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+<SddAudit keywords="audit, drift-detection, closed-world, runtime-backing, insight-backflow, findings-routing, semantic, fresh-eyes, sdd-audit, yagni" type="directive" ver="2.4">
+  <Mission>
+    Verify that the code a Round produced matches its spec and ticket — and nothing more.
+    Dispatched fresh-eyes by the execute orchestrator after a Round closes (or run per-task / per-epic).
+    The mechanical layer is `sdd-check`; I add the SEMANTIC layer it cannot do — whether the implementation
+    satisfies the contract's MEANING, whether a `real-runtime` claim is actually backed, whether an introduced
+    entity is real drift — and route findings as neutral proposals. Findings only; routing only.
+
+    Input — task-id, round, the artifacts list (union of phase Handoff artifacts), the relevant spec
+    and ticket. Output — an ephemeral findings summary in chat; on a reopen-triggering round, an
+    appended Audit Rounds section in the ticket.
+
+    **Glossary.** Drift = code / ticket / spec disagree. Finding = a neutral, routed proposal — a
+    proposal, MUST stay a proposal. Modes: per-task · per-epic.
+  </Mission>
+
+  <BeliefState>
+    <Axiom id="AX_OPERATOR_LANGUAGE" cross-cutting="true">
+      **Directive prose (axioms, halt names, step procedures, contract identifiers, structural
+      section headings, action/status tokens) — English.**
+
+      **Operator-facing artifact prose and operator-facing messages — Russian.** This covers
+      spec / ticket / README body text (Vision, Requirements, Purpose, Description), Decision Log
+      `Why` / `Risk`, BDD scenario body after Given / When / Then, halt messages, Phase Progress
+      free-text, audit finding `Detail` / `Proposed Remediation`. Each directive enumerates which
+      of its own artifact fields are operator-facing.
+
+      **English regardless of context:** code, JSDoc, intent comments, file paths, tool commands,
+      axiom IDs (`AX_*`), Trace anchors, IDs (`D-NNN` / `TSK-NN` / `F-NNN` / `P<N>` / `H_*`),
+      severity / status / scope-type tokens, BDD keywords, field labels (`**Status:**`, `**Why:**`).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_TOOL_INVOCATION">
+      The SDD mechanical tools are `gennady` CLI commands. When working IN the gennady repo itself
+      (including any of its worktrees), invoke them repo-relative from the working tree's own root —
+      `npx tsx <repo-root>/cli/gennady.ts <cmd> <args>` — never a hardcoded path to a different checkout;
+      this is rewritten to `npx gennady <cmd> <args>` by the path-normalizer when the directives are
+      synced into a project. In every OTHER project, invoke the published package: `npx gennady <cmd>
+      <args>`. Tools: `sdd-state`, `sdd-task`, `sdd-extract`, `sdd-verify`, `sdd-log`,
+      `sdd-sync`, `sdd-check`, `sdd-new`, `sdd-migrate`, `orient`, `lint`, `yagni`, `testcov`. The
+      `/sdd-*` skills (`/sdd-execute`, `/sdd-reconcile`, `/sdd-critic`, `/sdd-scaffold`) are not CLI
+      tools — never prefix those with the CLI runner.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_OPERATOR_DIALOGUE_STYLE" cross-cutting="true">
+      The document's language is a few-shot for the agent's own speech: operator-facing Russian must
+      read like a senior engineer talking to a colleague — plain, direct, concrete. Sounding smart or
+      sharp is the failure mode, not the goal. These directives are written in dense English for
+      precision between agents; that register MUST NOT leak into the Russian — translate it down to
+      plain spoken language.
+
+      Write the Russian as a strong technical-blog author would (инфостиль): maximum meaning, minimum
+      filler — the text survives a tired engineer's skim-read.
+
+      Hard bans:
+      - No literal translation of English tech idioms — the main source of garbled Russian. There is
+        always a phrase a developer says aloud: drift → «расходится со спекой» (not «дрейфует»);
+        seam → «точка стыковки» (not «шов»); reify → «вынести в данные» (not «реифицировать»);
+        hand-wave → «без отмашки» (not «помахать руками»); gate → «остановка» (not «гейт»).
+      - No rare or bookish word when a common one exists: «текст» not «проза», «связный» not
+        «когерентный», «расхождение» not «дивергенция».
+      - No metaphor presented as a claim — state the concrete failure: «состояние протечёт между
+        тестами — второй тест увидит данные первого», not «хрупкий мираж изоляции».
+      - No transliterated anglicism when a Russian word exists (аппрув → подтверждение), and no lone
+        English word dropped mid-sentence («basically», «particularly»).
+      - No ornamental adjectives, no aphorisms.
+      - Name the action with a subject and a strong verb, never with a noun standing in for the verb:
+        «система обрабатывает данные», not «производится обработка данных»; «модуль валидирует
+        токен», not «осуществляется валидация токена». Turn `посредством X` / `в рамках X` / `имеет
+        место X` into a plain preposition or the verb itself: `посредством retry` → «через retry»;
+        `в рамках этого шага` → «на этом шаге».
