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  1. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-application-slice-conformance/SKILL.md +1 -1
  2. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-application-slice-conformance/references/contract-and-precedence.md +5 -5
  3. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations/references/automation-patterns.md +3 -3
  4. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations/references/cases-to-specify.md +1 -1
  5. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations/references/effects-and-idempotency.md +1 -1
  6. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations/references/integration-contracts.md +1 -1
  7. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations/references/realization-and-gap-fill.md +5 -3
  8. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations/references/translation-patterns.md +1 -1
  9. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/SKILL.md +6 -5
  10. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/event-naming.md +1 -1
  11. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/facilitation.md +5 -4
  12. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/human-workshop.md +1 -1
  13. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/interview-questions.md +1 -1
  14. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/personas-and-causes.md +7 -4
  15. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/plotting-and-handoff.md +8 -7
  16. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-discovery/references/storming-loop.md +2 -2
  17. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-event-modeling/SKILL.md +10 -0
  18. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-event-modeling/references/nine-steps.md +1 -2
  19. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-legacy-extraction/SKILL.md +1 -1
  20. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-legacy-extraction/references/loss-report-template.md +1 -1
  21. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-legacy-extraction/references/rule-modeling.md +4 -4
  22. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-legacy-extraction/references/signal-to-intent.md +1 -1
  23. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-authoring/SKILL.md +5 -4
  24. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-authoring/references/mcp-loop.md +14 -6
  25. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-authoring/references/mcp-tools.md +71 -8
  26. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-review/SKILL.md +15 -6
  27. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-review/references/anti-patterns.md +1 -1
  28. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-review/references/checklist.md +10 -9
  29. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-review/references/report-template.md +5 -1
  30. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-model-review/verification.json +1 -1
  31. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/SKILL.md +2 -2
  32. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/opt-in.md +7 -5
  33. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/phases.md +4 -4
  34. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/provenance.md +1 -1
  35. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/reasoning-notes.md +24 -19
  36. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/stop-or-assume.md +1 -1
  37. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/verdicts-and-modes.md +4 -2
  38. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/vocabulary-map.md +1 -1
  39. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-modeling-lifecycle/references/worked-example.md +15 -9
  40. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-read-surface/SKILL.md +4 -1
  41. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-read-surface/references/guarded-actions.md +4 -0
  42. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-render-and-gap-fill/SKILL.md +4 -3
  43. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-render-and-gap-fill/references/drift-and-ledger.md +1 -1
  44. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-render-and-gap-fill/references/gap-fill-handoff.md +3 -3
  45. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/SKILL.md +25 -9
  46. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/references/coverage-matrix.md +1 -1
  47. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/references/invoicing-dues-design.md +5 -0
  48. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/references/scenario-catalogue.md +7 -4
  49. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/references/scenario-examples.md +1 -1
  50. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/references/scenario-workshop.md +1 -1
  51. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-scenario-coverage/verification.json +1 -1
  52. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/SKILL.md +12 -7
  53. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/command-inventory.md +4 -3
  54. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/field-lineage.md +2 -2
  55. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/model-reasoning.md +87 -0
  56. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/provenance.md +1 -1
  57. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/read-model-design.md +2 -2
  58. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/rule-layers.md +8 -8
  59. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/slicing.md +3 -3
  60. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-slice-design/references/worked-example.md +9 -3
  61. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-specifications/SKILL.md +22 -5
  62. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-specifications/references/examples-and-routes.md +59 -1
  63. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-specifications/references/persona-callers-and-cases.md +117 -0
  64. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-specifications/verification.json +1 -1
  65. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-streams-and-consistency/SKILL.md +14 -13
  66. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-streams-and-consistency/references/boundaries.md +3 -3
