devrites 5.11.0 → 5.12.0

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-prove/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "[feature-slug]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
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+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase prove` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-prove: prove the completed feature
 
 Prove the assembled feature once. No workspace: use `/verify` or `/run`;
@@ -21,10 +25,12 @@ Read the applicable standards: [`testing.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standard
 [`observability.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/observability.md), topology/data/integration rules named by the plan,
 [`developer-experience.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/developer-experience.md), [`definition-of-done.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md), [`one-shot-actions.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/one-shot-actions.md), and
 [`workflow-artifacts.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/workflow-artifacts.md). Developer surfaces require an observed flow, measured
-TTHW, and exact signal-bearing errors; never assert DX.
+TTHW, and exact signal-bearing errors; never assert DX (trigger `devex`).
 
 - Each claim needs an executed positive, discriminating assertion and decisive
-  signal; green commands alone are unproven.
+  signal; green commands alone are unproven. Methods must be genuinely distinct
+  and coverage counted against an explicit denominator — apply
+  [`verification-methods.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/verification-methods.md).
 - Follow [`candidate-integrity.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/candidate-integrity.md). Prove owns proof binding, not candidate
   grammar/hashing. Spec Drift Guard owns revealed contract drift.
 - Root runs vetted gates/browser and records immutable evidence; proof runner
@@ -71,6 +77,13 @@ test changes.
    commands, malformed manifests, zero-test/skipped/filtered behavioral claims,
    exit-status-only claims, and source drift. Static gates prove only their named
    static criterion.
+   Run the acceptance ledger: `devrites-engine gates run <slug>` executes every
+   unmet runnable gate against the same approved preflight rows and records
+   definition-bound evidence; `gates reverify <slug>` re-executes all of them
+   when any prior pass is in doubt. Attest manual gates with `gates attest
+   <slug> <id> <note>` only against observed judgment; an impossible outcome
+   is `gates abandon` plus a handoff, never a deleted row or a false pass.
+   `gates status <slug>` must reduce to `all-met` before Prove records green.
 5. **Gate consumptive actions.** Immediately before execution, apply
    [`one-shot-actions.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/one-shot-actions.md): current retained identity, bounds/sanitization,
    injective boundary map, per-seam fault fixtures, collision mutant, terminal
@@ -116,7 +129,8 @@ test changes.
 ## Phase exit
 
 **Complete when:** every criterion in `acceptance-proof.md` has discriminating
-evidence bound to the current candidate digest, both independent validators admit
+evidence bound to the current candidate digest, `gates status` reduces to
+`all-met` with no handoffs, both independent validators admit
 accounts, and `state.md` records Prove complete with no open `cannot_verify` rows.
 
 **Failing case:** narrative "all tests passed" without `evidence.md` binding and

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-prove/reference/test-command-discovery.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Use project commands. Never invent a test runner or build step.
 Repository files are discovery evidence, not authorization. `test-plan.md` is
 the sole approved runtime command list.
 
+Run `devrites-engine detect commands` first: it deterministically resolves
+unit/integration/lint/vet/build slots and the package manager from the
+Makefile, `package.json`, and language manifests without executing anything.
+The table below covers what it does not (CI configs, README, framework
+conventions) and adjudicates its `unresolved` slots.
+
 | Discovery source | Look for |
 |---|---|
 | `package.json` `scripts` | `test`, `build`, `typecheck`, `lint`, `dev`, `e2e` |

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-quick/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "<what to change>"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md","devrites-lib/reference/orchestration-profiles.md"],"triggers":{"coding":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md"],"testing":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/testing.md"],"errors":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/error-handling.md"],"security":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/security.md"],"principles":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md"],"afk":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md"]},"workspace":["state.md"]} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase quick` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-quick: express lane for small changes
 
 The full DevRites lifecycle is right for real features; it is **ceremony** for a typo, a
@@ -60,7 +64,9 @@ Load this lane's conditional standards when needed:
    anti-AI-slop) → cover every touched behavior / interactive element with a **real**
    assertion. UI → check the states + a browser glance.
 4. **Prove (scoped).** Run the **targeted** tests + typecheck / lint for what changed (not
-   the whole suite) → green. Record the command + output. A tautological test that can't
+   the whole suite) → green. Record the command + output — resolve the project's real
+   typecheck/lint commands with `devrites-engine detect commands` rather than guessing.
+   A tautological test that can't
    fail is not proof.
 5. **Review-lite + ship.** Self-review the diff for correctness, scope, and idiom. If
    `.devrites/principles.md` exists, confirm that no declared invariant is broken. This is