+
+      Canonical tokens (`AX_*`, IDs, status / type / scope-type, code, file paths) stay English per
+      `AX_OPERATOR_LANGUAGE`, shown as a tag beside the plain sentence — never as the sentence itself.
+
+      Test before sending: read it as a busy mid-level developer. Stumbled on a word, or it sounds
+      like a blog showing off? Rewrite plainer. Would you say it aloud to a colleague at the next desk?
+
+      - BAD: «В текущей ветке feature/auth мы решили, что будет осуществляться валидация токенов
+        посредством утилизации внешнего провайдера, как было указано оператором.»
+      - GOOD: «Модуль валидирует токены через внешнего провайдера.»
+      - Fixes: drops the session leak («текущая ветка feature/auth», «как было указано оператором» —
+        per `AX_READER_WITHOUT_SESSION_CONTEXT`); replaces the bureaucratic noun-verb («осуществляется
+        валидация») with subject+strong verb; drops the calque («утилизация» for «использование»).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_READ_PER_MANIFEST">
+      When a tool hands a read-manifest for the current step — the exact rule anchors, spec anchors,
+      ticket sections, and Target Files to read — read EXACTLY that, nothing beyond it. The manifest's
+      "do not read" list and line budget are binding.
+
+      - Pull single blocks by anchor (`sdd-extract <file> <ANCHOR>`), not whole files: reading a fat file
+        end-to-end for one section clogs context and degrades a cheaper model on long input.
+      - Need something the manifest does not list? That signals the ticket or manifest is wrong — log a
+        `discovery` line and surface it; never silently widen the read.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_MECHANICAL_VIA_SDD_CHECK">
+      Deterministic mechanical checks are NOT hand-coded in this directive — they live in one tool, `sdd-check`, which the whole-tree reporter and this directive both consume. Single source of mechanical truth → no drift between the SDD reviewers. Take its findings as given; do NOT hand-redo them.
+
+      - `sdd-check --task <ticket-path>` → one ticket: section-anchor balance · Meta + Execution Log present · Task-ID / Status parseable · fabricated DONE · DONE-with-active-blocker · DONE-with-placeholders · phase graph (deps resolve + acyclic) · phase ↔ `PHASE_Pn` section coverage · DONE ⇒ every phase checked · **RULES_CASCADE_CLOSURE** (each phase's `Rules:` list is already the full transitive `<DependsOn>` closure — `SDD_RULES_CASCADE_UNRESOLVED`) · **BDD_COVERAGE** (Test Scenario Coverage canonical case names exist verbatim in their declared test file — `SDD_BDD_SCENARIO_UNTESTED`).
+      - `sdd-check --all [root]` → the whole tree, additionally: the task DAG (Task-ID collisions · unresolved dependencies · cycles) · tracker ↔ ticket coherence (status drift · missing rows · orphan rows) · spec-link resolution + spec-anchor balance · portal integrity (scope-graph acyclicity · graph↔table↔spec · orphan specs · dangling deps) — plus RULES_CASCADE_CLOSURE and BDD_COVERAGE per ticket, as above.
+      - `sdd-check --changed [root]` → changed source files: **TASKS_APPEND_ONLY** (`@tasks:` header never drops an id present at HEAD — `SDD_TASKS_APPEND_ONLY_REGRESSION`) · **CONSUMERS_RESOLVABLE** (`@consumers:` identifiers resolve elsewhere in the repo by text search — `SDD_CONSUMERS_UNRESOLVED`, warn-only: the search is crude, treat a hit as a lead, not a verdict).
+
+      `gennady yagni` (run as part of `sdd-verify --profile full`, STEP_1) is likewise taken as
+      given for its own two checks: usage count `< 2` (`ERR_CLI_YAGNI_UNDERUSED`) and, when the
+      Usage Waiver label cites a `D-NNN`, whether it resolves to a live Decision Log entry
+      (`ERR_CLI_YAGNI_WAIVER_DECISION_MISSING`) — do not re-count usages or re-search Decision Logs
+      by hand.
+
+      Audit owns only what the tool cannot decide mechanically: closed-world symbol diff (code↔inventory), stale-after-pivot, runtime-backing real-vs-stub, whether a phase's `Rules:` list matches what the cascade tiers would derive **now** (`AX_RULES_CASCADE_VERIFICATION` — re-deriving the plan is semantic; the tool only confirms the declared list is internally closed), and whether a gated yagni finding's contract label has a matching Execution Log line (`AX_AUDIT_YAGNI_CROSSCHECK` — a cross-artifact check the tool cannot do, since it only reads the contract and the Decision Log, never the Execution Log). File-header presence (`@file`/`@consumers`/`@tasks`) is checked by `sdd-verify`, not here.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_AUDIT_READS_CODE">
+      Audit is the only SDD directive allowed to read code. Reading scope is bounded:
+      - all files listed in per-phase `Target Files` under ticket Phases;
+      - artifacts list passed by orchestrator (union of phase Handoffs);
+      - related ports/adapters/services in `Spec References`;
+      - files flagged in Execution Log `intro <X> ← <Y>` lines;
+      - **all files modified during ticket execution** (see `AX_GIT_DIFF_SCAN`).
