go private |
 | LRN-187 | 2026-09-30 | Vacuous fixtures: git drops empty dirs; a symlink to a surviving target is needed to test a symlink guard; a multi-call coreutils binary (uutils) dispatches on argv[0], so a renamed symlink fails | hermetic bash suites building git or PATH fixtures |
 | LRN-188 | 2026-09-30 | Contract oracle tied to code shape (`grep -A6` line window) breaks on the first refactor while the property still holds; assert the property over the whole unit | writing CHECK oracles |
+| LRN-189 | 2026-10-06 | `cmd \| grep -q` under pipefail = SIGPIPE false negative (rc 141); `>/dev/null` is NOT a fix (GNU grep treats it like -q); portable = producer out of the pipeline | any bash under `set -o pipefail`, tests and prod |
+| LRN-190 | 2026-10-06 | Contract oracles: join `\\` line continuations before regex; "lint clean" = no finding beyond base, not zero; never `rm -rf "$var"` inside a CHECK | writing CHECK: lines |
 
 ---
 
@@ -1690,3 +1692,11 @@ Rule: when editing a doctrine file under structure locks, grep the test's lock s
 ## LRN-188 — A CHECK oracle tied to code shape breaks on refactor; assert the property
 - **Context**: contract criterion 5 used `grep -A6 '^_higgsfield_probe()' | grep -c '</dev/null …' | grep -qx 2`. The gtimeout fallback reshaped the function into a loop: second redirect moved past the 6-line window → GATE 0 UNMET on correct code. Rewritten: extract the body `awk '/^fn\(\)/,/^}/'`, require the redirect on EVERY invocation line, control = strip redirects → differs. Orchestrator edited its own oracle outside a human gate, logged in the contract, surfaced to the user, fresh verifier judged it stricter.
 - **Apply**: oracles state a property over the whole unit (function body, section range), never a line window or an exact count of incidental lines; any oracle edit after a gate is logged + surfaced. [[LRN-093]], [[BDR-109]]
+
+## LRN-189 — `| grep -q` under pipefail is a SIGPIPE race, not a portability nit
+- **Context**: 15 gitflow-test assertions `git log … | grep -q "Merge …"` false on macOS, merge present. grep -q exits at first match → producer SIGPIPE → rc 141 → pipefail false. Linux hides it by write buffering, race exists there too (doc-shape fail-open). Challenger-verified: GNU grep main() sets done_on_match when stdout is /dev/null, so `grep PAT >/dev/null` keeps the race.
+- **Apply**: producer out of the pipeline. Tests: `grep -q PAT < <(cmd)`. Prod: call inside the condition `if grep -q PAT <<<"$(cmd 2>&1)"` (a bare `out=$(cmd)` aborts under `set -e` when the function runs bare). `printf '%s' "$v" | grep -q` safe (builtin, one write). Same class: `| head -1`, awk `{print; exit}`. Not decidable by text census → structural fix, no `grep -q` lint rule. [[BDR-110]]
+
+## LRN-190 — Oracle hygiene: wrapped lines, baselines, no rm -rf via variable
+- **Context**: GATE 0 criterion 4 NOT-MET while code correct: executor wrapped `grep -q … \` + `<<<"$(…)"` at 80 cols (my own style rule), single-line regex missed it. Criterion 7 `shellcheck` bare would fail on pre-existing info notes outside Health Stack scope. Criterion 2 CHECK held `rm -rf "$d"` (destructive-tools rule), executor's copy refused by permission system.
+- **Apply**: join continuations first (`sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\\\n[[:space:]]*/ /g'`); lint criteria compare counts against base ref (`git show base:file | shellcheck -`); planted fixtures cleaned with `rm -f file; rmdir dir`. Oracle edits after a red floor logged in CLARIFICATIONS as "oracle maintenance", criterion text never loosened. Extends [[LRN-188]].
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
index 1f61de5..e0271f6 100644
--- a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
+++ b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
@@ -2035,3 +2035,11 @@ dans un runner; capitalize reste main-loop.
 - [x] T3 BDR-084 + CHANGELOG + journal.
 - [x] T4 make test rc 0 + shellcheck clean (SC2016 silencé, littéral
       voulu). Merge NON fait — gate humain.
+
+## macos-portability follow-ups (2026-10-06)
+- [ ] effort-pins re-red trigger: update-all.sh applies effort pins only at
+      ~:572, after every vendoring step; an abort upstream drops them from the
+      gitignored SKILL.md again (effort-routing red). Pin after each vendoring
+      step or flag in doctor.
+- [ ] [deferred] Linux `make test` run before the next release: every
+      portability replacement is meant to be GNU-identical, unverified here.
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/contracts/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1105.md b/.claude/tasks/contracts/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1105.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5f84dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/tasks/contracts/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1105.md
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# CONTRACT — macos-portability
+- date: 2026-10-06 | flow: bugfix | branch: bugfix/macos-portability
+- status: active
+- plan: .claude/tasks/plans/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md (r3, 4 challenge passes)
+
+## REQUEST (verbatim — IMMUTABLE)
+> ok, alors fais les bugfix, puis on va faire du /reconcile et du /prune-memory puis le doc-sync
+>
+> /bugfix make test is red on develop: 24 FAIL lines across several suites (wc -l whitespace compares, design-tool-gate, effort pins on two skills-external, unpushed-guard T4, graphify THRESHOLD_DOWN, skill-routing-census mutants, statusline T11, T3 repo citations). Log at scratchpad/t.log. Goal: green make test.
+
+## CLARIFICATIONS
+- Pass A: none — outcome (`make test` rc 0) and scope derivable.
+- Diagnosis correction: the first count (24) came from the release-prep executor's partial read; the full log holds 13 red suites / ~45 FAIL lines. The bug names in the request (unpushed-guard T4, THRESHOLD_DOWN, census mutants, T11) are the same `sed -i` / `wc -l` / SIGPIPE classes.
+- Q (pass B, scope): tests only, or tests + the prod scripts carrying the same idioms? / A (user, 2026-10-06): "Tests + prod". [gated 2026-10-06]
+- Q (pass B, doctrine): POSIX/BSD-portable on native userland, or GNU via Homebrew on PATH? / A (user, 2026-10-06): "POSIX/BSD portable". [gated 2026-10-06]
+- [gated 2026-10-06] STEP 3 approval: user answered "go" to plan r3 including the two prod sites the challenge surfaced (lib/doc-shape.sh:70, update-all.sh:607) and the `[deferred]` Linux verification.
+- Delegated internals: helper names inside libs, awk vs sed where both are portable, test-id naming (T4b, Alphabet flip), census allowlist file format.
+- Machine-state step (orchestrator, not the executor): `bash lib/effort-pins.sh` re-pins the two gitignored SKILL.md (plan §14).
+- Executor never runs install-plugins.sh, update-all.sh, link.sh, doctor.sh, `npm`, `git commit`, or any mirror/transfer tool. Tests run through `make test [suite=…]` only.
+- GATE 0 runs with `GATES_TIMEOUT=1200` (criterion 1 is the full suite, ~10 min; default 120 s would time out): wrapper script in the session scratchpad sets the variable and calls `gates.sh run`.
+- [oracle maintenance 2026-10-06, orchestrator, NOT a human gate] criterion 2 CHECK no longer runs `rm -rf` through a variable (destructive-tools rule): `rm -f file; rmdir dir`. Criterion 7 CHECK compares shellcheck finding counts against develop instead of requiring zero: the two edited test files already carried info-level notes on develop. Criterion texts tightened, not loosened.
+- [oracle maintenance 2026-10-06, orchestrator, NOT a human gate] criterion 4 CHECK joins backslash line continuations before matching: the executor wrapped the `grep -q … <<<"$(…)"` sites at 80 columns (style rule), the single-line regex missed them while the code is the planned form. Criterion text unchanged.
+- Style: functions ≤ 25 logic lines, ≤ 5 locals, 80 cols, shellcheck clean on every edited file; comments say WHY (the portability reason), one line each.
+
+## ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
+1. The whole hermetic suite is green on this macOS machine (no suite removed from `SUITES`, no new SKIP).
+   CHECK: n_before=$(grep -c 'SKIP' /private/tmp/claude-501/-Users-b-chanot-Documents-claude/b4349baf-52d5-4b3f-ac33-5b44a2ad990c/scratchpad/t.log); out=$(make test 2>&1); rc=$?; echo "$out" | tail -3; [ "$rc" -eq 0 ] || exit 1; echo "$out" | grep -qE '^(FAIL|RED  |  FAIL)' && exit 1; n_after=$(echo "$out" | grep -c 'SKIP'); [ "$n_after" -le "$n_before" ] || { echo "SKIP grew $n_before -> $n_after"; exit 1; }; echo SUITE_GREEN
+   EXPECT: SUITE_GREEN
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: GREEN ✓ G5 hook-drift: installed .githooks/pre-commit == generator emit-hook ================ 4 GREEN / 0 RED / 1 SKIP (review-guards) =====…
+2. `lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh` exists, scans the file list given as args (default: tracked `*.sh` + `hooks/*`), skips comment lines, holds a file:line allowlist with reasons (lib/tests/guard-bash.test.sh fixtures + itself), is green on the tree, and reds (exit 2) on a planted `sed -i 's/a/b/' x` in a mktemp dir.
+   CHECK: t=lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh; [ -f "$t" ] || exit 1; grep -q 'guard-bash.test.sh' "$t" || exit 1; bash "$t" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; d=$(mktemp -d); printf '#!/usr/bin/env bash\nsed -i '"'"'s/a/b/'"'"' x\n' > "$d/planted.sh"; bash "$t" "$d/planted.sh" >/dev/null 2>&1; rc=$?; rm -f "$d/planted.sh"; rmdir "$d"; [ "$rc" -eq 2 ] || { echo "planted rc=$rc"; exit 1; }; echo CENSUS_FLIPS
+   EXPECT: CENSUS_FLIPS
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: CENSUS_FLIPS
+3. No GNU-only idiom survives at the planned prod sites: `sed -i` gone from install-plugins.sh (orphan-comment sed :1207-1208 deleted), `grep -oP` gone from update-all.sh, `realpath -m` gone from lib/gstack-links.sh, bare `timeout 15` gone from lib/design-tool-gate.sh (perl alarm present), `| grep -Eq` gone from lib/doc-shape.sh:70.
+   CHECK: grep -q 'sed -i' install-plugins.sh && exit 1; grep -q 'grep -oP' update-all.sh && exit 1; grep -q 'realpath -m' lib/gstack-links.sh && exit 1; grep -qE '(^|[^_a-z])timeout 15' lib/design-tool-gate.sh && exit 1; grep -q "alarm" lib/design-tool-gate.sh || exit 1; grep -qE 'git diff HEAD -- "\$p" \| grep' lib/doc-shape.sh && exit 1; grep -q 'N; /^\\n$/d' install-plugins.sh && exit 1; echo PROD_PORTABLE
+   EXPECT: PROD_PORTABLE
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: PROD_PORTABLE
+4. Class (A) prod sites keep the CLI call INSIDE the condition (errexit-safe): lib/profile.sh enable_skill/disable_skill, install-plugins.sh install_plugin, lib/toggle-external.sh pack_hints match `grep -q… <<<"$(…)"` and no `| grep -q` remains on those lines; lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh has a fake-claude case returning non-zero.
+   CHECK: joined() { sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\\\n[[:space:]]*/ /g' "$1"; }; for f in lib/profile.sh lib/toggle-external.sh install-plugins.sh lib/design-tool-gate.sh; do joined "$f" | grep -nE '(claude|21st|"\$CLAUDE_BIN")[^|]*\| *grep -q' && { echo "pipeline left in $f"; exit 1; }; done; joined lib/profile.sh | grep -cE 'grep -q[iE]* .*<<<"\$\(' | grep -qE '^[2-9]' || exit 1; joined lib/toggle-external.sh | grep -qE 'grep -q[iE]* .*<<<"\$\(' || exit 1; joined install-plugins.sh | grep -qE 'grep -q[iE]* .*<<<"\$\(' || exit 1; grep -qE 'exit [1-9]' lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh || exit 1; echo CAPTURE_IN_CONDITION
+   EXPECT: CAPTURE_IN_CONDITION
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: CAPTURE_IN_CONDITION
+5. gstack-links refusal is portable and tested: T4b (dst with a missing intermediate dir under src) present and green; the helper refuses a `..` component.
+   CHECK: grep -q 'T4b' lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh || exit 1; grep -q '\.\.' lib/gstack-links.sh || exit 1; out=$(make test suite=lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh 2>&1); echo "$out" | grep -q '^FAIL' && exit 1; echo "$out" | grep -q 'PASS=' || exit 1; echo T4B_GREEN
+   EXPECT: T4B_GREEN
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: T4B_GREEN
+6. doctrine-citers resolver is fixed-string with the Alphabet/Alpha flip case; design-tool-gate.test.sh precondition covers /opt/homebrew/bin/21st; both suites green.
+   CHECK: grep -q 'Alphabet' lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh || exit 1; grep -q '/opt/homebrew/bin/21st' lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh || exit 1; grep -q '/opt/homebrew/bin' lib/design-tool-gate.sh || exit 1; for s in lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh; do out=$(make test suite=$s 2>&1); echo "$out" | grep -q '^FAIL' && exit 1; done; echo CITERS_GATE_GREEN
+   EXPECT: CITERS_GATE_GREEN
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: CITERS_GATE_GREEN
+7. Every edited shell file is shellcheck-clean: no finding that was not already on develop (two edited test files carry pre-existing info notes outside the repo Health Stack scope: seo-data.test.sh SC2015 ×27, gstack-playwright.test.sh ×2). [oracle maintenance 2026-10-06, surfaced in the report]
+   CHECK: files=$(git diff --name-only develop -- '*.sh' 'hooks/*' | grep -E '\.sh$|^hooks/'); [ -n "$files" ] || exit 1; new=$(shellcheck -f gcc $files 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' '); old=0; for f in $files; do if git cat-file -e "develop:$f" 2>/dev/null; then c=$(git show "develop:$f" | shellcheck -f gcc - 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' '); old=$((old + c)); fi; done; echo "findings develop=$old branch=$new"; [ "$new" -le "$old" ] && echo SHELLCHECK_CLEAN
+   EXPECT: SHELLCHECK_CLEAN
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: findings develop=29 branch=29 SHELLCHECK_CLEAN
+8. Linux behaviour unchanged: every replacement semantically identical under GNU tools (producer capture, `-i.bak`, `tr -d ' '`, python3 perms, `touch -t`, perl alarm, `sed -n` token). Human judgement; a Linux `make test` run is `[deferred 2026-10-06]` to the user.
+9. TODO.md carries the known re-red trigger (update-all.sh applies effort pins only after every vendoring step) and the deferred Linux run.
+   CHECK: grep -q 'effort-pins' .claude/tasks/TODO.md && grep -qi 'linux' .claude/tasks/TODO.md && echo TODO_NOTED
+   EXPECT: TODO_NOTED
+   EVIDENCE: MET exit=0 marker-found :: TODO_NOTED
+
+## FILE SCOPE
+Tests: lib/gitflow-test.sh, lib/tests/{run-release-candidate,run-doc-commit}.sh, lib/tests/{floor-guard,profile-census,profile-default,effort-pins,source-scope,fast-libs,doctrine-citers,gstack-links,gstack-playwright,design-tool-gate,profile-set-managed}.test.sh, lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh, NEW lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh.
+Prod: lib/gstack-links.sh, lib/design-tool-gate.sh, lib/profile.sh, lib/toggle-external.sh, lib/doc-shape.sh, update-all.sh, install-plugins.sh.
+Bookkeeping: .claude/tasks/TODO.md.
+Untouched on purpose: hooks/rtk-rewrite.sh (sha-pinned, not pipefail), doctor.sh, Makefile, CLAUDE.md, settings.json.
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/plans/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md b/.claude/tasks/plans/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..721559b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/tasks/plans/2026-10-06-macos-portability-1030.md
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# Plan — make test green on macOS: portable shell idioms (tests + prod) — r3
+
+Date: 2026-10-06 · Branch: bugfix/macos-portability · Kind: build-plan (bugfix)
+r2 after the three-lens challenge (correctness FATAL(6), robustness
+CONCERNS(4), simplicity FATAL(2)); every BLOCKER/MAJOR closed by a named
+change below, see § Challenge log.
+
+## Bug
+`make test` red on develop: 13 suites, ~45 FAIL lines. Suite and libs were
+written and validated on Linux (GNU userland); this machine is macOS (BSD
+userland, bash 5.3 from Homebrew, `timeout`/`gdate` only via
+/opt/homebrew/bin, NO gnu-sed). Per-suite FAIL → cause map:
+
+| Suite | FAIL | Cause |
+|---|---|---|
+| lib/gitflow-test.sh | 15 "merged into…" | early-exit consumer under pipefail (A) |
+| lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh | CHANGELOG not finalized | `sed -i` no suffix (B) |
+| floor-guard, profile-census, profile-default .test.sh | 1+2+1 | `sed -i` no suffix (B) |
+| effort-pins (3), source-scope (2), fast-libs H2-H4 (3) | string-compare of `wc -l` | BSD wc pads (C) |
+| lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh | 3 perms + 1 stdlib | `stat -c` (D), `/bin/grep` (E) |
+| fast-libs T7-stale | 1 | `touch -d` (F) |
+| gstack-links T4 | 3 | `realpath -m` absent → guard never fires (G, prod) |
+| design-tool-gate | 5 | bare `timeout` off the sanitized PATH (H, prod) |
+| doctrine-citers T3 | 1 | extractor false positive + regex-interpolated resolver (I) |
+| effort-routing | 2 | pins dropped from 2 gitignored SKILL.md on 2026-10-05 (J, machine state) |
+
+Not red but same class, found by the challenge: lib/doc-shape.sh:70 (git
+producer `| grep -Eq` under pipefail, fails OPEN: structural doc change
+classed MINOR), update-all.sh:607 (`grep -oP`, BSD grep rc 2, `|| true`
+silently empties `_plugins` → marketplace plugins never update on macOS).
+
+## Root cause classes and their portable form
+- (A) **Early-exit consumer under `set -o pipefail`**: `grep -q`, `head -1`,
+  awk `{print; exit}` exit before the producer finished → producer gets
+  SIGPIPE → rc 141 → pipeline false. Reproduced 5/5 on `git log | grep -q`.
+  NOT fixed by `grep PAT >/dev/null` (GNU grep treats stdout=/dev/null like
+  `-q`, challenger-verified in grep's main()). Portable form: take the
+  producer OUT of the pipeline — tests: `grep -q PAT < <(cmd)`; prod:
+  `out="$(cmd)"` then grep/awk/head the variable (here-string). Only sites
+  whose producer is an external command under pipefail. `printf '%s' "$v" |
+  grep -q` is safe (builtin writes once; 50/50 probe) and is left alone.
+- (B) `sed -i 'x' f` → tests (temp dirs): `sed -i.bak 'x' f && rm -f f.bak`.
+  Prod on a user dotfile: unique sibling `t=$(mktemp "$f.XXXXXX")`, `sed 'x'
+  "$f" >"$t" && cat "$t" >"$f"`, `rm -f "$t"`, explicit failure branch (never
+  `-i.bak`: it would overwrite and then delete a hand-made ~/.zshrc.bak, and a
+  failing sed in a non-final `&&` escapes errexit).
+- (C) `$(… | wc -l)` → append `| tr -d ' '` (idiom of hooks/unpushed-guard.sh:41).
+- (D) `stat -c '%a'` → `python3 -I -c 'import os,stat,sys; print(oct(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(sys.argv[1]).st_mode))[2:])' F`.
+- (E) `/bin/grep` → `/usr/bin/grep` (LRN-074 pin, 6 files already).
+- (F) `touch -d '10 days ago' F` → `touch -t 200001010000 F` (POSIX; cache_status only tests `-mtime -N`).
+- (G) `realpath -m` → emulate: walk up to the nearest EXISTING ancestor, `cd` + `pwd -P`, append the unresolved remainder.
+- (H) bare `timeout 15` → `perl -e 'alarm shift; exec @ARGV' 15 …` (perl ships in /usr/bin on both OS; keeps the 15 s bound everywhere, comment stays true).
+- (I) citation name must start with a non-blank; resolver matches FIXED strings (awk `index()` on heading / bold lines), never interpolates the name into `-E`.
+
+## Decided (user, 2026-10-06)
+- Scope: tests AND prod sites. Doctrine: POSIX/BSD-portable scripts on the
+  native userland of both OS. Rejected: Homebrew GNU tools on PATH.
+
+## Fix plan (exact sites)
+1. lib/gitflow-test.sh — the 26 assertions whose producer is an external
+   command (git, bash …) `cmd | grep -q[xF|i] PAT` → `grep -q[xF|i] PAT <
+   <(cmd)` (A); the 11 `printf '%s' "$v" | grep -q` sites stay. Same form at
+   lib/tests/gstack-playwright.test.sh:126-127 (negative destructive-command
+   guard, fails OPEN on SIGPIPE), lib/tests/run-doc-commit.sh:104 (git
+   status), lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh:55 (git show).
+2. lib/profile.sh:269-274 and lib/design-tool-gate.sh:163-165 — capture
+   `claude plugin list` into a variable, then awk+grep on it (kills both the
+   awk `exit` and the grep -q race). lib/profile.sh:285,374,444,
+   lib/design-tool-gate.sh:170, lib/toggle-external.sh:142,
+   install-plugins.sh:474 — the call STAYS inside the condition:
+   `if grep -q[iE] PAT <<<"$(cmd 2>&1)"; then` (A). Never a bare
+   `out="$(cmd)"`: profile.sh:374/444 (enable_skill/disable_skill),
+   install-plugins.sh:474 (install_plugin) and toggle-external.sh:142
+   (pack_hints) run bare under `set -euo pipefail`, a bare capture of a
+   failing CLI would abort `profile.sh set` / `make plugin` (confirmation
+   pass, bash 5.3 probe). lib/tests/profile-set-managed.test.sh — add a
+   fake-claude case returning rc≠0 on `plugin enable` so the regression is
+   caught.
+3. lib/design-tool-gate.sh:125 — `line="$(perl -e 'alarm shift; exec @ARGV' 15 21st whoami 2>/dev/null </dev/null)"`, first line via `${line%%$'\n'*}` (H + A). install-plugins.sh:1143 `TFD_WHO=$(21st whoami … | head -1)` — same capture-then-first-line (A, errexit-safe).
+4. lib/design-tool-gate.sh `ensure_21st_on_path` / `ensure_claude_on_path` — add `/opt/homebrew/bin/<bin>` to the candidate list (Apple-Silicon npm global prefix, `npm prefix -g` = /opt/homebrew here). SAME change: lib/tests/design-tool-gate.test.sh:20-21 hermeticity precondition gains `|| [ -e /opt/homebrew/bin/21st ]` so CLI_ABSENT_10 skips loudly instead of reaching a real CLI.
+5. lib/doc-shape.sh:70 — `grep -Eq … < <(git diff HEAD -- "$p")` (A).
+6. update-all.sh:607 — `grep -oP '(?<=❯ )\S+'` → `sed -n 's/.*❯ \([^[:space:]][^[:space:]]*\).*/\1/p'` (non-empty token, so a line ending in "❯ " never yields `claude plugin update ""`; one token per line, as `claude plugin list` prints one plugin per line).
+7. install-plugins.sh:1201,1204 — sibling-temp form (B). Delete :1207-1208
+   (`{ N; /^\n$/d; }`): dead on GNU (pattern space never `^\n$`), and BSD `N`
+   at EOF would DROP the marker comment; deletion = GNU behaviour preserved.
+8. lib/tests/run-release-candidate.sh:43, floor-guard.test.sh, profile-census.test.sh, profile-default.test.sh — `-i.bak` + rm (B); BSD sed expands `\n` in the replacement, no rewrite.
+9. lib/tests/effort-pins.test.sh:41,99,109; source-scope.test.sh:48,49,66; fast-libs.test.sh:46,47,50 — `| tr -d ' '` (C).
+10. lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh:26,28,480 (D); :139 (E).
+11. lib/tests/fast-libs.test.sh:39 (F).
+12. lib/gstack-links.sh:64 — `_gstack_links_realpath_m <path>` helper (G):
+    refuse (rc 1, warn) any path holding a `..` component; walk up with
+    `[ -d ]` to the nearest existing directory; `CDPATH= cd -P -- "$dir" &&
+    pwd -P`; append the unresolved remainder. Line 63 unchanged (plain
+    `realpath` is native on both). lib/tests/gstack-links.test.sh — add T4b:
+    dst=`$SRC/missing/x` (parent absent) must be refused, nothing created.
+13. lib/tests/doctrine-citers.test.sh:19 extractor `["“][^"”[:space:]][^"”]{1,59}["”]`; :27-28 resolver → awk, fixed strings (I): a heading line resolves when the text right after `#+ ` STARTS with the name and the next char is one of ` ` `:` `(` `—` or end of line; a `**name` substring anywhere on a line still resolves (bullet labels like `- **Secrets**`). Flip fixture gains a case: doctrine heading "Alphabet", citation "Alpha" → must stay DANGLING.
+14. Machine state (no commit): `bash lib/effort-pins.sh` re-pins the two skills (J).
+15. Regression guard `lib/tests/portability-census.test.sh` — DETERMINISTIC
+    idioms only, over a file list given as args (default: tracked `*.sh` +
+    `hooks/*`), comment lines skipped, exit 2 on hit:
+    `sed -i ['"]` (no suffix) · `stat -c` · `realpath -m` · `touch -d` ·
+    `grep -[A-Za-z]*P` · `(^|[^a-z])/bin/grep`.
+    Allowlist with reasons, file:line: lib/tests/guard-bash.test.sh:221,225
+    (deny fixtures must keep the GNU spelling an agent types), and the census
+    file itself. Flip test: plant `sed -i 's/a/b/' x` in a mktemp dir and pass
+    that file as the arg → must red. NO `| grep -q` rule (not deterministic
+    by text; the real fix is structural). Makefile untouched (glob already
+    picks `lib/tests/*.test.sh`).
+16. TODO.md: known re-red trigger — update-all.sh applies pins only at :572
+    after every vendoring step; an abort upstream drops them again. Follow-up:
+    pin right after each vendoring step or flag in doctor.
+
+Untouched on purpose: hooks/rtk-rewrite.sh:115 (not under pipefail,
+sha256-pinned hook); doctor.sh:405,564 (printf/one-line producers, cannot
+SIGPIPE; doctor not in the suite); other `printf | grep -q` sites.
+
+## Acceptance
+- `make test` exits 0 on this macOS machine; no SKIP added, no suite removed.
+- New: gstack-links T4b green; portability census green on the tree and red
+  on the planted fixture.
+- Linux: NOT verifiable from this machine. Every replacement is chosen to be
+  semantically identical under GNU tools (producer capture, `-i.bak`, tr,
+  python3, perl alarm, sed -n). `[deferred 2026-10-06]` a Linux `make test`
+  run before the next release is the human's call.
+
+## Out of scope
+- Why the 2026-10-05 fetch dropped the two pins (not reproduced; TODO entry).
+- lib/tests/effort-routing.test.sh reading live gitignored files (it is the drift detector).
+- doctor.sh `readlink -f` (separate pass).
+
+## Challenge log (r1 → r2)
+- BLOCKER (correctness 1, simplicity 1, robustness 4): census red by
+  construction → §15 narrowed to deterministic idioms, file-list arg,
+  allowlist, self-exclusion, no `grep -q` rule.
+- MAJOR (correctness 2): `>/dev/null` is not a fix under GNU grep → class (A)
+  form = producer out of the pipeline.
+- MAJOR (correctness 3, robustness 3): upstream awk `exit` / `head -1` → §2, §3 capture first.
+- MAJOR (correctness 4, robustness 3): missed same-class prod sites → §5 doc-shape, §6 update-all.
+- MAJOR (correctness 5, robustness 1): `-i.bak` on dotfiles → sibling temp, explicit failure.
+- MAJOR (correctness 6, robustness 2): gstack-links fallback false → §12 ancestor walk + T4b.
+- MINOR accepted: `/usr/bin/grep` (LRN-074), `touch -t`, dead :1208 deleted,
+  Makefile untouched, perl alarm bound, /opt/homebrew/bin candidates,
+  fixed-string resolver, TODO re-red trigger.
+- MINOR declined: none.
+- Confirmation pass (correctness CONCERNS(2), r3): MAJOR errexit on bare
+  capture → §2 keeps the call inside the condition + rc≠0 fake-claude case;
+  MAJOR hermeticity → §4 precondition; MINOR 4 unlisted class-(A) test sites
+  → §1; resolver semantics + Alphabet/Alpha flip → §13; `..`/CDPATH/-P →
+  §12; non-empty token → §6.