  67. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-streams-and-consistency/references/chronicle-boundaries.md +3 -2
  68. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-streams-and-consistency/references/consistency-and-concurrency.md +14 -11
  69. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-streams-and-consistency/references/evolution.md +2 -2
  70. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-toolchain/references/diagnostics.md +49 -0
  71. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-toolchain/references/renderable-subset.md +6 -3
  72. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-toolchain/references/traps.md +4 -4
  73. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-toolchain/references/versions.md +10 -0
  74. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-ui-composition/SKILL.md +4 -2
  75. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-screenplay-ui-composition/references/guarded-interactions.md +71 -0
  76. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-stage-rendering-and-sandbox/SKILL.md +5 -2
  77. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-stage-rendering-and-sandbox/references/rendered-application.md +17 -6
  78. package/package/corpus/skills/cratis-stage-rendering-and-sandbox/verification.json +1 -1
  79. package/package.json +1 -1
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  | cratis CLI | `3.41.0` (`v3.41.0`) | `cratis render` options, exit codes, publication receipt, UI-profile rejection (`CLI-RENDER-007` to `CLI-RENDER-010`); tag pins Stage 4.51.3, Screenplay 4.114.0 and `Cratis.Arc.Screenplay` 22.54.0, with `cratis/stage:4.51.3` as the runtime image. UI-profile rejection and render-then-recover shipped in 3.41.0 (Cratis/cli#301). The screens release vector was verified on 3.40.7 (`af9f18e`) with `cratis/stage:4.51.1`. Reading baselines: 3.40.3, 3.39.0 and 3.28.3 (`8b43fef`) |
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  | Stage | `4.51.3` (CLI 3.41.0 default) | admission (`STAGE-ESM-*`, and `PLAY0268` render refusals surfaced by the CLI), ownership manifest, `Customizations/` seams, Debug-only specifications, fail-closed guarded actions (`STAGE-SCENE-ACTION-001`) and interactions (`STAGE-SCENE-INTERACTION-001`). Older baselines: 4.49.5, 4.43.0 and `v4.24.2` (`32dcac4`) |
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+ | Rendered apps | Arc `22.50.5`, Chronicle `19.32.0`, Scene packages | Stage 4.51.3 scaffold; `[ProtectedDecision]` / `DecisionRead<T>` available to gap-fill, not emitted enforcement. Embedded reverse extraction disabled; verify generated packages before claiming exact Scene runtime parity |
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+ | realization requirements applied | explicit realization notes from slice `description` or `documentation` applied, one line each; other description prose used as a hint is listed separately |
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+ `documentation` on the module, feature, slice, command, event, read model or reaction, not `//` comments or disconnected notes. These are report-only, not
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+ enforcement. Read [model reasoning](references/model-reasoning.md) for owners,
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@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ Slice design is done when these hold; otherwise report what is open.
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207
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ and each persona that must be denied becomes a `given caller` fixture. Build it
16
16
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17
17
 
18
18
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19
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19
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20
20
 
21
21
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22
22
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@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ Rules for filling it:
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78
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  with its target (Arc `[ProtectedDecision]` + `DecisionRead<T>` where Arc 22.39.0 or later is
79
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79
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80
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@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ Rules for filling it:
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  | AssignLocker | caller is not an attendant | `authorize IsAttendant` | denied: Customer | RefusingACustomerAssigningALocker |
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- | AssignLocker | locker is not free | `reads` + `require`, NOT enforced today | "The locker is not free"; target: `[ProtectedDecision]` (Arc 22.39.0+; unavailable in Stage-rendered apps, so a capability gap there) or DCB on the locker stream | RejectingASecondAssignmentOfALocker (pins the message; blocked until the target exists) |
105
+ | AssignLocker | locker is not free | `reads` + `require`, NOT enforced today | "The locker is not free"; target: `[ProtectedDecision]` (Arc 22.39.0+; available to Stage 4.51.3 gap-fill, not emitted protection) or DCB on the locker stream | RejectingASecondAssignmentOfALocker (pins the message; blocked until the target exists) |
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  | LockerById, ListLockers | caller is anonymous | module `authorize IsAuthenticated` | denied: no caller | RefusingAnAnonymousLockerLookup, RefusingAnAnonymousLockerList |
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108
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33
33
  an event field (same-named fields map automatically - AutoMap is on; its matching differs between flat and scoped projections, see `read-model-design.md` "Building it");
34
34
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35
35
  a join on another event stream; children for collections. A reducer is opaque: write its
36
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36
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37
37
  has lineage outside the model; say where.
