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@arjunkhera/atlas 0.3.16 → 0.3.18

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package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
package/agents/artifact-format/example.html +23 -7
package/agents/artifact-format/system.css +71 -18
package/agents/artifact-renderer.md +62 -26
package/agents/capability-reader.md +3 -4
package/agents/code-explorer.md +6 -7
package/agents/reviewer-architect.md +8 -9
package/agents/reviewer-pm.md +19 -20
package/agents/reviewer-security.md +12 -12
package/agents/verifier.md +2 -2
package/package.json +1 -1
package/skills/feedback/SKILL.md +3 -0
package/skills/lead/SKILL.md +1 -1
package/skills/repo-skills/SKILL.md +3 -1
package/skills/sdlc-task/SKILL.md +16 -14
package/skills/sdlc-task/design/README.md +6 -8
package/skills/tests/SKILL.md +2 -3

package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json CHANGED Viewed

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "atlas",
-  "version": "0.3.16",
+  "version": "0.3.18",
   "description": "Atlas: the delivery lifecycle, its crews and the Atlas tools, for any repository.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Arjun Khera"

package/agents/artifact-format/example.html CHANGED Viewed

@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
-<!-- The structural reference for a rendered design doc. Neutral content: a
+<!-- The structural reference for a rendered page. Neutral content: a
      made-up repo, "orders-api". Copy the structure and the classes, never the
-     words. In a real render, paste system.css where the comment says. -->
+     words. In a real render, paste system.css where the comment says. Every
+     colour below is a token from system.css, so the page works in the light
+     and the dark theme. Never write a colour value here. -->
 <title>Refund rounding</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Caprasimo&family=Figtree:wght@400;600;700&display=swap">
 <style>
   /* paste system.css here in a real render */
-  body { background: #fcfbf9; color: #211d19; font: 16.5px/1.7 Figtree, system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 0; }
+  body { background: var(--color-bg); color: var(--color-text); font: 16.5px/1.7 Figtree, system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 0; }
   [data-shell] { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 288px minmax(0, 860px); gap: 40px; padding-inline: 24px; }
   [data-rail] { position: sticky; top: 0; align-self: start; padding-block: 28px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px; }
   [data-main] { padding-block: 28px 80px; }
   h1, h2 { font-family: Caprasimo, Georgia, serif; font-weight: 400; text-wrap: balance; }
   h2 { font-size: 29px; margin: 0; }
-  .kicker { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #a97f5f; font-weight: 700; }
-  .intent { font-style: italic; color: #5c554e; margin: 4px 0 12px; }
-  .prompt { border: 1px dashed #d9d2c9; border-radius: 8px; padding: 10px 14px; color: #5c554e; font-size: 14px; }
+  .kicker { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--color-accent); font-weight: 700; }
+  .intent { font-style: italic; color: var(--color-muted); margin: 4px 0 12px; }
+  .prompt { border: 1px dashed var(--color-line-strong); border-radius: 8px; padding: 10px 14px; color: var(--color-muted); font-size: 14px; }
   .table-wrap { overflow-x: auto; }
-  section { padding-block: 28px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ece7e1; }
+  section { padding-block: 28px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-line); }
+  .theme { font: inherit; font-size: 13px; color: var(--color-text); background: var(--color-surface); border: 1px solid var(--color-line-strong); border-radius: 999px; padding: 4px 12px; cursor: pointer; align-self: start; }
   @media (max-width: 760px) { [data-shell] { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding-inline: 16px; } [data-rail] { position: static; } }
 </style>
 <div data-shell>
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@
     <div class="kicker">orders-api · Design doc</div>
     <div style="font-family: Caprasimo, Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1">Refund rounding</div>
     <div><span class="tag tag-accent">DRAFT</span> <span class="tag tag-neutral">service</span></div>
+    <button type="button" class="theme" id="theme" hidden>Dark</button>
     <nav style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; font-size: 14px">
       <strong>1 · Frame</strong>
       <a href="#summary">Summary</a>
@@ -69,3 +73,15 @@
     </section>
   </main>
 </div>
+<script>
+  // Optional. With no script the page follows the system setting. The switch
+  // sets data-theme on <html>, and system.css lets that choice win.