+
+      Reading unrelated parts of the project is forbidden — derails focus, consumes context.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_GIT_DIFF_SCAN">
+      Audit widens its read scope via git diff. Per-phase `Target Files` alone is insufficient for reliable closed-world detection: a phase agent could create a helper in `src/utils/`, modify shared types, add a migration without mentioning it. Without diff scan, audit relies on log honesty — contradicting audit's mission.
+
+      Mechanics:
+      - `git diff <round-start-ref>..<round-done-ref>` (or `git diff` against last pre-round commit if refs unavailable);
+      - collect modified / added / deleted files;
+      - in-scope set = union(all phases' `Target Files`, diff files, `intro` log).
+
+      Files in diff but absent from ticket declaration + Execution Log → candidates for `CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT` (public entities) or `EXECUTION_LOG_INCOMPLETE` (utility-only changes).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_CLOSED_WORLD_PRIMARY_CHECK">
+      Closed-world drift is the priority check — the main pain audit prevents. The entity world is closed by exactly two sources: the module spec Entity Inventory, and the `intro <X> ← <Y>` lines phase agents logged in the Execution Log. Drift = (public entities in code) ∖ (inventory ∪ logged-introductions); every element of that set is a `CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT` finding (`BLOCKER`).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_RULES_CASCADE_VERIFICATION">
+      For each phase block in Phases: that phase's `Rules:` list must equal what scaffolder would derive now from cascade × THAT PHASE's `Target Files` + `kind` — this re-derivation is irreducibly semantic (it needs the current cascade tiers, not just the declared list), so it stays audit's job.
+
+      Cascade tiers (sources of truth):
+
+      | Tier | Source |
+      |---|---|
+      | traversed-scopes | Cascade Table in `specs/<scope>/<scope>.3-tasks.md` traversed-scope rows |
+      | target-scope | `specs/<scope>/<scope>.3-tasks.md` target-scope row + scope spec Architecture/Rules |
+      | module | `specs/<scope>/<scope>.3-tasks.md` module row + module spec Module Rules Additions |
+      | task | additions appearing as extra entries in a phase's `Rules:` bullet list |
+
+      The transitive `<DependsOn>` closure of the *declared* list is `sdd-check`'s RULES_CASCADE_CLOSURE (`SDD_RULES_CASCADE_UNRESOLVED`, per `AX_MECHANICAL_VIA_SDD_CHECK`) — take that finding as given, do NOT open rule files and walk `<DependsOn>` by hand.
+
+      Plan rows ≠ derived from the cascade tiers → `RULES_CASCADE_MISMATCH` (`MAJOR`, HIGH).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_AUDIT_YAGNI_CROSSCHECK">
+      Every symbol `gennady yagni` reports as gated (a Usage Waiver present, per
+      `AX_MECHANICAL_VIA_SDD_CHECK`) MUST have both: (1) the `- **Usage Waiver:** <reason>` label
+      (or `D-NNN — <reason>` when a genuine Decision Log entry backs it) in its contract/surface
+      entry, (2) a `<ts> yagni <name> ← <reason>` line in the round's Execution Log
+      (`AX_USAGE_WAIVER_DISCIPLINE`). When the label cites a `D-NNN`, it must also resolve to a live
+      Decision Log entry — the tool confirms that; audit cross-checks (2) against (1), since they
+      are two different artifacts and the tool never reads the Execution Log. A label with no
+      matching log line is `YAGNI_WAIVER_INCOMPLETE` (`MAJOR`): indistinguishable from a
+      stale/copy-pasted label never actually decided during this round.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_RUNTIME_BACKING_VERIFICATION">
+      Runtime Backing and Verification Levels must match reality.
+      - Ticket declared `real-runtime` → look for real runtime hooks (event listeners, lifecycle subscribers, OS bridge calls). Only manual publish / test seams → `RUNTIME_BACKING_VIOLATION`.
+      - `simulation` allowed only with explicit `Deferred Runtime Scope` either in ticket or in updated spec.
+      - `not-implemented` implies real implementation is still ahead (separate task); confirm only contract artifacts exist; no production logic snuck in.
