devflow-kit 3.5.0 → 3.6.0

package/dist/commands/release.md

@@ -64,22 +64,24 @@ The accepted line is the only source of these values: the script alone folds the
 
 When the settings line says `LEARNING=off`, set `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to `(none)` and skip this step, locating no ledger and reading no index.
 
-The decisions ledger belongs to the repository, not to one checkout: in a linked worktree it lives in the main worktree, and a session started in a subdirectory reads the copy at the repository root. Locate it with ONE git call, run from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`):
+The decisions ledger belongs to the repository, not to one checkout: a linked worktree reads the main worktree's copy, a subdirectory session the repository root's. Locate it with ONE git call, run from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`):
 
 ```bash
 git -C "{start}" rev-parse --path-format=absolute --show-toplevel --git-common-dir
 ```
 
-Line 1 is the checkout's toplevel, line 2 the repository's common git directory. A git older than 2.31 echoes `--path-format=absolute` back as a line of its own first. `{ledger}` is the first of these that applies:
+Line 1 is the checkout's toplevel, line 2 the common git directory. A git older than 2.31 echoes `--path-format=absolute` back as a line of its own first. `{ledger}` is the first that applies:
 
 1. **The main worktree** — line 2 without its trailing `/.git`, when the output is exactly two lines each beginning with `/`, line 2 ends in `/.git`, and the directory left once it is removed is not your home directory and contains a `.devflow/` directory.
 2. **The toplevel** — line 1, or on an older git the line after the echoed flag.
 3. **The start directory itself** — when the command failed or printed no absolute toplevel (outside a git repository).
 
-This is the rule the learning hooks apply (D-LEDGER-MAIN-WORKTREE, D-PROMPT-ROOT), so you read the index the Learning agent writes.
+This is the rule the learning hooks apply, so you read the index the Curate agent writes.
 
 Read `{ledger}/.devflow/learning/index.md`. If the file is absent or empty, set `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to `(none)`; otherwise use the file content as `DECISIONS_CONTEXT`.
 
+Hand each agent that takes `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` a slice, not the whole index: the index lines whose title, scope or area touch the files and task it works on, verbatim, led by `(slice: N of M entries — full index: <absolute index path>)` and closed by the index footer. When unsure, include the line. Siblings over one diff share ONE slice.
+
 ### Load Feature Knowledge
 
 Resolve `{worktree}` as the checkout's toplevel, because feature knowledge bases are committed with the branch (D-PROMPT-ROOT): from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`) — run
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ If `index.md` exists and contains at least one entry line, use it for relevance
 
 **Step 2 — Fallback: glob frontmatter (if `index.md` is absent or empty):**
 
-Glob `{worktree}/.devflow/features/*/KNOWLEDGE.md`. For each file found, read only its YAML frontmatter block (between the opening and closing `---` delimiters). The frontmatter fields `name`, `description`, and `directories` are the authoritative relevance surface — `index.md` is only a cache.
+Glob `{worktree}/.devflow/features/*/KNOWLEDGE.md`. For each file found, read only its YAML frontmatter block (between the opening and closing `---` delimiters).
 
 **Step 3 — Pick relevant KBs:**
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ Headings: L5 Rules · L40 Overview · L62 Anti-Patterns · L118 Key Files
 
 A KB with no Rules section labels its entries `Rules ({section name}):` and gives them no ID. `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE` is these blocks; `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE_RULES` is the same blocks without the `Headings:` line. Both come from this one selection, and each spawn names the variable its recipient takes. If no KBs exist, no KBs are relevant, or `.devflow/features/` is absent, set both to `(none)`.
 
-**One git call, then direct reads — no `.cjs` script.** After resolving `{worktree}`, this step is 1 index read (or N frontmatter reads on fallback), plus one heading listing and one Rules read per selected KB, bounded by KB count.
+**One git call, then direct reads — no `.cjs` script.**
 
 Pass `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` and `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE` only to agents whose contract declares them; the Validate and Git agents this command spawns do not.
 
