@garygentry/feature-forge 0.2.14 → 0.3.0

package/adapters/pi/references/stage-exit-protocol.md

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+# Stage Exit Protocol
+
+The single source of truth for how every forge **authoring** stage closes. It
+replaces the old ad-hoc "Next steps:" bullet lists with one fixed, correctly-ordered
+sequence: **verify (if missing or stale) → `/clear` → run the next command.**
+
+Two principles this protocol encodes (do not relitigate — they are locked product
+decisions):
+
+1. **Clearing is recommended on its own merits at every stage boundary** — a clean
+   start for the next stage — *not* as a proxy for a full context window. Window
+   fullness only changes *how emphatically* the clear is recommended, never *whether*
+   it is.
+2. **Verify happens before the clear, never after** — in the authoring session, whether
+   manual **or** auto. Verify's clean-room subagent is dispatched from the *current*
+   session, so the findings digest and any fix decision land where the context to act on
+   them still exists. This holds for auto-verify too: the stage skill dispatches the
+   clean-room verify (and any autoFix) at stage end, in-session, before the exit — it is
+   **not** deferred to the navigator, which runs *after* the `/clear` with none of the
+   authoring context. Clearing first throws that context away.
+
+## How this file is used
+
+The five authoring stages (`forge-0-epic` … `forge-4-backlog`) close with the
+**Scripted Stage Exit**: a short stamped block (below) that runs
+`forge-session.py stage-exit`, obeys the DIRECTIVES it prints per the **directive
+contract** in this file, and prints the script-emitted NEXT-STEPS block verbatim as the
+absolute last output. All the conditional logic the old prose blocks asked the model to
+compute (effective auto-verify, freshness collapse, gate selection, host wording) now
+lives in the script, deterministically; only genuinely interactive work (clean-room
+subagent dispatch, `AskUserQuestion` gates) remains prose — specified once here, not
+per stage.
+
+The loop (`forge-5-loop`) keeps its bespoke exits: it stamps the **standard block**
+(step-6 epic-member handoff) and the **warm variant** (all-done closing) below,
+verbatim. `forge-6-docs` is **terminal** — it stamps no exit block.
+
+A drift-guard test (`tests/test_stage_exit_protocol.py`) asserts each stamp site still
+contains its block, so an edit here must be mirrored into every stamp site (and
+vice-versa).
+
+## Stamp sites
+
+| Stamp site | Block |
+|---|---|
+| `forge-0-epic` … `forge-4-backlog` | scripted-stage-exit stamp |
+| `forge-5-loop` (step-6 epic-member handoff) | standard |
+| `forge-5-loop` (all-done closing → docs) | warm |
+
+The scripted stamp fills one build-time slot, `{stage-exit-args}` — the per-stage
+argument list (e.g. `--feature "{feature}" --stage forge-2-tech`; the epic stage passes
+`--feature "{epic}" --stage forge-0-epic --next-feature "{first-actionable-feature}"`).
+`{feature}` / `{epic}` / `{specsDir}` / `{first-actionable-feature}` remain runtime
+placeholders the skill resolves before running the command, exactly as elsewhere.
+
+<!-- BEGIN: scripted-stage-exit-stamp -->
+**Close this stage with the Scripted Stage Exit** (contract: `references/stage-exit-protocol.md`; do not improvise a "Next steps" list). Run:
+
+```bash
+R="$(bash -c 'for d in "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" "$HOME"/.claude/skills/feature-forge "$HOME"/.claude/plugins/cache/*/feature-forge/* "$HOME"/.claude/plugins/*/feature-forge "$HOME"/.agents/skills/feature-forge ./.agents/skills/feature-forge; do [ -x "$d/scripts/forge-root.sh" ] && exec "$d/scripts/forge-root.sh"; done')"
+[ -n "$R" ] || { echo "feature-forge: cannot locate plugin root" >&2; exit 1; }
+python3 "$R/scripts/forge-session.py" stage-exit {stage-exit-args} --specs-dir "{specsDir}" --host claude
+```
+
+Obey the DIRECTIVES it prints, in order, per the directive contract: `runInStageVerify: true` → dispatch the in-stage clean-room verify now (honoring `autoFixEligible`); `verifyGate: "standard"` → present the Standard Verify Gate; `verifyGate: "manual-print"` → print the `verifyCommand` for the user; non-empty `invalidAutoVerifyKeys` → print a one-line warning. Then **print the NEXT-STEPS block verbatim as your absolute last output — nothing after its sentinel line.**
+<!-- END: scripted-stage-exit-stamp -->
+
+## Directive contract
+
+`stage-exit` emits a DIRECTIVES object and a NEXT-STEPS block. The skill executes the
+directives **in this order**; the script has already computed every conditional, so a
+directive is an instruction, not a question to re-derive.
