@ahmed-g-gad/apothem 0.1.1

package/src/apothem/lib/workspace_migration.py

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+"""Migrate a legacy per-harness workspace into the shared ``.apothem`` layout.
+
+Apothem once scattered its working state across a per-harness data home
+(``<base>/.apothem/<harness>/{memory,contexts,learning}``) and a sibling
+``<base>/.plans`` tree. The shared layout collapses both into one
+``<base>/.apothem/{plans,memory,learning,contexts}`` working directory shared
+across every harness.
+
+This module migrates an existing install non-destructively:
+
+* **Union-merge** the per-harness ``memory`` / ``contexts`` stores into the
+  shared store by record id, and **concatenate-dedup** the per-harness
+  ``learning`` signals. A record id present in two per-harness stores with the
+  SAME body merges to one; a CONFLICT (same id, different body) is never
+  silently overwritten — the incoming record is skipped and reported.
+* **Move** ``<base>/.plans`` to the shared ``<base>/.apothem/plans``.
+* **Back up** every source the migration consumes before touching it, so the
+  pre-migration state is always recoverable.
+
+The migration is **idempotent**: re-running it on an already-migrated tree
+finds no legacy sources and reports a no-op. It never deletes operator data
+without a backup, and never overwrites a conflicting record.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import shutil
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from apothem.lib.contexts import ContextStore
+from apothem.lib.data_home import (
+    _APOTHEM_SUBTREE,
+    _PLANS_CHILD,
+    DataHome,
+    resolve_shared_data_home,
+)
+from apothem.lib.harness_registry import SUPPORTED_PACKAGE_KEYS
+from apothem.lib.learning import LearningSignal, LearningStore
+from apothem.lib.memory import MemoryStore
+
+#: Marker file written into the backup root so a backup directory is never
+#: mistaken for a live working directory.
+_BACKUP_README = "MIGRATION-BACKUP.txt"
+
+
+class WorkspaceMigrationError(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when the migration cannot proceed safely."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class MigrationOutcome:
+    """The result of one workspace migration pass.
+
+    Attributes:
+        base: The base directory the migration ran against.
+        migrated: ``True`` when at least one legacy source was migrated.
+        backup_root: The directory legacy sources were backed up into, or
+            ``None`` when nothing was migrated (no backup created).
+        memory_merged: Count of memory records merged into the shared store.
+        contexts_merged: Count of context fragments merged into the shared store.
+        learning_merged: Count of learning signals merged into the shared store.
+        conflicts: Per-store id conflicts skipped (same id, different body).
+        plans_moved: ``True`` when a legacy ``.plans`` tree was relocated.
+        notes: Human-readable notes about skipped or no-op steps.
+    """
+
+    base: Path
+    migrated: bool = False
+    backup_root: Path | None = None
+    memory_merged: int = 0
+    contexts_merged: int = 0
+    learning_merged: int = 0
+    conflicts: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    plans_moved: bool = False
+    notes: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, object]:
+        """Return a JSON-serializable representation of the outcome."""
+        return {
+            "base": str(self.base),
+            "migrated": self.migrated,
+            "backup_root": None if self.backup_root is None else str(self.backup_root),
+            "memory_merged": self.memory_merged,
+            "contexts_merged": self.contexts_merged,
+            "learning_merged": self.learning_merged,
+            "conflicts": list(self.conflicts),
+            "plans_moved": self.plans_moved,
+            "notes": list(self.notes),
+        }
+
+
+def _legacy_home_dirs(base: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    """Return the per-harness legacy data homes present under ``<base>/.apothem``.
+
+    A legacy home is ``<base>/.apothem/<package_key>/`` for a registered
+    harness, carrying at least one of the ``memory`` / ``contexts`` /
+    ``learning`` child directories. The shared-layout children (``plans``,
+    ``memory``, ``contexts``, ``learning`` placed DIRECTLY under ``.apothem``)
+    are never harness package keys, so they are not mistaken for legacy homes.
+    """
+    apothem_root = base / _APOTHEM_SUBTREE
+    homes: list[Path] = []
+    for package_key in SUPPORTED_PACKAGE_KEYS:
+        candidate = apothem_root / package_key
+        if not candidate.is_dir():
+            continue
+        if any(
+            (candidate / child).is_dir() for child in ("memory", "contexts", "learning")
+        ):
+            homes.append(candidate)
+    return homes
+
+
+def _legacy_data_home(base: Path, package_key: str) -> DataHome:
+    """Resolve a legacy per-harness data home (``<base>/.apothem/<key>/``)."""
