rcf-lite 0.28.2 → 0.29.0

package/src/cli/freeze.js

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+// `rcf define freeze` subcommand handler (REQ-176; proposal
+// 2026-09-22 §2.1, §2.5, §3.2 D8, §8.2 v3; Baz 2026-09-24 renumbering
+// puts this verb in 0.29.0).
+//
+// The freeze verb is the only close verb: no change-object is minted,
+// nothing else changes state. It runs `computeReadiness` (REQ-175)
+// once over the live tree, freeze record and four ledgers; refuses
+// (exit 4) on any stage state 'failing' after applying any --ack
+// arguments; and, on success, writes `rcf/define/freeze.json` via
+// `saveFreezeRecord` (REQ-172) plus the proposal §2.5 summary line
+// the operator signs off.
+//
+// D8 queue work (appending new FBS, re-opening re-execute FBS) is
+// the agent's authoring work per the playbook, NOT this verb; the
+// verb only gates on D8's checks in `gates.js`.
+//
+// --ack is accepted only for the three warn-with-ack gates
+// (define.shapes / D3 / shapes, define.crosscut / D5 / crosscut,
+// define.consistency / D6 / consistency) per ADR-4124. --ack on any
+// other gate is a usage refusal (exit 2); --ack without a paired
+// --reason is a usage refusal.
+//
+// Admissibility refusal is informational per ADR-4123 / ADR-4124: the
+// wrap runs first so the ruleset toolScope guard is honoured, and on
+// refuse the CLI prints a stderr [warn] line but the freeze compute
+// still runs and writes when the tree is freezeable.
+
+import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { resolveTestPointers, walkTree } from '#core/store';
+import { checkCodeNodeResolution } from '#core/store';
+import { findProjectRoot } from '../view/index.js';
+import { loadFreezeRecord, saveFreezeRecord } from '../define/freeze-record.js';
+import { loadAllLedgers } from '../define/ledgers.js';
+import {
+  STAGE_ALIASES,
+  STAGE_GATES,
+  STAGE_ORDER,
+  STAGE_SHORT_NAMES,
+  parseAcClass,
+} from '../query/gates.js';
+import { computeDelta, hashDocument } from '../query/delta.js';
+import { computeReadiness, shortHash } from '../query/readiness.js';
+import { runWithAdmissibilityGate } from '../query/index.js';
+
+const OPTION_SPEC = {
+  ack: { type: 'string', multiple: true },
+  reason: { type: 'string', multiple: true },
+  note: { type: 'string' },
+  'litmus-attested': { type: 'string' },
+  status: { type: 'boolean' },
+  json: { type: 'boolean' },
+  help: { type: 'boolean' },
+};
+
+/** Gates for which --ack is legal (proposal §2.5, ADR-4124). */
+const ACKABLE_GATES = new Set([
+  STAGE_GATES.D3, STAGE_GATES.D5, STAGE_GATES.D6,
+]);
+
+/** Reverse alias map: any accepted alias for the three ackable gates. */
+const ACKABLE_ALIASES = /** @type {const} */ (() => {
+  /** @type {Record<string, string>} */
+  const out = {};
+  for (const stage of ['D3', 'D5', 'D6']) {
+    const gate = STAGE_GATES[stage];
+    const short = STAGE_SHORT_NAMES[stage];
+    out[gate] = gate;
+    out[stage] = gate;
+    out[short] = gate;
+  }
+  return out;
+})();
+
+export const HELP = `Usage: rcf define freeze [options]
+
+Close a change on the tree by freezing again. Runs computeReadiness
+once, refuses (exit 4) on any failing stage, and writes
+rcf/define/freeze.json with fresh hashes plus the freeze context
+slice-4's bundle --next and slice-5's viewer read.
+
+The freeze verb is the only close verb: nothing is minted, nothing
+else changes state. Editing the tree afterwards drives readiness to a
+non-empty delta; closing that delta means running this verb again.
+
+D8's queue-authoring work (appending new FBS for added ACs, re-opening
+FBS the delta re-executes) is the agent's authoring work per the
+playbook, not this verb. The verb only gates on D8's checks reported
+by computeReadiness.
+
+Options:
+  --ack <gate>              Acknowledge a warn-with-ack gate's failure
+                            at the current tree hash. Only three gates
+                            are ackable: define.shapes (D3 / shapes),
+                            define.crosscut (D5 / crosscut) and
+                            define.consistency (D6 / consistency). Ack
+                            on any other gate is a usage refusal.
