@agent-plan/mcp 0.2.25 → 0.2.26

package/dist/index.d.ts.map

@@ -1 +1 @@
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+{"version":3,"file":"index.d.ts","sourceRoot":"","sources":["../src/index.ts"],"names":[],"mappings":";AAi8EA,wBAAsB,gBAAgB,IAAI,OAAO,CAAC,IAAI,CAAC,CAItD"}

package/dist/index.js

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import * as z from "zod/v4";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
-import { PlanStore, ExportService, withFeatureLock, needsMotivation, findPhaseByRef, findTaskByRef, buildRecap, addChecklistItem, removeChecklistItem, toggleChecklistItem, buildPhaseContextBlock, checkExplicitTaskStart, recommendNextTask, buildResumeRequiredProposal, packageVersionFromModule, resolvedPackageVersion, markFeatureReadForSessionId, markPhaseReadForSessionId, markTaskReadForSessionId, contextReadEligibilityForSession, hasValidSessionAttestation, hasReadRequirementsForSession, markRequirementReadForSessionId, startReadSession, invalidateReads, taskStartDenied, taskStartSucceeded } from "@agent-plan/core";
+import { PlanStore, ExportService, withFeatureLock, needsMotivation, findPhaseByRef, findTaskByRef, findIdeaByRef, buildRecap, addChecklistItem, removeChecklistItem, toggleChecklistItem, buildPhaseContextBlock, checkExplicitTaskStart, recommendNextTask, buildResumeRequiredProposal, packageVersionFromModule, resolvedPackageVersion, markFeatureReadForSessionId, markPhaseReadForSessionId, markTaskReadForSessionId, contextReadEligibilityForSession, hasValidSessionAttestation, hasReadRequirementsForSession, markRequirementReadForSessionId, startReadSession, invalidateReads, taskStartDenied, taskStartSucceeded, noMutableFieldsReceived, normalizeDescriptionRef, projectGuidelinesReadStateForSession, reconcileRequirementMacroTasks, RequirementMacroTaskError, HANDOFF_COMPLETENESS_AUDIT_VERSION, HANDOFF_COMPLETENESS_CATEGORIES, MAX_HANDOFF_CONTENT_CHARS, HandoffContractError } from "@agent-plan/core";
 import { serve } from "@agent-plan/server";
-import { createChecklistItemId, createFeatureId, createPhaseId, createTaskId, clampSlug, normalizeSlug, formatPhaseRef, formatFeatureRef, validateResolvedTarget } from "@agent-plan/core/naming";
+import { createChecklistItemId, createFeatureId, createPhaseId, createRequirementId, createTaskId, clampSlug, normalizeSlug, formatPhaseRef, formatFeatureRef, formatIdeaRef, validateResolvedTarget } from "@agent-plan/core/naming";
 const STATUS_VALUES = ["planned", "in-progress", "done", "blocked", "canceled", "rejected", "deferred", "waiting"];
 const PHASE_STATUS_VALUES = ["draft", "discovery", ...STATUS_VALUES];
 const fallbackPlannerSessionId = `mcp-process:${randomUUID()}`;
@@ -21,6 +21,35 @@ function plannerSessionIdFor(extra) {
 function text(textValue, structuredContent) {
     return structuredContent ? { content: [{ type: "text", text: textValue }], structuredContent } : { content: [{ type: "text", text: textValue }] };
 }
+function handoffContractFailure(error) {
+    return {
+        isError: true,
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: `❌ Handoff refresh denied [${error.code}]: ${error.message}` }],
+        structuredContent: { errorCode: error.code, ...error.details },
+    };
+}
+function boundedHandoffForTransport(content) {
+    if (content.length <= MAX_HANDOFF_CONTENT_CHARS)
+        return { content, fullLength: content.length, truncated: false };
+    const suffix = "\n\n[Legacy handoff truncated for transport safety. Move extended detail to a linked file under .planner/docs/ and refresh the handoff.]";
+    return {
+        content: `${content.slice(0, MAX_HANDOFF_CONTENT_CHARS - suffix.length)}${suffix}`,
+        fullLength: content.length,
+        truncated: true,
+    };
+}
+function boundedPage(items, page, pageSize) {
+    const size = Math.min(25, Math.max(1, Math.trunc(pageSize)));
+    const totalPages = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(items.length / size));
+    const currentPage = Math.min(totalPages, Math.max(1, Math.trunc(page)));
+    return {
+        items: items.slice((currentPage - 1) * size, currentPage * size),
+        page: currentPage,
+        pageSize: size,
+        total: items.length,
+        totalPages,
+    };
+}
 function derivedStatusReadOnlyResult(entity, ref, attemptedStatus, effectiveStatus) {
     const childKind = entity === "feature" ? "phases" : "tasks";
     const retryAction = entity === "feature"
@@ -52,6 +81,23 @@ function derivedStatusReadOnlyResult(entity, ref, attemptedStatus, effectiveStat
         },
     };
 }
+function mutationNoFieldsFailure(input) {
+    const outcome = noMutableFieldsReceived(input);
+    return {
+        isError: true,
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: outcome.message }],
+        structuredContent: { ...outcome },
+    };
+}
+function legacyContextMigrationSummary(preview) {
+    return [
+        `Legacy context present: ${preview.hasLegacyContext ? "yes" : "no"}`,
+        `Guideline additions: ${preview.guidelineAdditions.length} (${preview.skippedGuidelineDuplicates} duplicate(s) skipped)`,
+        `Accepted decision additions: ${preview.acceptedDecisionAdditions.length} (${preview.skippedDecisionDuplicates} duplicate(s) skipped)`,
+        `Legacy counts: globalRules=${preview.legacyCounts.globalRules}, workflowRules=${preview.legacyCounts.workflowRules}, decisions=${preview.legacyCounts.decisions}`,
+        `Fields cleared on apply: ${preview.fieldsClearedOnApply.join(", ") || "none"}`,
+    ].join("\n");
+}
 function taskStartError(outcome, structuredContent = {}) {
     return {
         isError: true,
@@ -66,14 +112,15 @@ function taskStartError(outcome, structuredContent = {}) {
         structuredContent: { ...outcome, ...structuredContent },
     };
 }
-function mcpContextReadActions(eligibility, refs, requirementReadRequired, retryAction) {
-    const actions = (eligibility.requiredReads ?? []).flatMap((read) => {
+function mcpContextReadActions(eligibility, refs, projectGuidelinesReadRequired, requirementReadRequired, retryAction) {
+    const actions = projectGuidelinesReadRequired ? ["planner-project-guidelines-show"] : [];
+    actions.push(...(eligibility.requiredReads ?? []).flatMap((read) => {
         if (read.kind === "task")
             return [`planner-task-show ${refs.task} with full=true`];
         if (read.kind === "phase")
             return [`planner-phase-show ${refs.phase} with full=true`];
         return refs.feature ? [`planner-feature-show ${refs.feature} with full=true`] : [];
-    });
+    }));
     if (requirementReadRequired)
         actions.push("planner-requirement-list");
     actions.push(retryAction);
@@ -194,6 +241,21 @@ const server = new McpServer({
     name: "agent-plan-planner",
     version: MCP_PACKAGE.version,
 });
+async function resolveRequirementPhaseRefs(st, refs) {
+    if (!refs || refs.length === 0)
+        return { ok: false, error: "linkedPhaseIds must contain at least one phase reference." };
+    const [phases, features] = await Promise.all([st.loadAllPhases(), st.loadFeatures()]);
+    const linkedPhaseIds = [];
+    for (const rawRef of refs) {
+        const ref = rawRef.trim();
+        const phase = ref ? findPhaseByRef(phases, features.features, ref) : undefined;
+        if (!phase)
+            return { ok: false, error: `Linked phase not found: ${rawRef}` };
+        if (!linkedPhaseIds.includes(phase.id))
+            linkedPhaseIds.push(phase.id);
+    }
+    return { ok: true, linkedPhaseIds };
+}
 async function resolvePhaseForHandoff(st, ref) {
     const phases = await st.loadAllPhases();
     const features = (await st.loadFeatures()).features;
@@ -294,6 +356,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-show", {
     const summary = [
         `📋 ${project.name}`,
         `Description: ${project.description || "(not set)"}`,
+        ...(project.descriptionRef ? [`Description ref: ${project.descriptionRef}`] : []),
         `Goal: ${project.goal || "(not set)"}`,
         `Features: ${features.length}  |  Phases: ${phases.length}  |  Tasks: ${totalTasks}`,
         `Updated: ${manifest.updatedAt || "(unknown)"}`,
@@ -303,7 +366,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-show", {
     ].join("\n");
     // Compact structured overview (no full plan: avoids 1M+ char token overflow).