@@ -229,10 +231,12 @@ Arm 1 or 2 ⇒ ask once, via AskUserQuestion: "{u} untraced commits{, coverage u
 ## Traceability exceptions
 - `untraced` <sha12> (<author>) self-attested by @<login> at <utc>: <reason>
 - `coverage` <bound-hit|trace-unavailable|gather-indeterminate|untraced-beyond-list> self-attested by @<login> at <utc>: <reason>
+
 Exempt (not attested): release <n> · revert <n> · bot <n> — <sha12>, …
 ```
 
 - One `untraced` line per listed untraced commit (≤100), its `<sha12>` and `<author>` copied from that `### TRACE_MAP` line. One `coverage` line per arm-1 cause — `bound-hit` for `bound:hit`, `gather-indeterminate` for status `INDETERMINATE` or none of the five, `trace-unavailable` for any other — plus `untraced-beyond-list` when an `…and <n> more` line closes the untraced list. The `Exempt` line counts each exempt kind (its listed lines plus its `…and <n> more`) and names every listed exempt SHA.
+- A blank line separates the last bullet from the `Exempt` line, so Markdown renders that line as its own paragraph and not inside the bullet. Compose the block with that blank line every time.
 - `@<login>` is `@` followed by the output of `gh api user --jq .login` when that output matches `^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]{0,38}$`. On any other output, or a failed call, it is `(login unavailable)` instead, with no `@`.
 - `<utc>` is the output of `date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`.
 - `<reason>` is the user's own words, made inert: replace every character outside printable ASCII (newlines and tabs included) with a space, remove every `<`, `>`, `` ` ``, `[`, `]`, `\`, `/`, `#`, `@`, `&` and `$`, collapse runs of spaces, trim, keep the first 200 characters, and trim again. A reason that is empty after this is no reason.

package/dist/commands/research.md

@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ The accepted line is the only source of these values: the script alone folds the
 
 When the settings line says `LEARNING=off`, set `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to `(none)` and skip this step, locating no ledger and reading no index.
 
-The decisions ledger belongs to the repository, not to one checkout: in a linked worktree it lives in the main worktree, and a session started in a subdirectory reads the copy at the repository root. Locate it with ONE git call, run from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`):
+The decisions ledger belongs to the repository, not to one checkout: a linked worktree reads the main worktree's copy, a subdirectory session the repository root's. Locate it with ONE git call, run from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`):
 
 ```bash
 git -C "{start}" rev-parse --path-format=absolute --show-toplevel --git-common-dir
 ```
 
-Line 1 is the checkout's toplevel, line 2 the repository's common git directory. A git older than 2.31 echoes `--path-format=absolute` back as a line of its own first. `{ledger}` is the first of these that applies:
+Line 1 is the checkout's toplevel, line 2 the common git directory. A git older than 2.31 echoes `--path-format=absolute` back as a line of its own first. `{ledger}` is the first that applies:
 
 1. **The main worktree** — line 2 without its trailing `/.git`, when the output is exactly two lines each beginning with `/`, line 2 ends in `/.git`, and the directory left once it is removed is not your home directory and contains a `.devflow/` directory.
 2. **The toplevel** — line 1, or on an older git the line after the echoed flag.
 3. **The start directory itself** — when the command failed or printed no absolute toplevel (outside a git repository).
 
-This is the rule the learning hooks apply (D-LEDGER-MAIN-WORKTREE, D-PROMPT-ROOT), so you read the index the Learning agent writes.
+This is the rule the learning hooks apply, so you read the index the Curate agent writes.
 
 **Step 1 — Read the pre-rendered index:**
 
@@ -76,11 +76,15 @@ Attempt to read `{ledger}/.devflow/learning/index.md`.
 - If the file exists and contains non-empty content: use that content as `DECISIONS_CONTEXT`.
 - If the file is absent or empty: set `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to `(none)`.
 
-The index is one direct file read, written at render time by `render-decisions.cjs` alongside `decisions.md`/`pitfalls.md` — no `.cjs` script runs here, and the index's own footer names the files that hold each entry's full body.
+The index is one direct file read, written at render time by `render-decisions.cjs` — no `.cjs` script runs here.
 
-**Step 2 — Agents apply the decisions:**
+**Step 2 — Slice the index, then hand it on:**
 
-When `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` is not `(none)`, hand it only to the agents whose contract declares it. They follow `devflow:apply-decisions`: scan the index, identify plausibly-relevant entries, Read full entry bodies on demand, and cite verbatim IDs in their reasoning. A host that uses the index in its own thread says so in its own step.
+When `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` is not `(none)`, hand it only to the agents whose contract declares it.
+
+Hand each agent that takes `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` a slice, not the whole index: the index lines whose title, scope or area touch the files and task it works on, verbatim, led by `(slice: N of M entries — full index: <absolute index path>)` and closed by the index footer. When unsure, include the line. Siblings over one diff share ONE slice.
+
+Those agents follow `devflow:apply-decisions`. A host that uses the index in its own thread says so in its own step.
 
 Use `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` locally when framing research — prior decisions and pitfalls suggest areas to investigate. Follow `devflow:apply-decisions` to Read full entry bodies on demand. Pass `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to each Research agent in Phase 4 so their findings can account for relevant decisions.
 
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ If `index.md` exists and contains at least one entry line, use it for relevance
 
 **Step 2 — Fallback: glob frontmatter (if `index.md` is absent or empty):**
 
-Glob `{worktree}/.devflow/features/*/KNOWLEDGE.md`. For each file found, read only its YAML frontmatter block (between the opening and closing `---` delimiters). The frontmatter fields `name`, `description`, and `directories` are the authoritative relevance surface — `index.md` is only a cache.
+Glob `{worktree}/.devflow/features/*/KNOWLEDGE.md`. For each file found, read only its YAML frontmatter block (between the opening and closing `---` delimiters).
 
 **Step 3 — Pick relevant KBs:**
 
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ Headings: L5 Rules · L40 Overview · L62 Anti-Patterns · L118 Key Files
 
 A KB with no Rules section labels its entries `Rules ({section name}):` and gives them no ID. `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE` is these blocks; `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE_RULES` is the same blocks without the `Headings:` line. Both come from this one selection, and each spawn names the variable its recipient takes. If no KBs exist, no KBs are relevant, or `.devflow/features/` is absent, set both to `(none)`.
 
-**One git call, then direct reads — no `.cjs` script.** After resolving `{worktree}`, this step is 1 index read (or N frontmatter reads on fallback), plus one heading listing and one Rules read per selected KB, bounded by KB count.
+**One git call, then direct reads — no `.cjs` script.**
 
 Use `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE` **locally** for research framing. Pass to each Research agent in Phase 4.
 

package/dist/commands/resolve.md

@@ -102,19 +102,19 @@ The accepted line is the only source of these values: the script alone folds the
 
 When the settings line says `LEARNING=off`, set `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to `(none)` and skip this step, locating no ledger and reading no index.
 
-The decisions ledger belongs to the repository, not to one checkout: in a linked worktree it lives in the main worktree, and a session started in a subdirectory reads the copy at the repository root. Locate it with ONE git call, run from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`):
+The decisions ledger belongs to the repository, not to one checkout: a linked worktree reads the main worktree's copy, a subdirectory session the repository root's. Locate it with ONE git call, run from the start directory — `WORKTREE_PATH` if provided, otherwise cwd (`devflow:worktree-support`):
 
