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.npmignore

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-# Exclude generated files (installer generates dist/ dynamically)
+# Exclude stale generated output from pre-2.2 checkouts
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package.json

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 {
   "name": "plan2code",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "private": true,
   "bin": {
     "plan2code": "./install.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "husky",
-    "test": "node scripts/validate-char-count.js"
+    "build:skills": "node install.js --build-skills",
+    "test": "node scripts/validate-char-count.js && node install.js --verify-skills"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "husky": "^9.0.0"

skills/plan2code-0-pathfinder/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: plan2code-0-pathfinder
+description: "Plan2Code Step 0: Pathfinder Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🧭 PATHFINDER MODE
+
+Start all PATHFINDER MODE responses with '🧭 [PATHFINDER: Chart - Step X: Name]' or '🧭 [PATHFINDER: Work - Step X: Name]'.
+
+## Role
+
+Pathfinder, not architect. An idea has arrived too big or unclear to plan. Chart the way as a map of decision **questions**, then clear them ONE PER SESSION until nothing is left to decide. Hand off to `/plan2code-1-plan`.
+
+Read references/grilling.md
+
+> Fallback: ≤3 independent probes/turn, each with a recommendation, re-ask any skipped; structured tool first, prose only on a detail-test trip; plain English, no jargon; facts you look up, decisions are the human's.
+
+## Backend
+
+The map lives in ONE of two places — the human's pick at Chart Step 1, never yours:
+
+- **local** (default) — files under `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/`. Private, gitignored, solo.
+- **github** — a `pathfinder:map` issue whose questions are sub-issues, driven by `gh`. Shared, visible in the tracker UI, parallel.
+
+Read references/github-issues.md — REQUIRED on `github`, skip it on `local`.
+
+> Fallback: map = issue labelled `pathfinder:map` titled `Map: <idea>`; questions = its sub-issues, labelled `pathfinder:<type>-<mode>`; blocking = native issue dependencies; claim = assign `@me`; resolve = `## Answer` comment, then close.
+
+Recorded as the first `## Ground rules` bullet (`**Backend:** local|github`), never re-asked, never switched. Either way the PLAN-DRAFT lands in local `specs/<idea>/` — downstream steps read files, not issues.
+
+## Project Context
+
+Load `./AGENTS.md` if it exists — its conventions govern; never re-ask what it answers. If missing, do NOT ask here; fold it into the Step 0 gate batch: *"No `AGENTS.md`. Pathfinder can chart without it. Continue, or run `plan2code-init` first?"* Record it in `## Ground rules` so no later session re-asks.
+
+## Rules
+
+- **Plan, don't do.** Every question resolves a DECISION. The pull to just build it is the edge of the map — hand off.
+- **Confirm before creating anything.** No files, no issues, until the Intent Gate (Step 0) and backend pick (Step 1) return.
+- **One question per session** (`research` excepted — parallel subagents).
+- **Refer by name.** "[Export format](<link>)", never "02" or "#42" in prose. Bare ids belong on `Blocked by:` lines and in commands.
+- **HITL questions are never self-answered.** Ask and wait. An agent that answers its own grill has broken the skill.
+- **Questions are ground truth; the map is a rebuildable index.** A filled `## Answer` beats any state marker; detail lives in one place.
+- **Never write implementation code** into the project. Sketches are throwaway, living only under `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/sketch-NN/`.
+- **Reserved names — never create inside `pathfinder/`:** `overview.md`, `phase-<N>.md`, `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md`, `PLAN-CONVERSATION-*.md`.
+- **Never emit the loop's completion tokens under `specs/`** — `TASK_COMPLETE`, `PHASE_COMPLETE`, `ALL_TASKS_COMPLETE`, `IMPLEMENTATION_COMPLETE`, `SPEC_COMPLETE`, `WORK_COMPLETE`. It scans for them.
+- **No `- [ ]` checkboxes inside question files**, and no `METRICS_JSON` anywhere. Pathfinder is not a metered step.
+
+## Auto-Discovery and Mode Selection
+
+⚠️ `specs/` is gitignored — NEVER use Glob (silently fails). Shell only: `ls specs/` (Bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PS).
+
+**Identify the target idea FIRST** (from the argument, or ask), then evaluate for THAT idea — first match wins. An issue URL or number as the argument means `github`; else look for a local map, then `gh issue list --label pathfinder:map` for `Map: <idea>`.
+
+| Condition | Route |
+|---|---|
+| No map, but `specs/<idea>/overview.md` exists | Documented — offer `/plan2code-3-implement`. STOP |
+| No map in either backend | MODE A, Step 0 (Intent Gate) |
+| Map `**Status:** Charting` | MODE A, resume at Step 6 |
+| Map `**Status:** Working` | MODE B |
+| Map `**Status:** Cleared` | Point at the PLAN-DRAFT and `/plan2code-1-plan`. STOP |
+| Map exists, `**Status:**` unreadable | MODE B — Step 2 rebuilds and sets it |
+
+Each idea has its own map. Never chart two in one session.
+
+## Questions
+
+Read references/questions.md — the `local` format. On `github` the backend playbook's equivalence table replaces it, and there is no checklist: the frontier is a live query.
+
+> Fallback (`local`): `map.md` indexes; `questions/NN-<slug>.md` hold the decisions, `00` is codebase context, five `Key: value` schema lines each. Markers, rebuilt from the files each session: `[ ]` open — **the frontier** · `[/]` claimed · `[x]` resolved · `[!]` blocked · `[-]` out of scope.
+
+## MODE A: Chart
+
+Read references/chart.md
+
+> Fallback: confirm the outcome with the human FIRST; only then grill the destination, then breadth-first; write the map and one question per sharp decision.
+
+0. `[Step 0: Intent Gate]` **Before creating anything**, ask which outcome and WAIT: **chart a map** (foggy — Step 1), **`/plan2code-1-plan`** (clear — STOP), **`/plan2code-quick-task`** (tiny — STOP). HITL, never self-select "chart".
+1. `[Step 1: Name and backend]` Only after the gate returns "chart." Confirm the kebab-case idea name, then ask — HITL, never self-picked — **local files or GitHub Issues?** Recommend `local` for solo work; offer `github` only if its preflight passes, naming the repo's visibility. THEN the first write.
+2. `[Step 2: Destination]` Grill until it is one or two lines. It fixes scope — settle it first.
+3. `[Step 3: Recon]` Explore the codebase; record codebase context, resolved on the spot, `legwork · AFK`. On `github` hold it until Step 6 so a Step 4 off-ramp leaves no litter.
+4. `[Step 4: Map the frontier]` Grill again **breadth-first**: fan out, never deep on one thread. Surface the open decisions and what is takeable now.
+5. `[Step 5: Create the map]` `**Status:** Charting`, Destination, Ground rules (backend first), an empty index, the fog in `## Not yet specified`. Say once where it lives and who can see it.
+6. `[Step 6: Write the questions]` One per decision you can phrase sharply NOW, dependency order, `Blocked by:` filled the same pass — on `github`, create them all first, wire the edges second. The rest stays fog. Always include a `grill · HITL` testing-posture question; `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 1 needs it.
+7. `[Step 7: Index]` Fill `## Question Checklist` from the files (`local` only). Set `**Status:** Working`.
+8. `[Step 8: Fire research]` One subagent per `research` question, in parallel. Each reads primary sources, writes to that question's `## Evidence` — never decides. Then Session End.
+
+**No fog at Step 4?** Small enough to plan directly: do NOT create the map, keep the recon as a local file, attach it to `/plan2code-1-plan`, STOP. Charting resolves nothing by hand — stop at Step 8.
+
+## MODE B: Work
+
+Read references/resolve.md
+
+> Fallback: resolve by type — research reads sources, sketch makes something concrete, grill interviews the human, legwork does the manual work.
+
+Assume NO memory of any prior session.
+
+1. `[Step 1: Load]` Read the map whole. No question yet.
+2. `[Step 2: Reconcile]` **Always.** Read every question. `## Answer` written but the state disagrees? The answer wins. Claimed with no `## Answer`? A crash: release it, say so. Rebuild every marker from the questions.
+3. `[Step 3: Frontier]` Every question open, unclaimed, and unblocked. First in order.
+4. `[Step 4: Choose and claim]` The question the user named, else first on the frontier. Mark it claimed on the question and the map, **saved before any work.** Frontier empty but questions remain? All blocked — report the chain, STOP. Stranded on an `out-of-scope` blocker? Re-frame or rule out, re-run Step 3. Nothing open? Go to The Clearing Gate.
+5. `[Step 5: Zoom]` Read the claimed question in full, plus any closed question it references. Obey `## Ground rules`.
+6. `[Step 6: Resolve]` Route by type per the resolve playbook. HITL needs the human's own words.
+7. `[Step 7: Record]` Write `## Answer`: the decision, what was rejected and why, consequences, a one-line `**Gist:**`. Sources under `## Evidence`. Mark it resolved, index the gist on the map, bump `**Updated:**`.
+8. `[Step 8: Graduate]` Fog now sharp? Write those questions, delete the graduated bullets. Past the destination? Rule it out of scope, one line in `## Out of scope`. Invalidated? Re-frame or rule out.
+9. `[Step 9: Gate]` Run The Clearing Gate, then Session End.
+
+## The Clearing Gate
+
+Read references/handoff.md
+
+> Fallback: write `specs/<idea>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` from the map, Status `Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4`, then route to `/plan2code-1-plan`.
+
+The map clears only when ALL hold:
+
+1. Nothing open, claimed, or blocked
+2. `## Not yet specified` is EMPTY
+3. The destination is reachable with nothing left to decide
+4. Every confidence dimension (Requirements, Feasibility, Integration, Risk) scores ≥ 18/25
+
+Any failing: name it, keep working. All passing: follow the handoff playbook, set `**Status:** Cleared`, stop. The PLAN-DRAFT is always a local file — `/plan2code-1-plan` cannot read a tracker.
+
+## Trail Footer
+
+Read references/trail.md
+
+> Fallback: once the map exists, close every response with a one-line path of markers (`●` done · `◉` here · `○` open · `⊘` blocked · `⊝` out of scope) from `START` to `⚑`, a numbered legend of question names, plus a plain-English confidence note.
+
+Once the map exists the trail closes EVERY response, then ONE closer by turn type, not map status. Asking the human anything → `WAITING ON YOU · answer here, in this conversation:` and the open items; never a resume command. Ending the session → `NEXT STEP · start a new conversation and run:` plus `/plan2code-0-pathfinder specs/<idea>/pathfinder` (the map issue URL on `github`), or `/plan2code-1-plan` once `Cleared`.
+
+## Session End
+
+Report the question resolved (by name), its gist, what graduated from the fog, what's still open. Nothing to commit — a `local` map is gitignored, a `github` map is already on the tracker. Then the mascot, then the Trail Footer.
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   One more decision down. The fog is thinner!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+**When the map cleared**, the mascot says `The way is clear! Time to plan!` and the footer routes to `/plan2code-1-plan` — or `/plan2code-init` FIRST if `## Ground rules` records `AGENTS.md` absent.
+
+## Abort / Recovery
+
+| Issue | Action |
+|---|---|
+| Session stops mid-question, or the map drifted | Release the claim, note why. Work Step 2 repairs the map; the questions always win. |
+| Frontier empty, fog remains | Not sharp yet. Grill it into a question, or clear the map |
+| Reference file missing | Use the fallback blockquote under its `Read` line |
+| `gh` fails mid-session on a `github` map | Report it and STOP. Falling back to local forks the map |
+| User wants to skip to planning | Their call. Say what is undecided, route to `/plan2code-1-plan` |
+
+## Learning Capture
+
+If charting surfaced project-specific insights, suggest `/plan2code-init-update` to capture them in `AGENTS.md`.

skills/plan2code-0-pathfinder/references/chart.md

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+# Chart Playbook
+> Part of plan2code-0-pathfinder — loaded at the top of MODE A (Chart). Expands the numbered Chart steps.
+>
+> **Backend note.** Steps 0, 2, and 4 — the gates and the grills — are identical either way, and so is every judgement call below (fog vs question, in scope vs out, the destination test). What differs is where Steps 3 and 5-7 put the bytes: on `**Backend:** github`, `github-issues.md` overrides the `map.md` and question-file templates here, the single-pass rule under *Step 6: Numbering and dependency order*, and the timing of the recon. Read it alongside this file, not instead of it.
+
+Charting produces a map and a set of question files. It resolves nothing by hand. Every judgement below serves one goal: put a sharp question on the map for everything you can phrase now, and leave everything else honestly in the fog.
+
+---
+
+## Step 0: The intent gate
+
+Pathfinder builds an apparatus — a directory, a map, a file per decision. That apparatus earns its keep only when the way to the destination is genuinely foggy. For a small or already-clear ask it is pure overhead, and creating it before the human has agreed to it is the fastest way to make Pathfinder feel heavy and get in the way. So the gate runs **before the first byte hits disk**.
+
+You already have the idea name from Auto-Discovery. Do NOT create the directory yet. Say, in substance:
+
+> "This is Pathfinder. Nothing exists for `<idea>` yet. Pathfinder charts a map of the open decisions when an idea is big or unclear to plan — but that is overhead if this is small or already clear. Three ways to go:
+> - **Chart it** — I map the open decisions, one per session, then hand a draft to `/plan2code-1-plan`.
+> - **Straight to `/plan2code-1-plan`** — the way looks clear enough to plan now.
+> - **`/plan2code-quick-task`** — small enough to just do.
+>
+> My read: `<recommendation with a one-line reason>`. Which?"
+
+Rules for the gate:
+
+- **It is HITL.** You recommend; the human chooses. Never self-select "chart" and start creating files because it is the default path — that is exactly the failure this gate exists to stop.