+                            Repeat --ack for multiple gates; every
+                            --ack must be paired with a --reason.
+  --reason <text>           Reason for the paired --ack. Repeatable
+                            alongside --ack; the arities must match.
+  --note <text>             Optional note to record on the freeze
+                            (mnemonic for the change; readable via
+                            --status).
+  --litmus-attested <D3,..> Comma-separated D-names (D3 / D6) for
+                            which the agent attests to having read the
+                            elicitation prompts in the current session
+                            (proposal §9 decision 7). Recorded in
+                            freeze.litmus.attestedAt.
+  --status                  Print the current freeze record and the
+                            live delta summary; run no gates; write
+                            nothing. Exits 0 even when unfrozen.
+  --json                    Emit machine-readable JSON. On a freeze
+                            success emits { record, summary, delta };
+                            on --status emits { record, delta };
+                            never printed on a refusal.
+  --help                    Print this help.
+
+Exit codes:
+  0     Success (record written; --status; --help).
+  2     Usage error (unknown --ack gate, --ack without --reason,
+        unknown flag).
+  4     Refused: at least one stage state is failing and no --ack
+        covered it.
+`;
+
+/** @typedef {'blocking' | 'warnWithAck'} StagePolicy */
+
+/**
+ * Public entry.
+ * @param {string[]} argv
+ * @param {object} [deps]
+ * @returns {Promise<number>}
+ */
+export async function main(argv, deps = {}) {
+  const stdout = deps.stdout ?? process.stdout;
+  const stderr = deps.stderr ?? process.stderr;
+  const cwd = deps.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+  const now = deps.now ?? (() => new Date());
+
+  let parsed;
+  try {
+    parsed = parseArgs({ args: argv, options: OPTION_SPEC, allowPositionals: false, strict: true });
+  } catch (err) {
+    stderr.write(`[error] usage ${err.message}\n`);
+    stderr.write(HELP);
+    return 2;
+  }
+  const flags = parsed.values;
+  if (flags.help) {
+    stdout.write(HELP);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  // --ack / --reason parsing (usage validation before any I/O).
+  /** @type {Array<{ gate: string, reason: string }>} */
+  let ackPairs;
+  try {
+    ackPairs = parseAckPairs(flags.ack, flags.reason);
+  } catch (err) {
+    stderr.write(`[error] usage ${err.message}\n`);
+    return 2;
+  }
+
+  const projectRoot = await findProjectRoot(cwd);
+  if (!projectRoot) {
+    stderr.write('[error] usage no project root found (no rcf/manifest.json in this directory or any ancestor). Run `npx rcf init` to create and wire a project.\n');
+    return 2;
+  }
+
+  // --status branch: read-only. No gates, no writes.
+  if (flags.status) {
+    return runStatus({ projectRoot, flags, stdout, stderr });
+  }
+
+  // Freeze branch.
+  return runFreeze({
+    projectRoot, flags, ackPairs, now, stdout, stderr,
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Walk --ack and --reason multi-valued arrays in parallel; refuse on
+ * unknown gate names, missing --reason, or count mismatch. Returns
+ * the paired list normalised to canonical gate ids.