 ```bash
 git -C "{start}" rev-parse --path-format=absolute --show-toplevel --git-common-dir
 ```
 
-Line 1 is the checkout's toplevel, line 2 the repository's common git directory. A git older than 2.31 echoes `--path-format=absolute` back as a line of its own first. `{ledger}` is the first of these that applies:
+Line 1 is the checkout's toplevel, line 2 the common git directory. A git older than 2.31 echoes `--path-format=absolute` back as a line of its own first. `{ledger}` is the first that applies:
 
 1. **The main worktree** — line 2 without its trailing `/.git`, when the output is exactly two lines each beginning with `/`, line 2 ends in `/.git`, and the directory left once it is removed is not your home directory and contains a `.devflow/` directory.
 2. **The toplevel** — line 1, or on an older git the line after the echoed flag.
 3. **The start directory itself** — when the command failed or printed no absolute toplevel (outside a git repository).
 
-This is the rule the learning hooks apply (D-LEDGER-MAIN-WORKTREE, D-PROMPT-ROOT), so you read the index the Learning agent writes.
+This is the rule the learning hooks apply, so you read the index the Curate agent writes.
 
 **Step 1 — Read the pre-rendered index:**
 
@@ -123,11 +123,15 @@ Attempt to read `{ledger}/.devflow/learning/index.md`.
 - If the file exists and contains non-empty content: use that content as `DECISIONS_CONTEXT`.
 - If the file is absent or empty: set `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to `(none)`.
 
-The index is one direct file read, written at render time by `render-decisions.cjs` alongside `decisions.md`/`pitfalls.md` — no `.cjs` script runs here, and the index's own footer names the files that hold each entry's full body.
+The index is one direct file read, written at render time by `render-decisions.cjs` — no `.cjs` script runs here.
 
-**Step 2 — Agents apply the decisions:**
+**Step 2 — Slice the index, then hand it on:**
 
-When `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` is not `(none)`, hand it only to the agents whose contract declares it. They follow `devflow:apply-decisions`: scan the index, identify plausibly-relevant entries, Read full entry bodies on demand, and cite verbatim IDs in their reasoning. A host that uses the index in its own thread says so in its own step.
+When `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` is not `(none)`, hand it only to the agents whose contract declares it.
+
+Hand each agent that takes `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` a slice, not the whole index: the index lines whose title, scope or area touch the files and task it works on, verbatim, led by `(slice: N of M entries — full index: <absolute index path>)` and closed by the index footer. When unsure, include the line. Siblings over one diff share ONE slice.
+
+Those agents follow `devflow:apply-decisions`. A host that uses the index in its own thread says so in its own step.
 
 This produces a compact index of active ADR/PF entries written at render time — Deprecated/Superseded entries are already stripped. Pass `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` to the Triage agent in Phase 2 and to Code agents in Phase 4.
 
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ If `index.md` exists and contains at least one entry line, use it for relevance
 
 **Step 2 — Fallback: glob frontmatter (if `index.md` is absent or empty):**
 
-Glob `{worktree}/.devflow/features/*/KNOWLEDGE.md`. For each file found, read only its YAML frontmatter block (between the opening and closing `---` delimiters). The frontmatter fields `name`, `description`, and `directories` are the authoritative relevance surface — `index.md` is only a cache.
+Glob `{worktree}/.devflow/features/*/KNOWLEDGE.md`. For each file found, read only its YAML frontmatter block (between the opening and closing `---` delimiters).
 
 **Step 3 — Pick relevant KBs:**
 
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ Headings: L5 Rules · L40 Overview · L62 Anti-Patterns · L118 Key Files
 
 A KB with no Rules section labels its entries `Rules ({section name}):` and gives them no ID. `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE` is these blocks; `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE_RULES` is the same blocks without the `Headings:` line. Both come from this one selection, and each spawn names the variable its recipient takes. If no KBs exist, no KBs are relevant, or `.devflow/features/` is absent, set both to `(none)`.
 
-**One git call, then direct reads — no `.cjs` script.** After resolving `{worktree}`, this step is 1 index read (or N frontmatter reads on fallback), plus one heading listing and one Rules read per selected KB, bounded by KB count.
+**One git call, then direct reads — no `.cjs` script.**
 
 Pass `FEATURE_KNOWLEDGE` to the Triage agent in Phase 2.
 
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ Resolve this per worktree — unlike the evidence policy above, the settings lin
 
 > When the task touches regulated surface (data models, auth flows, logging/observability, payments, IaC, retention), invoke Skill(skill="devflow:compliance") and load references/{id}.md only for the ids in <ids> (none: generic controls only); never fabricate guidance for a framework you were not given.
 
-Set it per worktree, from that worktree's lens, and pass that worktree's `COMPLIANCE_DIRECTIVE` to each of its Code and Code-fix spawns, on a line of its own.
+Set it per worktree, from that worktree's lens, and pass that worktree's `COMPLIANCE_DIRECTIVE` to each of its Code and Fix spawns, on a line of its own.
 
 **Mint `RESOLUTION_TS` once per run:** `date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`. Every worktree reuses it — the resolution comment's dedup marker is searched per PR, so one run key keeps a retry of this run deduplicated while the next /resolve on the same PR posts. Phase 5 writes it as the summary's `**Date**:` and Phase 9b-2 passes it, so the local file and the posted marker agree.
 
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ Collect from each Code agent:
 **Produces:** RESOLUTION_FILE (early write for compaction safety)
 **Requires:** TRIAGE_RESULTS, CODE_AGENT_RESULTS, TARGET_DIR, TARGET_DIR_REL, BRANCH_INFO, RESOLUTION_TS
 
-**Immediately write `resolution-summary.md`** to `{TARGET_DIR}` using the Write tool. Do this now — not in Phase 9 — while results are fresh in context. This ensures the record is persisted even if later phases (Simplify, Verification Gate, CI gate, Tech Debt) trigger context compaction.
+**Immediately write `resolution-summary.md`** to `{TARGET_DIR}` using the Write tool. Do this now — not in Phase 9 — while results are fresh in context. This ensures the record is persisted even if later phases (Polish, Verification Gate, CI gate, Tech Debt) trigger context compaction.
 
 Set `Tracked` for FIX_SEPARATE and TECH_DEBT items to `(pending)` — to be backfilled after Phase 9 manage-debt (or `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED ({reason})` if manage-debt degrades).
 
@@ -354,19 +358,19 @@ DUPLICATE issues are listed **only** in `## Duplicates` — never in `## Fixed I
 
 Use the template from the Output Artifact section below.
 
-### Phase 6: Simplify
+### Phase 6: Polish
 
-**Produces:** SIMPLIFICATION_RESULT
+**Produces:** POLISH_RESULT
 **Requires:** CODE_AGENT_RESULTS
 
-If any fixes were made, spawn Simplify agent to refine the changed code:
+If any fixes were made, spawn Polish agent to refine the changed code:
 