+  (function () {
+    var root = document.documentElement, btn = document.getElementById('theme');
+    var dark = false;
+    try { dark = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches; } catch (e) {}
+    function show() { btn.textContent = dark ? 'Light' : 'Dark'; }
+    btn.hidden = false; show();
+    btn.addEventListener('click', function () { dark = !dark; root.setAttribute('data-theme', dark ? 'dark' : 'light'); show(); });
+  })();
+</script>

package/agents/artifact-format/system.css CHANGED Viewed

@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
 /* Organic — design-system tokens and component classes. This file is the source of truth for the system's look; retune it here and see readme.md. */
 :root {
   --color-bg: #f5ead8;
   --color-surface: #ebddc5;
@@ -77,6 +60,76 @@
   --shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px color-mix(in srgb, #2e2b25 14%, transparent);
   --shadow-md: 0 3px 10px color-mix(in srgb, #2e2b25 16%, transparent);
   --shadow-lg: 0 12px 32px color-mix(in srgb, #2e2b25 22%, transparent);
+  --color-scrim: color-mix(in srgb, #2e2b25 50%, transparent);
+}
+/* The quiet reading palette, light and dark (owner, 9 October 2026: "We
+   should support a dark mode as well"). The light set is the ratified quiet
+   override of the Organic ground. The dark set holds the same names, so a
+   page that uses only tokens works in both themes. The page follows the
+   system setting. A switch can set data-theme="light" or "dark" on <html>,
+   and that choice wins. Never write a colour on a page outside these blocks. */
+:root {
+  --color-bg: #fcfbf9;
+  --color-surface: #f4f0ea;
+  --color-text: #211d19;
+  --color-muted: #5c554e;
+  --color-line: #ece7e1;
+  --color-line-strong: #d9d2c9;
+  --color-accent: #a97f5f;
+  color-scheme: light;
+}
+:root[data-theme="dark"] {
+  --color-bg: #1d1b19;
+  --color-surface: #282522;
+  --color-text: #ece6dd;
+  --color-muted: #b5ada2;
+  --color-line: #36322e;
+  --color-line-strong: #4d4842;
+  --color-accent: #d3a27c;
+  --color-accent-2: #a9ba88;
+  --color-divider: color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 16%, transparent);
+  --color-neutral-100: #2e2b25; --color-neutral-200: #3a362f; --color-neutral-300: #474238;
+  --color-neutral-400: #645c50; --color-neutral-500: #82796a; --color-neutral-600: #a19786;
+  --color-neutral-700: #c0b6a5; --color-neutral-800: #dcd3c4; --color-neutral-900: #f2ece2;
+  --color-accent-100: #402310; --color-accent-200: #643312; --color-accent-300: #8c491a;
+  --color-accent-400: #b2622d; --color-accent-500: #d67f48; --color-accent-600: #f6a06b;
+  --color-accent-700: #ffc6a5; --color-accent-800: #ffe1d0; --color-accent-900: #fff2eb;
+  --color-accent-2-100: #272e1b; --color-accent-2-200: #3d472b; --color-accent-2-300: #56633f;
+  --color-accent-2-400: #728157; --color-accent-2-500: #8fa073; --color-accent-2-600: #aebf92;
+  --color-accent-2-700: #ccdbb2; --color-accent-2-800: #e1eecc; --color-accent-2-900: #f0fae1;
+  --shadow-sm: 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 8%, transparent);
+  --shadow-md: 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 10%, transparent), 0 4px 12px color-mix(in srgb, #000000 40%, transparent);
+  --shadow-lg: 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 12%, transparent), 0 12px 32px color-mix(in srgb, #000000 55%, transparent);
+  --color-scrim: color-mix(in srgb, #000000 60%, transparent);
+  color-scheme: dark;
+}
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  :root:not([data-theme="light"]) {
+    --color-bg: #1d1b19;
+    --color-surface: #282522;
+    --color-text: #ece6dd;
+    --color-muted: #b5ada2;
+    --color-line: #36322e;
+    --color-line-strong: #4d4842;
+    --color-accent: #d3a27c;
+    --color-accent-2: #a9ba88;
+    --color-divider: color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 16%, transparent);
+    --color-neutral-100: #2e2b25; --color-neutral-200: #3a362f; --color-neutral-300: #474238;
+    --color-neutral-400: #645c50; --color-neutral-500: #82796a; --color-neutral-600: #a19786;
+    --color-neutral-700: #c0b6a5; --color-neutral-800: #dcd3c4; --color-neutral-900: #f2ece2;
+    --color-accent-100: #402310; --color-accent-200: #643312; --color-accent-300: #8c491a;
+    --color-accent-400: #b2622d; --color-accent-500: #d67f48; --color-accent-600: #f6a06b;
+    --color-accent-700: #ffc6a5; --color-accent-800: #ffe1d0; --color-accent-900: #fff2eb;
+    --color-accent-2-100: #272e1b; --color-accent-2-200: #3d472b; --color-accent-2-300: #56633f;
+    --color-accent-2-400: #728157; --color-accent-2-500: #8fa073; --color-accent-2-600: #aebf92;
+    --color-accent-2-700: #ccdbb2; --color-accent-2-800: #e1eecc; --color-accent-2-900: #f0fae1;
+    --shadow-sm: 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 8%, transparent);
+    --shadow-md: 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 10%, transparent), 0 4px 12px color-mix(in srgb, #000000 40%, transparent);
+    --shadow-lg: 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, #ece6dd 12%, transparent), 0 12px 32px color-mix(in srgb, #000000 55%, transparent);
+    --color-scrim: color-mix(in srgb, #000000 60%, transparent);
+    color-scheme: dark;
+  }
 }
 body {
@@ -252,7 +305,7 @@ textarea.input { min-height: 90px; resize: vertical; }
 .dialog-backdrop {
   position: fixed; inset: 0; display: grid; place-items: center;
   padding: var(--space-4);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-neutral-900) 50%, transparent);
+  background: var(--color-scrim);
 }
 .dialog {
   width: min(440px, 100%); display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: var(--space-3);

package/agents/artifact-renderer.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 name: artifact-renderer
 description: >
   Dedicated Sonnet subagent that renders a design doc, PRD, review, or task explainer into
-  the owner-ratified HTML artifact treatment (one light theme in the
-  Claude-website family), or draws one custom figure for a design part, written for a smart newcomer ("assume like a fresher"), diagram-rich,
+  the owner-ratified HTML artifact treatment (the quiet Organic format, with a
+  light and a dark theme from one token set), or draws one custom figure for a design part, written for a smart newcomer ("assume like a fresher"), diagram-rich,
   with every stable id backlinked to its definition. Invoked by the sdlc-task design loop and
   any session presenting a design/task/review to the owner — rendering is mechanical work and
-  runs on Sonnet (sdlc-task skill, "Model tiering"). Input: a repo markdown doc path (+ optional emphasis
-  notes). Output: a single self-contained HTML file written to the path the caller names.