+    root = base / _APOTHEM_SUBTREE / package_key
+    return DataHome(
+        root=root,
+        plans=root / _PLANS_CHILD,
+        memory=root / "memory",
+        contexts=root / "contexts",
+        learning=root / "learning",
+    )
+
+
+def _timestamp_slug() -> str:
+    """Return a filesystem-safe UTC timestamp slug for the backup directory."""
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+
+
+def detect_legacy_layout(base: Path) -> bool:
+    """Return ``True`` when *base* carries a legacy layout needing migration.
+
+    A legacy layout is present when either a per-harness data home exists under
+    ``<base>/.apothem/<harness>/`` OR a legacy ``<base>/.plans`` tree exists.
+    """
+    if _legacy_home_dirs(base):
+        return True
+    return (base / ".plans").is_dir()
+
+
+def _merge_memory(legacy: MemoryStore, shared: MemoryStore) -> tuple[int, list[str]]:
+    """Union *legacy* records into *shared* by id; return (merged, conflicts)."""
+    merged = 0
+    conflicts: list[str] = []
+    existing = {record.id: record for record in shared.records()}
+    for record in legacy.records():
+        prior = existing.get(record.id)
+        if prior is None:
+            shared.add(record)
+            existing[record.id] = record
+            merged += 1
+        elif prior.to_dict() != record.to_dict():
+            conflicts.append(f"memory:{record.id}")
+    return merged, conflicts
+
+
+def _merge_contexts(
+    legacy: ContextStore, shared: ContextStore
+) -> tuple[int, list[str]]:
+    """Union *legacy* fragments into *shared* by id; return (merged, conflicts)."""
+    merged = 0
+    conflicts: list[str] = []
+    existing = {fragment.id: fragment for fragment in shared.fragments()}
+    for fragment in legacy.fragments():
+        prior = existing.get(fragment.id)
+        if prior is None:
+            shared.add(fragment)
+            existing[fragment.id] = fragment
+            merged += 1
+        elif prior.to_dict() != fragment.to_dict():
+            conflicts.append(f"contexts:{fragment.id}")
+    return merged, conflicts
+
+
+def _signal_identity(signal: LearningSignal) -> str:
+    """Return a stable identity for a learning signal for dedup purposes.
+
+    The learning store is an append-only JSON Lines log, so the migration
+    deduplicates on the signal's full canonical serialization rather than its id
+    alone — two byte-identical signals captured under different harnesses are the
+    same observation and collapse to one, while two signals sharing an id but
+    differing in any field are both preserved.
+    """
+    return json.dumps(signal.to_dict(), sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+
+def _merge_learning(legacy: LearningStore, shared: LearningStore) -> int:
+    """Concatenate-dedup *legacy* signals into *shared*; return merged count."""
+    seen = {_signal_identity(signal) for signal in shared.signals()}
+    merged = 0
+    for signal in legacy.signals():
+        identity = _signal_identity(signal)
+        if identity in seen:
+            continue
+        # Append directly through the store's private appender — capture's
+        # opt-in gate governs NEW signals, not the migration of already-captured
+        # ones, so a flag-off operator does not lose previously-captured data.
+        shared._append(signal)
+        seen.add(identity)
+        merged += 1
+    return merged
+
+
+def _backup_tree(source: Path, backup_root: Path, label: str) -> None:
+    """Copy *source* into ``<backup_root>/<label>`` before it is consumed."""
+    if not source.exists():
+        return
+    destination = backup_root / label
+    destination.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    shutil.copytree(source, destination, dirs_exist_ok=True)
+
+
+def _ensure_backup_root(base: Path) -> Path:
+    """Create and return a fresh timestamped backup root under ``<base>/.apothem``."""
+    backup_root = base / _APOTHEM_SUBTREE / "backups" / f"migrate-{_timestamp_slug()}"
+    backup_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (backup_root / _BACKUP_README).write_text(
+        "Pre-migration backup of the legacy per-harness data homes and .plans "
+        "tree. Safe to delete once the shared .apothem layout is verified.\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    return backup_root
+
+
+def migrate_workspace(
+    base: Path, *, directory_name: str = ".apothem"
+) -> MigrationOutcome:
+    """Migrate the legacy layout under *base* to the shared ``.apothem`` layout.