 ```
-Agent(subagent_type="Simplify", run_in_background=false):
+Agent(subagent_type="Polish", run_in_background=false):
 "TASK_DESCRIPTION: Issue resolution fixes
 WORKTREE_PATH: {worktree_path}  (omit if cwd)
 FILES_CHANGED: {list of files modified by Code agents}
-Simplify and refine the fixes for clarity and consistency
+Polish and refine the fixes for clarity and consistency
 Commit any improvements with a conventional-commit message."
 ```
 
@@ -392,9 +396,9 @@ Run build, typecheck, lint, test. Report pass/fail with failure details."
 1. Extract failure details from Validate agent output
 2. Increment `validation_retry_count`
 3. If `validation_retry_count <= 2`:
-   - Spawn Code-fix agent with fix context:
+   - Spawn Fix agent with fix context:
    ```
-   Agent(subagent_type="Code-fix"):
+   Agent(subagent_type="Fix"):
    "OPERATION: validation-fix
    TASK_ID: resolve-{batch-id}-valfix-{count}
    VALIDATION_FAILURES: {parsed failures from Validate agent}
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@ Run build, typecheck, lint, test. Report pass/fail with failure details."
 Record `## Verification` outcome in resolution-summary.md (runs unconditionally after the validation loop exits):
 - Rewrite the `## Verification` section with | Command | Result | table + `Final gate: PASS | FAILED after N attempts`
 
-Push all commits to remote once (Code and Code-fix agents ran with PUSH: false — runs whether the gate PASSED or FAILED, so the branch is always visible before Phase 9 or CI runs):
+Push all commits to remote once (Code and Fix agents ran with PUSH: false — runs whether the gate PASSED or FAILED, so the branch is always visible before Phase 9 or CI runs):
 ```bash
 git -C {worktree} push
 ```
@@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ Phase 7 has pushed already, so this is a no-op unless the head moved since. `exi
 3. **If NO_PR or NO_CI** → skip: "No PR/CI configured, skipping CI validation." Proceed to next phase.
 4. **If PENDING** and fewer than 3 waits have run → wait again (step 1). After the third wait → report "CI still running — verify manually before merging" and proceed.
 5. **If INDETERMINATE** and fewer than 3 waits have run → wait again (step 1). After the third wait → report "CI status unknown — verify manually before merging" and proceed.
-6. **If FAILING** and fewer than 2 fixes have run → report the failing checks from the line. Spawn `Agent(subagent_type="Code-fix")` whose prompt opens with `OPERATION: ci-fix`, with `COMPLIANCE_DIRECTIVE` (when it is not empty), `CI_FAILURES`, `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` and `PUSH: false`; `CI_FAILURES` holds the failing-check names from the line and nothing else, because the Code-fix agent fetches the full names and reads the logs itself and this command reads none. After a fix, push with the command above and, if a wait remains, wait again (step 1); a failed push records `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED (ci push failed)`, reports "CI status unknown — verify manually before merging" and stops waiting. After the second fix still FAILING → report the failing checks and proceed.
+6. **If FAILING** and fewer than 2 fixes have run → report the failing checks from the line. Spawn `Agent(subagent_type="Fix")` whose prompt opens with `OPERATION: ci-fix`, with `COMPLIANCE_DIRECTIVE` (when it is not empty), `CI_FAILURES`, `DECISIONS_CONTEXT` and `PUSH: false`; `CI_FAILURES` holds the failing-check names from the line and nothing else, because the Fix agent fetches the full names and reads the logs itself and this command reads none. After a fix, push with the command above and, if a wait remains, wait again (step 1); a failed push records `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED (ci push failed)`, reports "CI status unknown — verify manually before merging" and stops waiting. After the second fix still FAILING → report the failing checks and proceed.
 7. **Budget**: at most 3 waits and 2 fixes in all, per worktree. When one is spent, report the current status and proceed.
 <!-- /PATTERN: ci-status-gate -->
 
@@ -560,19 +564,13 @@ Capture the Git agent's `**Publication**:` and `**Status**:` lines as `PR_COMMEN
 
 **Step 9b-3: Refresh the test-plan evidence**
 
-Run this step only when Step 9b-0 ran — the head moved — and its `EVIDENCE` line did not read `total:0` with `exceptions:none` (nothing to record); otherwise record `EVIDENCE_REFRESH` as `SKIPPED ({reason})`. Spawn Git agent:
+Run this step only when Step 9b-0 ran — the head moved — and its `EVIDENCE` line did not read `total:0` with `exceptions:none` (nothing to record); otherwise record `EVIDENCE_REFRESH` as `SKIPPED ({reason})`. Run the script inline — it is the whole `update-pr-evidence` operation, with no Git agent spawn — through the Bash tool with `timeout: 180000`:
 
-```
-Agent(subagent_type="Git"):
-"OPERATION: update-pr-evidence
-PR_NUMBER: {pr_number}
-EVIDENCE_FILE: {TARGET_DIR_REL}/evidence.md
-REVIEW_PUBLICATION: {9b-2's publication mode}
-WORKTREE_PATH: {worktree_path}  (omit if cwd)
-Refresh the PR's test-plan block and post its evidence comment."
+```bash
+cd {worktree} && node "$HOME/.devflow/scripts/verify-evidence.cjs" publish --pr {pr_number} --evidence "{TARGET_DIR_REL}/evidence.md" --publication {9b-2's publication mode}; echo "exit=$?"
 ```
 
