harness-everything 0.16.2 → 0.16.3

package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "name": "harness-everything",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "Harness OS: an orchestrated agent operating system — tier routing, circuit breaker guardrails, verification gates, WAL session memory, and self-evolving workspace rules.",
-      "version": "0.16.2",
+      "version": "0.16.3",
       "author": {
         "name": "Miya Daniel"
       },

package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "harness-everything",
   "description": "Harness OS: an orchestrated agent operating system — tier routing, circuit breaker guardrails, verification gates, WAL session memory, and self-evolving workspace rules.",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "author": {
     "name": "Miya Daniel"
   },

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## [0.16.3](https://github.com/dyphn1/Harness-everything/compare/v0.16.2...v0.16.3) (2026-09-20)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **docker:** Verify current re-trip contract in docker-verify.sh ([#200](https://github.com/dyphn1/Harness-everything/issues/200)) ([610ce32](https://github.com/dyphn1/Harness-everything/commit/610ce32733a74dd4a16f68d171346ea8b10f8d62)), closes [#190](https://github.com/dyphn1/Harness-everything/issues/190) [#42](https://github.com/dyphn1/Harness-everything/issues/42)
+
 ## [0.16.2](https://github.com/dyphn1/Harness-everything/compare/v0.16.1...v0.16.2) (2026-09-20)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

package/ci/consistency-check.js

@@ -164,6 +164,106 @@ for (const [rel, pattern] of retiredClaims) {
   check(`${rel}: retired enforcement claim absent (${pattern})`, !pattern.test(text), 'stale pre-#190 contract wording');
 }
 
+// The per-file entries above only freeze the files a past fix touched, so the
+// same retired wording survived elsewhere (#204: docs/workflows/zoom-out.md,
+// docker-verify.sh). Scan the whole agent-facing surface instead: docs, routed
+// skills, shared references, the OpenCode README, root shell/container entry
+// points, and the packaged plugin copies that ship to other hosts.
+const RETIRED_CLAIM_DIRS = [
+  'docs',
+  'zoom-out',
+  'fable-mode',
+  'harness-everything/references',
+  'plugins/harness-everything',
+];
+const RETIRED_CLAIM_EXTENSIONS = new Set(['.md', '.sh', '.js', '.mjs']);
+
+// Files that legitimately keep the retired wording: retained pre-#190
+// live-host evidence, release history, capability docs whose hard-lock lines
+// are explicitly labelled historical/reported-only, code that strips the
+// retired state field, and the CI guards that assert its absence.
+const RETIRED_CLAIM_ALLOWLIST = [
+  /^benchmarks\/results\/live-host\/opencode-2026-09-16\//,
+  /^CHANGELOG\.md$/,
+  /^docs\/platform-capabilities\.md$/,
+  /^opencode-plugin\/index\.mjs$/,
+  /^ci\//,
+  /^behavioral-evals\/[^/]+\.js$/,
+];
+
+// A line that denies the retired behavior or dates it ("no permanent hard
+// lock", "historical hard-lock evidence", "predates #190") is the correct
+// wording, not drift. Only the broad hard-lock family needs this escape; the
+// assertive patterns below are wrong in any context, so they never get it.
+const HISTORICAL_CONTEXT =
+  /pre-#190|\b(?:no|not|never|without|remove[sd]?|retired|historical|predates|former(?:ly)?|legacy|post-reset|no longer)\b|rather than|instead of/i;
+
+const RETIRED_CLAIM_SCAN = [