+ *
+ * @param {string[]|undefined} acks
+ * @param {string[]|undefined} reasons
+ * @returns {Array<{ gate: string, reason: string }>}
+ */
+function parseAckPairs(acks, reasons) {
+  const ackArr = Array.isArray(acks) ? acks : [];
+  const reasonArr = Array.isArray(reasons) ? reasons : [];
+  if (ackArr.length !== reasonArr.length) {
+    throw new Error(`--ack requires a matching --reason (got ${ackArr.length} ack(s) and ${reasonArr.length} reason(s))`);
+  }
+  /** @type {Array<{ gate: string, reason: string }>} */
+  const out = [];
+  const acceptedList = Object.keys(ACKABLE_ALIASES).sort().join(' | ');
+  for (let i = 0; i < ackArr.length; i += 1) {
+    const raw = ackArr[i];
+    const canonical = ACKABLE_ALIASES[raw];
+    if (!canonical) {
+      throw new Error(`--ack ${raw} is not an ackable gate; accepted: ${acceptedList}`);
+    }
+    const reason = reasonArr[i];
+    if (typeof reason !== 'string' || reason.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error(`--ack ${raw} requires a non-empty --reason`);
+    }
+    out.push({ gate: canonical, reason });
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// --status branch
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * @param {object} args
+ * @param {string} args.projectRoot
+ * @param {Record<string, unknown>} args.flags
+ * @param {NodeJS.WritableStream} args.stdout
+ * @param {NodeJS.WritableStream} args.stderr
+ * @returns {Promise<number>}
+ */
+async function runStatus({ projectRoot, flags, stdout, stderr }) {
+  let record;
+  try {
+    record = await loadFreezeRecord({ projectRoot });
+  } catch (err) {
+    stderr.write(`[error] freeze: ${/** @type {Error} */ (err).message}\n`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  const { tree } = await walkTree({ projectRoot });
+  const ledgers = await loadAllLedgers({ projectRoot });
+  const delta = computeDelta(tree, record, ledgers);
+
+  if (flags.json) {
+    stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ record, delta }, null, 2)}\n`);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if (!record) {
+    stdout.write('never frozen\n');
+    stdout.write(`Delta: ${delta.added.length} added, ${delta.changed.length} changed, ${delta.removed.length} removed (unfrozen tree; every id is 'added').\n`);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  stdout.write(`${formatStatusLine(record)}\n`);
+  stdout.write(`Delta: ${delta.changed.length} changed, ${delta.added.length} added, ${delta.removed.length} removed, ${delta.briefSince.length} brief statement(s) since.\n`);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compose the one-block text summary for `--status`.
+ *
+ * @param {import('../define/freeze-record.js').default | Record<string, unknown>} record
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatStatusLine(record) {
+  const r = /** @type {Record<string, unknown>} */ (record);
+  const treeHash = typeof r.treeHash === 'string' ? r.treeHash : null;
+  const frozenAt = typeof r.frozenAt === 'string' ? r.frozenAt : '(unknown)';
+  const note = typeof r.note === 'string' && r.note.length > 0 ? r.note : '(none)';
+  const counts = /** @type {any} */ (r.counts) ?? {};
+  const litmus = /** @type {any} */ (r.litmus) ?? {};
+  const versions = /** @type {any} */ (r.versions) ?? {};
+  const gates = /** @type {any} */ (r.gates) ?? {};
+  const acked = Object.entries(gates)
+    .filter(([, g]) => g && g.state === 'acknowledged')
+    .map(([gate, g]) => `${gate} ("${g.at?.reason ?? ''}")`);
+  const ackedLine = acked.length > 0 ? acked.join('; ') : '(none)';
+  const attested = Array.isArray(litmus.attestedAt) ? litmus.attestedAt.join(', ') : '';
+  const overrideVal = r.override;
+  const overrideStr = overrideVal === null || overrideVal === undefined
+    ? 'null'
+    : `${/** @type {any} */ (overrideVal).reason} by ${/** @type {any} */ (overrideVal).by} at ${/** @type {any} */ (overrideVal).at}`;
+  const parts = [
+    `Frozen at ${shortHash(treeHash)} on ${frozenAt}.`,
+    `Note: ${note}.`,
+    `Counts: ${counts.req ?? 0} REQ / ${counts.us ?? 0} US / ${counts.ac ?? 0} AC / ${counts.tac ?? 0} TAC / ${counts.adr ?? 0} ADR / ${counts.fbs ?? 0} FBS.`,
+    `Acknowledged: ${ackedLine}.`,
+    `Litmus: attestedAt [${attested}], readers ${litmus.readers ?? 0}.`,
+    `Versions: rcfLite ${versions.rcfLite ?? '?'} / ruleset ${versions.ruleset ?? '?'} / schemas ${versions.schemas ?? '?'}.`,
+    `Override: ${overrideStr}.`,
+  ];
+  return parts.join(' ');
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Freeze branch
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * @param {object} args
+ * @param {string} args.projectRoot
+ * @param {Record<string, unknown>} args.flags
+ * @param {Array<{ gate: string, reason: string }>} args.ackPairs
+ * @param {() => Date} args.now
+ * @param {NodeJS.WritableStream} args.stdout
+ * @param {NodeJS.WritableStream} args.stderr
+ * @returns {Promise<number>}
+ */
+async function runFreeze({
+  projectRoot, flags, ackPairs, now, stdout, stderr,
+}) {
+  const { tree, errors } = await walkTree({ projectRoot });
+  const staleErrors = await checkCodeNodeResolution({ projectRoot, tree });
+  const validateErrors = [...errors, ...staleErrors];
+
+  const [priorFreeze, ledgers, testPointers, profileText] = await Promise.all([
+    loadFreezeRecord({ projectRoot }),
+    loadAllLedgers({ projectRoot }),
+    resolveTestPointers({ projectRoot, tree }),
+    readProfileText(projectRoot),
+  ]);
+
+  const chainRulesetVersion = typeof tree.manifest?.rulesetVersion === 'string'
+    ? tree.manifest.rulesetVersion
+    : null;
+
+  // Compute the tree hash up front so we can synthesise a freeze
+  // context that carries any --ack acknowledgements at the current
+  // hash. The readiness compute then folds D3 / D5 / D6 to
+  // 'acknowledged' in the same pass, which is what D8's priorStages
+  // check reads. Applying acks post-readiness would leave D8 seeing
+  // stale prior states and refusing on freeze:priorGates.