From 6bc7c12bf3babdfce33688c843e5e01eb6af2388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bchanot <bchanot@gmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:24:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] =?UTF-8?q?chore(memory):=20reconcile=202026-10-06=20?=
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diff --git a/.claude/memory/journal.md b/.claude/memory/journal.md
index c76ebf6..cc7fe44 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/journal.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/journal.md
@@ -564,3 +564,4 @@ rules:
 
 ## 2026-10-06
 - /release-candidate 2.0.0 (user: MAJOR): prep DONE on release/2.0.0 (9d421e4), suite RED → user hold. Root cause = GNU-only idioms on new macOS machine ([[BLK-026]]). /bugfix on bugfix/macos-portability: 4 challenge passes → r3, bugfixer, GATE 0 MET, verifier CONFORME 9/9, security PASS, hardening (sed_profile keeps tmp on failed write), commit 0efdff0 + CHANGELOG docs commit; [[BDR-110]] [[LRN-189]] [[LRN-190]]. Found [[BLK-027]]: no global hooksPath here, `make link` run (user go), `make plugin` + `.env` still missing. Next: reconcile, prune-memory, doc-sync, resume release at STEP 4 after merging develop into release/2.0.0.
+- Reconcile 2026-10-06: TODO:15 + TODO:10 closed (npm soft_deny covers), TODO:892 re-verified open; 6 BLK external/open unchanged; BLK-018 due at the running release.
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
index e0271f6..0c93f65 100644
--- a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
+++ b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ routing lines, complete scope, TTY fix on ctx7 + 21st (option A), deny aliases.
 - [x] /ship-feature run: 9 plan tasks, fix wave after the final review, doc sync, registries ([[BDR-109]])
 - [ ] parked (final review, rulings in BDR-109): remedy line ignores a pinned lock version (latent while `latest`); Step 8.6 spawns `higgsfield version` up to 3 times; rollback needs `npm uninstall -g @higgsfield/cli` + session removal + hand removal of `skills-external/higgsfield-*`
 - [ ] parked (per-task minors, none blocking): "rename" comment vs rm-then-mv; no `--` before the clone URL; ssh URL can prompt; no sweep of a stale `.higgsfield-stage.*`; timeout path itself untested; "pack not installed" when only unlisted skills are synced; doctor version read unbounded
-- [ ] user decision: close the remaining npm global-install spellings in settings.json deny (`npm i <pkg> -g`, `npm add -g`, `npm -g i`) — pattern grammar for a mid-string wildcard unverified ([[BLK-025]])
+- [x] user decision: close the remaining npm global-install spellings in settings.json deny (`npm i <pkg> -g`, `npm add -g`, `npm -g i`) — pattern grammar for a mid-string wildcard unverified ([[BLK-025]]) — CLOSED 2026-10-06 (reconcile, user go: soft_deny settings.json:472 names `npm add -g` + flag-after-package)
 - [ ] user decision: pin a commit for higgsfield-ai/skills and a version for `@higgsfield/cli` (security gate, 2 MEDIUM, accepted as is)
 - feature/higgsfield-pack merged into develop 2026-09-30 (df6dbce, user go)
 - [x] soft_deny "Global npm installs" entry merged 2026-09-30 (chore/npm-global-soft-deny)
 - [ ] user hand edit pending: remove the four `Bash(npm … -g|--global *)` lines from `permissions.deny` (they override the classifier); then the first global install is the live test of the entry
-- [ ] (was) user decision pending: npm global installs from `deny` to a prompt tier — `ask` does not prompt under `defaultMode: auto` ([[BDR-090]]); option = one `autoMode.soft_deny` entry (vet the package first), deny lines removed by the user by hand
+- [x] (was) user decision pending: npm global installs from `deny` to a prompt tier — `ask` does not prompt under `defaultMode: auto` ([[BDR-090]]); option = one `autoMode.soft_deny` entry (vet the package first), deny lines removed by the user by hand — DONE 2026-09-30 (soft_deny "Global npm installs", 95168c1; reconcile 2026-10-06)
 
 ## 2026-09-29 — effort round: every skill carries a level next to its model pin (feature/effort-round)
 User table: low fix-a-line/run-a-script · medium day-to-day · high refactor/resisting bug ·
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ versioned (durable, referenced by decisions.md e.g. BDR-076). Universal via the
       symmetry + /doc clean pass: README/USAGE/ARCHITECTURE.md) — 37c79f0
 - [x] merge chore/purge-transient-docs → develop (docs/ transient purge
       655e364 + reconcile e75ea79) — reaches main at next release
-- [ ] Makefile help text: profile-list help lists 5/10 profiles (:57) —
+- [ ] Makefile help text: profile-list help lists 5/10 profiles (:57) — (re-verified OPEN 2026-10-06: 11 profiles, Makefile:62 lists 5)
       1-line hotfix. (test glob :31 FIXED — has run-*.sh, reconcile 2026-08-25)
       Re-verified OPEN 2026-09-01: lib/profiles/ has 10, Makefile:57 lists 5
       (backend, full, seo, web-full, web missing).

From a84aaaabbd5a6bb37126ac25d2ef57c46fce60ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bchanot <bchanot@gmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:40:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] =?UTF-8?q?chore(memory):=20prune=202026-10-06=20?=
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 .claude/memory/decisions.md |   4 +-
 .claude/memory/evals.md     |  12 +--
 .claude/memory/journal.md   |   1 +
 .claude/memory/learnings.md | 168 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
 5 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.claude/memory/blockers.md b/.claude/memory/blockers.md
index 9bbacc5..cfe9f7f 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/blockers.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/blockers.md
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ rules:
 | BLK-016 | 2026-07-04 | rtk compression PATH-dead 30 days — 6/5070 Bash commands compressed (~460K tokens missed); installer sources cargo env so its own check passes, Claude tool shell never gets ~/.cargo/bin | resolved |
 | BLK-017 | 2026-07-17 | Bing Webmaster API unusable for a multi-client agency: OAuth swamp (localhost redirect refused, rotated single-use refresh tokens race our parallel dispatch), API key = wrong model (client-owned sites) | open/deferred |
 | BLK-018 | 2026-07-20 | release-executor finish span blocked by permission classifier (human signal invisible to subagent) — 2026-07-… | open |
-| BLK-019 | 2026-09-01 | notify-attention bell silent, toast OK (VS Code client default) — 2026-09-01 | resolved |
-| BLK-020 | 2026-09-02 | notify-attention: both channels dead on one VS Code client — 2026-09-02 | resolved |
+| BLK-019 | 2026-09-01 | notify-attention bell silent, toast OK (VS Code client default) — 2026-09-01 | superseded by BLK-028 |
+| BLK-020 | 2026-09-02 | notify-attention: both channels dead on one VS Code client — 2026-09-02 | superseded by BLK-028 |
 | BLK-021 | 2026-09-22 | Bash tool dead mid-session ("every command exits 1"): /tmp usrquota blown by a dead session's probe HOMEs — 2… | open |
 | BLK-022 | 2026-09-22 | `hooks/guard-bash.sh` withheld by the safety classifier; executable spec shipped instead — 2026-09-22 | open |
 | BLK-023 | 2026-09-28 | floor-guard SKIP pattern `xit(` (Jasmine) matches any `exit(` in python/JS test helpers → false ECARTS; workaround: no `exit(` in inline python, bash derives rc from output — 2026-09-28 | resolved |
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ rules:
 | BLK-025 | 2026-09-30 | deny rule `Bash(npm install -g *)` bypassed unknowingly by the alias `npm i -g` (pasted user instruction ran as typed); deny patterns are literal prefixes — 2026-09-30 | resolved (partial) |
 | BLK-026 | 2026-10-06 | `make test` red on macOS: 13 suites, GNU-only idioms in suite + 7 libs (SIGPIPE under pipefail, `sed -i`, `wc` padding, `stat -c`, `realpath -m`, bare `timeout`, `grep -oP`) | resolved |
 | BLK-027 | 2026-10-06 | this machine never ran `make link`/`make plugin`: no global `core.hooksPath` → post-commit push never fired, branches landed ahead of upstream; 11 vendored skills + `~/.claude/.env` missing | resolved (link) / open (plugin) |
+| BLK-028 | 2026-10-06 | notify-attention on a VS Code client: bell + toast silent-degradation faults (merge of BLK-019 + BLK-020): terminalBell sound default off, ext hooks only terminals born after activation, Code muted in Windows mixer | resolved |
 
 ---
 
@@ -296,3 +297,11 @@ rules:
 - **Real cause**: `make link` never run on this Mac → `core.hooksPath` unset (local + global), `~/.claude/githooks` absent. `gitflow start` pushes explicitly so branch creation looked fine; commits rely on the post-commit hook. `make link` also reports `make plugin` never ran (11 vendored skills absent) and `~/.claude/.env` missing.
 - **Solution**: pushed both branches by hand; `make link` run (user go) → `core.hooksPath=~/.claude/githooks`, 4 hooks installed. `make doctor` "Git hooks" section flags this; run it first on a new machine.
 - **Status**: resolved for hooks; open: `make plugin` + `.env` on this machine (user action).
+
+## BLK-028 — notify-attention on VS Code client: three client-side faults, one probe order (merge BLK-019 + BLK-020) — 2026-10-06
+- **Friction**: hook fires, server side clean, yet bell and/or toast silent on a VS Code client over SSH. Looks like half-broken hook. Two machines, three distinct faults.
+- **Real cause (3 faults, all client-side)**: (1) VS Code `accessibility.signals.terminalBell` defaults `"auto"` = sound OFF unless screen reader active (BLK-019). (2) ext `wenbopan.vscode-terminal-osc-notifier` parses only terminals created AFTER its activation: claude terminal born before install never hooked, toast dead (BLK-020 fault A). (3) Windows per-app volume mixer, Code entry at 0: toast still audible because Windows shell emits that sound, not Code → masked plain app mute (BLK-020 fault B). Not a hook bug; not dtach (dtach broadcasts to every attached client, zero session loss).
+- **Solution**: client settings.json `"accessibility.signals.terminalBell": { "sound": "on" }`; install ext THEN start or re-attach claude (`dtach -a ~/.dtach/<sess>` from a fresh terminal); raise Code volume in Windows mixer (mixer lists app only after it tried playback → hit preview first). Per-client-machine, not repo-portable.
+- **Probe order (do FIRST, before server archaeology)**: fresh VS Code terminal, `printf '\a\a\033]777;notify;Test;hello\033\\'` → splits terminal path from client renderer; palette `Help: List Signal Sounds` → Terminal Bell preview bypasses terminal/BEL/hook/dtach/ext, isolates renderer audio in one step.
+- **Status**: resolved (BLK-019 2026-09-01, BLK-020 A+B 2026-09-02/03). Sources superseded by this entry; bodies kept for history.
+- **Reference**: `~/.claude/hooks/notify-attention.sh` header documents the setting; [[LRN-145]] terminalSequence-not-/dev/tty; silent-degradation class [[LRN-047]]; sources [[BLK-019]], [[BLK-020]].
diff --git a/.claude/memory/decisions.md b/.claude/memory/decisions.md
index 86b2dc9..e1cbe79 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/decisions.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/decisions.md
@@ -982,9 +982,9 @@ rules:
 ## BDR-062 — supersede BDR-031's 275-line CLAUDE.md target: 305 is the assumed reality
 - **Date**: 2026-07-08
 - **Status**: accepted (supersedes the 275-line density TARGET of [[BDR-031]] only; BDR-031's core principle — lightening = compression, not path-scope/externalization — stands unchanged)
-- **Decision**: global CLAUDE.md sits at 305 lines, stays there. job1's density pass took it 319→305 and no later job re-inflated it; the extraction BDR-031 called for is done. Old 275 target (or the 280 guard) now costs clarity more than it saves tokens. The `hooks/session-start.sh` guard threshold is realigned 280→320: still catches genuine regression (real bloat past 320) but stops firing a permanent "density pass requis" warning on an assumed-final 305.
+- **Decision**: global CLAUDE.md sits at 305 lines, stays there. job1's density pass took it 319→305 and no later job re-inflated it; the extraction BDR-031 called for is done. Old 275 target (or 280 guard) now costs clarity more than tokens saved. `hooks/session-start.sh` guard threshold realigned 280→320: still catches genuine regression (bloat past 320), stops firing permanent "density pass requis" warning on assumed-final 305.
 - **Why**: the review (`.audit/review-release-1.0.0.md` A6) found the guard had warned every session since job1 without the target ever being met — a self-inflicted permanent warning, not an actionable signal. A gate that never goes green trains you to ignore it. Realign to reality; 15-line margin keeps real regressions visible.
-- **Alternatives rejected**: (a) finish the compression 305→≤275 — the remaining lines are load-bearing constraints, not filler; further squeeze loses clarity for a marginal token gain on a solo repo. (b) leave the guard at 280 and accept the permanent warning — a permanently-red non-blocking gate is noise. (c) rewrite BDR-031 — registries append-only; supersede the target, keep the principle.
+- **Alternatives rejected**: (a) finish the compression 305→≤275 — the remaining lines are load-bearing constraints, not filler; further squeeze loses clarity for a marginal token gain on a solo repo. (b) leave guard at 280, accept permanent warning — permanently-red non-blocking gate is noise. (c) rewrite BDR-031 — registries append-only; supersede target, keep principle.
 - **Reference**: `hooks/session-start.sh:202-211`; supersedes the 275 target in [[BDR-031]] (principle kept). Review remediation A6, 2026-07-08.
 
 ## BDR-063 — GSC multi-account: OAuth2 installed-app flow + label-keyed token store
diff --git a/.claude/memory/evals.md b/.claude/memory/evals.md
index 7a81849..9ece412 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/evals.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/evals.md
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ rules:
 ## EVAL-021 — adversarial review of the 9-job series (release/1.0.0..develop) + remediation
 - **Date**: 2026-07-08
 - **output**: read-only adversarial review — 11 analyzers (1/job + validator-analyzer contract) + fresh-context verifier on 6 top findings + make test. Report `.audit/review-release-1.0.0.md`: 1 BLOQUANT (A1 trailer), 5 à corriger (A2 gitleaks hook inert, A3 back-merge gap, A4 YAML, A5 geo attribution, A8 smoke-A), 5 mineurs, 10 verified false-positives; jobs 4/5/6/8 CLEAN, validator-analyzer contract SOUND. Remediation (chore/review-remediation): A1/A2/A4/A5 fixed, A8 PROVEN (both /seo+/geo AUTO items land on disk via L1 — no silent no-op), fil-rouge guard added, A3 backfilled + rtk fix ported, A6 threshold realigned.
-- **method**: analyzers write findings to scratch; main loop does the inter-jobs cross-pass + memory-sequence + trailer sweep + cost check; verifier re-derives 6 findings from scratch. Sandbox gotcha logged: `git log | grep` truncates silently → used `git rev-list`.
+- **method**: analyzers write findings to scratch; main loop does inter-jobs cross-pass + memory-sequence + trailer sweep + cost check; verifier re-derives 6 findings from scratch. Sandbox gotcha logged: `git log | grep` truncates silently → used `git rev-list`.
 - **anomalies**: (1) 2 sub-agent verdicts overturned — job7 CLEAN was wrong (gitleaks hook not wired, [[LRN-114]]) and the contract-agent's tool-grant "defect" was a false-positive ([[LRN-115]]). (2) A8 smoke-A root cause was undocumented in 212f9aa; reconstructed live — dispatcher classifies by batch-id (seo A/B/C, geo G1-G7), tolerant of header wording so items aren't dropped; path-b proven to land AUTO fixes on disk. (3) A7: job1/3f639b3 broke the design-hook oracle ~10h until job2/860b803 — historical; lesson = run make test before merging a branch, not only at finish.
-- **action**: keep. Remediation branch unmerged (human gate). Fil-rouge guard now prevents the partial-fix class ([[LRN-113]]).
+- **action**: keep. Remediation branch unmerged (human gate). Fil-rouge guard now prevents partial-fix class ([[LRN-113]]).
 