+  { label: 'hard-lock escalation', pattern: /hard[\s-]?lock/i, historicalAllowed: true },
+  { label: 'reset gated on a second cycle', pattern: /only after the (?:second|repeated) cycle/i },
+  { label: 'cycle-escalation reset branch', pattern: /\|\s*(?:second|repeated|repeat) cycle\s*\|\s*reset/i },
+  { label: 'machine-blocked disposition', pattern: /machine[\s-]blocked/i },
+  { label: 'replan budget', pattern: /replan[\s-]budget/i },
+  { label: 'runtime worker leases', pattern: /worker lease/i },
+  { label: 'retired loop-budget invariant', pattern: /\bloop-budget\b/i },
+  { label: 'explicit iteration budget', pattern: /explicit iteration budget/i },
+];
+
+function collectRetiredClaimTargets() {
+  const targets = new Set();
+  const walk = (dir) => {
+    let entries;
+    try { entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true }); } catch { return; }
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const p = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+      if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+        if (!entry.name.startsWith('.') && entry.name !== 'node_modules') walk(p);
+      } else if (RETIRED_CLAIM_EXTENSIONS.has(path.extname(entry.name))) {
+        targets.add(p);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  for (const dir of RETIRED_CLAIM_DIRS) walk(path.join(ROOT, dir));
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(ROOT, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (entry.isFile() && (entry.name.endsWith('.sh') || entry.name === 'Dockerfile')) {
+      targets.add(path.join(ROOT, entry.name));
+    }
+  }
+  const behavioralDir = path.join(ROOT, 'behavioral-evals');
+  if (fs.existsSync(behavioralDir)) {
+    for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(behavioralDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+      if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.md')) targets.add(path.join(behavioralDir, entry.name));
+    }
+  }
+  const opencodeReadme = path.join(ROOT, 'opencode-plugin', 'README.md');
+  if (fs.existsSync(opencodeReadme)) targets.add(opencodeReadme);
+  return [...targets].sort();
+}
+
+const retiredClaimTargets = collectRetiredClaimTargets();
+const retiredClaimHits = new Map(RETIRED_CLAIM_SCAN.map((rule) => [rule.label, []]));
+for (const file of retiredClaimTargets) {
+  const rel = path.relative(ROOT, file).split(path.sep).join('/');
+  if (RETIRED_CLAIM_ALLOWLIST.some((allowed) => allowed.test(rel))) continue;
+  const lines = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8').split(/\r?\n/);
+  lines.forEach((line, index) => {
+    for (const rule of RETIRED_CLAIM_SCAN) {
+      if (!rule.pattern.test(line)) continue;
+      if (rule.historicalAllowed && HISTORICAL_CONTEXT.test(line)) continue;
+      retiredClaimHits.get(rule.label).push(`${rel}:${index + 1}`);
+    }
+  });
+}
+for (const rule of RETIRED_CLAIM_SCAN) {
+  const hits = retiredClaimHits.get(rule.label);
+  check(
+    `retired-claim scan: ${rule.label} absent across the agent-facing surface`,
+    hits.length === 0,
+    `stale pre-#190 contract wording at ${hits.join(', ')}`
+  );
+}
+console.log(`Scanned ${retiredClaimTargets.length} file(s) for retired advisory-contract claims.`);
+
 // --- 3+4. Distribution manifests -----------------------------------------
 const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
 const pluginJsonPath = path.join(ROOT, '.claude-plugin', 'plugin.json');