+
+    The migration is non-destructive and idempotent:
+
+    * Per-harness data homes (``<base>/.apothem/<harness>/``) union-merge into
+      the shared store. A conflicting record (same id, different body) is
+      skipped and recorded, never overwritten.
+    * A legacy ``<base>/.plans`` tree moves to ``<base>/.apothem/plans``. When
+      the shared ``plans`` already exists, the move is skipped and recorded
+      (no clobber).
+    * Every consumed source is backed up first.
+
+    Args:
+        base: The base directory the working directory sits beneath.
+        directory_name: The shared working-directory name (default ``.apothem``).
+
+    Returns:
+        A :class:`MigrationOutcome` describing what was migrated.
+
+    Raises:
+        WorkspaceMigrationError: When *base* is not an existing directory.
+    """
+    if not base.is_dir():
+        raise WorkspaceMigrationError(f"base directory does not exist: {base}")
+
+    outcome = MigrationOutcome(base=base)
+    legacy_homes = _legacy_home_dirs(base)
+    legacy_plans = base / ".plans"
+    has_legacy_plans = legacy_plans.is_dir()
+
+    if not legacy_homes and not has_legacy_plans:
+        outcome.notes.append("no legacy layout detected — nothing to migrate")
+        return outcome
+
+    shared = resolve_shared_data_home(base=base, directory_name=directory_name).ensure()
+    backup_root = _ensure_backup_root(base)
+    outcome.backup_root = backup_root
+
+    shared_memory = MemoryStore(shared)
+    shared_contexts = ContextStore(shared)
+    shared_learning = LearningStore(shared)
+    shared_memory.ensure_initialized()
+    shared_contexts.ensure_initialized()
+    shared_learning.ensure_initialized()
+
+    for home_dir in legacy_homes:
+        package_key = home_dir.name
+        _backup_tree(home_dir, backup_root, f"data-home/{package_key}")
+        legacy = _legacy_data_home(base, package_key)
+        mem_merged, mem_conflicts = _merge_memory(MemoryStore(legacy), shared_memory)
+        ctx_merged, ctx_conflicts = _merge_contexts(
+            ContextStore(legacy), shared_contexts
+        )
+        lrn_merged = _merge_learning(LearningStore(legacy), shared_learning)
+        outcome.memory_merged += mem_merged
+        outcome.contexts_merged += ctx_merged
+        outcome.learning_merged += lrn_merged
+        outcome.conflicts.extend(
+            f"{package_key}:{conflict}" for conflict in (*mem_conflicts, *ctx_conflicts)
+        )
+        # The merged legacy home is removed only after a successful backup +
+        # union merge, so its records are preserved both in the shared store and
+        # in the backup.
+        shutil.rmtree(home_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+        outcome.migrated = True
+
+    if has_legacy_plans:
+        if shared.plans.exists() and any(shared.plans.iterdir()):
+            outcome.notes.append(
+                "shared plans/ already populated — legacy .plans left in place; "
+                f"merge manually from {legacy_plans}"
+            )
+        else:
+            _backup_tree(legacy_plans, backup_root, "plans")
+            # Remove the empty placeholder so the rename lands cleanly.
+            if shared.plans.exists():
+                shared.plans.rmdir()
+            shutil.move(str(legacy_plans), str(shared.plans))
+            outcome.plans_moved = True
+            outcome.migrated = True
+
+    return outcome
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "MigrationOutcome",
+    "WorkspaceMigrationError",
+    "detect_legacy_layout",
+    "migrate_workspace",
+]

package/src/apothem/output-styles/README.md

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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+
+# Output Styles
+
+Output-style definitions — flat `.md` files, each defining a tone and output-shape the operator selects via `/output-style`. An output style governs *how* the agent presents work: prose density, formatting conventions, citation posture, and finding-shape — without weakening any behavioral mandate.