     const overview = {
-        project: { name: project.name, description: project.description || null, goal: project.goal || null, updatedAt: manifest.updatedAt || null },
+        project: { name: project.name, description: project.description || null, descriptionRef: project.descriptionRef || null, goal: project.goal || null, updatedAt: manifest.updatedAt || null },
         counts: { features: features.length, phases: phases.length, tasks: totalTasks },
         features: features.map((feature) => ({
             ref: formatFeatureRef(feature.number),
@@ -369,6 +432,8 @@ server.registerTool("planner-project-language", {
 server.registerTool("planner-project-discuss", {
     description: "Record/update project-level discovery fields. This is the MCP equivalent of grouped project discuss without Pi UI prompts.",
     inputSchema: {
+        description: z.string().optional(),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full project description."),
         goal: z.string().optional(),
         scope: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
         outOfScope: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
@@ -380,6 +445,32 @@ server.registerTool("planner-project-discuss", {
 }, async (params) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     const project = await st.loadProject();
+    const mutableFields = ["description", "descriptionRef", "goal", "scope", "outOfScope", "technologies", "tools", "globalRules", "decisions"];
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => params[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "project",
+            ref: project.name,
+            operation: "discuss",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: "planner-project-discuss with a concise description summary and the intended metadata",
+            readBackCommand: "planner-show",
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                inputField: "description",
+                storedField: "project description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
+    if (params.description !== undefined)
+        project.description = params.description.trim();
+    if (params.descriptionRef !== undefined) {
+        const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(params.descriptionRef);
+        if (descriptionRef)
+            project.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+        else
+            delete project.descriptionRef;
+    }
     if (params.goal !== undefined)
         project.goal = params.goal.trim();
     if (params.scope !== undefined)
@@ -395,25 +486,83 @@ server.registerTool("planner-project-discuss", {
     if (params.decisions !== undefined)
         project.decisions = params.decisions.map((entry) => entry.trim()).filter(Boolean);
     await st.saveProject(project);
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `Project discussed/updated: ${project.name}`);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `Project discussed/updated: ${project.name}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.`, { project, discussed: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-project-guidelines-show", {
+    description: "Read the canonical Project Guidelines / Coding Standard section for this project. Call this when planner-task-start or planner-task-switch nextActions require it, and keep the guidance in working memory while doing task work.",
+}, async (extra) => {
+    const plannerSessionId = plannerSessionIdFor(extra);
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const project = await st.loadProject();
+    if (project.projectGuidelines.content.trim()) {
+        await st.recordProjectGuidelinesRead({ sessionId: plannerSessionId });
+    }
+    const refreshed = await st.loadProject();
+    const content = refreshed.projectGuidelines.content.trim();
+    return text(content
+        ? ["## Project Guidelines", content].join("\n\n")
+        : "No project guidelines set.", { projectGuidelines: refreshed.projectGuidelines, readRecorded: Boolean(content) });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-project-guidelines-update", {
+    description: "Replace the canonical Project Guidelines / Coding Standard text that agents must read on load and before starting or switching task work.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        content: z.string().describe("Full Project Guidelines markdown/text. Pass an empty string to clear the section."),
+    },
+}, async ({ content }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const project = await st.loadProject();
+    project.projectGuidelines = {
+        content: content.trim(),
+        updatedAt: project.projectGuidelines.updatedAt,
+        sessionInfo: project.projectGuidelines.sessionInfo,
+    };
+    await st.saveProject(project);
+    const refreshed = await st.loadProject();
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, refreshed.projectGuidelines.content
+        ? `Project Guidelines updated. Updated at ${refreshed.projectGuidelines.updatedAt}.`
+        : "Project Guidelines cleared.", { updated: true, projectGuidelines: refreshed.projectGuidelines });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-project-context-migrate", {
+    description: "Preview or explicitly apply the lossless migration of legacy project globalRules/workflowRules into Project Guidelines and legacy decisions into structured accepted decisions. Ordinary planner loads never run this migration.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        apply: z.boolean().default(false).describe("False previews without mutation. True explicitly applies the previewed migration and clears only the migrated legacy fields."),
+    },
+}, async ({ apply }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const preview = await st.previewLegacyProjectContextMigration();
+    if (!apply) {
+        return text([`Project context migration preview (no changes applied).`, legacyContextMigrationSummary(preview), preview.hasLegacyContext ? "Retry with apply=true to confirm." : "No migration is needed."].join("\n"), { applied: false, preview });
+    }
+    const result = await st.migrateLegacyProjectContext();
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, [result.applied ? "Legacy project context migration applied and verified." : "No legacy project context required migration.", legacyContextMigrationSummary(result.preview)].join("\n"), { ...result });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-feature-list", {
-    description: "List features (compact: F00x · shortId — name (status; N phases, M tasks)). Pass featureRef to filter. Use this to discover refs cheaply — do NOT read .planner/ files or planner-plan-get full=true to find entities.",
+    description: "List features (compact: F00x · shortId — name (status; priority N; N phases, M tasks)). Pass featureRef to filter. Use this to discover refs cheaply — do NOT read .planner/ files or planner-plan-get full=true to find entities.",
     inputSchema: { featureRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional: filter to one feature (F00x/shortId/UUID/name).") },
 }, async ({ featureRef }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     const allFeatures = (await st.loadFeatures()).features;
     const features = featureRef ? allFeatures.filter((f) => f.id === findFeatureByRef(allFeatures, featureRef)?.id) : allFeatures;
     const phases = await st.loadAllPhases();
-    const lines = features.map((feature) => {
+    const items = features.map((feature) => {
         const featurePhases = phases.filter((phase) => phase.featureId === feature.id);
         const taskCount = featurePhases.reduce((total, phase) => total + phase.tasks.length, 0);
-        return `- ${formatFeatureRef(feature.number)}${feature.shortId ? ` · ${feature.shortId}` : ""} — ${feature.name} (${feature.status}; ${featurePhases.length} phases, ${taskCount} tasks)`;
+        return {
+            id: feature.id,
+            ref: formatFeatureRef(feature.number),
+            shortId: feature.shortId,
+            name: feature.name,
+            status: feature.status,
+            priority: feature.priority,
+            phaseCount: featurePhases.length,
+            taskCount,
+        };
     });
-    return text(lines.join("\n") || "No features");
+    const lines = items.map((feature) => `- ${feature.ref}${feature.shortId ? ` · ${feature.shortId}` : ""} — ${feature.name} (${feature.status}${feature.priority > 0 ? `; priority ${feature.priority}` : ""}; ${feature.phaseCount} phases, ${feature.taskCount} tasks)`);
+    return text(lines.join("\n") || "No features", { features: items });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-phase-list", {
-    description: "List phases (compact: F00x/P00x · shortId — title (status; N tasks) [F00x]). Filters: featureRef, status. Cheap discovery — do NOT read .planner/ files or planner-plan-get full=true.",
+    description: "List phases (compact: F00x/P00x · shortId — title (status; priority N; N tasks) [F00x]). Filters: featureRef, status. Cheap discovery — do NOT read .planner/ files or planner-plan-get full=true.",
     inputSchema: { featureRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional: filter to one feature (F00x/shortId/UUID/name)."), status: z.string().optional().describe("Optional: filter by status name.") },
 }, async ({ featureRef, status }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
@@ -427,15 +576,27 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-list", {
     }
     if (status)
         phases = phases.filter((p) => p.status === status);
-    const lines = phases.map((phase) => {
+    const items = phases.map((phase) => {
         const fNum = featureNumberOfPhase(phase, features);
-        const fTag = fNum !== undefined ? ` [F${String(fNum).padStart(3, "0")}]` : "";
-        return `- ${formatPhaseRef(phase.number, fNum)}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""} — ${phase.title} (${phase.status}; ${phase.tasks.length} tasks)${fTag}`;
+        return {
+            id: phase.id,
+            ref: formatPhaseRef(phase.number, fNum),
+            shortId: phase.shortId,
+            title: phase.title,
+            status: phase.status,
+            priority: phase.priority,
+            taskCount: phase.tasks.length,
+            featureNumber: fNum,
+        };
+    });
+    const lines = items.map((phase) => {
+        const fTag = phase.featureNumber !== undefined ? ` [F${String(phase.featureNumber).padStart(3, "0")}]` : "";
+        return `- ${phase.ref}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""} — ${phase.title} (${phase.status}${phase.priority > 0 ? `; priority ${phase.priority}` : ""}; ${phase.taskCount} tasks)${fTag}`;
     });
-    return text(lines.join("\n") || "No phases");
+    return text(lines.join("\n") || "No phases", { phases: items });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-task-list", {
-    description: "List tasks (compact: F00x/P00x/T00x · shortId — title (status)). Filters: featureRef, phaseRef, status. Cheap discovery — do NOT read .planner/ files or planner-plan-get full=true.",
+    description: "List tasks (compact: F00x/P00x/T00x · shortId — title (status; priority N)). Filters: featureRef, phaseRef, status. Cheap discovery — do NOT read .planner/ files or planner-plan-get full=true.",
     inputSchema: { featureRef: z.string().optional(), phaseRef: z.string().optional(), status: z.string().optional().describe("Optional: filter by status name.") },
 }, async ({ featureRef, phaseRef, status }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
@@ -453,15 +614,25 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-list", {
             return text(`Phase not found: ${phaseRef}`);
         phases = [p];
     }
-    const out = [];
+    const items = [];
     for (const phase of phases) {
         for (const task of phase.tasks) {
             if (status && task.status !== status)
                 continue;
-            out.push(`- ${taskCompositeRef(task, phase, features)}${task.shortId ? ` · ${task.shortId}` : ""} — ${task.title} (${task.status})`);
+            items.push({
+                id: task.id,
+                ref: taskCompositeRef(task, phase, features),
+                shortId: task.shortId,
+                title: task.title,
+                status: task.status,
+                priority: task.priority,
