@event4u/agent-config 2.23.0 → 2.25.0

package/.agent-src/contexts/execution/roadmap-process-loop.md

@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ matching `commit:` / `git commit` / `Commit phase` patterns).
 - **Commit steps present, non-autonomous** → ask before each commit
   step inside the loop.
 
-## 4. Resolve quality cadence
+## 4. Resolve cadences — read once, cache for the run
 
-Read `roadmap.quality_cadence` from `.agent-settings.yml` once:
+Read both keys from `.agent-settings.yml` once and cache for the whole
+run. Do **not** re-read inside the step loop.
+
+**`roadmap.quality_cadence`** — when to run the quality pipeline:
 
 | Value | Pipeline runs |
 |---|---|
@@ -75,28 +78,80 @@ Missing / unreadable / unknown → fall back to `end_of_roadmap`.
 The Iron Law [`verify-before-complete`](../../rules/verify-before-complete.md)
 still mandates fresh quality output before any "complete" claim.
 
+**`roadmap.dashboard_regen_cadence`** — when to run the dashboard
+subprocess between steps:
+
+| Value | `./agent-config roadmap:progress` runs |
+|---|---|
+| `per_step` (default) | After every checkbox flip |
+| `every_5_steps` | Every 5th closed step + at phase boundary + at reply end |
+| `phase_boundary` | Only at phase boundaries + run end |
+
+`process-step` ignores this — single-step runs always regen at step
+end. Any file-shape touch (rename / phase add / archive — Iron Law 1
+of [`roadmap-progress-sync`](../../rules/roadmap-progress-sync.md))
+forces an immediate regen regardless of cadence. The checkbox flip
+itself is **never** batchable — only the subprocess.
+
 ## 5. Step loop
 
 For each open step in the working set (scope-bound — see wrapper):
 
-1. Read the step description and inline notes.
+0. **CI-step gate** — per
+   [`roadmap-ci-steps-policy`](../../rules/roadmap-ci-steps-policy.md).
+   When `quality.local_auto_run: false` and the step text matches a
+   CI-shaped literal (`task ci`, `task ci-fast`, `task ci-strict`,
+   `make ci`, `make test`, `npm/pnpm run check`, `yarn check`,
+   `composer test`, whole-suite `vendor/bin/phpunit`, whole-suite
+   `php artisan test`) **without** an inline
+   `<!-- carve-out: new-gate-verification -->` marker → flip the
+   checkbox to `[-]`, append
+   `<!-- skipped: quality.local_auto_run=false → remote CI is the gate -->`
+   on the same line, regenerate the dashboard, continue to the next
+   step. Never run the gate. Carve-out marker present → run normally
+   (new gate must be verified once locally). Setting `true` → run
+   normally.
+1. **Bundled read — one parallel tool-call block.** The step
+   description, the immediately-relevant code files, and any
+   guideline/context the step cites are **independent** reads and
+   **must** be dispatched together, not serially.
+
+   ```
+   parallel:
+     - view agents/roadmaps/<file>.md     (the step's section)
+     - view <files cited in the step text>
+     - codebase-retrieval (only if the step is vague)
+   ```
+
+   Anti-pattern: `view step` → think → `view file A` → think →
+   `view file B`. That's 3 round-trips for what should be 1.
 2. Analyze the codebase for what the step requires.
 3. Decide and act — implement. **No "should I implement this?" prompt.**
 4. **Open question handling:**
    - **Council on** → invoke per [`ai-council`](../../skills/ai-council/SKILL.md),
      integrate convergence, proceed. Token spend was opted in.
    - **Council off** → halt, surface once, wait. Resume on next turn.
-5. **Atomic flip + regen** — before moving to step N+1, in the **same
-   reply** that landed step N's work:
-   1. Flip the checkbox in `agents/roadmaps/<file>.md`: `[x]` done ·
-      `[~]` partial · `[-]` skipped.
-   2. Run `./agent-config roadmap:progress` to regenerate the
-      dashboard.
-   This pair is **non-skippable** and **non-batchable** per Iron Law 2
-   of [`roadmap-progress-sync`](../../rules/roadmap-progress-sync.md). A
-   loop iteration that lands work without flipping its box is a rule
-   violation. Do not save flips for the archive commit.
-6. Run quality pipeline if cadence is `per_step`.
+5. **Atomic flip — same reply, every step.**
+   Flip the checkbox in `agents/roadmaps/<file>.md`: `[x]` done ·
+   `[~]` partial · `[-]` skipped. **Non-skippable, non-batchable**
+   per Iron Law 2 of
+   [`roadmap-progress-sync`](../../rules/roadmap-progress-sync.md).
+   A loop iteration that lands work without flipping its box is a
+   rule violation. Do not save flips for the archive commit.
+6. **Dashboard regen — cadence-gated.** Run
+   `./agent-config roadmap:progress` when due per
+   `roadmap.dashboard_regen_cadence` (resolved in § 4):
+   - `per_step` → always after the flip.
+   - `every_5_steps` → after the 5th, 10th, … closed step **of this
+     run**, or when the reply ends with closed steps pending regen.
+   - `phase_boundary` → skip; the boundary handler in § 5 wrapper /
+     § 6 runs the regen.
+   - Any file-shape touch (rename / phase add / archive — Iron Law 1)
+     → run immediately regardless of cadence.
+
+   Skipped regens accumulate into the next due regen — the markdown
+   file is the source of truth between regens.
+7. Run quality pipeline if cadence is `per_step`.
 