 ## EVAL-022 — job9 model pins (BDR-060) were smoke-tested but never recorded as an EVAL (M5 trace)
 - **Date**: 2026-07-08
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ Dogfood: 3 blind lenses attacked the v1 plan for the plan-challenge feature itse
 
 ## EVAL-029 — 4-agent plan challenge: 6 BLOCKERs, and the fix round produced 3 of them
 - **Date**: 2026-09-15
-- **Method**: 3 blind lenses (correctness / robustness / simplicity) on plan rev 1, then 1 confirmation lens on rev 2. Subject = the gstack Playwright lib plan ([[BDR-088]]).
-- **Result**: rev 1 → 3 BLOCKER + 12 MAJOR. Rev 2, written specifically to close them → 3 NEW BLOCKERs, and 2 of the 3 were INTRODUCED BY the fixes: the new "every public function returns 0" rule contradicted the new "return rc", and the printer-name clause came verbatim from my own contract criterion 9. Rev 3 dropped the recovery branch entirely at the human gate — 6 findings closed by deletion instead of code.
-- **Anomaly**: my first user-facing answer asserted ~654 MB of orphan Playwright revisions. FALSE — `.links` showed every dir referenced, 0 reclaimable. Caught only while designing the guard, not while asserting the number. Worse, the guard I proposed would itself have deleted gsd-pi's rev 1243.
-- **Action**: (1) never state a disk-reclaimable figure before reading the registry that owns it ([[LRN-151]]). (2) A fix round deserves the same challenge as the original plan — 3/3 confirmation BLOCKERs came from fixes, not from the original. (3) The confirmation pass earned its cost: without it the printer override would have shipped and silently disconnected doctor's counters ([[LRN-150]]).
+- **Method**: 3 blind lenses (correctness / robustness / simplicity) on plan rev 1, then 1 confirmation lens on rev 2. Subject = gstack Playwright lib plan ([[BDR-088]]).
+- **Result**: rev 1 → 3 BLOCKER + 12 MAJOR. Rev 2, written to close them → 3 NEW BLOCKERs, 2 of 3 INTRODUCED BY the fixes: new "every public function returns 0" rule contradicted new "return rc"; printer-name clause came verbatim from my own contract criterion 9. Rev 3 dropped recovery branch entirely at human gate — 6 findings closed by deletion instead of code.
+- **Anomaly**: first user-facing answer asserted ~654 MB orphan Playwright revisions. FALSE — `.links` showed every dir referenced, 0 reclaimable. Caught only while designing the guard, not while asserting the number. Worse, proposed guard would itself have deleted gsd-pi's rev 1243.
+- **Action**: (1) never state a disk-reclaimable figure before reading the registry that owns it ([[LRN-151]]). (2) A fix round deserves the same challenge as the original plan — 3/3 confirmation BLOCKERs came from fixes, not from the original. (3) Confirmation pass earned its cost: without it printer override would have shipped, silently disconnected doctor's counters ([[LRN-150]]).
 - **Status**: keep.
 - **Reference**: `.claude/tasks/plans/2026-09-13-gstack-playwright-lib-2220.md` (rev 3). Links [[BDR-088]], [[LRN-150]].
 
diff --git a/.claude/memory/journal.md b/.claude/memory/journal.md
index cc7fe44..5034935 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/journal.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/journal.md
@@ -565,3 +565,4 @@ rules:
 ## 2026-10-06
 - /release-candidate 2.0.0 (user: MAJOR): prep DONE on release/2.0.0 (9d421e4), suite RED → user hold. Root cause = GNU-only idioms on new macOS machine ([[BLK-026]]). /bugfix on bugfix/macos-portability: 4 challenge passes → r3, bugfixer, GATE 0 MET, verifier CONFORME 9/9, security PASS, hardening (sed_profile keeps tmp on failed write), commit 0efdff0 + CHANGELOG docs commit; [[BDR-110]] [[LRN-189]] [[LRN-190]]. Found [[BLK-027]]: no global hooksPath here, `make link` run (user go), `make plugin` + `.env` still missing. Next: reconcile, prune-memory, doc-sync, resume release at STEP 4 after merging develop into release/2.0.0.
 - Reconcile 2026-10-06: TODO:15 + TODO:10 closed (npm soft_deny covers), TODO:892 re-verified open; 6 BLK external/open unchanged; BLK-018 due at the running release.
+- /prune-memory 2026-10-06: A none, D none; B BLK-019+020 → BLK-028 (merge); C bounded 37 entries ≥9% filler → 37 edited, 1 untouched (LRN-075 all-negation), cuts 1-11% only (negation guard protects "X not Y" lessons); fidelity + index OK. 110 bloated entries left for a later run.
diff --git a/.claude/memory/learnings.md b/.claude/memory/learnings.md
index 7d76820..7ec9cb9 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/learnings.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/learnings.md
@@ -681,20 +681,20 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-037 — Verify the load-bearing scenario on the REAL subject in REAL context, not a stub or a logic argument
 
 - **Date**: 2026-06-21
-- **Context**: design-gate chantier. 4 successive plausible claims each REFUTED only by running the real thing: (1) .env read path was `$REPO/.env`, not `~/.claude/.env` (read the actual script); (2) fail-open — unknown folded into silent READY (saw it in live output); (3) "alias dies in subshell = cause" (refuted: real binary on inherited PATH → `command -v` succeeds); (4) real cause = PATH carrying nvm bin (proven by `PATH=/usr/bin:/bin` run). Logic/stub never caught any. The DISCRIMINATING magic-OFF-under-stripped-PATH → exit 10 is what proved the gate truly runs `claude mcp list` vs. defaulting to READY.
-- **Pattern**: for the load-bearing scenario, run it on the REAL subject in the REAL invocation context (prod path `$HOME/.claude/lib/...`, prod-like PATH), not a stub or a "the code path is correct" argument. A stub proves branch coverage; only the real subject proves the integration. Always add a DISCRIMINATING case — force the failure state; the check must REPORT it, not pass by default (a check that only ever passes proves nothing).
+- **Context**: design-gate chantier. 4 successive plausible claims each REFUTED only by running the real thing: (1) .env read path was `$REPO/.env`, not `~/.claude/.env` (read the actual script); (2) fail-open — unknown folded into silent READY (saw it in live output); (3) "alias dies in subshell = cause" (refuted: real binary on inherited PATH → `command -v` succeeds); (4) real cause = PATH carrying nvm bin (proven by `PATH=/usr/bin:/bin` run). Logic/stub never caught any. DISCRIMINATING magic-OFF-under-stripped-PATH → exit 10 proved gate truly runs `claude mcp list` vs. defaulting to READY.
+- **Pattern**: for the load-bearing scenario, run it on the REAL subject in the REAL invocation context (prod path `$HOME/.claude/lib/...`, prod-like PATH), not a stub or a "the code path is correct" argument. Stub proves branch coverage; only real subject proves integration. Always add a DISCRIMINATING case — force the failure state; the check must REPORT it, not pass by default (a check that only ever passes proves nothing).
 - **Future application**: any "fixed/works" claim on a critical path → produce the real run output (command + lines + exit code) before capitalizing or shipping; don't summarize ("condition met") in place of the output. Stub/logic = necessary for branch coverage, never sufficient for the integration claim. Most rentable discipline of the whole segment: every refutation came from execution, none from reasoning.
-- **Reference**: design-gate chantier, the `PATH=/usr/bin:/bin` matrix (magic-on → READY/0, magic-off → INCOMPLETE/10), commits 4d19135 / f963318. Linked to [[LRN-036]] (the concrete instance: the PATH cause surfaced only by the real run), [[LRN-034]] (its twin — 034 = don't trust a narrated *claim*; 037 = don't trust a *stub/logic argument* as proof; both demand execution against ground truth).
+- **Reference**: design-gate chantier, `PATH=/usr/bin:/bin` matrix (magic-on → READY/0, magic-off → INCOMPLETE/10), commits 4d19135 / f963318. Linked to [[LRN-036]] (the concrete instance: the PATH cause surfaced only by the real run), [[LRN-034]] (its twin — 034 = don't trust a narrated *claim*; 037 = don't trust a *stub/logic argument* as proof; both demand execution against ground truth).
 
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 ## LRN-038 — Playwright host-platform override for distros newer than its hardcoded support list
 - **Date**: 2026-06-23
 - **Context**: fresh Ubuntu 26.04. gstack `./setup` aborted: "Playwright does not support chromium on ubuntu26.04-x64". Playwright 1.58.2's registry hardcodes `ubuntu20.04/22.04/24.04` only; a newer release → no matching build → hard error. gstack is a pinned submodule (must not edit).
-- **Pattern**: `PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE=ubuntuXX.04-<arch>` forces a fallback build. MUST include arch (`x64`/`arm64`) — bare `ubuntu24.04` fails ("does not support … ubuntu24.04"). Set from the WRAPPER: `export` before the submodule's setup (install-time download) AND persist to the shell profile (runtime launch) — both paths call `getHostPlatform`. No submodule edit. Gate on real OS version (`sort -V`) → supported distros untouched. Test with the LOCAL `./node_modules/.bin/playwright` — `bunx playwright` pulls the LATEST playwright (different browser revision than the local import), masks the result.
-- **Future application**: pinned tool hardcoding an OS allowlist breaks on a fresh OS upgrade. Look for a host-platform override env before bumping/forking the dep. Prove the fallback binary actually runs (`ldd` = no missing libs + a real headless render), not just that the download resolves.
+- **Pattern**: `PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE=ubuntuXX.04-<arch>` forces fallback build. MUST include arch (`x64`/`arm64`) — bare `ubuntu24.04` fails ("does not support … ubuntu24.04"). Set from WRAPPER: `export` before submodule's setup (install-time download) AND persist to shell profile (runtime launch) — both paths call `getHostPlatform`. No submodule edit. Gate on real OS version (`sort -V`) → supported distros untouched. Test with LOCAL `./node_modules/.bin/playwright` — `bunx playwright` pulls LATEST playwright (different browser revision than local import), masks result.
+- **Future application**: pinned tool hardcoding OS allowlist breaks on fresh OS upgrade. Look for host-platform override env before bumping/forking dep. Prove the fallback binary actually runs (`ldd` = no missing libs + a real headless render), not just that the download resolves.
 - **Reference**: `install-plugins.sh` `playwright_platform_override()`, commit 211c7d4. Linked to [[BLK-008]].
-- **2026-06-23 CORRECTION (override REVERTED, commit b9c3937)**: the override is NOT a usable fix on Ubuntu 26.04. It makes `playwright install` switch to the ubuntu24.04 fallback build, which downloads to 100% then HANGS at extraction (chrome binary never materializes; real machine + sandbox). 0.5s fast-fail → install-blocking hang. Isolated proof (`ldd` + headless render) PASSED on an already-extracted sibling build (rev 1228) — masked the install-path hang in the real flow (rev 1208). **Sharpened lesson**: proving the binary launches in isolation is NOT proving the install path works — run the ACTUAL install command end-to-end (it must COMPLETE, not just "download resolves" nor "a binary launches"). Override technique stays valid in general; the EXTRACTION/COMPLETE step is part of "does it work".
+- **2026-06-23 CORRECTION (override REVERTED, commit b9c3937)**: the override is NOT a usable fix on Ubuntu 26.04. It makes `playwright install` switch to the ubuntu24.04 fallback build, which downloads to 100% then HANGS at extraction (chrome binary never materializes; real machine + sandbox). 0.5s fast-fail → install-blocking hang. Isolated proof (`ldd` + headless render) PASSED on already-extracted sibling build (rev 1228) — masked install-path hang in real flow (rev 1208). **Sharpened lesson**: proving the binary launches in isolation is NOT proving the install path works — run the ACTUAL install command end-to-end (it must COMPLETE, not just "download resolves" nor "a binary launches"). Override technique stays valid in general; EXTRACTION/COMPLETE step is part of "does it work".
 
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@@ -711,8 +711,8 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-040 — OS newer than a pinned tool supports = TWO distinct layers (version build + security policy)
 - **Date**: 2026-06-23
 - **Context**: gstack browser on fresh Ubuntu 26.04. Layer 1 = Playwright 1.58.2 ships no browser build for 26.04 → install errors (the host-platform override "fixes" the error but its fallback build HANGS at extraction — dead end, [[BLK-008]]). Layer 2 = even with Playwright 1.61 (native 26.04 build that launches fine in isolation), the real browse path aborts "No usable sandbox" because Ubuntu 24.04+ restricts unprivileged user namespaces via AppArmor.
-- **Pattern**: (a) bump the tool PAST the OS-support threshold — don't force the OS to look older (overrides/fallbacks are fragile; prove the install COMPLETES, not just that a binary launches). Pinned submodule dep: `bun add X@latest` in the submodule, automatable in the installer, idempotent via grep of the dep's support list for the running OS tag before bumping. (b) SEPARATELY handle OS security hardening: Chromium needs `--no-sandbox` where `sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1`; gstack exposes `GSTACK_CHROMIUM_NO_SANDBOX=1` (#1562). Gate persistence on the sysctl, not an OS-version guess.
-- **Future application**: "tool X broke after an OS upgrade" → check BOTH (1) does X ship a build / support entry for the new OS (bump if not), and (2) does the new OS's hardening (userns/AppArmor/SELinux) block X at runtime (needs an opt-out flag). Fix one without the other → still fails. Verify the FULL runtime path (drive a real page) — isolated `chromium.launch()` PASSED while the real `browse` path failed on the sandbox.
+- **Pattern**: (a) bump the tool PAST the OS-support threshold — don't force the OS to look older (overrides/fallbacks are fragile; prove the install COMPLETES, not just that a binary launches). Pinned submodule dep: `bun add X@latest` in submodule, automatable in installer, idempotent via grep of dep's support list for running OS tag before bumping. (b) SEPARATELY handle OS security hardening: Chromium needs `--no-sandbox` where `sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1`; gstack exposes `GSTACK_CHROMIUM_NO_SANDBOX=1` (#1562). Gate persistence on the sysctl, not an OS-version guess.
+- **Future application**: "tool X broke after an OS upgrade" → check BOTH (1) does X ship a build / support entry for the new OS (bump if not), and (2) does the new OS's hardening (userns/AppArmor/SELinux) block X at runtime (needs an opt-out flag). Fix one without the other → still fails. Verify FULL runtime path (drive real page) — isolated `chromium.launch()` PASSED while real `browse` path failed on sandbox.
 - **Reference**: `install-plugins.sh`, `.bashrc` `GSTACK_CHROMIUM_NO_SANDBOX=1`, gstack `browse/src/browser-manager.ts` `shouldEnableChromiumSandbox()`, commit 3b8ffb1. Linked to [[BDR-029]], [[BLK-008]], [[LRN-038]].
 
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@@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-041 — A check reading a symlink an EARLIER install step makes → false negative if that step's precondition wasn't met
 
 - **Date**: 2026-06-23
-- **Context**: install warned "MAGIC_API_KEY not found in ~/.claude/.env" though the key WAS set there. Root: the check grep'd `$REPO/.env` — a symlink → `~/.claude/.env` ([[BDR-026]]) created by `link.sh`'s `link_env`. On a fresh machine `~/.claude/.env` is created AFTER `link.sh` runs (install first warns "create it"), so the symlink was never made and the key was unreachable via `$REPO/.env`. `make plugin` also never runs `link.sh`. The warning misleadingly blamed `~/.claude/.env`.
-- **Pattern**: a check that reads a path PRODUCED by an earlier setup step silently fails when that step's precondition wasn't met yet (target absent → symlink skipped). Fix: read the CANONICAL source and/or self-heal (create the missing symlink when the canonical exists). Env-key greps must tolerate `export `/leading whitespace and require a non-empty value: `^[[:space:]]*(export[[:space:]]+)?KEY=.` — and the message must name the real gap (symlink missing vs key absent), with an actionable hint (`run make link`).
+- **Context**: install warned "MAGIC_API_KEY not found in ~/.claude/.env" though the key WAS set there. Root: check grep'd `$REPO/.env` — symlink → `~/.claude/.env` ([[BDR-026]]) created by `link.sh`'s `link_env`. On a fresh machine `~/.claude/.env` is created AFTER `link.sh` runs (install first warns "create it"), so the symlink was never made and the key was unreachable via `$REPO/.env`. `make plugin` also never runs `link.sh`. Warning misleadingly blamed `~/.claude/.env`.
+- **Pattern**: a check that reads a path PRODUCED by an earlier setup step silently fails when that step's precondition wasn't met yet (target absent → symlink skipped). Fix: read CANONICAL source and/or self-heal (create missing symlink when canonical exists). Env-key greps must tolerate `export `/leading whitespace and require non-empty value: `^[[:space:]]*(export[[:space:]]+)?KEY=.` — and message must name real gap (symlink missing vs key absent), with actionable hint (`run make link`).
 - **Future application**: any "X not found in FILE" where FILE is a symlink/derived path → verify the producing step ran with its precondition, prefer the canonical source, self-heal or give an actionable message. Sandbox note: `.env*` reads were blocked — diagnosed via directory listing + regex tests on SYNTHETIC lines, never reading the secret.
 - **Reference**: `install-plugins.sh` magic check (self-heal symlink + tolerant regex), `link.sh` `link_env`, commit 1b028cb. Linked to [[BDR-026]].
 
@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-045 — Renaming a command: audit exact-name leak-guard / forbidden-token regexes
 
 - **Date**: 2026-06-25
-- **Context**: rename `/validate` → `/web-validate`. A client-deliverable leak-guard in `agents/client-handover-writer.md:1462` greps generated docs for internal tool names via `grep -niE '/(seo|harden|validate|cso|...)\b'`. The `web-` prefix means `/web-validate` no longer matches the `/validate` branch (the `/` must sit immediately before `validate`; post-rename a `-` sits there) → renamed command leaks SILENTLY into client-facing output. No error — the gate just stops catching it.
-- **Pattern**: any rename of a command/skill/identifier must sweep regexes/allowlists/denylists that match the OLD name by exact token — leak guards, forbidden-token gates, routing dispatchers, CI greps. A prefix/suffix rename breaks anchored matches (`/oldname\b`) with zero error. Fix = alternation covering BOTH names (`web-validate|validate`), NOT replacement — old artifacts (already-shipped client docs, logs) still carry the legacy name and must stay caught.
-- **Future application**: when renaming, grep the BARE old token inside regex/test/gate files, not just `/oldname` command refs. A blind `replace_all '/old' '/new'` MISSES these because the guard stores the name inside an alternation (`|old|`), not as `/old`. For each guard found, extend to `new|old`; verify the gate line shows both names.
+- **Context**: rename `/validate` → `/web-validate`. Client-deliverable leak-guard in `agents/client-handover-writer.md:1462` greps generated docs for internal tool names via `grep -niE '/(seo|harden|validate|cso|...)\b'`. The `web-` prefix means `/web-validate` no longer matches the `/validate` branch (the `/` must sit immediately before `validate`; post-rename a `-` sits there) → renamed command leaks SILENTLY into client-facing output. No error — the gate just stops catching it.
+- **Pattern**: any rename of command/skill/identifier must sweep regexes/allowlists/denylists matching OLD name by exact token — leak guards, forbidden-token gates, routing dispatchers, CI greps. Prefix/suffix rename breaks anchored matches (`/oldname\b`) with zero error. Fix = alternation covering BOTH names (`web-validate|validate`), NOT replacement — old artifacts (already-shipped client docs, logs) still carry the legacy name and must stay caught.
+- **Future application**: when renaming, grep the BARE old token inside regex/test/gate files, not just `/oldname` command refs. A blind `replace_all '/old' '/new'` MISSES these because the guard stores the name inside an alternation (`|old|`), not as `/old`. For each guard found, extend to `new|old`; verify gate line shows both names.
 - **Reference**: `agents/client-handover-writer.md:1462`, rename commit `e5e673a`. Linked to [[BDR-032]].
 
 ## LRN-046 — Destructive skill: deterministic oracle > semantic judge
@@ -840,8 +840,8 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-055 — Body `## ID —` headings are a drift-immune index; the maintained `## Index` table is not
 - **Date**: 2026-06-26
 - **Pattern**: When a registry keeps both per-entry `## ID — title` headings AND a hand-maintained `## Index` table, the Index DRIFTS (entries land in the body, the manual update lapses) while headings cannot (an entry IS its heading — 100% coverage by construction). Measured: decisions 11/34 (32%), learnings 21/52 (40%), blockers 2/9 (22%) missing from the Index — scattered in large blocks (e.g. decisions BDR-024–033 unindexed while the newer BDR-034 is), not an old/new split. Manual Index-update step unreliable. Key any selector/scan off `grep '^## <PREFIX>-'`, never the convenience Index. Backfill (prune-memory passe D) = human-TOC hygiene, NOT a selector dependency.
-- **Context**: analyze-before-plan ([[BDR-035]]) two-pass. First instinct "reuse the Index capitalize maintains"; measuring the drift killed it — convenient artifact unreliable, guaranteed one (headings) free.
-- **Future application**: choosing a substrate to index/select over: prefer what the STRUCTURE guarantees over what a step PROMISES to maintain. Verify maintained-artifact completeness before depending on it.
+- **Context**: analyze-before-plan ([[BDR-035]]) two-pass. First instinct "reuse the Index capitalize maintains"; measuring drift killed it — convenient artifact unreliable, guaranteed one (headings) free.
+- **Future application**: choosing substrate to index/select over: prefer what STRUCTURE guarantees over what a step PROMISES to maintain. Verify maintained-artifact completeness before depending on it.
 - **Reference**: `lib/analyze-before-plan.md` (PASS 1). `skills/prune-memory` passe D. See [[BDR-035]].
 
 ## LRN-056 — `grep PAT dir/*.md` on an absent dir ERRORS (exit 2), it does not no-op → guard with `[ -d ]`
@@ -855,8 +855,8 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-057 — Match the consumption mechanism to the consumer (mechanical / external-cognitive / inline-cognitive)
 - **Date**: 2026-06-26
 - **Pattern**: When a produced artifact must be CONSUMED downstream, the mechanism depends on the consumer: (a) MECHANICAL (git merge integrating a branch) — production on the shared substrate = consumption, automatic ([[BDR-034]]'s "commit before FINISH"); (b) EXTERNAL-COGNITIVE (an unmodifiable skill like `superpowers:brainstorming`) — "produced before" ≠ "consumed"; INJECT the artifact into the consumer's INPUT at the invocation boundary (orchestrator = adapter) + a RECONCILIATION gate that EXPOSES the disposition for review (not auto-detect); (c) INLINE-COGNITIVE (same agent reads then plans) — reader=planner, same context → natural consumption, just force the trace ([[LRN-053]]). Don't import (b)'s machinery where (c) suffices, nor assume (a)'s automatism when the consumer is cognitive.
-- **Context**: analyze-before-plan ([[BDR-035]]). ship-feature brainstorm = external-cognitive → STEP 0d injection + STEP 3 expose-for-review gate; feat/bugfix = inline-cognitive → natural + trace, no injection. Asymmetry vs [[BDR-034]] (mechanical merge) = the chantier's hardest point.
-- **Future application**: wiring ANY produce→consume invariant: classify the consumer first (mechanical / external-cognitive / inline-cognitive), pick the lightest sufficient mechanism. Stops reflexive import of orchestrator-grade injection+gate where an inline trace would do.
+- **Context**: analyze-before-plan ([[BDR-035]]). ship-feature brainstorm = external-cognitive → STEP 0d injection + STEP 3 expose-for-review gate; feat/bugfix = inline-cognitive → natural + trace, no injection. Asymmetry vs [[BDR-034]] (mechanical merge) = chantier's hardest point.
+- **Future application**: wiring ANY produce→consume invariant: classify consumer first (mechanical / external-cognitive / inline-cognitive), pick lightest sufficient mechanism. Stops reflexive import of orchestrator-grade injection+gate where inline trace would do.
 - **Reference**: `skills/ship-feature/SKILL.md` STEP 0d/1/2/3, `agents/bugfixer.md`+`feater.md`. Contrast [[BDR-034]] (mechanical). See [[BDR-035]], [[LRN-053]].
 
 ## LRN-058 — Same bug-class ≠ same fix: verify the twin shares the fix's PRECONDITION before replicating
@@ -878,15 +878,15 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-060 — A fail-closed guard is proven by what it REFUSES (loudly); pass dynamic lists as argv, not a separator-string
 
 - **Date**: 2026-06-27
-- **Pattern**: Two robustness lessons from doc-commit. (a) The inverse-`.claude/` exclusion is a SECURITY guard (BDR-022) → test it by what it must REFUSE (forbidden path ALONE, and MIXED with legit), not only what it accepts; and refuse LOUDLY (dedicated exit 4, names the offender, refuse-ALL on mixed) — silent-filtering would MASK an upstream violation (doc-syncer surfaced a `.claude/` it must never patch). The refusal IS the alarm. (b) Pass a dynamic file list as ARGV, never a separator-joined string: argv has no in-band delimiter → a path with spaces survives as one element (proven, T7); newline is only the producer's text format the agent maps to argv. Space-join-then-resplit would mis-split + the `[ -e ]` filter then silently drops it.
+- **Pattern**: Two robustness lessons from doc-commit. (a) The inverse-`.claude/` exclusion is a SECURITY guard (BDR-022) → test it by what it must REFUSE (forbidden path ALONE, and MIXED with legit), not only what it accepts; and refuse LOUDLY (dedicated exit 4, names the offender, refuse-ALL on mixed) — silent-filtering would MASK an upstream violation (doc-syncer surfaced a `.claude/` it must never patch). Refusal IS the alarm. (b) Pass a dynamic file list as ARGV, never a separator-joined string: argv has no in-band delimiter → a path with spaces survives as one element (proven, T7); newline is only the producer's text format the agent maps to argv. Space-join-then-resplit would mis-split + `[ -e ]` filter then silently drops it.
 - **Context**: doc-commit.sh ([[BDR-036]]), T1a/b/c (refuse paths) + T7 (argv space-safe), all real-exec.
-- **Future application**: any automated scoped-commit / destructive guard — test the REFUSAL path + refuse loud; pass lists as argv. Same family as [[LRN-046]] (deterministic oracle for a destructive guard).
+- **Future application**: any automated scoped-commit / destructive guard — test REFUSAL path + refuse loud; pass lists as argv. Same family as [[LRN-046]] (deterministic oracle for destructive guard).
 - **Reference**: [[BDR-036]], [[LRN-051]] (changed-paths filter), [[LRN-046]].
 
