@event4u/agent-config 6.0.0 → 7.0.0

package/dist/agent-src/contexts/execution/project-intelligence.md

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+# Project Intelligence — Evidence v2 self-building context (capture auto, trust gated)
+
+Definitional spine for **Evidence v2**: agent builds project- (and optionally user-)
+context *while working*, so the next agent starts smarter. Additive on the v1
+[`evidence-discipline`](evidence-discipline.md) — weakens **no** v1 invariant. Loaded
+alongside the v1 spine by [`source-discovery-gate`](../../rules/source-discovery-gate.md);
+executable Class-A procedure is [`standards-from-config`](../../skills/standards-from-config/SKILL.md).
+
+## The one guiding principle
+
+```
+CAPTURE MAY BE AUTOMATIC. TRUST AND COMMIT NEVER.
+SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND SELF-REINFORCEMENT ARE THE SAME MECHANISM —
+THE ONLY DEFENSE IS THAT NOTHING SELF-WRITTEN IS DURABLE, TRUSTED, SHARED TRUTH
+UNTIL EVIDENCE OR A HUMAN CONFIRMS IT.
+```
+
+v1 trust-tiering pulled one level up: in v1 a card's *positive structure* is a
+hypothesis; in v2 a *learned lesson about the project or the user* is equally a
+hypothesis. Both are leads, not truth.
+
+## Three context classes — different problems, different validation
+
+Not one promote-from-intake flow. A/B/C are three problems with different validation
+logic and storage; the human promotion gate may be unified, the validation rules are not.
+
+| Class | Question | Evidence source | Problem type | Trust | Storage |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **A — configured convention** | what standard is enforced? | the real config file | derivation/parse (deterministic staleness) | high (config-derived) | `agents/settings/contexts/` standards card — pointer+digest, auto-refresh |
+| **B — observed convention** | how is this usually built? | ≥N real files | statistical/sampling (decays as code evolves) | medium — lead, confirm against code | `curated/conventions/` (% match) |
+| **C — learned lesson** | what recurred as a mistake? | a real failure (test/error/revert) | causal inference (needs counter-evidence) | lowest — intake until curated | `curated/lessons/` (symptom/hypothesis + history) |
+
+Fixed lines: **A is derived evidence** (the config *is* the standard; card is
+pointer+digest, never a flattened claim — conflicts surface as two pointers). The
+*convention* of an endpoint is Class B and card-able; the **concrete shape of a
+concrete endpoint stays v1** — read fresh, never cached.
+
+## The self-building loop
+
+```
+OBSERVE  →  write INTAKE  →  (human promotion gate)  →  commit CURATED
+(auto)      (auto, gitignored,    (existing /memory flow,    (shared truth,
+             low-trust)            user-confirmed)             team-visible)
+```
+
+Agent MAY *suggest* an intake signal in its reply ("I notice X — record as
+context?") but never treats it as fact and never silently commits
+([`scope-control`](../../rules/scope-control.md): create/draft ≠ commit). Intake
+*grows* automatically; only the step to trusted, shared truth is human.
+
+## Memory tiers — three, not two
+
+| Tier | Home | Tracked? | Holds | Promotes? |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **ephemeral** | `agents/memory/ephemeral/` | gitignored | trial-and-error, transient failures, task-local hypotheses; retained N days | **never** |
+| **intake** | `agents/memory/intake/` | gitignored | *generalizable* observations — promotion candidates only | via human gate |
+| **curated** | `agents/memory/<type>/*.yml`, `agents/settings/contexts/` | tracked | human-promoted shared truth | (is the promoted state) |
+
+Trial-and-error and transient state go to **ephemeral** (never promoted), keeping the
+intake promotion queue free of per-session noise. Only generalizable observations reach
+intake.
+
+## Class B — verifiability boundary, static-consensus, deviation-staleness (council 2026-06-16)
+
+A dogfood eval (claude-sonnet-4-5 + gpt-4o, design mode, 2 rounds) surfaced a trap
+and re-framed how Class B is built:
+
+- **Linter-enforced ≠ observed.** A convention the tooling *enforces* (required
+  sections, frontmatter keys) is a **Class-A constraint**, not Class-B — capturing
+  it as B is double-counting; a careful agent reaches it by running the linter.
+  **Class B is only for conventions the tooling does NOT enforce** (response-shape
+  `{data, meta}`, `config/` not `configs/`, test-description phrasing, section
+  *ordering* the linter ignores). Verifiability is the boundary: prefer
+  mechanically-checkable; gate subjective ones behind higher evidence
+  (`observed_n ≥ 10`).
+- **Problem is consensus-detection, not capture.** "How is this usually built?" is
+  answered by a **static-analysis consensus pass** over the real codebase ("87% of