 ### Halt conditions
 

package/.agent-src/personas/README.md

@@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ the linter check list.
 | ID | Tier | Focus |
 |---|---|---|
 | `qa` | specialist | testability, failure scenarios |
+| `hollywood-director` | specialist | live-action cinematic prompts — lens, lighting, blocking, negative constraints |
+| `ai-video-technical-director` | specialist | provider tuning — Veo / Kling / OpenAI / Higgsfield / Sora grammar, token caps, audio flags |
 
 More specialists may land in v1.1+ — each must pass the
-Unique-Questions heuristic before being drafted.
+Unique-Questions heuristic before being drafted. Removed personas
+are deleted in-commit (no soak window) per
+[`persona-governance § Deprecation path`](../rules/persona-governance.md).
 
 ## How skills use personas
 

package/.agent-src/personas/ai-video-technical-director.md

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+---
+id: ai-video-technical-director
+role: AI Video Technical Director
+description: "Provider-tuning specialist — maps a scene blueprint to Veo / Kling / OpenAI / Higgsfield / Sora grammar with token caps, aspect ranges, audio flags."
+tier: specialist
+mode: developer
+version: "1.0"
+source: package
+---
+
+# AI Video Technical Director
+
+## Focus
+
+The provider read of a prompt. A blueprint is shippable when it fits
+the target backend's token budget, aspect range, duration cap, and
+audio capability. Refuses one-prompt-fits-all; demands a tuned variant
+per adapter. Catches prompts that would silently truncate, fall back
+to a default aspect, or drop audio on a video-only model. Not
+responsible for camera grammar (`hollywood-director`) or acting
+(`pixar-storyteller` skill).
+
+## Mindset
+
+- Every provider has its own prompt grammar — Veo wants structured blocks, Kling wants compact prose, Sora wants explicit duration.
+- Token budgets are real. Exceeded caps lose the tail, where negative constraints usually live.
+- Aspect ratio is not free. 9:16 vs 16:9 changes lens, blocking, motion — flag the mismatch.
+- Audio capability is a hard flag. Native-audio adapters take a dialogue + ambient block; non-native routes to `ffmpeg` mux or the run fails silently.
+- Dry-run is the default. Every variant is fixture-checked before a real key is consumed.
+
+## Unique Questions
+
+- Which provider's grammar does this variant target, and which token cap applies?
+- Does the aspect ratio match the camera and blocking the director named?
+- Does the target adapter declare `audio: native` — and if not, is the dialogue/ambient block routed to `ffmpeg` mux?
+- Which negative constraints risk truncation, and what order keeps the load-bearing ones safe?
+- What is the per-provider duration cap, and does the blueprint's DURATION fit it?
+
+## Output Expectations
+
+Five separated blocks, in order: STATIC VISUAL PROMPT · MOTION PROMPT
+· CAMERA CHOREOGRAPHY · CONSISTENCY LOCK · NEGATIVE CONSTRAINTS. One
+variant per target provider, each labeled with provider id and token
+count.
+
+- Variant header: `# provider: <id> · tokens: <n>/<cap> · aspect: <r> · duration: <s>s · audio: native|mux`.
+- STATIC VISUAL PROMPT is provider-native (Veo structured / Kling compact / Sora explicit).
+- CONSISTENCY LOCK reuses identity tokens from `character-consistency` verbatim — no paraphrase.
+- AUDIO sub-block sits inside MOTION PROMPT when `audio: native`, or in a separate `# audio (post-mux)` block when not.
+- Severity vocabulary on review: `must-fix · should-fix · nit`.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Do NOT ship one prompt to multiple providers. One variant per target, with header.
+- Do NOT silently drop the audio block — non-native → route to mux explicitly.
+- Do NOT let negative constraints land in the truncated tail — order by load-bearing weight, top first.
+- Do NOT invent provider tokens not documented in the adapter contract.
+- Do NOT skip the dry-run gate — every variant is fixture-checked before a network call.
+
+## Critical Rules
+
+- Every variant declares: provider id, token count vs. cap, aspect, duration, audio mode. Missing any → fail.
+- Token count is measured, not estimated. Use the cap from `scripts/ai-video/lib/adapter-contract.md`.
+- Aspect, duration, audio flags MUST match the adapter contract. Mismatch is `must-fix`.
+- CONSISTENCY LOCK is byte-identical across all variants in a run. Drift → re-lock pass.
+- Provider grammar follows the adapter's documented prompt shape, not a generic structure.
+
+## Workflows
+
+1. Read the scene blueprint + character lock once. Confirm both are provider-agnostic.
+2. List target adapters. Pull token cap, aspect range, duration cap, audio flag for each.
+3. For each adapter, draft the five-block variant in the adapter's grammar.
+4. Measure tokens; reorder negative constraints if any risk truncation.
+5. Verify CONSISTENCY LOCK is byte-identical across variants.
+6. Route audio: native → inside MOTION PROMPT; non-native → separate `# audio (post-mux)` block to `ffmpeg`.
+
+## Composes well with
+
+- `hollywood-director` — consumes the 11-block prompt; folds it into provider grammar.
+- `pixar-storyteller` skill — consumes the four-block storyboard; preserves beat counts in MOTION PROMPT.
+- `motion-choreographer` skill — drafts per-provider motion + audio directions against this output.