+  const preHashDelta = computeDelta(tree, priorFreeze, ledgers);
+  const currentTreeHash = preHashDelta.currentTreeHash;
+
+  const ackedReasons = new Map(ackPairs.map((p) => [p.gate, p.reason]));
+  const freezeForCompute = ackedReasons.size === 0
+    ? priorFreeze
+    : mergeAckedGates(priorFreeze, ackedReasons, currentTreeHash);
+
+  const gated = await runWithAdmissibilityGate({
+    tree,
+    chainRulesetVersion,
+    produce: () => computeReadiness(tree, {
+      freeze: freezeForCompute,
+      ledgers,
+      profileText,
+      testPointers,
+      validateErrors,
+    }),
+  });
+  if (gated.status === 'refused-admissibility') {
+    stderr.write(`[warn] freeze: chain admissibility refused (informational; the freeze still ran). ${gated.refusal}\n`);
+  }
+  /** @type {import('../query/readiness.js').ReadinessResult} */
+  const readiness = gated.status === 'refused-admissibility'
+    ? computeReadiness(tree, {
+      freeze: freezeForCompute, ledgers, profileText, testPointers, validateErrors,
+    })
+    : gated.payload;
+
+  // The stages array already carries acknowledged states for any acked
+  // gate at the current tree hash. Stamp the ack reasons onto the
+  // matching stage entries so the freeze record and the summary block
+  // carry the reason text.
+  const stagesAfterAck = readiness.stages.map((stage) => {
+    const reason = ackedReasons.get(stage.gate);
+    if (!reason) return stage;
+    return { ...stage, reason };
+  });
+  const freezeableAfterAck = stagesAfterAck.every(
+    (s) => s.state === 'passed' || s.state === 'acknowledged' || s.state === 'notApplicable',
+  );
+
+  const preFreezeDelta = readiness.delta;
+
+  if (!freezeableAfterAck) {
+    printFailingBlock(stderr, stagesAfterAck);
+    return 4;
+  }
+
+  // Build the freeze record body.
+  const frozenAt = now().toISOString();
+  // Sanity: the tree hash the readiness compute reports must match the
+  // one we pre-computed. Never diverges in practice (both hash the
+  // same live tree the same way); the assertion documents the
+  // invariant for future maintainers.
+  if (readiness.tree.currentTreeHash !== currentTreeHash) {
+    stderr.write(`[error] freeze: internal invariant: tree hash mismatch between pre-compute and readiness (${currentTreeHash} vs ${readiness.tree.currentTreeHash})\n`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  const docHashes = computeDocHashes(tree, ledgers);
+  const briefStatements = countBriefStatements(ledgers);
+  const gates = buildGatesEntry(stagesAfterAck, currentTreeHash, frozenAt);
+  const counts = deriveCounts(tree);
+  const litmusAttested = parseLitmusAttested(flags['litmus-attested']);
+  const litmus = { attestedAt: litmusAttested, readers: 0 };
+  const versions = await readVersions(projectRoot);
+  const note = typeof flags.note === 'string' ? flags.note : null;
+
+  /** @type {Record<string, unknown>} */
+  const record = {
+    frozenAt,
+    treeHash: currentTreeHash,
+    docHashes,
+    briefStatements,
+    gates,
+    counts,
+    litmus,
+    versions,
+    note,
+    override: null,
+  };
+
+  await saveFreezeRecord({ projectRoot, record: /** @type {any} */ (record) });
+
+  const summary = formatSummary({
+    firstFreeze: priorFreeze === null,
+    currentTreeHash,
+    preFreezeDelta,
+    counts,
+  });
+  if (flags.json) {
+    stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ record, summary, delta: preFreezeDelta }, null, 2)}\n`);
+  } else {
+    stdout.write(`${summary}\n`);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Print the failing-stage block: one line per failing stage, capped
+ * at 20 ids per stage; a hint at the bottom naming the readiness
+ * command for the operator to inspect further.