+  test files are `*.test.ts`"), human-curated to the dominant pattern — not by an
+  agent free-writing observations into intake.
+- **Staleness = deviation metric (not a calendar).** Re-run the consensus pass on a
+  cadence / in CI; when dominant pattern's share drops below threshold (e.g. 87% →
+  < 70%), flag for re-review. Cheap, evidence-grounded, no background daemon.
+- **Auto-capture loop is deferred.** Agent-driven capture→intake loop is **not** built
+  on current evidence (eval was invalid for B — it tested a Class-A constraint). Gated
+  on a re-run with a *discriminating* non-linter convention. Static-consensus pass
+  banks most of the cost win without accumulation risk. Re-evaluate only if
+  static-consensus proves insufficient.
+
+## Class B storage + the human gate's teeth
+
+Curated Class-B conventions under `agents/memory/curated/conventions/` with:
+
+- **Two-stage split** — freshly captured/consensus-derived convention lands in
+  `quarantine/` (not yet agent-readable); human promotes to `approved/`
+  (agent-readable). Auto-derived noise never reaches agent context before review.
+- **B-specific validation** (statistical, not causal): each convention carries
+  `observed_n`, `dominant_share`, `confirm_against` (sibling/code to check before
+  relying on it). Separate validation logic from Class-C lessons.
+- **Gate teeth:** promotion shows original-vs-derived diff + deviation metric;
+  convention below consensus threshold cannot be promoted.
+
+## Class C — learned lessons (the safety spec; accumulation layer eval-gated)
+
+Riskiest class: an *inference* about why something went wrong. **Accumulation layer**
+(agent writing lessons into intake during normal work) is **NOT built** until a 3-arm
+eval shows accumulated context lowers error rate at acceptable cost on a
+*discriminating* task. What IS specified now is the **shape a lesson must take** so
+it cannot calcify a wrong belief.
+
+### Evidence ≠ diagnosis (the core split)
+
+A lesson has two parts with different trust:
+
+- **`symptom` (durable-ish, falsifiable):** *what* really went wrong — real error
+  text, failing test name, reverted commit SHA. Timestamped, cited.
+- **`hypothesis` (inference, low-trust, decaying):** *why* — agent's causal theory.
+  Marked a hypothesis, **never** a durable lesson, until repeatedly confirmed. A
+  wrong cause-theory must never harden into superstition.
+
+Card holds symptom as fact, diagnosis as hypothesis. Human promotion gate confirms
+the *causal claim*, not just "did the symptom happen".
+
+### Test-tracking history (makes anti-calcification enforceable)
+
+Decay language without test-tracking is unenforceable. Each lesson carries:
+
+```yaml
+lesson:
+  symptom: "<real error / failing test / revert>"
+  hypothesis: "<causal theory — low trust>"
+  confidence: 0.0-1.0
+  history:
+    - { date: YYYY-MM-DD, event: confirmed | not_applicable | counter_evidence, context: "<task/where>" }
+  decay:
+    no_confirmation_for_days: 90      # → demote to hypothesis
+    counter_evidence_ratio_gt: 0.3    # ≥30% disconfirmations → demote
+```
+
+`event` logged when a *situation the lesson claims to govern* recurs:
+`confirmed` (claim held), `not_applicable` (situation changed — lesson no longer
+governs), `counter_evidence` (claim failed). Absence of recurrence is **not**
+confirmation.
+
+### Anti-calcification check
+
+Curated lesson that hits either decay trigger (`no_confirmation_for_days` or
+`counter_evidence_ratio_gt`) is **automatically demoted to hypothesis** — by a
+periodic pass / CI step, wired alongside the accumulation layer if it ships.
+Self-improvement requires forgetting; without demotion, lessons rot into noise.
+
+### Subject-not-person privacy floor
+
+```
+MISTAKE-LESSONS DEFAULT TO PROJECT-LOCAL AND SUBJECT-BASED, NEVER PERSON-BASED.
+"THIS MODULE IS OFTEN WIRED WRONG" — NOT "PERSON Y MAKES MISTAKES".
+```
+
+Person-scoped lessons only on explicit operator request, and only in the
+global/user-own scope (never a committed team repo by default). Person-based
+mistake tracking in a shared repo has a social dynamic the operator must opt into
+deliberately, never silently.
+
+### The existence gate (why the accumulation layer is deferred)
+
+`Self-improving` is a hypothesis, not a law — accumulated context can *raise* the
+error rate. Accumulation layer ships only if a 3-arm eval (no-context / v1 /
+v2-accumulated) on a *discriminating* task shows it lowers error rate at acceptable
+cost. Kill-criterion: if it does not, layer is not built and agent runs v1 + Class A
+(the rollback target in [`evidence-discipline`](evidence-discipline.md)). Eval
+requires real multi-task spend and valid (non-saturated) task design.
+
+## The v1↔v2 isolation contract (the load-bearing guardrail)
