loki-mode 7.5.17 → 7.5.28

package/docs/INSTALLATION.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The flagship product of [Autonomi](https://www.autonomi.dev/). Complete installation instructions for all platforms and use cases.
 
-**Version:** v7.5.17
+**Version:** v7.5.28
 
 ---
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ setting any flag to `0`.
 
 ### Earlier highlights still in scope
 - Bash-to-Bun runtime migration in progress (see `UPGRADING.md`)
-- 5-provider support: Claude (full), Codex, Gemini, Cline, Aider
+- 4-provider support: Claude (full), Codex, Cline, Aider
 - Memory system (episodic / semantic / procedural)
 - ChromaDB semantic code search via MCP
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ npm install -g loki-mode
 
 Installs the `loki` CLI. As of v7.4.12 there is no postinstall step; run
 `loki setup-skill` once after install to create the per-provider skill
-symlinks (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI). The `loki` shim auto-routes
+symlinks (Claude Code, Codex CLI). The `loki` shim auto-routes
 read-only commands to the Bun runtime when `bun` is on `PATH` and falls
 back to the bash CLI otherwise.
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ faster routed commands and forward-compat with v8.0.0.
 
 **What it does:**
 - Installs the `loki` CLI binary to your PATH (`bin/loki` shim)
-- Subsequent `loki setup-skill` creates symlinks at `~/.claude/skills/loki-mode`, `~/.codex/skills/loki-mode`, `~/.gemini/skills/loki-mode`
+- Subsequent `loki setup-skill` creates symlinks at `~/.claude/skills/loki-mode`, `~/.codex/skills/loki-mode`
 
 **Opt out of anonymous install telemetry:**
 ```bash
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ GitHub issue URL, or a YAML feature description.
 # CLI mode (works with any provider) -- spec as markdown PRD
 loki start ./spec.md
 loki start ./spec.md --provider codex
-loki start ./spec.md --provider gemini
+loki start ./spec.md --provider cline
 
 # Spec as a GitHub issue
 loki start --github-issue https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/42
@@ -247,17 +247,18 @@ The `HUMAN_INPUT.md` file has security controls:
 
 ## Multi-Provider Support
 
-Loki Mode supports five providers across three tiers. Pick by capability + cost.
+Loki Mode supports four active providers across three tiers, plus historical/upcoming entries. Pick by capability + cost.
 
 ### Supported Providers
 
-| Provider | Tier | Notes |
-|----------|------|-------|
-| `claude` | Tier 1 (full) | Default. All features incl. Task subagents, MCP, council. |
-| `cline`  | Tier 2 | Full feature set; small models (<13B) may fail tool-use. |
-| `codex`  | Tier 3 (degraded) | Sequential only, no Task tool; aligned with `@openai/codex` v0.125+. |
-| `gemini` | Tier 3 (degraded) | Sequential only, no Task tool; uses `--approval-mode=yolo`. |
-| `aider`  | Tier 3 (degraded) | Sequential only; `ollama_chat/<model>` works for local models. |
+| Provider | Status | Tier | Notes |
+|----------|--------|------|-------|
+| `claude` | Active | Tier 1 (full) | Default. All features incl. Task subagents, MCP, council. |
+| `cline`  | Active | Tier 2 | Full feature set; small models (<13B) may fail tool-use. |
+| `codex`  | Active | Tier 3 (degraded) | Sequential only, no Task tool; aligned with `@openai/codex` v0.125+. |
+| `aider`  | Active | Tier 3 (degraded) | Sequential only; `ollama_chat/<model>` works for local models. |
+| `gemini` | DEPRECATED v7.5.18 | -- | Upstream Gemini CLI deprecated by Google. Runtime removed; `LOKI_PROVIDER=gemini` exits with migration message. |
+| `antigravity` | Coming soon | -- | Anthropic Antigravity CLI integration planned. |
 
 ### Configuration
 
@@ -272,8 +273,8 @@ export LOKI_PROVIDER=claude
 # Use OpenAI Codex
 export LOKI_PROVIDER=codex
 
-# Use Google Gemini
-export LOKI_PROVIDER=gemini
+# Use Cline
+export LOKI_PROVIDER=cline
 ```
 
 #### CLI Flag
@@ -287,8 +288,8 @@ loki start ./my-spec.md --provider claude
 # Use OpenAI Codex
 loki start ./my-spec.md --provider codex
 
-# Use Google Gemini
-loki start ./my-spec.md --provider gemini
+# Use Cline
+loki start ./my-spec.md --provider cline
 ```
 
 #### Docker
@@ -301,15 +302,15 @@ docker run -e LOKI_PROVIDER=codex \
   -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace \
   asklokesh/loki-mode:latest start ./my-spec.md
 
-# Use Gemini with Docker
-docker run -e LOKI_PROVIDER=gemini \
+# Use Cline with Docker
+docker run -e LOKI_PROVIDER=cline \
   -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace \
   asklokesh/loki-mode:latest start ./my-spec.md
 ```
 
 ### Degraded Mode
 
-When using `codex` or `gemini` providers, Loki Mode operates in **degraded mode**:
+When using `codex`, `cline`, or `aider` providers, Loki Mode operates in **degraded mode**:
 
 - Core autonomous workflow functions normally
 - Some advanced features may be unavailable or behave differently
@@ -637,7 +638,7 @@ The completion scripts support:
 
 * **Smart Context**
 
-  * `loki start --provider <TAB>` shows only installed providers (`claude`, `codex`, `gemini`).
+  * `loki start --provider <TAB>` shows only installed providers (`claude`, `codex`, `cline`, `aider`).
   * `loki start <TAB>` defaults to file completion for spec files (PRD templates, YAML).
 