-Omit the `EVIDENCE_FILE` line when Step 9b-0 appended no claim. `REVIEW_PUBLICATION` is the mode 9b-2 reported on its `**Publication**:` line — `FULL…` → `full`, `STUB…` → `stub`, `OFF…` → `off` — else `{REVIEW_PUBLICATION}` as resolved in Step 0d. Capture its `EVIDENCE` line and its `**Body**:` / `**Comment**:` line, or its `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED ({reason})` line, as `EVIDENCE_REFRESH`. It never blocks.
+Drop the `--evidence` pair when Step 9b-0 appended no claim. Run it only when `TARGET_DIR_REL` matches `^[A-Za-z0-9._/-]+$` — it carries the branch name, which a fork author picks — and `{pr_number}` is digits only; treat any other value as a failed run. The publication value is the mode 9b-2 reported on its `**Publication**:` line — `FULL…` → `full`, `STUB…` → `stub`, `OFF…` → `off` — else `{REVIEW_PUBLICATION}` as resolved in Step 0d. Capture its stdout as `EVIDENCE_REFRESH`: the `## PR Evidence` block's `EVIDENCE` line and its `**Body**:` / `**Comment**:` line, with any `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED ({reason})` lines after them (exit 0), or the one line `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED (evidence unavailable)` (exit 2). Empty stdout or any other exit is `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED (evidence unavailable)`. It never blocks.
 