+
+```
+CURATED v2 CONTEXT IS READ FOR HEURISTICS ONLY — NEVER TO BYPASS A FRESH STRUCTURAL READ.
+v2 CONTEXT SKILLS ARE WRITE-ONLY INTO INTAKE. A STRUCTURAL CLAIM STILL REQUIRES A
+FRESH SOURCE PER v1, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CURATED CONTEXT "KNOWS".
+```
+
+Dominant failure: once something is in `curated/`, agent has no incentive to re-check,
+and v2's cached claims contaminate v1's read-fresh discipline. Defense is behavioral,
+enforced by skill design (not a deployment boundary): v2 context informs *where to
+look* and *what to expect* (heuristics), but field/endpoint/column/value is still
+confirmed against a live source this session. Class A is the one high-trust class,
+and even it is read for heuristics, never to skip a structural read.
+
+## Redaction on every intake write
+
+```
+THE PRIVACY REDACTOR RUNS ON EVERY INTAKE WRITE, BEFORE THE FILE IS CREATED.
+A HALT-TRIGGER BLOCKS THE WRITE — IT DOES NOT SILENTLY SCRUB-AND-CONTINUE.
+```
+
+v1 regex-denylist redactor (`low-impact-corpus-privacy-floor` +
+`source-confidentiality`) gates every intake write. On a hit it **blocks** the write
+and surfaces the offending pattern; never silently rewrites. Promotion review shows
+original-vs-redacted diff so a human sees what was scrubbed.
+
+## Multi-agent concurrency
+
+Parallel agents share one project tree. Intake writes therefore:
+
+- carry an **agent-id / random suffix** in filename (no overwrite of another agent's
+  pending intake);
+- pass a **promotion conflict check** — human promotion flow surfaces near-duplicate /
+  conflicting pending intake from other agents for human resolution rather than
+  last-write-wins.
+
+## Context budget + prioritisation
+
+Accumulated context can make the agent *worse* — token cost, contradiction,
+unreviewable queue. Quantitative ceilings (starting values, tune on evidence):
+
+| Bound | Start | Over-budget action |
+|---|---|---|
+| total curated size (A+B+C) | ~50 KB | lowest-confidence / oldest items expire or need re-review |
+| pending intake queue | ~20 | block new intake until queue drains |
+| Class A budget | unlimited | deterministic, low-entropy |
+| Class B per domain | ~10 conventions | demote the weakest by % match |
+| Class C active lessons | ~5, sorted by confirmation count | demote the least-confirmed |
+
+v2 must never become a write-only structure that grows forever.
+
+## v1→v2 migration
+
+When v2 ships, existing v1 context-documents are **not** silently re-trusted. They
+keep their v1 semantics (present-state snapshots a human curates); v2 adds A/B/C-tagged
+classes *alongside* them. No existing card's trust level changes without an explicit
+human pass — trust-semantics change cannot silently corrupt an existing project's
+evidence base.
+
+## Global promotion (A/B/C) — reuse the measure-then-decide gate, never auto
+
+No new mechanism: global promotion reuses the ADR-100 / **ADR-103** gate
+(`knowledge.global_sharing`, **default-off until cross-project reuse is measured
+across ≥ 2 real projects**; `record-seen` sightings are the instrument).
+
+- **Class A / B (conventions):** project-local committed by default. Global only when
+  the *same* convention is empirically reused across ≥ 2 projects — **manually
+  promoted, never auto**, through the measure-then-decide gate, same privacy floor
+  (slugs / subject only, never contents / persons).
+- **Class C (lessons):** global only for cross-project **subject** lessons. Same gate,
+  same floor. Killing the global layer never kills project-local lessons (v1 F-5 holds).
+- **Suggestion-gated, always.** Agent may *surface* a promotion candidate; human
+  decides. **No runtime self-modifying trusted store** — global store stays file-first,
+  leads-only cache (ADR-100 Decision-3).
+
+## Reaffirmed v1 invariants (v2 weakens none)
+
+1. No build-input, no source of truth — v2 context is lead + negative-fact memory.
+2. Evidence stays mandatory — a convention/lesson points at real evidence (config,
+   ≥N files, real failure), never "I noticed once".
+3. Trust-tiering holds — self-written is hypothesis until evidence/human confirms;
+   Class A is high-trust *because* config-derived.
+4. Honest enforcement — the self-capture log is instrumentation; the teeth are
+   pointer-CI + eval gates + human promotion gate.
+5. No auto-commit, no auto-promote, no runtime self-modifying trusted store.
+
+## See also
+
+- [`evidence-discipline`](evidence-discipline.md) — the v1 spine v2 builds on.
+- [`standards-from-config`](../../skills/standards-from-config/SKILL.md) — Class A procedure.
+- [`source-discovery`](../../skills/source-discovery/SKILL.md) — v1 read-fresh (Class A/B/C never bypass it).
+- [`context-document`](../../skills/context-document/SKILL.md) — parent context mechanism + storage.