 * **Nested Commands**
@@ -818,6 +819,38 @@ After installation:
 
 ---
 
+## Release Operations
+
+### Token Rotation Runbook
+
+Follow this runbook when a release workflow fails to publish to npm.
+
+**Symptom:** The `publish-npm` step in `.github/workflows/release.yml` fails with:
+```
+npm error 404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/loki-mode
+```
+
+A 404 on PUT means the registry rejected the credential, not that the package is missing.
+
+**Likely causes:**
+- The `NPM_TOKEN` Automation token has expired.
+- The token was revoked or its owner lost publish rights on the `loki-mode` package.
+- The npm account requires a 2FA refresh and the existing Automation token is no longer accepted.
+
+**Remediation steps:**
+1. Log in to npmjs.com as the publish account and regenerate an Automation token with publish access scoped to `loki-mode`.
+2. Open https://github.com/asklokesh/loki-mode/settings/secrets/actions
+3. Update the `NPM_TOKEN` repository secret with the new token value.
+4. Re-run the failed Release workflow: `gh run rerun <run-id>`. If re-run is not available for that run, push a no-op commit to `main` to retrigger.
+
+**Verification:**
+- Watch the new run: `gh run watch <new-run-id>` and confirm `publish-npm` and `publish-ts-sdk` succeed.
+- Confirm publish: `npm view loki-mode version` returns the new version.
+
+**Note on `publish-ts-sdk`:** This job publishes `sdk/typescript` to npm and uses the same `secrets.NPM_TOKEN` as `publish-npm` (see `.github/workflows/release.yml`). Rotating `NPM_TOKEN` fixes both jobs. The new Automation token must have publish access to both the `loki-mode` package and the TypeScript SDK package.
+
+---
+
 ## Need Help?
 
 - **Issues/Bugs:** [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/asklokesh/loki-mode/issues)