package/docker-verify.sh

@@ -86,24 +86,63 @@ if ! node -e "const s=require('./.claude/harness-everything/state/sessions/defau
 fi
 echo "✅ PASS: Valid reflection report released the breaker (self-recovery)."
 
-# Second trip on the same signature must hard-lock even though a report exists
-# (the report is stale relative to lastFailureAt, and the cycle budget is spent).
-node -e "require('fs').writeFileSync('.claude/harness-everything/state/sessions/default/rule-of-3-state.json', JSON.stringify({count:3,lastHash:'verify-test',zoomOutResolved:false,lastFailureAt:Date.now()+60000,zoomOutCycles:1}))"
+# 3a-ter. Re-trip: three more failures on the same signature after a released
+# cycle ask for ANOTHER zoom-out. #190 retired the second-stage escalation, so
+# the contract is exit 2 plus the reflection-required message the hook actually
+# prints - never a permanent lock (ci/mechanism-2a-rule-of-3.test.js:58-64).
+echo -e "\n---> Running 3a-ter: Re-trip requests another zoom-out"
+# Seed through the hooks' own resolver: since #42 runtime state lives in the
+# global, workspace-keyed state root ($HARNESS_STATE_HOME or
+# ~/.agents/harness-everything/...), and a repo-relative seed only reaches the
+# hook while the one-time legacy migration can still move it.
+STATE_DIR=$(node -e "process.stdout.write(require('./hooks/scripts/lib/harness-state').getSessionDir(null, 'default'))")
+RETRIP_AT=$(node -e "process.stdout.write(String(Date.now()))")
+node -e "require('fs').writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({count:3,lastHash:'verify-test',zoomOutResolved:false,lastFailureAt:Number(process.argv[2]),zoomOutCycles:1}))" "$STATE_DIR/rule-of-3-state.json" "$RETRIP_AT"
 set +e
 node hooks/scripts/rule-of-3.js 2>rule-of-3-err.log
 EXIT_CODE=$?
 set -e
 if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -ne 2 ]; then
-  echo "❌ FAIL: Second trip did not hard-lock (expected 2, got $EXIT_CODE)"
+  echo "❌ FAIL: Re-trip did not request another zoom-out (expected 2, got $EXIT_CODE)"
   cat rule-of-3-err.log
   exit 1
 fi
-if ! grep -q "hard lock" rule-of-3-err.log; then
-  echo "❌ FAIL: Second-trip output did not contain hard-lock escalation message"
+if ! grep -q "RULE OF 3 CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIGGERED" rule-of-3-err.log; then
+  echo "❌ FAIL: Re-trip output did not contain the circuit-breaker trigger message"
   cat rule-of-3-err.log
   exit 1
 fi
-echo "✅ PASS: Second trip on the same signature hard-locked for human decision."
+if ! grep -q "ACTION REQUIRED (reflect first)" rule-of-3-err.log; then
+  echo "❌ FAIL: Re-trip output did not demand reflection"
+  cat rule-of-3-err.log
+  exit 1
+fi
+# Negative guard: the retired escalation wording must never come back (#190).
+if grep -qi "hard lock" rule-of-3-err.log; then # this must never match
+  echo "❌ FAIL: Re-trip printed the retired hard-lock escalation, which no longer exists"
+  cat rule-of-3-err.log
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "✅ PASS: Re-trip asked for another zoom-out, with no retired escalation wording."
+
+# A fresh report, written after the re-trip failure, releases the breaker again.
+printf '## Goal\nx\n## Failed Attempts\nx\n## Verified Facts\nx\n## Diagnosis\nx\n## Decision\nRESUME: second untried approach\n' > "$STATE_DIR/zoom-out-report.md"
+set +e
+node hooks/scripts/rule-of-3.js
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+set -e
+if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "❌ FAIL: Fresh reflection report did not release the re-tripped breaker (expected 0, got $EXIT_CODE)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if ! node -e "const s=JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(process.argv[1],'utf8')); process.exit(s.count===0 && s.zoomOutResolved===true && s.zoomOutCycles===2 ? 0 : 1)" "$STATE_DIR/rule-of-3-state.json"; then
+  echo "❌ FAIL: Breaker state not updated after the second report release"
+  cat "$STATE_DIR/rule-of-3-state.json"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "✅ PASS: A fresh report released the re-tripped breaker (advisory re-trip, not an escalation)."
+
+# harness:reset stays an optional manual clear, not a required escalation step.
 npm run harness:reset
 
 

package/docs/mechanism-first-skill-mesh.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ HARNESS_DECISION
 tier: 2
 strategy: iterative-single
 workflow_state: active
-required: route-before-execution, objective-verification, loop-budget
+required: scope-lock, objective-verification, loop-awareness
 suggest: tdd, verification-loop
 suggestion_policy: evaluate-applicability
 escape_policy: workflow-uncovered-scope-only

package/docs/workflows/zoom-out.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Source of truth: `zoom-out/SKILL.md`.
 
-Contract summary from SKILL.md — Trigger: three same-signature failures or an explicit loop/rethink request. Output: fact-checked report ending in `RESUME` or `ESCALATE`. State: writes the session `zoom-out-report.md`; reset may clear breaker state. Gate: `hooks/scripts/rule-of-3.js` plus a valid report; reset only after the second cycle. USE FOR: "you are stuck in a loop", "the same error keeps failing", "rethink your assumptions". DO NOT USE FOR: routine single-failure debugging, greenfield planning without failures.
+Contract summary from SKILL.md — Trigger: three same-signature failures or an explicit loop/rethink request. Output: fact-checked report ending in `RESUME` or `ESCALATE`. State: writes the session `zoom-out-report.md`; reset may clear breaker state. Gate: `hooks/scripts/rule-of-3.js` plus a valid report; a later three-failure cycle requests another reflection. USE FOR: "you are stuck in a loop", "the same error keeps failing", "rethink your assumptions". DO NOT USE FOR: routine single-failure debugging, greenfield planning without failures.
 