+
+### `invalidAutoVerifyKeys` (non-empty)
+
+Print a one-line warning first (e.g. "⚠️ forge.config.json `autoVerifyStages` has
+unknown keys: … — they are ignored; fix the typo").
+
+### `runInStageVerify: true` — in-stage auto-verify {stageNoun}
+
+Auto-verify is effective for this stage and verification is outstanding — verify **now,
+in this session** (principle #2 applied to auto-verify: the digest and any fix decision
+land here, where the authoring context still exists — not deferred to a post-`/clear`
+navigator):
+
+1. **Clean-room verify (require-clean).** Dispatch the clean-room `forge-verifier`
+   subagent from this session in require-clean mode — the same path the navigator uses
+   (`skills/forge-verify/SKILL.md`). Dispatch it **synchronously and await its digest
+   inline** — do **not** run it in the background or announce it as "still running";
+   the digest and any fix decision must land in this session. It inherits none of this
+   session's context, so no `/clear` is needed and only a compact digest returns.
+   **Clean-room unavailable** (no `Agent` tool, `forge-verifier` not dispatchable) **or
+   a non-answer returned** (the verifier returned a placeholder / "still running" /
+   delegation message instead of a findings block): do **not** run inline and do **not**
+   silently accept the non-answer as a pass — leave verify **pending** so the navigator
+   catch-up fires on a later Claude-host `/skill:forge`, print the
+   `verifyCommand` for the user to run, and continue to the NEXT-STEPS block.
+2. **Verify passed / no findings** → the fresh verify state is recorded by the
+   clean-room run; continue to the NEXT-STEPS block.
+3. **Verify found findings** →
+   - **`autoFixEligible: true` AND the findings document has zero unresolved decision
+     points** → chain `feature-forge:forge-fix` in-session (it owns its own commit +
+     step tracking), then run a **mandatory re-verify** in require-clean mode. Continue
+     to the NEXT-STEPS block only if the re-verify passes. On any precondition miss, a
+     forge-fix early stop, or a red re-verify, fall through to the digest gate below —
+     never a silent partial mutation. (`autoFixEligible` already folds in the config
+     `autoFix` flag and the clean-tree precondition; a dirty tree or
+     `gitCommitAfterStage: false` arrives here as `false`.)
+   - **`autoFixEligible: false`, or unresolved decision points** → surface a **compact
+     findings digest** as text, then present the gate via `AskUserQuestion`: **Run
+     `forge-fix` now** *(recommended — you are in-context and the digest is right
+     here)* / **Clear + advance anyway** (leave the findings for later) / **Stop
+     here**. Do **not** hard-stop and do **not** silently walk past. Act on the choice,
+     then continue to the NEXT-STEPS block.
+
+### `verifyGate: "standard"` — the Standard Verify Gate
+
+Auto-verify is off for this stage and verification is outstanding (`verifyState` is
+`never`, `stale`, or `failing`). Verify **now, before clearing**, using
+`AskUserQuestion` with exactly these three options — but only when the host has a
+question mechanism **and** the clean-room path is available (the `Agent` tool plus a
+dispatchable `forge-verifier` subagent); otherwise degrade exactly as `manual-print`
+below:
+
+- **Verify {stageNoun} now** *(recommended)* — dispatch the clean-room `forge-verifier`
+  subagent from this session in require-clean mode; the digest returns here so any fix
+  decision keeps its context. One-time — it does **not** change config.
+- **Verify now + enable auto-verify going forward** — verify now **and** patch
+  `"autoVerify": true` into `forge.config.json` in place (preserve formatting and every
+  other key) so future stages verify automatically, no prompt. This complements the
+  `forge-init` opt-in. **Do not auto-commit this config change** — treat it like
+  `notes`: a user-facing edit the user commits on their own cadence, never folded into
+  a stage's artifact commit.