 ### Phase 9c: Merge Readiness (Report-only)
 
@@ -581,19 +579,17 @@ Omit the `EVIDENCE_FILE` line when Step 9b-0 appended no claim. `REVIEW_PUBLICAT
 
 Run this phase only when `REQUIRE_NON_AUTHOR_APPROVAL` is `true`; otherwise skip it and report it as SKIPPED.
 
-Spawn Git agent:
+Run the script inline — it is the whole `check-merge-readiness` operation, with no Git agent spawn — through the Bash tool with `timeout: 180000`:
 
+```bash
+cd {worktree} && node "$HOME/.devflow/scripts/verify-evidence.cjs" readiness --pr {pr_number} --require-non-author-approval true; echo "exit=$?"
 ```
-Agent(subagent_type="Git"):
-"OPERATION: check-merge-readiness
-PR_NUMBER: {pr_number}
-REQUIRE_NON_AUTHOR_APPROVAL: {REQUIRE_NON_AUTHOR_APPROVAL}
-WORKTREE_PATH: {worktree_path}  (omit if cwd)"
-```
+
+Pass `--require-non-author-approval true`: `REQUIRE_NON_AUTHOR_APPROVAL` is `true` here, or this phase would not run. `{pr_number}` is digits only. Its stdout is the `## Merge Readiness` block (exit 0), or the same block with `**Status**: DEGRADED ({reason})` and a `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED ({reason})` line after it (exit 2); empty stdout or any other exit is `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED (readiness unavailable)`.
 
 Include merge readiness verdict (READY / NOT_READY / DEGRADED) and its `- Test plan:` detail line in Phase 10 report. Never block on this result — report-only.
 
-If Git agent returns `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED`: warn, proceed to Phase 10.
+If the script prints a `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED` line: warn, proceed to Phase 10.
 
 ### Phase 10: Report
 
@@ -682,21 +678,17 @@ FEATURE_SLUG: {slug derived from primary changed directory, kebab-case}
 FEATURE_NAME: {human-readable name}
 DIRECTORIES: {list of primary directories touched by this workflow}
 FILES_CHANGED: {list of files changed}
-DECISIONS_CONTEXT: {DECISIONS_CONTEXT if available, else (none)}
+DECISIONS_CONTEXT: {the slice for these directories, else (none)}
 
 Write the knowledge base to:
   {worktree}/.devflow/features/{slug}/KNOWLEDGE.md
 
-Then update the index cache by performing a read-modify-write on:
+Then update the index cache:
   {worktree}/.devflow/features/index.md
 
 Index line format: `- **{slug}** — {areas} — {Use-when description}` — at most 300 characters, the description at most 220; reword a longer one, never cut it.
 
-If the line for this slug already exists in index.md, replace it. If it does not exist, append it. If index.md does not exist, create it with just this line.
-
-The frontmatter in KNOWLEDGE.md is the source of truth — index.md is only a cache. Write the two files directly — no intermediate result JSON files, no external scripts.
-
-After writing, commit the two files to the current worktree branch yourself by running git via your Bash tool (do not use a script). Stage ONLY .devflow/features/index.md and .devflow/features/{slug}/KNOWLEDGE.md, then commit just those paths with a docs(knowledge): message. Do NOT push, do NOT force, do NOT stage anything else. Follow your Commit Protocol — it is non-blocking, so if any git step fails, report KB_COMMIT and finish normally."
+Then commit the two files as your Commit Protocol directs."
 ```
 