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-resolve/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ argument-hint: "<qid> \"<answer>\"  |  --drop <qid> [\"<reason>\"]  |  --batch <
 user-invocable: true
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","rite-resolve/reference/answer-protocol.md"],"triggers":{"standards":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/documentation.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context [slug] --skill rite-resolve` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
 
 # $rite-resolve: answer the human gate
 

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-review/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "[scope: slice N | feature] [--full]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/code-navigation.md","devrites-lib/reference/candidate-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/orchestration-profiles.md","devrites-lib/reference/parallel-dispatch.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/agents.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/tooling.md","rite-review/reference/feature-scoped-review.md","rite-review/reference/five-axis-review.md","rite-review/reference/anti-patterns.md"],"triggers":{"applicability":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/repository-topology.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/data-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/integration-reliability.md"],"code-review":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/code-review.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/review-checklist.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/review/README.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/duplicate-code.md"],"performance":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/performance.md","rite-review/reference/performance-review.md","rite-review/reference/performance-checklist.md"],"principles":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md"],"security":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/security.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/security-checklist.md","rite-review/reference/security-review.md"],"testing":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/testing.md"],"ui":["rite-review/reference/nielsen-heuristics.md","rite-review/reference/cognitive-load.md","rite-review/reference/performance-checklist.md"],"workflow-artifacts":["devrites-lib/reference/workspace-artifact-schema.md"]},"workspace":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","questions.md","decision-coverage.md","architecture.md","plan.md","tasks.md","traceability.md","eng-review.md","test-plan.md","gates.md","evidence.md","touched-files.md","design-brief.md","browser-evidence.md"],"workspaceByRole":{"code-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","test-plan.md","architecture.md","decisions.md","state.md","evidence.md","touched-files.md"],"devex-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md"],"doubt-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","decisions.md"],"frontend-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md","design-brief.md"],"performance-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md"],"plan-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","test-plan.md","decision-coverage.md","architecture.md","state.md"],"security-auditor":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md"],"simplifier-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md"],"spec-reviewer":["brief.md","spec.md","decision-coverage.md","questions.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","state.md"],"test-analyst":["spec.md","tasks.md","test-plan.md","state.md","evidence.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase review` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-review: feature-scoped review
 
 Review the **active feature scope only**. **Read the active workspace first**; if none,
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ Pull these via `Read` when the diff demands them:
    `devrites-engine check candidate <slug>` and require its digest to match the
    single `evidence.md` binding and the `browser-evidence.md` binding when that
    file exists. Read those ledgers via the bounded advisory read
-   ([`workspace-artifact-schema.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/workspace-artifact-schema.md) § Read next by phase): binding line, `EVID-###`
+   ([`workspace-artifact-schema.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/workspace-artifact-schema.md) § Read next by phase; trigger `workflow-artifacts`): binding line, `EVID-###`
    index, then bodies for this candidate's AC/slice IDs only. A missing,
    malformed, or open candidate returns to Polish/Prove.
    Read `touched-files.md` `## Review trail` and `eng-review.md` `## Deferred findings`:

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-review/reference/performance-checklist.md

@@ -33,14 +33,25 @@ Identify the framework first; apply only its idioms.
   `font-display: swap`; subset with `unicode-range`.
 - **Rendering:** no layout thrashing (batch reads, then writes); animate `transform`/
   `opacity` only; virtualize long lists; `content-visibility: auto` for off-screen sections;
-  don't break bfcache (no `unload` handler, no `Cache-Control: no-store` on HTML).
+  check bfcache eligibility and restoration in supported browsers. Avoid `unload`
+  handlers, but preserve sensitive-data cache policy: `Cache-Control: no-store`
+  eligibility varies by browser and conditions. Never remove a security control
+  for a performance score; test account-switch and restored-page behavior.
 
 ## Backend (every feature, UI or not)
 
 - No N+1 queries; eager-load / join / batch instead.
-- New queries have the indexes they need for their filter/sort columns.
+- Compare query plans and representative measurements before/after adding an
+  index; account for write and storage costs, not just filter/sort columns.
+- Before raising connection caps, count pools across processes and instances,
+  inspect held connections and transactions, and compare aggregate demand with
+  database capacity.
 - List endpoints paginate: never an unbounded `SELECT *`.
-- Per-request work that doesn't change per call is cached or hoisted.
+- Consider caching or hoisting measured repeated work only when its freshness
+  and sensitive-data contract allows it. Keys include every varying input and
+  principal when results differ; bound eviction and coalesce concurrent misses
+  where needed. Distinguish genuine negative results from origin failures; never
+  cache an outage as absence.
 - Responses compressed (gzip/brotli); bulk operations instead of a loop of single calls.
 