+- **Read the request honestly.** A one-line bugfix, or a change with no open decisions, is not a charting job — recommend an off-ramp and mean it. Reserve "chart" for real fog: several unsettled decisions, unclear scope, or competing designs.
+- **No disk writes.** Naming the idea and talking is free. Creating `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/` is not — it waits for an explicit "chart."
+- **On an off-ramp, route and STOP.** Point at `/plan2code-1-plan` or `/plan2code-quick-task`, create nothing, end the session. If `AGENTS.md` is absent, mention `/plan2code-init` first, as with any handoff.
+
+This gate and the Step 4 no-fog off-ramp are the same instinct at two moments: the gate is the human's call before any work; the off-ramp is your call once the breadth-first grill has proven there was no fog after all. Either one ending the session without a map is a success, not a failure.
+
+---
+
+## Step 2: The destination grill
+
+The destination is settled **first** because it fixes scope. Every later judgement — is this a question or fog, is this in scope or past the edge, is this map cleared — is measured against it. A vague destination makes all three unanswerable, and you will spend the rest of the map arguing about boundaries instead of decisions.
+
+A destination is **one or two lines** describing what exists when the map clears. It is not a feature description. It is not a value proposition. It names the artifact and draws the edge.
+
+### The script
+
+Recommend an answer with each probe — the human corrects faster than they compose. Follow the grilling playbook for tone, cadence, and the batching rules; this is the content.
+
+**Six probes, two batches.** They do not all pass the independence test, so they split:
+
+| Batch | Probes | Why they go together |
+|---|---|---|
+| First | 1 (artifact), 2 (person), 6 (forcing function) | Each stands alone. None reads differently under the others' answers. |
+| Second | 3 (sacrificial boundary), 4 (smallest arrival), 5 (arrival signal) | All three presuppose an artifact and an actor. Sending them before batch 1 lands asks the human to draw an edge around something unnamed. |
+
+Two round trips, not six. Three probes each — exactly the cap, so neither batch needs splitting.
+
+Batch 2 bends the independence test on purpose. The arrival signal (5) can shift under the smallest arrival (4), so strictly it should be held back — but holding it costs a third round trip to catch a conflict that is rare and cheap to spot. The trade is to send them together and reconcile at the recap: if the smallest arrival comes back materially smaller than the artifact you were told about, re-check the arrival signal against it before writing the destination. A knowing trade here, not a licence to batch dependent probes elsewhere.
+
+**Both batches go out as numbered Q blocks — this grill is the other standing exception to the tool-first rule.** Probes 2, 3, 4, and 5 need the human's own phrasing — the destination is written into `map.md` verbatim as agreed, so a clicked option label is not something you can write down. That is the detail test's first row, four times over. Probe 6 names categories but the category is the worthless half of the answer: "deadline" changes nothing, "Q3 close, and the SEC audit lands Nov 1" changes the delivery question, the testing posture, and the out-of-scope line at once. Only probe 1 would survive a picker on its own, and it rides in a Q block anyway, because one tripping probe downgrades the whole batch. Do not reach for the structured question tool here.
+
+**Probe 1 — the artifact**
+
+> "When this map is cleared, what exists that does not exist now: a plan you hand to `/plan2code-1-plan`, a decision locked before anyone plans, or a change already made in the codebase? My guess: a plan."
+
+*Fishing for:* the shape of the destination. Push back if the answer is "the feature working" — that is past the edge of every pathfinder map. Say so plainly: "That is the build. The map ends at the plan for the build."
+
+**Probe 2 — the person on the other end**
+
+> "Who uses the result, and what do they do with it the day it lands?"
+
+*Fishing for:* the actor and the moment of use. Vague actors ("users", "the business") produce vague scope. Push until you get a role someone could name in an approval — compliance officer, on-call SRE, tenant admin.
+
+**Probe 3 — the sacrificial boundary**
+
+> "Name one thing a reasonable person would assume is part of this that you are willing to say is NOT part of it."
+
+*Fishing for:* the first `## Out of scope` bullet. This probe does more work than any other. A destination nobody has excluded anything from has not been thought about. If the human cannot name one, offer two candidates and make them reject one.
+
+**Probe 4 — the smallest arrival**
+
+> "What is the smallest version that would still count as arriving? If only that existed, would you call it done or would you feel cheated?"
+
+*Fishing for:* the difference between the destination and the wish list. Everything above the smallest arrival is a candidate for out of scope or for a later effort.
+
+**Probe 5 — the arrival signal**
+
+> "How do you know you have arrived — what do you look at?"
+
+*Fishing for:* a checkable condition. "It feels right" is not one. "Every open decision has an answer and I can hand the draft to planning without re-litigating format" is one.
+
+**Probe 6 — the forcing function**
+
+> "What made this surface now? A deadline, an incident, an audit, a customer?"
+
+*Fishing for:* constraints that will shape half the questions and that nobody volunteers unprompted. A regulatory deadline changes the delivery question, the testing posture question, and the out-of-scope line all at once.
+
+**The probe names above are internal labels, not headings the human reads.** Head each Q block plainly — *What you end up with*, *Who uses it*, *What's not included*, *Smallest version that counts*, *How you know it's done*, *Why now* — and keep the probe text itself as plain as the quotes above. "The sacrificial boundary" and "the arrival signal" mean something to this playbook and nothing to the person answering. Full rule in the grilling playbook, *Say it in plain English*.
+
+### Worked example — same idea, two destinations
+
+**Idea:** "we should let people export audit logs"
+
+**BAD destination**
+
+> Let users export audit logs so they have their data.
+
+Why it fails, concretely:
+
+| Failure | Consequence downstream |
+|---|---|
+| No artifact named | Nobody knows whether the map clears at a plan or at shipped code |
+| "Users" is not a role | The authorization question cannot even be phrased |
+| No edge | Live streaming, SIEM push, and a schema redesign all argue their way in |
+| No arrival signal | The Clearing Gate has nothing to check against |
+| "their data" is a rationale, not a boundary | Every fog bullet reads as in scope |
+
+**GOOD destination**
+
+> A locked implementation plan for a compliance officer to export a filtered range of audit events from the admin UI and receive them as a single downloadable file. The map ends at the plan, not at shipped code. Continuous streaming to external systems is not on the route.
+
+Three sentences, two lines of substance: artifact (a plan), actor (compliance officer), trigger surface (admin UI), shape of the result (one downloadable file), and an explicit edge (no streaming). Every one of those clauses will be cited later when you decide whether something is a question, fog, or out of scope.
+
+**Write the destination into `map.md` verbatim as agreed.** Do not improve it afterwards. If it needs changing, change it with the human present — a silently redrawn destination invalidates every scope call already made.
+
+---
+
+## Step 3: Codebase recon
+
+Recon is `legwork · AFK` — you do it alone, and you write it down **already resolved**. It exists so that no later session re-reads the same directories, and so that the handoff carries the ground truth `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 2 (System Context Examination) would otherwise have to rediscover.
+
+`questions/00-codebase-context.md` is always `00`. It always exists. It is created with `State: resolved` and a filled `## Answer` in the same write.
+
+### What to explore
+
+| Area | What to establish | Where to look |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Directory structure** | The map of the repo at the depth that matters for this destination — not every folder, the ones the work will touch | Top-level listing, then two levels into the relevant subtrees |
+| **Key components** | The modules that would be read, changed, or called. Name, path, responsibility | Entry points, route/controller registries, service layers |
+| **Patterns and conventions** | How this codebase does the thing you are about to plan: error handling, validation, config, module layout, naming, async style | Two or three recent files in the target area, plus `AGENTS.md` |
+| **Integration points** | External systems, queues, storage, auth providers, feature-flag services the work will cross | Config files, environment variable references, client wrappers |
+| **Technical debt in the blast radius** | Only debt the destination would collide with. Not a repo-wide audit | Long files in the target area, duplicated helpers, stale TODO markers with no owner |
+| **System boundaries** | What this effort owns versus what it merely calls. Where the change stops | Package boundaries, ownership files, API contracts |
+
+Two disciplines keep this file useful:
+
+- **Verify behaviour against actual code, never against a filename.** A file called `auditLogger.ts` may log nothing.
+- **Scope the recon to the destination.** A recon of the whole repo is unreadable and stale in a week. If a subtree cannot plausibly be touched by the destination, say so in one line and move on.
+
+Record what you could **not** determine as an explicit gap. Gaps at recon time are often the first real fog bullets.
+
+### The literal file
+
+```markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Codebase context
+
+Type: legwork · AFK
+State: resolved
+Blocked by: none
+Claimed: 2026-08-03 09:12
+Locked: no
+
+## Question
+
+What does this codebase already provide, constrain, and forbid for an operator-initiated
+audit-log export? Establish structure, components, conventions, integrations, debt in the
+blast radius, and boundaries — enough that no later session re-reads the same ground and
+enough to hand to `/plan2code-1-plan` as its system context.
+
+## Answer
+
+### Directory structure
+
+- `src/api/` — Express routers, one file per resource. `src/api/admin/` is the admin surface.
+- `src/services/` — business logic; the only layer allowed to touch `src/db/`.
+- `src/db/` — Knex query builders and migrations. `audit_events` lives here.
+- `src/jobs/` — BullMQ workers. Existing precedent for long-running work.
+- `src/web/admin/` — React admin UI, TanStack Query, colocated route components.
+- `test/` — Vitest, mirroring `src/` one-to-one.
+
+Untouched by this destination: `src/billing/`, `src/web/marketing/`.
+
+### Key components
+
+| Component | Path | Responsibility |
+|---|---|---|
+| `auditEvents.record()` | `src/services/auditEvents.ts` | Sole writer of `audit_events`; called from 31 sites |
+| `adminRouter` | `src/api/admin/index.ts` | Mounts admin routes; applies `requireAdmin` |
+| `requireAdmin` | `src/api/middleware/auth.ts` | Session check plus role check; no per-tenant scoping today |
+| `reportQueue` | `src/jobs/reportQueue.ts` | BullMQ queue used by the existing billing report export |
+| `signedUrl()` | `src/services/storage.ts` | S3 pre-signed URL helper, fixed 15-minute expiry |
+
+### Patterns and conventions
+
+- Errors: typed error classes thrown from services, mapped to HTTP by `errorHandler`. Never raw `res.status(500)`.
+- Validation: Zod schema per route, exported next to the handler.
+- Config: everything through `src/config.ts`; no direct `process.env` reads outside it.
+- Async: `async`/`await` throughout. No callback style remains.
+- Long-running work: enqueue to BullMQ, return `202` with a job id. Established by billing reports.
+- Tests: Vitest, colocated fixtures, no shared mutable state between cases.
+
+### Integration points
+
+- **Postgres 15** via Knex. `audit_events` is ~180M rows, partitioned monthly.
+- **Redis** backing BullMQ.
+- **S3** for generated artifacts; the billing export already writes there.
+- **SES** for transactional mail; templates in `src/mail/templates/`.
+- No SIEM, log-shipping, or streaming integration exists today.
+
+### Technical debt in the blast radius
+
+- `audit_events` has an index on `(tenant_id, created_at)` but none on `actor_id`. Any
+  actor-filtered export will sequential-scan a partition.
+- `requireAdmin` does not scope by tenant — a platform admin currently sees all tenants.
+  Any authorization decision here inherits that gap.
+- The billing export writes CSV by hand-rolled string concatenation with no escaping.
+  Do not copy it.
+
+### System boundaries
+
+Owned by this effort: a read path over `audit_events`, an admin UI surface, an artifact
+written to S3, and a delivery notification. Not owned: the write path (`auditEvents.record()`
+is untouched), the audit event schema, tenancy semantics in `requireAdmin`.
+
+### Gaps
+
+- Retention policy for `audit_events` is not expressed anywhere in code. Someone outside
+  engineering owns it.
+- No load figures exist for the largest tenant's monthly event count.
+
+**Gist:** Node/Express/Knex/React with an established BullMQ-to-S3 export precedent from
+billing; `audit_events` is 180M rows partitioned monthly with no `actor_id` index, and
+`requireAdmin` has no per-tenant scoping.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- `src/api/admin/index.ts`, `src/api/middleware/auth.ts`
+- `src/services/auditEvents.ts`, `src/services/storage.ts`
+- `src/jobs/reportQueue.ts` and the billing export job it drives
+- `src/db/migrations/20240914_partition_audit_events.js`
+- `AGENTS.md` (conventions section)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 4: The breadth-first frontier grill
+
+The destination grill went **deep on one thing**. This grill goes **wide on everything**. They are different activities and mixing them is the most common way to produce a bad map.
+
+| | Destination grill (Step 2) | Frontier grill (Step 4) |
+|---|---|---|
+| Goal | One or two settled lines | An inventory of open decisions |
+| Movement | Drill until it is precise | Fan out until you stop finding new areas |
+| Follow-ups | Chase every hedge | One clarifier at most, then move on |
+| Success | The human commits to a boundary | You can name the areas, sharp and unsharp alike |
+| Failure mode | Accepting a slogan | Solving a question instead of finding the next one |
+
+**You are not resolving anything here.** You are taking inventory. The instant an answer feels satisfying, you are probably going deep.
+
+### Recognising that you have gone deep
+
+Watch for these. Any one of them means stop and pull back:
+
+- You have asked three consecutive probes about the same area.
+- You are discussing an implementation detail (a column type, a library, a retry count) rather than a decision.
+- You are proposing a design instead of asking what has to be decided.
+- The human is enjoying it. Depth is more fun than breadth; that is exactly why it steals the session.
+- You have written something down that reads like an answer.
+
+### Pulling back
+
+Say it out loud so the human tracks the move, then jump:
+
+> "Good — that is one for the map, not for now. Parking it as *Export format*. Different corner: who is allowed to run an export at all?"