+- **Skip for now** — go straight to the NEXT-STEPS block without verifying. Record this
+  stage's verify status as `"skipped"` in pipeline state (mirroring the existing skip
+  handling) **only** on an explicit skip — a skip does not go stale.
+
+If verify runs and finds findings, handle them exactly as in the in-stage flow above
+(digest + `AskUserQuestion` gate; `autoFixEligible` applies unchanged).
+
+### `verifyGate: "manual-print"`
+
+Verification is outstanding but the host cannot present the gate or dispatch
+clean-room. Do **not** run verify inline — print the `verifyCommand` for the user to
+run (mirroring `autoInvokeNextStage`), offer the auto-verify enable as plain text only
+if a config write is possible, and continue to the NEXT-STEPS block. Verify state stays
+outstanding, so the navigator catch-up can fire later.
+
+### `verifyGate: "none"`
+
+Verification is already resolved (fresh or explicitly skipped) or the in-stage run
+above covers it. Say so in one line and continue to the NEXT-STEPS block.
+
+### `epicReconcile` (epic backflow — present only when there are open requests)
+
+Emitted only when the exiting member carries `open` `epicChangeRequests` (recorded by
+`forge-1-prd`/`forge-2-tech` when the epic *decomposition* itself must change — see
+`references/pipeline-state-schema.json`). Absent on the common path and for standalone
+features. The script has already folded the routing into the NEXT-STEPS block, so this
+directive is informational — you do **not** re-derive the wording:
+
+- `required: true` (at least one `blocksCurrent: true` request) — the NEXT-STEPS block's
+  fenced **primary** command is the epic reconcile command
+  (`/skill:forge-0-epic {epic}`), and the normal next stage is demoted to a
+  follow-up line ("After reconciling, continue with …"). This is *reconcile-before-specs*:
+  proceeding would author artifacts against a decomposition that is about to change. It is
+  strongest when exiting `forge-2-tech` (next is `forge-3-specs`, the point of no cheap
+  return).
+- `reminder: true` (only `blocksCurrent: false` requests) — normal next-stage routing is
+  unchanged; the block appends a non-blocking reminder line ("You also flagged N epic
+  change(s) to reconcile when convenient …"). This is *finish-then-edit*.
+
+Either way the added lines are host-neutral (no literal `/clear`) and sit **above** the
+sentinel; just print the NEXT-STEPS block verbatim as always.
+
+### Deferred decisions — do not solicit next-stage decisions at this exit
+
+Each stage owns its own decisions. At a stage exit, do **not** pull a *later* stage's
+decision forward — do not ask the user (or decide unilaterally) something that properly
+belongs to the next stage's interview (e.g. at `forge-1-prd` exit, don't settle the
+concrete cache backend that `forge-2-tech` will design). Soliciting it here guesses ahead
+of the stage that owns the context, and the answer has nowhere durable to live.
+
+Instead, when you notice a decision that belongs downstream, **record it structurally** as
+a `deferredDecisions[]` entry on this feature's `.pipeline-state.json` (schema in
+`references/pipeline-state-schema.json`; same direct-edit path as `notes` /
+`epicChangeRequests[]`): `question` (phrased for the target stage), optional `rationale`
+and `targetStage`, `raisedBy` (this stage), `raisedAt` (ISO-8601 UTC), `status: "open"`.
+This keeps the exit focused on *this* stage's next-step routing while carrying the open
+question forward for the owning stage to resolve (it flips `status` to `addressed` when it
+does). Prefer a `deferredDecisions[]` entry over stuffing the same thing into the free-text
+`notes` string. This is a recording affordance, not a gate: never block the exit on it.
+
+### The NEXT-STEPS block (always last)
+
+Print the script's NEXT-STEPS block **verbatim as your absolute last output**. Nothing
+follows its final sentinel line (`─ forge: end of stage ─`) — no caveats, no summary,
+no sign-off. The block already carries the `/clear` recommendation (host-aware wording
+via `--host`) and the exact next command, so trailing prose can only push the user's
+next action out of view.
+
+---
+
+## Standard block
+
+Stamped at the loop's step-6 epic-member handoff (finishing feature A → starting
+feature B's PRD). It self-adapts: step 1's verify gate only fires when verification is
+actually outstanding, so at a boundary where verify already ran (or was explicitly
+skipped, or auto-verify is on) it silently collapses to just the `/clear` →
+next-command steps.