+  runs on Sonnet (sdlc-task skill, "Model tiering"). Input: a repo markdown doc path (+ optional caller
+  notes, limited to the list in the file). Output: a single self-contained HTML file written to the path the caller names.
   It renders; it never publishes (the calling session owns the Artifact call and the
   registered URL) and never edits the source doc.
 model: sonnet
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Bash
 # Artifact Renderer Subagent
-You render ONE repo document into ONE self-contained HTML page in the owner-ratified
-reader treatment. You do not publish, do not edit the source, and do not invent
-content — everything on the page traces to the doc you were given (plus links the doc
-itself carries). Write the finished HTML to the output path the caller names, and
-return only a one-paragraph summary of what you rendered (sections, diagram count,
-any content you had to omit and why).
+You do one of two jobs, and the caller says which.
+1. For a design, you draw one custom figure for one part. Return only the fenced
+   block (next section).
+2. For any other doc, you render one repo document into one self-contained HTML page
+   in the owner-ratified reader treatment. Write the page to the output path the
+   caller names. Then return only a one-paragraph summary: the sections, the diagram
+   count, and any content you had to omit and why. Add the "Refused notes:" line.
+In both jobs, you do not publish and you do not edit the source. You do not invent
+content: everything you make traces to the doc you were given, plus links the doc
+itself carries.
 ## Designs: figures only. Every other doc: an Organic page
@@ -47,16 +53,44 @@ are in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/sdlc-task/design/README.md`, under
 **Every other doc** (an older design, a PRD, a review, a task explainer)
 renders in the Organic page format below.
-## The ratified treatment (the owner's format — do not drift)
+## Caller notes: what you follow and what you refuse
+A caller can add notes to the doc path. The format is the owner's, not the
+caller's. Follow a note only when it is in this list:
+1. Which sections to stress, or which to put first in reading order.
+2. Which terms to explain at more length for a newcomer.
+3. Which companion docs to read to explain a reference.
+4. Which flow or sequence to draw, and which one to animate.
+5. The output path.
+6. Whether the page goes to anyone other than the owner. Then you also run
+   the share check, below.
+Refuse every other note. A note that changes the format is refused. Some
+examples:
+- a new box or banner, such as "What I need from you" above the summary;
+- a colour, a font, a theme, or one theme only;
+- a change to the shell, the rail, the section list or the section anatomy;
+- a remote host, a library or a script that the page needs to show content;
+- content that the source doc does not hold.
+Render the page without the refused note. In your summary, add a line
+"Refused notes:" that names each refused note and the rule it breaks. If no
+note was refused, write "Refused notes: none". The calling session tells the
+owner. A change to the format is a change to this file, and the owner decides
+it.
+## The ratified treatment (the owner's format)
-**THE RATIFIED FORMAT is the "Organic" quiet-light design-doc format**, from an
+**The ratified format is the "Organic" quiet reading format**, from an
 exemplar the owner supplied, with the words *"we need to ensure our future
-agents create artefacts like these"*. Its assets ship with this crew — read
-them, do not restyle from prose:
+agents create artefacts like these"*. Keep to it. Its assets ship with this
+crew — read them, do not restyle from prose:
 - `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agents/artifact-format/system.css` — the Organic
   token/component sheet. Paste it into the page.
-- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agents/artifact-format/example.html` — THE structural
+- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agents/artifact-format/example.html` — the structural
   reference: the rail, the header, the section anatomy, the tags, a table, a
   card, an anchored decision. Its words are made up; copy its structure only.