 **Step 4 — Surface an uncommitted knowledge base:**
@@ -711,44 +703,24 @@ When the Knowledge agent reports `KB_COMMIT: skipped (detached HEAD)`, the files
 /resolve (orchestrator - spawns agents only)
 │
 ├─ Phase 0: Worktree Discovery & Pre-flight
-│  ├─ Step 0a: git worktree list → filter resolvable
-│  ├─ Step 0b: Git agent (validate-branch) per worktree [parallel] ← + DIFF_FILES
-│  ├─ Step 0c: Target latest review directory per worktree
-│  └─ Step 0d: Load project decisions → DECISIONS_CONTEXT + EVIDENCE_POLICY + REVIEW_PUBLICATION
-│
 ├─ Phase 1: Parse issues from TARGET_DIR + extract confidence %
-│
 ├─ Phase 1b: Fetch external threads (evidence policy required)
-│  └─ Git agent (fetch-review-threads) → THREAD_MAP
-│
 ├─ Phase 2: Global Triage [Triage agent, opus, single agent]
-│  └─ ALL issues → verdict ledger by disposition (incl. DUPLICATE with duplicate_of)
-│
 ├─ Phase 3: Batch FIX_NOW issues (skip if empty; DUPLICATE issues never dispatched)
-│  └─ same-file sequential, distinct-file parallel, max 5/batch
-│
 ├─ Phase 4: Fix [Code agent × N, OPERATION: issue-fix, PUSH: false]
-│  └─ Returns Verification block per batch
-│
 ├─ Phase 5: Write resolution-summary.md (compaction safety; Tracked = "(pending)" or "(pending — TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED)" if manage-debt degrades)
-│
-├─ Phase 6: Simplify [Simplify agent]
-│
-├─ Phase 7: Verification Gate [Validate agent, haiku] + push + Code-fix agent validation-fix loop ≤2
-│
+├─ Phase 6: Polish [Polish agent]
+├─ Phase 7: Verification Gate [Validate agent, haiku] + push + Fix agent validation-fix loop ≤2
 ├─ Phase 8: CI Status Gate (conditional — skipped if no fixes or verification FAILED)
-│  └─ push, then ci-wait.cjs (inline, one wait ≤ 570 s) → Code-fix agent on FAILING (3 waits + 2 fixes per worktree)
-│
 ├─ Phase 9: Git agent (manage-debt) — FIX_SEPARATE + TECH_DEBT → backfill Tracked={ISSUE_REF} (or TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED on failure)
-│  SEQUENTIAL across worktrees
 │
 ├─ Phase 9b: Thread resolution + resolution comment
 │  ├─ Step 9b-0: verify-evidence.cjs --stale-out → ≤1 Test agent on the stale TPs (wrapped) — only after this run's push
 │  ├─ Step 9b-1: Git agent (resolve-review-threads) — evidence policy required
 │  ├─ Step 9b-2: Git agent (post-resolution-summary, REVIEW_PUBLICATION) — always-on
-│  └─ Step 9b-3: Git agent (update-pr-evidence) — only when the head moved
+│  └─ Step 9b-3: verify-evidence.cjs publish (inline, no Git spawn) — only when the head moved
 │
-├─ Phase 9c: Git agent (check-merge-readiness) — non-author approval required, report-only
+├─ Phase 9c: verify-evidence.cjs readiness (inline, no Git spawn) — non-author approval required, report-only
 │
 └─ Phase 10: Display results (resolution-summary.md written in Phase 5)
 ```
@@ -762,21 +734,11 @@ When the Knowledge agent reports `KB_COMMIT: skipped (detached HEAD)`, the files
 | Fix attempt fails | Revert changes, mark BLOCKED, continue others |
 | Issue dependencies | Sequential chain, skip dependents if predecessor blocked |
 | No actionable issues | Report "No issues to resolve" |
-| Incomplete review directory (no review-summary.md) | Skip — resolve only targets complete reviews |
 | Latest review already resolved | Check bug-analysis fallback (Step 0c-5b); if also absent, skip worktree and suggest `/code-review` or `/bug-analysis` |
-| Legacy flat layout (no subdirectories) | Read flat *.md files directly (backwards compatible) |
 | `--review {timestamp}` in multi-worktree mode | Not supported — use `--path` + `--review` to target specific worktree + review |
-| Worktree pre-flight fails | Report failure, continue with other worktrees |
-| Empty FIX_NOW list | Skip Phases 3-4/6-8; still write full summary + run manage-debt if FIX_SEPARATE/TECH_DEBT exist |