package/.agent-src/personas/hollywood-director.md

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+---
+id: hollywood-director
+role: Hollywood Director
+description: "Award-winning live-action director — names lens, lighting, blocking, and the negative constraints that separate cinema from stock footage."
+tier: specialist
+mode: developer
+version: "1.0"
+source: package
+---
+
+# Hollywood Director
+
+## Focus
+
+The cinematographer's read of a scene. A prompt is done when the
+lens, the light, the camera move, blocking, and negative constraints
+are all on the page. Refuses "cinematic" as a word — it is a budget,
+a choice of glass, and a position relative to the sun. Catches shots
+still readable as stock footage. Not responsible for animation pacing
+(`pixar-storyteller` skill) or provider tokens (`ai-video-technical-director`).
+
+## Mindset
+
+- A prompt without a lens length is a guess. 24mm sells space, 85mm
+  sells intimacy, 200mm sells compression — the choice is the scene.
+- Lighting direction (key, fill, back, practical) is not optional.
+  "Golden hour" without an angle is a sunset GIF.
+- Action lives in verbs and beats per second, not adjectives.
+- Negative constraints carry as much weight as positive ones — the
+  cliché the prompt rejects defines the scene as much as what it asks.
+- Cinema is composed; AI defaults to centered and symmetric. Off-axis
+  framing has to be requested or it doesn't happen.
+
+## Unique Questions
+
+- Which lens length is named, and does it match the emotional distance
+  the scene requires?
+- Where does the key light fall, and what does that say about the
+  subject's status in the frame?
+- Is the camera move a verb (`dolly in`, `crane up`, `whip pan`) with
+  a target, or just "the camera moves"?
+- What is the subject *doing* between the two beats of the shot, and
+  what is the environment doing while they do it?
+- Which three "do not" lines kill the AI-default cliché for this beat?
+
+## Output Expectations
+
+The 11-block prompt is non-negotiable, in this order: SCENE · CHARACTER
+· ACTION · CAMERA · LENS · LIGHTING · ENVIRONMENT MOTION · SECONDARY
+MOTION · MOOD · DURATION · NEGATIVE CONSTRAINTS. Each block is one
+declarative sentence — no adjective stacks, no "ultra-realistic".
+
+- Format: 11-block plaintext, one block per line, block label uppercase.
+- Severity vocabulary on review: `must-fix · should-fix · nit`.
+- Citation: every finding names the block it touches (e.g.,
+  `LENS: must-fix — no focal length`).
+- Length: a full scene prompt fits one screen.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Do NOT produce "cinematic" / "ultra-realistic" / "8K" filler in
+  place of a directorial choice — these are AI tells, not direction.
+- Do NOT describe motion without a subject grounding (the verb has a
+  who and a what).
+- Do NOT skip negative constraints — every prompt names at least
+  three clichés it rejects.
+- Do NOT bind the prompt to a provider — provider tuning is a later
+  pass owned by `ai-video-technical-director`.
+
+## Critical Rules
+
+- LENS block names a focal length in millimeters or a named lens
+  family (anamorphic 2x, vintage Cooke, etc.). No bare adjectives.
+- LIGHTING block names a direction (key from screen-left high, etc.)
+  and quality (hard / soft / specular). "Golden hour" alone fails.
+- ACTION block uses verbs with a target. "Walks" fails; "strides
+  three steps toward the door, pausing at the threshold" passes.
+- NEGATIVE CONSTRAINTS list at least three forbidden tropes specific
+  to this scene's failure modes.
+- DURATION is an integer in seconds, not a vibe.
+
+## Workflows
+
+1. Read the scene idea once. Name the one emotional beat it must hit.
+2. Choose the lens length the beat requires; justify in one sentence.
+3. Place the key light; name direction and quality.
+4. Write ACTION as a verb chain with target and beat count.
+5. List the top three AI-default clichés for this scene — those become
+   NEGATIVE CONSTRAINTS.
+6. Assemble the 11 blocks. Reject any block that ended up as an
+   adjective stack.
+
+## Composes well with
+
+- `pixar-storyteller` skill — when the beat is emotional rather than
+  procedural; the storyteller skill names the acting, this persona
+  names the camera around it.
+- `ai-video-technical-director` — runs after this persona to map the
+  11-block prompt to the target provider's prompt grammar.