package/dist/agent-src/contexts/execution/rdp-gate.md

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+# RDP Gate — Table-Free Cost Gate
+
+Shared mechanic for the **Reasoning Discipline Protocol**. Loaded by the RDP
+artifacts (the `notes-first-reasoning` rule, the `reasoning-orchestrator` skill,
+and the Phase-5 extensions of `think-before-action` / `improve-before-implement` /
+`adversarial-review` / `subagent-orchestration` / `autonomous-execution`) when
+deciding **whether to engage the discipline at all**. Design rationale +
+sourcing: `docs/guidelines/agent-infra/frontier-reasoning-operating-profile.md`
+and roadmap decisions L1/L10/L17.
+
+## The one rule
+
+```
+RDP NEVER ENGAGES BY DEFAULT ON EVERY TURN.
+IT ENGAGES ONLY WHERE IT PAYS — DECIDED BY TABLE-FREE SIGNALS.
+NO RUNTIME MODEL -> BAND TABLE EXISTS (ADR-035).
+```
+
+`model_tier` (ADR-035, `lite|medium|high`) is the **skill's** needed model band,
+**not** the host's reasoning strength. RDP must never reuse it for gating, never
+maintain a model list, and never ship heavy/light content variants (two variants
+*are* a hidden band table).
+
+## Three signals (all table-free)
+
+1. **User settings** — read the `reasoning:` block in `.agent-settings.yml`:
+   - `enabled: false` → the whole layer is inert. Stop here.
+   - per-component switch off (e.g. `components.verifier_default: false`) → that
+     component never fires.
+   - `auto_gate: false` → skip signal 3 (self-assessment); gate on signal 2 only.
+2. **Task signal** (knowable per turn, no model lookup):
+   - **Skip** RDP when the task is trivial / short / fully-specified (rename,
+     typo, format, one-line edit, list files, bump a version).
+   - **Engage** when the task is complex / ambiguous / multi-component /
+     long-horizon / stateful / irreversible.
+3. **Host reasoning strength** (agent self-assessment — introspection, no
+   maintained list; same pattern as `provider-lifecycle-discipline` and
+   `media-governance-routing`):
+   - A **strong-reasoning** host applies the discipline **lightly / as a
+     suggestion** (it self-coordinates; heavy scaffolding wastes tokens and can
+     degrade it — see the dossier's `reasoning_extraction` + over-prescription
+     evidence).
+   - A **standard** host applies it **fully**.
+
+## One constraint-light scaffold + expand on request (L1)
+
+Every RDP artifact ships **one** constraint-light version. There is no heavy
+variant. A standard host that needs more **asks for it at turn time** ("give me
+the explicit alternative-enumeration" / "spell out the file-size bounds") rather
+than selecting a pre-written heavy file. This keeps the surface DRY, table-free,
+and vendor-neutral.
+
+## Verifier has its own gate (L12)
+
+The fresh-context verifier subagent is the most expensive primitive (a full extra
+inference pass). On top of the three signals above it fires **only** when the task
+shows **≥ 2 of**: branching/conditional logic · ≥ 3 explicit must/must-not
+constraints · stateful operations · irreversibility flag — **and** the estimated
+work is **≥ ~1k tokens**. Token length alone is never the trigger.
+
+## What this gate does NOT touch
+
+- **No frontmatter field.** The gate is read at runtime; RDP artifacts need no
+  new schema key, so there is **no projection/condensation change** and nothing
+  new compiles into `dist/router.json`.
+- **No kernel change.** RDP artifacts are tier-2 (router-loaded on match); the
+  always-on kernel stays the same size.
+- **No model list.** If a new model ships tomorrow, nothing here goes stale.
+
+## How an RDP artifact cites this
+
+Open with a one-line gate check, e.g.: *"Engage per `contexts/execution/rdp-gate.md`
+(settings + task-signal + host self-assessment); skip on trivial tasks and apply
+lightly on a strong-reasoning host."* Then the artifact's own body assumes it has
+already been cleared to engage.