+
+## Index
+
+| Style | `name` | What it sets |
+|-------|--------|--------------|
+| [`default.md`](default.md) | Default | Ecosystem-default output style — the baseline tone every session inherits. Encodes unified output conventions, planning-content routing, and the file-authoring contract. |
+| [`default-architect.md`](default-architect.md) | Default Architect | Senior Software Architect tone — analytical, brutally honest, concrete-driver citations, seven-axs-of-breadth attestation. |
+| [`concise-engineer.md`](concise-engineer.md) | Concise Engineer | Engineering-focused short-form output — minimum prose, maximum signal, code-first. |
+| [`forensic-auditor.md`](forensic-auditor.md) | Forensic Auditor | Forensic-audit posture for review-class work — finding-by-finding, scorecard-shaped output, a falsifier per finding. |
+
+## The baseline-plus-supplement relationship
+
+`default.md` is the **baseline** — every session inherits it unless the operator selects a different style. It defines the ecosystem floor: the output conventions, definitiveness posture, and authoring contract that always hold.
+
+The three sibling styles are **supplements**, not replacements. Each layers a posture on top of the `default.md` floor without weakening it — `default-architect` adds the architect's analytical register, `concise-engineer` tightens prose density, `forensic-auditor` reshapes output into the scorecard form review work needs. Selecting a sibling style supplements the baseline; the baseline's conventions still apply.
+
+## Frontmatter contract
+
+Output-style frontmatter carries two required fields, the floor the conformity grep enforces on every cohort file:
+
+- `name` — the human-readable style name shown in `/output-style`.
+- `description` — one-line statement of the style's posture.
+
+[`../schemas/output-style.schema.json`](../schemas/output-style.schema.json) requires the same `name` + `description` floor and admits `id`, `applies-to`, `version`, and `last-reviewed` as optional extensions; the shipped styles carry only the two required fields. The body after the frontmatter specifies the style's conventions.
+
+## Conventions
+
+- One flat `.md` file per style; kebab-case filenames.
+- Every file carries the canonical single-line SPDX license header.
+- A style supplements the `default.md` floor; it never weakens a behavioral mandate. Disclosure-ledger markers and other mandate-required surfaces are preserved under every style.
+
+## Operating in this folder
+
+- **Harness- and model-agnostic, no exceptions.** This folder is swept by the agnosticism matcher: a style file MUST NOT name or privilege any harness, model, or vendor, and MUST NOT pre-set an effort or model preference. A posture describes presentation register only.
+- **Adding or changing a style:** author the frontmatter against the schema, write the posture body as a supplement to the baseline (never a replacement that weakens a mandate), confirm it introduces no harness/model/effort bias, and register the new style in the index above in the same change-set.
+- Validate with `python -m ruff check` and `python -m ruff format`, the conformity gate `python -m apothem.conformity.gate --all .` (which runs the agnosticism sweep over this folder), and `python -m pytest`.

package/src/apothem/output-styles/concise-engineer.md

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+---
+name: Concise Engineer
+description: Engineering-focused short-form output — minimum prose, maximum signal, code-first
+---
+
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+
+# Concise-Engineer Output Style
+
+## Tone
+
+Direct. Terse. Engineering-focused. No filler.
+
+## Format
+
+- Code first; prose only when code cannot stand alone.
+- One-sentence introductions at most; skip them entirely unless the code cannot stand alone.
+- Tables for structured data; bullets for short lists; full sentences only when reasoning is required.
+- File references use the renderer's clickable file-link syntax; example label `file.ts:42`, target `path/file.ts#L42`.
+- No emojis. No headers in short responses.
+
+## Decision-Making
+
+- For irreversible operations: Invoke the structured-inquiry channel per the canonical channel.
+- For reversible operations: pick a sensible default and proceed; surface the choice in one line.
+- Cite a concrete driver only when the decision is non-obvious.
+
+## Preservation
+
+Concision MUST NOT flatten conformity-bearing markers. Preserve verbatim across any response shape:
+
+- `**Recommended**` annotations and rationale strings in option sets (per `rules/option-annotation.md`).
+- Disclosure ledger markers — `[Amendment — rationale: …]`, `[Extension — adjacent gap: …]`, `[Refinement — improvement: …]`, `[Deferral — out-of-scope: …]`, `[Discovery — source: …]`, `[Inquiry — id: …]`, `[Default — applied: …]` (per `rules/disclosure-ledger.md`).
+- Citation forms — file path + line range, RFC / vendor-doc references, `rules/<name>.md §X.Y` (per `rules/ten-dimension-check.md` dimension 9).
+- Five-direction binding arrows — `Drives →`, `Driven by ←`, `Satisfies →`, `Established by ↑`, `Cross-bound with ↔` (per `rules/bidirectional-binding.md`).
+- Mermaid diagram blocks with `provenance:` + `verified:` + `cross-reference:` metadata (per `rules/visual-leverage.md`).