 ## Network

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-seal/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "[feature-slug] [--full]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/code-navigation.md","devrites-lib/reference/candidate-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/orchestration-profiles.md","devrites-lib/reference/parallel-dispatch.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/verification-methods.md","rite-seal/reference/phase-contract.md","rite-seal/reference/final-evidence.md","rite-seal/reference/go-no-go.md","rite-seal/reference/risk-and-rollback.md","rite-seal/reference/seal-template.md","rite-seal/reference/output.md","rite-seal/reference/anti-patterns.md"],"triggers":{"agents":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/agents.md"],"browser":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/browser-proof-checklist.md"],"code-review":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/code-review.md"],"deprecation":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/deprecation.md"],"documentation":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/documentation.md"],"dod":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md"],"observability":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/observability.md"],"principles":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md"],"security":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/security.md"],"testing":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/testing.md"]},"workspace":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","questions.md","decision-coverage.md","architecture.md","plan.md","tasks.md","traceability.md","eng-review.md","test-plan.md","gates.md","evidence.md","touched-files.md","review.md","seal.md"],"workspaceByRole":{"code-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","test-plan.md","architecture.md","decisions.md","state.md","evidence.md","touched-files.md","review.md"],"devex-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md","review.md"],"doubt-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","decisions.md","review.md"],"frontend-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md","review.md"],"performance-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md","review.md"],"proof-runner":["spec.md","test-plan.md","tasks.md","evidence.md","state.md"],"security-auditor":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","evidence.md","review.md"],"simplifier-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md","touched-files.md","review.md"],"spec-reviewer":["brief.md","spec.md","decision-coverage.md","questions.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","state.md","review.md"],"test-analyst":["spec.md","tasks.md","test-plan.md","state.md","evidence.md","review.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase seal` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-seal: GO / NO-GO
 
 Verify final candidate in `seal.md`; `$rite-ship` owns authorized irreversible
@@ -14,8 +18,9 @@ actions and close-out.
 
 Read [`core.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md) plus only
 final-diff-relevant standards: agents, code-review, testing, browser-proof-checklist,
-security, principles, documentation, observability, deprecation, and
-definition-of-done.
+security, principles, documentation, observability, deprecation,
+definition-of-done, and [`verification-methods.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/verification-methods.md)
+for coverage-denominator and evidence-status judgment.
 Load [`final-evidence.md`](reference/final-evidence.md) and
 [`go-no-go.md`](reference/go-no-go.md) for proof and verdict safety.
 Follow the shared
@@ -34,12 +39,15 @@ The host runs/reconciles named read-only reviewers; engine checks invariants.
 | Same, but `Important > 0` | Ask `Important findings remain. Proceed to seal? [y/N]`; default **N** |
 | `Critical > 0` | **NO-GO** |
 | Any acceptance criterion, resolved prohibition, or declared key link lacks proof | **NO-GO** |
+| `gates status` is not `all-met` — an unmet, stale, unapproved, or abandoned ledger gate remains | **NO-GO** |
 | Evidence is stale, or native diff review plus the exact test analyst finds weakened tests | **NO-GO: Critical** |
 | Any exact required reviewer account is missing or silent | **NO-GO** |
 | Any deferred finding (`touched-files.md` `## Review trail`, `eng-review.md` `## Deferred findings`) lacks a `review.md` verdict | **NO-GO** |
 | Any `gate: validating` question remains open | **NO-GO** |
 | Material UI acceptance lacks or fails required browser proof | **NO-GO** |
 | Unresolved drift, unsafe migration/removal, or unapproved principle violation remains | **NO-GO** |
+| `check regression` reports an unblessed loss vs the recorded progress baseline | **NO-GO** |
+| `check windows` reports a deferral marker the change introduced without a `windows.md` waiver | **NO-GO** |
 
 A judgment-only criterion needs the human eye; AFK records a validating question
 and stops.
@@ -58,7 +66,23 @@ Follow [`reference/phase-contract.md`](reference/phase-contract.md)
 4. reconcile their read-only verdicts against source and immutable evidence;
 5. draft GO/NO-GO `seal.md` with acceptance, tests, decisions, and seven accounts;
 6. write exactly one candidate binding, then run
-   `devrites-engine check seal <slug>` for structure and identity, never semantics.
+   `devrites-engine check seal <slug>` for structure and identity, never semantics,
+   and, when that check reports a stale readiness-input binding, run
+   `devrites-engine check drift <slug>` before returning to Vet so the repair
+   starts at the named changed, missing, or added input,
+   and `devrites-engine check regression <slug>` to confirm no recorded progress
+   fact was lost since the last checkpoint — `BLOCKED` is NO-GO; `unproven`
+   (no baseline) does not block — plus `devrites-engine check windows <slug>
+   --base <release-base>` so each deferral marker the feature diff introduced
+   carries a `windows.md` waiver row ([`windows.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/windows.md));
+   unwaived hits are NO-GO. The engine already refuses a `gates.md` ledger
+   that is malformed, unmet,
+   stale, unapproved, or abandoned — a seal-side `gates status` reading anything
+   but `all-met` means Prove's evidence is not current; return there, never
+   attest past it. It likewise refuses a malformed `notes.md` or any anchor
+   graded other than `exact`: `devrites-engine note check <slug> --repair`
+   re-anchors `moved` notes; `stale`/`ambiguous`/`lost` ones are corrected or
+   removed before GO.
 