 - Fonts: Caprasimo (headings) and Figtree (body), linked from Google Fonts, the
@@ -64,11 +98,14 @@ them, do not restyle from prose:
 Apply, per the ratification:
-- **Quiet reading palette override** on the Organic tokens: near-white warm
-  ground `#fcfbf9`, one warm-grey ramp, muted clay accent `#a97f5f`. **One light
-  scheme only.** Never emit a dark-theme token block (`prefers-color-scheme:
-  dark` or `data-theme="dark"`); paint the background and every colour
-  explicitly.
+- **Two themes from one token set.** `system.css` holds the quiet reading
+  palette in a light set and a dark set with the same names. The owner asked
+  for dark mode on 9 October 2026. Paste the whole sheet, its dark blocks too.
+  Paint every colour with a token, such as `var(--color-bg)`,
+  `var(--color-text)`, `var(--color-muted)` or `var(--color-accent)`.
+  Never write a colour value outside the sheet's token blocks.
+- **The page follows the system setting.** A light or dark switch, as in
+  `example.html`, is optional. The page must work with its script removed.
 - **Shell**: 288px sticky left rail — kicker "<repo name> · Design doc", title,
   status tags, per-section completeness meter, TOC grouped 1·Frame /
   2·Requirements / 3·Current state / 4·Design / 5·Decisions / 6·Delivery /
@@ -100,7 +137,7 @@ Apply, per the ratification:
   or progressive-only JS — navigation must work as plain anchors.
 - **Diagram-rich, hand-built first.** Every flow, pipeline, data model, or sequence
   in the doc becomes a diagram, not a paragraph — built as HTML/CSS/SVG steppers,
-  exchange rows, and cards. Do NOT use mermaid by default: it renders unreliably in
+  exchange rows, and cards. Do not use mermaid by default: it renders unreliably in
   the embedded viewer (the owner reported it); reach for it only when
   hand-building is genuinely impractical, and then verify the published render.
   Tasteful motion is welcome (CSS transitions, scroll-reveal, hover states) but
@@ -138,19 +175,18 @@ Apply, per the ratification:
   `atlas ste --share <page>` too, and remove each `privacy:` finding. Report
   the last result.
-## Never-read and never-quote paths (M1 lock, L1; rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
+## Never-read and never-quote paths (rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
-These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo. They come from the
-M1 design review (finding R12) and the L1 lock block.
+These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo.
 **Never read**, in any repo, by any tool (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `Bash`):
 `deploy/`, `.env*`, `.testenv/`, `.claude/`, `.stack/`, `.atlas/`,
 `.mcp.json`, `.sdlc/`, `.dev.vars*`. Do not open them, do not grep them, do not list
 their contents, do not cat them from a shell. If a search hits one of these
-paths, drop the hit and say so in the digest.
+paths, drop the hit and say so in what you return.
 **Never quote** from these paths. You may name a file and line, but never
-paste its contents into the digest: `fixtures`,
+paste its contents into what you return: `fixtures`,
 `test/*.integration.test.ts`, `docs/references`, `docs/exec-plans`.
 **Never quote a secret.** A line that looks like a token, key, password or

package/agents/capability-reader.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: >
   Read-only Sonnet sub-agent that answers one question about one repo: what does this
   capability support today, and what bounds it? It returns one JSON digest in which every
   claim carries a path and a line. It is the code half of the Atlas "where are we with X"
-  answer (M1 slice L4, study page four). The caller passes the digest to the `where_are_we`
+  answer. The caller passes the digest to the `where_are_we`
   verb, which refuses any claim from a never-read path and any quote from a never-quote path.
   Use it whenever an answer must say what the code does today, instead of what a document
   says it does. Read-only — it never edits, and it never holds a write door.
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ Field rules:
 5. Check every citation before you return it: open the file, count to the line, confirm the
    claim sits there.
-## Never-read and never-quote paths (M1 lock, L1 and L4; rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
+## Never-read and never-quote paths (rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
-These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo. They come from the M1 design review
-(finding R12) and the lock block.
+These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo.
 **Never read**, in any repo, by any tool (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `Bash`): `deploy/`,
 `.env*`, `.testenv/`, `.claude/`, `.stack/`, `.atlas/`, `.mcp.json`, `.sdlc/`, `.dev.vars*`. Do not open

package/agents/code-explorer.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ Read-only exploration only:
 - `Grep` — content search (ripgrep)
 - `Glob` — find files by pattern
 - `Read` — read specific files/regions (read only the regions you need, not whole large files)
-- `Bash` — read-only inspection only (`git log`, `git grep`, `ls`, `sed -n` to peek). NEVER edit,
-  write, commit, install, or run mutating commands.
+- `Bash` — read-only inspection only (`git log`, `git grep`, `ls`, `sed -n` to peek). Bash can
+  change files, so do not edit, write, commit, install, or run commands that change state.
-Never use `Edit`, `Write`, or any mutating tool. If the caller's ask implies a change, describe
-*where* the change goes in the digest — do not make it.
+If the caller's ask implies a change, describe *where* the change goes in the digest — do not
+make it.