38
38
 
39
39
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@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Filled for `worked-example.md`:
74
74
 
75
75
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76
76
 
77
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77
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78
78
  contributing event saying which fields it sets and why. Write it as a tagged text block in a
79
79
  real model (a bare fence warns with `PLAY0397`). `worked-example.md` uses one-string
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@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
1
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2
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3
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4
+ # Keep reasoning on the model
5
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6
+ Use `description` for a short summary and `documentation` for assumptions,
7
+ boundaries, trade-offs and rejected alternatives. Put reasoning on the declaration
8
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9
+ slices, commands, events, read models and reactions accept one nonempty block,
10
+ directly in their body (not beneath a reaction trigger). Queries, personas and other
11
+ declarations do not accept `documentation`: keep their intent in `description` (a
12
+ query's ordering, "oldest first", for example). A short status marker such as **NOT
13
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14
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15
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16
+ ````screenplay
17
+ module Billing
18
+ documentation
19
+ ```markdown
20
+ ## Boundary
21
+ Billing records agreed amounts; payment delivery belongs elsewhere.
22
+ ```
23
+ feature Amounts
24
+ documentation
25
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26
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27
+ ```
28
+ slice StateChange RecordAmount
29
+ documentation
30
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31
+ A recorded amount is a decision, not a recalculated view.
32
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33
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34
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35
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36
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37
+ ```
38
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39
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40
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41
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42
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43
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44
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45
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46
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47
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48
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49
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50
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51
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52
+ documentation
53
+ ```markdown
54
+ This view is display state, not an atomic decision input.
55
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56
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57
+ amount Int
58
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59
+ from AmountRecorded
60
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61
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62
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63
+ by id String
64
+ slice Automation ObserveAmount
65
+ reaction ObserveAmount
66
+ documentation
67
+ ```markdown
68
+ Observation does not certify an exactly-once external effect.
69
+ ```
70
+ when AmountRecorded
71
+ ````
72
+
73
+ A specification accepts a `description` naming the behavior it witnesses, not
74
+ `documentation`; longer reasoning belongs to its slice. Projections and screens
75
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76
+ where properties are allowed; bare `documentation` starts metadata.
77
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78
+ Both metadata fields are report-only (PLAY0270): no executable bytes,
79
+ `modelRevision` or ESM version change, no rule enforcement or rendered code.
80
+ Canonical printing retains documentation on its owner; source identity changes. MCP `declaration-details` summary exposes
81
+ `description` and `documentation` wherever supported. Folder merge keeps the
82
+ first module/feature block: identical copies are accepted, conflicting copies
83
+ warn PLAY0559. Malformed, empty or repeated blocks report PLAY0558; events retain
84
+ PLAY0477. These diagnostics have no automatic repair; choose the owning text.
85
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86
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87
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ is adapted with the agreement of Martin Dilger and Nebulit GmbH.