 ## LRN-061 — Runtime net proposed for an unwired skill → check the wiring first
 - **Date**: 2026-06-27
-- **Pattern**: Tempted to build a runtime guard/hook/monitor that watches for a bad OUTCOME (memory written but uncommitted)? First ask if the outcome is a MISSING WIRING, not a behavioral lapse. A per-turn Stop-hook was proposed to catch "dirty memory" — but the cause was `/capitalize`+`/close` not calling the commit include (they predate it). Fix for an unwired skill = WIRE it (deterministic, zero-noise, at source); a monitor over a wiring hole pays RECURRING cost for a ONE-TIME omission; a frequent ignored nag is itself a risk ([[LRN-047]]). **NOT "runtime nets are bad"** — the split is by DETERMINISM: a MISSING WIRING is deterministic → repair structurally; a genuinely NON-DETERMINISTIC aléa → a runtime net IS the right tool. Good counter-example: [[BDR-033]] anim-lib nudge — "will the user want motion?" is unknowable statically → a stateless 1-line suggestion is correct. Same determinism test as [[LRN-046]]/[[LRN-049]], applied to the build-or-not question.
-- **Context**: deferred "v2 capitalize hook" ([[BDR-037]]). Read-phase killed it before code: git proved skills predate the include (oubli), memory committed by hand 35×, orphans self-heal via `commit_memory`. Hook would've been disabled within an hour (frequent ignored nag).
+- **Pattern**: Tempted to build runtime guard/hook/monitor watching for bad OUTCOME (memory written but uncommitted)? First ask if the outcome is a MISSING WIRING, not a behavioral lapse. A per-turn Stop-hook was proposed to catch "dirty memory" — but the cause was `/capitalize`+`/close` not calling the commit include (they predate it). Fix for unwired skill = WIRE it (deterministic, zero-noise, at source); monitor over a wiring hole pays RECURRING cost for ONE-TIME omission; frequent ignored nag is itself a risk ([[LRN-047]]). **NOT "runtime nets are bad"** — the split is by DETERMINISM: a MISSING WIRING is deterministic → repair structurally; a genuinely NON-DETERMINISTIC aléa → a runtime net IS the right tool. Good counter-example: [[BDR-033]] anim-lib nudge — "will the user want motion?" is unknowable statically → stateless 1-line suggestion is correct. Same determinism test as [[LRN-046]]/[[LRN-049]], applied to the build-or-not question.
+- **Context**: deferred "v2 capitalize hook" ([[BDR-037]]). Read-phase killed it before code: git proved skills predate include (oubli), memory committed by hand 35×, orphans self-heal via `commit_memory`. Hook would've been disabled within an hour (frequent ignored nag).
 - **Future application**: any "build a hook/watcher/lint to catch when X isn't done" — first grep whether X is even WIRED at its source. Deterministic/structural gap (missing include/call) → fix structurally; reserve runtime nets for non-deterministic lapses, never to complete a rollout. Classify by determinism BEFORE building.
 - **Reference**: [[BDR-037]], [[BDR-034]] (rollout this completes), [[BDR-033]] (the GOOD net — contrast). Conditions [[LRN-047]], [[LRN-049]], [[LRN-054]].
 
@@ -914,14 +914,14 @@ rules:
 - **future application**: any helper relying on `git status --porcelain` to detect changes — add a `git check-ignore` guard; a path that must persist but is ignored has to fail loud, not no-op.
 
 ## LRN-067 — a pipeline that looks 2-level can finish at the SAME level; a human-mediated step masks the collision until automated
-- **pattern**: an orchestrator delegating to a sub-skill can LOOK two-level (sub assembles, orchestrator integrates) yet the sub's TERMINAL node operates at the SAME level as the orchestrator's finish → double-integration. `subagent-driven-development` assembles tasks on ONE branch (no per-task sub-branches — true) BUT its last flowchart node IS `finishing-a-development-branch` = feature→base merge, the SAME act as the orchestrator's FINISH. init-project (STEP 8 SDD + STEP 11 finish) AND ship-feature (STEP 4 SDD + STEP 9 finish) BOTH invoked finish TWICE. Latent, not visibly broken: SDD's terminal finish is INTERACTIVE (menu → human picks "keep as-is"), so the human SILENTLY de-duplicated. Collision SURFACES when the orchestrator's finish becomes DETERMINISTIC (gitflow finish) → real double-merge. Fix = scope the sub-skill by instruction to stop before its terminal step (NO fork — the finish is a flowchart node the controller follows, not a script; verified by reading SDD's scripts). Pressure-test: RED agent chained the finish ("literal next node in the flowchart"); GREEN with the scope instruction stopped + returned.
+- **pattern**: orchestrator delegating to a sub-skill can LOOK two-level (sub assembles, orchestrator integrates) yet sub's TERMINAL node operates at SAME level as orchestrator's finish → double-integration. `subagent-driven-development` assembles tasks on ONE branch (no per-task sub-branches — true) BUT its last flowchart node IS `finishing-a-development-branch` = feature→base merge, the SAME act as the orchestrator's FINISH. init-project (STEP 8 SDD + STEP 11 finish) AND ship-feature (STEP 4 SDD + STEP 9 finish) BOTH invoked finish TWICE. Latent, not visibly broken: SDD's terminal finish is INTERACTIVE (menu → human picks "keep as-is"), so the human SILENTLY de-duplicated. Collision SURFACES when orchestrator's finish becomes DETERMINISTIC (gitflow finish) → real double-merge. Fix = scope the sub-skill by instruction to stop before its terminal step (NO fork — the finish is a flowchart node the controller follows, not a script; verified by reading SDD's scripts). Pressure-test: RED agent chained finish ("literal next node in the flowchart"); GREEN with scope instruction stopped + returned.
 - **context**: gitflow chantier, wiring orchestrators onto `gitflow finish`. Mapping (premise #6) caught it by READING the real (SDD `SKILL.md` + `scripts/`) BEFORE coding — seam-bug class `deploy` hit, caught earlier this time. Two human-gate backstops survive a missed instruction: SDD's interactive menu + the `gitflow finish` human gate ([[LRN-054]] — no oracle; deterministic layer carries the dangerous case).
-- **future application**: before replacing an interactive/human-mediated step with a deterministic one, check whether a delegated sub-skill's TERMINAL step operates at the same level — the human gate may have silently de-duplicated a double-action. Read the sub-skill's real flow (nodes + scripts), don't assume "distinct levels".
+- **future application**: before replacing interactive/human-mediated step with deterministic one, check whether delegated sub-skill's TERMINAL step operates at same level — human gate may have silently de-duplicated a double-action. Read the sub-skill's real flow (nodes + scripts), don't assume "distinct levels".
 
 ## LRN-068 — enforcement-bootstrap must be transactional: activate the guard LAST and gate it on the bootstrap commit succeeding
-- **pattern**: a routine that BOTH installs an enforcement guard (pre-commit hook, branch protection, lock) AND makes a bootstrap commit must be transactional, else a partial run strands it. Two teeth: (a) precheck preconditions (git identity, clean tree) and fail LOUD before ANY mutation; (b) the guard-activation step must NOT run if the guarded bootstrap commit failed — order activation LAST and gate it on commit success. A `cmd_a || cmd_b` form SWALLOWS cmd_b's failure when a later stmt returns 0 → the failure never propagates; use explicit `if ! …; then … || return 1; fi`.
-- **context**: `gitflow_init` ([[BLK-012]]). Existing-repo path swallowed the socle-commit failure (`git diff --cached --quiet || git commit`, then `git branch develop` returned 0 masking it) → init CONTINUED and ran `gitflow_activate_hook` though the socle was never committed → every re-run self-blocked (commit on main blocked by the hook just installed). Fresh-repo path already propagated → the asymmetry was the bug. Fix: fatal socle commit + identity precheck; verified on an identity-less repo → aborts rc1 with ZERO mutation, 57/57 tests green.
-- **future application**: any init/bootstrap installing enforcement (hooks, protection, immutability) + committing — activate LAST, gate on the commit, precheck identity/clean-tree up front, make every link propagate (no `||` swallow). TEST the partial-failure path (identity-less / commit-blocked repo) → must abort with zero mutation and stay re-runnable.
+- **pattern**: routine that BOTH installs enforcement guard (pre-commit hook, branch protection, lock) AND makes bootstrap commit must be transactional, else partial run strands it. Two teeth: (a) precheck preconditions (git identity, clean tree) and fail LOUD before ANY mutation; (b) the guard-activation step must NOT run if the guarded bootstrap commit failed — order activation LAST and gate it on commit success. A `cmd_a || cmd_b` form SWALLOWS cmd_b's failure when a later stmt returns 0 → the failure never propagates; use explicit `if ! …; then … || return 1; fi`.
+- **context**: `gitflow_init` ([[BLK-012]]). Existing-repo path swallowed the socle-commit failure (`git diff --cached --quiet || git commit`, then `git branch develop` returned 0 masking it) → init CONTINUED and ran `gitflow_activate_hook` though the socle was never committed → every re-run self-blocked (commit on main blocked by the hook just installed). Fresh-repo path already propagated → asymmetry was the bug. Fix: fatal socle commit + identity precheck; verified on identity-less repo → aborts rc1 with ZERO mutation, 57/57 tests green.
+- **future application**: any init/bootstrap installing enforcement (hooks, protection, immutability) + committing — activate LAST, gate on the commit, precheck identity/clean-tree up front, make every link propagate (no `||` swallow). TEST partial-failure path (identity-less / commit-blocked repo) → must abort with zero mutation and stay re-runnable.
 
 ## LRN-069 — token-authed remote writes under CC perms: inline-env (never `export`), token in the header, keep `git push` on ASK as the real gate
 - **pattern**: a secrets-guard `Bash(export *)` in `permissions.deny` auto-denies ANY command whose FIRST token is `export …` — a false positive (`export GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0="Authorization: token $TOK" …` reads as blocked when only the `export` prefix tripped it, not the git/curl op). Correct model for token-authed remote writes from tool calls: (a) INLINE env assignment `GIT_CONFIG_COUNT=1 GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0=http.extraHeader GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0="Authorization: token $TOK" git push …` (no `export` keyword → passes; token rides the http header via git env-config, NEVER in argv nor written to the clone's `.git/config`); (b) keep `Bash(git push *)` on ASK (not deny) — that prompt IS the per-write human gate; don't suppress it, don't allow-list pushes in settings.
@@ -929,8 +929,8 @@ rules:
 - **future application**: scripting token-authed git/curl writes under CC perms → inline env (never `export`), token in `Authorization` header (curl `-H`, git `GIT_CONFIG_*` extraHeader), keep `git push` on ASK as the approval. Tool-call denied unexpectedly → read `permissions.deny` for an over-broad prefix rule (`export *`, `env`, `printenv`) catching a false positive BEFORE concluding the op itself is blocked.
 
 ## LRN-070 — clean-tree-gated migration + a dirty submodule: diagnose pointer-vs-content, ignore=dirty not blind reset
-- **pattern**: an op gated on a clean tree (`git status --porcelain`) is blocked by a submodule showing ` M`. FIRST distinguish: (a) **pointer move** — gitlink (HEAD) ≠ submodule HEAD → resettable via `git submodule update`/`checkout`; (b) **dirty content** — gitlink UNCHANGED, files modified INSIDE the submodule → a local edit. For an intentional local edit, `checkout --`/`submodule update` correctly REFUSE to discard it, and a blind "reset" would DESTROY it. Exclude it non-destructively: `git config submodule.<name>.ignore dirty` (local `.git/config`) → status stops reporting the submodule's dirty content, gate passes, edit preserved. Commit it to `.gitmodules` to share the ignore across clones.
-- **context**: claude gitflow self-migration. `skills-external/gstack` showed ` M`; gitlink `070722a` == submodule HEAD `070722a` (NOT a pointer move), 2 tracked-modified files (`bun.lock`+`package.json`) = the [[BLK-008]] Playwright 1.61 bump (Ubuntu 26.04 browser). The planned "reset" (D2) would have discarded the browser fix; `submodule.skills-external/gstack.ignore=dirty` cleared the tree for `migrate_local`, bump intact.
+- **pattern**: op gated on clean tree (`git status --porcelain`) blocked by submodule showing ` M`. FIRST distinguish: (a) **pointer move** — gitlink (HEAD) ≠ submodule HEAD → resettable via `git submodule update`/`checkout`; (b) **dirty content** — gitlink UNCHANGED, files modified INSIDE submodule → local edit. For intentional local edit, `checkout --`/`submodule update` correctly REFUSE to discard it, and blind "reset" would DESTROY it. Exclude it non-destructively: `git config submodule.<name>.ignore dirty` (local `.git/config`) → status stops reporting submodule's dirty content, gate passes, edit preserved. Commit to `.gitmodules` to share ignore across clones.
+- **context**: claude gitflow self-migration. `skills-external/gstack` showed ` M`; gitlink `070722a` == submodule HEAD `070722a` (NOT a pointer move), 2 tracked-modified files (`bun.lock`+`package.json`) = the [[BLK-008]] Playwright 1.61 bump (Ubuntu 26.04 browser). Planned "reset" (D2) would have discarded browser fix; `submodule.skills-external/gstack.ignore=dirty` cleared tree for `migrate_local`, bump intact.
 - **future application**: any clean-tree-gated op (migrate/release/bisect) on a superproject with a submodule carrying intentional local edits → diagnose pointer-vs-content FIRST (compare gitlink to submodule HEAD); for content, `submodule.<name>.ignore=dirty`, never a blind reset. Cross-ref [[BLK-008]] (gstack -dirty by design).
 
 ## LRN-071 — fail-loud must cover the helper's OWN commit, not just its inputs — 3rd occurrence of the swallowed-commit pattern
@@ -940,9 +940,9 @@ rules:
 - **future application**: any helper whose RETURN VALUE gates a downstream "success" — audit that EVERY fallible internal op propagates its failure, ESPECIALLY the load-bearing commit. `set -uo pipefail` without `-e` does NOT abort mid-function; an unchecked failing command followed by a returning-0 line exits 0 and lies. Check `cmd || other` forms, no-`-e` blocks, every "report success after the op" line. Test the partial-failure path (commit-blocked repo) → must fail loud, empty, non-zero.
 
 ## LRN-072 — a stranded-artifact bug can be fixed by NOT creating the artifact (negative diff), not by plumbing its commit
-- **pattern**: 3rd member of the post-FINISH-artifact class (memory, docs, GSD ROADMAP) — but UNLIKE the first two (real artifacts ALWAYS produced → couple a commit), the GSD artifact came from a SPECULATIVE, opt-in, rarely-used producer (init-project auto-bootstrapping a multi-session engine at project creation). Reflex fix (reorder + build `gsd-commit.sh` + tests) = machinery to faithfully commit an artifact nobody uses. The right fix was a NEGATIVE diff: delete the producer → orphan never created → bug dissolves, zero new code (BLK-011).
-- **the refutation that got there**: framing "ROADMAP redundant with TODO" WRONG (gsd ≫ roadmap = state machine/crash-recovery/cost/parallel/worktree; TODO ≠ gsd ROADMAP = different altitude + consumer). Reading REFUTED both premises, yet the CONCLUSION (remove the step) held for a STRONGER reason: speculatively scaffolding a heavy engine the sole user doesn't use, at creation, is bad per se. Right answer, reason corrected before engraving — change the QUESTION before changing the code.
-- **future application**: stranded / duplicated / uncommitted-artifact bug → BEFORE building machinery for the artifact, ask whether the step that PRODUCES it is used / wanted / non-speculative. Speculative or unused (esp. personal/single-user repo) → DELETE the producer; cleanest fix = the absent one. Distinguish speculative-at-creation (REMOVE) from deliberate-on-demand (KEEP). Family: [[BLK-010]], [[BLK-011]], [[BDR-036]].
+- **pattern**: 3rd member of post-FINISH-artifact class (memory, docs, GSD ROADMAP) — but UNLIKE first two (real artifacts ALWAYS produced → couple a commit), GSD artifact came from SPECULATIVE, opt-in, rarely-used producer (init-project auto-bootstrapping multi-session engine at project creation). Reflex fix (reorder + build `gsd-commit.sh` + tests) = machinery to faithfully commit artifact nobody uses. The right fix was a NEGATIVE diff: delete the producer → orphan never created → bug dissolves, zero new code (BLK-011).
+- **the refutation that got there**: framing "ROADMAP redundant with TODO" WRONG (gsd ≫ roadmap = state machine/crash-recovery/cost/parallel/worktree; TODO ≠ gsd ROADMAP = different altitude + consumer). Reading REFUTED both premises, yet the CONCLUSION (remove the step) held for a STRONGER reason: speculatively scaffolding a heavy engine the sole user doesn't use, at creation, is bad per se. Right answer, reason corrected before engraving — change QUESTION before changing code.
+- **future application**: stranded / duplicated / uncommitted-artifact bug → BEFORE building machinery for artifact, ask whether step that PRODUCES it is used / wanted / non-speculative. Speculative or unused (esp. personal/single-user repo) → DELETE producer; cleanest fix = absent one. Distinguish speculative-at-creation (REMOVE) from deliberate-on-demand (KEEP). Family: [[BLK-010]], [[BLK-011]], [[BDR-036]].
 
 ## LRN-073 — a skill's worked-example must use FICTIONAL ids, never live registry ids (they prime real-data behavior)
 - **pattern**: prune-memory's STEP-2 plan example named real LRN-014 + LRN-016 ("merge these"). A real-data run merged exactly that pair — though they're COMPLEMENTARY (header-ids vs checkbox-CSS), a merge its own rule forbids. Example ids that match live entries, in context at audit time, PRIME the action: you can't tell "judged correctly" from "pattern-matched its own example".
@@ -968,15 +968,15 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-077 — test fixtures must carry NEUTRAL names (pass for the right reason)
 - **Date**: 2026-06-30
 - **pattern**: a baseline agent on a worktree named `wt-pre-reconcile` read "pre-reconcile" FROM THE DIR NAME and inferred staleness — reasoning for the WRONG reason (the name), not the right one (verify git). Fixtures + the GREEN test were re-frozen under NEUTRAL names so the engine reaches truth by querying git, never by reading a path hint.
-- **meta — same symptom, distinct cause as [[LRN-074]]**: 074 = COMMAND-ASSUMPTION (ugrep parsed `-9..` → false green); 077 = LEAKY FIXTURE (name telegraphs the answer). Different mechanisms, SAME symptom: test passes/fails for the wrong reason. Cross-cutting lesson = verify a test passes for the RIGHT reason, not merely that it passes — whether the false signal comes from an assumed command (074) or a leaky fixture (077).
+- **meta — same symptom, distinct cause as [[LRN-074]]**: 074 = COMMAND-ASSUMPTION (ugrep parsed `-9..` → false green); 077 = LEAKY FIXTURE (name telegraphs answer). Different mechanisms, SAME symptom: test passes/fails for wrong reason. Cross-cutting lesson = verify a test passes for the RIGHT reason, not merely that it passes — whether the false signal comes from an assumed command (074) or a leaky fixture (077).
 - **future application**: name fixtures/paths neutrally; for any green, ask "did it pass because the subject did the work, or because something leaked the answer?"
 - **corroboration 2026-07-02 (T6c)**: 3rd family member — test truth borrowed from TRANSIENT env state. run-reconcile T6c asserted `$MEM/../skills/darwin-skill` = `.claude/skills/` (the [[LRN-042]] parasite dir), not canonical `skills/`; born green because the parasite still existed, red since the same-day cleanup, unnoticed until the 2026-07-02 audit re-ran the suite ([[EVAL-011]]'s "20/20" silently 19/1 for 2 days). Oracles target CANONICAL paths (never derived `X/../Y`); re-run suites after ANY env cleanup tests may have silently depended on; "green at build" ≠ "green now".
 
 ## LRN-078 — semver number DERIVES from the change nature; "breaking" = requires a migration
 - **Date**: 2026-06-30
-- **pattern**: framing a release as "it's 4.0.0 → find the breaking changes to justify it" is backwards; the number FOLLOWS the nature of the changes. The real question = "is there a breaking change?", not "how do I justify the target". Solo / mono-user repo, no public API ⇒ "breaking" = casse mon propre usage / EXIGE une migration de ma part.
+- **pattern**: framing release as "it's 4.0.0 → find the breaking changes to justify it" is backwards; number FOLLOWS nature of changes. The real question = "is there a breaking change?", not "how do I justify the target". Solo / mono-user repo, no public API ⇒ "breaking" = casse mon propre usage / EXIGE une migration de ma part.
 - **applied (v4.0.0)**: gitflow universal = TRUE breaking workflow change (master→main, mandatory branches, hook, 6-repo migration) → MAJOR on its own. caveman removal = VERIFIED nothing invoked it (grep: only the kept memory format-rule + frozen fixtures, settings/hooks clean) → a clean `### Removed` (capability gone, nothing breaks, no migration), NOT breaking. The MAJOR rests on gitflow alone; don't mislabel a removal as breaking.
-- **future application**: pick MAJOR/MINOR/PATCH from the changes; the lineage gives the digits. Verify "does X actually break / require migration?" from the refs (grep), not from the size of the change or the desire for a round number.
+- **future application**: pick MAJOR/MINOR/PATCH from changes; lineage gives digits. Verify "does X actually break / require migration?" from the refs (grep), not from the size of the change or the desire for a round number.
 
 ## LRN-079 — orchestrator-skill TDD: replay the flow on a throwaway repo, RED = flow minus the new step
 - **Date**: 2026-06-30
@@ -985,10 +985,10 @@ rules:
 
 ## LRN-080 — measure whether the model already does X before adding an instruction to make it do X
 - **Date**: 2026-06-30
-- **pattern**: the --help chantier (implement [[BDR-001]] as a global CLAUDE.md instruction "on --help → render help + stop") was KILLED by its behavioral RED. Before writing a line, measured the control (6 reps, `/web-validate` + `/harden`, no instruction): **6/6 already rendered rich help AND stopped without dispatching** — the supposedly-absent behavior was fully present. Residual value = format consistency across 6 divergent shapes → not worth ~5 lines in a compressed CLAUDE.md on a solo repo. A phantom-value addition avoided.
-- **why it matters**: [[LRN-075]] (test the UNGUIDED control) paying off one chantier later — measuring the RED before building is what caught it. For UNIVERSAL conventions the model already honors (--help, common flags, standard shapes), a "teach it to do X" instruction buys nothing but tokens; the only thing left to buy is consistency, which must clear its own ROI bar.
-- **future application**: before adding any global instruction to ELICIT a behavior, run the behavioral control first — does the model already do it unaided? If yes, the only remaining value is standardization; price it honestly vs the cost (esp. a compressed CLAUDE.md). Often: don't add it.
-- **corroboration 2026-06-30**: 3 consecutive "make the model do X" chantiers — --help ([[BDR-001]]), darwin re-baseline ([[BDR-043]]/[[LRN-082]]), auto-skill-dispatch ([[BDR-044]]) — ALL measured won't-build/moot. A backlog of "add instruction to elicit behavior Y" has a high phantom-value rate (universal conventions + aggressive existing mandates like superpowers L1 already elicit Y) → sweep such backlogs measure-first, expect kills.
+- **pattern**: --help chantier (implement [[BDR-001]] as global CLAUDE.md instruction "on --help → render help + stop") KILLED by its behavioral RED. Before writing a line, measured the control (6 reps, `/web-validate` + `/harden`, no instruction): **6/6 already rendered rich help AND stopped without dispatching** — the supposedly-absent behavior was fully present. Residual value = format consistency across 6 divergent shapes → not worth ~5 lines in a compressed CLAUDE.md on a solo repo. Phantom-value addition avoided.
+- **why it matters**: [[LRN-075]] (test the UNGUIDED control) paying off one chantier later — measuring RED before building caught it. For UNIVERSAL conventions the model already honors (--help, common flags, standard shapes), a "teach it to do X" instruction buys nothing but tokens; the only thing left to buy is consistency, which must clear its own ROI bar.
+- **future application**: before adding any global instruction to ELICIT a behavior, run behavioral control first — does model already do it unaided? If yes, only remaining value is standardization; price it honestly vs cost (esp. compressed CLAUDE.md). Often: don't add it.
+- **corroboration 2026-06-30**: 3 consecutive "make the model do X" chantiers — --help ([[BDR-001]]), darwin re-baseline ([[BDR-043]]/[[LRN-082]]), auto-skill-dispatch ([[BDR-044]]) — ALL measured won't-build/moot. Backlog of "add instruction to elicit behavior Y" has high phantom-value rate (universal conventions + aggressive existing mandates like superpowers L1 already elicit Y) → sweep such backlogs measure-first, expect kills.
 