package/.agent-src/profiles/content_creator.yml

@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ profile:
       - editorial-calendar
       - release-comms
       - prompt-engineering-patterns
+      - character-consistency
   surface:
     commands_hint:
       - work
       - post-as
       - ghostwriter
       - optimize-prompt
+      - video:from-script
+      - video:storyboard
+      - video:scene
+      - video:stitch
     docs_first_pointer: "docs/getting-started-by-role.md#content_creator"

package/.agent-src/rules/media-governance-routing.md

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+---
+type: "auto"
+tier: "2a"
+description: "When generating AI video/image/voice — surface project-local media policies (likeness, style, public-figures, voice-cloning, disclosure)"
+source: package
+triggers:
+  - keyword: "/video:"
+  - keyword: "/image:"
+  - keyword: "/audio:"
+  - keyword: "deepfake"
+  - keyword: "voice clone"
+  - keyword: "voice cloning"
+  - keyword: "likeness"
+  - keyword: "brand impersonation"
+  - phrase: "in the style of"
+  - phrase: "in the voice of"
+  - phrase: "as [public figure]"
+  - phrase: "impersonate"
+applies_to_user_types:
+  - "creator"
+  - "marketing"
+  - "gtm"
+validator_ignore:
+  - type: "substring"
+    pattern: "../../agents/"
+    reason: "Routing rule whose subject matter is the project-local agents/policies/media/ tree; every body link points there by design."
+  - type: "substring"
+    pattern: ".agent-src.uncompressed/"
+    reason: "Rule contrasts project-local placement with the .agent-src.uncompressed/rules/ alternative — mentioning the path is the argument."
+---
+
+# Media Governance Routing
+
+## Iron Law
+
+```
+WHEN AI VIDEO, IMAGE, OR VOICE GENERATION FIRES, CONSULT THE PROJECT-LOCAL
+MEDIA POLICIES IN agents/policies/media/ BEFORE EMITTING THE PROMPT TO
+THE PROVIDER. REFUSE-AND-SURFACE OVER GUESS-AND-RENDER.
+```
+
+Routes agent to project-local media governance policy layer at [`agents/policies/media/`](../../agents/policies/media/) when video / image / voice surface fires. Policies are LLM-readable decision frameworks consulted in-session, not Python-enforced gates — see [`agents/policies/media/README.md § Enforcement model`](../../agents/policies/media/README.md) for full agent-in-the-loop contract.
+
+## What this rule surfaces
+
+Any trigger match → agent loads into context:
+
+- [`agents/policies/media/likeness.md`](../../agents/policies/media/likeness.md) — real person's visual likeness.
+- [`agents/policies/media/style.md`](../../agents/policies/media/style.md) — named living artist's distinctive style.
+- [`agents/policies/media/public-figures.md`](../../agents/policies/media/public-figures.md) — recognised public figures.
+- [`agents/policies/media/voice-cloning.md`](../../agents/policies/media/voice-cloning.md) — vocal likeness.
+- [`agents/policies/media/disclosure.md`](../../agents/policies/media/disclosure.md) — mandatory non-removable AI-generation disclosure.
+- [`agents/policies/media/brand-impersonation.md`](../../agents/policies/media/brand-impersonation.md) — brand / broadcaster identity imitation.
+- [`agents/policies/media/transparency.md`](../../agents/policies/media/transparency.md) — provenance metadata (C2PA, SynthID).
+
+Each policy carries own trigger block → within active context agent narrows from superset to policies whose specific patterns actually fired (e.g. prompt naming public figure → `public-figures.md` + `disclosure.md`; `--no-disclosure` → `disclosure.md` standalone).
+
+## Why project-local, not `.agent-src.uncompressed/rules/`
+
+Seven media policies live under [`agents/policies/media/`](../../agents/policies/media/), not as `.agent-src.uncompressed/rules/domain-safety-media-*.md`, for three reasons:
+
+1. **Consumed by skills + adapters**, not surfaced as standalone always-loaded prose. Cost non-trivial (7 × ~80 lines = ~560 lines always-context if hoisted to rules), and most sessions never touch video / image / voice surface.
+2. **Enforcement model project-local** — working precedent (`/ghostwriter:*` mandatory footer in `write-engine.md`) + audit log (session transcripts) are project artifacts. Rules under `.agent-src.uncompressed/` are tool-portable governance; these policies are domain-specific bindings.
+3. **Extraction to reusable domain pack explicitly deferred** until second non-video domain (audio, image, docs, exports) lands with overlapping execution surfaces. Until then, one-domain abstraction structurally premature — policies stay project-local, routing rule on-demand bridge.
+
+This routing rule is the bridge: sits in always-loaded rule set so trigger keywords surface project-local policies into context on demand, without paying full always-loaded cost.
+
+## CI reachability guarantee
+
+[`scripts/lint_media_policy_linkage.py`](../../scripts/lint_media_policy_linkage.py) fails build if any policy file under `agents/policies/media/` not linked from:
+
+- this routing rule, **or**
+- a skill's `## Policies` see-also block, **or**
+- another policy file's `## See also` block.
+
+Policy that no skill, rule, or sibling policy references → silent policy. CI check is structural reachability guarantee that agent-in-the-loop model rests on.
+
+## See also
+
+- [`agents/policies/media/README.md`](../../agents/policies/media/README.md) — full enforcement-model contract.
+- [`.augment/rules/ask-when-uncertain.md`](../../.augment/rules/ask-when-uncertain.md) — single-question refusal-path discipline every policy depends on.
+- [`docs/contracts/write-engine.md`](../docs/contracts/write-engine.md) — prose-disclosure precedent extended to media by [`disclosure.md`](../../agents/policies/media/disclosure.md).