+                phaseId: phase.id,
+                ...(phase.featureId ? { featureId: phase.featureId } : {}),
+            });
         }
     }
-    return text(out.join("\n") || "No tasks");
+    const out = items.map((task) => `- ${task.ref}${task.shortId ? ` · ${task.shortId}` : ""} — ${task.title} (${task.status}${task.priority > 0 ? `; priority ${task.priority}` : ""})`);
+    return text(out.join("\n") || "No tasks", { tasks: items });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-feature-add", {
     description: "Create a feature with a rich description. REQUIRED: description must include code references (file:line), current implementation state (what exists, what is unimplemented), systems/structs/traits involved, concrete goals, and behaviors to preserve. The description is the primary context for future agents resuming this feature; one-liners cause misalignment.",
@@ -523,30 +694,58 @@ server.registerTool("planner-feature-show", {
         markFeatureReadForSessionId(plannerSessionId, feature.id);
     const phases = (await st.loadAllPhases()).filter((phase) => phase.featureId === feature.id);
     const summary = `${feature.name} — ${formatFeatureRef(feature.number)}${feature.shortId ? ` · ${feature.shortId}` : ""} (${feature.status}; ${phases.length} phases)`;
-    return text(full ? `${summary}\n\n${feature.description || ""}` : summary);
+    const descriptionRefBlock = feature.descriptionRef ? `\n\nDescription reference:\n- ${feature.descriptionRef}` : "";
+    return text(full ? `${summary}\n\n${feature.description || ""}${descriptionRefBlock}` : summary, full ? { feature: { ref: formatFeatureRef(feature.number), description: feature.description, descriptionRef: feature.descriptionRef || "" } } : undefined);
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-feature-discuss", {
     description: "Persist feature discovery/governance fields and mark the feature context as ready.",
     inputSchema: {
         feature: z.string().min(1).describe("Feature ref. Accepts F00x, shortId, UUID, or title."),
         description: z.string().optional().describe("Current implementation state, scope, and goals for this feature."),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full feature description."),
         workDone: z.string().optional().describe("What is already implemented / decided."),
         workRemaining: z.string().optional().describe("What still needs to be done."),
         dependencies: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Cross-feature or external dependencies."),
     },
-}, async ({ feature: ref, description, workDone, workRemaining, dependencies }) => {
+}, async ({ feature: ref, description, descriptionRef: rawDescriptionRef, workDone, workRemaining, dependencies }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     const features = (await st.loadFeatures()).features;
     const resolvedFeature = resolveFeatureRefStrict(features, ref);
     if (!resolvedFeature.ok)
         return text(resolvedFeature.error);
     const feature = resolvedFeature.feature;
+    const mutableFields = ["description", "descriptionRef", "workDone", "workRemaining", "dependencies"];
+    const discussInputs = { description, descriptionRef: rawDescriptionRef, workDone, workRemaining, dependencies };
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => discussInputs[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "feature",
+            ref: formatFeatureRef(feature.number),
+            operation: "discuss",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: `planner-feature-discuss ${formatFeatureRef(feature.number)}`,
+            readBackCommand: `planner-feature-show ${formatFeatureRef(feature.number)} with full=true`,
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                entityId: feature.id,
+                inputField: "description",
+                storedField: "feature description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
     const updated = await st.updateFeatures((doc) => {
         const target = doc.features.find((entry) => entry.id === feature.id);
         if (!target)
             return doc;
         if (description !== undefined)
             target.description = description.trim();
+        if (rawDescriptionRef !== undefined) {
+            const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(rawDescriptionRef);
+            if (descriptionRef)
+                target.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+            else
+                delete target.descriptionRef;
+        }
         if (workDone !== undefined)
             target.workDone = workDone.trim();
         if (workRemaining !== undefined)
@@ -560,7 +759,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-feature-discuss", {
         return doc;
     });
     const result = updated.features.find((entry) => entry.id === feature.id);
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Feature discussed/updated: ${formatFeatureRef(result.number)} — ${result.name}${result.shortId ? ` · ${result.shortId}` : ""}`);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Feature discussed/updated: ${formatFeatureRef(result.number)} — ${result.name}${result.shortId ? ` · ${result.shortId}` : ""}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.`, { feature: result, discussed: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-feature-update", {
     description: "Update a feature.",
@@ -568,6 +767,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-feature-update", {
         feature: z.string().min(1).describe("Feature ref. Accepts F00x/P00x/T00x composite, bare P00x/T00x (global), 5-char shortId, UUID, or title."),
         name: z.string().optional(),
         description: z.string().optional(),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full feature description."),
         status: z.enum(STATUS_VALUES).optional(),
         workDone: z.string().optional(),
         workRemaining: z.string().optional(),
@@ -585,6 +785,24 @@ server.registerTool("planner-feature-update", {
     if (updates.status !== undefined) {
         return derivedStatusReadOnlyResult("feature", formatFeatureRef(feature.number), updates.status, feature.status);
     }
+    const mutableFields = ["name", "description", "descriptionRef", "workDone", "workRemaining", "startDate", "endDate", "priority"];
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => updates[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "feature",
+            ref: formatFeatureRef(feature.number),
+            operation: "update",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: `planner-feature-update ${formatFeatureRef(feature.number)}`,
+            readBackCommand: `planner-feature-show ${formatFeatureRef(feature.number)} with full=true`,
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                entityId: feature.id,
+                inputField: "description",
+                storedField: "feature description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
     const updated = await st.updateFeatures((doc) => {
         const target = doc.features.find((entry) => entry.id === feature.id);
         if (!target)
@@ -593,6 +811,13 @@ server.registerTool("planner-feature-update", {
             target.name = updates.name.trim();
         if (updates.description !== undefined)
             target.description = updates.description.trim();
+        if (updates.descriptionRef !== undefined) {
+            const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(updates.descriptionRef);
+            if (descriptionRef)
+                target.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+            else
+                delete target.descriptionRef;
+        }
         if (updates.workDone !== undefined)
             target.workDone = updates.workDone.trim();
         if (updates.workRemaining !== undefined)
@@ -607,7 +832,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-feature-update", {
         return doc;
     });
     const result = updated.features.find((entry) => entry.id === feature.id);
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Feature updated: ${formatFeatureRef(result.number)} — ${result.name}${result.shortId ? ` · ${result.shortId}` : ""}`);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Feature updated: ${formatFeatureRef(result.number)} — ${result.name}${result.shortId ? ` · ${result.shortId}` : ""}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.`, { feature: result, updated: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-feature-delete", {
     description: "Delete a feature. By default, phases are unlinked rather than deleted.",
@@ -701,6 +926,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-add", {
             updatedAt: timestamp,
             handoff: "",
             handoffUpdatedAt: "",
+            handoffAudit: null,
             handoffReadAt: "",
             handoffHistory: [],
             statusLog: [],
@@ -736,10 +962,11 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-show", {
     const linkedRequirements = await st.linkedRequirementsForPhase(phase.id);
     const reqCount = linkedRequirements.length;
     const summary = `${phase.title} — ${formatPhaseRef(phase.number, featureNumberOfPhase(phase, features))}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""} (${phase.status}; ${phase.tasks.length} tasks${reqCount ? `; ${reqCount} linked requirement${reqCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}` : ""})`;
+    const descriptionRefBlock = phase.descriptionRef ? `\n\nDescription reference:\n- ${phase.descriptionRef}` : "";
     const requirementsBlock = reqCount > 0
         ? `\n\nLinked requirements:\n${linkedRequirements.map((requirement) => `- ${requirement.title} (${requirement.status})`).join("\n")}`
         : "";
-    return text(full ? `${summary}\n\n${phase.description || ""}${requirementsBlock}` : summary, {
+    return text(full ? `${summary}\n\n${phase.description || ""}${descriptionRefBlock}${requirementsBlock}` : summary, {
         phase: {
             ref: formatPhaseRef(phase.number, featureNumberOfPhase(phase, features)),
             shortId: phase.shortId,
@@ -747,7 +974,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-show", {
             summary: phase.summary,
             status: phase.status,
             taskCount: phase.tasks.length,
-            ...(full ? { description: phase.description } : {}),
+            ...(full ? { description: phase.description, descriptionRef: phase.descriptionRef || "" } : {}),
         },
         linkedRequirements,
     });
@@ -759,6 +986,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-discuss", {
         goal: z.string().optional(),
         summary: z.string().optional(),
         scope: z.string().optional(),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full phase description."),
         nonGoals: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
         dependencies: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
         risks: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
@@ -770,6 +998,24 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-discuss", {
     const found = findPhaseByRef(await st.loadAllPhases(), features, ref);
     if (!found)
         return text(`Phase not found: ${ref}`);
+    const mutableFields = ["goal", "summary", "scope", "descriptionRef", "nonGoals", "dependencies", "risks", "completionCriteria"];
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => updates[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "phase",
+            ref: formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features)),
+            operation: "discuss",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: `planner-phase-discuss ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))}`,
+            readBackCommand: `planner-phase-show ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))} with full=true`,
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                entityId: found.id,
+                inputField: "scope",
+                storedField: "phase description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
     const phase = await st.updatePhase(found.id, (entry) => {
         if (updates.goal !== undefined)
             entry.goals = [updates.goal.trim()].filter(Boolean);