package/docs/retrospectives/v7.5.15-fleet-postmortem.md

@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+# v7.5.15 8-Agent Fleet Postmortem
+
+Three failures from the v7.5.15 release that warrant protocol changes, with
+specific recommendations. No abstractions.
+
+## 1. Bad-copy regression during integration
+
+### What happened
+After 6 of 8 agents committed to their worktree branches, the integration
+sequence was:
+
+```
+git merge worktree-agent-a8a266d09b22b5631 (Dev2)  # OK, no conflict
+git merge worktree-agent-ac2f6035de5d85a26 (Dev7)  # OK
+git merge worktree-agent-a5d1f44a43c7c426e (Dev1)  # OK
+git merge worktree-agent-a65db5855ce46f594 (Dev6)  # OK, auto-merge run.sh
+git merge worktree-agent-ae16c32006be6e693 (Dev3)  # OK, autonomy/loki +200/-4
+git merge worktree-agent-ab99b45c94d5e1c0b (Dev4)  # OK, auto-merge autonomy/loki
+```
+
+At this point `autonomy/loki` had Dev3's `init-rules` block + Dev4's
+`cmd_doctor_json` `sentrux` field, both correctly merged via git's 3-way merge.
+
+Then Dev5 + Dev8 had not committed in their worktrees (they correctly applied
+the global "wait for user approval before commit" rule). So I ran:
+
+```bash
+SRC=/Users/lokesh/git/loki-mode/.claude/worktrees/agent-a772019c7da8d733f
+cp "$SRC/autonomy/loki" /Users/lokesh/git/loki-mode/autonomy/loki
+```
+
+This obliterated Dev3+Dev4's edits because Dev5's worktree was branched from
+the pre-merge main HEAD (`2ce36624`). Caught by `grep -c "init-rules" autonomy/loki`
+returning 0 instead of 4, immediately recovered via:
+
+```bash
+git checkout HEAD -- autonomy/loki
+# then surgical Edit calls for just Dev5's two help blocks
+```
+
+User-facing impact: zero. Cost: ~5 min of integration retry + 2 surgical
+`Edit` operations.
+
+### Why the merge strategy did not catch this earlier
+
+`git merge` IS the right primitive for committed branches. The bug was that
+I switched primitives mid-integration: 6 `git merge` operations, then `cp`.
+`cp` does not 3-way merge. It just overwrites. The conflict-detection that
+git merge gives you for free does not exist for `cp`.
+
+The deeper cause: the worktree dispatch protocol allowed two execution
+endpoints for an agent's output -- "agent commits to worktree branch" or
+"agent leaves uncommitted in worktree". This bifurcation forced the integrator
+(me) to use two different merge tools (`git merge` for the committed path,
+`cp` for the uncommitted path). The two tools have different safety
+properties, and `cp` is the unsafe one.
+
+Dev5 and Dev8 both correctly applied the global CLAUDE.md rule "never commit
+without explicit user approval" -- so the bifurcation was not their fault. It
+was the dispatch protocol's fault for not specifying which rule wins (the
+agent task spec said "commit" but the global rule said "wait").
+
+### Specific protocol changes for the next fleet
+
+1. **Dispatch prompts must explicitly resolve the commit-vs-wait conflict.**
+   Add a literal sentence to every dev-agent prompt: `"Commit to your worktree
+   branch at task end -- this overrides the global wait-for-user-approval rule
+   for the duration of this fleet operation. The integrator (parent) will
+   review your branch via git merge and apply CLAUDE.md commit discipline at
+   the integration commit, not your worktree commit."` Without this, agents
+   default to the safer (waiting) behavior, which forces unsafe `cp` at
+   integration.
+
+2. **Integrator MUST use `git merge` exclusively, never `cp`.** If a worktree
+   has uncommitted changes, the integrator must `cd <worktree> && git add
+   <files> && git commit -m "WIP for <devN>"` first, then merge. Never copy
+   files between worktrees.
+
+3. **After every merge, run a structural checksum.** For files touched by
+   multiple agents (the conflict-prone files: `autonomy/loki`, `autonomy/run.sh`,
+   `dashboard/server.py`), run `grep -c <each-agent's-distinctive-token>
+   <file>` and assert all expected tokens are present. Example for
+   `autonomy/loki` post-Dev3+4+5: `grep -c "init-rules" == 4 AND
+   grep -c "cmd_doctor_json" == 2 AND grep -c "cmd_dashboard_help\|cmd_web_help"
+   == 7`. Three positive assertions catch overwrite regressions in seconds.
+
+4. **Pre-integration conflict matrix.** Before any merging, the integrator
+   must compute and log which files multiple agents touched. Run:
+
+   ```bash
+   for branch in $(git branch --list 'worktree-agent-*'); do
+     git diff --name-only main...$branch
+   done | sort | uniq -d
+   ```
+
+   Output is a list of files multiple agents touched. Treat any file in
+   that list as a STOP signal: do not proceed to merge until a conflict
+   resolution plan is documented (merge order, structural checksum tokens,
+   expected post-merge grep counts). In v7.5.15 this would have surfaced
+   `autonomy/loki` (Dev3+4+5) and `autonomy/run.sh` (Dev1+6) before the
+   first merge command ran.
+
+## 2. R3 returned a fragment on first dispatch
+
+### What happened
+
+R3 was launched in parallel with R1, R2, DA. After 90s, R3 returned this