-| ESCALATED security issues | Surfaced in ## Escalations + display callout; never routed to manage-debt |
-| DUPLICATE verdict without duplicate_of, or chained to another DUPLICATE | Treated as Triage failure — same retry-then-abort as a vanished id |
-| DUPLICATE issues in THREAD_MAP | Map ext-{N} to primary's verdict/verification status for thread reply |
-| Verification Gate FAILED after 2 attempts | Recorded as FAILED in ## Verification + blocking callout; CI gate skipped; proceed to Phase 9 (manage-debt) then Phase 10 (display) |
 | gh/GitHub absent | manage-debt degrades (`TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED ({reason})`); Tracked stays `(pending — TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED ({reason}))` — recorded, not dropped |
 | `EVIDENCE_POLICY` is `standard` | Phases 1b and 9b-step-1 are skipped; post-resolution-summary (Phase 9b step 2) still runs if a PR is known |
 | `REQUIRE_NON_AUTHOR_APPROVAL` is `false` | Phase 9c is skipped and reported as SKIPPED |
-| THREAD_MAP empty or DEGRADED | Phase 9b-1 skipped; resolution comment (Phase 9b-2) still posted if PR known |
-| No PR exists for post-resolution-summary | Git agent returns TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED; resolution-summary.md already on disk — not a blocker |
 | Public repo (`auto` mode) | Git agent probes visibility, posts counts-only STUB comment; full resolution report stays local |
 | `reviewPublication: off` | Git agent skips posting the resolution comment (OFF) — except that, only when `EVIDENCE_POLICY` is `required`, Step 0d passes `stub` and a counts-only STUB comment posts |
 | Fork PR this run cannot push to (no maintainer edits, no push access of its own) | validate-branch emits `TRACEABILITY: DEGRADED (cannot push to fork)` → `fork_no_push`: Phase 7 skips the push, Phase 8 is skipped, 9b-1 records FIXED threads as DEGRADED instead of citing unpushed commits; 9b-2 still posts the resolution comment; the head did not move, so 9b-0 and 9b-3 are skipped |
@@ -787,14 +749,8 @@ When the Knowledge agent reports `KB_COMMIT: skipped (detached HEAD)`, the files
 
 1. **Orchestration only** - Command spawns agents, doesn't do git/resolve work itself
 2. **No agent grades its own homework** - Triage agent validates, Code agents fix, Validate agent verifies
-3. **Global triage first** - Single Triage agent sees all issues for cross-issue consistency; no issue may vanish
-4. **Git agent for git work** - All git operations go through Git agent
-5. **Parallel execution** - Distinct-file Code agent batches run in parallel; same-file batches sequential
-6. **Honest reporting** - Verification failure is recorded and displayed, never silenced
-7. **Complete tracking** - Every issue gets exactly one verdict in the ledger
-8. **Latest review by default** - Only process the most recent complete review
-9. **Auto-discover worktrees** - One command handles all resolvable branches
-10. **Traceability-aware** - Policy-gated ops (thread fetch/resolve, merge readiness) are skipped cleanly when the evidence policy does not ask for them; resolution comment (Phase 9b-2) is always-on; test-plan evidence is re-verified (≤1 Test agent) and refreshed only when this run moved the head (Steps 9b-0, 9b-3)
+3. **Git agent for git work** - All git operations go through Git agent; the CI wait, the evidence refresh and the merge-readiness check are inline scripts (plumbing, no model work)
+4. **Traceability-aware** - Policy-gated ops (thread fetch/resolve, merge readiness) are skipped cleanly when the evidence policy does not ask for them; resolution comment (Phase 9b-2) is always-on; test-plan evidence is re-verified (≤1 Test agent) and refreshed only when this run moved the head (Steps 9b-0, 9b-3)
 
 ## Output Artifact