@@ -777,6 +1023,13 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-discuss", {
             entry.summary = updates.summary.trim();
         if (updates.scope !== undefined)
             entry.description = updates.scope.trim();
+        if (updates.descriptionRef !== undefined) {
+            const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(updates.descriptionRef);
+            if (descriptionRef)
+                entry.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+            else
+                delete entry.descriptionRef;
+        }
         if (updates.nonGoals !== undefined)
             entry.nonGoals = updates.nonGoals.map((item) => item.trim()).filter(Boolean);
         if (updates.dependencies !== undefined)
@@ -792,7 +1045,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-discuss", {
         entry.updatedAt = nowISO();
         return entry;
     });
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Phase discussed/planned: ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))} — ${phase.title}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""}`);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Phase discussed/planned: ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))} — ${phase.title}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.`, { phase, discussed: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-phase-update", {
     description: "Update phase fields.",
@@ -802,6 +1055,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-update", {
         status: z.enum(PHASE_STATUS_VALUES).optional(),
         summary: z.string().optional(),
         description: z.string().optional(),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full phase description."),
         priority: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional().describe("Display order within the feature (lower = higher)."),
     },
 }, async ({ phase: ref, ...updates }) => {
@@ -813,6 +1067,24 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-update", {
     if (updates.status !== undefined) {
         return derivedStatusReadOnlyResult("phase", formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features)), updates.status, found.status);
     }
+    const mutableFields = ["title", "summary", "description", "descriptionRef", "priority"];
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => updates[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "phase",
+            ref: formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features)),
+            operation: "update",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: `planner-phase-update ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))}`,
+            readBackCommand: `planner-phase-show ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))} with full=true`,
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                entityId: found.id,
+                inputField: "description",
+                storedField: "phase description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
     const phase = await st.updatePhase(found.id, (entry) => {
         if (updates.title !== undefined)
             entry.title = updates.title.trim();
@@ -820,12 +1092,19 @@ server.registerTool("planner-phase-update", {
             entry.summary = updates.summary.trim();
         if (updates.description !== undefined)
             entry.description = updates.description.trim();
+        if (updates.descriptionRef !== undefined) {
+            const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(updates.descriptionRef);
+            if (descriptionRef)
+                entry.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+            else
+                delete entry.descriptionRef;
+        }
         if (updates.priority !== undefined)
             entry.priority = updates.priority;
         entry.updatedAt = nowISO();
         return entry;
     });
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Phase updated: ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))} — ${phase.title}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""}`);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Phase updated: ${formatPhaseRef(found.number, featureNumberOfPhase(found, features))} — ${phase.title}${phase.shortId ? ` · ${phase.shortId}` : ""}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.`, { phase, updated: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-phase-delete", {
     description: "Delete a phase and unlink it from features.",
@@ -944,6 +1223,8 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-show", {
     const sections = [summary];
     if (found.task.description?.trim())
         sections.push(found.task.description.trim());
+    if (found.task.descriptionRef)
+        sections.push(`Description reference:\n- ${found.task.descriptionRef}`);
     if (snapshot || pendingDeviation) {
         sections.push([
             pendingDeviation
@@ -957,20 +1238,40 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-show", {
     }
     if (log)
         sections.push(`Status log:\n${log}`);
-    return text(sections.join("\n\n"));
+    return text(sections.join("\n\n"), { task: { ref: taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, features), description: found.task.description, descriptionRef: found.task.descriptionRef || "" } });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-task-discuss", {
     description: "Persist task execution notes/checklist.",
     inputSchema: {
         task: z.string().min(1),
         description: z.string().optional(),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full task description."),
         checklist: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     },
-}, async ({ task: ref, description, checklist }) => {
+}, async ({ task: ref, description, descriptionRef: rawDescriptionRef, checklist }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     const found = findTaskByRef(await st.loadAllPhases(), (await st.loadFeatures()).features, ref);
     if (!found)
         return text(`Task not found: ${ref}`);
+    const mutableFields = ["description", "descriptionRef", "checklist"];
+    const discussInputs = { description, descriptionRef: rawDescriptionRef, checklist };
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => discussInputs[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "task",
+            ref: taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, (await st.loadFeatures()).features),
+            operation: "discuss",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: `planner-task-discuss ${taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, (await st.loadFeatures()).features)}`,
+            readBackCommand: `planner-task-show ${taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, (await st.loadFeatures()).features)} with full=true`,
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                entityId: found.task.id,
+                inputField: "description",
+                storedField: "task description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
     let updatedTask;
     await st.updatePhase(found.phase.id, (phase) => {
         const task = phase.tasks.find((entry) => entry.id === found.task.id);
@@ -978,8 +1279,13 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-discuss", {
             return phase;
         if (description !== undefined)
             task.description = description.trim();
-        if (checklist !== undefined)
-            task.checklist = checklist.map((item, index) => ({ id: createChecklistItemId(task.id, index + 1, item), number: index + 1, title: item, checked: false }));
+        if (rawDescriptionRef !== undefined) {
+            const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(rawDescriptionRef);
+            if (descriptionRef)
+                task.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+            else
+                delete task.descriptionRef;
+        }
         if (checklist !== undefined)
             task.checklist = checklist.map((item, index) => ({ id: createChecklistItemId(task.id, index + 1, item), number: index + 1, title: item, checked: false }));
         task.updatedAt = nowISO();
@@ -989,7 +1295,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-discuss", {
     });
     const features = (await st.loadFeatures()).features;
     const t = updatedTask ?? found.task;
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Task discussed/updated: ${taskCompositeRef(t, found.phase, features)} — ${t.title} (${t.status})${t.shortId ? ` · ${t.shortId}` : ""}`);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Task discussed/updated: ${taskCompositeRef(t, found.phase, features)} — ${t.title} (${t.status})${t.shortId ? ` · ${t.shortId}` : ""}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.`, { task: t, discussed: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-task-update", {
     description: "Update task fields. A motivation is REQUIRED when changing to blocked, canceled, deferred, rejected, waiting, or back to planned from another status.",
@@ -998,11 +1304,12 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-update", {
         title: z.string().optional(),
         status: z.enum(STATUS_VALUES).optional(),
         description: z.string().optional(),
+        descriptionRef: z.string().optional().describe("Optional markdown reference under .planner/docs/ for the full task description."),
         motivation: z.string().optional(),
         priority: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional().describe("Display order within the phase (lower = higher)."),
         checklist: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Replace the task checklist (implementation steps, plain strings). Agents should tick steps via planner-task-checklist-toggle, not write DONE in titles."),
     },
-}, async ({ task: ref, title, status, description, motivation, priority, checklist }) => {
+}, async ({ task: ref, title, status, description, descriptionRef: rawDescriptionRef, motivation, priority, checklist }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     const found = findTaskByRef(await st.loadAllPhases(), (await st.loadFeatures()).features, ref);
     if (!found)
@@ -1020,6 +1327,25 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-update", {
                 `Provide the \"motivation\" parameter with a detailed explanation of why this change is needed.`);
         }
     }
+    const mutableFields = ["title", "status", "description", "descriptionRef", "motivation", "priority", "checklist"];
+    const updateInputs = { title, status, description, descriptionRef: rawDescriptionRef, motivation, priority, checklist };
+    const receivedFields = mutableFields.filter((field) => updateInputs[field] !== undefined);
+    if (receivedFields.length === 0) {
+        return mutationNoFieldsFailure({
+            entity: "task",
+            ref: taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, (await st.loadFeatures()).features),
+            operation: "update",
+            mutableFields,
+            retryCommand: `planner-task-update ${taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, (await st.loadFeatures()).features)}`,
+            readBackCommand: `planner-task-show ${taskCompositeRef(found.task, found.phase, (await st.loadFeatures()).features)} with full=true`,
+            descriptionFallback: {
+                entityId: found.task.id,
+                inputField: "description",
+                storedField: "task description",
+                descriptionRefField: "descriptionRef",
+            },
+        });
+    }
     let updatedTask;
     const timestamp = nowISO();
     await st.updatePhase(found.phase.id, (phase) => {
@@ -1032,6 +1358,13 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-update", {
             task.priority = priority;
         if (description !== undefined)
             task.description = description.trim();
+        if (rawDescriptionRef !== undefined) {
+            const descriptionRef = normalizeDescriptionRef(rawDescriptionRef);
+            if (descriptionRef)
+                task.descriptionRef = descriptionRef;
+            else
+                delete task.descriptionRef;
+        }
         if (status !== undefined && status !== task.status) {
             // Record status change in the incremental statusLog.