 ## 1. Skill Behavior Workflow
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ graph TD
   Fill --> Decide{RESUME or ESCALATE?}
   Decide -->|untried path| Resume[RESUME On Untried Path]
   Decide -->|genuine user decision| Escalate[ESCALATE With Options]
-  Resume --> Again{Repeated Breaker Cycle?}
-  Again -->|second cycle| Reset[npm run harness reset]
-  Reset --> Evolve[Record Insight With self-evolve]
+  Resume --> Again{Three More Matching Failures?}
+  Again -->|yes| Cycle[Another Zoom-Out Cycle]
+  Cycle --> Evolve[Record Insight With self-evolve]
   Again -->|no| Done([Report Complete])
   Escalate --> Done
 ```
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ graph TD
   Write --> Choice{Untried Path Exists?}
   Choice -->|yes| Resume2[RESUME On Untried Path]
   Choice -->|no| Esc2[ESCALATE With Options]
-  Resume2 -->|repeated cycle| Reset2[npm run harness reset Then self-evolve]
+  Resume2 -->|three more matching failures| Cycle2[Another Zoom-Out Cycle Then self-evolve]
 ```
 
 Template: `zoom-out/templates/zoom-out-report.template.md`. Enforcement: `hooks/scripts/rule-of-3.js`. Deep dive: `zoom-out/references/circuit-breaker.md`.
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ Template: `zoom-out/templates/zoom-out-report.template.md`. Enforcement: `hooks/
 - [ ] Goal, files, configuration, and logs were rechecked with read-only tools before any resume
 - [ ] `templates/zoom-out-report.template.md` was filled and the session `zoom-out-report.md` ends in `RESUME` or `ESCALATE`
 - [ ] Resume targeted only an untried path; genuine user decisions were escalated with options
-- [ ] Reset via `npm run harness:reset` happened only after the second cycle, with the insight recorded via `self-evolve`
+- [ ] A later three-failure cycle ran another zoom-out; `npm run harness:reset` was used only as an optional manual clear, with the insight recorded via `self-evolve`
 - [ ] Routine single-failure debugging and greenfield planning without failures were not routed here

package/fable-mode/CONTRACT-FORMAT.md

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 Issue #85 Phase 3 makes the stage map a machine-readable execution contract.
 The router still chooses only the execution topology. Fable owns the stage map,
-model selector, worker briefs, stage audit, replan budget, and cold verifier.
+model selector, worker briefs, stage audit, advisory replan limits, and cold
+verifier.
 Phase 4 adds an optional bounded ensemble modifier without creating a new base
 topology.
 

package/fable-mode/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Stage large, multi-source or multi-session tasks through a written
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode (v3)

package/fable-mode/agents/fable-orchestrator.md

@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@ spawn workers.
 
 For `fable-parallel`, spawn only stages in the same validated execution batch;
 never invent an additional parallel edge. A stage depending on another stage is
-not in the same ready batch. Never exceed `workflowPlan.limits.maxWorkers`. The router plan is the numeric
-source of truth; `workflow-plan-consumer.js` chunks ready sets to that cap and
-runtime worker leases enforce it when the host exposes stable worker IDs. For
-other Fable strategies, serialize the returned batches unless a later validated
-plan says otherwise.
+not in the same ready batch. Treat `workflowPlan.limits.maxWorkers` as a
+planning cap you are expected to respect: it is advisory. `workflow-plan-consumer.js`
+returns every dependency-ready stage without chunking to that cap, and nothing
+leases or counts workers at runtime, so exceeding it is your own judgement call,
+not a blocked action. For other Fable strategies, serialize the returned batches
+unless a later validated plan says otherwise.
 
 **3. Verify with a check that can fail — external artifacts only.** Each stage
 defines a pass condition an external artifact satisfies: a test that runs, a file

package/fable-mode/execution-guardrails/SKILL.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: >-
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Execution Guardrails

package/fable-mode/fable-haiku/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Run staged fable work on Haiku for bulk mechanical tasks with expl
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode — Haiku

package/fable-mode/fable-opus/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Run staged fable orchestration on Opus for cross-stage synthesis,
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode — Opus

package/fable-mode/fable-sonnet/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Run staged fable work on Sonnet for non-trivial implementation, re
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode — Sonnet

package/harness-everything/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Route software/project work through the Harness kernel: classify T
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Harness Everything

package/harness-everything/references/router-workflow-plan.md

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ This does not choose a topology and does not itself enforce the gate. Phase 5 ow
 