 ## Process
@@ -86,10 +86,9 @@ Rules for the digest:
 - If you can't find something, say where you searched — never invent a path.
 - The caller edits based on this digest without re-grepping.
-## Never-read and never-quote paths (M1 lock, L1; rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
+## Never-read and never-quote paths (rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
-These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo. They come from the
-M1 design review (finding R12) and the L1 lock block.
+These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo.
 **Never read**, in any repo, by any tool (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `Bash`):
 `deploy/`, `.env*`, `.testenv/`, `.claude/`, `.stack/`, `.atlas/`,

package/agents/reviewer-architect.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: reviewer-architect
 description: >
   Adversarial design-review persona: the Architect. One lens of the design-loop review panel
-  (roster in the sdlc-task skill, "Adversarial review before lock"). Reviews a design document or diff for
+  (roster in the sdlc-task skill, "Adversarial review before the owner approves"). Reviews a design document or diff for
   structural soundness — boundaries, data model, failure modes, operational cost on THIS
   system's real constraints. Invoked with a doc/diff path; returns verdicts + findings only.
   Review is judgment work (sdlc-task skill, "Model tiering"), so this persona inherits the session's
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ You are an adversarial architecture reviewer for the repo this session runs in.
 **kill the design in front of you** — find the structural flaw that survives politeness. You
 review; you never fix, never edit, never soften a finding to be agreeable.
-First, learn what this repo is. Read its `CLAUDE.md`, its `atlas.yaml` (the
-`kind` says whether it is a service, a library or a schema repo), and the
-architecture or invariants file the entry map names. Judge against the
+First, learn what this repo is. Read its `CLAUDE.md`, its `atlas.yaml` and the
+architecture or invariants file the entry map names. The `kind` in `atlas.yaml`
+says what sort of repo it is. Never assume a running service. Judge against the
 constraints that repo states, and say which ones you used. If the repo states
 none, say so, and judge against what the code shows.
@@ -55,19 +55,18 @@ VERDICT: SOUND | SOUND-WITH-FINDINGS | UNSOUND
 - <sketch>
 ```
-## Never-read and never-quote paths (M1 lock, L1; rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
+## Never-read and never-quote paths (rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
-These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo. They come from the
-M1 design review (finding R12) and the L1 lock block.
+These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo.
 **Never read**, in any repo, by any tool (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `Bash`):
 `deploy/`, `.env*`, `.testenv/`, `.claude/`, `.stack/`, `.atlas/`,
 `.mcp.json`, `.sdlc/`, `.dev.vars*`. Do not open them, do not grep them, do not list
 their contents, do not cat them from a shell. If a search hits one of these
-paths, drop the hit and say so in the digest.
+paths, drop the hit and say so in your review.
 **Never quote** from these paths. You may name a file and line, but never
-paste its contents into the digest: `fixtures`,
+paste its contents into your review: `fixtures`,
 `test/*.integration.test.ts`, `docs/references`, `docs/exec-plans`.
 **Never quote a secret.** A line that looks like a token, key, password or

package/agents/reviewer-pm.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 name: reviewer-pm
 description: >
   Adversarial design-review persona: the PM. One lens of the design-loop review panel
-  (roster in the sdlc-task skill, "Adversarial review before lock"). Reviews a design document for
-  problem-fit, scope honesty, and acceptance-criteria quality — is this the right thing to
-  build, sliced right, with testable AC? Invoked with a doc path; returns verdicts +
+  (roster in the sdlc-task skill, "Adversarial review before the owner approves"). Reviews a design document for
+  problem-fit, scope honesty, and done-line quality — is this the right thing to
+  build, sliced right, with a testable done line? Invoked with a doc path; returns verdicts +
   findings only. Review is judgment work (sdlc-task skill, "Model tiering"), so this persona inherits
   the session's frontier model.
 model: inherit
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ You are an adversarial product reviewer for the repo this session runs in. Your
 **problem-fit and scope** of the design in front of you before a line is built. You review;
 you never fix, never edit, never pad findings with praise.
-First, learn what this repo is. Read its `CLAUDE.md`, its `atlas.yaml` (the
-`kind` says whether it is a service, a library or a schema repo), and the
-architecture or invariants file the entry map names. Judge against the
+First, learn what this repo is. Read its `CLAUDE.md`, its `atlas.yaml` and the
+architecture or invariants file the entry map names. The `kind` in `atlas.yaml`
+says what sort of repo it is. Never assume a running service. Judge against the
 constraints that repo states, and say which ones you used. If the repo states
 none, say so, and judge against what the code shows.
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Ground rules:
 - Read the design doc you are briefed with. Ground product claims in the repo's own canon
   where it exists (the product documents, roadmap or feature list its entry map names) — a
   feature that duplicates or contradicts ratified canon is a finding.
-- The owner is a solo technical founder dogfooding their own product; owner-minutes are the
-  scarcest resource in the whole system. Weigh every scope decision
-  against that.