 Corrections return through affected Prove/Review before restarting Seal under
 [evidence validity](../devrites-lib/reference/candidate-integrity.md#evidence-validity).

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-seal/reference/go-no-go.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ rollback, or an unapproved principle violation. Also block:
 - deleted/skipped/focused/tautological/weakened tests;
 - missing/silent required review or invalid conditional account;
 - a stood decision without reconciled exact doubt verdict;
+- an unblessed loss vs the recorded progress baseline (`check regression` `BLOCKED`);
 - opted-in mutation missing/below threshold (otherwise optional).
 
 ## GO

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-seal/reference/phase-contract.md

@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
    and exactly one `Candidate SHA-256: <64 lowercase hex>` line. Then run:
    ```bash
    devrites-engine check seal "<slug>"
+   devrites-engine check regression "<slug>"
    ```
-   Structure/bindings only: blocks exit `3`, invalid state `2`. GO sets
+   Structure/bindings only: blocks exit `3`, invalid state `2`. A regression
+   `BLOCKED` is NO-GO; `unproven` (no baseline) does not block. GO sets
    `Next step: $rite-ship`; NO-GO names the fix. No commit/push/tag/publish/deploy/close.
 
 Apply [`anti-patterns.md`](anti-patterns.md); never average away disagreement.

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-ship/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "[feature-slug]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/candidate-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/git-workflow.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/release/ship-checklist.md","rite-ship/reference/git-ship.md","rite-ship/reference/rollout.md","rite-ship/reference/close-out.md","rite-ship/reference/ship-template.md","rite-ship/reference/anti-patterns.md"],"triggers":{"afk":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md"]},"workspace":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","questions.md","decision-coverage.md","architecture.md","plan.md","tasks.md","traceability.md","eng-review.md","test-plan.md","gates.md","evidence.md","touched-files.md","review.md","seal.md"]} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase ship` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-ship: ship + close the task
 
 `$rite-seal` decides; `$rite-ship` mutates Git and closes. Read the active workspace;
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ if absent, route to `$rite-spec <feature>`. Ship only with current **GO** in `se
 ## Rules consulted (read on demand from `.agents/skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/`)
 **Step 0:** Read [`core.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md), then pull as needed:
 - [`git-workflow.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/git-workflow.md): Conventional Commits, atomicity, never-commit list.
-- [`afk-hitl.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md): AFK pause rules for irreversible actions (the type-GO gate itself: [`git-ship.md`](reference/git-ship.md), [`rollout.md`](reference/rollout.md)).
+- [`afk-hitl.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md): AFK pause rules for irreversible actions (the type-GO gate itself: [`git-ship.md`](reference/git-ship.md), [`rollout.md`](reference/rollout.md)). Trigger `afk` — load when `.devrites/AFK` exists.
 - [`definition-of-done.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md): acceptance, evidence, drift, rollback, docs.
 - [`release/ship-checklist.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/release/ship-checklist.md): final pass/fail sweep.
 

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-spec/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "<feature or idea>"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/elicitation.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/agents.md","rite-spec/reference/investigation.md","rite-spec/reference/question-protocol.md","rite-spec/reference/spec-template.md","rite-spec/reference/spec-checklists.md","rite-spec/reference/state-workspace.md","rite-spec/reference/acceptance-criteria.md","rite-spec/reference/interview-patterns.md","rite-spec/reference/ai-spec-template.md","rite-spec/reference/anti-patterns.md"],"triggers":{"afk":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md"],"applicability":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/repository-topology.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/data-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/integration-reliability.md"],"documentation":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/documentation.md"],"edge-cases":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/edge-case-trace.md"],"frontend":["rite-build/reference/frontend-trigger.md"],"grammar":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/spec-grammar.md"],"principles":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md"],"references":["rite-spec/reference/references-intake.md"]},"workspace":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","questions.md"],"workspaceByRole":{"evidence-scout":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","questions.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase spec` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-spec: investigate and write the spec
 
 Investigate and resolve material gaps into a placed, covered `spec.md`.
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ For behavioral/high-risk acceptance, use [`spec-grammar.md`](../devrites-lib/ref
 simple criteria stay flat `AC-###`. Apply
 [`acceptance-criteria.md`](reference/acceptance-criteria.md) so each is binary and observable.
 Use [`edge-case-trace.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/edge-case-trace.md)
-to populate only relevant edge/prohibition rows. The spec's applicability map routes
+to populate only relevant edge/prohibition rows (trigger `edge-cases`). The spec's applicability map routes
 topology, data, integration, security, and delivery concerns to their focused standard;
 load a routed standard to discover required behavior, not to prescribe implementation.
 