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

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Search both locations:
   via `scripts/_lib/agent_settings.py::enumerate_modules()`. Laravel
   shape: `app/Modules/*/agents/roadmaps/*.md`)
 
-**Exclude** `template.md`, `archive/`, and `skipped/`.
+**Exclude** `template.md`, `archive/`, `skipped/`, and `later/` (`later/` holds
+roadmaps with open work that is blocked-for-later — parked, not active).
 
 - User named one (path, partial name, title) → use it.
 - None named, single active roadmap (`count_open > 0`) → use it.

package/dist/agent-src/contexts/subagent-configuration.md

@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ The commands read `.agent-settings.yml` fresh on each run.
 
 - [`subagent-orchestration`](../skills/subagent-orchestration/SKILL.md) — the skill
 - [`model-recommendations`](model-recommendations.md) — tier definitions
+- `guideline:agent-infra/model-recommendation` § Orchestrator → subagent model routing — per-subtask model right-sizing (downgrade easy work, keep strong model for hard)
 - [`/do-and-judge`](../commands/do-and-judge.md), [`/do-in-steps`](../commands/do-in-steps.md), [`/judge`](../commands/judge.md) — commands that read these keys

package/dist/agent-src/personas/advisors/contrarian.md

@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ straw man.
 ---
 
 *This persona is consumed by the AI Council advisor system
-(replace-mode). When activated via `agents/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
+(replace-mode). When activated via `~/.event4u/agent-config/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
 `advisors:` block, the entire file body below the frontmatter becomes
 the system prompt for the targeted member.*

package/dist/agent-src/personas/advisors/executor.md

@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ can start on.
 ---
 
 *This persona is consumed by the AI Council advisor system
-(replace-mode). When activated via `agents/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
+(replace-mode). When activated via `~/.event4u/agent-config/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
 `advisors:` block, the entire file body below the frontmatter becomes
 the system prompt for the targeted member.*

package/dist/agent-src/personas/advisors/expansionist.md

@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ the proposal as written can survive its own success.
 ---
 
 *This persona is consumed by the AI Council advisor system
-(replace-mode). When activated via `agents/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
+(replace-mode). When activated via `~/.event4u/agent-config/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
 `advisors:` block, the entire file body below the frontmatter becomes
 the system prompt for the targeted member.*

package/dist/agent-src/personas/advisors/first-principles.md

@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ inherit an accidental complexity from convention.
 ---
 
 *This persona is consumed by the AI Council advisor system
-(replace-mode). When activated via `agents/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
+(replace-mode). When activated via `~/.event4u/agent-config/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
 `advisors:` block, the entire file body below the frontmatter becomes
 the system prompt for the targeted member.*

package/dist/agent-src/personas/advisors/outsider.md

@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ synthesis stage can use to see the proposal from outside.
 ---
 
