Convention shift: epic folders + PRD filenames + frontmatter id
fields are now bare slugs. The created: timestamp (Phase 2) carries
the date; folder names don't repeat it. A future <task-id>-<slug>
shape (e.g. ClickUp) lands cleanly when that integration ships.
Renames (git mv preserves history):
- docs/work/2026-05-13-binder-wrap-helper/
-> docs/work/binder-wrap-helper/
- docs/work/2026-05-14-library-evaluation-policy/
-> docs/work/library-evaluation-policy/
- docs/work/2026-05-14-ci-security-and-supply-chain/
-> docs/work/ci-security-and-supply-chain/
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-13-binder-wrap-helper.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/binder-wrap-helper.prd.md
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-13-coverage-architecture.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/coverage-architecture.prd.md
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-14-library-evaluation-policy.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/library-evaluation-policy.prd.md
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-14-ci-security-and-supply-chain.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/ci-security-and-supply-chain.prd.md
Frontmatter updates inside the renamed files: epic id, epic prd,
story epic, PRD id, PRD builds-on all drop date prefixes.
System folder + state file move:
- New docs/work/_system/ holds framework-managed state.
- docs/work/_state.json -> docs/work/_system/_state.json.
- state-builder.mjs adds _system to SKIP_FOLDERS.
- cli.mjs + state-sync-guard.mjs + .husky/pre-commit point at the
new path.
template-reset-v1 epic deleted entirely (one-off cleanup epic from
the pre-date-convention era; status was already done).
Generator-template updates (so new artifacts ship in the right
shape):
- .sandcastle/decomposer.prompt.md emits bare-slug folder names +
ISO created: timestamp.
- .claude/skills/to-prd/SKILL.md template uses bare-slug filename +
bare-slug id field + ISO created: timestamp.
Doc reference updates: glossary, runbook, agent-first-workflow-
and-conformance, reviewer prompt, ADR-020, ADR-022, ADR-023 all
point at the new paths/slugs.
Instructs the reviewer agent to inspect Socket critical findings and
CodeQL error-severity findings via gh run view before issuing a verdict.
Composes with the existing library-trace check — all three must pass for
approval.
Adds `--staged-against <base>` CLI flag to `check.mjs` so the reviewer
agent can compare `git diff <base>...HEAD` instead of the git index.
This gives the sandcastle reviewer a CI-compatible code path that works
in its clean sandbox where `git diff --cached` may be empty.
Appends a "Library-trace check" section to `.sandcastle/reviewer.prompt.md`
instructing the reviewer to run the command before issuing a verdict.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Sandcastle re-invokes agents up to maxIterations even when the work is
already done — the decomposer was looping 4x re-writing the same epic
on every dispatch. Two halves to the fix:
- Pass completionSignal: "<promise>COMPLETE</promise>" explicitly on
all three run() calls (decompose, implementer, reviewer). Makes the
contract visible alongside maxIterations instead of relying on
sandcastle's default.
- Append a "Signal completion (required)" section to each prompt
telling the agent to emit the literal marker as its final line when
the work is genuinely done, plus a "do NOT emit if..." list to
discourage premature signaling.
The user surfaced that the binder-wrap-helper epic's stories
decomposed into horizontal sub-steps (read 3 files → write helper
→ write test → export → typecheck → coverage), not vertical
slices. Per the glossary's slice = task = PR = commit rule, every
checkbox should land as one green commit.
.sandcastle/decomposer.prompt.md:
- New "The slice rule (non-negotiable)" section near the top
defining the three constraints every task must satisfy: one
green commit; exercises a layer; independently meaningful.
- New "Tasks that are FORBIDDEN" list naming the anti-patterns
the previous output exhibited (read a file as a task; write
test without impl; standalone gate runs; standalone export;
sub-step decomposition of a single slice).
- New "Tasks that are CORRECT" list with examples drawn from
this codebase (gen invocation, full use-case slice, per-feature
binder migration, audit emission, bindAll wiring).
- New paragraph on "Manifest-first ordering INSIDE a task" —
the 4-step ordering (manifest → contracts → red test → green
impl) is what the implementer does within one task, not a
multi-checkbox decomposition.
- Constraints section gains two new bullets:
* Prefer FEWER but FATTER tasks (one per vertical slice)
over MANY thinner sub-steps
* Self-check: imagine the commit each checkbox produces;
do all gates pass on that commit alone?
.sandcastle/reviewer.prompt.md:
- New check #8 "Slice discipline" rejecting:
* Multi-commit diffs where any intermediate commit has red
gates
* Sub-step shape that should have been separate tasks
* Incomplete slices (use case w/o DI binding, manifest
publish w/o publish site, controller w/o router wiring)
.gitignore: adds `.pnpm-store/` so a misconfigured pnpm install
that places the store inside the project doesn't stage thousands
of cache files.