+
+Two mechanics keep the fan-out honest:
+
+1. **Round-robin the areas.** Before you start, list the axes you intend to cross: data, surface, permissions, volume, delivery, failure, operations, testing. Take one probe per axis before any second probe on any axis.
+2. **Ask for the axis you have not touched.** Near the end: "What have I not asked about that would embarrass us to discover in week three?"
+
+**Breadth-first is the ideal batch.** One probe per axis means the probes are independent by construction — that is what breadth-first *means* — so this grill should run as batches of three, not as a stream of singles. Seven axes is three turns. If you catch yourself wanting to batch two probes on the same axis, that is depth wearing a batch's clothes; pull back.
+
+### Sample breadth probes
+
+Each opens a different axis. Send 1-3 as one batch and 4-6 as the next, then probe 7 alongside the "what have I not asked about" closer above; note each answer and move.
+
+**They go out as numbered Q blocks — this grill is one of the two standing exceptions to the tool-first rule.** Several of the probes do name alternatives, so they would pass the detail test on its own terms, and that is exactly the trap: the output of this grill is not a decision, it is a *sort* into sharp question or fog, and sorting takes the elaboration around the answer. A clicked label leaves you nothing to sort with. The structured question tool earns its keep in MODE B, where a claimed question already has named alternatives and the sorting is long done.
+
+1. **Data** — "What is the smallest and largest thing an operator could reasonably ask for in one export? Give me both ends."
+2. **Surface** — "Where does this start: a button in the admin UI, a scheduled thing, an API call someone scripts?"
+3. **Permissions** — "Who is allowed to run one, and can they export events about people other than themselves?"
+4. **Volume and time** — "If an export takes four minutes, is that fine, bad, or a redesign?"
+5. **Delivery and failure** — "The export succeeds but the download link expires before they click it. What should have happened?"
+6. **Operations** — "Six months from now someone asks who exported what. Does this feature audit itself?"
+7. **Testing** — "What would you need to see pass before you would let this near a customer's compliance data?" *(This one always runs — see the mandatory testing-posture question below.)*
+
+Record each answer as one line in your working notes with an area label. At the end of the grill you will have two piles: lines you can turn into a sharp question, and lines you cannot. The second pile is the fog.
+
+---
+
+## The fog-vs-question test
+
+This is the single most important judgement in the skill. Get it wrong toward questions and the map fills with unanswerable stubs that block the frontier. Get it wrong toward fog and the map has nothing takeable on it.
+
+> **The test is whether you can STATE the question precisely now — not whether you can ANSWER it now.**
+
+- **Write a question file** when the question is already sharp — *even if it is blocked and nobody can act on it yet*. Blocked questions are real questions; they get `Blocked by:` and a `[!]` row and they wait. Blocked is not the same as unformed.
+- **Leave it in `## Not yet specified`** when you cannot yet phrase it that sharply. You can see there is something there; you cannot say what is being asked.
+
+**Do not pre-slice the fog.** A fog patch is deliberately coarser than a question. One patch may graduate into three questions, or one, or none once the frontier reaches it. Splitting fog into question-shaped fragments before it is sharp invents a structure that the answers will contradict, and it costs a later session the work of deleting your guesses. Write the patch as loosely as the view allows.
+
+A useful forcing check: **could a different person, reading only this line, know what a good answer looks like?** If yes, it is a question. If they would have to ask you what you meant, it is fog.
+
+### Worked examples
+
+| Candidate | Verdict | Reasoning |
+|---|---|---|
+| "CSV or JSONL for the export file?" | **Question** | Two named options, one decision, one sitting. A reader knows what an answer looks like. `grill · HITL`. |
+| "Which roles may export events about other users?" | **Question**, blocked | Sharp today, but it depends on the tenant-scoping decision. Write it, set `Blocked by:`, mark the row `[!]`. Blockedness never demotes a sharp question to fog. |
+| "Something about how big exports behave" | **Fog** | "Big" has no meaning until the volume ceiling lands. You cannot say whether the question is about pagination, streaming, timeouts, or refusal. One line in `## Not yet specified`. |
+| "There is probably something about PII redaction" | **Fog** | The area is visible, the question is not. Once Legal answers, this may graduate into *which fields are redacted*, *who configures it*, and *does redaction apply to the actor or the subject* — or into nothing, if the answer is "export raw." Slicing it now guesses all three. |
+| "How should we architect the export pipeline?" | **Neither — split it** | No single answer closes it; it bundles at least four decisions (sync vs queued, storage target, artifact lifetime, notification). Ask what the parts are. The sharp parts become questions, the rest becomes fog. A candidate no single answer closes is not a question. |
+
+**What never belongs in `## Not yet specified`:** anything already decided (it is a resolved question with a gist on its row), anything that already has a question file, and anything past the destination (that is out of scope).
+
+---
+
+## Out of scope versus fog
+
+Fog gathers **only toward the destination**. The destination fixes the scope, so work beyond it is not dim — it is *excluded*. It is not fog, and it must never sit in `## Not yet specified`, where a later session would try to graduate it.
+
+**The distinction is SCOPE, not sharpness.** This is the part people get wrong. An out-of-scope item can be perfectly sharp — "should the export push to Splunk on a schedule?" is a crisp question with a crisp answer. It is still out of scope, because the destination said the map ends at an operator-initiated export. Sharpness decides *fog versus question*. Position relative to the destination decides *in scope versus out*.
+
+| | Fog (`## Not yet specified`) | Out of scope (`## Out of scope`) |
+|---|---|---|
+| Position | Before the destination | Past the destination |
+| Why it is not a question | Cannot be phrased sharply yet | Could be phrased perfectly — it just is not ours |
+| Future | Graduates into questions as the frontier advances | Never graduates |
+| Reopening | Automatic, as answers land | Only if the destination is redrawn — and then as a fresh effort, not a resumption |
+| The act | An admission of ignorance | A scoping decision |
+
+Ruling something out of scope is a **scoping act, not a step on the route**. When a question you already created turns out to sit past the destination — mis-scoped in during charting, or exposed by a later answer — set `State: out-of-scope`, mark its row `[-]`, and leave one line in `## Out of scope` giving the gist and the reason, linking the question by name. It does not get an `## Answer` and it is not a decision the route walked.
+
+Watch for **stranded** questions: a live question whose `Blocked by:` names something now out of scope will never unblock. Re-frame its `## Question` to drop the dependency, or rule it out too. Never leave it sitting.
+
+---
+
+## Step 6: Numbering and dependency order
+
+Upstream wayfinder creates every unit first and wires the blocking edges in a **second pass**, because a server-side tracker assigns ids and nothing can reference a sibling until it has one. On `**Backend:** local` that constraint does not exist — **you choose `NN` yourself**, so charting is a **single pass**: decide the order, then write each file complete, `Blocked by:` filled at the moment of writing.
+
+(On `**Backend:** github` the constraint comes back, and so does the two-pass shape. Rules 1, 6, 7, and 8 below still hold — they are about dependency reasoning, not about ids. Rules 2-5, which are about `NN`, are replaced by sub-issue order; see `github-issues.md`.)
+
+The rules:
+
+1. **Sort by dependency before you write anything.** Sketch the edges on paper first: which decisions must land before which others can even be discussed.
+2. **Blockers get lower numbers.** If *Row-count ceiling* blocks *Delivery channel*, the ceiling is `02` and delivery is `05`. This makes `Blocked by: 02` readable at a glance and makes "lowest `NN` first" on the frontier a sane traversal order.
+3. **`00` is always the codebase context.** Never anything else.
+4. **`NN` is never reused and never renumbered.** Not when a question is ruled out of scope, not when one is deleted, not to close a gap in the sequence. Links and `Blocked by:` lines would rot silently. Gaps in the numbering are normal and harmless.
+5. **The next number is max + 1**, computed from the directory listing, not from the map.
+6. **Only depend on what genuinely gates the question.** A `Blocked by:` chain that is really a preference for reading order strangles the frontier. Ask: could this question be answered — badly but honestly — without the blocker? If yes, it is not blocked.
+7. **Cycles are a phrasing bug.** If A blocks B and B blocks A, the two are one decision. Merge them or re-frame one to drop the edge.
+8. **Refer by name in prose.** Bare numbers appear only on `Blocked by:` lines.
+
+A worked ordering for the audit-log export map:
+
+| `NN` | Name | Type | Blocked by | Why here |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `00` | Codebase context | `legwork · AFK` | none | Always first, always resolved |
+| `01` | Export format | `grill · HITL` | none | Nothing gates it; it gates the artifact shape |
+| `02` | Row-count ceiling | `research · AFK` | none | A fact about the data, independent of every preference |
+| `03` | Export authorization | `grill · HITL` | none | Independent axis; can be argued today |
+| `04` | Testing posture | `grill · HITL` | none | Mandatory; independent of everything else |
+| `05` | Delivery channel | `grill · HITL` | `02` | Synchronous download versus queued link turns entirely on volume |
+| `06` | SIEM push connector | `grill · HITL` | none | Created, then immediately ruled out of scope during charting — `State: out-of-scope`, no `## Answer` |
+
+---
+
+## The `map.md` template
+
+Below is a complete, realistic map for the audit-log export effort **partway through MODE B**, after two questions have resolved — it shows every marker in use. At Chart Step 5 the same file carries `**Status:** Charting`, an empty `## Question Checklist`, and no `[x]` row except `00`. Copy the structure exactly, including the HTML comments — they are written **for the next session**, which has no memory of this one.
+
+`**Status:**` is `Charting` while Step 5 and Step 6 run, becomes `Working` at Step 7, and becomes `Cleared` only at handoff. It is how the orchestrator routes a fresh session, so it must be accurate before you stop.
+
+Set `**Confidence:**` honestly at Step 5 and re-score it every time a question resolves. Charting scores are low by construction — that is the point. The Clearing Gate needs every dimension at 18/25 or better. Never inflate to make the gate pass.
+
+Write the four dimension labels **hyphenated exactly as shown** — `Requirements-clarity`, `Feasibility-technical`, `Integration-points`, `Risk-assessment` — in the `NN/25` form, with no percent symbol anywhere in the file. The metrics collector scrapes planning documents by regex for a bare dimension word followed by whitespace, a colon, or a pipe and then digits; the hyphen breaks that match. A percent sign or a bare `Requirements 18` would be ingested as a completed planning step's confidence score that no planning step ever produced.
+
+Say once, at Step 5: *"This map lives in gitignored `specs/` — local to you, not shared. `git add -f` it to track it."*
+
+```markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Map: audit-log-export
+
+**Status:** Working
+**Updated:** 2026-08-03
+**Confidence:** Requirements-clarity 18/25 · Feasibility-technical 14/25 · Integration-points 16/25 · Risk-assessment 14/25
+
+<!-- Status: Charting while the map is being built (Chart Steps 1-6) -> Working once the
+     checklist is indexed (Chart Step 7) -> Cleared only when the Clearing Gate passes.
+     A fresh session routes on this line, so it must be correct before the session ends. -->
+
+<!-- Confidence: four dimensions, each scored out of 25, re-scored at every resolution.
+     The Clearing Gate requires all four at 18/25 or better. Score against evidence. -->
+
+## Destination
+
+A locked implementation plan for a compliance officer to export a filtered range of audit
+events from the admin UI and receive them as a single downloadable file. The map ends at the
+plan, not at shipped code. Continuous streaming to external systems is not on the route.
+
+<!-- Settled at Chart Step 2 and quoted as agreed. Every question is measured against it:
+     in scope or past the edge, still needed or now moot. Change it only with the human
+     present — a silent redraw invalidates every scope call already made. -->
+
+## Ground rules
+
+<!-- Standing constraints for every session on this map. Read before choosing a question,
+     obeyed while resolving it. Nothing here is re-asked. -->
+
+- `AGENTS.md` exists and governs. Its conventions are not re-litigated by any question here.
+- One question _file_ per session. `research` questions may run as parallel subagents.
+- Grill probes are batched per the grilling playbook — at most three per turn, through the structured question tool unless the detail test forces prose Q blocks.
+- Questions are put to the human in plain English. Technical terms only where the term is the decision.
+- HITL questions are answered by the human in their own words. Never self-answered.
+- No new runtime dependency is assumed without a `research` question backing it.
+- Compliance language is reviewed by Dana before anything user-facing is finalised.
+- Sketches are throwaway and live only under `pathfinder/sketch-NN/`.
+
+## Glossary
+
+<!-- Terms this effort uses precisely. Prevents two sessions meaning different things by
+     the same word — the cheapest correctness win on the whole map. -->
+
+| Term | Meaning here | Avoid |
+|---|---|---|
+| Audit event | One row in `audit_events`: actor, tenant, action, target, timestamp, payload | log line, activity record |
+| Compliance officer | Tenant-scoped role that reviews activity; not a platform admin | admin, auditor |
+| Export | One operator-initiated request producing one artifact for one filtered range | download, dump, extract |
+| Retention window | How far back `audit_events` is queryable; owned outside engineering | archive period |
+| Signed artifact | The generated file plus a checksum a recipient can verify independently | signed file, bundle |
+
+## Question Checklist
+
+<!-- Rebuilt from questions/ every session — the files are ground truth, this is an index.
+     [ ] open (the frontier) · [/] claimed · [x] resolved · [!] open but blocked
+     [-] out of scope. Resolved rows carry the one-line gist from the question's Answer. -->
+
+- [x] [Codebase context](./questions/00-codebase-context.md) — Node/Express/Knex/React with a BullMQ-to-S3 export precedent; `audit_events` is 180M rows partitioned monthly, no `actor_id` index, `requireAdmin` has no tenant scoping.