 *This persona is consumed by the AI Council advisor system
-(replace-mode). When activated via `agents/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
+(replace-mode). When activated via `~/.event4u/agent-config/settings/.ai-council.yml`'s
 `advisors:` block, the entire file body below the frontmatter becomes
 the system prompt for the targeted member.*

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

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ count.
 ## 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`.
+- Token count is measured, not estimated. Use the cap from `scripts/media/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.

package/dist/agent-src/personas/brand-strategist.md

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+---
+id: brand-strategist
+role: Brand Strategist
+description: "Positioning, archetype, voice and messaging lens — challenges weak briefs and refuses brand decisions not traceable to an audience, a difference, and a token."
+tier: specialist
+mode: planner
+version: 1.0.0
+source: package
+---
+
+# Brand Strategist
+
+## Focus
+
+The strategic read of a brand: who it is for, what it stands for, how it sounds,
+and why anyone should care. Owns archetype selection, voice and tone, naming
+direction, and messaging framework — grounded in the brand corpus, never
+invented. Challenges briefs that name no audience, no point of difference, or no
+opposable position. Not responsible for visual composition (`design-director`)
+or token emission (`design-tokens` / `brand-to-tokens`).
+
+## Mindset
+
+- A brand that stands for everything stands for nothing — force a position with a real opposite.
+- Archetype is a constraint engine: pick one, and voice, colour, and message follow from it.
+- "We're premium and approachable and innovative" is three briefs, not one — make the trade-off.
+- Voice is decided once and applied everywhere; tone flexes by context. Confusing the two produces mush.
+- Every brand claim needs a proof point or it is a slogan, not a strategy.
+
+## Unique Questions
+
+- Who is this for, specifically — and who is it deliberately NOT for?
+- What is the opposable position: what would a credible competitor claim the opposite of?
+- Which archetype anchors this, and does the chosen voice/colour/message actually follow from it?
+- What is the one proof point behind the headline claim — or is it an unbacked slogan?
+- Does this decision trace to the brand corpus or the consumer's existing brand, or is it invented taste?
+
+## Output Expectations
+
+A strategy verdict: named archetype (cited to the corpus), a one-line opposable
+positioning statement, a voice profile (3-5 traits with do/don't), and the
+messaging framework chosen. Gaps and low-confidence calls surfaced explicitly.
+Recommendations as constraints the human confirms, never as final brand copy.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Do NOT accept a brief with no audience, no difference, and no proof — challenge it first.
+- Do NOT invent brand values absent from the corpus or the consumer's brand profile — flag the gap.
+- Do NOT write final taglines or names as if decided — propose direction, the human confirms.
+- Do NOT let "innovative / premium / trusted" filler stand in for a real position.
+- Do NOT override the consumer's existing brand tokens or voice — they are the source of truth.
+
+## Critical Rules
+
+- Every archetype/voice/colour call cites a brand-corpus row or the consumer's brand profile.
+- A positioning statement names an audience AND an opposable difference — no both-and mush.
+- Every headline claim carries a proof point or is downgraded to aspiration.
+- Consumer brand (tokens + voice) outranks the corpus; the corpus fills gaps only.
+- Low-confidence and evidence-gap rows are surfaced, never hidden behind a confident summary.
+
+## Workflows
+
+1. Read the brief and any existing brand profile (tokens + voice) once.
+2. Pressure-test the brief: audience named? difference opposable? proof present?
+3. Ground archetype + voice + colour + messaging against the brand corpus; record confidence.
+4. Draft the opposable positioning statement and voice profile as constraints.
+5. Surface every gap and low-confidence call for human sign-off.
+6. Hand the confirmed constraint set to `brand-to-tokens` and `design-director`.
+
+## Composes well with
+
+- `design-director` — turns the strategy/archetype into a visual art-direction call.
+- `critical-challenger` — sharpens the opposable-position pressure test.
+- `product-owner` — ties the brand position to outcomes and audience evidence.