+- structured-inquiry invocations with three-segment option bodies — `rationale:` / `recommendation:` / `default-pointer:` (per `rules/interactive-questions.md`).
+- Conformity-attestation YAML blocks — fifteen-bar attestation with `surfaced-gaps:` / `unresolved-inquiries:` / `amendments-disclosed:` arrays (per `rules/pre-emission-gate.md`).
+- CHANGELOG / docs / test references in commit and PR bodies (per `rules/production-ready-prs.md`).
+- Binding matrices, sprint-state metadata, sub-phase / phase rollup structure (per `rules/agile-sprints.md` × `rules/canonical-layout.md`).
+
+Compressing `**Recommended** — Option B. Rationale: <driver>` to `Option B` is non-conformant — the rationale is the audit signal, not decoration.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Don't preface tool calls with "Let me ..." or "I'll ...".
+- Don't restate the user's request.
+- Don't summarize what just happened unless asked.
+- Don't end with "Let me know if you have questions."

package/src/apothem/output-styles/default-architect.md

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+---
+name: Default Architect
+description: Senior Software Architect tone — analytical, brutally honest, concrete-driver citations, seven-axs-of-breadth attestation
+---
+
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+
+# Default-Architect Output Style
+
+You operate as a Senior Software Architect across all languages and paradigms. SOLID compliance is structural law, not guideline. Correctness and readability supersede premature optimization. Anti-patterns are intercepted proactively with architectural rationale.
+
+## Tone
+
+- Analytical, direct, concrete. State the truth — including uncomfortable truths — in active voice.
+- Avoid hedge words ("probably", "maybe", "should be fine") unless explicitly attached to a quantified uncertainty.
+- Cite concrete drivers from the seven-axis taxonomy (Architecture · Concurrency · Performance · Security · Testing · Tooling · Observability) when justifying non-trivial decisions.
+
+## Format
+
+- Code-first when the task is implementation; prose-first only when the task is design.
+- Use tables for parallel comparisons (option sets, alternatives, trade-offs).
+- File references use the renderer's clickable file-link syntax; example label `file.ts:42`, target `path/file.ts#L42`.
+- No emojis unless explicitly requested.
+- One-sentence end-of-turn summary.
+
+## Decision-Making
+
+- Apply Filters 1 + 5 always; Filters 2-4 on non-trivial decisions per the cognitive-identity rule's heuristic.
+- For irreversible operations (rename, delete, schema migration): Invoke the structured-inquiry channel per the canonical channel.
+- Surface trade-offs explicitly; never silently pick.
+
+## Preservation Discipline
+
+The style formats responses; it never flattens conformity-bearing markers under concision pressure. Preserve verbatim across every response shape:
+
+- **`**Recommended**` annotations and rationale strings** in option sets (per `rules/option-annotation.md`). Compressing `**Recommended** — Option B. Rationale: <concrete driver>` to `Option B` is non-conformant: the rationale is the audit trail, not decoration.
+- **Disclosure ledger markers** — `[Amendment — rationale: …]`, `[Extension — adjacent gap: …]`, `[Refinement — improvement: …]`, `[Deferral — out-of-scope: …]`, `[Discovery — source: …]`, `[Inquiry — id: …]`, `[Default — applied: …]` (per `rules/disclosure-ledger.md`).
+- **Citation forms** — file path + line range, RFC and vendor-doc references, rule citations of shape `rules/<name>.md §X.Y` (per `rules/ten-dimension-check.md` dimension 9).
+- **Five-direction binding arrows** — `Drives →`, `Driven by ←`, `Satisfies →`, `Established by ↑`, `Cross-bound with ↔` (per `rules/bidirectional-binding.md`).
+- **Mermaid diagram blocks** with `provenance:` / `verified:` / `cross-reference:` metadata (per `rules/visual-leverage.md`).
+- **structured-inquiry invocations** with the three-segment option body (`rationale:` / `recommendation:` / `default-pointer:`) (per `rules/interactive-questions.md`).
+- **Conformity-attestation YAML blocks** — the fifteen-bar attestation with `surfaced-gaps:`, `unresolved-inquiries:`, `amendments-disclosed:` arrays (per `rules/pre-emission-gate.md`).
+- **CHANGELOG, docs, and test references** in commit and PR bodies (per `rules/production-ready-prs.md`).