28
28
  | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md`: events vs read models test, recalculated-state anti-pattern, processor outputs categorized (new event, view update, notification) | `references/read-model-design.md` "Events or views" | shared with TrogonStack's version, including the processor-output categories (row above); adapted closely; the "independent means event" and "no computed fields" rows dropped because decided calculations are facts in Screenplay |
29
29
  | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md` Step 5a/5c: enumerate consumers, one component one read model, homogeneous list is one component, wide-fan-in versus cheap fields | `references/read-model-design.md` "Components" | adapted closely; "always split" softened to "split when you can name the consequence" (existing decision); screen copies become one `data` line per component |
30
30
  | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md` Step 5d: build read models from the screen's field mappings, not from its title or a summary | `references/read-model-design.md` "Components"; `references/field-lineage.md` | adapted closely |
31
- | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md` Step 5h.4, 5i: event-to-field reasoning note, per-node verification result list | `SKILL.md` step 8; `references/read-model-design.md` "Checks before handing off"; `references/field-lineage.md` | adapted closely; the note lives in the StateView slice `description` |
31
+ | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md` Step 5h.4, 5i: event-to-field reasoning note, per-node verification result list | `SKILL.md` step 8; `references/read-model-design.md` "Checks before handing off"; `references/field-lineage.md` | adapted closely; the reasoning note lives in StateView slice `documentation` |
32
32
  | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md` lines 378-379: before completion re-read every read model and recheck each field and every reason note (roll-ups, additions) | `references/read-model-design.md` "Checks before handing off" | adapted closely; Cratis named-consequence threshold kept instead of "always split" |
33
33
  | `eventmodeling-identifying-outputs/SKILL.md` Interview: calculated fields confirmation wording | `SKILL.md` *Interview phase* question 3 | adapted closely |
34
34
  | `eventmodeling-identifying-inputs/SKILL.md`: automation level and outside-trigger questions, user versus processor commands marked, conditional input pattern, processor failure/retry stated | `SKILL.md` *Interview phase* question 1; `references/command-inventory.md` | adapted closely; `[USER]`/`[AUTO]` kept as plain classification |
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ it stays.
127
127
  (worklists, status awaiting an outside answer); one-shot otherwise. Design mode only
128
128
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129
129
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130
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130
+ `description` ("oldest first"; queries do not accept `documentation`); an unbounded list is a review question.
131
131
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132
132
 
133
133
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@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ module Berths
260
260
 
261
261
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262
262
 
263
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263
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264
264
  (see `LockerBoard` in `worked-example.md`); extend it whenever a `from` is added. Shape of
265
265
  the note: `BerthBooked sets bookingId, status="booked": the view's creation event; the booking
266
266
  does not exist before it.` / `BoatArrived sets status="arrived", arrivedAt: the only
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ rendered code (Stage#178): a rule that exists only in prose is unenforced in ren
14
14
  | stored state (record exists, balance, current status) | `reads <View>` + `require <expr> message "..."` | stated intent, **NOT enforced in the model today** (PLAY0268/0271 at binding are expected in design mode; Screenplay#129/#209). Name the target: Arc `[ProtectedDecision]` + `DecisionRead<T>` (Arc 22.39.0 or later), Chronicle DCB (`concurrency` scope), or a constraint |
15
15
 
16
16
  An unguarded materialized read is unsafe for a protected decision; a guarded read is the
17
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18
- later and are **not available in Stage-rendered apps**, whose scaffold pins Arc 22.25.0 (Stage
19
- 4.24.0); never edit the managed dependency files to get them. For rendered scope, record a
20
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21
- a Chronicle DCB scope) and keep the rule as NOT enforced. Forbidden: caller-supplied copies of state in `require`, boolean attestation
17
+ supported route. Availability: `[ProtectedDecision]` and `DecisionRead<T>` exist in
18
+ Stage 4.51.3's Arc 22.50.5/Chronicle 19.32.0 package set, but Stage does not emit
19
+ protected decisions. Gap-fill must use an admitted projection/key shape and active
20
+ unit-of-work enrollment; do not edit managed dependencies. Keep the `.play` rule
21
+ NOT enforced until its target enforcement is separately verified. Forbidden: caller-supplied copies of state in `require`, boolean attestation
22
22
  inputs (`confirmsX == true`), rules in `handler` / implementation-hint prose.
23
23
 
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24
  ## Authorization is executable
25
25
 
26
26
  Persona Does/Reads/Cannot text is intent. Every Cannot line resolves to an `authorize` gate
27
- (policy or ownership claim) plus a `then denied` spec whose `given caller` carries the roles
28
- and claims standing for that persona; otherwise record a gap. Every command and query under an
27
+ (policy or ownership claim) plus a `then denied` spec using `given caller as <Persona>` or an explicit
28
+ caller for the effective gate; otherwise record a gap. Every command and query under an
29
29
  inherited module/feature `authorize` gets its own `then denied` spec. Ownership gates need a
30
30
  second caller with another claim value.