 Examples:
 
-- `objective-verification` and `loop-budget` are mandatory for `iterative-single`;
+- `loop-awareness` and `objective-verification` are mandatory for `iterative-single`, on top of the base `scope-lock`, `verify-before-claim`, and `replan-after-repeated-failure`;
 - `tdd` and `verification-loop` remain advisory skill suggestions;
 - `stage-contracts` and `cold-verification` are mandatory for Fable topologies;
 - `multi-agent-workspace` is suggested only when the selected topology actually requires durable workspace behavior.

package/opencode-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "harness-enforcement",
   "description": "Repository inventory for the opencode enforcement plugin and its standalone helper",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "runtime": "index.mjs",
   "hooks": {
     "verify": "hooks/verify.js"

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "harness-everything",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "description": "Harness OS: An Orchestrated Agent Operating System for AI-driven Development",
   "main": "harness-everything/scripts/bootstrap.js",
   "bin": {

package/plugins/harness-everything/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "harness-everything",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "description": "Invariant-first engineering harness for routing, verification, and failure recovery while preserving agent autonomy.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Miya Daniel",

package/plugins/harness-everything/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
   "name": "harness-everything",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "description": "Invariant-first engineering harness for routing, verification, and failure recovery while preserving agent autonomy.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Miya Daniel",

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/CONTRACT-FORMAT.md

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 Issue #85 Phase 3 makes the stage map a machine-readable execution contract.
 The router still chooses only the execution topology. Fable owns the stage map,
-model selector, worker briefs, stage audit, replan budget, and cold verifier.
+model selector, worker briefs, stage audit, advisory replan limits, and cold
+verifier.
 Phase 4 adds an optional bounded ensemble modifier without creating a new base
 topology.
 

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Stage large, multi-source or multi-session tasks through a written
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode (v3)

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/agents/fable-orchestrator.md

@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@ spawn workers.
 
 For `fable-parallel`, spawn only stages in the same validated execution batch;
 never invent an additional parallel edge. A stage depending on another stage is
-not in the same ready batch. Never exceed `workflowPlan.limits.maxWorkers`. The router plan is the numeric
-source of truth; `workflow-plan-consumer.js` chunks ready sets to that cap and
-runtime worker leases enforce it when the host exposes stable worker IDs. For
-other Fable strategies, serialize the returned batches unless a later validated
-plan says otherwise.
+not in the same ready batch. Treat `workflowPlan.limits.maxWorkers` as a
+planning cap you are expected to respect: it is advisory. `workflow-plan-consumer.js`
+returns every dependency-ready stage without chunking to that cap, and nothing
+leases or counts workers at runtime, so exceeding it is your own judgement call,
+not a blocked action. For other Fable strategies, serialize the returned batches
+unless a later validated plan says otherwise.
 
 **3. Verify with a check that can fail — external artifacts only.** Each stage
 defines a pass condition an external artifact satisfies: a test that runs, a file

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/execution-guardrails/SKILL.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: >-
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Execution Guardrails

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/fable-haiku/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Run staged fable work on Haiku for bulk mechanical tasks with expl
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode — Haiku

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/fable-opus/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Run staged fable orchestration on Opus for cross-stage synthesis,
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode — Opus

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/fable-mode/fable-sonnet/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Run staged fable work on Sonnet for non-trivial implementation, re
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Fable Mode — Sonnet

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/harness-everything/SKILL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Route software/project work through the Harness kernel: classify T
 license: Apache-2.0
 metadata:
   author: Miya Daniel
-  version: 0.16.2
+  version: 0.16.3
 ---
 
 # Harness Everything

package/plugins/harness-everything/skills/harness-everything/references/router-workflow-plan.md

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ This does not choose a topology and does not itself enforce the gate. Phase 5 ow
 
 Examples:
 
-- `objective-verification` and `loop-budget` are mandatory for `iterative-single`;
+- `loop-awareness` and `objective-verification` are mandatory for `iterative-single`, on top of the base `scope-lock`, `verify-before-claim`, and `replan-after-repeated-failure`;
 - `tdd` and `verification-loop` remain advisory skill suggestions;
 - `stage-contracts` and `cold-verification` are mandatory for Fable topologies;
 - `multi-agent-workspace` is suggested only when the selected topology actually requires durable workspace behavior.