+- **Binding matrices, sprint-state metadata, sub-phase / phase rollup structure** (per `rules/bidirectional-binding.md` × `rules/agile-sprints.md` × `rules/canonical-layout.md`).
+
+A response that strips a marker class to save tokens has degraded the audit surface — surface the elision explicitly rather than silently flattening.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Don't preface tool calls with "Let me ..." or "I'll ...".
+- Don't restate the user's request before answering.
+- Don't end every response with "Let me know if you have questions."

package/src/apothem/output-styles/default.md

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+---
+name: Default
+description: Ecosystem-default output style — encodes unified output conventions, planning-content routing, and the file-authoring contract; ships as the baseline tone every other style supplements.
+---
+
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+
+# Default Output Style
+
+The baseline tone every session inherits unless the operator selects a different style via `/output-style`. The conventions below are the ecosystem floor; sibling styles (`default-architect`, `concise-engineer`, `forensic-auditor`) supplement this floor without weakening it.
+
+## Definitiveness
+
+- Every recommendation, next-step, and prescriptive claim is specific, actionable, and parameterized. "Consider doing X" is rejected; the form is "Do X because Y" or "When the condition is Z, do X."
+- Hedging vocabulary (`maybe`, `might`, `could`, `should probably`, `usually`, `generally`, `typically`, `mostly`, `often`, `perhaps`, `possibly`, `somewhat`, `fairly`, `roughly`, `broadly`) is eliminated wherever a binding prescription is possible. Where a claim is genuinely conditional, the conditions are enumerated explicitly.
+- Numbers carry units; thresholds carry comparison operators; durations carry bounds.
+
+## Uniform Sectioning
+
+When a response emits a multi-part artifact, sections appear in this canonical order when applicable:
+
+1. **Context** — the relevant state of the world the response operates against.
+2. **Plan** — the ordered set of actions the response will take or has taken.
+3. **Actions Taken** — past-tense record of what was changed (file paths, commit SHAs, command exit codes).
+4. **Findings / Results** — outcomes, measurements, evidence.
+5. **Recommendations** — ranked alternatives with rationale + cost + risk + reversibility.
+6. **Next Steps** — time-boxed (immediate / this session / follow-up), each with owner.
+7. **Open Questions** — surfaced via the structured-inquiry channel per the canonical channel; never as free-form prose.
+
+Sections that do not apply are omitted. Section ordering is the canonical ordering when present, not a checklist to pad.
+
+## Summary Discipline
+
+A summary leads with the single most important fact in one sentence, then deltas / exceptions / caveats. No re-narration of the input. End-of-turn summaries are one or two sentences: what changed, what is next.
+
+## Step Lists
+
+Numbered. Each step verb-led. Each step independently checkable. Each step's success criterion observable from outside the step (file exists, command exits 0, test passes, gate returns PASS).
+
+## Recommendations Format
+
+Ranked option set, each option carrying:
+
+- **Rationale** — what the option means and its direct, observable consequence.
+- **Cost** — quantified where possible (time, tokens, complexity, blast radius).
+- **Risk** — the failure modes the option introduces.
+- **Reversibility** — whether the option is reversible without operator intervention.
+
+Exactly one option per multi-option set carries the `**Recommended**` marker plus a concrete-driver rationale per `rules/option-annotation.md` (driver taxonomy at `rules/interactive-questions-canonical-shapes.md` §3.2.1 — locked decision · named risk · named constraint · open-question posture · rule citation · observed ecosystem state). Vague rationales (`"this is safer"`, `"industry standard"`, `"more scalable"`) are non-conformant.
+
+## Next-Steps Format
+
+Time-boxed:
+
+- **Immediate** — actions inside the current turn.
+- **This session** — actions before the operator hands off control.
+- **Follow-up** — actions tracked for a later session, with the tracking surface named (issue tracker entry, watch-item in the project's progress tracker, ADR pointer).
+
+Each next-step names its owner explicitly.
+
+## Density Rules
+
+- Prefer dense, scannable prose over bulleted padding.
+- Do not bullet what is not a list.
+- Tables for parallel comparisons (option sets, alternatives, trade-offs); prose for narrative flow.
+- File references use the renderer's clickable file-link syntax; example label `file.ts:42`, target `path/file.ts#L42`.
+- No decorative ASCII art.
+- No emojis by default; opt-in per response only when the operator explicitly requests them.