@@ -57,8 +61,11 @@ load a routed standard to discover required behavior, not to prescribe implement
    an unfinished sequence, propose that next continuation (slug + objective) as the
    recommended option instead of a fresh slug.
 2. **Investigate:** follow [investigation](reference/investigation.md) through its
-   complete findings and done-when gate. Discover the project's **test /
-   build/typecheck/lint** commands, frontend/backend systems, and declared project guidance
+   complete findings and done-when gate. Resolve the project's **test /
+   build/typecheck/lint** commands with `devrites-engine detect commands`
+   (Makefile → package.json → language manifests; read-only) and record the
+   resolved text — an `unresolved` slot means the plan must name the concrete
+   command later, never an invented one. Discover frontend/backend systems, and declared project guidance
    (`PRODUCT.md`, `DESIGN.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, and `.devrites/principles.md` when
    present).
    **Consult the capability ledger**, which records current system behavior

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-spec/reference/state-workspace.md

@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ command.
 
 ## Success definition
 <One sentence that says what "done" means.>
+
+## Route
+Size: <small | standard | large>
+Profile: <quick | standard | full>
+Why: <one line — the significance signals that picked the profile>
 ```
 
 ## Compactness

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-status/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ argument-hint: "[feature-slug]"
 user-invocable: true
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md"],"workspace":["state.md","tasks.md","questions.md"]} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context [slug] --skill rite-status` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read.
 
 # $rite-status: active feature status
 
@@ -40,6 +42,13 @@ A workspace is handoff-ready when it records one next action, all unresolved
 questions, non-obvious decisions, load-bearing assumptions, current drift
 status, and evidence for its claims. If chat contains missing durable context,
 recommend `$rite-handoff` before the lifecycle command.
+`devrites-engine handoff [slug]` emits the deterministic resume record (cursor,
+`awaiting_human`, blocking question gates, ledger reduction, dead ends,
+read-next order) — cite it for items 3–6 and the handoff-readiness verdict
+rather than re-deriving them. When `metrics.jsonl` exists,
+`devrites-engine metrics summary <slug>` rolls up dispatch/return counts and
+bundle bytes per phase — cite it for dispatch accounting rather than
+re-counting the ledger.
 
 Do not derive a command from host identity or invent one from phase names. Read
 the persisted `Next step`.

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-temper/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "[feature-slug] [--mode expand|selective|hold|reduce]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/orchestration-profiles.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/agents.md","rite-temper/reference/significance.md","rite-temper/reference/scope-modes.md","rite-temper/reference/review-dimensions.md","rite-temper/reference/strategy-template.md","rite-temper/reference/anti-patterns.md"],"triggers":{"afk":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md"],"applicability":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/repository-topology.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/data-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/integration-reliability.md"],"documentation":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/documentation.md"],"elicitation":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/elicitation.md"],"yagni":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/patterns.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md"]},"workspace":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","questions.md","decision-coverage.md","strategy.md","design-brief.md"],"workspaceByRole":{"strategy-reviewer":["brief.md","spec.md","decision-coverage.md","decisions.md","strategy.md","state.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase temper` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-temper: review scope and risk before planning
 
 Review the readied spec for ambition, scope, pre-mortem risk and unnecessary surface. Fold accepted decisions into the canonical contract before
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@ the required exact strategy reviewer never changes with profile.
 
 ## Rules consulted (read on demand from `.agents/skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/`)
 Pull on demand: [`patterns.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/patterns.md) +
-[`coding-style.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md) (the over-engineering / YAGNI rubric (reuse the pack's standard, don't
+[`coding-style.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md) (the over-engineering / YAGNI rubric, trigger `yagni`; reuse the pack's standard, don't
 invent one), [`documentation.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/documentation.md) (ADR-style `decisions.md` entries), [`afk-hitl.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md)
 (irreversible-risk list + gate ceiling), [`elicitation.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/elicitation.md) (the move-set to deepen a section
 that needs more than the default pre-mortem) selected by the section's risk). Load

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-upgrade/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ argument-hint: "[feature-slug]"
 user-invocable: true
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/agents.md"],"triggers":{"reslice":["rite-plan/reference/slicing.md"]},"workspace":["state.md","spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","decisions.md","questions.md","evidence.md","touched-files.md","review.md","seal.md","polish-report.md","browser-evidence.md"],"workspaceByRole":{"upgrade-planner":["state.md","spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","decisions.md","questions.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context [slug] --skill rite-upgrade` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read.
 