             const entry = {
@@ -1068,7 +1401,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-update", {
             }
         }
     }
-    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Task updated: ${taskCompositeRef(t, found.phase, features)} — ${t.title} (${t.status})${t.shortId ? ` · ${t.shortId}` : ""}${resumeNotice}`, resumeRequired ? { resumeRequired } : undefined);
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Task updated: ${taskCompositeRef(t, found.phase, features)} — ${t.title} (${t.status})${t.shortId ? ` · ${t.shortId}` : ""}. Fields saved: ${receivedFields.join(", ")}.${resumeNotice}`, resumeRequired ? { task: t, updated: true, updatedFields: receivedFields, resumeRequired } : { task: t, updated: true, updatedFields: receivedFields });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-task-checklist-toggle", {
     description: "Tick/untick a task checklist item (a 'step') without rewriting the whole list. Accepts the item as C{n} (e.g. C2), the item id, or the title (case-insensitive, first match). Pass checked=true/false to set explicitly, or omit to toggle. Use this instead of writing DONE in step titles. Items are numbered C1/C2… per task.",
@@ -1279,7 +1612,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-pause", {
     ].join("\n"), { task: checkpointed, snapshot, ...(resume ? { resumeRequired: { taskId: resume.task.id } } : {}) });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-task-switch", {
-    description: "Atomically switch from active work to a temporary task, even outside normal priority order. Call this tool first so valid sessionInfo context can be reused; on denial, perform only the missing/stale reads listed in nextActions and retry. Pause the source with a mandatory snapshot, start the target, and push a durable LIFO return target.",
+    description: "Atomically switch from active work to a temporary task, even outside normal priority order. Call this tool first so valid sessionInfo context can be reused; on denial, perform only the missing/stale reads listed in nextActions and retry. If nextActions includes planner-project-guidelines-show, read that section and keep it in working memory while doing task work. Pause the source with a mandatory snapshot, start the target, and push a durable LIFO return target.",
     inputSchema: {
         from_task: z.string().min(1),
         to_task: z.string().min(1),
@@ -1324,11 +1657,17 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-switch", {
     };
     const contextEligibility = contextReadEligibilityForSession(contextInput);
     const requirementsReady = hasReadRequirementsForSession(plannerSessionId, linkedRequirementIds, linkedRequirements);
+    const projectGuidelinesReadState = projectGuidelinesReadStateForSession(project, plannerSessionId);
+    const projectGuidelinesReady = projectGuidelinesReadState === "valid" || projectGuidelinesReadState === "not-required";
     const targetTaskRef = taskCompositeRef(target.task, target.phase, features);
     const targetPhaseRef = formatPhaseRef(target.phase.number, featureNumberOfPhase(target.phase, features));
     const targetFeatureRef = targetFeature ? formatFeatureRef(targetFeature.number) : "";
+    if (!projectGuidelinesReady) {
+        const nextActions = mcpContextReadActions(contextEligibility, { task: targetTaskRef, phase: targetPhaseRef, ...(targetFeatureRef ? { feature: targetFeatureRef } : {}) }, true, !requirementsReady, `Retry planner-task-switch to ${targetTaskRef}`);
+        return text(`Task switch denied: read Project Guidelines before switching task work. Current state: ${projectGuidelinesReadState}.`, { projectGuidelinesReadState, contextEligibility, nextActions });
+    }
     if (!contextEligibility.eligible) {
-        const nextActions = mcpContextReadActions(contextEligibility, { task: targetTaskRef, phase: targetPhaseRef, ...(targetFeatureRef ? { feature: targetFeatureRef } : {}) }, !requirementsReady, `Retry planner-task-switch to ${targetTaskRef}`);
+        const nextActions = mcpContextReadActions(contextEligibility, { task: targetTaskRef, phase: targetPhaseRef, ...(targetFeatureRef ? { feature: targetFeatureRef } : {}) }, false, !requirementsReady, `Retry planner-task-switch to ${targetTaskRef}`);
         return text(`Task switch denied: context reads required. ${contextEligibility.reason}`, { ...contextEligibility, nextActions });
     }
     if (!requirementsReady) {
@@ -1434,7 +1773,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-switch", {
     ].join("\n"), { deviation: record, snapshot, resumeTaskId: source.task.id, temporaryTaskId: target.task.id });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-task-start", {
-    description: "Set a task to in-progress or resume checkpointed work. Call this tool before reading context so it can reuse valid sessionInfo attestations; if denied, perform only the missing/stale reads listed in nextActions, in order, and retry. Every denied start is an MCP isError result with started=false; NEVER claim work started unless structuredContent.started is true. Success is returned only after persisted in-progress state is verified.",
+    description: "Set a task to in-progress or resume checkpointed work. Call this tool before reading context so it can reuse valid sessionInfo attestations; if denied, perform only the missing/stale reads listed in nextActions, then retry. Reads may be performed in any order within the current session. If nextActions includes planner-project-guidelines-show, read that section and keep it in working memory while doing task work. Every denied start is an MCP isError result with started=false; NEVER claim work started unless structuredContent.started is true. Success is returned only after persisted in-progress state is verified.",
     inputSchema: { task: z.string().min(1) },
 }, async ({ task: ref }, extra) => {
     const plannerSessionId = plannerSessionIdFor(extra);
@@ -1454,7 +1793,8 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-start", {
     const parentFeature = found.phase.featureId ? features.find((candidate) => candidate.id === found.phase.featureId) : undefined;
     const featureRef = parentFeature ? formatFeatureRef(parentFeature.number) : "";
     if (found.task.status === "done")
-        return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("TASK_DONE", `Task ${taskRef} is done and was not reopened.`, [`Use planner-task-update with status=planned and a motivation to reopen ${taskRef}.`, `Repeat the required full context reads, then retry planner-task-start ${taskRef}.`], { taskId: found.task.id }));
+        return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("TASK_DONE", `Task ${taskRef} is done and was not reopened.`, [`Use planner-task-update with status=planned and a motivation to reopen ${taskRef}.`, `Retry planner-task-start ${taskRef}. If it then reports read prerequisites, perform only the missing or stale nextActions before retrying again.`], { taskId: found.task.id }));
+    const project = await st.loadProject();
     const linkedRequirements = [
         ...(await st.linkedRequirementsForPhase(found.phase.id)),
         ...(found.phase.featureId ? await st.linkedRequirementsForFeature(found.phase.featureId) : []),
@@ -1473,8 +1813,12 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-start", {
     };
     const contextEligibility = contextReadEligibilityForSession(contextInput);
     const requirementsReady = hasReadRequirementsForSession(plannerSessionId, linkedRequirementIds, linkedRequirements);
+    const projectGuidelinesReadState = projectGuidelinesReadStateForSession(project, plannerSessionId);
+    const projectGuidelinesReady = projectGuidelinesReadState === "valid" || projectGuidelinesReadState === "not-required";
+    if (!projectGuidelinesReady)
+        return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("PROJECT_GUIDELINES_READ_REQUIRED", `Project Guidelines must be read before task work. Current state: ${projectGuidelinesReadState}.`, mcpContextReadActions(contextEligibility, { task: taskRef, phase: phaseRef, ...(featureRef ? { feature: featureRef } : {}) }, true, !requirementsReady, `Retry planner-task-start ${taskRef}`), { taskId: found.task.id }), { projectGuidelinesReadState, contextEligibility });
     if (!contextEligibility.eligible)
-        return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("CONTEXT_READ_REQUIRED", `Required context reads are incomplete or stale. ${contextEligibility.reason}`, mcpContextReadActions(contextEligibility, { task: taskRef, phase: phaseRef, ...(featureRef ? { feature: featureRef } : {}) }, !requirementsReady, `Retry planner-task-start ${taskRef}`), { taskId: found.task.id }), { contextEligibility });