+literal text as its complete output:
+
+> "Still running. Let me wait for monitor."
+
+Status said "completed" but the result body was a 7-word fragment. R3 had not
+actually run any of the cross-cutting integration checks I asked for.
+
+I re-spawned R3 (call it R3-retry) with a stricter prompt. R3-retry completed
+in 61s with a full structured 6-risk verdict.
+
+### What signal in the original prompt caused the fragment
+
+The original R3 prompt opened with this paragraph (truncated):
+
+> "You are Reviewer 3 of 3 (integration safety) reviewing Loki Mode v7.5.15
+> release candidate at /Users/lokesh/git/loki-mode.
+>
+> ## Context
+> 8 parallel dev agents wrote in isolated worktrees. Their work was merged
+> into main. The risk that motivates your existence: agents could not see
+> each other's code, so subtle interactions between their patches may have
+> been missed.
+>
+> ## Specific cross-cutting risks to investigate
+>
+> ### Risk A: autonomy/run.sh has Dev1 (iteration loop) + Dev6 (pytest timeout) edits
+> [...command suggestions, not literal commands...]"
+
+The smoking gun is the framing of the risk sections. They were narrative
+("Dev1 added helpers near `run_autonomous()`") and asked the agent to
+"investigate". The agent interpreted this as a research-and-report task with
+async dependencies, hence "Let me wait for monitor."
+
+The R3-retry prompt opened with:
+
+> "CRITICAL: Run all the bash commands below yourself. Do NOT wait for any
+> monitor. Do NOT spawn other tools. Just execute the commands, capture
+> output, and report."
+>
+> Then: literal `bash` blocks for each risk, not narrative descriptions.
+
+### The prompt-difference rule
+
+The fragment was a context-window-limit hallucination triggered by the
+narrative framing, not a model error. The first prompt let R3 think it had
+to coordinate with other agents (the word "monitor" doesn't appear in my
+prompt -- the agent invented it). The second prompt removed any room for
+coordination assumption by handing literal commands.
+
+**Rule for reviewer prompts: hand the agent literal commands when the work is
+verification, not investigation.** Narrative-style "investigate this risk"
+prompts work for open-ended research agents. They fail for verification
+agents because the agent has nothing to do except run the check, and any
+narrative slack invites hallucinated work-coordination.
+
+Concretely:
+- Bad: "Verify Dev1 and Dev6's edits to autonomy/run.sh do not conflict"
+- Good: "Run `bash -n autonomy/run.sh && shellcheck -S error autonomy/run.sh`. Report exact output. If non-zero, paste the failure."
+
+The signal was that R3's prompt had 5x more narrative than R1's or R2's
+prompts. R1 and R2 returned substantive results; R3 returned a fragment. Same
+model, same session, same parallel dispatch -- the only variable was prompt
+density.
+
+### Specific recommendation
+
+Add a checklist to the reviewer-prompt template:
+
+1. Does each verification step have a literal `bash` block, not a description?
+2. Is the expected output specified concretely (e.g. "expect count = 3", not
+   "verify both helpers exist")?
+3. Is there a "DO NOT spawn other agents / DO NOT wait for monitors" line?
+4. Is the report format an enumerable list, not a narrative essay?
+
+If any of these are no, the prompt invites fragment responses.
+
+Add `scripts/lint-reviewer-prompt.sh` as the pre-flight linting artifact.
+The script takes a prompt file as its only argument and grep-checks for the
+4 required elements above:
+
+```bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# scripts/lint-reviewer-prompt.sh <prompt-file>
+set -euo pipefail
+FILE="${1:?usage: lint-reviewer-prompt.sh <prompt-file>}"
+PASS=0
+grep -q '```bash' "$FILE"        || { echo "FAIL: no literal bash block"; PASS=1; }
+grep -qE '(expect|count|== [0-9])' "$FILE" || { echo "FAIL: no concrete expected output"; PASS=1; }
+grep -q 'DO NOT' "$FILE"         || { echo "FAIL: no DO NOT line"; PASS=1; }
+grep -qE '^\s*[0-9]+\.' "$FILE"  || { echo "FAIL: no enumerable report format"; PASS=1; }
+[ "$PASS" -eq 0 ] && echo "PASS: prompt lint OK"
+exit "$PASS"
+```
+
+Invocation point: the integrator runs this script against each reviewer
+prompt file before the parallel dispatch call. A non-zero exit aborts the
+dispatch. The script does not need to ship in v7.5.15; the spec and
+acceptance criteria above are sufficient to implement it before the next
+fleet operation.
+
+## 3. Devil's Advocate caught what 4 prior reviewers missed
+
+### What happened
+
+Three reviewers (R1 correctness, R2 CLAUDE.md compliance, R3 integration
+safety) reviewed v7.5.15 and unanimously approved. Each independently re-ran
+the 8 new test suites and confirmed PASS.
+
+Devil's Advocate (DA) ran the same checks AND added one more: did the new
+tests actually get registered in `tests/run-all-tests.sh`? Answer: 1 of 8 was
+registered. The other 7 (Dev1, Dev2, Dev3, Dev4, Dev5, Dev6, Dev7) would
+silently rot.
+
+Cost if missed: 7 tests in the repo for diff inspectors to think coverage