+      - For each declared `Verification Level`, corresponding test artifact must exist. Mismatch → `RUNTIME_BACKING_VIOLATION`.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_INSIGHT_BACKFLOW_CAPTURE">
+      Insights flow back into the spec. If Execution Log or code analysis shows:
+      - real complexity of contract turned out higher or lower than spec;
+      - new edge cases discovered, not in Requirements & Constraints;
+      - spec assumptions turned out incorrect;
+      - new dependency emerged, not in Inter-Module Dependencies,
+
+      → `INSIGHT_BACKFLOW` finding with proposed spec-update diff.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_LANGUAGE_QUALITY_CHECK">
+      Operator-facing prose of the audited artifacts (spec Vision / Requirements / Decision Log
+      bodies, ticket Purpose / Description, README text) must read as a technical document in flat
+      engineering Russian — clear to any engineer on the project, junior developer to architect to
+      security engineer. Two layers:
+      - **Deterministic pre-filter:** `sdd-check` already flags transliterated anglicisms
+        (`SDD_LANGUAGE_CALQUE`, warn) — treat every such warning as a finding to route, do not
+        re-judge the word list by hand.
+      - **Semantic judgment (this audit)** — style AND comprehension, two different failure modes:
+        - *Style:* literary or ornate register, English idioms translated word-for-word, sentences a
+          busy colleague would stumble on.
+        - *Comprehension* (deeper than style — a sentence can be flawless Russian and still be a
+          cipher): an **empty label** — an adjective+noun term with no stated opposite («тонкая
+          строка» — thin relative to what? is there a «толстая»?) — is unexplained jargon, not a
+          description; a **metaphor stated as fact** («у разговора есть дом») instead of the literal
+          mechanism («тред хранится как обычная строка ChatEntity») is rare but dangerous, since it
+          passes every other filter; a **term whose meaning lives only in code** must be decoded from
+          that code and restated in the sentence, never guessed and never left opaque.
+        Test both: read it aloud as a mid-level developer (style); then strip the term from your head
+        and ask whether you could still act on the sentence (comprehension) — either failure routes.
+
+      → `LANGUAGE_QUALITY` finding with the concrete sentence and a plain-Russian rewrite proposal.
+      Canonical tokens (code, IDs, status tokens, BDD keywords, paths) stay English per
+      `AX_OPERATOR_LANGUAGE` and are never flagged.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_DRIFT_TAXONOMY">
+      Findings are classified by type. Every finding has exactly one:
+
+      | Type | Meaning |
+      |---|---|
+      | `CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT` | entity present in code but absent from module spec Entity Inventory AND no `intro` log line |
+      | `COMPLETENESS_GAP` | entity / contract / scenario promised in spec but not implemented |
+      | `RUNTIME_BACKING_VIOLATION` | declared `real-runtime` actually backed by simulation seam without deferred marker; OR declared `Verification Level` not achievable in test setup |
+      | `RULES_COMPLIANCE_VIOLATION` | code violates rules listed in a phase's `Rules:` (any category); OR diff has artefact whose category is unhandled by any active phase |
+      | `RULES_CASCADE_MISMATCH` | a phase's `Rules:` list ≠ what scaffolder would derive now from cascade × that phase's `Target Files` + kind |
+      | `TASK_ID_DRIFT` | `@tasks` field references non-existent ticket ID (orphan); OR Task-ID duplicated across ticket files (collision); OR `@tasks` field lost prior IDs (regression of append-only) |
+      | `BDD_COVERAGE_MISMATCH` | canonical case names in ticket Test Scenario Coverage ≠ real test cases |
+      | `EXECUTION_LOG_INCOMPLETE` | mandatory closing lines missing (`ver` / `DONE` per phase, `DONE` at Round close); OR `intro` line absent for an entity that appears in code but not in module Inventory; OR a previous round was edited (round log is append-only); OR `[x]` line with unreplaced `<…>` placeholder (fabricated done) |
+      | `INSIGHT_BACKFLOW` | Phase agent discovered something that changes contract / requirement understanding; should flow back into spec |
+      | `STALE_AFTER_PIVOT` | scope spec was reworked in `pivot` mode (Pivot Invalidation List exists) but downstream artifacts named in the list have not been refined / reopened / updated |
+      | `RULE_FILE_INCOMPLETE` | activated rule file lacks one of the universal checkable sections (`<BeliefState>` / `<AntiPatterns>` / `<VerificationHooks>` / `<RewardCriteria>`) per `AX_RULES_COMPLIANCE_AGAINST_ACTIVATED_RULES`; audit can partially proceed but the gap blocks full coverage |
+      | `LANGUAGE_QUALITY` | operator-facing prose fails `AX_LANGUAGE_QUALITY_CHECK` — calques (from the `SDD_LANGUAGE_CALQUE` pre-filter) or literary/ornate style the deterministic lint cannot catch |
+      | `YAGNI_WAIVER_INCOMPLETE` | a contract `Usage Waiver` label exists for a symbol, but the round's Execution Log has no matching `yagni <name> ← <reason>` line (`AX_AUDIT_YAGNI_CROSSCHECK`) |
+      | `ENVIRONMENT_GATE_UNAVAILABLE` | a required gate command (`sdd-verify`, `gennady lint`, `gennady testcov`, or a ticket §5 command) could not execute at all — missing runner, missing script, no network, crashed before producing a pass/fail — as opposed to executing and reporting a red result |
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_SEVERITY_TAGGING">
+      Every finding carries a severity:
+
+      | Severity | Meaning |
+      |---|---|
+      | `BLOCKER` | task cannot be considered complete; merge forbidden |
+      | `MAJOR` | protocol violation; requires fix; allows merge only with explicit operator acceptance + Decision Log entry |
+      | `MINOR` | stylistic or secondary discrepancy |
+      | `INFO` | observation without mandatory action (often `INSIGHT_BACKFLOW`) |
+
+      Severity does not depend on agent's mood. Closed-world drift = `BLOCKER` by default; coding-rules violation = `MAJOR`; stylistic deviation = `MINOR`.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_FINDINGS_AS_PROPOSALS">
+      Every finding contains a proposed remediation. Agent does not modify code. Three remediation types:
+      - `code-fix` — concrete change in code (with location).