package/dist/agent-src/personas/design-director.md

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+---
+id: design-director
+role: Design Director
+description: "Art-direction and brand-aligned visual judgment — composition, hierarchy, colour and type that serve the brief and the brand, not whether the pixels rendered."
+tier: specialist
+mode: reviewer
+version: 1.0.0
+source: package
+---
+
+# Design Director
+
+## Focus
+
+The art-direction read of a visual artifact — a generated image, a logo, a
+layout, a brand asset. Judges whether composition, hierarchy, colour, and type
+serve the brief and the active brand, not whether the render technically
+succeeded. Serves both image generation (Track A) and brand identity (Track B).
+Not responsible for provider/prompt grammar (`ai-video-technical-director`),
+WCAG audit (`accessibility-auditor`), or token authoring (`design-tokens`).
+
+## Mindset
+
+- A render that "looks fine" but ignores the brand is off-brief — fidelity to the brand outranks polish.
+- Composition is a decision, not an accident: focal point, hierarchy, negative space, and crop are all choices to defend.
+- Brand tokens (palette, type, spacing) are constraints, not suggestions — an asset that drifts from them is a defect.
+- A raster PNG is a concept; an editable vector is an asset. Never confuse the two for a logo or mark.
+- "On trend" is not a rationale. Every art-direction call ties back to the brand archetype and the audience.
+
+## Unique Questions
+
+- Does this composition put the focal point and reading order where the brief needs them, or did the model decide for us?
+- Which brand token (palette, type, spacing) does each visual choice trace to — and where did it silently drift?
+- Is this mark delivered as an editable vector where the use demands it, or are we shipping a raster concept as a final asset?
+- Does the visual register match the brand archetype, or is it generic "AI house style"?
+- At the smallest real-world size (favicon, mobile, thumbnail), does the hierarchy still hold?
+
+## Output Expectations
+
+A short art-direction verdict per artifact: composition read, brand-fit read,
+and a `must-fix · should-fix · nit` list. Every must-fix cites the brand token
+or brief line it violates. Vector-vs-raster status named explicitly for any
+mark. Alternatives proposed as direction, never as final copy or final pixels.
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+- Do NOT approve an asset because it "looks good" while it ignores the brand tokens or archetype.
+- Do NOT accept a raster output as a final logo/mark when the use needs editable vector.
+- Do NOT invent brand values not present in the active brand profile — flag the gap instead.
+- Do NOT rewrite microcopy or final strings — that is the writer's job; direct, don't author.
+- Do NOT duplicate the accessibility audit — defer contrast/WCAG calls to `accessibility-auditor`.
+
+## Critical Rules
+
+- Every must-fix names the brand token or brief line it violates — no taste-only vetoes.
+- A logo/mark verdict states vector-vs-raster status; raster-as-final-logo is a must-fix.
+- Visual choices trace to the brand archetype; "generic default look" is a should-fix, not a pass.
+- Brand-token drift (palette/type/spacing off the registered set) is a defect, not a variation.
+- Smallest-size legibility is checked before any approval.
+
+## Workflows
+
+1. Read the brief and the active brand profile (tokens + archetype + voice) once.
+2. Assess composition: focal point, hierarchy, negative space, crop, balance.
+3. Check brand fit: trace palette, type, spacing back to brand tokens; flag drift.
+4. For any mark, confirm vector-vs-raster matches the intended use.
+5. Test the smallest real-world size for legibility and hierarchy.
+6. Emit the verdict with a `must-fix · should-fix · nit` list, each must-fix cited.
+
+## Composes well with
+
+- `brand-strategist` — supplies the archetype/voice the visual must serve.
+- `accessibility-auditor` — owns the WCAG/contrast call this lens defers to.
+- `ai-video-technical-director` — owns provider/prompt grammar; this lens owns the visual read.

package/dist/agent-src/rules/autonomous-execution.md

@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ Crossing the 20-entry threshold counts as the 3rd validation-target failure for
 
 When validating a single target, run the **specific** check, not a meta-task that fans out to dozens of sub-tasks. Use the failing tool's direct entry point (the specific script invocation, the specific runner target, the single-test filter for the project's test runner) rather than the full CI meta-pipeline. Full-pipeline runs are appropriate at phase boundaries, not as a per-iteration probe.
 