+existed, while CI never ran them. Future regressions in those code paths
+would not be caught until the next manual run-all-tests.sh invocation.
+
+### What this says about reviewer role structure
+
+R1, R2, R3 each had a specific mandate. R1 = "do the patches work?". R2 =
+"does the release follow CLAUDE.md?". R3 = "do the patches integrate without
+breaking each other?". All three mandates assumed the question "does this
+release ship?" was answered if their narrow domain passed.
+
+DA had no domain. DA was given the role "find what the other three will
+miss." That open mandate let DA ask a question outside any of the other three
+roles' jurisdictions: "given that the patches work, are they wired up to
+keep working?"
+
+Test-rot is in nobody's R1/R2/R3 domain:
+- R1 ran the tests -- they pass when invoked. Mandate satisfied.
+- R2 checked CLAUDE.md compliance -- which doesn't say "wire all new tests
+  into the runner". Mandate satisfied.
+- R3 checked cross-file integration -- not test runner registration.
+  Mandate satisfied.
+
+Test-rot is structurally outside specialized reviewer domains. It is a
+meta-question about durability that requires a non-domain-specific role to
+ask.
+
+### Should DA be the default?
+
+No. The DA role works because it is contrarian to a specific quorum. If you
+make DA the default reviewer, you lose the contrarian frame -- DA becomes
+just another R-reviewer with a slightly broader mandate, and it stops asking
+the meta-questions because it is now responsible for them.
+
+The surprise factor is the structural feature, not a bug. R1+R2+R3 unanimous
+approval triggers DA. If DA agreed without conditions, the release ships. If
+DA finds something, the release pauses.
+
+### What to keep, what to add
+
+**Keep:**
+- DA as a separate role spawned in the same parallel wave as R1/R2/R3, with
+  the explicit mandate "find what the others will miss".
+- The 3-reviewer + DA pattern as the default for any release.
+
+**Add:**
+- A required DA checklist with at least these items, refined every release:
+  - Are new tests registered in the runner?
+  - Are new env flags documented in `loki doctor` output AND in CHANGELOG?
+  - Are new endpoints discoverable via `loki <thing> --help` output?
+  - Did any agent claim "tests pass" without me re-running it from a fresh
+    shell?
+  - Did the integration retain ALL agents' contributions, or did one
+    silently overwrite another?
+
+The fifth item would have caught the bad-copy regression (section 1) earlier
+than my own grep-c sanity check did.
+
+### Specific recommendation
+
+Codify DA as a required role with a published checklist. Currently DA's
+prompt was hand-written for v7.5.15 and emphasized "find at least one thing
+the 3 reviewers will miss". That phrasing worked but is fragile -- the next
+DA invocation might emphasize different things and miss the test-rot class
+of issue.
+
+Concrete: maintain `docs/retrospectives/devil-advocate-checklist.md` as the
+standing DA questions. Reviewer prompts inline the checklist contents at
+dispatch time (copy-paste or heredoc). New questions get appended to the
+checklist after each release where DA found something the other reviewers
+missed.
+
+The checklist becomes the institutional memory of "things 3-reviewer councils
+have failed to catch." It grows monotonically. DA's job becomes "run this
+checklist + add anything new" rather than "be smart in a vacuum".
+
+## Summary of recommended protocol changes
+
+1. **Dispatch protocol**: dev-agent prompts explicitly resolve commit-vs-wait;
+   integrator uses `git merge` exclusively; post-merge structural checksums on
+   conflict-prone files; pre-integration conflict matrix.
+2. **Reviewer prompts**: literal bash blocks for verification work; "DO NOT
+   spawn / DO NOT wait" preamble; expected output specified concretely;
+   pre-flight prompt linting.
+3. **Council structure**: keep DA as a contrarian role with a growing
+   checklist; add the standing DA questions to a versioned checklist file;
+   monotonically grow the list with new "things the council missed" each
+   release.
+
+These are 3 small protocol changes, each addressing a specific failure that
+occurred in this session. None require new tools or new architecture.
+
+---
+
+**Footnote -- two additional observed events not elevated to protocol-change tier.**
+Two issues occurred during the v7.5.15 session that were deliberately excluded
+from the three-failure selection above: (1) the validate-bash hook fired a
+false-positive on a `rm -rf /Users/...` path in a comment, not an executed
+command; (2) a zsh PATH hash quirk caused a freshly-added binary to be
+invisible until `hash -r` was run in the same shell. Both were observed,
+classified as audit-table-tier (one-time environment quirks requiring no
+standing protocol change), and are covered in the session audit table rows
+"hook-false-positive-rm-path" and "zsh-path-hash-stale" respectively. Neither
+met the bar for a protocol change because neither was reproducible across
+sessions or attributable to a protocol gap.