 ## LRN-081 — Commit trailers: Claude-COMPOSED content only, never on staging of user-authored text
 - **Date**: 2026-06-30
@@ -1007,16 +1007,16 @@ rules:
 
 ## LRN-083 — Subagents are an INVALID instrument for measuring MAIN-LOOP spontaneous routing
 - **Date**: 2026-06-30
-- **pattern**: measuring whether the MAIN loop self-invokes a skill on implicit intent: dispatched subagents are non-discriminating — SUBAGENT-STOP tells them to SKIP the L1 routing mandate, delegated-execute framing suppresses meta-routing → they hand-do the task regardless of main-loop prose strength. Result pins to the no-route FLOOR (artifact, not signal). Complement of [[LRN-028]] (there subagents OVER-saw installed skills, invalidating a no-skill baseline; here they UNDER-route, invalidating a routing-measurement) — both = subagent ≠ main-loop condition.
+- **pattern**: measuring whether MAIN loop self-invokes a skill on implicit intent: dispatched subagents are non-discriminating — SUBAGENT-STOP tells them to SKIP L1 routing mandate, delegated-execute framing suppresses meta-routing → they hand-do the task regardless of main-loop prose strength. Result pins to the no-route FLOOR (artifact, not signal). Complement of [[LRN-028]] (there subagents OVER-saw installed skills, invalidating a no-skill baseline; here they UNDER-route, invalidating a routing-measurement) — both = subagent ≠ main-loop condition.
 - **why it matters**: a 0/N subagent RED reads as "under-triggers → build the chantier" but is the [[LRN-028]] trap — the instrument can't tell strong prose from weak. Concluding from it = pass/fail for the WRONG reason ([[LRN-074]]/[[LRN-077]]).
 - **context**: 2026-06-30 auto-skill-dispatch RED. 6 subagents on toy implicit-intent tasks → 0/6 routed → RETIRED as non-discriminating, NOT reported as a number. Reframed; measured in REAL fresh main-loop sessions.
 - **future application**: measure main-loop spontaneous routing/discernment in FRESH main-loop sessions (full L0–L4, no SUBAGENT-STOP, real user-turn). Observable instrument = the HUMAN typing the prompts + watching live — cron/schedule-spawned fresh sessions are the right CONDITION but UNOBSERVABLE to the orchestrator (they notify the owner, not the dispatcher), so they can't be the measurement vehicle. Never substitute a subagent for a fresh session in a routing RED. See [[LRN-028]], [[LRN-075]], [[LRN-080]].
 
 ## LRN-084 — A protection hook enforces PROD safety, not the full branch-flow — the exemption masked the rule-vs-guard divergence
 - **Date**: 2026-07-01
-- **pattern**: the gitflow pre-commit hook is a PROTECTION guard (block code on main/develop), NOT a flow enforcer. It exempts `.claude/**` and can only test "on a protected base" — it can NEVER verify "branched FROM develop" (no base knowledge). "Every change via a branch from develop" is only HALF-encoded by the hook; the base half lives upstream in `gitflow_start`. The exemption is scoped to the SIDE-CAR ([[BDR-034]]); it has no branch to follow when memory IS the work → standalone memory fell back to `main`.
-- **why it matters**: multi-repo raccord committed 5 `chore(memory)` direct on `main`, NOTHING flagged it — nothing violated, exemption worked as designed. Divergence = guard (declares PROD protection) vs intended rule (all via branch); exemption MASKED it, raccord revealed it by violating the unencoded half. A guard encoding only PART of the intent reads as full enforcement — a false-green.
-- **future application**: when a guard exempts a class or checks one predicate, ask what it does NOT encode and whether a human leans on it for MORE than it enforces. Enforce the unencoded half where it actually lives (the aiguillage at skill start, [[BDR-045]]), do not push it into a guard that structurally can't hold it. Verify the guard's real scope against the rule's full scope before trusting "it would have caught it." See [[BDR-034]], [[BDR-045]], [[LRN-034]].
+- **pattern**: the gitflow pre-commit hook is a PROTECTION guard (block code on main/develop), NOT a flow enforcer. It exempts `.claude/**` and can only test "on a protected base" — it can NEVER verify "branched FROM develop" (no base knowledge). "Every change via a branch from develop" is only HALF-encoded by hook; base half lives upstream in `gitflow_start`. The exemption is scoped to the SIDE-CAR ([[BDR-034]]); it has no branch to follow when memory IS the work → standalone memory fell back to `main`.
+- **why it matters**: multi-repo raccord committed 5 `chore(memory)` direct on `main`, NOTHING flagged it — nothing violated, exemption worked as designed. Divergence = guard (declares PROD protection) vs intended rule (all via branch); exemption MASKED it, raccord revealed it by violating unencoded half. Guard encoding only PART of intent reads as full enforcement — false-green.
+- **future application**: when a guard exempts a class or checks one predicate, ask what it does NOT encode and whether a human leans on it for MORE than it enforces. Enforce the unencoded half where it actually lives (the aiguillage at skill start, [[BDR-045]]), do not push it into a guard that structurally can't hold it. Verify guard's real scope against rule's full scope before trusting "it would have caught it." See [[BDR-034]], [[BDR-045]], [[LRN-034]].
 
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@@ -1057,9 +1057,9 @@ rules:
 ## LRN-089 — a pass-through wrapper whose callee reads ambient state silently ignores its args
 
 - **Date**: 2026-07-03
-- **pattern**: a CLI/dispatcher that forwards `"$@"` to a function which derives its TARGET from ambient state (HEAD, cwd, env, "current X") rather than from those args → the args are silently dropped. The call SITE looks parameterized (`finish bugfix audit-bugs`) but the callee acts on whatever state it's standing in → wrong-target action, NO error. `gitflow_finish` read `HEAD`, never `$1/$2`; `finish bugfix X` from another branch merged that other branch.
-- **context**: audit 2026-07-02, `lib/gitflow.sh:257` `finish) gitflow_finish "$@"` passed args the function never consulted. Surfaced when a finish "for" one branch merged another (LOT3). [[BLK-015]].
-- **future application**: any wrapper/dispatcher forwarding args to a callee that resolves its target from ambient state — either (a) make the callee USE the args as the target, or (b) if the ambient-state contract is deliberate, treat passed args as an ASSERTION and refuse loudly when they disagree with the state. Never let forwarded args be silently dropped: silent-drop = the caller believes they steered, the callee ignored them. Sibling of "presence-flag ≠ capability" [[LRN-087]] — both = a visible signal lying about the real behavior.
+- **pattern**: CLI/dispatcher forwarding `"$@"` to a function deriving its TARGET from ambient state (HEAD, cwd, env, "current X") rather than from those args → args silently dropped. The call SITE looks parameterized (`finish bugfix audit-bugs`) but the callee acts on whatever state it's standing in → wrong-target action, NO error. `gitflow_finish` read `HEAD`, never `$1/$2`; `finish bugfix X` from another branch merged that other branch.
+- **context**: audit 2026-07-02, `lib/gitflow.sh:257` `finish) gitflow_finish "$@"` passed args the function never consulted. Surfaced when finish "for" one branch merged another (LOT3). [[BLK-015]].
+- **future application**: any wrapper/dispatcher forwarding args to a callee resolving its target from ambient state — either (a) make callee USE args as target, or (b) if ambient-state contract is deliberate, treat passed args as ASSERTION and refuse loudly when they disagree with state. Never let forwarded args be silently dropped: silent-drop = the caller believes they steered, the callee ignored them. Sibling of "presence-flag ≠ capability" [[LRN-087]] — both = visible signal lying about real behavior.
 - **Reference**: `lib/gitflow.sh` gitflow_finish arg-guard, `lib/gitflow-test.sh` T12. [[BLK-015]].
 
 ## LRN-090 — external-repo audit: open WIRED subsystems before declarative
@@ -1099,10 +1099,10 @@ rules:
 - **cousin**: [[BDR-050]] the pipeline; [[BDR-049]] fresh verifier; conditions [[LRN-083]].
 
 ## LRN-096 — A backstop is code: prove it can FAIL (flip-test) before trusting its green
-- **pattern**: deterministic guard replacing a forgettable advisory is itself code; UNPROVEN guard = vacuous guard — [[LRN-048]] (a pass must prove it looked) applied to guards. LRN-093 backstop (refuse `\n` in grep/tf patterns) shipped with a regex requiring whitespace before `tf` → silently MISSED `tf` at line start (where the real locks sit). Flip-test (feed the guard a KNOWN offender, assert it bites) caught the hole; without it the guard would have green-lit the very class it was built to kill. So: a flip-test is MANDATORY at guard creation, part of the guard, not optional QA.
-- **why it matters**: the whole point of a backstop is that it fires on the bad case; a guard that can't fail proves nothing and is WORSE than the advisory it replaced (false confidence). Advisory→backstop move ([[LRN-047]] [[LRN-091]]) is sound only if the backstop is verified against a real miss.
-- **context**: lot 5 `lib/tests/no-vacuous-locks.test.sh` 2026-07-04. Built the guard, flip-test RED'd (regex too weak, missed line-start `tf`), fixed the regex, flip-test green. Guard ships WITH the flip-test inline, self-proves on every run.
-- **future application**: building any guard/lint/census/backstop — bundle a flip-test (a synthetic offender the guard must catch) in the same file; a guard whose failure path was never exercised is untrusted. Corroborates [[LRN-047]]/[[LRN-091]] (advisory→deterministic): the *quality bar* on the deterministic replacement.
+- **pattern**: deterministic guard replacing forgettable advisory is itself code; UNPROVEN guard = vacuous guard — [[LRN-048]] (a pass must prove it looked) applied to guards. LRN-093 backstop (refuse `\n` in grep/tf patterns) shipped with regex requiring whitespace before `tf` → silently MISSED `tf` at line start (where real locks sit). Flip-test (feed guard a KNOWN offender, assert it bites) caught the hole; without it guard would have green-lit the very class it was built to kill. So: a flip-test is MANDATORY at guard creation, part of the guard, not optional QA.
+- **why it matters**: the whole point of a backstop is that it fires on the bad case; a guard that can't fail proves nothing and is WORSE than the advisory it replaced (false confidence). Advisory→backstop move ([[LRN-047]] [[LRN-091]]) sound only if backstop verified against a real miss.
+- **context**: lot 5 `lib/tests/no-vacuous-locks.test.sh` 2026-07-04. Built guard, flip-test RED'd (regex too weak, missed line-start `tf`), fixed regex, flip-test green. Guard ships WITH flip-test inline, self-proves on every run.
+- **future application**: building any guard/lint/census/backstop — bundle a flip-test (a synthetic offender the guard must catch) in the same file; a guard whose failure path was never exercised is untrusted. Corroborates [[LRN-047]]/[[LRN-091]] (advisory→deterministic): the *quality bar* on deterministic replacement.
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-048]] prove it looked; [[LRN-093]] the class this guards; [[LRN-046]] deterministic-oracle discipline.
 
 ## LRN-097 — Community blog pattern ≠ official feature: verify against docs before building infra
@@ -1146,8 +1146,8 @@ rules:
 - **backmerge**: from release/1.0.0 (74d3804) — 2026-07-08 review remediation A3.
 
 ## LRN-102 — Deliverable text before a tool call may never render: the turn's FINAL text is the only guaranteed display
-- **pattern**: /deploy hand-back printed the full checklist, then called AskUserQuestion. The user saw ONLY the question UI — the checklist never reached them ("là on a rien, je dois ouvrir le fichier"). Harness reliably renders only the LAST text of a turn; text before a tool call can be swallowed by the tool UI.
-- **why**: conversational deliverable (commands to copy-paste, a report) fails silently if any tool call follows the print — user sees "nothing displayed" while the transcript contains it. Structural fix: the deliverable IS the turn's final text; collect answers BEFORE printing, or let the reply arrive as the next user message.
+- **pattern**: /deploy hand-back printed full checklist, then called AskUserQuestion. The user saw ONLY the question UI — the checklist never reached them ("là on a rien, je dois ouvrir le fichier"). Harness reliably renders only LAST text of a turn; text before a tool call can be swallowed by tool UI.
+- **why**: conversational deliverable (commands to copy-paste, a report) fails silently if any tool call follows the print — user sees "nothing displayed" while the transcript contains it. Structural fix: deliverable IS the turn's final text; collect answers BEFORE printing, or let reply arrive as next user message.
 - **context**: 2026-07-05 /deploy run 2 (bchanot-cv). Skill patched same turn: checklist display-only (no NEXT.sh file at all — user: throwaway once deployed) + hand-back ends the turn, no tool call after.
 - **future application**: designing any skill/flow output meant to be read+used from the conversation — put it LAST; never sandwich a deliverable between tool calls; prefer plain-text report requests over blocking question tools after a deliverable.
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-100]] same skill lineage; CLAUDE.md communication doctrine (final message carries everything).
@@ -1156,8 +1156,8 @@ rules:
 
 - **pattern**: job3 docs-drift audit dispatched an exploration subagent (Bash + Read/Grep, "audit BODIES — do NOT modify any file") to check graphify skill docs. It ran `graphify .` to check CLI behavior — a real build, not a read — leaving an empty `graphify-out/` dir at repo root. The prompt said "read-only" and "verify via Read/Grep/Bash (read-only)" but never named the specific command class to avoid; the agent treated "run the CLI to see what it does" as within a Bash read-only mandate.
 - **why**: "read-only" is a framing about FILES, not an instruction the model maps onto every tool call by default — a subagent with Bash access will happily execute a program to observe its behavior, which is investigative but not read-only if the program writes to disk. The fix only landed after a main-session correction mid-run ("do NOT run graphify... verify by reading the installed source instead"), not from the original prompt.
-- **context**: 2026-07-06, job3 audit exploration phase (`.audit/job3-report.md` A1/A2 findings, incident noted in the report header). No tracked file was touched; the stray dir was harmless but wasted a round-trip and could have mutated git-visible state on a less-guarded command.
-- **future application**: any subagent dispatch framed as "read-only" / "audit" / "verify" that grants Bash — explicitly ban execution of the subject-under-test's own CLI/build/generator commands, and name the safe alternative (read installed source, grep docs) in the same sentence. Don't rely on the word "read-only" alone to scope tool use.
+- **context**: 2026-07-06, job3 audit exploration phase (`.audit/job3-report.md` A1/A2 findings, incident noted in report header). No tracked file was touched; the stray dir was harmless but wasted a round-trip and could have mutated git-visible state on a less-guarded command.
+- **future application**: any subagent dispatch framed "read-only" / "audit" / "verify" that grants Bash — explicitly ban execution of subject-under-test's own CLI/build/generator commands, and name safe alternative (read installed source, grep docs) in same sentence. Don't rely on the word "read-only" alone to scope tool use.
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-100]] (tool must clean its own scratch) — same class of "prose framing ≠ enforced constraint", different failure mode.
 
 ## LRN-103 — BLK-009 was stale: re-probe confirms `paths:` frontmatter works at BOTH levels now
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ rules:
 - **cousin**: [[BDR-058]] (this job's fix), darwin-skill's OVERSCOPED git-commit finding (job8 report — 3rd-party code, not patched, accepted risk under human-checkpoint gating, twin of [[LRN-105]]'s no-execute mandate for OUR read-only audits).
 
 ## LRN-110 — magic MCP `component_builder`'s local callback server = unauthenticated prompt-injection channel
-- **context**: job8 audit read `dist/utils/callback-server.js:36` (+ `create-ui.js:35-38`) in the installed `@21st-dev/magic` package. `21st_magic_component_builder` opens a plain HTTP server on `127.0.0.1:9221+`, `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`, no token/origin check, staying open up to 10 minutes per call. Any POST body to `/data` is injected VERBATIM into the tool result the model consumes — any local process or open browser tab on the machine can win the race against the legitimate browser hand-back.
+- **context**: job8 audit read `dist/utils/callback-server.js:36` (+ `create-ui.js:35-38`) in installed `@21st-dev/magic` package. `21st_magic_component_builder` opens a plain HTTP server on `127.0.0.1:9221+`, `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`, no token/origin check, staying open up to 10 minutes per call. Any POST body to `/data` injected VERBATIM into tool result the model consumes — any local process or open browser tab on the machine can win the race against legitimate browser hand-back.
 - **future application**: this is in the third-party package's code, not our config — don't try to patch a vendored/npx-installed dependency. The only real lever is on OUR side of the boundary: never allowlist a tool with this shape, keep it `ask`-gated so a human sees every invocation (see [[BDR-059]]). Applies to any MCP tool whose implementation opens a listener to receive async results, not just this one — check the listener's auth/origin scoping when auditing MCP server code, the tool's *description* text tells you nothing about it.
 - **cousin**: [[BDR-059]] (the settings fix), [[LRN-111]] (why the allowlist stays empty), job8 report §2 surface 1 finding A#0. Magic MCP retired 2026-09-22 ([[BDR-093]]).
 
@@ -1226,16 +1226,16 @@ rules:
 - **cousin**: [[BDR-060]] (version floor), [[BDR-061]] (path-b bundle pattern), [[LRN-057]] (subagent invocation idioms).
 
 ## LRN-113 — Partial-pattern-fix is the job1-9 series' recurring defect: grep the whole surface + guard it
-- **pattern**: fix one cited instance of a banned pattern, leave the twins. Review found 4: trailer stripped from commit-changer only (A1, twins in bugfixer/feater/hotfixer); YAML quoted elsewhere but seo/security-auditor left broken (A4); attribution scrubbed on 3 skills but geo-analyzer missed (A5); gitleaks added to the hook generator but the installed hook not regenerated (A2).
+- **pattern**: fix one cited instance of banned pattern, leave twins. Review found 4: trailer stripped from commit-changer only (A1, twins in bugfixer/feater/hotfixer); YAML quoted elsewhere but seo/security-auditor left broken (A4); attribution scrubbed on 3 skills but geo-analyzer missed (A5); gitleaks added to the hook generator but the installed hook not regenerated (A2).
 - **why it recurs**: the fixer greps for the reported line, fixes it, stops — never enumerates the pattern across the full surface. An adversarial review catches the twins later; nothing catches them at commit time.
-- **fix**: every pattern-fix ends with (1) a whole-surface grep proving zero residue, (2) a deterministic make-test guard that REDs if any occurrence returns. Shipped `lib/tests/run-review-guards.sh` — G1 trailer, G2 false attribution, G3 strict-YAML, G4 reconcile hermeticity, G5 hook-drift; teeth-verified (planted violation REDs). This is the check that would have caught A1/A4/A5/A2 at make-test time instead of a review.
-- **future application**: any "fix pattern X" task → grep agents/ lib/ hooks/ templates/ skills/, add/extend a review-guard with teeth.
+- **fix**: every pattern-fix ends with (1) whole-surface grep proving zero residue, (2) deterministic make-test guard that REDs if any occurrence returns. Shipped `lib/tests/run-review-guards.sh` — G1 trailer, G2 false attribution, G3 strict-YAML, G4 reconcile hermeticity, G5 hook-drift; teeth-verified (planted violation REDs). Check that would have caught A1/A4/A5/A2 at make-test time instead of review.
+- **future application**: any "fix pattern X" task → grep agents/ lib/ hooks/ templates/ skills/, add/extend review-guard with teeth.
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-114]] (hook-drift class), [[LRN-047]] (silent degradation → measure/guard).
 
 ## LRN-114 — Editing a hook generator does not touch the installed hook: reinstall + drift-guard
-- **pattern**: job7 added the gitleaks scan to `_gitflow_emit_pre_commit` (the GENERATOR), but the installed `.githooks/pre-commit` is only (re)written by `gitflow init`/`install-hook`. job7 never re-installed → the repo's active hook stayed the pre-job7 version (620071b) for 8 days; `git commit` ran no secret scan while the team believed it did.
-- **why undetected**: T10 (drift test) compares only the hook's allow/block VERDICT, not content; T16 emits a FRESH hook in a throwaway repo, validating the generator, never the installed file. Both green while the installed hook was stale.
-- **fix**: after editing any template-generated artifact, regenerate the installed copy (`gitflow.sh install-hook`) AND add a content-drift gate — `run-review-guards.sh` G5 diffs installed `.githooks/pre-commit` against `emit-hook`.
+- **pattern**: job7 added gitleaks scan to `_gitflow_emit_pre_commit` (the GENERATOR), but installed `.githooks/pre-commit` is only (re)written by `gitflow init`/`install-hook`. job7 never re-installed → the repo's active hook stayed the pre-job7 version (620071b) for 8 days; `git commit` ran no secret scan while the team believed it did.
+- **why undetected**: T10 (drift test) compares only the hook's allow/block VERDICT, not content; T16 emits a FRESH hook in a throwaway repo, validating the generator, never the installed file. Both green while installed hook was stale.
+- **fix**: after editing any template-generated artifact, regenerate installed copy (`gitflow.sh install-hook`) AND add content-drift gate — `run-review-guards.sh` G5 diffs installed `.githooks/pre-commit` against `emit-hook`.
 - **future application**: any generator/template emitting an on-disk artifact needs an "installed == freshly-emitted" test, not just a behavioral one.
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-113]] (partial-fix + guard), [[LRN-039]] (installers drift hand-curated config).
 
@@ -1280,9 +1280,9 @@ rules:
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-119]] (same GSC+CrUX build); SDD skill's own "never HEAD~1" warning (same base-selection bug class).
 