+
+Slots: `{stage}` (a lowercase noun phrase), `{verify-command}`, `{next-command}`.
+
+<!-- BEGIN: standard-exit-block -->
+**This stage is done — walk the user through the Stage Exit Protocol** before moving on. The order is fixed, and step 2 is something only the user can do:
+
+1. **Verify {stage} first — if it isn't already verified.** If verify already ran in this session — via the in-stage auto-verify on the authoring stages, or the interactive impl-verify offered above on the loop — or is already fresh on record, or the stage was explicitly skipped, say so and go straight to step 2. Only when `autoVerify` is off for this stage **and** verify is **missing or stale** do you present the **Standard Verify Gate**: verify **now, before clearing**, using `AskUserQuestion` with exactly these three options — but only when the host has a question mechanism **and** the clean-room path is available (the `Agent` tool plus a dispatchable `forge-verifier` subagent):
+   - **Verify {stage} now** *(recommended)* — dispatch the clean-room `forge-verifier` subagent from this session in require-clean mode; the digest returns here so any fix decision keeps its context. One-time — it does **not** change config.
+   - **Verify now + enable auto-verify going forward** — verify now **and** patch `"autoVerify": true` into `forge.config.json` in place (preserve formatting and every other key) so future stages verify automatically, no prompt. This complements the `forge-init` opt-in. **Do not auto-commit this config change** — treat it like `notes`: a user-facing edit the user commits on their own cadence, never folded into a stage's artifact commit.
+   - **Skip for now** — go straight to `/clear` and the next command without verifying. Record this stage's verify status as `"skipped"` in pipeline state (mirroring the existing skip handling) **only** on an explicit skip — a skip does not go stale.
+
+   **Host / clean-room fallback (not a user-selectable option):** if the question mechanism, the `Agent` tool, or the `forge-verifier` subagent is unavailable, do **not** run clean-room — degrade to printing `{verify-command}` for the user to run inline/manually (mirroring `autoInvokeNextStage`), and offer the auto-verify enable as plain text only if a config write is possible.
+2. **Then `/clear`.** Recommended **unconditionally** at this boundary for a clean start — independent of how full the context window is. Every artifact is on disk, so the work survives the clear. **I can't `/clear` for you — you have to run it yourself.**
+3. **Then run the next command** in the fresh session — or re-run `/skill:forge` to let the navigator resume from disk:
+
+   ```
+   {next-command}
+   ```
+<!-- END: standard-exit-block -->
+
+---
+
+## Warm-acceptable variant
+
+Stamp this only at the `forge-5-loop → forge-6-docs` boundary (the all-done result
+report). Here clearing is **optional**: the docs stage benefits from the still-warm
+context of what the loop actually did, and impl-verify is already offered interactively
+by the loop itself, so this block defers rather than re-presenting a gate.
+
+> **Note — no literal `/clear` here.** The warm block lives in `result-reporting.md`, a
+> skill-*own* reference that the adapter build copies **verbatim** (unlike skill bodies,
+> it is not host-term translated), so a literal `/clear` would reach non-Claude adapters
+> undegraded. The warm variant says "clearing is optional" anyway, so it is phrased
+> host-neutrally without the token on purpose — do not reintroduce `/clear` here. (The
+> standard block *does* use `/clear`; that is fine because every standard stamp site is a
+> skill **body**, where `scripts/build-adapters.py` degrades it.)
+
+<!-- BEGIN: warm-exit-block -->
+**The loop is complete — this is the one boundary where clearing before the next stage is optional.**
+
+1. **Verify is already offered above.** Impl-verify is offered interactively right after this report (Step 5b for a standalone feature, Step 6.1 for an epic member) — run it there rather than as a second gate. It runs clean-room, so it needs no fresh session.
+2. **Clearing is optional here — warm is fine.** `forge-6-docs` benefits from the still-warm context of what the loop actually did, so continuing in this same session is the easy default. A cold start also works — every artifact is on disk — but there is no need to force it.
+3. **Then run the next command** — in this warm session, or a fresh one if you prefer:
+
+   ```
+   {next-command}
+   ```
+<!-- END: warm-exit-block -->

package/adapters/pi/references/templates/specs-hygiene/AGENTS.md

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+# Agent Instructions — `specs/` (feature-forge)
+
+This directory holds **pre-implementation design artifacts** produced by the
+feature-forge pipeline (PRDs, technical specs, numbered implementation specs,
+traceability matrices, and per-feature `backlog.json` files).