+        return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("CONTEXT_READ_REQUIRED", `Required context reads are incomplete or stale. ${contextEligibility.reason}`, mcpContextReadActions(contextEligibility, { task: taskRef, phase: phaseRef, ...(featureRef ? { feature: featureRef } : {}) }, false, !requirementsReady, `Retry planner-task-start ${taskRef}`), { taskId: found.task.id }), { contextEligibility });
     if (!requirementsReady) {
         return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("REQUIREMENTS_READ_REQUIRED", "Linked requirements were not read; the task remains unchanged.", ["planner-requirement-list", `Retry planner-task-start ${taskRef}`], { taskId: found.task.id, requirementIds: linkedRequirementIds }));
     }
@@ -1485,7 +1829,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-start", {
         const outcome = taskStartSucceeded(found.task.id, true);
         return text(`✅ Task already started: ${taskRef} — ${found.task.title} (in-progress)\nstarted: true`, { ...outcome, task: found.task });
     }
-    const [project, phases, focus] = await Promise.all([st.loadProject(), st.loadAllPhases(), st.loadResume()]);
+    const [phases, focus] = await Promise.all([st.loadAllPhases(), st.loadResume()]);
     const eligibility = checkExplicitTaskStart(features, phases, found.task.id, project.workDeviations);
     if (!eligibility.eligible)
         return taskStartError(taskStartDenied("START_NOT_ALLOWED", eligibility.reason, ["Resolve the reported task readiness condition, then retry planner-task-start."], { taskId: found.task.id }), { eligibility });
@@ -1658,14 +2002,20 @@ server.registerTool("planner-task-complete", {
     return writeAndSummarize(st, `✅ Task completed: ${taskCompositeRef(t, found.phase, features)} — ${t.title} (done)${t.shortId ? ` · ${t.shortId}` : ""}${clearedRef ? ` — phase handoff auto-cleared (${clearedRef})` : ""}${resumeNotice}`, resumeRequired ? { resumeRequired } : undefined);
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-handoff-list", {
-    description: "List all phases with a non-empty entity-scoped handoff (phase.handoff field). Returns composite refs (P00x / P00x(F00x)) with the first line and last-updated time.",
-}, async () => {
+    description: "List active handoffs as compact summary-only pages. Full bodies are never embedded; call planner-handoff-show for one exact phase.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        page: z.number().int().min(1).default(1).describe("1-based page number."),
+        pageSize: z.number().int().min(1).max(25).default(10).describe("Summaries per page; maximum 25."),
+    },
+}, async ({ page, pageSize }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     const list = await st.listHandoffs();
     if (list.length === 0)
-        return text("No phase handoffs set.");
-    const lines = list.map((e) => `- ${e.compositeRef} — ${e.firstLine} (updated ${e.updatedAt})`);
-    return text(`Phase handoffs (${list.length}):\n${lines.join("\n")}`, { count: list.length, handoffs: list });
+        return text("No phase handoffs set.", { count: 0, total: 0, page: 1, pageSize, totalPages: 1, handoffs: [] });
+    const result = boundedPage(list, page, pageSize);
+    const { items, ...pageInfo } = result;
+    const lines = items.map((e) => `- ${e.compositeRef} — ${e.firstLine} (updated ${e.updatedAt}; ${e.contentLength} chars)`);
+    return text(`Phase handoffs — page ${pageInfo.page}/${pageInfo.totalPages} (${pageInfo.total} total):\n${lines.join("\n")}`, { count: items.length, ...pageInfo, handoffs: items });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-handoff-show", {
     description: "Read the entity-scoped handoff of a phase. phaseRef is required; never infer a phase from in-progress status or stale context.",
@@ -1675,10 +2025,11 @@ server.registerTool("planner-handoff-show", {
     const r = await resolvePhaseForHandoff(st, phaseRef);
     if (!r.ok)
         return text(`❌ ${r.error}`);
-    const content = await st.getPhaseHandoff(r.phase.id);
-    if (!content.trim())
-        return text(`No handoff set on ${r.compositeRef}.`, { phaseRef: r.compositeRef, empty: true });
-    return text(`Handoff for ${r.compositeRef}:\n\n${content}`, { phaseRef: r.compositeRef, phaseId: r.phase.id });
+    const phase = await st.loadPhase(r.phase.id);
+    const bounded = boundedHandoffForTransport(phase.handoff);
+    if (!bounded.content.trim())
+        return text(`No handoff set on ${r.compositeRef}.`, { phaseRef: r.compositeRef, phaseId: r.phase.id, content: "", empty: true, handoffAudit: phase.handoffAudit });
+    return text(`Handoff for ${r.compositeRef}:\n\n${bounded.content}`, { phaseRef: r.compositeRef, phaseId: r.phase.id, ...bounded, handoffAudit: phase.handoffAudit });
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-requirement-list", {
     description: "List all top-level requirements in requirements.json. Reading this list records the requirements as read for the start/resume read-enforcement (explicit requirement read, required alongside feature/phase reads).",
@@ -1690,8 +2041,228 @@ server.registerTool("planner-requirement-list", {
     requirements.requirements.forEach((req) => markRequirementReadForSessionId(plannerSessionId, req.id));
     return text(requirements.requirements.map((req) => `- ${req.id} — ${req.title} (${req.status})`).join("\n") || "No requirements", { requirements });
 });
+server.registerTool("planner-requirement-create", {
+    description: "Create a top-level requirement with optional nested macro tasks. Requirement and macro-task IDs/timestamps are assigned by the planner.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        title: z.string().min(1),
+        description: z.string().optional(),
+        status: z.enum(STATUS_VALUES).optional(),
+        linkedPhaseIds: z.array(z.string().min(1)),
+        macroTasks: z.array(z.object({
+            title: z.string().min(1),
+            description: z.string().optional(),
+            status: z.enum(STATUS_VALUES).optional(),
+        })).optional(),
+    },
+}, async ({ title, description, status, linkedPhaseIds, macroTasks }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const links = await resolveRequirementPhaseRefs(st, linkedPhaseIds);
+    if (!links.ok)
+        return text(`❌ ${links.error}`, { created: false, errorCode: "REQUIREMENT_PHASE_LINK_INVALID" });
+    const now = nowISO();
+    let normalizedMacroTasks;
+    try {
+        normalizedMacroTasks = reconcileRequirementMacroTasks([], (macroTasks ?? []).map((task) => ({
+            title: task.title,
+            ...(task.description !== undefined ? { description: task.description } : {}),
+            status: task.status ?? "planned",
+        })), now);
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        const message = error instanceof RequirementMacroTaskError ? error.message : "Invalid macro tasks.";
+        return text(`❌ ${message}`, { created: false, errorCode: "REQUIREMENT_MACRO_TASK_INVALID" });
+    }
+    const requirement = {
+        id: createRequirementId(),
+        title: title.trim(),
+        description: description?.trim() ?? "",
+        status: status ?? "planned",
+        macroTasks: normalizedMacroTasks,
+        linkedPhaseIds: links.linkedPhaseIds,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+        sessionInfo: [],
+    };
+    const requirements = await st.loadRequirements();
+    await st.saveRequirements({ requirements: [...requirements.requirements, requirement] });
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `Requirement created: ${requirement.id}.`, { requirement, created: true });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-requirement-update", {
+    description: "Update a requirement’s human-owned title, description, status, linked phases, or complete ordered macro-task list. Existing macro-task IDs and timestamps remain planner-managed; omit an ID to add a task.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        requirementId: z.string().min(1),
+        title: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+        description: z.string().optional(),
+        status: z.enum(STATUS_VALUES).optional(),
+        linkedPhaseIds: z.array(z.string().min(1)).optional(),
+        macroTasks: z.array(z.object({
+            id: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+            title: z.string().min(1),
+            description: z.string().optional(),
+            status: z.enum(STATUS_VALUES),
+        })).optional(),
+    },
+}, async ({ requirementId, title, description, status, linkedPhaseIds, macroTasks }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const requirements = await st.loadRequirements();
+    const current = requirements.requirements.find((requirement) => requirement.id === requirementId);