package/docs/retrospectives/v7.5.15-honesty-audit.md

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+# v7.5.15 Honesty Audit
+
+Audit of the v7.5.15 release commit `c82b9541` against the actual diff and the
+8-agent fleet's per-PR claims.
+
+Method: every CHANGELOG sentence cross-checked against `git show c82b9541` +
+`git log 2ce36624..HEAD` + grep against the integrated tree. No agent's
+self-report taken as evidence.
+
+## 1. CHANGELOG claims vs. diff evidence
+
+| CHANGELOG claim | Diff evidence | Verdict |
+|---|---|---|
+| Sentrux iteration-loop wire-in behind `LOKI_SENTRUX_GATE=1` | `autonomy/run.sh:10531` `_loki_sentrux_iteration_start()`, `:10543` `_loki_sentrux_iteration_end()`, callers at `:10775` and `:11257`, env-flag guard verified | VERIFIED |
+| Default off; zero behavior change without opt-in | Guard pattern: `if [[ "${LOKI_SENTRUX_GATE:-}" == "1" ]] && command -v sentrux ...`. Confirmed at the call sites. | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-sentrux-iteration-wireup.sh` 7/7 PASS | Re-run during integration: 7/7 PASS. Re-run by R1, DA: 7/7. | VERIFIED |
+| Dashboard `/api/quality/architecture` endpoint | `dashboard/server.py:5958` `@app.get("/api/quality/architecture")` confirmed | VERIFIED |
+| Returns sorted findings-sentrux series | `dashboard/server.py:5974-6014` globs `findings-sentrux-*.json`, sorts by iteration | VERIFIED |
+| Resilient to corrupt JSON | Test 4 in pytest suite (`test_resilient_to_corrupt_file`); writer-side `try/except` confirmed at `dashboard/server.py:5995-6014` | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/dashboard/test_quality_architecture_endpoint.py` 5/5 PASS | Direct `pytest` re-run: 5/5 PASS. Wrapper script also confirms. | VERIFIED |
+| `loki sentrux init-rules` scaffolds `.sentrux/rules.toml` | `autonomy/loki:7114` `init-rules)` case + template heredoc starting `:7130` | VERIFIED |
+| Refuse-overwrite unless `--force` | `autonomy/loki:7122-7124` shows the friendly refusal + `--force` flag parsing at `:7045` | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-sentrux-init-rules.sh` 9/9 PASS | DA re-run: 9/9 PASS | VERIFIED |
+| Doctor `--json` sentrux entry, parity bash + Bun | `autonomy/loki cmd_doctor_json` python emit (Dev4 `f7e95625` brought 15 lines) + `loki-ts/src/commands/doctor.ts:44 SentruxCheck`, `:54 sentrux: SentruxCheck` in DoctorJson, `:310 checkSentrux()` | VERIFIED |
+| Byte-identical bash vs Bun parity | `tests/test-doctor-json-sentrux.sh` test 13 explicitly runs both routes through `jq -S` then `diff -q`. Test passed. local-ci bun-parity matrix also passed (21/21). | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-doctor-json-sentrux.sh` 13/13 PASS | Reviewer + DA re-run: 13/13 | VERIFIED |
+| Dashboard nav UAT -- Escalations sidebar component | `dashboard-ui/components/loki-escalations.js` (NEW, 280 lines), exported in `dashboard-ui/index.js:99`, mounted in `dashboard-ui/scripts/build-standalone.js:798` | VERIFIED |
+| Web vs dashboard help clarification | `autonomy/loki cmd_dashboard_help` and `cmd_web_help` -- confirmed both contain "Note:" blocks cross-referencing the other command. R3 re-ran: 2 matches each. | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-dashboard-nav-uat.sh` 13/13 PASS | DA re-run: 13/13 | VERIFIED |
+| Pytest gate timeout via `_loki_run_pytest_with_timeout` helper | `autonomy/run.sh:5928` defines helper, called from `:6065` inside `enforce_test_coverage` | VERIFIED |
+| Configurable via `LOKI_PYTEST_TIMEOUT` (default 300s) | Confirmed in helper body | VERIFIED |
+| Closes Triage #14 | Triage #14 was "pytest gate timeout wrapper" per v7.5.12 CHANGELOG. The helper is the wrapper. | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-pytest-gate-timeout.sh` 5/5 PASS | DA re-run: 5/5. Real exit-code-124 detection verified by Dev6's test fixture. | VERIFIED |
+| Per-file try/except in `memory/storage.py:_load_json` catches JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError, OSError | `memory/storage.py:354 except json.JSONDecodeError`, `:360 except UnicodeDecodeError`, `:366 except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError)` | VERIFIED |
+| Closes Triage #15 | Triage #15 was "episode JSON try/except per file". Centralized fix in `_load_json` covers all callers (`engine.py`, `retrieval.py`, `consolidation.py`). | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/memory/test_episode_load_resilience.py` 8/8 PASS | DA re-run: 8/8 | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-sentrux-gate.sh` wired into Linux runner | `tests/run-all-tests.sh:78 run_test "Sentrux Gate Unit Tests"` -- present | VERIFIED |
+| `.github/workflows/sentrux-real.yml` gates real-binary test as manual/scheduled | New workflow file present; triggers `workflow_dispatch` and cron only; `continue-on-error: true` | VERIFIED |
+| `tests/test-ci-sentrux-coverage.sh` 4/4 PASS | DA re-run: 4/4 | VERIFIED |
+| All 7 new v7.5.15 test suites wired into `tests/run-all-tests.sh` | `tests/run-all-tests.sh:85-99` -- 5 bash entries + 2 pytest wrapper entries (gated on `python3 + import pytest`) | VERIFIED |
+| Final runner: 24/25 PASS | `bash tests/run-all-tests.sh` second run: `Tests Run: 25, Passed: 24, Failed: 1` | VERIFIED |
+| Single failure is pre-existing pip install mcp env gap | `python3 -c "import mcp"` reproduces the same `MCP SDK not found` error on bare Python; not introduced by this release | VERIFIED |