+
+## How to treat these specs
+
+- **Specs are not live contracts.** They exist to plan the work and establish the
+  backlog. They are intentionally **not kept in sync** with the implementation as
+  the code evolves.
+- **Do not flag spec↔code divergence.** Once a spec is finalized and its backlog has
+  been implemented, the code is the source of truth for behavior. Do not "fix" the
+  implementation to match a spec, or the spec to match the code, unless a human
+  explicitly asks for it.
+- **Read freely; reference deliberately.** It is fine — encouraged, even — for
+  pipeline artifacts here (specs, `backlog.json`) to cite each other for provenance
+  and context. But implementation artifacts shipped into the project (source code,
+  generated skills/agents, configs, docs) should be self-contained and should **not**
+  reference files under `specs/`, which may be archived or deleted after a feature
+  ships.
+
+## Tooling feedback
+
+Friction with the feature-forge pipeline or the rauf loop — anything confusing, buggy, or
+missing? Capture it while fresh and file it (feature-forge →
+https://github.com/garygentry/feature-forge/issues, rauf →
+https://github.com/garygentry/rauf/issues). See the project-root `AGENTS.md` "Tooling
+feedback" section for the full flow. In an autonomous rauf iteration, note it in
+`progress.md` instead of opening an issue mid-loop.
+
+This file was generated by feature-forge. Edit or remove it to suit your project.

package/adapters/pi/references/templates/specs-hygiene/CLAUDE.md

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+# Claude Instructions — `specs/` (feature-forge)
+
+This directory holds **pre-implementation design artifacts** produced by the
+feature-forge pipeline (PRDs, technical specs, numbered implementation specs,
+traceability matrices, and per-feature `backlog.json` files).
+
+## How to treat these specs
+
+- **Specs are not live contracts.** They exist to plan the work and establish the
+  backlog. They are intentionally **not kept in sync** with the implementation as
+  the code evolves.
+- **Do not flag spec↔code divergence.** Once a spec is finalized and its backlog has
+  been implemented, the code is the source of truth for behavior. Don't "fix" the
+  implementation to match a spec, or the spec to match the code, unless I explicitly
+  ask you to.
+- **Read freely; reference deliberately.** It's fine — encouraged, even — for pipeline
+  artifacts here (specs, `backlog.json`) to cite each other for provenance and context.
+  But implementation artifacts shipped into the project (source code, generated
+  skills/agents, configs, docs) should be self-contained and should **not** reference
+  files under `specs/`, which may be archived or deleted after a feature ships.
+
+## Tooling feedback
+
+Friction with the feature-forge pipeline or the rauf loop — anything confusing, buggy, or
+missing? Help me capture it while fresh and file it (feature-forge →
+https://github.com/garygentry/feature-forge/issues, rauf →
+https://github.com/garygentry/rauf/issues). See the project-root `CLAUDE.md` "Tooling
+feedback" section for the full flow. In an autonomous rauf iteration, note it in
+`progress.md` instead of opening an issue mid-loop.
+
+This file was generated by feature-forge. Edit or remove it to suit your project.

package/adapters/pi/references/vendor-construct-inventory.md

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+# Vendor-Construct Inventory
+
+> Feature: `forge-skill-spec-purity` (epic `agent-agnostic`, target repo **feature-forge**).
+> Source of truth: `PRD.md` (v1) + `tech-spec.md` (v1).
+> This file is the REQ-VND-03 audit output — the single, exhaustive record of every vendor-specific
+> construct found across all 11 skills and their `references/`, each with exactly one disposition.
+
+## Disposition Legend
+
+Every disposition cell in the inventory below is exactly one member of the closed `Disposition`
+vocabulary defined in `00-core-definitions.md` §8. No free-form values are permitted.