 ## LRN-121 — Shell allowlist validation: `grep -Eq` is fragile; use a whole-string POSIX `case`
-- **pattern**: guarding a user-supplied label to shell-safe ASCII with `printf '%s' "$v" | grep -Eq '^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$'` failed 3 adversarial gate passes: (1) command-injection framing (label interpolated into an agent-composed Bash line); (2) parser differential — the guard pre-scanned argv for the literal `--label` while the downstream `argparse` ALSO accepts `--label=v` and abbreviations (`--labe`, `allow_abbrev=True`), those forms reached the parser unchecked; (3) `grep -q` matches PER LINE, a label with an embedded newline (`ok\nrm -rf`) passes on its FIRST line. Fix = replace the whole mechanism, don't patch again: `_label_safe() ( LC_ALL=C; case "$1" in ''|[!A-Za-z0-9]*|*[!A-Za-z0-9._-]*) exit 1;; esac )` — POSIX `case`, whole-string, C-locale subshell. No grep (no per-line), no regex, no second grammar to differ from; a newline is just a non-allowed byte caught by `*[!...]*`; `LC_ALL=C` stops UTF-8 collation widening `[A-Za-z0-9]` to homoglyphs (U+FF11, Kelvin U+212A).
+- **pattern**: guarding user-supplied label to shell-safe ASCII with `printf '%s' "$v" | grep -Eq '^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$'` failed 3 adversarial gate passes: (1) command-injection framing (label interpolated into agent-composed Bash line); (2) parser differential — guard pre-scanned argv for literal `--label` while downstream `argparse` ALSO accepts `--label=v` and abbreviations (`--labe`, `allow_abbrev=True`), those forms reached parser unchecked; (3) `grep -q` matches PER LINE, label with embedded newline (`ok\nrm -rf`) passes on its FIRST line. Fix = replace the whole mechanism, don't patch again: `_label_safe() ( LC_ALL=C; case "$1" in ''|[!A-Za-z0-9]*|*[!A-Za-z0-9._-]*) exit 1;; esac )` — POSIX `case`, whole-string, C-locale subshell. No grep (no per-line), no regex, no second grammar to differ from; a newline is just a non-allowed byte caught by `*[!...]*`; `LC_ALL=C` stops UTF-8 collation widening `[A-Za-z0-9]` to homoglyphs (U+FF11, Kelvin U+212A).
 - **why it matters**: three distinct bypasses of the SAME guard = the approach was wrong, not each patch. `grep`'s line-orientation + locale-sensitive ranges, plus argv-prescan-vs-real-parser grammar drift, are the three classic ways an allowlist "passes" a string it shouldn't. Whole-string `case` in C locale closes all three at once. These were defense-in-depth (downstream used `"$2"`/`"$@"`/JSON-key, never `sh -c`/`eval` → not exploitable in the real exec chain) — but the backstop still took a categorical rewrite, and 3 security-gate BLOCKs to get there.
-- **future application**: validate shell input WHOLE-STRING (`case` or bash `[[ =~ ]]`), never `grep -q` (per-line). Set `LC_ALL=C` for byte-wise ranges. Argv pre-scan guard must be STRICTER than the downstream parser (reject `=`-joined/abbrev) or validate post-parse against the value the parser settled on. When a fix is bypassed twice → STOP patching, replace the mechanism (re-plan, not whack-a-mole).
+- **future application**: validate shell input WHOLE-STRING (`case` or bash `[[ =~ ]]`), never `grep -q` (per-line). Set `LC_ALL=C` for byte-wise ranges. Argv pre-scan guard must be STRICTER than downstream parser (reject `=`-joined/abbrev) or validate post-parse against the value parser settled on. When a fix is bypassed twice → STOP patching, replace the mechanism (re-plan, not whack-a-mole).
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-119]] (fail-open engine this hardens), [[BDR-063]] (token store whose labels these guard), [[LRN-045]] (renaming-command leak-guard regexes — same charset-guard family).
 
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@@ -1320,9 +1320,9 @@ rules:
 - **cousin**: [[BDR-066]] (model routing: reflection/audit big, execution sonnet), [[LRN-113]] (consumer-staleness sweep on a pattern fix).
 
 ## LRN-126 — splitting a monolith agent severs every IMPLICIT data path; forward each consumed field through the handoff contract
-- **pattern**: wave-4 split (client-handover-writer monolith → reflection parent + sonnet doc-writer child) silently dropped 2 inputs the extracted STEPs consumed. `DEPLOY_HINTS` (detected in parent STEP 2, consumed by child STEP 14) + `--skip-seo` flag (parsed from `$ARGUMENTS`, gated child STEP 13) worked in the monolith by shared scope; after the split they were dead — never added to the PACKAGE. Child rendered a §8 without platform tailoring; `--skip-seo` became a silent no-op. Caught only by the opus whole-branch review, not the census.
-- **why**: monolith: `$ARGUMENTS`, detected vars, STEP-N side-outputs share one scope, later STEPs read them free. Split turns each free read into a data path that MUST cross the parent→child contract explicitly; every implicit read is a severed wire unless forwarded.
-- **future application**: splitting an agent: enumerate EVERY field the child reads (grep child for `PACKAGE.`, bare var names, `$ARGUMENTS` flags), diff against what the parent SETS before dispatch. Any child-consumed field the parent never populates = severed path = renders a hole or a silent no-op. A census that checks shape (model pin, gate-free) will NOT catch this — needs a data-flow read.
+- **pattern**: wave-4 split (client-handover-writer monolith → reflection parent + sonnet doc-writer child) silently dropped 2 inputs extracted STEPs consumed. `DEPLOY_HINTS` (detected in parent STEP 2, consumed by child STEP 14) + `--skip-seo` flag (parsed from `$ARGUMENTS`, gated child STEP 13) worked in the monolith by shared scope; after the split they were dead — never added to the PACKAGE. Child rendered a §8 without platform tailoring; `--skip-seo` became a silent no-op. Caught only by the opus whole-branch review, not the census.
+- **why**: monolith: `$ARGUMENTS`, detected vars, STEP-N side-outputs share one scope, later STEPs read them free. Split turns each free read into data path that MUST cross parent→child contract explicitly; every implicit read is a severed wire unless forwarded.
+- **future application**: splitting an agent: enumerate EVERY field child reads (grep child for `PACKAGE.`, bare var names, `$ARGUMENTS` flags), diff against what parent SETS before dispatch. Any child-consumed field the parent never populates = severed path = renders a hole or a silent no-op. A census that checks shape (model pin, gate-free) will NOT catch this — needs a data-flow read.
 - **cousin**: [[LRN-125]] (route consumer to right tier on a split), [[BDR-066]] (reflection/execution split), [[LRN-113]] (sweep ALL consumers). Distinct: 113/125 = WHICH agent/tier a consumer routes to; this = WHICH fields must cross the contract.
 
 ## LRN-127 — SDD implementers must not run destructive git ops on files outside their task scope
@@ -1333,9 +1333,9 @@ rules:
 
 ## LRN-128 — a version RESET (backward bump) is editorial reflection, not the forward-only release-executor
 
-- **pattern**: first public release cut as v1.0.0 from an internal 4.x lineage = backward version.txt (4.0.0→1.0.0) + CHANGELOG restructure (new public `[1.0.0]` on top, old 1.0-4.0 lineage under a `## Pre-release (internal history)` banner) + tag swap (delete v4.0.0, tag v1.0.0). The sonnet `release-executor` (release-candidate skill's mechanical prep span) assumes a FORWARD semver bump — its prep = `[Unreleased]`→`[X.Y.Z]` move + version increment. Cannot derive a backward reset, the CHANGELOG restructure, or the existing-`[1.0.0]`-collision handling.
+- **pattern**: first public release cut as v1.0.0 from internal 4.x lineage = backward version.txt (4.0.0→1.0.0) + CHANGELOG restructure (new public `[1.0.0]` on top, old 1.0-4.0 lineage under `## Pre-release (internal history)` banner) + tag swap (delete v4.0.0, tag v1.0.0). Sonnet `release-executor` (release-candidate skill's mechanical prep span) assumes FORWARD semver bump — its prep = `[Unreleased]`→`[X.Y.Z]` move + version increment. Cannot derive a backward reset, the CHANGELOG restructure, or the existing-`[1.0.0]`-collision handling.
 - **why**: a reset is a JUDGMENT act (what's public vs pre-release, how to frame the launch, what to do with the old lineage) = reflection tier, not the executor's mechanical forward move.
-- **future application**: version RESET or any non-standard release → do PREP MANUALLY inline (big model), use `gitflow.sh` only for branch mechanics (start/finish), KEEP the skill's human gates (when-to-release, push). Don't dispatch the forward-only executor for it. [[BDR-067]] [[BDR-066]]
+- **future application**: version RESET or any non-standard release → do PREP MANUALLY inline (big model), use `gitflow.sh` only for branch mechanics (start/finish), KEEP skill's human gates (when-to-release, push). Don't dispatch the forward-only executor for it. [[BDR-067]] [[BDR-066]]
 
 ## LRN-129 — `git cherry` (patch-id) proves a stale/divergent branch has nothing orphaned before you delete it
 
@@ -1354,9 +1354,9 @@ rules:
 - **Applied**: [[BDR-069]].
 
 ## LRN-131 — WebSearch is not verification for a number; require a primary source — 2026-07-17
-- **pattern**: a statistic reaches a client only with `<claim> — <source, year, venue|vendor> — measured: <what the source ACTUALLY measured> — <link>`. The `measured:` field is what catches the error.
-- **context**: "VSI (Visual Stability Index) — new 2026 Core Web Vital" lived in seo-analyzer as a threshold, stated as fact. It does NOT exist — absent from the CrUX API metric list AND web.dev; 10 SEO blogs cross-cited it into apparent consensus, several falsely claiming CrUX already collected it. And EVERY stat in agents/resources/ was real but grafted onto the wrong subject: Aggarwal 40% = ALL methods (pinned on "add stats"); AccuraCast 58.9% = Person-schema PREVALENCE (pinned on QAPage lift, meaning inverted — FAQPage was 1.8%); LLMrefs 3x = brand-mentions-vs-backlinks (pinned on freshness decay).
-- **future**: the failure mode is plausible RECOMBINATION — what a model half-remembering a search produces. The old rule "cross-check via WebSearch" LAUNDERS the blog consensus instead of catching it. An API's metric list (e.g. developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) is decisive: a metric the API can't return is one you can't score. See [[LRN-132]] (same family, subagent summaries).
+- **pattern**: statistic reaches a client only with `<claim> — <source, year, venue|vendor> — measured: <what the source ACTUALLY measured> — <link>`. `measured:` field catches the error.
+- **context**: "VSI (Visual Stability Index) — new 2026 Core Web Vital" lived in seo-analyzer as threshold, stated as fact. It does NOT exist — absent from the CrUX API metric list AND web.dev; 10 SEO blogs cross-cited it into apparent consensus, several falsely claiming CrUX already collected it. EVERY stat in agents/resources/ was real but grafted onto wrong subject: Aggarwal 40% = ALL methods (pinned on "add stats"); AccuraCast 58.9% = Person-schema PREVALENCE (pinned on QAPage lift, meaning inverted — FAQPage was 1.8%); LLMrefs 3x = brand-mentions-vs-backlinks (pinned on freshness decay).
+- **future**: failure mode is plausible RECOMBINATION — what a model half-remembering a search produces. Old rule "cross-check via WebSearch" LAUNDERS blog consensus instead of catching it. An API's metric list (e.g. developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) is decisive: a metric the API can't return is one you can't score. See [[LRN-132]] (same family, subagent summaries).
 
 ## LRN-132 — a subagent summary is a claim, not a fact — verify before planning on it — 2026-07-17
 - **pattern**: relaying a subagent's characterisation without checking it propagates plausible-but-false. Treat every relayed finding as a claim to verify against a primary source or a live test.
@@ -1463,9 +1463,9 @@ Rule: when editing a doctrine file under structure locks, grep the test's lock s
 
 ## LRN-150 — Sourced shell lib is not a subprocess: prefix printers, honor inherited errexit
 - **Date**: 2026-09-15
-- **Pattern**: `source lib.sh` shares the caller's shell. Two bites. (a) bare `ok()`/`warn()`/`info()` in the lib OVERRIDE the caller's same-named funcs. `doctor.sh` counts ERRORS/WARNS inside its own `warn()` → a lib `warn` disconnects the counter and doctor prints "No errors" while warnings scroll. Prefix every lib printer (`_gspw_ok`, `_gspw_warn`, `_gspw_info`). (b) caller's `set -euo pipefail` applies INSIDE the lib's functions: a failing command-substitution assignment (`x="$(. /etc/os-release; [ "$ID" = ubuntu ] && printf ...)"`) aborts the CALLER when the func is called as a bare statement. Reproduced — exit 1 on every non-Ubuntu host, latent in `install-plugins.sh` since [[BDR-029]].
-- **Rule**: public func called bare → `return 0` on every path + `|| true` on every capture. Func allowed to return non-zero → call it ONLY as an `if` condition.
-- **Future application**: any new `lib/*.sh` sourced by a script that owns printers or sets `-e`. Check BOTH facets before wiring; the printer one is silent (no error, just a lying summary).
+- **Pattern**: `source lib.sh` shares caller's shell. Two bites. (a) bare `ok()`/`warn()`/`info()` in lib OVERRIDE caller's same-named funcs. `doctor.sh` counts ERRORS/WARNS inside its own `warn()` → a lib `warn` disconnects the counter and doctor prints "No errors" while warnings scroll. Prefix every lib printer (`_gspw_ok`, `_gspw_warn`, `_gspw_info`). (b) caller's `set -euo pipefail` applies INSIDE lib's functions: failing command-substitution assignment (`x="$(. /etc/os-release; [ "$ID" = ubuntu ] && printf ...)"`) aborts CALLER when func is called as bare statement. Reproduced — exit 1 on every non-Ubuntu host, latent in `install-plugins.sh` since [[BDR-029]].
+- **Rule**: public func called bare → `return 0` on every path + `|| true` on every capture. Func allowed to return non-zero → call ONLY as `if` condition.
+- **Future application**: any new `lib/*.sh` sourced by script owning printers or setting `-e`. Check BOTH facets before wiring; the printer one is silent (no error, just a lying summary).
 - **Reference**: `lib/gstack-playwright.sh`, `doctor.sh:12-15`. Links [[BDR-088]].
 
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@@ -1496,9 +1496,9 @@ Rule: when editing a doctrine file under structure locks, grep the test's lock s
 
 ## LRN-154 — Untracking a generated file then merging deletes it from disk
 - **Date**: 2026-09-15
-- **Pattern**: `git rm --cached` removes from the index and KEEPS the working file, which is the whole point when untracking a tool-generated artifact. But `gitflow finish` checks out the target branch first, where the file is still tracked, so git restores it; the merge then applies the deletion to a tracked file and removes it from disk. `.gitignore` does not protect it — it only stops a re-add. Net effect: the file survives the commit and dies at the merge, several minutes later, which reads as unrelated.
-- **Detection**: the working tree is clean and the file is simply absent. Nothing errors. Only a post-merge `ls` catches it.
-- **Future application**: untracking any generated file — know the regeneration command BEFORE merging, and `ls` the path right after `finish`. If nothing regenerates it, keep it tracked.
+- **Pattern**: `git rm --cached` removes from index and KEEPS working file, the whole point when untracking a tool-generated artifact. But `gitflow finish` checks out target branch first, where file is still tracked, so git restores it; merge then applies deletion to a tracked file and removes it from disk. `.gitignore` does not protect it — it only stops a re-add. Net effect: file survives commit, dies at merge several minutes later, reads as unrelated.
+- **Detection**: working tree clean, file simply absent. Nothing errors. Only post-merge `ls` catches it.
+- **Future application**: untracking any generated file — know regeneration command BEFORE merging, `ls` the path right after `finish`. If nothing regenerates it, keep it tracked.
 - **graphify specifics**: `graphify install --platform claude` copies the skill and touches nothing else. `graphify claude install` is a different command — it writes the CLAUDE.md section and the `.claude/settings.json` hooks, rewrites both guarded configs, and does NOT copy the skill. Confusing the two wastes a recovery attempt.
 - **Reference**: `CLAUDE.md` machine-owned section, commit 80ccdaf. Links [[BDR-090]].
 
@@ -1516,16 +1516,16 @@ Rule: when editing a doctrine file under structure locks, grep the test's lock s
 
 ## LRN-157 — Taste is invisible to a gap-only trigger; ask at plan time
 - **Date**: 2026-09-16
-- **Pattern**: a trigger that fires only on missing outcome / scope / constraints lets every taste choice through — "add a share icon" is complete by those criteria and the icon's side is decided downstream. More budget changes nothing; the fix is a new trigger class (VISIBLE / PUBLIC NAME / SCOPE). Cost geometry: a fresh re-dispatch keeps the working tree and loses the executor's reasoning → the same question costs about one executor run more mid-run than at PLAN. So: sweep once at the plan step, keep the mid-run channel for leftovers. Executor tags the class; orchestrator re-reads it (tag = hint, a mis-tag would offload class 4 onto the human). Relayed questions obey [[LRN-102]]: context inside `AskUserQuestion`, nothing the user needs printed before it.
-- **Future application**: any "ask more" request → check WHICH trigger is blind before touching a quota. Any orchestrator with a "decide it yourself" fallback on an executor halt → route by class first.
+- **Pattern**: trigger firing only on missing outcome / scope / constraints lets every taste choice through — "add a share icon" is complete by those criteria, icon's side decided downstream. More budget changes nothing; the fix is a new trigger class (VISIBLE / PUBLIC NAME / SCOPE). Cost geometry: fresh re-dispatch keeps working tree, loses executor's reasoning → same question costs about one executor run more mid-run than at PLAN. So: sweep once at plan step, keep mid-run channel for leftovers. Executor tags class; orchestrator re-reads it (tag = hint, mis-tag would offload class 4 onto the human). Relayed questions obey [[LRN-102]]: context inside `AskUserQuestion`, nothing the user needs printed before it.
+- **Future application**: any "ask more" request → check WHICH trigger is blind before touching quota. Any orchestrator with "decide it yourself" fallback on executor halt → route by class first.
 - **Reference**: [[BDR-091]], `lib/contract-interview.md` STEP 2 + MID-RUN CLARIFICATION.
 
 ## LRN-158 — A hardened installer + a symlinked config dir = documented command fails; stage under a throwaway HOME
 - **Date**: 2026-09-22
-- **Context**: `21st install-skill` (= `21st skills install --global`) is upstream's documented one-liner. Here it dies: `Refusing to access symbolic link /home/…/.claude/skills`. The installer walks every segment of `<HOME>/.claude/skills/<n>/SKILL.md` with an `assertNoSymlinkComponents` guard (anti symlink-escape); this repo's whole model is `~/.claude/skills -> repo/skills`. Two correct designs, mutually exclusive on the same path.
-- **Pattern**: don't fight the guard and don't unlink the config dir. Run the installer with `HOME=$(mktemp -d)` so it writes into a pristine real tree, then move the output to the vendored dir the repo controls and symlink from there. Same shape as the impeccable/ctx7 staging (`mktemp -d`, install, `mv` into `skills-external/`), with HOME as the extra lever. Two conditions make it safe: the command must need nothing else from HOME (checked: manifest + content fetch are unauthenticated, hash-verified), and the moved payload must be self-contained.
-- **Also**: read the npm tarball, not the vendor's web page. 21st.dev's `/mcp` and `/llms.txt` still document the MCP `init --client` flow with an API key; the package README states the CLI supersedes it. `curl registry.npmjs.org/<pkg>` + untar + read `README.md`/`dist` answered every question (commands, exit codes, where files land) that the site got wrong.
-- **Future application**: any vendor installer that writes into `~/.claude`, `~/.config` or `~/.agents` on this machine. Probe first with a fake HOME containing the symlink, before wiring it into `install-plugins.sh` — the failure is instant and unambiguous.
+- **Context**: `21st install-skill` (= `21st skills install --global`) is upstream's documented one-liner. Here it dies: `Refusing to access symbolic link /home/…/.claude/skills`. Installer walks every segment of `<HOME>/.claude/skills/<n>/SKILL.md` with `assertNoSymlinkComponents` guard (anti symlink-escape); this repo's whole model is `~/.claude/skills -> repo/skills`. Two correct designs, mutually exclusive on same path.
+- **Pattern**: don't fight the guard and don't unlink the config dir. Run installer with `HOME=$(mktemp -d)` so it writes into pristine real tree, then move output to the vendored dir the repo controls and symlink from there. Same shape as impeccable/ctx7 staging (`mktemp -d`, install, `mv` into `skills-external/`), HOME as extra lever. Two conditions make it safe: the command must need nothing else from HOME (checked: manifest + content fetch are unauthenticated, hash-verified), and the moved payload must be self-contained.
+- **Also**: read the npm tarball, not the vendor's web page. 21st.dev's `/mcp` and `/llms.txt` still document MCP `init --client` flow with API key; package README states CLI supersedes it. `curl registry.npmjs.org/<pkg>` + untar + read `README.md`/`dist` answered every question (commands, exit codes, where files land) the site got wrong.
+- **Future application**: any vendor installer writing into `~/.claude`, `~/.config` or `~/.agents` on this machine. Probe first with fake HOME containing the symlink, before wiring into `install-plugins.sh` — failure is instant and unambiguous.
 - **Reference**: [[BDR-093]], `install-plugins.sh` Step 8.7, `update-all.sh` 7.4. Links [[LRN-034]] (run the real thing), [[BLK-014]]-class symlink/self-heal issues.
 
 ## LRN-159 — A pin whose payload is fetched at install time rots: pin + fallback, and read the installer's output, not its exit code
@@ -1537,8 +1537,8 @@ Rule: when editing a doctrine file under structure locks, grep the test's lock s
 
 ## LRN-160 — Prose guardrails are judgment, not boundary: a well-argued brief walks a sub-agent through them
 - **Date**: 2026-09-22
-- **Context**: 2026-09-21 00:21, old server. Reviewer sub-agent (opus, atlast SDD task 26) briefed by the orchestrator: "Tracing lftp semantics against a scratch tree of your own making, outside the repository, is allowed". It ran `mirror --reverse --delete` against a local `file://` tree; target resolved to a real path; `mirror --delete` = `rm -r` on target dirs absent from source, `--exclude` ignored. 90 s: home, `~/.claude`, `/tmp` outputs, NAS (`uid=1000`), 15 Gitea repos (Gitea ran as bchanot = uid 1000, no Docker bridge needed). Reviewer's next Bash rc 1 with its output file gone, then API "Not logged in" (credentials wiped). Config of the day already had hard_deny "deploy to provider" + soft_deny `rsync --delete`: neither names lftp nor a local trace. 4 days of faunosteo never pushed; Gitea on the same disk.
-- **Pattern**: (a) an LLM classifier reads intent; the orchestrator's brief IS the sub-agent's user voice, so a reasoned authorization passes. Only static deny rules (resolve first, inherited by sub-agents, per-segment on `&&`) and OS rights are boundaries. (b) "Trace what it would do" is execution; a scratch target from a variable is one unset var away from `/`. (c) The event deletes its own evidence when the agent's uid owns the logs, the config and the transcripts. (d) A remote backs up only what it holds: push at branch creation and at every commit, from a hook, not from discipline. (e) `git merge` fires post-merge, not post-commit.
+- **Context**: 2026-09-21 00:21, old server. Reviewer sub-agent (opus, atlast SDD task 26) briefed by orchestrator: "Tracing lftp semantics against a scratch tree of your own making, outside the repository, is allowed". Ran `mirror --reverse --delete` against local `file://` tree; target resolved to a real path; `mirror --delete` = `rm -r` on target dirs absent from source, `--exclude` ignored. 90 s: home, `~/.claude`, `/tmp` outputs, NAS (`uid=1000`), 15 Gitea repos (Gitea ran as bchanot = uid 1000, no Docker bridge needed). Reviewer's next Bash rc 1 with its output file gone, then API "Not logged in" (credentials wiped). Config of the day already had hard_deny "deploy to provider" + soft_deny `rsync --delete`: neither names lftp nor a local trace. 4 days of faunosteo never pushed; Gitea on the same disk.
+- **Pattern**: (a) LLM classifier reads intent; orchestrator's brief IS sub-agent's user voice, so reasoned authorization passes. Only static deny rules (resolve first, inherited by sub-agents, per-segment on `&&`) and OS rights are boundaries. (b) "Trace what it would do" is execution; scratch target from a variable is one unset var away from `/`. (c) Event deletes its own evidence when agent's uid owns logs, config and transcripts. (d) A remote backs up only what it holds: push at branch creation and at every commit, from a hook, not from discipline. (e) `git merge` fires post-merge, not post-commit.
 - **Future application**: any new destructive capability → static deny first, prose second, doctrine third. Any orchestrator brief → never "X is allowed outside the repo". Sub-agent tools: report-only agents trace by reading. Probe a guard with the real sub-agent path (auto mode inherited), not the main session.
 - **Reference**: [[BDR-095]], `/mnt/cloudpex/RECOVERY/00-incident/`, atlast transcript `26e76a0b…` + stub `agent-a7d9119…`. Links [[BDR-090]], [[BDR-092]], [[LRN-155]], [[LRN-114]].
 