31
31
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ second caller with another claim value.
33
33
 
34
34
  Command property values are, by default, recorded in the causation chain of the events they
35
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  produce, so treat them as permanent. Newer Chronicle versions can omit causation properties
36
- (`CausationPropertyRetention.Omit`, Chronicle v19.32.0); rendered apps pin Chronicle 19.8.1.
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+ (`CausationPropertyRetention.Omit`, Chronicle v19.32.0); Stage 4.51.3 rendered apps pin 19.32.0.
37
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  Verify the actual auditing and retention configuration before relying on omission, and never
38
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  audit secrets. Classify personal values as bare `pii` and operational secrets as
39
39
  `secret` on their concepts, never the identifier concept. Use a surrogate identity
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ step at the end: design each behaviour as its slice, then audit the set.
23
23
  | `Translate` | captures, translated events | the integration (`CarrierManifests`) | see `cratis-screenplay-automations-and-translations` |
24
24
 
25
25
  Screenplay allows several commands or read models in one slice; prefer splitting unless the
26
- behaviour is genuinely one (and say why in the `description`).
26
+ behaviour is genuinely one (and say why in `documentation`).
27
27
 
28
28
  ## Slice dependencies
29
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@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ result in every row and no refusal anywhere, whose event restates most of the en
142
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  relocated).
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  4. Apply rule coverage (below) to each new path.
144
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  5. If the business treats a multi-value data-entry correction as one act, keep one correction
145
- command named for the correction (never `Update`), with the reason in the slice
146
- `description`; rule coverage still applies.
145
+ command named for the correction (never `Update`), with the reason in slice
146
+ `documentation`; rule coverage still applies.
147
147
 
148
148
  A repeated-field event is a review signal; it is major only when business meaning is lost, a
149
149
  rule is bypassed or consumers become ambiguous. Historical generations repeat prior shape on
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ complete givens) so they are the right form once binding is possible.
13
13
  Lineage matrix: `field-lineage.md`. State-transition table and rule coverage: `slicing.md`.
14
14
  Per-command refusal inventory: `command-inventory.md`.
15
15
 
16
- The per-event reason lines in each StateView `description` are the lineage record
17
- (`field-lineage.md`). Multi-line descriptions use a tagged ` ```text ` fence in a real model;
18
- they are written as one string here so this document stays a single compiling fence.
16
+ This historical compiled example keeps per-event reasoning in StateView
17
+ `description` strings. For current 4.127.0 authoring, keep descriptions as summaries
18
+ and record lineage reasoning in fenced Markdown `documentation` (`field-lineage.md`).
19
+ The historical source below stays unchanged; it is not the current placement recipe.
20
+
21
+ The excerpt's Stage availability note is historical (Stage 4.24.x, Arc 22.25.0).
22
+ Stage 4.51.3 pins Arc 22.50.5/Chronicle 19.32.0, so protected-read APIs are available
23
+ to gap-fill; this neither admits these `.play` rules nor proves target protection.
24
+ The original compiled excerpt is retained unchanged.
19
25
 
20
26
  ```screenplay
21
27
  domain Parcelpoint.Lockers
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The update follows `commands.md`, `events.md`, `types.md` and
37
37
  `specifications.md` at that main commit (after v4.52.0). This pass compiles the
38
38
  changed examples; it does not rerun the reference runner.
39
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- Current specification syntax follows Screenplay v4.125.0 `specifications.md`;
40
+ Current specification syntax follows Screenplay v4.127.0 `specifications.md`;
41
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  older probes in the table remain historical. Pins: `cratis-screenplay-toolchain`
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  `references/versions.md`. Compile commands check source, not reference execution.
43
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