+ *
+ * @param {NodeJS.WritableStream} stderr
+ * @param {import('../query/readiness.js').StageResult[]} stages
+ */
+function printFailingBlock(stderr, stages) {
+  const failing = stages.filter((s) => s.state === 'failing');
+  if (failing.length === 0) return;
+  stderr.write('[error] freeze: refused; the following stage(s) are failing:\n');
+  for (const s of failing) {
+    const firstFailingCheck = s.checks.find((c) => !c.ok);
+    const checkName = firstFailingCheck?.name ?? '(no check)';
+    const ids = firstFailingCheck?.failing.slice(0, 20).map((f) => f.id) ?? [];
+    stderr.write(`  ${s.stage} (${s.gate}): failing (${checkName}); failing ids: ${ids.join(', ') || '(none)'}\n`);
+    const shortName = STAGE_SHORT_NAMES[s.stage] ?? s.stage;
+    stderr.write(`    Run \`rcf define readiness --check ${shortName}\` to inspect.\n`);
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Record-body helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Recompute the docHashes map (standalone ids plus ledger:<name>
+ * entries) to write into the freeze record. Matches the shape
+ * computeDelta uses internally; the treeHash is already the whole
+ * readiness result's currentTreeHash.
+ *
+ * @param {import('#core/store/walker.js').TreeModel} tree
+ * @param {import('../query/delta.js').LedgerBundle} ledgers
+ * @returns {Record<string, string>}
+ */
+function computeDocHashes(tree, ledgers) {
+  /** @type {Record<string, string>} */
+  const out = {};
+  const ids = tree.byId ? [...tree.byId.keys()].sort() : [];
+  for (const id of ids) out[id] = hashDocument(tree.byId.get(id));
+  for (const [name, body] of Object.entries(ledgers ?? {})) {
+    if (body === undefined || body === null) continue;
+    out[`ledger:${name}`] = hashDocument(body);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Count of statements in the brief ledger (0 when absent).
+ *
+ * @param {import('../query/delta.js').LedgerBundle} ledgers
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+function countBriefStatements(ledgers) {
+  const brief = /** @type {any} */ (ledgers?.brief);
+  if (!brief || !Array.isArray(brief.statements)) return 0;
+  return brief.statements.length;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return a freeze context that layers the requested acknowledgements
+ * onto the prior freeze record's `gates` map at the current tree
+ * hash. Consumed by `computeReadiness` so its foldState folds D3 / D5
+ * / D6 to 'acknowledged' in the same pass. The returned object is a
+ * shallow clone of the prior record with the gates map augmented; it
+ * is used only for the compute and is not written to disk.
+ *
+ * When priorFreeze is null (first freeze), a stub `{ gates }` object
+ * is returned. computeDelta still treats it as unfrozen (no
+ * docHashes / no briefStatements), so the delta is the whole tree
+ * exactly as it would be without the stub.
+ *
+ * @param {any} priorFreeze
+ * @param {Map<string, string>} ackedReasons - gate id -> reason
+ * @param {string} currentTreeHash
+ * @returns {any}
+ */
+function mergeAckedGates(priorFreeze, ackedReasons, currentTreeHash) {
+  const priorGates = /** @type {any} */ (priorFreeze?.gates) ?? {};
+  /** @type {Record<string, any>} */
+  const gates = { ...priorGates };
+  for (const [gate, reason] of ackedReasons) {
+    gates[gate] = {
+      state: 'acknowledged',
+      at: { hash: currentTreeHash, reason },
+    };
+  }
+  if (priorFreeze === null || priorFreeze === undefined) {
+    return { gates };
+  }
+  return { ...priorFreeze, gates };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Assemble the freeze.gates map. Every stage in D1..D8 is recorded
+ * so slice-5 viewer sees a consistent shape. Acknowledged stages
+ * store their { hash, at, reason } stamp; passed / notApplicable
+ * stages record their state with `at: null`.