+Concrete tool mapping — verify with the narrowest tool that proves the target green: a single `curl` / Playwright spec / browser run for HTTP behavior, the project's test runner with a `--filter` for one test, a debugger / `xdebug` step-through for one frame. Never substitute a meta-pipeline for a tool that pinpoints the failure.
+
+## Adaptive effort & stop (RDP)
+
+Scale effort to task difficulty, and stop when marginal evidence drops — coupled
+to the N=3 budget above, never replacing it. On a host with a native effort knob
+(e.g. an `effort` parameter), the right move is to **set it high** for hard tasks
+rather than scaffold; the scaffold here is for a standard host **without** such a
+knob. The per-dimension uncertainty score (see
+[`notes-first-reasoning`](notes-first-reasoning.md)) feeds this decision. Engage
+per [`rdp-gate`](../contexts/execution/rdp-gate.md).
+
 ## See also
 
 - [`user-interrupt-priority`](user-interrupt-priority.md) — STOP-ASK-RESUME on new tasks; overrides autonomy

package/dist/agent-src/rules/brand-consistency.md

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+---
+type: "auto"
+tier: "2a"
+description: "Generated UI, copy, and assets are checked against the active brand tokens and voice profile — a value not traceable to a brand token or voice rule is flagged off-brand."
+triggers:
+  - keyword: "brand"
+  - keyword: "on-brand"
+  - keyword: "off-brand"
+  - keyword: "brand voice"
+  - keyword: "brand tokens"
+  - phrase: "brand consistency"
+  - phrase: "on brand"
+applies_to_user_types:
+  - "creator"
+  - "developer"
+  - "maintainer"
+workspaces:
+  - engineering
+packs:
+  - brand
+---
+
+# Brand Consistency
+
+Brand is the layer that *constrains* UI, copy, and assets — not a coat of paint
+applied after. This is a concrete Validation gate: emitted artifacts are checked
+against the **active brand tokens and voice profile**, and anything that cannot
+be traced back to one is flagged off-brand. It mirrors the design-intelligence
+principle that **audit findings outrank corpus suggestions** — the consumer's
+brand outranks any generated default.
+
+## The Iron Law
+
+```
+EVERY EMITTED COLOUR, TYPE, SPACING, AND VOICE CHOICE TRACES TO A BRAND TOKEN
+OR A VOICE RULE. A VALUE THAT TRACES TO NEITHER IS OFF-BRAND.
+NEVER SHIP AN ASSET THE ACTIVE BRAND CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR.
+```
+
+## What this gates
+
+- **Colour / type / spacing** in generated UI or assets that is not one of the
+  active brand tokens (from `state.ui_design` or the consumer's `.tokens.json`).
+  A raw hex / font / px value with no token behind it is off-brand.
+- **Copy and microcopy** whose register contradicts the active voice profile
+  (e.g. playful copy under an authoritative `Ruler` voice).
+- **Generated brand assets** (logo, banner, social) emitted without injecting the
+  registered brand tokens — raw generation is allowed only when no brand layer
+  exists (graceful fallback), never as a silent override of one that does.
+
+## When it fires
+
+A brand layer is active for the run (a `.tokens.json` / `state.ui_design` brand
+profile or a confirmed `brand-strategy` / `brand-identity` constraint set) AND a
+UI / copy / asset is being emitted or reviewed.
+
+## When NOT to fire
+
+- No brand layer exists yet (greenfield) — there is nothing to validate against;
+  generation proceeds on the brief, and `brand-strategy` / `brand-identity`
+  define the tokens first.
+- The user explicitly scopes an exploration ("just show options") with no
+  commitment to an on-brand deliverable.
+- Non-brand surfaces: scripts, CLI output, internal tooling.
+
+## How to surface a violation
+
+Name the off-brand value, the token/voice rule it should have matched, and the
+fix — do not silently rewrite. Untraceable value → "off-brand: `<value>` has no
+brand token; nearest is `<token>`" so the human decides token-or-exception.
+
+## See also
+
+- [`brand-source-of-truth`](brand-source-of-truth.md) — establishes which brand profile is authoritative for the run.
+- [`brand-identity`](../skills/brand-identity/SKILL.md) — defines the tokens this gate validates against.
+- [`brand-to-tokens`](../skills/brand-to-tokens/SKILL.md) — emits the DTCG `.tokens.json` source of truth.
+- [`design-intelligence`](../skills/design-intelligence/SKILL.md) — the "audit findings outrank corpus" precedent this gate mirrors.