+- [x] [Export format](./questions/01-export-format.md) — CSV with a UTF-8 BOM and RFC 4180 quoting, plus a sidecar SHA-256 manifest; JSONL rejected because recipients open these in Excel.
+- [/] [Row-count ceiling](./questions/02-row-count-ceiling.md)
+- [ ] [Export authorization](./questions/03-export-authorization.md)
+- [ ] [Testing posture](./questions/04-testing-posture.md)
+- [!] [Delivery channel](./questions/05-delivery-channel.md) — Blocked by 02
+- [-] [SIEM push connector](./questions/06-siem-push-connector.md) — out of scope, see below
+
+## Not yet specified
+
+<!-- The fog: in-scope areas you can see but cannot yet phrase as a question. Graduates into
+     question files as answers land, and the graduated bullet is deleted from here.
+     Do NOT pre-slice these into question-sized pieces — one bullet may become three
+     questions, or none. Nothing already decided, already a question, or out of scope. -->
+
+- How far back an export may reach. There is a retention answer somewhere outside engineering
+  and nobody has it yet; until then we cannot say whether the question is about a hard limit,
+  a warning, or a per-tenant setting.
+- Redaction of event payloads. Legal may say "export raw", in which case this evaporates —
+  or it may become several decisions about which fields, who configures them, and whether the
+  rule follows the actor or the subject. Revisit after Export authorization.
+- What happens when an export range straddles a monthly partition that was migrated mid-range.
+  Cannot phrase this sharply until Export format is applied to a real query plan.
+- Whether the export feature audits itself, and if so at what granularity. Suspect this is one
+  small question but it may turn on the authorization model.
+
+## Out of scope
+
+<!-- Work consciously ruled past the destination. Never graduates; returns only if the
+     destination is redrawn, and then as a fresh effort. One line each: gist plus why. -->
+
+- [SIEM push connector](./questions/06-siem-push-connector.md) — scheduled push to Splunk or
+  similar. The destination ends at an operator-initiated export; anything continuous is a
+  different effort with a different owner.
+- Redesign of the `audit_events` schema. The write path is untouched by this destination;
+  changing it would pull in all 31 call sites of `auditEvents.record()`.
+- Adding the missing `actor_id` index. Real, and it will hurt, but it is a database change
+  with its own review path. Recorded here so the plan can reference it as a dependency
+  rather than absorb it.
+```
+
+---
+
+## The question-file template
+
+Five contiguous `Key: value` lines after the H1. Not YAML. No frontmatter delimiters. No `- [ ]` checkboxes anywhere inside a question file — use plain bullets, including for legwork checklists.
+
+`## Question` is written at charting. `## Answer` is appended only when the question resolves. `## Evidence` holds sources, links, and artifacts, and a `research` subagent writes into it during Chart Step 8 without deciding anything.
+
+### An open question
+
+```markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Export authorization
+
+Type: grill · HITL
+State: open
+Blocked by: none
+Claimed: none
+Locked: yes
+
+## Question
+
+Who may run an audit-log export, and over whose events?
+
+Three sub-decisions, all of which must land together because any two of them constrain the third:
+
+- Which role gates the export action — the existing `admin` role, a new `compliance` role, or
+  a per-tenant grant?
+- May an exporter include events where they are the actor, or must self-events be excluded to
+  keep the export usable as evidence?
+- `requireAdmin` currently does not scope by tenant, so a platform admin sees every tenant's
+  events. Does the export inherit that, or does it enforce a tenant scope the rest of the
+  admin surface does not?
+
+Recommended answer to react to: a new tenant-scoped `compliance` role; self-events included
+but flagged in a column; the export enforces tenant scope even though the surrounding admin
+surface does not.
+
+Marked `Locked: yes` — the third sub-decision creates a precedent that later admin features
+will follow, and reversing it later means re-auditing every export already delivered.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- `src/api/middleware/auth.ts` — `requireAdmin` checks session and role, no tenant predicate.
+- Codebase context records the same gap under technical debt.
+```
+
+### A resolved question
+
+```markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Export format
+
+Type: grill · HITL
+State: resolved
+Blocked by: none
+Claimed: 2026-08-03 10:41
+Locked: yes
+
+## Question
+
+What file format does an export produce, and what does a recipient need in order to trust the
+file has not been altered?
+
+## Answer
+
+**Decision.** CSV, UTF-8 with a byte-order mark, RFC 4180 quoting, one header row, timestamps
+in ISO 8601 UTC. Alongside it a sidecar `.sha256` manifest listing the artifact filename and
+its digest.
+
+**Rejected.**
+
+- *JSONL* — better for nested payloads and trivially streamable, but every named recipient
+  opens these in Excel and would need a conversion step during an audit. The people who
+  prefer JSONL are not the people receiving the file.
+- *XLSX* — solves the Excel encoding problems outright, but adds a generation library and
+  makes byte-level verification of the artifact meaningfully harder.
+- *Detached signature instead of a checksum* — real integrity guarantees, but requires key
+  management nobody has scoped, and no recipient has asked to verify a signature.
+
+**Consequences.**
+
+- Nested `payload` is flattened to one JSON string column. Anyone needing structure parses
+  that column.
+- The BOM is required or Excel mangles non-ASCII actor names. This must be an explicit test.
+- Do not reuse the billing export's CSV writer — it concatenates strings with no escaping.
+  A quoting-correct writer is now in scope for the plan.
+- The checksum makes the artifact self-verifying, which lets Delivery channel consider a
+  short-lived link without weakening the integrity story.
+
+**Gist:** CSV with a UTF-8 BOM and RFC 4180 quoting, plus a sidecar SHA-256 manifest; JSONL
+rejected because recipients open these in Excel.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- RFC 4180, sections 2.5-2.7 (quoting and embedded delimiters).
+- `src/jobs/billingExport.ts` — the hand-rolled writer that must not be copied.
+- Dana confirmed on 2026-08-03 that external auditors accept a published checksum.
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 4: The no-fog off-ramp
+
+If the breadth-first grill surfaces **no fog** — every area you opened produced either a settled answer or a question you could phrase immediately, and `## Not yet specified` would be empty — then the way to the destination is already visible. The journey is small enough to plan directly and a map would be pure overhead.
+
+Do this, in order:
+
+1. **Keep `questions/00-codebase-context.md`.** This is the important part. It is exactly what `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 2 (System Context Examination) has to produce anyway, and you have already produced it. Throwing the recon away to "clean up" wastes the most valuable artifact of the session.
+2. **Do not create `map.md`.** The off-ramp fires at Step 4 and the map is not written until Step 5, so in the normal flow there is nothing to delete — just stop before writing it. (If you reached Step 4 with a `map.md` already on disk, delete it: a map with empty fog and no open questions will confuse the next session into resuming something that does not exist.)
+3. **Tell the user plainly what happened and what to do:**
+
+   > "No fog surfaced — the way to the destination is already visible, so this does not need a map. I kept the codebase recon at `specs/audit-log-export/pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md`; attach that file to a `/plan2code-1-plan` session and it covers Phase 2 outright."
+
+4. **Stop.** Do not chart anyway "just in case", do not create questions, do not start planning in this session.
+
+Be honest about the trigger. If two areas are genuinely unformed, that is fog and the map earns its keep. The off-ramp is for the case where you fanned out across every axis and kept landing on solid ground.
+
+---
+
+## Step 6: The mandatory testing-posture question
+
+**Every map includes a `grill · HITL` question on testing posture.** No exceptions, including maps where testing feels obvious.
+
+The reason is mechanical: `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 1 asks for three things — testing types, whether tests run after each implementation phase, and a coverage target — and `/plan2code-2-document` **string-matches** that answer, either appending a testing block to every phase, creating a dedicated final testing phase, or omitting testing entirely. A map that clears without this answer hands the human a planning session that stalls on its first question. Ask it while there is still someone in the room.
+
+Record the answer in the literals downstream matches on, not in paraphrase. ("Phase" here names `/plan2code-1-plan`'s implementation phases and is a downstream contract string — it is never a pathfinder unit of work.)
+
+It is almost never blocked. Give it whatever number the dependency ordering leaves free, and expect it to sit on the frontier from day one.
+
+```markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Testing posture
+
+Type: grill · HITL
+State: open
+Blocked by: none
+Claimed: none
+Locked: no
+
+## Question
+
+What testing does this work carry, so `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 1 can be answered without
+stalling? Three parts, all needed:
+
+- **Types** — unit, integration, end-to-end, some combination, or none.
+- **Phase testing** — record one of the two literals `/plan2code-2-document` matches:
+  `Run after each phase` (a testing block closes every implementation phase) or
+  `Dedicated phase only` (one final testing phase).
+- **Coverage target** — record one of Phase 1's three literals: `Critical paths`,
+  `Moderate (~60-80%)`, or `Comprehensive (>80%)`.
+
+Recommended answer to react to: unit plus integration; `Run after each phase`;
+`Critical paths`. Rationale — this touches compliance data, so the correctness of the
+CSV writer and the authorization predicate must be pinned by tests, but the admin UI is thin
+enough that end-to-end coverage would cost more than it catches.
+
+Two specific cases worth naming in the answer regardless of the general posture, because
+Codebase context shows both are easy to get wrong here:
+
+- The UTF-8 BOM survives Excel round-tripping for non-ASCII actor names.
+- The tenant-scope predicate actually excludes other tenants' events, asserted against seeded
+  cross-tenant data rather than a mock.
+
+Note for whoever resolves this: the coverage target is a number the human owns. Do not infer
+it from the codebase's current coverage, and do not soften it to whatever the repo already
+achieves.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- `AGENTS.md` records Vitest as the runner with fixtures colocated under `test/`.
+- Codebase context: no end-to-end harness exists today; adding one is a real cost, not a flag.
+```

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+# GitHub Issues Backend
+
+> Part of plan2code-0-pathfinder — loaded at the top of EVERY session whose map lives on GitHub Issues. It re-expresses the local-file model in issue terms: where the map lives, where a question lives, how blocking, claiming, and resolving are done, and what stays on local disk regardless.
+>
+> **Local-file maps never load this file.** If `## Ground rules` says `**Backend:** local`, close it and use `questions.md`.
+
+Everything the skill says about *judgement* is unchanged by the backend: the fog-vs-question test, the destination grill, one question per session, HITL is never self-answered, the Clearing Gate rubric. This file changes only *where the bytes go*.
+
+---
+
+## Why a second backend exists
+
+Local files are private scratch — `specs/` is gitignored, so the map is yours alone and nobody else can see it, comment on it, or resolve a question in parallel. That is the right default for a solo effort.
+
+A map on GitHub Issues buys three things local files cannot:
+
+| | Local files | GitHub Issues |
+|---|---|---|
+| Visibility | One machine, one person | Anyone with repo access, in a UI they already have open |
+| Blocking | A `Blocked by:` line only an agent reads | Native issue dependencies — GitHub greys out blocked issues in its own UI |
+| Concurrency | One session at a time by construction | Several people can work unblocked questions at once; the assignee is a real lock |
+
+It costs three things too, and the human must know all three before they pick it:
+
+1. **Issues on a public repo are public.** The destination, the rejected alternatives, the codebase recon, the technical debt in the blast radius — all of it is world-readable the moment it is written. Never chart to a public repo's tracker anything that would embarrass the project or leak a customer.
+2. **It writes to shared state.** A local map costs nothing to abandon. Twelve stale issues labelled `pathfinder:grill-hitl` on a team's tracker is litter someone has to clean.
+3. **It needs `gh`, auth, and issues enabled.** More that can break, in a step whose whole job is to remove friction.
+
+---
+
+## Preflight — before the first write
+
+Run these once, at Chart Step 1, **before** offering GitHub as an option. Any failure means GitHub is not offered at all; say why in one line and continue with local files.
+
+| # | Check | Command | On failure |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | `gh` is installed | `gh --version` | Not offered — "no `gh` on this machine" |
+| 2 | Authenticated | `gh auth status` | Not offered — "`gh` is not logged in" |
+| 3 | Inside a repo with a GitHub remote | `gh repo view --json nameWithOwner,visibility,hasIssuesEnabled` | Not offered — "no GitHub remote here" |
+| 4 | Issues are enabled | same call, `hasIssuesEnabled` | Not offered — "issues are disabled on this repo" |
+| 5 | Write access | `gh api repos/<owner>/<repo> --jq .permissions.push` | Not offered — read-only access cannot chart |
+
+Record `nameWithOwner` and `visibility` from check 3 — **`visibility` is not optional detail.** If it is `PUBLIC`, the offer must say so in the same breath, e.g. *"GitHub Issues — note `jparkerweb/plan2code` is public, so the whole map is world-readable."*
+
+Once a map exists, preflight shrinks to checks 1 and 2. A session that cannot reach `gh` cannot work a GitHub map: say so and stop, rather than silently starting a local one.
+
+### Labels
+
+Create the label set at **Chart Step 5**, with the map issue — never during preflight, which must stay read-only until the human has actually picked `github`. `--force` makes it idempotent, so it is safe to re-run every session:
+
+```bash
+gh label create "pathfinder:map"           --color 5319E7 --description "Pathfinder map" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:grill-hitl"    --color 1D76DB --description "Decision only the human can make" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:research-afk"  --color 0E8A16 --description "Fact-finding, agent alone" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:sketch-hitl"   --color FBCA04 --description "Human reacts to something concrete" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:legwork-hitl"  --color D93F0B --description "Manual work needing a human" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:legwork-afk"   --color D93F0B --description "Manual work the agent can do" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:locked"        --color B60205 --description "Hard to reverse; consequences recorded" --force
+gh label create "pathfinder:out-of-scope"  --color CFD3D7 --description "Ruled past the destination" --force
+```
+
+**Type and mode share one label** — `grill-hitl`, not `grill` plus `hitl` — for the same reason the local `Type:` line is one token: two labels can drift apart, and a `research` question that has quietly become HITL is a question nobody is driving.