+ *
+ * @param {import('../query/readiness.js').StageResult[]} stages
+ * @param {string} currentTreeHash
+ * @param {string} frozenAt
+ * @returns {Record<string, { state: string, at: null | { hash: string, at: string, reason: string }, failing: Array<{ id: string, why: string }> }>}
+ */
+function buildGatesEntry(stages, currentTreeHash, frozenAt) {
+  /** @type {Record<string, any>} */
+  const out = {};
+  for (const stage of stages) {
+    const failing = [];
+    for (const check of stage.checks) {
+      for (const f of check.failing) failing.push({ id: f.id, why: f.why });
+    }
+    if (stage.state === 'acknowledged') {
+      out[stage.gate] = {
+        state: 'acknowledged',
+        at: {
+          hash: currentTreeHash,
+          at: frozenAt,
+          reason: stage.reason ?? '(none)',
+        },
+        failing,
+      };
+    } else {
+      out[stage.gate] = {
+        state: stage.state,
+        at: null,
+        failing,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Derive count aggregates from the walker tree. Counts:
+ *   req / us / ac / acByClass / tac / interfaces (by kind) / adr / fbs
+ *
+ * @param {import('#core/store/walker.js').TreeModel} tree
+ * @returns {Record<string, unknown>}
+ */
+function deriveCounts(tree) {
+  const req = (tree.requirements ?? []).length;
+  const userStories = tree.userStories ?? [];
+  const us = userStories.length;
+  let ac = 0;
+  const acByClass = { happy: 0, edge: 0, failure: 0, mustNot: 0, nonFunctional: 0, unclassified: 0 };
+  for (const story of userStories) {
+    const list = Array.isArray(story?.acceptanceCriteria) ? story.acceptanceCriteria : [];
+    ac += list.length;
+    for (const acEntry of list) {
+      const cls = parseAcClass(acEntry);
+      switch (cls) {
+        case 'happy': acByClass.happy += 1; break;
+        case 'edge': acByClass.edge += 1; break;
+        case 'failure': acByClass.failure += 1; break;
+        case 'must-not': acByClass.mustNot += 1; break;
+        case 'non-functional': acByClass.nonFunctional += 1; break;
+        default: acByClass.unclassified += 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  const tacs = tree.tacs ?? [];
+  const tac = tacs.length;
+  /** @type {Record<string, number>} */
+  const interfaces = {};
+  for (const t of tacs) {
+    const list = Array.isArray(t?.interfaces) ? t.interfaces : [];
+    for (const iface of list) {
+      const kind = typeof iface?.kind === 'string' ? iface.kind : 'unknown';
+      interfaces[kind] = (interfaces[kind] ?? 0) + 1;
+    }
+  }
+  const adr = (tree.adrs ?? []).length;
+  const fbs = (tree.fbsItems ?? []).length;
+  return { req, us, ac, acByClass, tac, interfaces, adr, fbs };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse the --litmus-attested comma-separated D-names.
+ * @param {unknown} raw
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+function parseLitmusAttested(raw) {
+  if (typeof raw !== 'string' || raw.length === 0) return [];
+  return raw.split(',').map((t) => t.trim()).filter((t) => t.length > 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read rcfLite, ruleset and schemas versions.
+ *
+ * rcfLite: packages/rcf-lite/package.json (this package). Located via
+ * import.meta.url; falls back to '(unknown)' on any failure.
+ * ruleset: src/ruleset/ruleset.json's rulesetVersion field when
+ * present, else the rcfLite version (NV-BL-SR-02: ruleset version
+ * follows the umbrella).
+ * schemas: node_modules/@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas/package.json,
+ * discovered via createRequire so the resolution obeys the working
+ * project's node_modules.
+ *
+ * @param {string} projectRoot
+ * @returns {Promise<{ rcfLite: string, ruleset: string, schemas: string }>}
+ */
+async function readVersions(projectRoot) {
+  let rcfLite = '(unknown)';
+  try {
+    const pkgJson = await readFile(
+      new URL('../../package.json', import.meta.url),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(pkgJson);
+    if (typeof pkg.version === 'string') rcfLite = pkg.version;
+  } catch { /* leave '(unknown)' */ }
+
+  let ruleset = rcfLite;
+  try {
+    const rulesetJson = await readFile(
+      new URL('../ruleset/ruleset.json', import.meta.url),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    const body = JSON.parse(rulesetJson);
+    if (typeof body.rulesetVersion === 'string') ruleset = body.rulesetVersion;
+  } catch { /* leave rcfLite */ }
+
+  let schemas = '(unknown)';
+  try {
+    const req = createRequire(join(projectRoot, 'noop.js'));
+    const schemasPkg = req('@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas/package.json');
+    if (schemasPkg && typeof schemasPkg.version === 'string') schemas = schemasPkg.version;
+  } catch {
+    // Fall back to walking up from this module.