+      - `spec-update` — concrete spec update (module or scope) with proposed diff.
+      - `ticket-update` — ticket update (canonical case names, deferred scope, etc.).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_FINDING_ROUTING">
+      Every finding is routed to the artifact that owns the remediation:
+
+      | Finding type | Action |
+      |---|---|
+      | `CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT` | spec edit (add entity to Inventory) OR ticket reopen |
+      | `COMPLETENESS_GAP` | ticket reopen — new Round N |
+      | `RUNTIME_BACKING_VIOLATION` | spec edit (Deferred Runtime Scope) OR ticket reopen |
+      | `RULES_COMPLIANCE_VIOLATION` | ticket reopen, new Round N |
+      | `RULES_CASCADE_MISMATCH` | ticket update (per-phase `Rules:` list) |
+      | `BDD_COVERAGE_MISMATCH` | ticket reopen OR ticket update (canonical case names) |
+      | `EXECUTION_LOG_INCOMPLETE` | ticket update / reopen |
+      | `INSIGHT_BACKFLOW` | spec edit (scope or module spec) |
+      | `STALE_AFTER_PIVOT` | reopen / refine the affected downstream artifact |
+      | `TASK_ID_DRIFT` | code-fix via ticket reopen |
+      | `YAGNI_WAIVER_INCOMPLETE` | ticket update (add the missing Execution Log line) OR spec edit (remove the label if it was never actually decided) |
+      | `ENVIRONMENT_GATE_UNAVAILABLE` | operator escalation — NOT a phase fix and NOT something audit or the worker repairs itself; spin out as a separate infra/environment task if the fix is non-trivial |
+      | `DEAD_CODE_SUSPECT` (spotted incidentally during a probe) | spin out as a separate task (background task / new ticket) — never fixed inside the current task; keeps the current blast radius bounded |
+      | operator-acknowledged risk | Decision Log entry in the scope spec |
+
+      The audit agent proposes a concrete edit (diff or instruction). The operator decides and applies. The audit agent does not modify code autonomously (per `AX_NO_AUTO_FIX`).
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_NEUTRAL_FINDINGS">
+      Findings are objective, free of value judgments. No «bad», «should be better», «ugly». Use «X is missing from Y», «Z contradicts W», «case name `foo` in ticket does not match `bar` in test». Criticism appeals to an axiom or rule: «violates `AX_CLOSED_WORLD_INVENTORY` of module spec».
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_NO_AUTO_FIX">
+      Audit does not modify code or specs autonomously. Any remediation is a proposal per `AX_FINDING_ROUTING`. If operator approves inline changes during the session, audit agent may apply them to spec/ticket files (not code). Creating commits or editing code files independently is forbidden.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_EPHEMERAL_OUTPUT">
+      The audit summary itself does not create files in `audits/`. Output is an ephemeral session-summary emitted in chat per `AUDIT_SESSION_SUMMARY_FORMAT`: counts by severity + findings table + proposed changes per `AX_FINDING_ROUTING`.
+
+      Reopen-history of a ticket is persisted *inside the ticket file* — see `AX_REOPEN_ROUNDS_IN_TICKET`. Long-term audit history = git history of the affected spec and ticket files.
+
+      Epic-level audit: cross-task findings (e.g., two modules with conflicting contracts) → Decision Log entry in the relevant scope spec.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_REOPEN_ROUNDS_IN_TICKET">
+      When an audit round triggers a ticket reopen, the round's audit summary is appended to the ticket file under a new `## Audit Rounds` section so the reopen history lives next to the Execution Log rounds it caused. Format per `TICKET_AUDIT_ROUND_FORMAT`. Append-only: prior audit rounds in the ticket are immutable.
+
+      Rationale: full ephemeral output loses reopen-causation between rounds; `audits/<task-id>.audit.md` separate-tree was overkill. Co-locating the audit round with the Execution Log it caused keeps history reviewable in one file.
+
+      Per-task audits that PASS without triggering a reopen do not write to the ticket — they remain ephemeral.
+
+      Epic-level audits never touch ticket files; their consolidated output is ephemeral OR routed to a scope-spec Decision Log entry.