+
+---
+
+## The equivalence table
+
+This is the whole mapping. Everything below expands a row.
+
+| Local file model | GitHub Issues model |
+|---|---|
+| `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/map.md` | One issue, labelled `pathfinder:map`, titled `Map: <idea>` |
+| `questions/NN-<slug>.md` | A **sub-issue** of the map, titled with the question name |
+| `NN` ordering | The map's sub-issue order — the order they were created, which is dependency order |
+| `## Question` in the file | The issue body |
+| `## Answer` appended | A comment on the issue, opening `## Answer` |
+| `## Evidence` | A comment opening `## Evidence` (a research subagent writes its own) |
+| `Type:` line | The `pathfinder:<type>-<mode>` label |
+| `State: open` | Issue open, **no assignee** |
+| `State: claimed` | Issue open, **assigned** |
+| `State: resolved` | Issue **closed as completed**, with an `## Answer` comment |
+| `State: out-of-scope` | Issue **closed as not planned**, labelled `pathfinder:out-of-scope`, no `## Answer` |
+| `Blocked by: 02, 04` | Native issue dependencies (`dependencies/blocked_by`) |
+| `Locked: yes` | The `pathfinder:locked` label |
+| `Claimed: <timestamp>` | GitHub's own assignment event in the timeline |
+| `## Question Checklist` in `map.md` | **Nothing** — the frontier is a live query, not a written list |
+| `## Not yet specified`, `## Out of scope`, `## Ground rules`, `## Destination`, `## Glossary` | The same sections, in the map issue body |
+| `sketch-NN/` | Still local disk — see *What stays on local disk* |
+| `PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` | Still local disk — see *Handoff* |
+
+### The checklist is deleted, not ported
+
+In local mode `map.md` carries a `## Question Checklist` because a directory of files has no queryable state. GitHub has queryable state, so **the map issue body carries no checklist at all.** Closed questions get one line each under `## Decisions so far`; open questions are not listed anywhere.
+
+This kills the single largest source of drift in the local backend — a checklist that disagrees with the files — and it is why Work Step 2's reconcile pass is much shorter here.
+
+---
+
+## Refer by name
+
+Unchanged, and harder to get right here because GitHub hands you a number for everything. In prose the human reads, write `[Export format](https://github.com/o/r/issues/42)` — never `#42`, never "issue 42", never a bare number. A wall of `#42, #43, #44` is illegible; names read at a glance.
+
+Bare `#<n>` appears in exactly two places: inside a fallback `Blocked by:` body line when native dependencies are unavailable, and inside a `gh` command.
+
+---
+
+## Chart Steps 3-4 — hold the recon, protect the off-ramp
+
+In `local` mode Step 3 writes `questions/00-codebase-context.md` the moment the recon is done, because a file in gitignored scratch costs nothing if the session then takes the Step 4 off-ramp. **On a shared tracker it costs something**: a stray issue nobody asked for, on a repo other people are watching.
+
+So on `github`, Step 3 does the recon and **holds it in the session**. It becomes an issue at Step 6, alongside the other questions.
+
+If the Step 4 breadth-first grill surfaces **no fog**, the off-ramp fires before anything has been created:
+
+1. Write the recon to `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md` — a **local file**, exactly as the local backend would. It is what `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 2 needs, and it is too valuable to throw away.
+2. Create **nothing** on the tracker. No map issue, no question issues, no labels.
+3. Tell the user plainly and STOP.
+
+The tracker only ever sees an effort that earned a map.
+
+---
+
+## Creating the map (Chart Step 5)
+
+Title is `Map: <idea>` — the kebab-case idea name, verbatim, so `gh issue list --label pathfinder:map` reads as an index of efforts.
+
+```bash
+gh issue create --label "pathfinder:map" --title "Map: audit-log-export" --body-file - <<'EOF'
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+**Status:** Charting
+**Updated:** 2026-08-08
+**Confidence:** Requirements-clarity 8/25 · Feasibility-technical 6/25 · Integration-points 6/25 · Risk-assessment 5/25
+
+<!-- Status: Charting (Chart Steps 5-6) -> Working (Chart Step 7) -> Cleared at the gate.
+     A fresh session routes on this line, so it must be correct before the session ends. -->
+
+## Destination
+
+A locked implementation plan for a compliance officer to export a filtered range of audit
+events from the admin UI and receive them as a single downloadable file. The map ends at the
+plan, not at shipped code. Continuous streaming to external systems is not on the route.
+
+## Ground rules
+
+- **Backend:** github — this issue is the map; questions are its sub-issues.
+- `AGENTS.md` exists and governs. Its conventions are not re-litigated by any question here.
+- One question _issue_ per session. `research` questions may run as parallel subagents.
+- HITL questions are answered by the human in their own words. Never self-answered.
+- Sketches are throwaway and live on local disk only, under `specs/audit-log-export/pathfinder/sketch-<issue>/`.
+
+## Glossary
+
+| Term | Meaning here | Avoid |
+|---|---|---|
+| Audit event | One row in `audit_events`: actor, tenant, action, target, timestamp, payload | log line |
+
+## Decisions so far
+
+<!-- The index — one line per CLOSED question: enough to judge relevance, then open the
+     issue for the detail. Open questions are NOT listed; they are open sub-issues. -->
+
+## Not yet specified
+
+<!-- The fog: in-scope areas you can see but cannot yet phrase as a question. Graduates into
+     sub-issues as answers land, and the graduated bullet is deleted from here. -->
+
+## Out of scope
+
+<!-- Work consciously ruled past the destination. Never graduates. One line each: gist plus why. -->
+EOF
+```
+
+Two things that must be exact:
+
+- **`**Status:**` is still a literal line in the body.** It is how a fresh session routes, exactly as in local mode. `Charting` → `Working` → `Cleared`.
+- **`**Backend:** github` is the first `## Ground rules` bullet.** It is how a fresh session knows to load this file at all. Without it, a session that opens the map issue has no way to know which playbook it is in.
+
+Confidence keeps the hyphenated `Requirements-clarity 8/25` form for the same reason it does in local mode — the metrics collector scrapes bare dimension words followed by digits, and would ingest a planning confidence nobody scored.
+
+**Say once, at Step 5:** *"The map lives on `<owner>/<repo>`'s issue tracker — `<PUBLIC or PRIVATE>`, so `<world-readable / visible to anyone with repo access>`. Everything charted here is visible there."*
+
+---
+
+## Creating the questions (Chart Step 6) — two passes, not one
+
+The local backend charts in a **single pass** because you choose `NN` yourself and can write `Blocked by: 02` into a file before `02` exists. **On GitHub that is impossible** — an issue has no id until the server assigns one, and a dependency edge needs the blocker's id. So charting here reverts to upstream's shape:
+
+**Pass 1 — create every question issue, in dependency order.** Blockers first. The creation order becomes the sub-issue order, which becomes the reading order for the frontier and the trail, so it is doing the job `NN` does locally. Capture each new issue's number *and* database id as you go.
+
+```bash
+# Create, capturing the URL; the number is its last path segment.
+gh issue create --label "pathfinder:grill-hitl" --title "Export format" --body-file - <<'EOF'
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+## Question
+
+What file format does an export produce, and what does a recipient need in order to trust
+the file has not been altered?
+
+Recommended answer to react to: CSV with a UTF-8 BOM plus a sidecar SHA-256 manifest.
+EOF
+
+# The database id — needed for BOTH wiring steps below. Not the #number, not the node_id.
+gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<number> --jq .id
+```
+
+**Pass 2 — wire the structure.** Two edges per question, both keyed on **database ids**:
+
+```bash
+# a) Attach as a sub-issue of the map. sub_issue_id is the CHILD's database id.
+gh api --method POST repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<map-number>/sub_issues \
+  -F sub_issue_id=<child-db-id>
+
+# b) Add each blocking edge. issue_id is the BLOCKER's database id.
+gh api --method POST repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<blocked-number>/dependencies/blocked_by \
+  -F issue_id=<blocker-db-id>
+```
+
+**The database id is the single most common failure in this backend.** `gh api repos/o/r/issues/42 --jq .id` returns something like `2716143027`. The `42` is the *number*; `I_kwDO...` is the *node id*. The node id is rejected outright. The *number* is worse: a small integer like `42` is itself a perfectly valid database id — of some unrelated issue created years ago — so the call can succeed and silently attach the wrong thing. Fetch `.id` for every issue you are about to reference, and never hand-assemble one.
+
+Charting still writes `00-codebase-context`'s equivalent — the Step 3 recon you held. Create it **first**, labelled `pathfinder:legwork-afk`, post the recon as an `## Answer` comment, and close it as completed in the same pass. It is resolved on arrival, exactly as in local mode, and it is what the handoff's `## System Context` is built from.
+
+### If the endpoints are unavailable
+
+Sub-issues and dependencies are recent GitHub features. On an instance that rejects either endpoint, fall back in the body — and say plainly, once, that the frontier will not render in GitHub's UI:
+
+| Missing | Fallback |
+|---|---|
+| Sub-issues | Put `Part of #<map>` on the first line of each question body, and a task list of the questions in the map body |
+| Dependencies | Put `Blocked by: #12, #14` on its own line at the top of the question body |
+
+Prefer the native mechanisms every time they work. The whole reason to pay GitHub's costs is that the human sees the frontier in the UI without opening the map.
+
+---
+
+## The frontier query (Work Step 3)
+
+The frontier is every question that is **open, unblocked, and unassigned**. Lowest position in sub-issue order wins — the same traversal `lowest NN first` gives locally.
+
+```bash
+# 1. The map's children, in order, with the state you need to filter on.
+gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<map-number>/sub_issues \
+  --jq '.[] | {number, title, state, assignee: .assignee.login,
+               blocked: .issue_dependencies_summary.blocked_by,
+               labels: [.labels[].name]}'
+```
+
+Then, in order:
+
+1. Drop anything `state: closed` — that is resolved or out of scope.
+2. Drop anything with an `assignee` — claimed by another session.
+3. Drop anything still blocked.
+4. The first survivor is the next question.
+
+For step 3, `issue_dependencies_summary.blocked_by` counts **open** blockers, which is exactly the live gate — a blocker that closes drops the count without anyone editing anything. **Treat it as a fast pre-filter, not the authority.** If it comes back `null` or absent from the list response, or you need to *name* the blockers for the trail footer or a fully-blocked report, ask the endpoint that owns the answer:
+
+```bash
+gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<n>/dependencies/blocked_by --jq '.[] | {number, title, state, reason: .state_reason}'
+```
+
+A question is unblocked when every blocker listed there is closed. That call is also the only way to see the next trap:
+
+**A blocker closed as `not planned` is out of scope and will never resolve.** Its dependent is not merely blocked, it is *stranded* — the same trap as locally. Re-frame the dependent's body to drop the dependency, cut the edge, or rule it out too. Never leave it sitting: the summary count cannot tell you the difference, so this check is on you.
+
+```bash
+# Cut a dependency edge. The blocker's database id goes in the PATH here, not the body.
+gh api --method DELETE \
+  repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<blocked-number>/dependencies/blocked_by/<blocker-db-id>
+```
+
+---
+
+## Claim (Work Step 4)
+
+```bash
+gh issue edit <n> --add-assignee "@me"
+```
+
+**The session's first write, before any work.** The assignee *is* the claim — GitHub timestamps it for you, so there is no `Claimed:` line to maintain. An open, unassigned question is unclaimed; that is the whole protocol.
+
+Unlike the local backend, other people may genuinely be working this map at the same time. Re-read the issue immediately after assigning; if someone else's login is on it, you lost the race — release yours and take the next frontier item.
+
+---
+
+## Resolve (Work Step 7)
+
+Three writes, in this order. The order matters: the answer must exist before the issue closes, or a crash between them leaves a closed question with no decision in it.
+
+```bash
+# 1. The answer, as a comment. Same anatomy as a local ## Answer:
+#    decision, rejected alternatives with reasons, consequences, one-line **Gist:**.
+gh issue comment <n> --body-file - <<'EOF'
+## Answer
+
+**Decision.** CSV, UTF-8 with a byte-order mark, RFC 4180 quoting, one header row.
+Alongside it a sidecar `.sha256` manifest.
+
+**Rejected.**
+
+- *JSONL* — trivially streamable, but every named recipient opens these in Excel.
+- *XLSX* — fixes Excel encoding, but adds a library and makes byte-level verification harder.
+
+**Consequences.**
+
+- Do not reuse the billing export's CSV writer; it concatenates strings with no escaping.
+- Makes [Delivery channel](https://github.com/o/r/issues/45) sharper — the artifact is
+  self-verifying, so a short-lived link no longer weakens the integrity story.
+
+**Gist:** CSV with a UTF-8 BOM and RFC 4180 quoting, plus a sidecar SHA-256 manifest;
+JSONL rejected because recipients open these in Excel.
+EOF
+
+# 2. Close as completed.
+gh issue close <n> --reason completed
+
+# 3. Append the gist to the map's Decisions so far (read body, edit, write back).
+gh issue view <map-number> --json body --jq .body > /tmp/map.md
+#    ...append: - [Export format](<issue-url>) — <gist>
+gh issue edit <map-number> --body-file /tmp/map.md
+```
+
+Then bump `**Updated:**` and re-score `**Confidence:**` in the same map edit.
+
+**Never edit the question body to hold the answer.** The body is the question as asked; the comment is the answer. Editing the body rewrites history and destroys the record of what was actually put to the human — which is half of why the answer is defensible three weeks later.