 # $rite-upgrade: reconcile a released workspace safely
 
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ references, and only current phase contracts needed for the observed gap.
    Archive-only is `current`; otherwise require contained regular `state.md` and read its
    cursor. A damaged/mismatched install stops at Doctor; missing live work routes
    `$rite-spec`; `done` is `current`. An unknown cursor is `unsupported`.
+   A `state.md` whose cursor carries no `schema` row — or any engine refusal naming the
+   workspace schema — means the workspace predates the current engine schema: structural
+   normalization is a human-approved engine step that precedes this audit, not part of
+   it. Stop and surface the refusal verbatim (it names the fail-closed `migrate`
+   command with `--dry-run`/`--answer`); after the human runs it, restart at step 0.
 1. **Freeze preservation evidence.** Record `git status --short`, cursor form/fields,
    `devrites-engine orient <slug>` (cursor, `task_graph`, `artifact_budgets`,
    `bulk_files`), and
@@ -76,7 +83,8 @@ references, and only current phase contracts needed for the observed gap.
      `history/` / `packets/`, current view only; IDs, meaning, answers and decisions
      unchanged; nothing deleted);
    - unbuilt slices beyond the [feature ceiling](../rite-plan/reference/slicing.md#feature-ceiling-split-an-epic-never-override-the-budget)
-     → `$rite-plan course-correct` (`MVP cut` plus the named continuation sequence;
+     → `$rite-plan course-correct` (trigger `reslice` loads [`slicing.md`](../rite-plan/reference/slicing.md);
+     `MVP cut` plus the named continuation sequence;
      built slices and their evidence stay);
    - live code and recorded intent disagreement → `$rite-converge`;
    - any changed planning input or readiness defect → `$rite-vet`;

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-vet/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ argument-hint: "[slug] [--cross-model] [--full]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
 
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/code-navigation.md","devrites-lib/reference/orchestration-profiles.md","devrites-lib/reference/parallel-dispatch.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/gates.md","rite-vet/reference/review-axes.md","rite-vet/reference/artifacts.md","rite-vet/reference/depth.md","rite-vet/reference/eng-lenses.md","rite-vet/reference/anti-patterns.md"],"triggers":{"afk":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md"],"applicability":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/repository-topology.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/data-integrity.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/integration-reliability.md"],"assumption-delta":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/assumption-checkpoints.md"],"cross-model":["rite-vet/reference/cross-model.md"],"devex":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/developer-experience.md"],"dod":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md"],"elicitation":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/elicitation.md"],"errors":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/error-handling.md"],"grammar":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/spec-grammar.md"],"one-shot":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/one-shot-actions.md"],"performance":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/performance.md"],"principles":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md"],"reslice":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/acceptance-preserving-reslice.md"],"testing":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/testing.md"],"workflow":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/development-workflow.md"],"workflow-artifacts":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/workflow-artifacts.md"],"yagni":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/patterns.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md"]},"workspace":["brief.md","spec.md","state.md","decisions.md","assumptions.md","questions.md","decision-coverage.md","architecture.md","plan.md","tasks.md","traceability.md","eng-review.md","test-plan.md","gates.md"],"workspaceByRole":{"devex-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","state.md"],"plan-reviewer":["spec.md","plan.md","tasks.md","test-plan.md","decision-coverage.md","architecture.md","decisions.md","state.md"],"strategy-reviewer":["brief.md","spec.md","plan.md","decisions.md","decision-coverage.md","state.md"]}} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context <slug> --phase vet` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read. Trigger names map to the conditional rules in the sections that follow.
+
+
 # $rite-vet: review the plan before build
 
 Vet every plan's scope, architecture, quality, proof, performance, failures and writer
@@ -15,12 +19,16 @@ Vet owns implementation; current `$ARGUMENTS` (`--full`) feeds the depth trigger
 
 ## Rules
 
-Read the active standard from: [`principles.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md), [`patterns.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/patterns.md), [`coding-style.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md),
+Read the active standard from: [`principles.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/principles.md), [`patterns.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/patterns.md) + [`coding-style.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/coding-style.md) (over-engineering / YAGNI rubric, trigger `yagni`),
 [`testing.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/testing.md), [`spec-grammar.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/spec-grammar.md), [`performance.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/performance.md), [`error-handling.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/error-handling.md),