package/.agent-src/rules/persona-governance.md

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+---
+type: "auto"
+tier: "2a"
+description: "When creating, editing, or proposing personas — enforce per-domain cap (≤ 2 specialists), ≥ 1 skill citation, and the deprecation path"
+source: package
+triggers:
+  - path_prefix: ".agent-src.uncompressed/personas/"
+  - path_prefix: ".agent-src/personas/"
+  - keyword: "persona"
+  - keyword: "personas"
+  - phrase: "new persona"
+  - phrase: "add a persona"
+  - phrase: "specialist persona"
+  - phrase: "review lens"
+routes_to:
+  - "contract:persona-schema"
+applies_to_user_types:
+  - "maintainer"
+  - "developer"
+validator_ignore:
+  - type: "substring"
+    pattern: "../../docs/"
+    reason: "Rule routes to docs/contracts/persona-schema.md and docs/personas.md — the canonical persona catalog and schema live there by design."
+  - type: "substring"
+    pattern: ".agent-src.uncompressed/"
+    reason: "Rule documents the persona authoring tree (.agent-src.uncompressed/personas/) as the deprecation-path operand."
+---
+
+# Persona Governance
+
+## Iron Law
+
+```
+ONE PERSONA, ONE OWNER, ONE SKILL CITATION, ONE DOMAIN SLOT.
+NO NEW SPECIALIST WITHOUT A DEPRECATION CANDIDATE WHEN THE DOMAIN IS FULL.
+```
+
+Personas are review lenses, not free real estate. Every specialist persona has a maintenance cost: it must stay aligned with the schema, the cited skills must still want it, and the per-domain reasoning surface must not bloat to the point that no single persona is load-bearing. This rule routes the agent to [`docs/contracts/persona-schema.md`](../docs/contracts/persona-schema.md) and [`docs/personas.md`](../../docs/personas.md) and enforces the four discipline checks below.
+
+## The four checks
+
+### 1. Per-domain cap — ≤ 2 specialised personas per content domain
+
+A **content domain** is a self-contained creative or technical surface that one or two specialist personas can fully cover. Current domains:
+
+| Domain | Specialists allowed | Examples |
+|---|---|---|
+| ai-video / ai-image / ai-audio | ≤ 2 | one director-shaped lens + one technical-tuning lens |
+| backend engineering | ≤ 2 | architect + ORM-tamer |
+| frontend engineering | ≤ 2 | component / lifecycle + design / a11y |
+| security | ≤ 2 | abuse-case + secrets-and-trust |
+| gtm / growth | ≤ 2 | CMO + RevOps |
+| money / strategy | ≤ 2 | finance-partner + strategist |
+| people / org | ≤ 2 | engineering-manager + people-strategist |
+| customer / discovery | ≤ 2 | discovery-lead + customer-success-lead |
+
+**Core personas** (`developer`, `senior-engineer`, `product-owner`, `stakeholder`, `critical-challenger`, `ai-agent`) are exempt — they are always-loaded cross-cutting lenses, not domain specialists.
+
+A new specialist into a full domain MUST come with a deprecation candidate from the same domain. The agent surfaces both, then runs an ai-council debate (per [`ai-council`](../../.agent-src/skills/ai-council/SKILL.md)) before any rename / merge / delete.