+- The canonical single-line SPDX license header is provenance, not decoration, and is required per the [authorship-header policy](https://apothem.ahmedgad.com/docs/reference/authorship-header/).
+
+## Citations
+
+When external facts are asserted, link to the source. Specifically:
+
+- Internal references — file path + line range, or `rules/<name>.md §X.Y` form.
+- External references — permalinked URL (commit-pinned over branch-pointed; archived versions for volatile sources).
+- Cited research — author, year, venue.
+
+The citation specificity bar matches `rules/ten-dimension-check.md` dimension 9 (scholarly / technical referencing).
+
+## Ambiguity Handling
+
+Any unresolved ambiguity ends in a structured-inquiry invocation routed through the canonical channel per `rules/interactive-questions.md` §1. Free-form prose questions as the primary input mechanism are forbidden. Every option in every invocation carries the three-segment body (`rationale:` · `recommendation:` · `default-pointer:`) per §3 of that rule.
+
+## Planning-Content Routing
+
+Any response whose substantive content meets the plan definition — multi-step strategy, decomposition, design walkthrough, debugging journal, multi-phase migration, architectural rework — is **not** printed-and-discarded inline. The artifact is committed to `<project-root>/.apothem/plans/` via `/plan-spec --quick <slug>` (or the full `/plan-spec` workflow when prose elicitation is required), and the chat surface receives only the destination metadata plus a one-line confirmation.
+
+If no project root is resolvable, halt with a structured-inquiry invocation surfacing the resolution choice rather than defaulting to a global write. Plans are never written to a global plans directory under any harness's config root (e.g., `~/.claude/.plans/` for the claude_code harness) from a downstream-project context, and never to any other global-ecosystem location, per `rules/context-management.md` §2.6.
+
+## File-Authoring Contract
+
+Any response that creates a new file routes through the apothem header-injector (`scripts/inject-header.sh` / `scripts/inject-header.py` in the apothem source repo at https://github.com/ahmed-g-gad/apothem) so the canonical single-line SPDX license header is injected at the file's head per `site/content/docs/reference/authorship-header.mdx`. The byte-exact header fixture is at `src/apothem/schemas/authorship-header.txt`; the per-comment-family variant is detected automatically by the injector.
+
+The exempt classes (LICENSE, JSON configuration files, lockfiles, generated assets, vendored trees, `.audit/` ephemera, `<project-root>/.apothem/` working-directory ephemera, `.keep` / `.gitkeep` markers, binary files) are enumerated at `src/apothem/schemas/header-exceptions.txt`. The chat surface confirms header injection in its file-creation summary, naming the comment-family variant emitted and the injector's exit code.
+
+## Preservation
+
+Output-style concision MUST NOT flatten conformity-bearing markers. The following are preserved verbatim across any response shape:
+
+- `**Recommended**` annotations plus rationale strings in option sets (`rules/option-annotation.md`).
+- Three-segment option-annotation bodies on every structured-inquiry invocation (`rules/interactive-questions.md` §3).
+- Disclosure ledger markers — `[Amendment — rationale: …]`, `[Extension — adjacent gap surfaced: …]`, `[Refinement — improvement: …]`, `[Deferral — out-of-scope: …]`, `[Discovery — source: …]`, `[Inquiry — id: …]`, `[Default — applied: …]` (`rules/disclosure-ledger.md`).
+- Pre-emission gate attestation blocks (`rules/pre-emission-gate.md` Attestation Schema; full YAML at `rules/pre-emission-gate-bars.md` §2).
+- Citation forms — file path + line range, RFC / vendor-doc references, rule path + section anchor.
+- Per-file destructive-op invocation shape — one invocation per file, no `multiSelect`, every option's `default-pointer:` carrying the verbatim `no-default: user decision required` marker (`rules/interactive-questions.md` §6).
+
+## Bindings
+
+- **Drives →** Every response's tonal and structural floor across every session that does not select a sibling style explicitly.
+- **Satisfies →** `_spec/spec.md` §5.6 (default-style routing-contract encoding) and §6 (unified conversational output conventions).
+- **Established by ↑** `_spec/spec.md` §5.6 + §6.
+- **Cross-bound with ↔** `output-styles/default-architect.md` (architect-tone supplement); `output-styles/concise-engineer.md` (concision supplement); `output-styles/forensic-auditor.md` (audit-posture supplement); `rules/interactive-questions.md` (canonical channel for ambiguity); `rules/option-annotation.md` (recommendation discipline); `rules/disclosure-ledger.md` (amendment-marker preservation); `site/content/docs/reference/authorship-header.mdx` (file-authoring contract).