+    if (!current)
+        return text(`❌ Requirement not found: ${requirementId}`, { updated: false, errorCode: "NOT_FOUND" });
+    const links = linkedPhaseIds === undefined ? { ok: true, linkedPhaseIds: current.linkedPhaseIds } : await resolveRequirementPhaseRefs(st, linkedPhaseIds);
+    if (!links.ok)
+        return text(`❌ ${links.error}`, { updated: false, errorCode: "REQUIREMENT_PHASE_LINK_INVALID" });
+    const now = nowISO();
+    let normalizedMacroTasks = current.macroTasks;
+    if (macroTasks !== undefined) {
+        try {
+            normalizedMacroTasks = reconcileRequirementMacroTasks(current.macroTasks, macroTasks.map((task) => ({
+                ...(task.id !== undefined ? { id: task.id } : {}),
+                title: task.title,
+                ...(task.description !== undefined ? { description: task.description } : {}),
+                status: task.status,
+            })), now);
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            const message = error instanceof RequirementMacroTaskError ? error.message : "Invalid macro tasks.";
+            return text(`❌ ${message}`, { updated: false, errorCode: "REQUIREMENT_MACRO_TASK_INVALID" });
+        }
+    }
+    const next = {
+        ...current,
+        ...(title !== undefined ? { title: title.trim() } : {}),
+        ...(description !== undefined ? { description: description.trim() } : {}),
+        ...(status !== undefined ? { status } : {}),
+        linkedPhaseIds: links.linkedPhaseIds,
+        macroTasks: normalizedMacroTasks,
+        updatedAt: now,
+    };
+    await st.saveRequirements({ requirements: requirements.requirements.map((requirement) => requirement.id === current.id ? next : requirement) });
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `Requirement updated: ${next.id}.`, { requirement: next, updated: true });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-requirement-delete", {
+    description: "Permanently delete a top-level requirement. Confirm the intended requirement first.",
+    inputSchema: { requirementId: z.string().min(1) },
+}, async ({ requirementId }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const requirements = await st.loadRequirements();
+    const next = requirements.requirements.filter((requirement) => requirement.id !== requirementId);
+    if (next.length === requirements.requirements.length)
+        return text(`❌ Requirement not found: ${requirementId}`, { deleted: false, errorCode: "NOT_FOUND" });
+    await st.saveRequirements({ requirements: next });
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return writeAndSummarize(st, `Requirement deleted: ${requirementId}.`, { deleted: requirementId });
+});
+function ideaPromotionTarget(st, type, ref) {
+    return Promise.all([st.loadFeatures(), st.loadAllPhases()]).then(([featuresDoc, phases]) => {
+        const features = featuresDoc.features;
+        if (type === "feature") {
+            const feature = findFeatureByRef(features, ref);
+            return feature ? { id: feature.id, ref: formatFeatureRef(feature.number) } : undefined;
+        }
+        if (type === "phase") {
+            const phase = findPhaseByRef(phases, features, ref);
+            return phase ? { id: phase.id, ref: formatPhaseRef(phase.number, features.find((item) => item.id === phase.featureId)?.number) } : undefined;
+        }
+        const found = findTaskByRef(phases, features, ref);
+        return found ? { id: found.task.id, ref: `${formatPhaseRef(found.phase.number, features.find((item) => item.id === found.phase.featureId)?.number)}/T${String(found.task.number).padStart(3, "0")}` } : undefined;
+    });
+}
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-list", {
+    description: "List top-level Ideas Inbox entries. Ideas never affect feature, phase, or task rollups.",
+    inputSchema: {},
+}, async () => {
+    const ideas = (await requireStore().then((st) => st.loadIdeas())).ideas;
+    return text(ideas.map((idea) => `- ${formatIdeaRef(idea.number)} · ${idea.shortId} — ${idea.title}${idea.promotion ? ` → ${idea.promotion.targetRef}` : ""}`).join("\n") || "No ideas", { ideas });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-show", {
+    description: "Show one Idea Inbox entry by I-number, short ID, UUID, or title.",
+    inputSchema: { idea: z.string().min(1) },
+}, async ({ idea: ref }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const idea = findIdeaByRef((await st.loadIdeas()).ideas, ref);
+    return idea ? text(`${formatIdeaRef(idea.number)} · ${idea.shortId} — ${idea.title}\n\n${idea.description || "(no description)"}`, { idea }) : text(`Idea not found: ${ref}`, { errorCode: "NOT_FOUND" });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-create", {
+    description: "Create a rollup-independent Ideas Inbox entry.",
+    inputSchema: { title: z.string().min(1), description: z.string().optional() },
+}, async ({ title, description }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const idea = await st.createIdea({ title, ...(description !== undefined ? { description } : {}) });
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return text(`Idea created: ${formatIdeaRef(idea.number)} · ${idea.shortId} — ${idea.title}`, { idea, created: true });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-update", {
+    description: "Update an unpromoted or promoted Idea Inbox entry title or description.",
+    inputSchema: { idea: z.string().min(1), title: z.string().min(1).optional(), description: z.string().optional() },
+}, async ({ idea: ref, title, description }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const current = findIdeaByRef((await st.loadIdeas()).ideas, ref);
+    if (!current)
+        return text(`Idea not found: ${ref}`, { errorCode: "NOT_FOUND", updated: false });
+    if (title === undefined && description === undefined)
+        return text("No mutable idea fields were received.", { errorCode: "NO_MUTABLE_FIELDS_RECEIVED", updated: false });
+    const idea = await st.updateIdea(current.id, { ...(title !== undefined ? { title } : {}), ...(description !== undefined ? { description } : {}) });
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return text(`Idea updated: ${formatIdeaRef(idea.number)} — ${idea.title}`, { idea, updated: true });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-delete", {
+    description: "Delete an Idea Inbox entry. Confirm the exact idea with the user before calling.",
+    inputSchema: { idea: z.string().min(1), confirmed: z.boolean() },
+}, async ({ idea: ref, confirmed }) => {
+    if (!confirmed)
+        return text("Idea deletion requires confirmed=true after explicit user confirmation.", { errorCode: "CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED", deleted: false });
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const current = findIdeaByRef((await st.loadIdeas()).ideas, ref);
+    if (!current)
+        return text(`Idea not found: ${ref}`, { errorCode: "NOT_FOUND", deleted: false });
+    await st.deleteIdea(current.id);
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return text(`Idea deleted: ${formatIdeaRef(current.number)}.`, { deleted: true, ideaRef: formatIdeaRef(current.number) });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-promotion-begin", {
+    description: "Begin an Idea promotion discussion without persisting a target or promotion. Returns the project-local grill-me instructions; follow them one question at a time, then use planner-idea-promotion-finalize only after target confirmation.",
+    inputSchema: { idea: z.string().min(1), targetType: z.enum(["feature", "phase", "task"]) },
+}, async ({ idea: ref, targetType }) => {
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const idea = findIdeaByRef((await st.loadIdeas()).ideas, ref);
+    if (!idea)
+        return text(`Idea not found: ${ref}`, { errorCode: "NOT_FOUND" });
+    if (idea.promotion)
+        return text(`${formatIdeaRef(idea.number)} is already promoted to ${idea.promotion.targetRef}.`, { errorCode: "ALREADY_PROMOTED", idea });
+    const features = (await st.loadFeatures()).features;
+    const phases = await st.loadAllPhases();
+    const recommendedFeature = features[0];
+    const recommendedPhase = recommendedFeature ? phases.find((phase) => phase.featureId === recommendedFeature.id) : phases[0];
+    const recommendation = targetType === "feature"
+        ? "Create a new feature after the discussion."
+        : targetType === "phase"
+            ? recommendedFeature ? `Recommended parent feature: ${formatFeatureRef(recommendedFeature.number)} — ${recommendedFeature.name}. Confirm or choose another feature before creating the phase.` : "Create and confirm a parent feature before promoting to a phase."