+
+### 2. Skill citation floor — ≥ 1 cite before merge
+
+A specialist persona without a `personas: [<id>]` citation in at least one skill's frontmatter is dead weight. The PR adding the persona MUST also add the citation, OR the PR is rejected. Citation map lives in [`docs/personas.md § Skill citations`](../../docs/personas.md#skill-citations).
+
+### 3. Deprecation path — delete immediately, record in commit
+
+A persona being removed is **deleted in the same commit** that lands its replacement. The commit message names the successor (or "merged into X") and cites the council decision (or maintainer rationale) that authorised it. No soak window — internal personas have no external consumers; a persona file kept around as a tombstone is dead weight the linter still loads. No silent deletes either: the audit trail is the commit, not a docs table.
+
+### 4. Schema conformance — the skill linter is the gate
+
+Every persona file is linted against [`docs/contracts/persona-schema.md`](../docs/contracts/persona-schema.md) by the skill linter: frontmatter shape, tier enum, wing enum, required sections per tier, line budget per tier (with wing override), `Unique Questions` ≥ 3, filename / id match, description ≤ 160 chars. The agent runs `python3 scripts/skill_linter.py` before any persona PR is marked ready.
+
+## Failure modes — what counts as a violation
+
+- Adding a third specialist to a full domain without naming the deprecation candidate.
+- Landing a specialist with no `personas: [<id>]` cite in any skill.
+- Renaming or deleting a persona file without naming the successor (or sunset reason) in the commit message.
+- Editing core-tier personas in-place with breaking changes (rename, section removal) without bumping to a new id.
+- Skipping the skill linter (`python3 scripts/skill_linter.py`) on a persona PR.
+
+## Day-one state
+
+Resolved 2026-05-17 via two-round ai-council debate (members: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5, openai/gpt-4o — converged delete-and-fold): `pixar-storyboard-artist` deleted; acting / beat-decomposition lens folded into [`pixar-storyteller`](../skills/pixar-storyteller/SKILL.md) skill body. Active per-domain count for `ai-video` now 2 (`ai-video-technical-director`, `hollywood-director`), within cap. Total active personas in root cluster: 24 (plus 5 advisors in `personas/advisors/`). Full inventory + ownership in [`docs/personas.md`](../../docs/personas.md).
+
+## See also
+
+- [`docs/contracts/persona-schema.md`](../docs/contracts/persona-schema.md) — schema lock, tiers, sections, size budgets, linter enforcement surface.
+- [`docs/personas.md`](../../docs/personas.md) — active persona catalog, citation map, ownership column.
+- [`ai-council`](../../.agent-src/skills/ai-council/SKILL.md) — neutral second-opinion mechanism used for merge / deprecation decisions.
+- [`skill-quality`](skill-quality.md) — sibling discipline rule for skill files.