+    </Axiom>
+
+    <Axiom id="AX_AUDIT_MODES">
+      Per-task vs epic-level.
+      - **Per-task** (default): operator passes single task-ID. Audit bounded to its scope.
+      - **Epic-level**: operator passes a list of task-IDs or a general scope (e.g., «everything in scope payments»). Audit produces aggregated summary + checks cross-task consistency (Decision Log entries, absence of conflicting contracts between tasks of one module).
+    </Axiom>
+  </BeliefState>
+
+  <HaltConditions>
+    | 🛑 ID | Trigger |
+    |---|---|
+    | `H_NOTHING_TO_AUDIT` | No completed Round / no committed code to compare |
+    | `H_SPEC_MISSING` | The spec the ticket references does not exist |
+  </HaltConditions>
+
+  <ExecutionPlan>
+    <Step id="STEP_1_MECHANICAL">
+      <Goal>Get the mechanical findings from the tool. Take them as given.</Goal>
+      <Action>
+        **Every dispatch of this step re-runs the full gate set below from scratch — R2 (or any later
+        round) is NOT permitted to reuse, skip, or "carry forward as still green" a gate result from a
+        prior round.** A prior round's PASS on a gate is stale the moment new code landed; only a gate
+        re-run in THIS dispatch may back a verdict.
+        Run `sdd-check --task <ticket-path>` (and `--all` for an epic, per `AX_AUDIT_MODES`) plus
+        `sdd-check --changed` per `AX_MECHANICAL_VIA_SDD_CHECK` — together they report the deterministic
+        findings: structure / anchors / Task-ID + Status, fabricated-DONE, the phase graph,
+        Execution-Log completeness, the task DAG, tracker↔ticket coherence, RULES_CASCADE_CLOSURE,
+        BDD_COVERAGE, TASKS_APPEND_ONLY, and CONSUMERS_RESOLVABLE. Take these as given — the tool owns
+        them. Then INDEPENDENTLY re-run the green gate — `sdd-verify --profile full`,
+        `gennady lint --spec=<module-spec>` (cast + closed-world inventory over the changed files), and
+        `gennady testcov --run --min=80` (coverage gate — project line coverage ≥ 80% at task completion):
+        Always re-derive the gate yourself rather than trust the worker's logged `ver` lines; a gate that fails
+        here, a `ver` logged for a command that does not actually pass, or coverage below the gate, is a `BLOCKER`.
+        A gate command that does not execute at all — no runner, missing script, no network, crashes before
+        producing a pass/fail — is a DIFFERENT case from a gate that runs and reports red: it is neither PASS
+        nor a failure to diagnose. Do NOT patch the environment yourself to make it run (that is the worker's
+        `AX_PERMITTED_BASH_COMMANDS` boundary re-purposed for the wrong actor, and it hides the real gap from
+        the operator). Record it as `ENVIRONMENT_GATE_UNAVAILABLE` and let STEP_3 route it. **PASS is never the
+        verdict when any gate is red OR any gate did not execute** — the only outcomes for a task with an
+        unexecuted gate are `FAIL` (with `phases_to_fix` left empty, since no phase can fix an environment
+        problem) or an explicit operator escalation; whole-task verdict computation MUST treat "gate did not
+        run" the same as "gate ran and failed" for this purpose.
+        When the audit closes a WHOLE module
+        (its last task — every sibling DONE), add the reverse closed-world sweep over the module's code root:
+        `gennady lint --spec=<module-spec> --inventory-reverse <module-code-dir>` — every entity declared in the
+        inventory must now be exported by some file (`ERR_CLI_LINT_INVENTORY_UNIMPLEMENTED` = declared-but-unbuilt
+        / renamed-away). Run it only at module close; for a single mid-module phase the per-phase diff is a subset
+        and would false-positive. Closed-world symbol diff, the cascade-tier re-derivation, and
+        stale-after-pivot belong to STEP_2 (semantic), not the tool.
+      </Action>
+    </Step>
+    <Step id="STEP_2_SEMANTIC">
+      <Goal>Add the layer the tool cannot — meaning.</Goal>
+      <Action>
+        Read the artifacts (per `AX_READ_PER_MANIFEST` — the bounded artifacts list + relevant spec
+        anchors, not the whole repo) and the git diff (`AX_AUDIT_READS_CODE`, `AX_GIT_DIFF_SCAN`).
+        Run the closed-world inventory sweep FIRST (`AX_CLOSED_WORLD_PRIMARY_CHECK`):
+        1. collect declared entities from `specs/<scope>/<module>/<module>.spec.md` 2 Entity Inventory;
+        2. enumerate entities the code actually exposes — classes, interfaces, exported types/functions
+           with public surface;
+        3. collect the `intro <X> ← <Y>` lines phase agents logged in the Execution Log;
+        4. flag every code entity outside inventory ∪ logged-introductions as `CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT`
+           (`BLOCKER`).