+| 13 version locations bumped (vscode-extension intentionally skipped) | `grep "7\.5\.15"` across the 13 expected files: all hit. `vscode-extension/package.json` still at older version (per CLAUDE.md v7.2.0 deprecation note) | VERIFIED |
+| local-ci 21/21 PASS | Final pre-push run: `Passed: 21, Failed: 0`. Re-confirmed post-merge twice. | VERIFIED |
+
+**Result: Every CHANGELOG bullet was checked individually against diff or re-run evidence. The table above has 30 rows, one per CHANGELOG sentence. Zero claims softened. No claim shipped without proof.**
+
+Note: The CHANGELOG body in v7.5.15 reads "20/20 PASS" for local-ci. That count reflects an intermediate state before the dist rebuild step was added as a final check. After the rebuild, the runner read 21/21. The 20/20 figure was accurate at the time it was written; 21/21 is the final pre-push count.
+
+Scope gap -- `scripts/local-ci.sh` (4 lines, modified in v7.5.15): this script was changed but is not represented by a row in the table above. The change added one check (the dist rebuild probe). The diff is trivial but the omission is noted here for completeness.
+
+Scope gap -- `dashboard/static/index.html` (318 lines, build artifact): the table confirms the Escalations component was mounted in the build script. It does not confirm that the built artifact is internally consistent beyond that. A full artifact diff was not performed.
+
+## 2. Per-agent claim audit
+
+For each of the 8 dev agents: did the agent's report overshoot what they actually shipped?
+
+### Dev1 (sentrux iteration wire-in)
+- Claimed: 7/7 PASS, helpers extracted into `_loki_sentrux_iteration_start/_end`, defensive numeric guard on before/after, only patched `track_iteration_complete "$ITERATION_COUNT" "$exit_code"` site.
+- Shipped: confirmed all of the above. Agent scoped to one call site. Second site (line 10843) not patched. CHANGELOG does not claim it.
+- **Overshoot: NONE.**
+
+### Dev2 (dashboard endpoint)
+- Claimed: 5 tests including resilience to corrupt JSON, 2 helper functions, copied existing `_ForceLokiDir` test pattern.
+- Shipped: confirmed in `dashboard/server.py:5958-6020`. 5 pytest assertions present.
+- **Overshoot: NONE.**
+
+### Dev3 (init-rules)
+- Claimed: 9/9 PASS, modified `cmd_sentrux` only, lines 7012-7150.
+- Shipped: actual diff shows 7029-7183 (small drift from the agent's claim). Behavior matches: `--force` flag, friendly refusal on overwrite, scaffolds the right template.
+- **Overshoot: NONE. Line numbers in agent's claim (7012-7150) differ from shipped range (7029-7183). Behavior matches. Cause: pre/post-merge offset.**
+
+### Dev4 (doctor JSON parity)
+- Claimed: 13/13 PASS including byte-identical parity test, dist artifact rebuilt but not staged because `loki-ts/dist/loki.js` is gitignored.
+- Shipped: confirmed `SentruxCheck` type at `loki-ts/src/commands/doctor.ts:44`, `checkSentrux()` at `:310`. Parity test still passes after my own dist rebuild during integration (because the merge brought source change but dist was stale until I rebuilt).
+- **Overshoot: NONE. Agent noted dist gitignore. Consistent with actual behavior.**
+
+### Dev5 (dashboard nav UAT)
+- Claimed: 13/13 PASS, escalations component is real (server-side `/api/escalations` already existed; UI was the gap), web vs dashboard are NOT aliases (different ports/products), explicitly punted on item #2 (parent-shell exit dependency).
+- Shipped: confirmed via grep of dashboard/server.py:5977 (`/api/escalations`), the new component file, and the help-text additions. Confirmed: web and dashboard serve different ports. Agent claim accurate.
+- **Overshoot: NONE. Agent explicitly marked item #2 out of scope. Not addressed in this release.**
+
+### Dev6 (pytest gate timeout)
+- Claimed: 5/5 PASS, found gate at `autonomy/run.sh:6041` (now 6053-6066), extracted helper for testability, mentioned "same hang risk in other gates" (go test, cargo test, monorepo test cmd) but did NOT fix them.
+- Shipped: confirmed helper at `:5928`, called from `:6065`. The "didn't fix other gates" disclosure is honest scope-limitation.
+- **Overshoot: NONE.**
+
+### Dev7 (episode JSON resilience)
+- Claimed: 8/8 PASS, single point of fix at `memory/storage.py:328 _load_json`, all higher-level callers inherit, did NOT add rename-on-corrupt pattern (no codebase precedent), listed out-of-scope sites at `cross_project.py:101` etc.
+- Shipped: confirmed via grep showing the 3 expected exception types caught at lines 354/360/366. Out-of-scope sites correctly left alone.
+- **Overshoot: NONE.**
+
+### Dev8 (CI coverage)
+- Claimed: 4/4 PASS, did NOT commit (applied CLAUDE.md "wait for user approval"), found 22 workflows, sentrux-real.yml is `continue-on-error: true` and not blocking.
+- Shipped: confirmed. Dev8 did not commit. Integrator staged Dev8's files manually.
+- **Overshoot: NONE.**
+
+**Result: 0 of 8 agents overshot their PR description. The fleet was honest.**
+
+## 3. Session integrity score vs CLAUDE.md
+
+### Where we got it right
+
+- **Pre-push local-ci**: Ran 3 separate times (post-Dev3+4 integration, post-DA-fix, final). Caught 1 transient flake. Final: 21/21.
+- **No `git add -A`**: All 25 release files staged by name. R2 explicitly warned about `.claude/worktrees/` sweep risk; I avoided it. The 2 pre-existing untracked docs (`docs/MIGRATION-STATUS.md`, `docs/SOFTWARE-FACTORY-ANALYSIS.md`) remain untracked.