+    try {
+      const req = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+      const schemasPkg = req('@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas/package.json');
+      if (schemasPkg && typeof schemasPkg.version === 'string') schemas = schemasPkg.version;
+    } catch { /* leave '(unknown)' */ }
+  }
+  return { rcfLite, ruleset, schemas };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read `rcf/.identity/profile.md` when it exists; null otherwise.
+ * @param {string} projectRoot
+ * @returns {Promise<string|null>}
+ */
+async function readProfileText(projectRoot) {
+  try {
+    return await readFile(join(projectRoot, 'rcf', '.identity', 'profile.md'), 'utf8');
+  } catch { return null; }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compose the proposal §2.5 summary line.
+ *
+ * First freeze: "first freeze at <short>: <req> REQ, <us> stories,
+ *                <ac> criteria, <interfaces> interfaces, <tac> TAC,
+ *                <adr> ADR, <fbs> FBS."
+ *
+ * Incremental: "frozen at <short>: <n> REQ, <n> stories, <n> criteria,
+ *               <n> interfaces added; <amended-ids> amended;
+ *               <impactedFbs> re-execute."
+ *
+ * @param {object} args
+ * @param {boolean} args.firstFreeze
+ * @param {string} args.currentTreeHash
+ * @param {import('../query/readiness.js').ReadinessDelta} args.preFreezeDelta
+ * @param {Record<string, unknown>} args.counts
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatSummary({
+  firstFreeze, currentTreeHash, preFreezeDelta, counts,
+}) {
+  const shortH = shortHash(currentTreeHash);
+  if (firstFreeze) {
+    const ifaces = Object.values(/** @type {any} */ (counts.interfaces) ?? {})
+      .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+    return `first freeze at ${shortH}: ${counts.req ?? 0} REQ, ${counts.us ?? 0} stories, ${counts.ac ?? 0} criteria, ${ifaces} interfaces, ${counts.tac ?? 0} TAC, ${counts.adr ?? 0} ADR, ${counts.fbs ?? 0} FBS.`;
+  }
+  // Incremental: derive added-by-kind from delta.added ids (skipping
+  // 'ledger:*' entries and ids the tree does not have a kind for).
+  const addedByKind = { req: 0, us: 0, ac: 0, tac: 0, adr: 0, fbs: 0, interfaces: 0 };
+  for (const id of preFreezeDelta.added) {
+    if (id.startsWith('ledger:')) continue;
+    if (id.startsWith('REQ-')) addedByKind.req += 1;
+    else if (id.startsWith('US-')) addedByKind.us += 1;
+    else if (id.startsWith('AC-')) addedByKind.ac += 1;
+    else if (id.startsWith('TAC-')) addedByKind.tac += 1;
+    else if (id.startsWith('ADR-')) addedByKind.adr += 1;
+    else if (id.startsWith('FBS-')) addedByKind.fbs += 1;
+  }
+  // AC is inline under US; the proposal example counts criteria too.
+  // We estimate criteria-added from the changed/added US: since inline
+  // ACs ride inside the parent hash, standalone AC counts here are
+  // usually zero unless the walker later exposes them. Keep the
+  // proposal's four-kind sequence and treat interfaces-added as 0 for
+  // now (interfaces ride inside TAC).
+  const amended = preFreezeDelta.changed.filter((id) => !id.startsWith('ledger:'));
+  const impactedFbsCount = preFreezeDelta.impactedFbs.length;
+  return `frozen at ${shortH}: ${addedByKind.req} REQ, ${addedByKind.us} stories, ${addedByKind.ac} criteria, ${addedByKind.interfaces} interfaces added; ${amended.join(', ') || '(none)'} amended; ${impactedFbsCount} re-execute.`;
+}
+
+// Re-export the seams other modules use.
+export { STAGE_GATES, STAGE_ORDER, STAGE_SHORT_NAMES, STAGE_ALIASES };