The existing binder-wrap-helper stories were decomposed under the
old (unconstrained) prompt and need re-decomposing under the new
rule. That's a separate action — this commit fixes the prompts;
the existing epic stays as-is until you re-decompose.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Closes the PRD-lifecycle gap surfaced by the user: when sandcastle
finishes an epic's last task, the seed PRD should auto-flip from
approved -> shipped. Builds the mechanism, wires it into the work
CLI + state index + reviewer prompt + docs.
scripts/work/prd-ship.mjs (new):
- parseFrontmatter / serializeFrontmatter — minimal YAML-ish parser
sufficient for PRD frontmatter (scalar + list shapes)
- flipPrdStatus — pure function: takes PRD text, returns new text
with status=shipped + shipped=<date> + optional shipping-commits.
Refuses to flip draft, idempotent fail-soft on already-shipped,
rejects unexpected statuses
- deriveShippingCommits — best-effort git log of the linked epic
folder for the --auto-commits flag
- findPrdPath — id -> path lookup under docs/work/prds/
- runCli — wiring for `pnpm work prd-ship <id> [--commits|--auto-commits]`
scripts/work/prd-ship.test.mjs (new, 17 tests):
- Frontmatter parser handles scalars + lists + missing frontmatter
- flipPrdStatus covers all transitions + refusals + body/key preservation
- findPrdPath + serializeFrontmatter coverage
scripts/work/state-builder.mjs:
- Epic entries gain a `prd` field
- New computeNeedsPrdShip surfaces epics done with PRD status not yet
shipped: state.needs_prd_ship[] with action commands
scripts/work/cli.mjs:
- New subcommand `pnpm work prd-ship <id>`
.sandcastle/reviewer.prompt.md:
- "Epic close-out: PRD status flip" section instructing reviewer to
check _state.json.needs_prd_ship and run the suggested action
- JSON output extends with prd_shipped: "<id>" | null
docs/work/README.md:
- "PRD lifecycle" section documenting the 4 statuses + auto-flip
Future PRDs follow the lifecycle automatically: decomposer refuses
draft, human flips to approved, sandcastle ships the epic, reviewer
runs prd-ship on the final task, PRD lands as shipped with its
commit trail.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Closes the staleness gap after the 10-commit coverage epic shipped.
Doc sync (item 1 from the user's choice):
- CLAUDE.md Quick Start: adds pnpm coverage:aggregate / coverage:diff
/ mutate to the command listing
- CLAUDE.md: new "Sibling architecture: coverage (ADR-020)" section
after the conformance gate table — captures the 4-layer table +
points at docs/guides/coverage.md + ADR-020 + says agents must run
coverage:diff before reporting complete
- AGENTS.md preamble: now lists coverage as a parallel multi-latency
quality system alongside conformance, with the same gate / latency
framing
- PRD frontmatter: status draft -> shipped + shipped date +
shipping-commits list (all 10 SHAs anchoring the trace)
- PRD findings table: each row gets a Resolution column citing the
commit that closed it; conclusion text updated to past tense
- ADR-020 implementation phasing: rewritten as a status table with
each step linked to the commit that shipped it + Boot-time
assertFeatureConformance explicitly marked Deferred with rationale
- docs/guides/coverage.md: removed "Boot wiring lands in the next
story" line; replaced with the deferral rationale + clarified
that two readers (vitest, coverage:diff) consume the manifest
Sandcastle prompts (item 2 from the user's choice):
- .sandcastle/implementer.prompt.md: new "Coverage gates" section
after the conformance-gates list, requiring `pnpm test --coverage`,
`pnpm coverage:aggregate`, and `pnpm coverage:diff` to all pass
before reporting `complete`. Machine-readable JSON shape of
coverage:diff documented (status / uncovered[] / kind enum), with
explicit instructions on how to interpret each kind. Allowlist
expansion requires justification + test.
- .sandcastle/reviewer.prompt.md: AC coverage relabeled to "AC
coverage (acceptance criteria, not test coverage)" to disambiguate;
new check #7 "Coverage gates (ADR-020)" requiring CI's
Coverage — diff (L1) step green + per-layer thresholds met +
no silent allowlist expansion + manifest band drift detection.
Effect: future agent runs through sandcastle now treat coverage as a
first-class blocking gate, parallel to conformance. PRs no longer
discover coverage failures only via CI; the implementer is required
to check before reporting done, and the reviewer is required to
verify.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