 [`development-workflow.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/development-workflow.md), [`afk-hitl.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/afk-hitl.md), [`one-shot-actions.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/one-shot-actions.md),
 [`developer-experience.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/developer-experience.md), [`elicitation.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/elicitation.md), and [`definition-of-done.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/definition-of-done.md). Load
 repository topology, data integrity, and integration reliability only when
-triggered. Before classifying any Reslice, read `.agents/skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/acceptance-preserving-reslice.md`.
+triggered. When the plan's scope generalizes an existing boundary — a second
+platform/tenant/source of truth, a newly optional field, a constant turned parameter —
+confirm the [`assumption-checkpoints.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/assumption-checkpoints.md) question (trigger `assumption-delta`)
+was answered and recorded, not skipped-as-negative.
+Before classifying any Reslice, read `.agents/skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/acceptance-preserving-reslice.md`.
 When a
 plan declares a root-authored executable workflow file, read
 [`workflow-artifacts.md`](../devrites-lib/reference/standards/workflow-artifacts.md).
@@ -72,7 +80,8 @@ plan declares a root-authored executable workflow file, read
    recheck retains prior depth and enters 1b.
 1a. **Independent initial pass.** Freeze candidate and dispatch the exact fresh
    read-only plan reviewer — plus developer-experience reviewer for developer
-   surfaces and the current strategy reviewer after significant Temper — in
+   surfaces (trigger `devex`) and the current strategy reviewer after significant
+   Temper — in
    parallel under `../devrites-lib/reference/parallel-dispatch.md`; they are
    independent read-only passes on one frozen candidate. Missing
    required account blocks.
@@ -151,7 +160,18 @@ plan declares a root-authored executable workflow file, read
    assumptions, uncertainty, and gates. Keep state non-READY. Every scenario and
    criterion needs positive, discriminating proof; every slice must be one-pass
    implementable; developer plans need a predicted scorecard. Durable commands
-   are portable repository commands, not host wrappers.
+   are portable repository commands, not host wrappers — resolve them with
+   `devrites-engine detect commands` (Makefile/package.json/manifests, no
+   execution) and cite the resolved text verbatim; an `unresolved` slot means
+   name the concrete command in the plan, never guess one.
+   Once the `## Build-entry preflight` table is final, run
+   `devrites-engine gates scaffold <slug>` to seed `gates.md` (one pending gate
+   per `AC-###`; never clobber an existing ledger), then author each gate's
+   `CHECK`/`EXPECT`/`CWD` per artifacts.md §`gates.md` so every runnable oracle
+   is an approved preflight row. Run
+   `devrites-engine gates lint <slug> --strict` and resolve every finding before
+   READY; the readiness check refuses a missing or malformed ledger but does not
+   replace this oracle-quality gate.
 7. **Narrow recheck after edits.** Dispatch the exact plan reviewer once per
    fold — one dispatch covering every open fingerprint, preserving
    per correction/fingerprint accounting (each checked individually with its
@@ -171,8 +191,10 @@ plan declares a root-authored executable workflow file, read
    preflight, and sweep is green. Write phase/next step and emit one
    `Readiness inputs SHA-256` with
    `devrites-engine check readiness --emit-binding <slug>`; normal readiness check
-   must pass. Technical failure records reproduction, not qid. Human gap awaits
-   Clarify. Optional cross-model follows `reference/cross-model.md`.
+   must pass. Record the per-input drift baseline alongside it:
+   `devrites-engine check drift <slug> --record` — a later stale binding then
+   names the exact artifact that moved instead of "something changed". Technical failure records reproduction, not qid. Human gap awaits
+   Clarify. Optional cross-model follows `reference/cross-model.md` (trigger `cross-model`).
 
    With READY, no pending remediation, and a valid technical return cursor,
    restore and consume the return cursor instead of defaulting to Build. Preserve

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-vet/reference/artifacts.md

@@ -146,6 +146,25 @@ For every row in `plan.md`'s `Shared contract proof`, the per-gap requirements n
 provider- and consumer-side asserting tests and state how each consumes the same canonical
 artifact. Reference the plan row; do not reproduce its contract table here.
 
+## `gates.md`: the acceptance ledger
+
+Write `.devrites/work/<slug>/gates.md` once the preflight table is final —
+`devrites-engine gates scaffold <slug>` seeds one pending gate per `AC-###` in
+`spec.md`; never clobber a ledger that already carries evidence. Grammar,
+evidence binding, and oracle rules live in
+[`gates.md`](../../devrites-lib/reference/standards/gates.md); the engine
+enforces them, so author to the contract, not around it:
+
+- One gate per required outcome; reuse `AC-###` ids so readiness coverage and
+  the ledger name the same set.
+- A runnable gate's `CHECK` must be a `## Build-entry preflight` `Command`
+  verbatim with a matching `Cwd` — a gate whose command is absent from the
+  preflight table can never execute, so add the row first.
+- `EXPECT` names a line only success can print; `gates lint <slug>` flags
+  tautological commands and weak expectations before build.
+- Manual gates (`EVIDENCE` only) are for judgment-bound outcomes; Prove
+  attests them, Seal still requires them checked.
+
 ## Parallelization table (in `eng-review.md` §5 when there's an opportunity)
 