+
+### Editing the map body safely
+
+Every map mutation is read-modify-write on a body other sessions may be editing concurrently. Read it fresh immediately before the edit, apply your change to *that* text, and write it straight back. Never edit from a copy you read at the top of the session — you will silently revert whatever landed in between.
+
+---
+
+## Ruling a question out of scope (Work Step 8)
+
+```bash
+gh issue edit <n> --add-label "pathfinder:out-of-scope"
+gh issue close <n> --reason "not planned"
+```
+
+Then one line under the map's `## Out of scope`, giving the name as a link plus the reason. **No `## Answer` comment** — there is no decision here, only a scope boundary. Add one comment saying why it is out, so the closed issue explains itself.
+
+`not planned` versus `completed` is the load-bearing distinction: it is how a later session tells a decision that was made from a question that was ruled off the route, and it is what GitHub's UI shows at a glance. Getting it backwards puts a scope boundary into the Provenance table of the plan.
+
+---
+
+## Reconcile (Work Step 2)
+
+Much shorter here — the tracker holds the state, so there is no checklist to rebuild. Three checks:
+
+| Check | Symptom | Repair |
+|---|---|---|
+| Crashed mid-answer | Open, assigned, and an `## Answer` comment already exists | The comment wins. Close as completed, add the gist to Decisions so far, say so. |
+| Stale claim | Open, assigned, no `## Answer`, and the assignee is you from a dead session | Unassign, say so, put it back on the frontier. **If it is someone else's login, leave it** — that is a live session, not a crash. |
+| Index drift | A closed, completed question with no line under `## Decisions so far` | Read its `## Answer` comment, append the gist. |
+
+Then re-read `## Not yet specified` in full — that part is identical to local mode, and the bullet left behind after its question exists is just as corrosive here.
+
+---
+
+## What stays on local disk
+
+Three things never move to the tracker, whatever the backend:
+
+| Artifact | Where | Why |
+|---|---|---|
+| Runnable sketches | `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/sketch-<issue-number>/` | Throwaway code has no business in an issue, and the quarantine rule (never in the project's own source tree) is unchanged. Link the path from the issue and note the reader needs the repo checked out. |
+| `PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` | `specs/<idea>/` | `/plan2code-1-plan` reads a **file**. This is a hard downstream contract — see Handoff. |
+| Anything secret | Nowhere | Credentials, tokens, customer data. A `legwork` checklist says *where* a credential lives, never what it is — and on a public tracker that rule stops being a convention and starts being an incident. |
+
+Sketch directories are named for the issue number rather than a local `NN`, so `sketch-42` belongs to the question at `#42`. Same rules otherwise: throwaway, one command to run, never merged.
+
+Research subagents work the same way with one substitution: the brief carries the **issue URL** instead of a file path, and the instruction is to post findings as a comment opening `## Evidence` via `gh issue comment` — and to decide nothing. `## Answer` and the close are still written by the session that fired it.
+
+---
+
+## The trail footer
+
+Identical in shape; the inputs come from the query instead of the checklist.
+
+- **Heading** — `🧭 <idea> · <Status> · <closed>/<total> cleared`, where `<total>` excludes anything labelled `pathfinder:out-of-scope`.
+- **Glyph order** — sub-issue order, the same order Chart Step 6 created them in.
+- **Glyphs** — `●` closed as completed · `◉` open and assigned to you · `○` open, unassigned, unblocked · `⊘` open with `blocked_by > 0` · `⊝` closed as not planned.
+- **Named legend** — names, never `#numbers`. `(blocked:<name>)` names the blocker rather than numbering it, since there is no stable `NN` to point at.
+- **Confidence** — the plain-English line, from the map body's `**Confidence:**`.
+
+Form A's resume command changes, because there is no local path to resume from:
+
+```
+NEXT STEP · start a new conversation and run:
+`/plan2code-0-pathfinder https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<map-number>`
+```
+
+Form B is unchanged — a turn that asks the human something still says `WAITING ON YOU`, still names the outstanding probes, and still emits no resume command.
+
+---
+
+## Handoff (The Clearing Gate)
+
+The gate's four dimensions, the 18/25 bar, the hard caps, and the honesty rules are unchanged. Only the preflight and the plumbing differ.
+
+**Preflight, GitHub form:**
+
+| # | Check |
+|---|---|
+| 1 | Reconcile pass run (above) |
+| 2 | Zero open sub-issues — `gh api .../sub_issues --jq '[.[] \| select(.state=="open")] \| length'` returns `0` |
+| 3 | `## Not yet specified` in the map body is empty |
+| 4 | Every completed question has an `## Answer` comment carrying a `**Gist:**` |
+| 5 | `ls specs/<idea>/` shows no existing `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md` |
+| 6 | No `## Answer` defers a choice to "whoever implements this" |
+
+**The draft is written to local disk**, at `specs/<idea>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md`, with the byte-exact status line `**Status:** Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4`. This is not a preference. `/plan2code-1-plan` discovers its input with `ls specs/`; it has no notion of an issue tracker, and a draft that exists only as an issue is a draft the rest of plan2code cannot see. Create `specs/<idea>/` if charting never needed it.
+
+Three substitutions inside the template:
+
+| Local | GitHub |
+|---|---|
+| `**Planning record:** specs/<idea>/pathfinder/map.md` | `**Planning record:** <map issue URL>` |
+| `[Export format](./pathfinder/questions/01-export-format.md)` | `[Export format](https://github.com/o/r/issues/42)` |
+| `## Out of scope` copied line for line, only the link prefix changing | Copied line for line, links already absolute — **nothing changes at all** |
+
+Everything else — the mapping table, Section 5 left empty, the two load-bearing `**Next:**` bullets, no scrapable confidence numbers — is unchanged.
+
+**Freeze the map:**
+
+1. Set `**Status:** Cleared` in the map issue body.
+2. Bump `**Updated:**`.
+3. Add `**Plan:** specs/<idea>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` under the status line.
+4. `gh issue close <map-number> --reason completed`.
+5. **Close nothing else, delete nothing, edit no answers.** Every question issue stays exactly as it is — it is the rationale record behind the plan.
+
+Closing the map is the one addition over local mode, and it earns its place: `gh issue list --label pathfinder:map --state open` then reads as *the efforts still being charted*, which is the question a person scanning the tracker actually has.
+
+A later session that opens a map issue reading `Status: Cleared` must not resume it. Point at the PLAN-DRAFT and `/plan2code-1-plan`, and stop. A redrawn destination is a fresh effort with a fresh map issue.
+
+---
+
+## Failure modes
+
+| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
+|---|---|---|
+| `Not Found` from a `sub_issues` or `dependencies` POST | An issue *number* was passed where a database *id* is required | `gh api repos/o/r/issues/<n> --jq .id`, retry with that |
+| The wrong issue got attached | A number from another repo happened to be a valid id | Detach, re-fetch `.id` from the right repo, re-attach |
+| Frontier is empty but open questions remain | Every one is blocked, or every one is assigned | Name the chain and stop — or, if the assignees are stale claims from your own dead sessions, reconcile first |
+| A blocked question never unblocks | Its blocker was closed as `not planned` | Stranded. Re-frame to drop the dependency and cut the edge, or rule it out too |
+| Two sessions resolved the same question | The claim was written after the work, not before | Claim is the *first* write. Merge the two answers into one comment, keep one close |
+| A map edit lost someone's line | The body was edited from a stale copy read earlier in the session | Re-read the body immediately before every map write |
+| `/plan2code-1-plan` finds nothing to resume | The PLAN-DRAFT was posted as an issue instead of written to `specs/<idea>/` | Write the file. The draft is always local |
+| Secrets in the tracker | A `legwork` answer pasted a credential | Rotate the credential first, then delete the comment. Editing it is not enough — GitHub keeps the edit history |

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+# Grilling Playbook
+> Part of plan2code-0-pathfinder — loaded once per session, used by Chart and Work alike.
+
+Grilling is how a `grill · HITL` question resolves, how Chart Step 2 names the destination, and how Chart Step 4 maps the frontier. It is also the fallback for any question whose type gives you no better route. The output of a grill is a decision in the human's own words — never a decision you made on their behalf.
+
+**Probe ≠ question file.** A *probe* is one turn of the interrogation; a *question file* is one `questions/NN-<slug>.md` on the map. Batching applies to probes only. **One question file per session still holds** — resolving three question files in one sitting is not what this is.
+
+## The interview protocol
+
+**Grilling is batched.** Put up to **three independent probes** to the human per turn, then wait. Never more than three, and never two probes where one's wording depends on the other's answer.
+
+The old rule here was one probe per turn. It was safe and it was unusably slow: a charted map carries a dozen open questions, and a decision that costs one round trip per probe is a decision the human abandons half-finished. Batching is the default now; the discipline moved from *ask one* to *prove they are independent, then send three*.
+
+| Rule | Why |
+|---|---|
+| Up to 3 probes per turn, never more | Past three the human skims, and a skimmed answer is worse than none. Three is a ceiling, not a quota — send two if only two are independent. |
+| Only batch mutually independent probes | The independence test below. A probe whose wording or recommendation shifts based on another probe's answer waits for the next turn. |
+| Reach for the structured question tool first | It is the intended channel, not the leftover bin. Shape the batch so it fits — three probes, plain headers, options a description can carry — and fall back to prose only when the detail test genuinely trips. |
+| A probe that needs detail goes in prose, never in options | The detail test below. Batching buys round trips; it must never buy them by shrinking a decision to fit a picker. |
+| Wait for the whole batch before sending the next | Their answers reshape what comes next. Pre-writing turn 2 wastes it. |
+| Recommend an answer with every probe | A bare question makes the human do all the work. A recommendation gives them something to push against, which is faster and sharper. |
+| Write it in plain English; keep the technical word only where that word IS the decision | A probe the human has to decode is a probe they answer approximately. See *Say it in plain English*. |
+| Track the batch; re-ask what came back unanswered | This is what buys the batch. Dropped probes going unnoticed was the entire case for asking one at a time. |
+| Walk one branch of the decision tree at a time | Batch across the branch's width, never down its depth. Do not ask about export scheduling before you know whether exports exist. |
+| Do not act until they confirm shared understanding | Recap, get the confirmation, then write. No `## Answer` before the confirmation. |
+| Never write implementation code during a grill | Grilling produces decisions. If you feel the pull to build, you have reached the edge of the map — say so and hand off. |
+
+Shape of a single probe, batched or not:
+
+```
+Question   — one decision, stated so it can be answered in a sentence.
+Why it     — one line: what it blocks, what breaks if it goes the other way.
+matters
+Recommend  — your pick, with the reason. One line.
+Options    — the genuine alternatives, if there are more than two.
+```
+
+Worked probe, from a grill on `[Export format](./questions/04-export-format.md)`:
+
+> **Q:** When a custodian exports a conversation that includes a 40 MB video attachment, does the export bundle the file or link to it?
+> **Why it matters:** Bundling sets the size ceiling on an export job and decides whether exports can stream; linking makes the export useless once retention expires the blob.
+> **Recommendation:** Bundle, with a per-job size cap of 2 GB and an automatic split into part files above that — reviewers open exports offline in tools that cannot follow links.
+> **Alternatives:** Link-only (smaller, breaks offline); hybrid by MIME type (two code paths, two failure modes).
+
+Batching does not shrink a probe. Three probes means three of these, each with its own why-it-matters and its own recommendation. Three bare questions in a list is not a batch, it is a form to fill in.
+
+### Say it in plain English
+
+Every probe gets read once, by a busy human, in a terminal. Write it the way you would say it out loud to a colleague who knows the product but has never read this skill. Plain is not vague — the two failures are opposite and both cost you the decision: woolly wording gets a woolly answer, dense wording gets a guessed one.
+
+**Default to everyday words.** Short sentences, concrete nouns. "What should happen when the export is too big to email?" beats "what are the failure semantics of the artifact delivery path under a size-limit violation?" Same decision, one of them answerable on the first read.
+
+**Keep the technical term where that term IS the decision.** A format name, a real file path, a column name, a version number, a limit, a `## Glossary` term the map already settled — those are load-bearing, and softening them makes the probe unanswerable. `.eml`-in-a-ZIP versus NDJSON *is* the choice; "normal email files versus one big machine-readable stream" is the gloss you put beside it, never the replacement for it.
+
+> The test: would swapping the term for a plain phrase lose information the human needs in order to choose? Lose information — keep the term and gloss it. Lose nothing — cut it.
+
+**Gloss an unavoidable term once, inline, then use it freely:** "…stored under Object Lock (S3's write-once mode — once it is set, even we cannot delete early)." Once per session, not once per probe. Re-explaining a term to the person who owns the system is its own insult.
+
+**Never put Pathfinder's machinery in front of the human.** They are deciding something about their product; the vocabulary below is internal bookkeeping and buys them nothing:
+
+| Do not say | Say |
+|---|---|
+| "this is a `grill · HITL`" | "this one is yours to call" |
+| "the frontier holds two takeable questions" | "two things we can decide right now" |
+| "graduating this out of the fog" | "this is sharp enough to write down as a real question now" |
+| "the sacrificial boundary" | "name one thing people would assume is included that you are willing to cut" |
+| "shall I set `Locked: yes`?" | "worth recording why we picked this, so nobody re-opens it in six months?" |
+| "Q3 is blocked by 02" | "the export format question has to land before this one" |
+| "this batch trips the detail test" | nothing — that call is yours, not theirs |
+
+**Refer to questions by name, never by number** — "[Export format](./questions/04-export-format.md)", not "04". The number means something to the file system and to nobody else.
+
+**No metaphor where a fact fits.** Maps, fog, and trails belong in the footer and the mascot. Inside a probe they cost a translation step: "three things here are still undecided" beats "the fog is thick in this quarter of the map."