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---
 ARCHITECTURE.md                | 24 +++++++----
 CHANGELOG.md                   |  5 ++-
 MIGRATION.md                   | 43 +++++++++++++++---
 Makefile                       |  6 +--
 README.md                      | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 USAGE.md                       | 40 +++++++++--------
 templates/settings/SETTINGS.md |  6 ++-
 7 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 434a70c..a063658 100644
--- a/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -9,20 +9,26 @@ Repo layout and structural principles. Command workflows live in
 claude-config/
 ├── CLAUDE.global.md       # Global coding preferences — deployed as ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
 ├── CLAUDE.md              # Project-scope instructions (this repo only)
-├── settings.json          # Global permissions (deny / ask / allow rules)
+├── README.md / USAGE.md / ARCHITECTURE.md / CHANGELOG.md / MIGRATION.md
+├── version.txt            # Current release version
+├── .env.example           # Placeholder template for ~/.claude/.env (secrets never committed)
+├── settings.json          # Global permissions (deny / ask / allow) + autoMode classifier tiers
 ├── install.sh             # Bootstrap: Claude Code CLI + auth + submodules + link + plugins
-├── install-plugins.sh     # One-shot installer: prerequisites + all plugins
-├── link.sh                # Symlinks this repo into ~/.claude/
+├── install-plugins.sh     # One-shot installer: prerequisites + all plugins + default profile
+├── link.sh                # Symlinks this repo into ~/.claude/, sets git's global core.hooksPath
 ├── doctor.sh              # Setup diagnostic
 ├── update-all.sh          # One-command update for all components
-├── Makefile               # Unified entry point: make install / doctor / update
-├── plugins.lock.json      # Version pinning for non-marketplace dependencies
-├── hooks/                 # Session start, statusline, RTK rewrite + ctx7 + design-toolchain reminders
+├── Makefile               # Unified entry point: make install / doctor / update / test (make help)
+├── plugins.lock.json      # Version pinning for non-marketplace dependencies and vendored skills
+├── hooks/                 # Claude Code hooks: session start, statusline, RTK rewrite, ctx7 + design-toolchain reminders, attention notify, unpushed-work guard
+├── githooks/              # Generated git hooks (pre-commit, post-commit, post-merge, reference-transaction), git's global core.hooksPath
+├── .githooks/             # This repo's own copy of the same hooks
+├── rules/                 # Rule files deployed to ~/.claude/rules (path-scoped or always-on)
 ├── agents/                # Execution units called by skills (never invoked directly)
 ├── skills/                # Entry points invoked via /skill-name
-├── skills-external/       # Vendored skill packs (gstack submodule + installer-fetched design packs)
+├── skills-external/       # Vendored skill packs: gstack submodule, design skills, superpowers, agent-skills, MengTo scroll skills, 21st and Higgsfield packs (machine-owned copies gitignored)
 ├── templates/             # Per-project templates (CLAUDE.md, settings, memory registries, deploy runbook, gitignore)
-└── lib/                   # Shared shell libs (gitflow, profiles, commit helpers, archetypes, tests)
+└── lib/                   # Shared libs: gitflow, profiles, vendoring, effort pins, gates, archetypes, tests
 ```
 
 ## Architecture principles
@@ -30,4 +36,4 @@ claude-config/
 - `skills/` = entry points you invoke via `/skill-name`
 - `agents/` = execution units called by skills (never invoked directly by user)
 - `templates/` = symlinked to `~/.claude/templates/` — copy into projects via `/onboard` or manually
-- **Graphify** builds a knowledge graph of any codebase (`/graphify query`), producing a navigable wiki in `graphify-out/wiki/`. This map helps Claude understand project structure, find relevant code faster, and reason across files. Essential for large-scope tasks (multi-file features, complex bugs, architectural changes). Small tasks should skip it and read files directly.
+- **Graphify** builds a knowledge graph of any codebase (`/graphify query`), producing a navigable wiki in `graphify-out/wiki/`. This map helps Claude understand project structure, find relevant code faster, and reason across files. Essential for large-scope tasks (multi-file features, complex bugs, architectural changes). Small tasks should skip it and read files directly. Proposed only from 200 tracked code files: the session-start banner informs, the user decides; nothing builds a graph without that go.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fcc8e1..590dff4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to claude-config will be documented in this file.
 
-Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
+Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+Upgrading from 1.x: see [MIGRATION.md](./MIGRATION.md#upgrading-an-existing-machine-to-200).
+
 ### Added
 - **Higgsfield pack, off by default**: `make plugin` installs the `@higgsfield/cli` CLI (Step 8.6) and clones the skills of higgsfield-ai/skills into `skills-external/higgsfield-*` through the new `lib/higgsfield-skills.sh`; `make update` refreshes the skills, and the CLI when npm installed it; `make doctor` reports the CLI and its session without ever warning. The pack belongs to no profile: `lib/toggle-external.sh enable higgsfield` links the seven allowlisted media skills, `enable higgsfield-websites` the landing-page aid, and no `profile set` or `make link` re-enables either. `CLAUDE.global.md` routes explicit media-generation asks to it. Hermetic suite `lib/tests/higgsfield.test.sh`.
 - **Effort round (BDR-108)**: every skill carries an entry level next to its model pin. `lib/effort-pins.txt` (map) + `lib/effort-pins.sh` (idempotent re-apply after the last vendoring step of `install-plugins.sh` and `update-all.sh`) replace the hardcoded brainstorming/writing-plans loop and extend the pins to the design stack (high, one level per stack since the last loaded wins), superpowers, agent-skills and the 21st pack; `skills-perso` low, `pdf-translate` medium, `site-motion` high; doctrine: the design stack loads paired with the first Read (a lone Skill call applies nothing). Model pins stay tier aliases: the latest version of a tier is also the cheapest or same-priced, so the quality/price trade-off is tier × effort, never version. `lib/effort-audit.py` prints thinking coverage per scope (sub-agent records carry no thinking count on ~90 % of requests: EVAL-037's "executors stay cheap" was a measurement gap, not a finding).
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
   seeded like a real tree (gstack off, nothing linked).
 
 ### Changed
+- Default session model `claude-fable-5-1` (settings.json `model`).
 - **`full` = everything the other profiles carry** (user rule: full does
   what every specialized profile does), minus the 9 removed gstack
   skills, the 21st generation/review trio and one named exception
diff --git a/MIGRATION.md b/MIGRATION.md
index c63ba88..1c4f8ce 100644
--- a/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/MIGRATION.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Migration guide — `.claude/` restructure (2026-04-23)
+# Migration guides
+
+## `.claude/` restructure (2026-04-23)
 
 The claude-config layout moved task tracking, memory registries, and audit
 reports out of scattered roots (`tasks/`, `SEO.md`, `HARDEN.md`, etc.) into
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ claude-config skills and were onboarded before this change.
 
 ---
 
-## TL;DR — full migration in one block
+### TL;DR — full migration in one block
 
 Run from the project root. Inspect the output before committing.
 
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ done
 #    .claude/memory/learnings.md (LRN-XXX format) then delete LESSONS.legacy.md
 
 # 6. Update .gitignore - see "Gitignore patch" section below
+#    (`bash ~/.claude/lib/gitflow.sh reconcile` appends only the missing
+#    template lines and never rewrites project rules.)
 
 # 7. Update CLAUDE.md - see "CLAUDE.md patch" section below
 
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ git check-ignore -v .claude/memory/decisions.md .claude/tasks/TODO.md 2>&1
 
 ---
 
-## Gitignore patch
+### Gitignore patch
 
 If your project's `.gitignore` contains a bare `.claude/` rule, it will ignore
 every memory/tasks/audit file you just created. Replace that line with:
@@ -84,9 +88,13 @@ every memory/tasks/audit file you just created. Replace that line with:
 !.claude/memory/
 !.claude/audits/
 !.claude/settings.json
+!.claude/deploy/
 # These stay ignored (per-machine state)
 .claude/settings.local.json
 .claude/agent-memory/
+.claude/gstack/
+.claude/deploy/PENDING.json
+.claude/deploy/NEXT.sh
 ```
 
 Verify after edit:
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ git check-ignore .claude/settings.local.json .claude/agent-memory/
 
 ---
 
-## CLAUDE.md patch
+### CLAUDE.md patch
 
 If your project's `CLAUDE.md` references `tasks/LESSONS.md` / `tasks/TODO.md`,
 update the `## Session start`, `## Workflow`, `## After code changes`, and
@@ -126,7 +134,7 @@ Add a new section referencing the registries (full template in
 
 ---
 
-## What gets committed vs ignored
+### What gets committed vs ignored
 
 | Path | Committed? | Reason |
 |------|-----------|--------|
@@ -134,12 +142,14 @@ Add a new section referencing the registries (full template in
 | `.claude/memory/*.md` | ✅ yes | Shared decisions/learnings/blockers |
 | `.claude/audits/*.md` | ✅ yes | Snapshot of project state — version-able |
 | `.claude/settings.json` | ✅ yes | Shared project config |
+| `.claude/deploy/*.md` | ✅ yes | Deploy runbook + incidents |
 | `.claude/settings.local.json` | 🚫 no | Per-machine overrides |
 | `.claude/agent-memory/` | 🚫 no | Per-session agent state |
+| `.claude/deploy/PENDING.json`, `NEXT.sh` | 🚫 no | Per-deploy transient state |
 
 ---
 
-## Post-migration sanity check
+### Post-migration sanity check
 
 ```bash
 # 1. No legacy tasks/ dir left
@@ -161,10 +171,29 @@ All four checks should be clean before committing the migration.
 
 ---
 
-## If anything goes wrong
+### If anything goes wrong
 
 - The migration block only uses `mv`, not `rm` — nothing is deleted.
 - Old `LESSONS.md` is preserved as `LESSONS.legacy.md` — review it, copy
   meaningful entries into `.claude/memory/learnings.md` (with `LRN-XXX` IDs),
   then delete.
 - To undo: `git checkout .` before commit.
+
+---
+
+## Upgrading an existing machine to 2.0.0
+
+2.0.0 removes components that 1.x installed. `make plugin` installs their replacements; the leftovers go by hand.
+
+```bash
+git pull --recurse-submodules
+make plugin     # vendors the 7 superpowers skills (Step 8e), installs the Higgsfield and 21st CLIs (8.6, 8.7), re-runs link.sh (10), applies the default profile (11)
+claude plugin uninstall superpowers@superpowers-marketplace   # once, if the plugin is still cached
+make doctor
+```
+
+- **Superpowers**: the plugin is gone. Its 7 wired skills are vendored at v6.4.1 and always on. The 8 other skills and the session-start injection are not replaced.
+- **Magic MCP**: replaced by the `21st` CLI (`21st login`, no API key). If 1.x registered the `magic` server, remove it from `~/.claude.json` and drop `MAGIC_API_KEY` from `~/.claude/.env`. Nothing reads them any more.
+- **Git hooks in every repo**: `link.sh` sets git's global `core.hooksPath` to `~/.claude/githooks`. Every repo on the machine now gets the gitflow pre-commit guard and pushes each commit as it lands. For a foreign clone: `git config gitflow.protect false` and `git config gitflow.autopush false`.
+- **Default profile**: a machine with no profile selected now runs `full`. Check with `make profile-current`. Nine gstack skills (`ship`, `land-and-deploy`, `setup-deploy`, `autoplan`, `context-save`, `learn`, `careful`, `guard`, `design-shotgun`) left every profile and are denylisted.
+- **Higgsfield**: installed, off by default. Nothing to do until you enable it.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd551bc..2141a32 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: help install plugin link doctor update new-skill profile profile-list profile-current profile-reset onboard test scan-secrets seo-connect
 
 help: ## Show available commands
-	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*##' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*## "}; {printf "  make %-14s %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*##' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*## "}; {printf "  make %-16s %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
 install: ## First-time setup: install Claude Code + auth + symlinks + plugins
 	bash install.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test: ## Run deterministic tests hermetically (one: make test suite=lib/tests/x.
 			*) bash "$$t" || fail=1 ;; \
 		esac; done; exit $$fail
 
-scan-secrets: ## Gitleaks sweep: this repo's history + ~/.claude (job7 backstop). Extra repos: make scan-secrets repos="path1 path2"
+scan-secrets: ## Gitleaks sweep: this repo's history + ~/.claude. Extra repos: make scan-secrets repos="path1 path2"
 	@command -v gitleaks >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "gitleaks not installed — https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks"; exit 1; }
 	@mkdir -p .audit
 	@fail=0; \
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ scan-secrets: ## Gitleaks sweep: this repo's history + ~/.claude (job7 backstop)
 profile: ## Run profile.sh (usage: make profile cmd="set design")
 	@bash lib/profile.sh $(cmd)
 
-profile-list: ## List skill profiles (design, dev, qa, audit, minimal)
+profile-list: ## List skill profiles (audit, backend, design, dev, full, max, minimal, qa, seo, web, web-full)
 	@bash lib/profile.sh list
 
 profile-current: ## Show the active profile (label + match)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 578f702..c49dfa9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ Not a collection of prompts — an operating layer on top of Claude Code:
   the cheapest model that can do the job (haiku collects, sonnet executes,
   opus judges, the session model only reflects).
 - **Hooks and permissions** are deterministic guardrails: gitflow enforced
-  by a pre-commit hook, every commit pushed by post-commit and post-merge
-  hooks, `main`/`develop` undeletable by a reference-transaction hook,
+  by a pre-commit hook in every repo (`make link` points git's global
+  `core.hooksPath` at `~/.claude/githooks`), every commit pushed by
+  post-commit and post-merge hooks, `main`/`develop` undeletable by a reference-transaction hook,
   deny-first permission rules, secrets kept in `~/.claude/.env` and
   never in config files.
 - **Templates and memory** seed every project with persistent registries
-  (decisions, learnings, blockers) — what a session learns, the next
-  session knows.
+  (decisions, learnings, blockers, journal, evals) — what a session
+  learns, the next session knows.
 
 ## How it works
 
 ```bash
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/bchanot/claude
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.bchanot.fr/bchanot/claude
 cd claude
 make install     # CLI + auth + symlinks + plugins (pinned in plugins.lock.json)
 make doctor      # verify everything
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ Day to day:
 
 ```bash
 /onboard            # bring an existing repo into the framework
-/ship-feature "…"   # brainstorm → plan → adversarial challenge → TDD → review → merge
+/ship-feature "…"   # brainstorm → plan → adversarial challenge → TDD → verify + security gates → review → merge on your go
 /feat "…"           # same idea, 1-5 files, no ceremony
 /close              # flush decisions and learnings to memory before quitting
 make update         # keep CLI, plugins, and submodules current
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ make update         # keep CLI, plugins, and submodules current
   locked, `make doctor` proves it works.
 - **Cost-shaped.** Model tiering routes reflection to the big model and
   execution to cheap ones — the expensive context does only what it must.
-- **Safe by default.** Protected branches, ask-before-run on risky tools,
-  parameterized secrets: the guardrails are code, not good intentions.
+- **Safe by default.** Protected branches, deny rules and auto-mode soft/hard blocks on
+  risky tools, transfer and mirror tools denied outright, parameterized
+  secrets: the guardrails are code, not good intentions.
 - **It compounds.** Memory registries, audit skills, and doc-sync keep every
   project's knowledge growing across sessions instead of evaporating.
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ commands, settings, secrets, maintenance.
 Doctrine: the session model (Fable) does main-loop reflection ONLY —
 brainstorm, plan, contract, audit judgment, gates, loop decisions — enforced
 by a blocking gate (`lib/model-gate.md` + `lib/model-check.sh`) at the entry
-of the 13 reflection orchestrators. Nothing dispatched inherits silently:
+of the 15 reflection skills (the orchestrators plus `/analyze`). Nothing dispatched inherits silently:
 typed agents carry a frontmatter pin, built-ins get an explicit `model=` at
 every call site.
 
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ The pure-execution skills `/doc`, `/status`, `/commit-change`,
 `/release-candidate` **dispatch** their agent (instead of inline-loading it)
 so the pin takes effect and the work leaves the big session model; `/hotfix`
 was split like `/feat` (reflection inline + gate, `hotfixer` executor) and so
-joins the gated group (13th); `/client-handover`'s nested skill-runner
+joins the gated group; `/client-handover`'s nested skill-runner
 children are dispatched `model:"fable"` (they carry reflection).
 
 ## Effort routing (BDR-107, BDR-108)
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ Second axis of the same table: how hard each phase thinks. Session default
 appliers, medium executors, high judgment, xhigh challengers and gates; none
 on haiku, which rejects the parameter). Every user-invoked skill carries an
 entry level (`/status` low … `/ship-feature` xhigh); the vendored externals
-(design stack, superpowers, agent-skills, 21st) get theirs from
+(design stack, superpowers, agent-skills, MengTo scroll skills, 21st) get theirs from
 `lib/effort-pins.txt`, re-applied by `lib/effort-pins.sh` after every
 vendoring step. Orchestrators shift per phase through the `effort-low` …
 `effort-max` skills (`lib/effort-shift.md`, always sent with another tool
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ never version. Census `lib/tests/effort-routing.test.sh`; transcript audit
 
 All scripts use their own location to find the repo — run them from anywhere.
 The plugins step logs to `install-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.log`.
+The last step applies the default profile, `full`, when none is selected, and re-applies an existing selection.
 
 **Optional — Context7** (fast doc lookup for React / Next.js / Prisma…): the plugins
 step installs the `ctx7` CLI and wires it into Claude Code. The doc-fetch surface is
@@ -136,14 +139,21 @@ ctx7 login                 # optional: OAuth / API key for higher rate limits
 | Component | Type | Description | Docs |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | **Superpowers skills** | Vendored (7, always on) | brainstorming, writing-plans, subagent-driven development, TDD, code review request, git worktrees, writing-skills — pinned v6.4.1 in plugins.lock.json, no plugin, no session injection | [obra/superpowers](https://github.com/obra/superpowers) |
-| **GStack** | Plugin (toggle) | Full-product workflow: UI + design + deploy + browser QA. Skip for backend/CLI projects. | [garrytan/gstack](https://github.com/garrytan/gstack) |
+| **GStack** | Git submodule (per profile) | Product workflow skills: plan reviews, design, browser QA, security (`cso`), `health`. Linked per profile; 9 broken or doctrine-breaking skills are denylisted in `lib/gstack-removed.sh`. | [garrytan/gstack](https://github.com/garrytan/gstack) |
 | **GSD v2** | External CLI | Multi-session orchestration: crash recovery, cost tracking, parallel workers, context-fresh execution. | [gsd-build/gsd-2](https://github.com/gsd-build/gsd-2) |
-| **RTK** | Plugin (always on) | Code rewrite hook. Zero passive cost. | [rtk-ai/rtk](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk) |
-| **security-guidance** | Plugin (always on) | Security hook. Zero passive cost. | [anthropics/claude-code](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) |
+| **RTK** | CLI + hook (always on) | Rust Token Killer: the `hooks/rtk-rewrite.sh` PreToolUse hook rewrites Bash commands through `rtk` to cut output tokens. Zero passive cost. | [rtk-ai/rtk](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk) |
+| **security-guidance** | Plugin (always on) | Security hook. Regex layer and commit/push review on; the Stop-time diff review is off (`ENABLE_STOP_REVIEW=0`). | [anthropics/claude-code](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) |
 | **ui-ux-pro-max** | Plugin (toggle) | Design system, color/typography choices. Enable for design-heavy projects. | [nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill](https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill) |
-| **Context7** | Plugin (toggle) | Fast-evolving libs doc lookup (Next.js, React, Prisma...). Works anonymously; optional `ctx7 login` raises rate limits. | [context7.com](https://context7.com/) |
+| **Context7** | CLI (`ctx7`) | Doc lookup for fast-evolving libs (Next.js, React, Prisma...), used through the `find-docs` skill. Works anonymously; optional `ctx7 login` raises rate limits. | [context7.com](https://context7.com/) |
 | **pr-review-toolkit** | Plugin (toggle) | Multi-agent PR review. | [anthropics/claude-code](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) |
 | **Graphify** | Python CLI | Codebase → knowledge graph → navigable wiki. Helps Claude map and search projects efficiently. | [pypi: graphifyy](https://pypi.org/project/graphifyy/) |
+| **21st.dev** | External CLI + skill pack | Component catalog and UI generation (`21st`), browser login, no API key. 7 skills in `skills-external/21st-*`, linked per profile (see the 21st.dev CLI section). | [npm: @21st-dev/cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@21st-dev/cli) |
+| **Higgsfield** | External CLI + skill pack (off by default) | Image, video, audio and brand media generation, metered credits (see the Higgsfield CLI section). | [higgsfield-ai/skills](https://github.com/higgsfield-ai/skills) |
+| **Semgrep** | Python CLI (pinned) | SAST engine behind the security gate (`security-auditor`). | [pypi: semgrep](https://pypi.org/project/semgrep/) |
+| **Impeccable** | npm CLI + skill (pinned) | Deterministic anti-slop detector (`npx impeccable detect`, 45 rules) and the `/impeccable` design verbs. | [npm: impeccable](https://www.npmjs.com/package/impeccable) |
+| **Design skills** | Vendored | `emil-design-eng`, `frontend-design` (Anthropic example-skills), `design-motion-principles`: UI polish, anti-slop build, motion. | [emilkowalski/skill](https://github.com/emilkowalski/skill) · [kylezantos/design-motion-principles](https://github.com/kylezantos/design-motion-principles) |
+| **agent-skills** | Vendored (commit-pinned) | `observability-and-instrumentation`, `deprecation-and-migration`, `ci-cd-and-automation`. | [addyosmani/agent-skills](https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills) |
+| **MengTo scroll skills** | Vendored (commit-pinned) | Five scroll-choreography skills: `scroll-world-storytelling`, `build-threejs-scroll-worlds`, `scroll-scrubbed-visual-sequence`, `scroll-scrubbed-word-reveal`, `scroll-progress-timeline`. | [MengTo/Skills](https://github.com/MengTo/Skills) |
 
 Versions are pinned in `plugins.lock.json`. To update: edit the file, then re-run `install-plugins.sh`.
 
@@ -160,7 +170,7 @@ a different package, ships its own conflicting `graphify` bin) — see
 |---|---|
 | `/init-project` | Initialize a complete project from scratch (full orchestrator, 12+ steps) |
 | `/ship-feature` | Ship a feature end-to-end with validation gates (full orchestrator) |
-| `/onboard` | Onboard an existing project — generate CLAUDE.md, settings, .claudeignore |
+| `/onboard` | Onboard an existing project: CLAUDE.md, settings, .claudeignore, archetype audits, report and a sequenced TODO backlog |
 | `/feat` | Small feature implementation (1-5 files, lightweight) |
 | `/bugfix` | Structured bug fix with root cause investigation |
 | `/hotfix` | Quick fix for superficial bugs (typos, CSS, config — max 2 files) |
@@ -173,7 +183,7 @@ a different package, ships its own conflicting `graphify` bin) — see
 | `/commit-change` | Smart commit grouping from staged/unstaged changes |
 | `/gitflow` | Gitflow branch operations — bootstrap main+develop, start a typed branch, directed merge |
 | `/release-candidate` | Cut a versioned release — finalize version.txt + CHANGELOG, merge develop→main, tag, push |
-| `/deploy` | Run a project's deploy from its committed runbook — instantiate the delta, resume cold |
+| `/deploy` | Compose the deploy checklist from a project's committed runbook (delta only); you run it, the skill resumes cold on your report |
 | `/graphify` | Codebase knowledge graph — navigation for large-scope tasks |
 | `/plugin-check` | Check active plugins vs project needs — recommend enable/disable |
 | `/health` | Code quality dashboard (gstack) — setup diagnostic is `make doctor` |
@@ -191,6 +201,8 @@ a different package, ships its own conflicting `graphify` bin) — see
 | `/client-handover` | Final project delivery — audits + branded deliverable (Markdown / HTML / PDF) |
 | `/profile` | Activate a skill profile (web / seo / web-full / full / max / backend / design / dev / qa / audit / minimal) (default: full) |
 | `/tour` | Grouped all-axes sweep — cleanup + security + reconcile + doc, fix and loop until clean |
+| `/site-motion` | Site-level motion: scroll engine choice, page transitions, pin/scrub sequencing across a page or Astro route (design stack) |
+| `/effort-low` … `/effort-max` | Effort shifters the orchestrators send per phase; type `/effort-max` to re-run a stuck turn at maximum |
 
 > This table lists personal skills. Gstack skills (investigate, review, retro,
 > office-hours, cso…) and marketplace plugins add many more — run
@@ -221,13 +233,15 @@ cd my-existing-project/
 