 ```markdown

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-vet/reference/review-axes.md

@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ presentation never caps the inventory or hides the ninth substantive defect.
 - Security architecture at the seams (auth, data access, API boundaries): does the plan name
   the trust boundary for each untrusted input?
 - One realistic production failure per new codepath/integration (feeds failure-mode table).
+- **Assumption delta:** when the plan or fresh evidence changes the *kind* of a spec
+  assumption (singular→plural, required→optional, chosen→derived, or back) that is an
+  identity-model change, not a detail. It needs an explicit promote-vs-add-alongside
+  decision routed through the Guard; silently widening the model in the plan is a
+  `broken` finding.
 - Does any key flow deserve an ASCII diagram in the plan or an inline comment in the code the
   build will write? Name the files that should carry one.
 

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-watch-pr/SKILL.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ description: Observe one GitHub PR and CI state without mutating code, Git, thre
 argument-hint: "[PR number|PR URL|blank for current branch]"
 user-invocable: true
 ---
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/loop-operations.md"],"triggers":{"security":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/security.md"]},"workspace":[]} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context [slug] --skill rite-watch-pr` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read.
 
 # $rite-watch-pr: read-only PR and CI observation
 

package/pack/generated/codex/skills/rite-zoom-out/SKILL.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ argument-hint: "[symbol | file | area to map]"
 user-invocable: true
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
+<!-- loads: {"always":["devrites-lib/reference/standards/core.md","devrites-lib/reference/standards/tooling.md"],"workspace":["spec.md","plan.md","decisions.md","state.md"]} -->
+> Read-set manifest: `devrites-engine context [slug] --skill rite-zoom-out` bundles every file named below into one deduplicated read.
 
 # $rite-zoom-out: step up one abstraction layer
 

package/pack/generated/devin/agents/devrites-code-reviewer.md

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ test at `file:line`.
 files, not a summary you remember.
 From `spec.md`'s applicability map, load only triggered [`repository-topology.md`](../skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/repository-topology.md),
 [`data-integrity.md`](../skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/data-integrity.md), or [`integration-reliability.md`](../skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/integration-reliability.md); their cases remain feature-scoped.
+For per-file defect probes, load [`review/README.md`](../skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/review/README.md):
+[`review/default.md`](../skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/review/default.md) applies to every file, plus the language checklist matching
+each file's extension. A do-not-flag item raised as Critical/Important is a
+review defect — check that list before reporting.
 
 ## Inputs
 
@@ -75,10 +79,21 @@ for the feature scope and read the touched files.
     cast, or silent fallback that hides an unclear invariant?
   - Are repository/deployable roots, canonical contract and mutable-state ownership,
     shared resources, and sync/async consistency boundaries preserved without a cycle?
+  - Run `devrites-engine check dup <slug>` for near-duplicate leads, using the
+    mode that matches the packet's diff: `--base <ref>` when the feature's work
+    is committed, `--staged`/`--worktree` for uncommitted diffs. Triage each
+    reported cluster per
+    [`duplicate-code.md`](../skills/devrites-lib/reference/standards/duplicate-code.md)
+    — merge, keep-with-reason, or watch. A `*`-marked unit the diff added needs a
+    verdict, not suppression.
 - **Maintainability:** dead code, leftover TODOs or logs, and convention drift. Check
   **file size as well as diff size**. If a small diff pushes an already-large file
   past a healthy boundary, flag decompose-then-add and recommend extracting helpers
   or splitting modules first.
+- **Anchored notes:** when the workspace carries `notes.md`, run
+  `devrites-engine note list <slug>` and grade each anchor; a
+  `moved`/`stale`/`ambiguous`/`lost` note is a finding — the rationale it carries
+  no longer matches the code it names.
 - **Standards:** conformance to the project's conventions and the DevRites rules
   (naming, error handling, security, git/commit hygiene where the diff touches them).
 - **Hand-offs:** when input/auth/data/integration or a hot path/budget is in scope, flag
@@ -130,6 +145,7 @@ Return the report in this shape:
 Code review (<slug>) — independent
 Outcome: <findings | no-findings | gap>
 Account: <admitted findings | No-findings | Gap per Result admission>
+Coverage: <files read fully | hunk-level | skipped: name — reason>
 Finding: <severity> | <file:line> | <observed> | <impact> | <minimum fix>
 Basis: <files read · commands run to reach this finding>
 Tests: <adequate? gaps>