+
+The same discipline covers everything else the human reads — the recap turn in *Landing the grill*, the option labels and descriptions in the structured tool, the sketch probes, and the HITL checklists in the resolution playbook. Plain in the question, precise in the term that carries the decision.
+
+### The independence test
+
+A probe may join the current batch only if **all three** hold:
+
+| Test | Fails when |
+|---|---|
+| Its wording would not change under any answer to another probe in the batch | "How do we name the part files?" reads differently if the format turns out to be a single stream |
+| Its recommendation would not change either | You would recommend a 2 GB cap under ZIP parts and no cap under NDJSON |
+| It does not presuppose another probe's answer | "How often do scheduled exports run?" assumes scheduled exports exist |
+
+In doubt, hold it back. A held probe costs one extra round trip. A dependent probe sent early costs a wrong answer recorded as a decision, and you will not find out until the plan contradicts itself.
+
+Independent probes are usually the ones that came from **different areas** — data, interface, security, operations, testing. Dependent probes are usually consecutive steps down one thread.
+
+### Delivering a batch: choosing the channel
+
+Two channels — the environment's structured question tool, or numbered Q blocks in prose. **Choose before you write a word, and choose per batch, not per probe.** One channel per turn: a batch split across a tool popup and a loose prose question loses the prose half every time, because the human answers in the tool and never scrolls back.
+
+**The tool is where you start.** Assemble the batch for it — three probes, a plain two-or-three-word header each, alternatives a sentence or two of description can carry — and only then run the detail test to see whether anything forces you out. Prose is the exception you fall back to, not the safe default you retreat to. Two things make the tool worth the effort: a skipped probe comes back *visibly* skipped, and a picker is answerable in one pass by a human who has thirty seconds. Neither survives the move to prose.
+
+The two failure directions are opposite and both real. Retreating to prose out of caution costs you the visible skip and the fast reply. Forcing a genuinely gnarly decision into a picker costs you the reasoning, which is worse. The detail test below is where that line sits — run it honestly in both directions.
+
+**Whichever channel you pick, the turn closes with the waiting footer.** A turn that sends a batch is a **Form B turn** in `trail.md`: the Trail Footer under it names the outstanding probes after `WAITING ON YOU` and carries **no** resume command. Emitting "start a NEW conversation" above an unanswered batch tells the human to leave the session you are sitting in — they walk, and the batch you built to save round trips costs you the whole decision instead. Same for the recap turn below, which is also waiting on them.
+
+#### The detail test — the only things that force you out of the tool
+
+Numbered Q blocks are **required, not merely permitted**, if *any* probe in the batch trips *any* row below. One tripping probe downgrades the whole batch.
+
+These four rows are the whole list. Nothing else forces prose — not a long question, not a hard decision, not a `Locked: yes`, not your discomfort with the widget.
+
+| Trip | Looks like | Not this |
+|---|---|---|
+| The answer must be composed, not picked | "Name one thing a reasonable person would assume is in scope that you are willing to cut." There is no option set, because inventing one puts words in their mouth. | A decision with genuine named alternatives, however weighty. Write the options. |
+| The probe needs an artifact inline to be answerable | A state table, a fake request/response pair, an ASCII UI, a worked example with real numbers — effectively every `sketch` probe | A probe that merely *mentions* a file path, a format, or a number. Those go in the question text. |
+| An option cannot be conveyed even in its description | Each alternative needs a worked paragraph before it means anything — a migration path, a failure sequence, a schema | An alternative that needs one or two sentences of trade-off. That is what the description field is for. |
+| The alternatives themselves are unknown to you | You cannot name the losing options at all, because the frame is theirs — a contract, an old incident, an org politics fact | You can name them but cannot say why each loses. Name them, recommend one, and let the recap turn supply the reasoning. |
+
+Three things that look like trips and are not:
+
+- **One label bundling several decisions** — "authentic counts, one-use per attempt, restored on death" is three answers wearing one coat. The fix is to **split it into separate probes**, not to write prose. Three separated probes is exactly one batch.
+- **Two probes colliding on the tool's short header limit** (16 characters in Claude Code) — `Export scope` twice is unanswerable, but the fix is to rename them (`Date range`, `Who can run`) or to hold one for the next turn. Reword before you retreat.
+- **A hybrid is possible** — the free-text escape hatch takes "the header from B with the list from C" fine. Trip only when you can already predict the answer *will* be a composition, which is the first row.
+
+**`Locked: yes` on its own does not trip the test.** A lock's `## Answer` owes every alternative and the reason each lost — but if *you* can already name the alternatives, you have written the options, and the recap turn turns the pick into words the human said. A lock trips only on the fourth row, where you cannot name them at all. Treating every lock as an automatic downgrade sends almost every MODE B decision worth grilling to prose, which defeats the point — MODE B is exactly where a claimed question already has named alternatives and the tool earns its keep.
+
+**Nothing tripped? Use the structured tool.** Not "may" — do. It is the intended channel, and it is where the visible-skip guarantee behind the partial-answer discipline below comes from.
+
+**Never reshape a probe to fit the tool.** Reaching for the tool first is not licence to shrink a decision into it. The failure mode is not that the tool rejects a gnarly probe — it is that it *accepts* one. You compress a decision with real texture into three tidy options, the human clicks the least-bad one, and you have recorded a decision with no reasoning behind it. That answer cannot satisfy `## Answer`'s obligation to name what was rejected and why, and nobody finds out until handoff, when the PLAN-DRAFT's Architecture section turns out to have nothing to say. Splitting a bundled probe or renaming a colliding header is reshaping the *batch* and is always right. Cutting a real alternative, or thinning a description until the trade-off disappears, is reshaping the *decision* and is always wrong. When the honest choice is between paragraphs and dishonest options, write the paragraphs.
+
+#### The structured tool
+
+The default channel, and the one you build the batch for. One question object per probe, up to three in a single call:
+
+- **Header** — the decision in two or three plain words (`Export format`, `Size cap`). Not a type, not a marker, not a number.
+- **Question** — the probe, with its why-it-matters. This is prose and it is not rationed; the same sentences you would have written in a Q block go here.
+- **Options** — the genuine alternatives, each described by its trade-off, with the recommended one named as such in its description. Two to four; the free-text escape hatch covers the rest. Label plainly, then let the description carry the precise term: `One file per message` labelling the `.eml`-in-a-ZIP option, with `.eml` named in the description.
+
+A short *label* is not a short *decision*. The label is a handle — `Fixed tick count` — and the description carries the trade-off that makes it choosable. A probe only trips the third detail-test row when even that description cannot hold the option. A label bundling several independent answers is not that row — it is a probe that wants splitting.
+
+**A click is a decision, not a sentence.** The HITL rule wants an `## Answer` traceable to something the human actually said, and a selected option label is thin evidence on its own. What makes tool-delivered answers legitimate is the recap turn in *Landing the grill* — you play the choices back in prose and they confirm or correct in their own words. Never skip the recap on the grounds that the tool already captured the answer; the tool captured the *pick*, and the recap captures the *agreement*.
+
+**If a reply comes back thinner than the decision** — a bare click on something you now realise carries weight — do not paper over it. Fold the why into the recap turn as one more probe before writing the `## Answer`.
+
+#### Numbered Q blocks
+
+The mandatory channel for anything the detail test catches, and the fallback anywhere the structured tool does not exist. Give each probe the room the tool would have denied it.
+
+**Copy this shape exactly.** The blank lines are load-bearing, not decoration:
+
+````markdown
+Three independent decisions are open. Answer in any order, skip any you want to punt — "Q2: b, Q3: the hybrid" is a perfectly good reply.
+
+---
+
+**Q1 — Export format**
+
+When a custodian exports a year of a channel, what do they get back?
+
+*Why it matters:* fixes the size ceiling, decides whether exports can stream, and determines whether the review vendors can ingest without a conversion step.
+
+*Recommendation:* **(a)** — both vendors named in Codebase context read `.eml` natively.
+
+- **a)** ZIP of one `.eml` per message, plus `manifest.csv`
+- **b)** A single NDJSON stream — compact and streamable, but nobody downstream parses it
+- **c)** PST — what Legal asked for by name, but single-writer with a ~50 GB ceiling
+
+---
+
+**Q2 — What's not included**
+
+Name one thing a reasonable person would assume is part of this that you are willing to say is NOT part of it.
+
+*Why it matters:* this becomes the first thing written down as out of scope, and every later "is that in or out?" call is measured against it. A destination nobody has excluded anything from has not been thought about.
+
+*Recommendation:* none — this one is yours. If nothing comes to mind, I will offer two candidates and you reject one.
+
+*(free text — no options on this one)*
+````
+
+Number them, keep the numbers stable across turns and sessions, and say out loud that partial answers are welcome — the invitation is what makes the skip visible instead of silent.
+
+#### Formatting rules for a Q block
+
+A batch is only worth sending if the human can read it. These are mechanical, and getting them wrong turns three careful probes into one unreadable paragraph:
+
+| Rule | Why |
+|---|---|
+| **A blank line between every element** — the `**Qn — Name**` line, the question, *Why it matters*, *Recommendation*, and the option list | Markdown joins consecutive non-blank lines into a single paragraph. Without blank lines the entire batch renders as a wall of text and the human skims it, which is the failure the three-probe cap exists to prevent. |
+| **Never hard-wrap a sentence across source lines** | The wrap is invisible to the renderer, so it buys nothing and costs you the paragraph break. Write each sentence as one logical line however long it is; the terminal wraps it. |
+| **Options are a bullet list, one option per bullet** — `- **a)** …` | Indented continuation lines are the specific thing that collapses: under four spaces the indent is stripped, at four or more it becomes a code block. A bullet list survives every renderer and keeps the options scannable. |
+| **`---` between probes** | Three probes run together is one block of text. The rule gives the eye a stop and makes "answer Q2 and Q3" easy to aim at. |
+| **The question itself gets its own line, not a run-on with the heading** | `**Q1 — Export format.** When a custodian…` buries the decision inside a paragraph. Name it, break, then ask it. |
+| **Never use spaces to convey structure** | Whatever hierarchy you indent by hand disappears on render. Structure comes from blank lines, bullets, and bold — nothing else. |
+
+The same applies to the recap turn in *Landing the grill*: it is prose the human has to check line by line, so give each recapped decision its own bullet.
+
+### When answers come back partial
+
+Assume they will. The human answers two and drops one, and the dropped one is often the hardest and most valuable.
+
+1. **Diff what came back against what you sent.** Skipped, answered with "Other: skip", or silently omitted all count as unanswered.
+2. **Lead the next turn with the unanswered probes**, at their original numbers, restated in full. Not "you missed Q3" — the whole probe again, with its recommendation, because they have lost the context by now. Unanswered probes come *before* any new probe, and they count against the cap of three.
+3. **Skipped twice, stop pushing.** Record it under `## Evidence` as an open probe with your recommendation verbatim, then either narrow it into something answerable or spin it out — a fresh question file if you can phrase it sharply, a `## Not yet specified` line if you cannot.
+4. **Never promote your own recommendation into `## Answer`.** A probe the human declined twice is unanswered, not decided. Writing it up as decided is self-answering a HITL question, which breaks the skill.
+
+Never let a dropped probe fall off the end of the session unrecorded.
+
+## Facts you look up, decisions you ask
+
+This is the single rule that keeps a grill from feeling like an interrogation. If a **fact** can be found by exploring the environment — filesystem, codebase, tools, docs, config, git history, the map's own resolved questions — go find it. The **decisions** are the human's; put each one to them and wait.
+
+| You look it up | You ask |
+|---|---|
+| Which Postgres version the app runs against | Whether the export index is allowed to add a new table |
+| Whether `ExportJob` already has a `status` column | What states that column is allowed to hold |
+| How the current retention sweep is scheduled | Whether exports must survive a retention sweep |
+| Whether the repo uses Vitest or Jest | Whether these paths get unit tests, integration tests, or neither |
+| What the S3 bucket lifecycle rule is today | Whether we are allowed to change it |
+| What `AGENTS.md` says about naming conventions | Anything `AGENTS.md` does not already answer |
+
+Look first, then ask. A question that opens with "I checked `src/export/job.ts` — it already has a `status` enum with `queued | running | failed`. Does a partial success need a fourth state?" is worth three of "how should export status work?"
+
+**Never ask what `AGENTS.md`, the map's `## Ground rules`, or a resolved question already answers.** Re-asking a settled decision reopens it by accident and costs you the human's trust for the rest of the session.
+
+**When the lookup is expensive**, that is not a grill — it is a `research · AFK` or `legwork` question. Say so, note it, and keep grilling the decisions you can still put to the human.
+
+## The HITL rule, stated hard
+
+An agent that answers its own grill has broken the skill.
+
+A `grill · HITL` question resolves **only** through live exchange with the human. Not from the codebase, not from a plausible default, not from "the obvious industry standard," not from what you would have picked. The whole value of the question is that a human with context you do not have chose one branch over another.
+
+Signs you are about to break it:
+
+- You wrote a recommendation and then wrote the `## Answer` without a reply in between.
+- You wrote "assuming the user would want X" anywhere.
+- You resolved a question in a session where the human said nothing but "go".
+- The `## Answer` contains no sentence traceable to something the human actually said.
+
+**When the human goes unreachable mid-grill:**
+
+1. The claim **stays**. `State: claimed` and `Claimed:` are left exactly as they are.
+2. Append to `## Evidence` — never `## Answer` — the exchange so far: the probes already answered, **every probe of the last batch still outstanding**, and your recommendation for each, verbatim.
+3. End the session. Report the question by name and say it is mid-grill and waiting on the human. This one IS a session end, so the Trail Footer takes **Form A** — the pathed resume command, not `WAITING ON YOU`.
+4. Invent nothing. No provisional answer, no "pending confirmation" answer, no default recorded as a decision.