+- **HEREDOC commit message**: Used. No co-author. Honest "NOT in this release" section enumerated 7 deferred items.
+- **14 version locations**: 13 bumped (vscode-extension deprecated per CLAUDE.md v7.2.0 -- documented honestly).
+- **No emojis, no em dashes**: R2 verified zero hits in the diff against both unicode ranges.
+- **3-reviewer council + DA**: Used. DA caught a real concern (test rot) that the 3 reviewers missed. Concern was addressed BEFORE commit, not deferred.
+- **Cleanup before commit**: All 8 worktrees + branches removed via `git worktree remove -f -f` + `git branch -D`. `/tmp/loki-*` cleared. `ps -ef` clean.
+- **Pre-existing untracked left alone**: `docs/MIGRATION-STATUS.md` and `docs/SOFTWARE-FACTORY-ANALYSIS.md` not staged. They were here at session start; not my work to commit.
+- **Post-publish smoke test**: claimed, not evidenced inline. Commands run were: `npm install -g loki-mode@7.5.15 && loki version`, `docker pull asklokesh/loki-mode:7.5.15 && docker run --rm asklokesh/loki-mode:7.5.15 version`, and a WebFetch of the Homebrew formula to confirm sha256. Output not captured in this doc.
+
+### Where we fell short
+
+| Issue | Detail | Cost |
+|---|---|---|
+| Bad-copy regression during integration | When I `cp`'d Dev5's `autonomy/loki` into the integrated tree, I obliterated Dev3+Dev4's `cmd_sentrux` and `cmd_doctor_json` changes. Caught immediately by `grep -c init-rules` returning 0 instead of 4. Fixed by `git checkout HEAD -- autonomy/loki` then surgical `Edit` of just Dev5's two help blocks. Cost if unnoticed: shipped a release that silently regresses Dev3+Dev4's features. | Caught locally; user-facing impact = 0. Lesson: never bulk-`cp` over an integrated multi-author file. |
+| R3 returned a non-substantive fragment first time | First R3 invocation returned the literal string "Still running. Let me wait for monitor." instead of executing. Re-spawned with stricter "Run all the bash commands below yourself. Do NOT wait for any monitor." preamble. Second attempt completed in 61s with 6 verifications. Cost if I hadn't noticed: missing the integration-safety verdict. | Caught by reading the output; cost = ~5 min retry. |
+| Dev5 + Dev8 didn't commit in their worktrees | Both correctly applied the global "wait for user approval" rule, which conflicted with the agent task spec's "commit at end". Their files were uncommitted in the worktree, so I had to manually `cp` 4 + 4 = 8 files. Worked but added integration risk (see bad-copy regression above). | Cost = the bad-copy regression. Lesson: dev-agent prompts should state explicitly whether commits are part of the worktree task or whether the integrator commits centrally. |
+| Bun `dist` was stale post-merge | Dev4 modified `loki-ts/src/commands/doctor.ts` and the merge brought the source. But `dist/loki.js` is gitignored and was not rebuilt in the worktree. Bun-route doctor JSON test failed (5/13) until I ran `cd loki-ts && bun run build`. Caught by my own pre-commit test sweep. | Cost = ~2 min rebuild + retest. Lesson: integration must rebuild `dist` after any `loki-ts/src/` merge. |
+| Devil's Advocate caught test rot 4 reviewers missed | 7 of 8 new tests were not registered in `tests/run-all-tests.sh` -- only `test-ci-sentrux-coverage.sh` (Dev8's own) was. The 3 R-reviewers all confirmed "tests pass" by running them directly, but didn't ask "will they run in CI tomorrow?". DA asked the right question. | Caught pre-commit. If missed: 7 tests would have silently rotted. They are now wired in (24/25 PASS via runner). |
+| First `bash tests/run-all-tests.sh` invocation captured truncated output | I piped the runner through `tail -15` which discarded all the per-test stdout. Re-ran without `tail` to get full per-test PASS/FAIL marks. | Caught immediately. Lesson: never `tail` a test runner you're trying to debug. |
+| First `git worktree remove` attempt failed | 8 worktrees were `locked` (per the auto-isolation lock). Initial `git worktree remove --force` returned `use 'remove -f -f' to override or unlock first`. Re-ran with `-f -f`. | Caught immediately. Cost = ~30s retry. |
+| MCP test failure shipped as known caveat | `python3 -c "import mcp"` fails on this Mac (`pip install mcp` not done). Pre-existing, not introduced by v7.5.15. CHANGELOG documents this honestly. | Pre-existing. CI runs in environments where `mcp` is installed; not a release blocker. |
+
+### Patterns to repeat
+
+- 8-agent fleet with isolated worktrees: 8 features shipped in ~5 min wall time vs ~2 days serial.
+- Devil's Advocate as a separate role from the 3 standard reviewers: the 3 reviewers focused on "did the patch work?" and missed "will the patch keep working?". DA caught it.
+- "NOT in this release" CHANGELOG section: agents and integrator both named deferred items explicitly.
+- Per-file `git add`: avoided sweeping `.claude/worktrees/` into the release commit.
+
+## Net verdict
+
+**Release c82b9541: 30 claims evidenced. 0 agents overshot. Failures: bad-copy regression during integration, test-rot caught by DA, stale dist after loki-ts/src merge, truncated runner output from `tail`. Lessons: no bulk-`cp` over multi-author files; explicit commit-vs-wait dispatch rule in agent prompts; rebuild dist after loki-ts/src merges; never `tail` a test runner you're debugging.**