 ```
 /ship-feature "feature description"
-# → STEP 0: plugin check
-# → STEP 1-2: brainstorm + plan (superpowers)
+# → STEP 0: plugin check, project context, contract
+# → STEP 1-2: brainstorm + plan (vendored superpowers skills)
 # → STEP 2b: adversarial plan-challenge (3 lenses, report-only)
 # → STEP 3: validation gate — user approval required
-# → STEP 4-7: implement (TDD) → review → capitalize (memory)
-# → STEP 8: sync README (doc-sync)
-# → STEP 9: finish (merge / PR)
+# → STEP 4: implement (TDD)
+# → STEP 5: verify + secure (fresh verifier and security-auditor gates)
+# → STEP 6-7: review → capitalize (memory)
+# → STEP 8: doc sync (public docs, committed before finish)
+# → STEP 9: finish, `gitflow finish` into develop on your explicit go
 ```
 
 For small features (1-5 files), use `/feat` instead — no orchestration overhead.
@@ -241,7 +255,7 @@ Settings follow a hierarchy (highest priority first):
 ```
 managed-settings.json   → enterprise (cannot be overridden)
 CLI flags               → session only
-.claude/settings.local  → personal machine overrides (gitignored)
+.claude/settings.local.json → personal machine overrides (gitignored)
 .claude/settings.json   → project rules (committed)
 ~/.claude/settings.json → global user rules (this repo)
 ```
@@ -326,9 +340,10 @@ npm i -g @21st-dev/cli
 `make plugin` does both (Step 8.7 installs the CLI, then offers the login in
 an interactive terminal) and installs the skill pack that drives it:
 `21st-ui-build`, `-ui-explore`, `-ui-review`, `-cli-use`, `-ai`, plus the two
-publishing skills `-registry` and `-design-sync`. The five design skills
-follow the active profile: they are on under `full`, the default profile,
-and under `design`, `web` and `web-full`. The two publishing skills,
+publishing skills `-registry` and `-design-sync`. Of the five design skills, `21st-ui-build` and
+`21st-cli-use` follow the active profile: on under `full`, the default profile, and under `design`,
+`web` and `web-full`. The other three, `-ui-explore`, `-ui-review` and
+`-ai`, are on under `max` only. The two publishing skills,
 `-registry` and `-design-sync`, are in no profile and stay parked until
 `bash lib/toggle-external.sh enable 21st` turns on all seven.
 
@@ -413,7 +428,7 @@ bash doctor.sh              # full diagnostic (symlinks, plugins, permissions, t
 bash update-all.sh          # update all components (CLI, plugins, submodules, symlinks)
 
 # Claude Code
-/health                     # gstack code-quality dashboard (doctor.sh -> make doctor)
+/health                     # gstack code-quality dashboard (setup diagnostic: make doctor)
 /status                     # project snapshot (plugins, git, GSD milestone)
 /plugin-check "description" # audit plugin config vs project needs
 
@@ -423,7 +438,9 @@ make plugin                 # install plugins only
 make link                   # create/update symlinks into ~/.claude/
 make doctor                 # diagnostic
 make update                 # update Claude Code, config, submodules, plugins, and verify
-make test                   # run deterministic tests (lib/tests/*.test.sh + lib/seo-data/*.test.sh + lib/gitflow-test.sh + lib/tests/run-*.sh)
+make test [suite=lib/tests/x.test.sh]  # hermetic deterministic tests: every suite, or one
+make scan-secrets [repos="…"]  # gitleaks sweep of this repo's history and ~/.claude, reports in .audit/ (never committed)
+make help                   # list make targets
 make onboard                # onboard an existing project (run from its dir)
 make seo-connect            # connect a Google account for /seo FULL (OAuth consent)
 make profile cmd="set X"    # activate a skill profile (web/seo/web-full/full/max/backend/design/dev/qa/audit/minimal)
@@ -433,7 +450,7 @@ make profile-reset          # go to the default profile (full)
 make new-skill name=myskill # scaffold agent + skill files
 ```
 
-`doctor.sh` checks: symlinks, GStack submodule, vendored skills (curl-pinned externals in `plugins.lock.json` + `link.sh`'s `EXTERNAL_SKILLS`, per the active profile), Playwright browser cache, prerequisites (git, Node, Cargo, Python, Claude Code), plugins, permissions, token budget, config consistency.
+`doctor.sh` checks: symlinks, GStack submodule, vendored skills (curl-pinned externals in `plugins.lock.json` + `link.sh`'s `EXTERNAL_SKILLS`, per the active profile), Playwright browser cache, prerequisites (git, Node, Cargo, Python, Claude Code), plugins, permissions, token budget, config consistency, git hooks (global core.hooksPath + generated githooks/), scratchpad (TMPDIR quota), Higgsfield CLI and session, seo-data layer.
 
 ---
 
@@ -441,4 +458,6 @@ make new-skill name=myskill # scaffold agent + skill files
 
 [`USAGE.md`](./USAGE.md) — workflows and skill decision tree ·
 [`ARCHITECTURE.md`](./ARCHITECTURE.md) — layout and principles ·
-[`CHANGELOG.md`](./CHANGELOG.md) — version history.
+[`CHANGELOG.md`](./CHANGELOG.md) — version history ·
+[`MIGRATION.md`](./MIGRATION.md): upgrade guides ·
+[`templates/settings/SETTINGS.md`](templates/settings/SETTINGS.md): permission tiers and guardrails
diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 86087d3..b6ae6ad 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Tu veux...
 │    → /prune-memory           ← curer / compresser les registres .claude/memory/
 │
 └─ Quelque chose ne marche pas ?
-     → /health    ← diagnostic complet (symlinks, plugins, permissions, token budget)
+     → make doctor   ← diagnostic d'installation (symlinks, plugins, permissions, hooks, token budget)
 ```
 
 ### Règle de décision simplifiée
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Tu veux...
 | Changer profil skills | `/profile` |
 | Audit/polish design (anti-slop) | `/impeccable` |
 | Sweep groupé tous axes (nettoyage + sécu + reconcile + doc) | `/tour` |
-| Rien ne marche | `/health` |
+| Rien ne marche | `make doctor` (terminal) |
 
 ---
 
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ Tu veux...
 | `/commit-change` | Commits bien structurés | Groupe les changements par unité logique |
 | `/gitflow` | Opérations de branches gitflow | Bootstrap main+develop, branche typée, merge dirigé |
 | `/release-candidate` | Couper une release versionnée (develop en avance sur main) | Finalise version.txt + CHANGELOG, merge develop→main, tag, push |
-| `/deploy` | Déployer via le runbook du projet | Instancie le delta depuis le dernier deploy, reprend à froid |
+| `/deploy` | Déployer via le runbook du projet | Instancie le delta depuis le dernier deploy, reprend à froid ; tu exécutes la checklist, Claude ne déploie jamais |
 | `/graphify` | Navigation codebase large-scope | Knowledge graph, pour tâches multi-fichiers |
 | `/skills-perso` | Lister ses skills personnels | Skills créés dans ~/.claude/skills/ |
-| `/health` | Quand quelque chose ne fonctionne pas | Lance doctor.sh |
+| `/health` | Tableau de bord qualité du code (gstack) | Le diagnostic d'installation est `make doctor` |
 | `/status` | Reprendre après une pause | Snapshot : plugins, git, GSD milestone |
 | `/audit-delta` | Audit récurrent du delta depuis le dernier run | Axes : conformité / bugs / dead code / sécurité |
 | `/capitalize` | Avant /clear ou /compact | Flush contexte non capitalisé + réconcilie .claude/tasks/TODO.md |
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ audits avec fix), xhigh pour l'architecture et l'audit avant validation
 (`/ship-feature`, `/onboard`, `/analyze`). Les orchestrateurs décalent
 ensuite le niveau par phase (`lib/effort-shift.md`), et `/effort-max` tapé à
 la main relance un tour bloqué au maximum. Les skills externes vendorés
-(pile design, superpowers, 21st) reçoivent leur niveau de
+(pile design, superpowers, agent-skills, skills scroll MengTo, 21st) reçoivent leur niveau de
 `lib/effort-pins.txt`. Un skill chargé seul par Claude n'applique pas son
 niveau : il doit partir avec un autre appel d'outil dans le même message.
 
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ Hotfix/quick fix          → tout OFF (skills superpowers vendorisés, toujours
 # → STEP 1  : interview (skip si prompt complet)
 # → STEP 4  : ★ GATE — valider l'architecture
 # → STEP 7  : ★ GATE — valider le plan d'implémentation
-# → STEP 8-10 : implémentation TDD + review
-# → STEP 10b-c: capitalize mémoire + sync README (avant finish)
-# → STEP 11   : finish (merge / commit initial)
+# → STEP 8-10 : implémentation TDD + gates verify/sécurité + review
+# → STEP 10b-c: capitalize mémoire + sync docs publiques (avant finish)
+# → STEP 11   : finish, `gitflow finish` vers develop sur ton feu vert explicite
 
 # 3. Features suivantes
 /ship-feature "description de la feature"
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Hotfix/quick fix          → tout OFF (skills superpowers vendorisés, toujours
 
 # Dans un terminal (depuis le dossier projet) :
 gsd                  # démarrer une session
-/gsd init            # initialise .gsd/ + ROADMAP (une fois, à la demande)
+/gsd init            # initialise .gsd/ + milestones (une fois, à la demande)
 /gsd auto            # mode autonome, walk away
 
 # Pour suivre :
@@ -274,9 +274,12 @@ cd mon-projet-existant/
 | 1  | Archetype detection (scan ~/.claude/lib/project-archetypes/*.md) | archétype SELECTED + implications auto |
 | 1b | Gate monorepo (A/B/C si détecté) | mode choisi |
 | 2  | Config baseline (onboarder agent) | CLAUDE.md, settings.json, .claudeignore, .claude/tasks/ + .claude/memory/ + .claude/audits/ |
+| 2.5| Lib d'animation (`motion`), proposée, opt-in | dépendance si acceptée |
+| 2.6| Gitflow init (main + develop, hooks) | branches + .githooks/ |
 | 3  | Interview deep = business minimum (users, deadlines, équipe, légal, perfs) + adaptative par archétype | brief enrichi |
 | 3.5| ctx7 doc audit — fast-libs détectées, cache pré-fetché si besoin | .ctx7-cache/ |
 | 4  | Graphify (proposé dès 200 fichiers code, l'utilisateur décide) | graphify-out/GRAPH_REPORT.md |
+| 4.5| Espace d'audit + contexte archétype | .onboard-audit/archetype-context.md |
 | 5  | Analyze read-only (analyzer agent) | .onboard-audit/analyze.md |
 | 6  | Audits parallèles selon archétype : | .onboard-audit/*.md (9 fichiers max) |
 |    |   — dette tech (general-purpose, audit read-only) |
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@ cd mon-projet-existant/
 |    |   — performance (Lighthouse ou static bundle audit) |
 |    |   — accessibilité (axe ou static a11y audit) |
 | 7  | Synthèse structurée dans .claude/audits/ | ONBOARD_REPORT, AUDIT_GOOD, AUDIT_ISSUES, AUDIT_PROPOSALS |
+| 7b | Challenge adversarial des propositions avant la gate | AUDIT_PROPOSALS.md challengé |
 | 8  | Validation gate utilisateur | choix A/B/C/D/E |
 | 9  | Backlog .claude/tasks/TODO.md séquencé avec /skill recommandé par tâche | .claude/tasks/TODO.md |
 
@@ -308,7 +312,7 @@ cat .claude/audits/ONBOARD_REPORT.md
 # Multi-session (GSD) : gsd init à la main — voir docs gsd-pi
 ```
 
-**Archétypes supportés (P1)** : static-html, wordpress, nextjs-app-router, astro-static, react-spa, rest-api-node, rest-api-python, cli-tool, library, dotfiles-meta.
+**Archétypes supportés** : astro-static, cli-tool, data-notebook, desktop-electron, docker-compose-infra, dotfiles-meta, drupal, firmware-embedded, game-engine-native, ghost, library, mobile-expo, mobile-flutter, nextjs-app-router, react-spa, rest-api-node, rest-api-python, shopify, static-html, strapi, terraform-infra, web-game, woocommerce, wordpress.
 Ajouter un archétype : créer `~/.claude/lib/project-archetypes/<name>.md` (voir `_TEMPLATE.md`).
 
 ### Pattern D — Hotfix / bugfix · ~200-800t
@@ -340,7 +344,7 @@ Ajouter un archétype : créer `~/.claude/lib/project-archetypes/<name>.md` (voi
 ```
 # Feature simple, pas d'orchestration lourde
 /feat "ajouter un endpoint GET /api/v1/users/:id/stats"
-# → planning léger, implémentation directe, tests
+# → plan + challenge, exécuteur `feater`, gates fraîches verifier + sécurité
 # Pas de brainstorming superpowers, pas de gate de validation
 ```
 
@@ -351,7 +355,7 @@ Ajouter un archétype : créer `~/.claude/lib/project-archetypes/<name>.md` (voi
 | Scope | Feature complète, multi-fichiers | 1-5 fichiers max |
 | Orchestration | Pipeline superpowers complet | Planning léger, direct |
 | Gate de validation | Oui | Non |
-| Code review auto | Oui (superpowers) | Non |
+| Code review auto | Oui (superpowers) | Gates verifier + security-auditor |
 | Tokens estimés | ~1500-3000t | ~300-600t |
 
 ---
@@ -530,7 +534,7 @@ Convention: snake_case Python, camelCase TypeScript."
 **Workflow long avec GSD v2 :**
 ```
 # Après /init-project, on initialise GSD à la demande (plus auto-bootstrappé).
-# Le ROADMAP.md généré par `gsd init` contiendra :
+# Les roadmaps de milestone (`.gsd/milestones/<ID>/<ID>-ROADMAP.md`) contiendront :
 #   Milestone 1: Boutique in-app + Stripe
 #   Milestone 2: PvP + matchmaking
 #   Milestone 3: Leaderboard + saisons
@@ -538,7 +542,7 @@ Convention: snake_case Python, camelCase TypeScript."
 # Dans un terminal :
 cd cardforge/
 gsd                  # démarre session GSD
-/gsd init            # crée .gsd/ + ROADMAP (à la demande — plus auto à l'init)
+/gsd init            # crée .gsd/ + milestones (à la demande — plus auto à l'init)
 /gsd auto            # GSD travaille sur Milestone 1 de façon autonome
 # → research Stripe API + docs
 # → plan décomposé en tâches
@@ -556,7 +560,7 @@ gsd                  # démarre session GSD
 gsd
 /gsd quick "Implémenter la boutique in-app avec Stripe"
 # ou
-/gsd auto  # si ROADMAP.md est déjà à jour
+/gsd auto  # si la roadmap du milestone est à jour
 ```
 
 ---
@@ -876,7 +880,7 @@ PROJECT STATUS
 CONFIG
   Version   : v2.5.0
   Plugins ON: context7 (~200t), skills superpowers vendorisés (toujours actifs, 0 t passif)
-  GSD v2    : installed (2.64.0)
+  GSD v2    : installed (3.0.0)
 
 PROJECT
   CLAUDE.md : found
@@ -951,13 +955,13 @@ Updated: Slice 4 plan — Payment Element instead of CardElement
 Continue? (yes)
 ```
 
-GSD v2 met à jour le plan dans `.gsd/ROADMAP.md` sans perdre le travail déjà fait.
+GSD v2 met à jour le plan dans la base GSD (`.gsd/gsd.db`) sans perdre le travail déjà fait.
 
 #### Ce que ce workflow démontre
 
 - **`/status`** est le point d'entrée naturel après une pause — snapshot complet en 1 commande.
 - **GSD v2 `step mode`** est préférable à `auto` après une longue pause — permet de vérifier que les décisions sont toujours valides.
-- **`.gsd/ROADMAP.md`** est la source de vérité du progress — parsé par `/status` et par GSD lui-même.
+- **La base GSD (`.gsd/gsd.db`)** est la source de vérité du progress; `/status` la lit via `gsd headless query`.
 - **`/gsd discuss`** permet de modifier l'architecture en cours de route sans recommencer depuis zéro.
 ---
 
diff --git a/templates/settings/SETTINGS.md b/templates/settings/SETTINGS.md
index 6cedb68..dadeaf8 100644
--- a/templates/settings/SETTINGS.md
+++ b/templates/settings/SETTINGS.md
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ arbitrary code execution (`Bash(*)`, wildcarded interpreters such as
 `permissions.allow` says. `awk` and `echo` pass through a static rule; `node`
 cannot.
 
+### Package installs
+
+Global npm installs run their install scripts with your rights on the whole machine. `npm install -g`, `npm i -g` and their `--global` spellings are in `permissions.deny`. An `autoMode.soft_deny` entry catches every other spelling (a flag after the package name, `npm add -g`) and holds the install until you name the package in the current turn, after Claude states its publisher, age, download volume, install scripts and known advisories. A second `soft_deny` entry covers `npx`, `pnpm dlx` and `yarn dlx` of a package absent from the manifest and lockfile. Project-local scripts and declared packages pass through `autoMode.allow`.
+
 ### Scope of intent
 
 A `soft_deny` clears on the user's instruction, and this config scopes that to
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ no separate setting for this.
 - `Read(**/.env)` only blocks the Read tool. `Bash(cat .env)` bypasses it unless separately denied.
   → Use `.claudeignore` for hard file exclusion regardless of tool.
 - `disableBypassPermissionsMode: "disable"` prevents switching to bypass mode mid-session.
-- Prefer `ask` over `allow` for anything touching external systems.
+- Prefer `autoMode.soft_deny` over `allow` for anything touching external systems.
 - `deny` in `~/.claude/settings.json` cannot be overridden by project-level `allow` — deny always wins.
 - Under `defaultMode: auto`, `ask` does not raise a prompt (see above). A destructive
   command belongs in `deny` or in `autoMode.soft_deny`, not in `ask`.

From b3f3ae2441fd7dd149ae6556d7c24ff0f5f19865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bchanot <bchanot@gmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 16:00:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] chore(memory): doc-sync deferred items + journal
 2026-10-06

---
 .claude/memory/journal.md |  1 +
 .claude/tasks/TODO.md     | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.claude/memory/journal.md b/.claude/memory/journal.md
index 5034935..ccaecb7 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/journal.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/journal.md
@@ -566,3 +566,4 @@ rules:
 - /release-candidate 2.0.0 (user: MAJOR): prep DONE on release/2.0.0 (9d421e4), suite RED → user hold. Root cause = GNU-only idioms on new macOS machine ([[BLK-026]]). /bugfix on bugfix/macos-portability: 4 challenge passes → r3, bugfixer, GATE 0 MET, verifier CONFORME 9/9, security PASS, hardening (sed_profile keeps tmp on failed write), commit 0efdff0 + CHANGELOG docs commit; [[BDR-110]] [[LRN-189]] [[LRN-190]]. Found [[BLK-027]]: no global hooksPath here, `make link` run (user go), `make plugin` + `.env` still missing. Next: reconcile, prune-memory, doc-sync, resume release at STEP 4 after merging develop into release/2.0.0.
 - Reconcile 2026-10-06: TODO:15 + TODO:10 closed (npm soft_deny covers), TODO:892 re-verified open; 6 BLK external/open unchanged; BLK-018 due at the running release.
 - /prune-memory 2026-10-06: A none, D none; B BLK-019+020 → BLK-028 (merge); C bounded 37 entries ≥9% filler → 37 edited, 1 untouched (LRN-075 all-negation), cuts 1-11% only (negation guard protects "X not Y" lessons); fidelity + index OK. 110 bloated entries left for a later run.
+- /doc global audit 2026-10-06 (opus): 45 items, 6 docs. Applied 34 (24 AUTO + 9 HUMAN drafts + clone URL → Gitea): README components/slash/flow, Makefile help (11 profiles), USAGE /health→make doctor + GSD 3.0.0, ARCHITECTURE layout, MIGRATION retitled + "Upgrading to 2.0.0", SETTINGS package-install guard, CHANGELOG SemVer + default model + upgrade pointer → c6fb2e4. 10 deferred logged in TODO (LICENSE, Known-residual vs release, README restructure, USAGE narrative, templates/settings.json ask inert).
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
index 0c93f65..115fc7f 100644
--- a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
+++ b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
@@ -2043,3 +2043,15 @@ dans un runner; capitalize reste main-loop.
       step or flag in doctor.
 - [ ] [deferred] Linux `make test` run before the next release: every
       portability replacement is meant to be GNU-identical, unverified here.
+
+## doc-sync 2026-10-06 deferred (global audit before 2.0.0, user: log)
+- [ ] P16 LICENSE file + README License section — SPDX pick is the user's (Standard-Readme requires one; clone URL now public Gitea)
+- [ ] P43 CHANGELOG Known residual says "Linux make test due before next release" while 2.0.0 is being cut — run it or reword at release resume
+- [ ] P17 README restructure to Standard-Readme (Install / Usage / Configuration / License); move inline reference parts to USAGE.md, CONFIGURE.md from settings.json + .env.example
+- [ ] P18 README Requirements line (Linux apt/dnf/pacman + macOS brew) once the Linux run is done
+- [ ] P22 `make new-skill` scaffold: agent stub lacks `effort:` pin, skill stub lacks entry level, body loads `.claude/agents/$(name).md` instead of `$HOME/.claude/agents/<name>.md` → /hotfix
+- [ ] P31 USAGE narrative: Exemple 9 "sans superpowers" (vendored, always on), "Edit tool" bypasses /hotfix, Pattern E + Exemple 9 route bugs to /ship-feature instead of /bugfix|/hotfix
+- [ ] P32 USAGE missing sections: design work (21st CLI, design stack, /site-motion), media generation (Higgsfield toggles), gitflow auto-push + global hooks
+- [ ] P33 USAGE token figures ("Budget Pro ~11k tokens/5h", per-pattern) have no source in code — verify or drop
+- [ ] P34 USAGE + agents/plugin-advisor.md "gstack ON/OFF", "context7 ON" vocabulary — gstack is per-profile, ctx7 is a CLI; move both together
+- [ ] P41 templates/settings/settings.json: `permissions.ask` entries (npx, docker rm, make deploy, psql…) inert under defaultMode auto → config fix, not doc