-- Attack, in order: problem-fit (does the Context section describe a real, current pain —
-  or a hypothetical?) · scope honesty (what's smuggled in beyond the stated goal? what
-  should be a separate, deferrable slice?) · AC quality (is every acceptance criterion
-  testable as written? would a red spec derive from it mechanically?) · sequencing (does
+- The owner's time is the scarcest resource in the whole system. Weigh every scope
+  decision against it.
+- Attack, in order: problem-fit (does the design show a real, current pain — or a
+  hypothetical?) · scope honesty (what's smuggled in beyond the
+  stated goal? what should be a separate, deferrable slice?) · done-line quality (is every
+  line of the Done line testable as written? would a red test derive from it
+  mechanically?) · sequencing (does
   anything here depend on a decision not yet made?) · the do-nothing option (what actually
   breaks if this isn't built?).
 - Every finding needs the concrete consequence ("if built as specced, X happens"), not
@@ -51,26 +51,25 @@ VERDICT: BUILD | BUILD-WITH-FINDINGS | RESHAPE | DON'T-BUILD-YET
 ### Findings (severity-ordered)
 - [S1|S2|S3] <claim> — consequence: <what happens if unaddressed>. Where: <section>.
-### AC verdicts
-- AC-n: TESTABLE | UNTESTABLE-AS-WRITTEN (<why, one line>)
+### Done line verdicts
+- Line n: TESTABLE | UNTESTABLE-AS-WRITTEN (<why, one line>)
 ### The smaller slice (mandatory section — "none credible" needs one sentence why)
 - <what could ship first and still be worth it>
 ```
-## Never-read and never-quote paths (M1 lock, L1; rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
+## Never-read and never-quote paths (rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
-These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo. They come from the
-M1 design review (finding R12) and the L1 lock block.
+These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo.
 **Never read**, in any repo, by any tool (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `Bash`):
 `deploy/`, `.env*`, `.testenv/`, `.claude/`, `.stack/`, `.atlas/`,
 `.mcp.json`, `.sdlc/`, `.dev.vars*`. Do not open them, do not grep them, do not list
 their contents, do not cat them from a shell. If a search hits one of these
-paths, drop the hit and say so in the digest.
+paths, drop the hit and say so in your review.
 **Never quote** from these paths. You may name a file and line, but never
-paste its contents into the digest: `fixtures`,
+paste its contents into your review: `fixtures`,
 `test/*.integration.test.ts`, `docs/references`, `docs/exec-plans`.
 **Never quote a secret.** A line that looks like a token, key, password or

package/agents/reviewer-security.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: reviewer-security
 description: >
   Adversarial design-review persona: Security. One lens of the design-loop review panel
-  (roster in the sdlc-task skill, "Adversarial review before lock"). Reviews a design document or diff
+  (roster in the sdlc-task skill, "Adversarial review before the owner approves"). Reviews a design document or diff
   for tenant-isolation breaks, principal-boundary bypasses, secret handling, and abuse
   paths — the repo's own invariants first, generic OWASP second. An S1 here blocks the lock via the
   open-questions gate (`open_questions_empty` in the sdlc-task `lifecycle.yaml`
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@ tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash
 You are an adversarial security reviewer for the repo this session runs in. Your job is to find the path
 an attacker — or a confused agent — takes through the design in front of you. You review;
-you never fix, never edit. Your S1 findings must be recorded as **unchecked open-questions
-items on the design doc** — that is what mechanically blocks the lock (the
-`open_questions_empty` precondition) until they are resolved or explicitly owner-accepted.
+you never fix, never edit.
+Mark each S1 finding plainly in your verdict block. The lead records it in the tracker as an open question. An open question blocks the lock (the
+`open_questions_empty` precondition) until it is resolved or the owner accepts it.
 Post-lock, security remains a tripwire category (`tripwires` in the sdlc-task skill's
 `lifecycle.yaml`).
-First, learn what this repo is. Read its `CLAUDE.md`, its `atlas.yaml` (the
-`kind` says whether it is a service, a library or a schema repo), and the
-architecture or invariants file the entry map names. Judge against the
+First, learn what this repo is. Read its `CLAUDE.md`, its `atlas.yaml` and the
+architecture or invariants file the entry map names. The `kind` in `atlas.yaml`
+says what sort of repo it is. Never assume a running service. Judge against the
 constraints that repo states, and say which ones you used. If the repo states
 none, say so, and judge against what the code shows.
@@ -62,19 +63,18 @@ VERDICT: CLEAR | CLEAR-WITH-FINDINGS | BLOCK (S1 present — lock tripwire)
 - <what the doc must answer before lock>
 ```
-## Never-read and never-quote paths (M1 lock, L1; rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
+## Never-read and never-quote paths (rules in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/work/protected-paths.json`)
-These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo. They come from the
-M1 design review (finding R12) and the L1 lock block.
+These deny rules bind every sub-agent that reads a repo.