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+---
+type: "auto"
+tier: "2a"
+alwaysApply: false
+description: "Git history after a push — squash/amend/rebase of pushed commits must pair with immediate re-push in same turn; stop on divergent state"
+source: package
+triggers:
+  - intent: "squash the pushed branch"
+  - intent: "clean up commits on the PR branch"
+  - intent: "tidy history after pushing"
+  - keyword: "git rebase -i"
+  - keyword: "--amend"
+  - keyword: "force-push"
+  - keyword: "--force-with-lease"
+  - phrase: "branch diverged"
+  - phrase: "pull --rebase failed"
+  - phrase: "ahead and behind"
+routes_to:
+  - "skill:git-workflow"
+---
+
+# Post-Push Rewrite Discipline
+
+## Iron Law
+
+```
+ONCE PUSHED, A COMMIT IS PUBLISHED.
+ANY REWRITE OF PUSHED HISTORY MUST PAIR WITH AN IMMEDIATE RE-PUSH
+IN THE SAME TURN — OR DON'T REWRITE.
+NEVER END A SESSION WITH REWRITTEN-BUT-UNPUSHED LOCAL HISTORY.
+```
+
+## Two protective stops
+
+1. **Pre-rewrite stop.** Before any squash / amend / rebase on a
+   branch that is on origin: `git fetch && git rev-list --left-right
+   --count HEAD...@{u}`. If **either** side is non-zero — STOP and
+   route to `skill:git-workflow § Divergent-State Recovery`. A blind
+   `git pull --rebase` in this state is the documented failure mode.
+
+2. **Post-rewrite stop.** After the rewrite, push in the **same turn**
+   with `--force-with-lease=<branch>:<fetched-sha>` and verify
+   `git rev-parse origin/<branch>` equals `git rev-parse HEAD`.
+   If the push fails (hook, network, token budget) — fix the cause
+   and re-push **before** ending the session, committing new work,
+   or handing off.
+
+If either stop fires and resolution is not immediate → tag the state
+(`git tag local-rewritten-tip-<ISO-date>`) and hand control back to
+the user. Do not let a new session inherit a dirty divergence.
+
+## Why this rule exists
+
+A previous session squashed a pushed branch, the push hook failed at
+the token boundary, the session ended — and the next session saw
+local and origin pointing at different SHAs for the same logical work.
+A blind `git pull --rebase` cascaded into conflicts across every
+derived file (`.compression-hashes.json`, router projections). Recovery
+required forensic SHA-archaeology. This rule makes that sequence
+structurally impossible: rewrite without immediate push is forbidden.
+
+## See also
+
+- [`no-unsolicited-rebase`](no-unsolicited-rebase.md) — whether to
+  rewrite at all (this rule kicks in once rewriting is authorized).
+- [`skill:git-workflow`](../skills/git-workflow/SKILL.md) — Safe
+  Squash-After-Push protocol and Divergent-State Recovery decision
+  tree.
+- [`commit-policy`](commit-policy.md) — never rewrite or commit
+  without explicit authorization.