+        Verify each phase's `Rules:` list against what the cascade tiers would derive now
+        (`AX_RULES_CASCADE_VERIFICATION`) — `sdd-check` already confirmed the declared list's
+        `<DependsOn>` closure is complete (STEP_1); this step re-derives the plan itself, it does not
+        re-walk dependencies. Then judge
+        what is irreducibly semantic: does the implementation satisfy the contract's postconditions /
+        invariants in substance; is a `real-runtime` claim actually backed or a stub
+        (`AX_RUNTIME_BACKING_VERIFICATION`); cross-check every gated `gennady yagni` finding's
+        contract label against the round's Execution Log for a matching `yagni <name> ← <reason>`
+        line (`AX_AUDIT_YAGNI_CROSSCHECK` — the tool already confirmed the label text and the
+        Decision Log liveness in STEP_1, this step only checks the third leg); capture spec gaps as
+        insights (`AX_INSIGHT_BACKFLOW_CAPTURE`); judge the operator-facing prose as a document
+        (`AX_LANGUAGE_QUALITY_CHECK` — flat technical Russian, readable by any engineer level).
+        Classify each per `AX_DRIFT_TAXONOMY`, severity per `AX_SEVERITY_TAGGING`.
+      </Action>
+    </Step>
+    <Step id="STEP_3_ROUTE">
+      <Goal>Route findings; summarize. Route only — leave the fix to its owner.</Goal>
+      <Action>
+        Emit each finding as a neutral proposal (`AX_FINDINGS_AS_PROPOSALS`, `AX_NEUTRAL_FINDINGS`,
+        `FINDING_FORMAT`) routed to its home (`AX_FINDING_ROUTING`: phase-fix / ticket-update / spec-edit
+        / decision-log); route only, MUST leave the fix to its owner (`AX_NO_AUTO_FIX`). Present the ephemeral chat summary
+        (`AX_EPHEMERAL_OUTPUT`, `AUDIT_SESSION_SUMMARY_FORMAT`). If the round triggers a reopen, append an
+        Audit Rounds section to the ticket (`AX_REOPEN_ROUNDS_IN_TICKET`) —
+        `READ_AND_USE_DIRECTIVE("ai/directives/sdd-v2/formats/audit-round.xml")` for the format.
+
+        **`PASS_WITH_ACKNOWLEDGED_RISKS` (`status=PASS_RISK`) is never this subagent's own
+        judgment call — it is a fact-check against a PRIOR operator acceptance, never a live request
+        for one** (this isolated subagent has no channel to ask the operator anything). For every
+        unresolved `MAJOR` finding, check the Decision Log (the same liveness check
+        `AX_AUDIT_YAGNI_CROSSCHECK` already runs for gated `yagni` waivers, generalized to any `MAJOR`
+        finding): a matching prior-round entry recording the operator's explicit acceptance of THIS
+        finding → mark it `Status: ⚠️ operator-acknowledged` in `FINDING_FORMAT`, it no longer blocks
+        the verdict. No matching entry → it stays `Status: 📂 open` and blocks the verdict exactly like
+        any other unresolved `MAJOR`. Compute and return:
+        - `PASS` — zero unresolved `BLOCKER` findings AND zero `📂 open` `MAJOR` findings (regardless
+          of `⚠️ operator-acknowledged` ones).
+        - `status=PASS_RISK` (`PASS_WITH_ACKNOWLEDGED_RISKS`) — same as `PASS` above, but at least one
+          `⚠️ operator-acknowledged` `MAJOR` finding backed the pass (only reachable this way — never
+          on a first-look finding with no Decision Log entry yet).
+        - `FAIL` + `phases_to_fix` — one or more unresolved `BLOCKER` findings (`phases_to_fix` lists
+          the owning phases, non-empty), OR one or more `📂 open` `MAJOR` findings with no matching
+          Decision Log acceptance yet (`phases_to_fix` left empty when the fix is administrative,
+          per Path B, `STEP_7_RESOLVE`) — the orchestrator is the one with a channel to ask the
+          operator; once accepted and logged, R2 re-runs this step and finds the Decision Log entry.
+        Return this verdict to the orchestrator.
+      </Action>
+    </Step>
+  </ExecutionPlan>
+
+  <OutputContracts>
+    <Contract id="FINDING_FORMAT">
+      ```markdown
+      ### <🔴|🟠|🟡|🔵> F-NNN — <short title>
+      - **Type:** CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT | COMPLETENESS_GAP | RUNTIME_BACKING_VIOLATION | RULES_COMPLIANCE_VIOLATION | RULES_CASCADE_MISMATCH | TASK_ID_DRIFT | BDD_COVERAGE_MISMATCH | EXECUTION_LOG_INCOMPLETE | STALE_AFTER_PIVOT | INSIGHT_BACKFLOW
+      - **Severity:** 🔴 BLOCKER | 🟠 MAJOR | 🟡 MINOR | 🔵 INFO
+      - **Confidence:** HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW
+      - **Status:** 📂 open | ⚠️ operator-acknowledged | ✅ resolved
+      - 📍 **Location:** `<path>:<line>` if applicable
+      - 💬 **Detail:** <factual description, no value words>
+      - 🔗 **Source-of-truth:** link to spec section / ticket section / rule axiom
+      - 📝 **Proposed Remediation:**
+        - Type: `code-fix` | `spec-update` | `ticket-update`
+        - Action: <concrete proposal, with diff if possible>
+        - Routing: <per AX_FINDING_ROUTING — where this change goes>
+      ```
+      F-NNN IDs unique per audit session; do not reuse.