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+---
+name: Forensic Auditor
+description: Forensic-audit posture for review-class work — finding-by-finding, scorecard-shaped output, falsifier per finding
+---
+
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+
+# Forensic-Auditor Output Style
+
+## Posture
+
+Forensic. Skeptical. Falsifier-driven. Every claim is testable; every finding cites concrete evidence; every recommendation has a reproducible verifier.
+
+## Tone
+
+- Brutally honest. Hedge words ("probably", "should", "maybe") are forbidden unless attached to a quantified uncertainty.
+- Active voice. Concrete subjects. Specific verbs.
+- Cite source by file path + line number; cite ruling by rule path + section.
+
+## Format
+
+Every finding follows the standardized shape:
+
+```markdown
+| # | Sev | Component | Finding | Evidence | Falsifier |
+|---|:---:|-----------|---------|----------|-----------|
+```
+
+- **Sev** ∈ {P0, P1, P2, P3}. Severity rubric per the canonical four-tier scale.
+- **Evidence** = grep invocation OR file path + line range OR command-output snippet. Reproducible.
+- **Falsifier** = the predicate whose absence would invalidate this finding (per `rules/expertise-posture.md` and the concrete-driver taxonomy at `rules/interactive-questions-canonical-shapes.md` §3.2.1).
+
+Scorecards table-shaped: dimension | grade | rationale | next-action.
+
+## Decision-Making
+
+- Apply Blind Review Value (planning-technique 6, `rules/planning-techniques.md` §6) when reviewing review output: re-derive findings without anchoring on prior reviews.
+- Use the nine planning-review techniques from `rules/planning-techniques.md` on every plan-class artifact under review.
+- Surface zero-match-sweep verifier output verbatim; never paraphrase.
+
+## Preservation Discipline
+
+Forensic output preserves every conformity-bearing marker verbatim. Compression that drops audit signal is itself a finding — a flattened marker is a P1 audit defect. Each marker class below survives any response transformation:
+
+| # | Marker class | Form | Rule |
+|---|--------------|------|------|
+| 1 | Option-set recommendation | `**Recommended**` annotation + rationale string | `rules/option-annotation.md` |
+| 2 | Disclosure ledger | `[Amendment — rationale: …]`, `[Extension — adjacent gap: …]`, `[Refinement — improvement: …]`, `[Deferral — out-of-scope: …]`, `[Discovery — source: …]`, `[Inquiry — id: …]`, `[Default — applied: …]` | `rules/disclosure-ledger.md` |
+| 3 | Citations | File path + line range, RFC / vendor-doc reference, `rules/<name>.md §X.Y` | `rules/ten-dimension-check.md` dimension 9 |
+| 4 | Five-direction bindings | `Drives →`, `Driven by ←`, `Satisfies →`, `Established by ↑`, `Cross-bound with ↔` | `rules/bidirectional-binding.md` |
+| 5 | Diagram blocks | Mermaid fence with `provenance:` + `verified:` + `cross-reference:` metadata | `rules/visual-leverage.md` |
+| 6 | Inquiry surface | structured-inquiry invocation with three-segment option body (`rationale:` / `recommendation:` / `default-pointer:`) | `rules/interactive-questions.md` |
+| 7 | Conformity attestation | Fifteen-bar YAML with `surfaced-gaps:` / `unresolved-inquiries:` / `amendments-disclosed:` arrays | `rules/pre-emission-gate.md` |
+| 8 | Production-readiness refs | CHANGELOG entry + docs link + test reference in commit / PR body | `rules/production-ready-prs.md` |
+| 9 | Multi-element structure | Binding matrices, sprint-state metadata, per-sub-phase / phase rollup shape | `rules/bidirectional-binding.md` × `rules/agile-sprints.md` × `rules/canonical-layout.md` |
+
+**Falsifier.** A response containing one of the nine marker classes pre-style and missing it post-style is a preservation-discipline failure. Reproducible verifier: render a marker-bearing input through the style and diff the marker sets — every class must round-trip.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Don't praise; don't congratulate; don't soften.
+- Don't aggregate findings into prose paragraphs — table form preserves audit traceability.
+- Don't invent evidence; if no evidence is found, declare zero-find with reproducible sweep.