+
+| Disposition | Meaning |
+|---|---|
+| `relocated` | Moved to a spec-allowed location (e.g. `metadata`). |
+| `removed` | Deleted from canon (none expected in this tree). |
+| `preserved-as-spec-allowed` | Kept as-is; already spec-legal. |
+| `out-of-canon` | Kept but documented as non-canonical (e.g. `hooks/hooks.json`). |
+| `routed-through-resolver` | `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` replaced by the bootstrap prelude + `scripts/forge-root.sh`. |
+
+## Inventory
+
+| Construct | Locations / count | Disposition | Rationale / notes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `argument-hint` (top-level frontmatter key) | 10 `skills/*/SKILL.md` (all skills **except** `forge-init`) | `relocated` | Claude-specific vendor key (constraint C-2). Moved verbatim to `metadata.argument-hint` per REQ-VND-01 (see `02-frontmatter-purity-and-inventory.md` §2). Value byte-identical; `description` untouched. |
+| `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` — canonical invocations + prose | 23 occurrences across 9 canonical surfaces: `skills/forge-0-epic/SKILL.md` (12), `skills/forge/SKILL.md` (3), `skills/forge-5-loop/SKILL.md` (1), `skills/forge-6-docs/SKILL.md` (1), `skills/forge-init/SKILL.md` (1), `skills/forge-verify/SKILL.md` (1), `skills/forge-verify/references/verification-checklists.md` (1), `references/shared-conventions.md` (2), `agents/forge-verifier.md` (1) | `routed-through-resolver` | Claude-only env var. Routed through the byte-identical bootstrap prelude + `scripts/forge-root.sh` per REQ-RES-03. Mechanics owned by `03-portable-root-resolver.md`; recorded here for audit completeness. |
+| `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` — sanctioned residual | 1 occurrence in `scripts/forge-root.sh` (env-fallback, REQ-RES-02 step 3) | `preserved-as-spec-allowed` | The single sanctioned residual: the resolver's documented Claude-compat fallback (REQ-RES-03 / REQ-RES-05). Exempt from the residual-var scan (`00-core-definitions.md` §6 `RESIDUAL_VAR_EXEMPT`). |
+| `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}` — bootstrap-prelude first-hint (Chunk 2b) | 1 occurrence per prelude across every canonical stamp site (the byte-pinned `BOOTSTRAP_PRELUDE`) | `preserved-as-spec-allowed` | The prelude's first resolver candidate — exact, glob-free root resolution on any Claude layout; expands to empty and is skipped when unset. Rule 3 allows it by stripping the byte-pinned prelude before its scan (detection is by `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT` prefix, so the `:-}` default form is not an escape hatch elsewhere). `forge-agent-adapters-build` translates it to `${FEATURE_FORGE_ROOT:-}` in non-Claude bundles. |
+| `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` — in `hooks/hooks.json` | 1 occurrence in `hooks/hooks.json` | `out-of-canon` | Non-canonical Claude artifact (REQ-VND-04). Not a canonical surface; exempt from the REQ-RES-03 scan. Left in place. |
+| `hooks/hooks.json` SessionStart wiring | 1 file (`hooks/hooks.json`) — Claude `SessionStart` → `bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/session-check.sh` | `out-of-canon` | Claude-specific plugin hook wiring (REQ-VND-04, decision D3). Preserved + documented so `forge-agent-adapters-build` treats it as a Claude artifact, not portable canon. |
+| (contingency) any other vendor invocation directive | none found in the audit | — | REQ-VND-02 contingency did not fire (see Notes). If one is later surfaced, add a row with `removed` or `out-of-canon` per `02-frontmatter-purity-and-inventory.md` §3. |
+
+## Notes
+
+- **REQ-VND-02 contingency did not fire.** The exhaustive audit found **no** Codex / Copilot /
+  Cursor / Gemini invocation directive — and no other agent-specific run-this command block — in any
+  skill body or frontmatter. The only vendor constructs in scope across the suite are the three
+  recorded above: `argument-hint`, `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}`, and the `hooks/hooks.json` SessionStart
+  wiring. Treating REQ-VND-02 as a contingency rather than an action item is therefore correct.
+- **`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` relocation mechanics** — the prelude replacement, the resolver, and the
+  canonical-surface routing — are owned by `03-portable-root-resolver.md`; this file only records the
+  inventory dispositions.
+- **The closed `Disposition` vocabulary** is defined in `00-core-definitions.md` §8; the legend above
+  reproduces it so this file is self-contained for a downstream reader.
+- The two surviving `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` instances (the `forge-root.sh` env fallback and the
+  `hooks/hooks.json` literal) are written here as descriptive text in code spans so they are not
+  routable invocations and do not trip the spec-purity checker's residual-var rule, consistent with
+  how `02-frontmatter-purity-and-inventory.md` §5 records them.
+</content>
+</invoke>