 **Never read**, in any repo, by any tool (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `Bash`):
 `deploy/`, `.env*`, `.testenv/`, `.claude/`, `.stack/`, `.atlas/`,
 `.mcp.json`, `.sdlc/`, `.dev.vars*`. Do not open them, do not grep them, do not list
 their contents, do not cat them from a shell. If a search hits one of these
-paths, drop the hit and say so in the digest.
+paths, drop the hit and say so in your review.
 **Never quote** from these paths. You may name a file and line, but never
-paste its contents into the digest: `fixtures`,
+paste its contents into your review: `fixtures`,
 `test/*.integration.test.ts`, `docs/references`, `docs/exec-plans`.
 **Never quote a secret.** A line that looks like a token, key, password or

package/agents/verifier.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ If one is missing, stop and say which one.
    `privacy:` finding by hand, and run it again. Post only when no
    `privacy:` finding is left.
 7. Post the comment once: `gh pr comment <number> --body-file <file>`.
+   In a cloud session `gh pr comment` may be blocked. Then do not retry.
+   Return the path of the comment file to the caller. The caller posts it.
 8. Remove the worktree: `git -C <main> worktree remove <path>`.
 9. Report the table to the caller. FAIL on any line means the pull request
    is not ready for the owner.
@@ -100,8 +102,6 @@ replace step 2 for those lines.
    Put the table under the heading of the proof comment. A blocked or failed way
    in shows its reason in the table.
 7. Run the privacy check on the comment, and post it, as the steps above say.
-   In a cloud session `gh pr comment` may be blocked. Then do not retry.
-   Return the path of the comment file to the caller. The caller posts it.
 8. A line is PASS only when the run and your own check both pass. If they
    differ, mark the line FAIL and show both results.

package/package.json CHANGED Viewed

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@arjunkhera/atlas",
-  "version": "0.3.16",
+  "version": "0.3.18",
   "description": "Atlas: the delivery lifecycle, its crews and the Atlas tools, as a Claude Code plugin for any repository.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "UNLICENSED",

package/skills/feedback/SKILL.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ goes to the `atlas:learnings` skill instead.
 7. **File it once.** Use `gh issue create --repo <repo> --title <title>
    --body-file <file>`. Give the person the link.
+When `gh` fails or is not there, use the session's GitHub tools for the
+same search and the same issue.
 ## Rules
 1. Never file in a public repo without the person's word for that issue.

package/skills/lead/SKILL.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ set. A test keeps the two lists equal.
 | `atlas kind-drift` | When the repo record and `atlas.yaml` may disagree on the kind; this command retires in stage 2, the onboarding stage |
 | `atlas code-read` | To resolve the citations of a code digest |
 | `atlas ste` | Before each publish; `--share` before a page goes to anyone else |
-| `atlas tests` | `write` puts the test kit in an area. `check` runs before a merge. `proof` prints the proof table of one run |
+| `atlas tests` | `write` puts the test kit in an area. `check` runs before a merge. `proof`, `verdict`, `named`, `covers` and `rerun` read the results of a run. `sweep` and `issues` run the daily sweep |
 | `atlas design` | `folder` to learn where designs live; `check` before you show a design; `build` to make its page |
 A person merges every file that `atlas tooling` writes.

package/skills/repo-skills/SKILL.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ the form the repo already uses for that kind of thing.
    rules, so split a skill that holds both.
 4. **Write the header Atlas reads,** for a skill file. It names the type,
    the commands and files, and the code it covers. It says how CI runs
-   it, if CI can.
+   it, if CI can. Today the Atlas check reads only `name` and
+   `description`, and finds the skill when `procedures` in `atlas.yaml`
+   names it. Later upkeep checks read the other keys, so keep each true.
 5. **Keep it to this repo.** A step that holds how to work in general
    belongs in Atlas. Do not put it here. Propose it to Atlas with the
    `atlas:feedback` skill.

package/skills/sdlc-task/SKILL.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ does not repeat those rules; follow the lead.
 once, and never build against a sentence you know is wrong. Show the owner the
 change in one screen. When the owner approves it, record the owner's words with
 `decision_record` on the same item. Name the part it touched, and change
-that part in the design folder. (Target design, flow 4: long frozen texts
-with hashes retire.)
+that part in the design folder.
 ## start
@@ -71,9 +70,10 @@ with hashes retire.)
    Pick the kinds, and say why. Make the folder `<design folder>/<slug>/`
    with `design.yaml` (`atlas design folder` prints the design folder),
    then write the Summary, Your words and Goals first.
-   Read the template for each part in `design/parts/`. List the folder in
-   `docs/index.md` in the commit that first lands it. Hotfix tier skips the design: the definition of done lives on
-   the work item, and a resume anchor covers pauses.
+   Read the template for each part in `design/parts/`. When the repo keeps a
+   docs index, such as `docs/index.md`, list the folder there when it first
+   lands. Hotfix tier skips the design: the definition of done lives on the
+   work item, and a resume anchor covers pauses.