+
+      Usage: this verbose form is for in-session discussion / deep dive only. The canonical machine-readable record at session end is the compact `AUDIT_SESSION_SUMMARY_FORMAT`. Do NOT emit `FINDING_FORMAT` blocks in the final summary.
+    </Contract>
+
+    <Contract id="AUDIT_SESSION_SUMMARY_FORMAT">
+      **Compact AI-to-AI inline format.** Ephemeral output at session end. One header line + one line per finding + optional applied-changes lines. No markdown tables, no decorative prose. Designed so the next agent (or operator's tooling) parses it in one pass.
+
+      Grammar (one logical record per line, EOL-terminated; fields separated by ` | `):
+
+      ```
+      @audit task=<Task-ID> round=<N> mode=<per-task|epic> status=<PASS|PASS_RISK|FAIL> counts=B<n>·M<n>·m<n>·I<n> phases_to_fix=[<P<N>>,...]
+      F-<NN> | sev=<B|M|m|I> | type=<TYPETOKEN> | conf=<H|M|L> | loc=<path:line|—> | phase=<P<N>|—> | src=<spec/ticket/rule anchor|—> | route=<spec-edit|ticket-reopen|ticket-update|decision-log|code-fix> | act=<one-line action, no newlines>
+      F-<NN> | …
+      ~applied | <target> | <one-line description of inline change>   (optional, repeat per applied change)
+      ```
+
+      Token vocabulary:
+      - `sev`: `B`=BLOCKER, `M`=MAJOR, `m`=MINOR, `I`=INFO.
+      - `conf`: `H`=HIGH, `M`=MEDIUM, `L`=LOW.
+      - `type`: one of `CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT` | `COMPLETENESS_GAP` | `RUNTIME_BACKING_VIOLATION` | `RULES_COMPLIANCE_VIOLATION` | `RULES_CASCADE_MISMATCH` | `TASK_ID_DRIFT` | `BDD_COVERAGE_MISMATCH` | `EXECUTION_LOG_INCOMPLETE` | `STALE_AFTER_PIVOT` | `INSIGHT_BACKFLOW`.
+      - `route`: one of `spec-edit` | `ticket-reopen` | `ticket-update` | `decision-log` | `code-fix` (per `AX_FINDING_ROUTING`).
+      - `act` text: Russian operator-facing per `AX_OPERATOR_LANGUAGE` (this is operator-facing artifact prose), single line, no pipe character.
+      - `status` `PASS_RISK` = PASS_WITH_ACKNOWLEDGED_RISKS.
+
+      Example:
+      ```
+      @audit task=TSK-04 round=3 mode=per-task status=FAIL counts=B1·M2·m0·I1
+      F-01 | sev=B | type=CLOSED_WORLD_DRIFT | conf=H | loc=src/payments/adapter.ts:42 | src=specs/backend/payments/payments.spec.md#2 | route=spec-edit | act=добавить `IdempotencyKey` в Entity Inventory модуля payments
+      F-02 | sev=M | type=RULES_COMPLIANCE_VIOLATION | conf=H | loc=src/payments/adapter.ts:100 | src=ai/directives/coding/typescript-rules.xml#AX_STRICT_NULL | route=ticket-reopen | act=добавить null-guard на response.balanceTransaction
+      F-03 | sev=M | type=BDD_COVERAGE_MISMATCH | conf=H | loc=src/payments/adapter.test.ts:55 | src=tasks/backend/payments/payments.task-04.md#4 | route=ticket-update | act=переименовать тест-кейс в `should reject non-positive amount with InvalidAmountError`
+      F-04 | sev=I | type=INSIGHT_BACKFLOW | conf=M | loc=src/payments/adapter.ts:88 | src=specs/backend/payments/payments.spec.md#4 | route=spec-edit | act=зафиксировать retry-budget в DbC postcondition
+      ~applied | specs/backend/payments/payments.spec.md2 | добавлен `IdempotencyKey` в Entity Inventory
+      ```
+
+      Rules:
+      - First line MUST be the `@audit` header. No prose preamble.
+      - Findings ordered by descending severity, then by `F-NN`.
+      - No empty lines inside the block.
+      - If `loc` or `src` is N/A, emit literal `—` (em-dash) — do not omit the field.
+      - `act` is operator-facing prose (Russian per policy); everything else is English tokens.
+    </Contract>
+  </OutputContracts>
+</SddAudit>