+            : recommendedPhase
+                ? `Recommended destination: ${formatPhaseRef(recommendedPhase.number, features.find((feature) => feature.id === recommendedPhase.featureId)?.number)} — ${recommendedPhase.title}. Confirm its feature and phase before creating the task.`
+                : "Create and confirm a parent feature and phase before promoting to a task.";
+    return text(`Promotion discussion started for ${formatIdeaRef(idea.number)}. ${recommendation}`, { idea, targetType, recommendation, grillMeSkill: await st.ideaDiscussionSkill(), persisted: false, nextActions: ["Follow grill-me one question at a time.", "Obtain explicit parent and target confirmation.", "Create the agreed target through the normal feature/phase/task creation tool.", "Call planner-idea-promotion-finalize with discussionCompleted=true and confirmed=true."] });
+});
+server.registerTool("planner-idea-promotion-finalize", {
+    description: "Record a promotion only after grill-me discussion, explicit target confirmation, and successful target creation. targetRef must be the already-created agreed target; no raw UUID is returned.",
+    inputSchema: { idea: z.string().min(1), targetType: z.enum(["feature", "phase", "task"]), targetRef: z.string().min(1), discussionCompleted: z.boolean(), confirmed: z.boolean() },
+}, async ({ idea: ref, targetType, targetRef, discussionCompleted, confirmed }) => {
+    if (!discussionCompleted || !confirmed)
+        return text("Promotion requires discussionCompleted=true and confirmed=true; no target or promotion was persisted.", { errorCode: "IDEA_PROMOTION_CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED", promoted: false });
+    const st = await requireStore();
+    const idea = findIdeaByRef((await st.loadIdeas()).ideas, ref);
+    if (!idea)
+        return text(`Idea not found: ${ref}`, { errorCode: "NOT_FOUND", promoted: false });
+    const target = await ideaPromotionTarget(st, targetType, targetRef);
+    if (!target)
+        return text(`Confirmed ${targetType} target not found: ${targetRef}; no promotion was persisted.`, { errorCode: "TARGET_NOT_FOUND", promoted: false });
+    const promoted = await st.promoteIdea(idea.id, { targetType, targetId: target.id });
+    await st.writeGenerated();
+    return text(`Idea promoted: ${formatIdeaRef(promoted.number)} → ${promoted.promotion.targetRef}`, { idea: promoted, promoted: true, targetRef: promoted.promotion.targetRef });
+});
 server.registerTool("planner-handoff-write", {
-    description: "Reconcile and refresh the single active phase handoff while synchronizing durable task, phase, and feature context. Run planner-handoff-prepare with the confirmed phaseRef first and pass its exact handoffUpdatedAt token.",
+    description: "Reconcile one active handoff with durable context synchronization and a mandatory versioned completeness audit. Run planner-handoff-prepare first; link extended detail from committed .planner/docs/ Markdown.",
     inputSchema: {
         phaseRef: z.string().min(1).describe("Exact confirmed phase ref: P00x | P00x(F00x) | UUID | title."),
         title: z.string().min(3).optional().describe("Meaningful handoff title summarizing the work."),
@@ -1699,6 +2270,18 @@ server.registerTool("planner-handoff-write", {
         content: z.string().min(1).describe("Full reconciled handoff text (markdown)."),
         expectedHandoffUpdatedAt: z.string().optional().describe("Exact token returned by planner-handoff-prepare; empty when no handoff exists."),
         reconciledExistingHandoff: z.boolean().optional().describe("Confirm that still-relevant existing handoff information was retained."),
+        completenessAudit: z.object({
+            version: z.literal(HANDOFF_COMPLETENESS_AUDIT_VERSION),
+            entries: z.array(z.object({
+                category: z.string().min(1).describe(`One required category id: ${HANDOFF_COMPLETENESS_CATEGORIES.map((entry) => entry.id).join(", ")}`),
+                status: z.enum(["captured", "not-applicable"]),
+                detail: z.string().min(1),
+            })),
+        }).optional().describe("Mandatory for confirmed writes; every category from planner-handoff-prepare must be present."),
+        supportingDocuments: z.array(z.object({
+            path: z.string().min(1).describe("Committed Markdown path under .planner/docs/."),
+            description: z.string().min(1).describe("What the document contains and why the next agent needs it."),
+        })).optional(),
         taskUpdates: z.array(z.object({
             taskRef: z.string().min(1),
             completionSummary: z.string().min(1),
@@ -1716,7 +2299,7 @@ server.registerTool("planner-handoff-write", {
         featureUpdate: z.object({ workDone: z.string().min(1), workRemaining: z.string().min(1) }).optional(),
         featureNoUpdateReason: z.string().min(1).optional(),
     },
-}, async ({ phaseRef, title, confirmed, content, expectedHandoffUpdatedAt, reconciledExistingHandoff, taskUpdates, phaseUpdate, phaseNoUpdateReason, featureUpdate, featureNoUpdateReason }) => {
+}, async ({ phaseRef, title, confirmed, content, expectedHandoffUpdatedAt, reconciledExistingHandoff, completenessAudit, supportingDocuments, taskUpdates, phaseUpdate, phaseNoUpdateReason, featureUpdate, featureNoUpdateReason }) => {
     const st = await requireStore();
     let body = content.trim();
     const firstLine = body.split(/\r?\n/).find((line) => line.trim().length > 0) ?? "";
@@ -1762,6 +2345,8 @@ server.registerTool("planner-handoff-write", {
             content: body,
             expectedHandoffUpdatedAt,
             reconciledExistingHandoff: reconciledExistingHandoff === true,
+            ...(completenessAudit ? { completenessAudit: completenessAudit } : {}),
+            ...(supportingDocuments ? { supportingDocuments } : {}),
             contextSync: {
                 taskUpdates: resolvedTaskUpdates,
                 ...(phaseUpdate ? { phaseUpdate: {
@@ -1775,15 +2360,23 @@ server.registerTool("planner-handoff-write", {
             },
         });
         await st.writeGenerated();
-        return text(`✅ Reconciled handoff and durable context on ${r.compositeRef}; updated ${result.updatedTaskIds.length} task(s).`, { phaseRef: r.compositeRef, phaseId: r.phase.id, ...result });
+        return text(`✅ Reconciled handoff and durable context on ${r.compositeRef}; updated ${result.updatedTaskIds.length} task(s).`, {
+            phaseRef: r.compositeRef,
+            phaseId: r.phase.id,
+            updatedTaskIds: result.updatedTaskIds,
+            handoffUpdatedAt: result.handoffUpdatedAt,
+            handoffAudit: result.handoffAudit,
+        });
     }
     catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof HandoffContractError)
+            return handoffContractFailure(error);
         const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
         return text(`❌ Handoff refresh denied: ${message}`, { error: message });
     }
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-handoff-prepare", {
-    description: "Identify or audit the exact handoff target. Without phaseRef, returns the confirmation workflow. With a confirmed phaseRef, returns the current handoff/version and done tasks missing durable completion evidence.",
+    description: "Identify or audit the exact handoff target. With a confirmed phaseRef, returns the current token, missing task evidence, mandatory completeness categories, and the 24,000-character inline budget.",
     inputSchema: { phaseRef: z.string().min(1).optional() },
 }, async ({ phaseRef }) => {
     if (!phaseRef)
@@ -1805,6 +2398,10 @@ server.registerTool("planner-handoff-prepare", {
             "Done tasks missing durable completion/verification evidence:",
             missing,
             "",
+            `Required completeness audit v${audit.completenessVersion} — every category must be captured or marked not-applicable with a substantive reason:`,
+            ...audit.completenessCategories.map((entry) => `- ${entry.id} — ${entry.label}`),
+            `Maximum canonical inline content: ${audit.maxContentChars} characters. Link extended material from .planner/docs/.`,
+            "",
             "Existing active handoff (reconcile all still-relevant content):",
             audit.handoff.trim() || "(none)",
         ].join("\n"), { phaseRef: r.compositeRef, ...audit });
@@ -1867,13 +2464,41 @@ server.registerTool("planner-web", {
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-load", {
     description: "Load/refresh the planner on explicit user request (NOT automatic): starts the web dashboard on LAN and returns a consolidated recap (project state, active task, pending handoff, web URL). This is the MCP equivalent of Pi /planner load. Call it ONLY when the user runs /planner load or /planner recap (or asks to load the planner). Present the recap verbatim in that reply, including its final prominent Web UI line. A pending handoff is read-only context: NEVER call planner-handoff-show or planner-handoff-clear as part of load/recap. Archive it only when every phase task is done/canceled, when replacing it with a new handoff, or after an explicit user handoff-clear request. Do NOT start the planner/web or show the web URL unless the user explicitly asks (load/recap/web status).",
-}, async () => {
+}, async (extra) => {
     const st = store();
     if (!(await st.exists()))
         return text("No .planner/ found at " + planRoot() + ". Run planner-init first.");
+    const plannerSessionId = plannerSessionIdFor(extra);
+    let preparation;
+    try {
+        preparation = await st.preparePlannerSession();
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        return text(`Planner load aborted: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`, { errorCode: "PLANNER_SESSION_PREPARATION_FAILED", loaded: false });
+    }
+    const project = preparation.project;
+    if (project.projectGuidelines.content.trim()) {
+        await st.recordProjectGuidelinesRead({ sessionId: plannerSessionId });
+    }
+    const plannerSkill = await st.syncPlannerSkill();
+    await st.syncGrillMeSkill();
     const web = await ensureWebStarted();
     const recap = await buildRecap(st, web, { harness: "mcp" });
-    return text(recap);
+    const visibleRecap = preparation.changed ? `${preparation.legacyProjectContext.summary}\n\n${recap}` : recap;
+    return {
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: visibleRecap }],
+        structuredContent: {
+            preparation: preparation.legacyProjectContext,
+            agentContext: {
+                kind: "planner-usage-skill",
+                content: plannerSkill.content,
+                status: plannerSkill.status,
+                customized: plannerSkill.customized,
+                message: plannerSkill.message,
+                instruction: "Read and retain this project-local planner usage skill. Do not quote it in the human-facing recap.",
+            },
+        },
+    };
 });
 server.registerTool("planner-disable", {
     description: "MCP no-op equivalent of Pi /planner disable. Stop the MCP process from the host to disable it.",

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agent-plan/mcp",
-  "version": "0.2.25",
+  "version": "0.2.26",
   "private": false,
   "description": "MCP server for Agent Plan, exposing planner-* tools over stdio.",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.17.0",
     "zod": "^3.24.0",
-    "@agent-plan/core": "0.2.25",
-    "@agent-plan/server": "0.2.25"
+    "@agent-plan/core": "0.2.26",
+    "@agent-plan/server": "0.2.26"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",