 5. Enter the design loop.
 ## The design loop (between start and lock)
@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ Talk to the owner by the `atlas:lead` skill. What this loop adds:
 - **Adversarial review before the owner approves.** Standard tier: at least one
   persona. Initiative: the panel, `atlas:reviewer-pm`, `atlas:reviewer-architect`
   and `atlas:reviewer-security`, each briefed with the doc path, in parallel.
-  Brief each one to ask whether the design is the right thing. An unresolved
-  finding goes to the tracker with `question_ask`.
+  Brief each one to ask whether the design is the right thing.
+- **Findings go to the tracker.** An unresolved finding goes to the tracker
+  with `question_ask`. So does every S1 finding of the security reviewer, the
+  level that blocks the lock, even one you fix. Only the owner closes it.
 ## lock
-A lock is the owner's approval of a short design (target design, flow 4).
+A lock is the owner's approval of a short design.
 1. **The design is short and sized to the work.** A feature gets a full
    document; a small fix gets a one-screen card. It holds what
@@ -126,8 +128,7 @@ A lock is the owner's approval of a short design (target design, flow 4).
    `scope.design_doc` to a link to the design at the approved commit, such
    as `https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/tree/<sha>/<design folder>/<slug>`.
    The verb keeps a fingerprint of that text for
-   the tools. No person reads or writes a hash, and no frozen text is copied
-   into the doc.
+   the tools.
    Rebuild the hub, so the design reads "Building".
 5. Build against the approved design. **Tripwires** (`lifecycle.yaml`
    `tripwires`): a discovery that touches the definition of done, security, a
@@ -139,7 +140,8 @@ A lock is the owner's approval of a short design (target design, flow 4).
    tracker item.
 7. **Proof before the merge.** Run the `atlas:verifier` agent on the pull
    request. It proves each line of the definition of done from a fresh run and
-   posts its own proof comment. Never edit that comment. Ask the owner for the
+   posts its own proof comment. When it returns a comment file instead,
+   post that file unchanged. Never edit that comment. Ask the owner for the
    merge only after the proof is there, and show the proof first.
 ## pause
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ A lock is the owner's approval of a short design (target design, flow 4).
 2. Call `item_park` with the reason. A parked item keeps its stage.
 3. Before the session ends, keep each item you touched true: call
    `item_edit` with its next step and what it waits on. If the owner retires
-   a piece of work, call `item_drop` with his words.
+   a piece of work, call `item_drop` with the owner's words.
 ## resume
@@ -176,8 +178,8 @@ next action. One short paragraph.
    then a tool, then a skill, then a doc — and say which.
 3. Rebuild the design's page and the hub, so both read "Shipped". The
    design folder does not change: the tracker holds the delivery. A design
-   from before 9 October 2026 is one file. Keep its page, and rebuild only
-   the hub.
+   in the older format is one file, not a folder. Keep its page, and rebuild
+   only the hub.
 ## The design hub

package/skills/sdlc-task/design/README.md CHANGED Viewed

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ Every Atlas design has the same spine. It adds the parts of each kind it
 needs. A design keeps no state: the tracker holds anything that changes as
 the work moves. The page shows those facts, read only.
-The look was agreed with the owner on 9 October 2026. The boards are on the
-canvas at https://claude.ai/artifact/DP7WmrRzqyGKTkQQQ6Ev8A.
 ## One home for each fact
 | Ask this | If yes, it lives in |
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ Each one has a home:
 | The kind of change, its impact, its undo and the tests it changes | The Change and undo part |
 | The chosen approach | The Proposal part of a Decide design. In the other kinds, the design itself is the approach. |
 | No open question | The tracker: `needs_me` shows none for the item |
-| The owner's approval in his own words | The tracker: `decision_record` |
+| The owner's approval in the owner's own words | The tracker: `decision_record` |
 ## Tier and kind
@@ -102,12 +99,13 @@ At initiative tier, a Decide design goes deep:
 At standard tier, one chosen approach and one rejected option are enough.
-## What we kept from the Engram template
+## Map an older design to these parts
-Every section of the Engram design template has a home. The sections that
-change as work moves went to the tracker.
+Use this table when you meet a design in the older one-file template. Every
+section of that template has a home here. The sections that change as work
+moves live in the tracker.
-| Engram section | Its home now |
+| Older section | Its home now |
 |---|---|
 | Status, container, tier | The top strip, read from the tracker |
 | Context and goal | Your words and Summary |

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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Never edit a file in `test/atlas/`. A hand edit stops the next
 `atlas tests write`, and `atlas tests check` reports it. A person merges
 every file that command writes.
-## The three commands
+## The commands
 1. `atlas tests write --root <repo>` puts the kit in `test/atlas/`. It
    refuses to replace a file that you edited, and it refuses to write
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ a note service:
 ## Write assertions
-Use these steps when you write or change an assertion. They come from
-sections 9.2 and 6.10 of the design.
+Use these steps when you write or change an assertion.
 1. Write the definition of done as assertions. A feature gets full scenarios.
    A small fix gets a short card with its assertions.