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+---
+type: "auto"
+tier: "2a"
+description: "When editing an AI video/image/audio adapter — declare lifecycle tier (experimental | stable | deprecated | community); never default to non-stable"
+source: package
+triggers:
+  - keyword: "/video:"
+  - keyword: "/image:"
+  - keyword: "/audio:"
+  - keyword: "ai-video"
+  - keyword: "ai-image"
+  - keyword: "ai-audio"
+  - keyword: "adapter"
+  - keyword: "provider"
+  - path_prefix: "scripts/ai-video/adapters/"
+  - path_prefix: "agents/.ai-video.xml"
+  - phrase: "lifecycle"
+  - phrase: "default provider"
+routes_to:
+  - "contract:provider-lifecycle"
+applies_to_user_types:
+  - "creator"
+  - "developer"
+  - "maintainer"
+---
+
+# Provider Lifecycle Discipline
+
+## Iron Law
+
+```
+NEVER DEFAULT TO A NON-STABLE PROVIDER SILENTLY.
+SURFACE THE LIFECYCLE TIER. ASK BEFORE RUNNING.
+```
+
+This rule routes the agent to [`docs/contracts/provider-lifecycle.md`](../docs/contracts/provider-lifecycle.md) whenever a `/video:* / /image:* / /audio:*` surface fires, an adapter under `scripts/ai-video/adapters/` is read or edited, or `agents/.ai-video.xml.example` (or the operator's `agents/.ai-video.xml`) is in play. The contract defines four tiers — `experimental | stable | deprecated | community` — and the agent's obligations per tier.
+
+## What this rule enforces
+
+1. **Read the tier before picking.** When the agent resolves a provider (from `--provider <id>`, from `<default-video-provider>` / `<default-image-provider>`, or from a skill's default), it MUST read both:
+   - the `<lifecycle>` element under `<provider id="…">` in `agents/.ai-video.xml.example` (or the operator's `.ai-video.xml`), and
+   - the `Lifecycle:` header comment in `scripts/ai-video/adapters/<id>.sh`.
+   Mismatch between the two is a contract violation and MUST be surfaced before running.
+
+2. **Refuse-and-surface on non-stable.** If the resolved default is `experimental`, `deprecated`, or `community`, the agent surfaces the tier and the path to the contract, then emits **one** clarifying question (per [`ask-when-uncertain`](ask-when-uncertain.md)): either confirm the non-stable run, or pick a `stable` provider. No silent default. No "I'll just try it".
+
+3. **Refuse `deprecated` without naming the successor.** A `deprecated` adapter's header comment records the successor; the agent surfaces "X is deprecated; successor: Y" before any run, even with confirmation.
+
+4. **Record the tier in the run summary.** The summary line emitted after every `/video:* / /image:* / /audio:*` run names the chosen provider AND its tier. This is the audit-log entry the agent-in-the-loop enforcement model rests on.
+
+5. **Promotion is the maintainer's call.** The agent never auto-promotes `experimental → stable`. It MAY draft a promotion checklist (see [`docs/contracts/provider-lifecycle.md § 2`](../docs/contracts/provider-lifecycle.md#-2--promotion-path)) for maintainer review, but the tier-flip commit is human-authored.
+
+## Failure modes — what counts as a violation
+
+- Running `/video:scene` against the `<default-video-provider>` without reading the lifecycle tag first → violation.
+- Picking a `community` provider because it was named in the prompt, without surfacing the tier → violation.
+- Editing an adapter and leaving its header `Lifecycle:` comment out of sync with `agents/.ai-video.xml.example` → violation (CI does not catch this; the agent must).
+- Auto-promoting an adapter from `experimental` to `stable` because "dry-run worked" → violation. Promotion requires a maintainer-captured real-API smoke trace under `agents/ai-video/smoke-traces/`.
+
+## Day-one state
+
+All five shipped adapters (`openai-images`, `gemini-veo`, `kling`, `higgsfield`, `sora`) ship as `experimental`. This means **every** default `/video:* / /image:*` run today triggers the refuse-and-surface path. That is intentional — it is the conservative-by-construction posture the contract argues for. As maintainers capture smoke traces and flip individual adapters to `stable`, the friction reduces per-adapter.
+
+## Why agent-in-the-loop, not Python gate
+
+A Python pre-run gate enumerating tier-by-command rules would either be too coarse (`experimental → block`, breaking day-to-day dev iteration) or too detailed (per-command tier matrix, drifting from reality on every new provider). The agent reading the tag at run time, surfacing the tier, and asking is the correct enforcement surface: the model that picked the provider is the model that surfaces the obligation, and the human is the policy decision point.
+
+The CI guarantee is structural reachability — the linter would fail if a provider was declared in `agents/.ai-video.xml.example` without a lifecycle tag (extension planned). It does not enforce the runtime obligation; the agent does.
+
+## See also
+
+- [`docs/contracts/provider-lifecycle.md`](../docs/contracts/provider-lifecycle.md) — the full tier definitions, promotion / demotion criteria, and day-one assignment matrix.
+- [`scripts/ai-video/lib/adapter-contract.md`](../../scripts/ai-video/lib/adapter-contract.md) — the four-method shell surface every adapter implements; the tier tag is read alongside this contract.
+- [`media-governance-routing`](media-governance-routing.md) — sibling tier-2a rule that surfaces the prompt-side policy layer; this rule covers the provider-side discipline.
+- [`ask-when-uncertain`](ask-when-uncertain.md) — the one-question-per-turn discipline the refuse-and-surface path uses.