+
+The next session picks the claim back up and re-sends the outstanding batch. If the session was truly abandoned rather than paused, Work Step 2 reconciliation resets it to `open` on its own — that is its job, not yours.
+
+## The four disciplines
+
+Run all four continuously during any grill. They are not stages; they fire whenever the trigger appears in what the human just said.
+
+### Challenge against the glossary
+
+When a term conflicts with the map's `## Glossary`, call it out immediately, mid-sentence if necessary.
+
+> "The glossary defines **Export** as a completed archive file delivered to a custodian. You just used it for the background job that builds one. Which do you mean — or do we need a second term?"
+
+### Sharpen fuzzy or overloaded language
+
+When a term is vague or carries two meanings, propose a precise canonical term and get a ruling.
+
+> "You keep saying 'account.' Sometimes you mean the organization paying us, sometimes the individual login. Those are a **Customer** and a **User** and they have different retention rules. Which one owns the export quota?"
+
+### Stress-test relationships with concrete invented scenarios
+
+Do not ask abstractly whether a relationship holds. Invent a specific scenario that probes the edge and force a precise boundary.
+
+> "A custodian leaves the company on the 3rd. Their retention policy expires their messages on the 5th. Legal opens a hold on the 4th. On the 6th, does the export still contain those messages?"
+
+Invent the numbers, names, and dates. Vague scenarios get vague answers.
+
+### Cross-reference claims against the actual code
+
+When the human states how something works, check whether the code agrees, and surface contradictions instead of quietly picking a side.
+
+> "You said retention deletes rows. `RetentionSweep.run()` sets `deleted_at` and leaves the row in place — a soft delete. Which is the behavior we are designing against?"
+
+A contradiction is a finding, not an embarrassment. Surface it in the same turn you found it.
+
+## The glossary
+
+Domain modeling would write a `CONTEXT.md`. Pathfinder does **not** — plan2code owns `AGENTS.md`, and a competing root glossary file would collide with it. The map's `## Glossary` section is the one place resolved terms live.
+
+Entry format — one row in the map's `## Glossary` table: the term, a one-or-two-sentence definition, and the rejected synonyms in the Avoid column:
+
+```
+| Term | Meaning here | Avoid |
+|---|---|---|
+| Export | A completed, immutable archive file delivered to a custodian. Always the artifact, never the process that produces it. | download, extract, dump |
+| Export Job | The background unit of work that produces an Export. Has states; an Export does not. | export run |
+| Custodian | The person whose communications an Export contains. Not necessarily the person who requested it. | user, owner, subject |
+```
+
+Rules:
+
+| Rule | Detail |
+|---|---|
+| Update inline, never defer | The moment a term is resolved, write it into `## Glossary` and save. A term you meant to add at the end of the session is a term you lost. |
+| Be opinionated | When several words compete, pick one and put the rest in the Avoid column. A glossary that lists synonyms as equals has decided nothing. |
+| Keep definitions tight | One or two sentences. Define what it **is**, not what it does. |
+| Only project-specific terms | "Retention Policy" belongs. "Timeout", "retry", "DTO" do not, however heavily the project uses them. |
+| It is a glossary and nothing else | No implementation details, no open questions, no scratch notes, no decisions. Decisions live in question files. |
+| Group under sub-bullets only when clusters emerge | A flat list is fine for one cohesive area. |
+
+Every term you resolve is a term no later session re-litigates. That is the whole return on the discipline.
+
+## The Lock test
+
+Domain modeling would offer an ADR here. Pathfinder sets `Locked: yes` on the question instead — the decision record and the question are the same file.
+
+Offer `Locked: yes` **only** when all three hold:
+
+| Test | Meaning | Fails when |
+|---|---|---|
+| Hard to reverse | Changing your mind later costs real time or migration | You could flip it in an afternoon |
+| Surprising without context | A future reader will ask "why did they do it this way?" | It is the obvious choice anyone would make |
+| A real trade-off | There were genuine alternatives and one was picked for specific reasons | There was only ever one option |
+
+If any one is missing, skip it. An easy-to-reverse decision will just get reversed. An unsurprising one raises no questions to answer. One with no alternative records nothing beyond "we did the obvious thing."
+
+**What earns a lock:** architectural shape ("the export index is a materialized view, not a table"); integration patterns between components ("retention and export communicate by event, never by direct call"); technology choices carrying lock-in (database, message bus, auth provider — not every library, just the ones that would take a quarter to swap); boundary and scope decisions, including the explicit no-s; deliberate deviations from the obvious path ("hand-written SQL here, not the ORM, because the ORM cannot express the retention join"); constraints invisible in the code ("no cross-region replication — the data residency contract forbids it"); and non-obvious rejections ("we considered and rejected GraphQL, for reasons someone will otherwise re-propose in six months").
+
+**What `Locked: yes` obliges the `## Answer` to contain:**
+
+1. The decision itself, in one or two sentences.
+2. **Every alternative genuinely considered, and why each was rejected.** This is the part that makes a lock worth having. "We rejected X" with no reason is not a lock.
+3. The consequences a later reader would not guess.
+4. The one-line `**Gist:**` that Work Step 7 requires, same as any answer.
+
+Offer it, do not impose it: *"This one looks hard to reverse and the reasoning will not be obvious in six months. Lock it?"* The human decides.
+
+**Where locks go at handoff:** the handoff playbook lifts every `Locked: yes` question into the PLAN-DRAFT's **Architecture** section, and their rejected alternatives and standing constraints into **Assumptions**. Unlocked answers still inform the draft, but locks are the ones that survive verbatim into planning. Grill them harder for that reason.
+
+## The one grill every map must resolve, and the lens applied to all of them
+
+### 1. Testing posture — `grill · HITL`
+
+Chart Step 6 requires this question. It exists because `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 1 asks for exactly three things and stalls without them: testing types, whether tests run after each phase, and the coverage target. A map that clears without answering them hands the human a plan session that immediately re-asks.
+
+The first three probes below pass the independence test against each other — none reads differently under another's answer — so **send all three as one batch**. This is the canonical worked example of a full batch, and it is the canonical case for the structured tool: every one of the three has named alternatives you can already write, the answers are fixed literals rather than prose, and nothing in the batch trips the detail test.
+
+| Probe | Recommend by default |
+|---|---|
+| Which types are in scope — unit, integration, E2E, or none? | Unit plus integration; E2E only where a real browser or real broker is the only honest test |
+| Does the suite run after each implementation phase, or once at the end? | `Run after each phase` — work that cannot be verified when it lands cannot be signed off |
+| Coverage target: critical paths, moderate (~60-80%), or comprehensive (>80%)? | Critical paths, named explicitly, rather than a percentage nobody defends |
+| What is deliberately not tested, and why? | **Fourth probe, and it does not ride in the batch.** It has no option set — the explicit no-s have to be composed — and it reads differently once the types are settled. Fold it into the recap turn, where you are already waiting on them. |
+| What is already there — runner, fixtures, CI wiring? | **Not a probe.** Look it up before you send the batch, and cite it in the probes above |
+
+Record the answer in the exact literals `/plan2code-2-document` string-matches: the types; `Run after each phase` or `Dedicated phase only`; and `Critical paths`, `Moderate (~60-80%)`, or `Comprehensive (>80%)`. Not prose — a paraphrase matches no branch downstream.
+
+### 2. Test seams and verifiability — a lens, not a question file
+
+For each major decision on the map, ask the same question: **how will anyone know it works?** A decision nobody can verify is a decision that silently rots.
+
+This is not a question of its own and never gets a file or an `NN`. Run it inside whatever grill is claimed; anything it surfaces that needs deciding separately becomes a new question at Work Step 8.
+
+These six all interrogate one decision from different sides, so they batch cleanly — but they ride along inside the claimed grill rather than owning a turn. Fold the two or three that bite into the batch you were already sending; never spend a whole turn on all six.
+
+| Probe | What it flushes out |
+|---|---|
+| What observable behavior changes if this decision is implemented correctly? | Decisions with no observable effect — usually a sign the question was about implementation, not design |
+| What is the cheapest thing that fails when it breaks? | The seam. If the answer is "a customer complains," there is no seam yet |
+| Can this be tested without a live third-party account, a real S3 bucket, a wall-clock sleep? | Untestable-by-construction designs, while they are still cheap to change |
+| Where does the boundary go so a test can stand at it — an interface, a queue, an HTTP edge, a pure function? | The seam the plan will need to name |
+| What does the failure look like in production — log line, metric, alert, dead-letter queue? | Verifiability after ship, not just in CI |
+| If we get this wrong, how long before we find out? | Decisions that need a canary or a feature flag rather than a test |
+
+If a decision survives all six with no answer, it is not ready to leave the map. Either re-frame the question, or add the seam as a constraint in the `## Answer` so the plan inherits it.
+
+## Anti-patterns
+
+| Failure mode | What it looks like | Fix |
+|---|---|---|
+| Batching **dependent** probes | "What format, what do we name the part files, and how big is a part?" | Only the first is independent. Send it; hold the other two — they are unanswerable until format lands. |
+| Drip-feeding one probe at a time | Twelve open questions on the map, one probe per response, the human gives up on session four | Batch up to three independent probes. On a charted map the human's round trips are the scarce resource, not your token budget. |
+| Losing a probe the human skipped | Sent three, got two back, moved on and never mentioned the third | Diff the batch. Lead the next turn with what came back empty, restated in full. |
+| A batch of naked questions | Three one-liners with no recommendations and no why-it-matters | Every probe in a batch carries its own recommendation and its own stake. Otherwise you have offloaded the thinking, not the round trips. |
+| Sending a batch as a wall of text | Three probes hard-wrapped across source lines with their options indented, all collapsing into one paragraph on render | Blank line between every element, options as a bullet list, `---` between probes. The three-probe cap exists so the human reads all three; an unreadable batch gets skimmed, and a skimmed answer is worse than none. |
+| Flattening a gnarly probe into a picker | An architectural decision reduced to three option labels because the batch was already going through the structured tool | Run the detail test. One tripping probe sends the whole batch to numbered Q blocks. A clicked option records no reasoning, and the `## Answer` needs reasoning. |
+| Defaulting to prose when nothing tripped | A clean three-probe batch written as Q blocks "to be safe", or downgraded just because the question will be `Locked: yes` | The detail test is a test, not a preference, and it is four rows long. Nothing tripped means the tool: you gain visibly skipped probes, and the recap turn still captures the reasoning a lock needs. |
+| Retreating to prose over a fixable batch | Two probes collided on the 16-character header, or one option label was bundling three answers, so the whole batch went to Q blocks | Neither is a detail-test trip. Rename the headers; split the bundled probe. Reshape the batch, never the decision. |
+| Sending four probes because the tool accepts four | A fourth probe added to a clean batch of three because there was room in the call | The cap is three regardless of what the environment allows. The ceiling is the human's attention, not the tool's schema. |
+| Grilling in Pathfinder's own vocabulary | "The frontier has one takeable `grill · HITL` — shall we graduate 02 out of the fog and lock it?" | Plain English. Markers, types, `NN` numbers, and fog are your bookkeeping; the human is deciding about their product. |
+| Plain-washing the load-bearing term | "Do you want the friendly file or the compact one?" where the real choice is `.eml`-in-a-ZIP versus NDJSON | Plain wording, precise nouns. Name the formats and gloss them; a decision made on a euphemism cannot be written into `## Answer`. |
+| Asking what the codebase already answers | "Do you use Postgres or MySQL?" | Look. Every avoidable question spends trust you need for the hard ones. |
+| Accepting a vague answer and moving on | "Handle it sensibly" → recorded as the decision | Push once more, concretely: "Sensibly meaning we drop the attachment, or fail the whole job?" A vague answer is not an answer. |
+| Leading the human to your preferred answer | "You'd want Postgres here, right?" | Recommend openly, then present the real alternatives with their real merits. A recommendation invites a fight; a leading question suppresses one. |
+| Grilling past the decision into implementation | "Should the retry helper take a callback or return a promise?" | That is the plan's job, or the implementer's. Stop at the decision. The pull to keep going is the edge of the map. |
+| Drifting off the claimed question | Claimed `[Export format](./questions/04-export-format.md)`, forty minutes later deep in auth | Name the drift out loud, capture the new thread as a fresh question or as a line in `## Not yet specified`, and return. One question _file_ per session. |
+| Self-answering a HITL question | An `## Answer` with no words the human said | Delete it. Reopen the question. See the HITL rule. |
+| Recording the decision but not the rejections | "We chose event-driven." | Rejections are half the record — and mandatory when `Locked: yes`. Ask what else was on the table before you close. |
+| Grilling a fact | "How long does the retention sweep take?" | If it is measurable, measure it — or make it a `research · AFK` question. Do not make the human guess at their own system. |
+| Letting the glossary go stale | Three terms resolved, none written down | Write each one the moment it lands. Deferring loses them. |
+| Closing without confirmation | Answer written straight after the last reply | Recap the whole chain of decisions, get the explicit confirm, then write. |
+
+## Landing the grill
+
+When the branch is walked out. **Steps 1-3 are ONE turn, not three** — recap, confirmation request, and lock offer go out together, because a lock offer sent after a separate confirmation costs a round trip to ask a yes/no the human could have answered alongside the recap.
+
+1. Recap the decisions in order, in the human's own terms, using glossary vocabulary. Include anything a structured-tool reply left implicit, so the confirmation covers the reasoning and not just the picks.
+2. Ask for the confirmation. Do not skip this — the recap is where the human catches the one thing you misheard, and where a clicked option becomes words they said.
+3. Apply the Lock test in the same message. Offer, do not impose.
+4. Write `## Answer` per Work Step 7: the decision, what was rejected and why, consequences, and a one-line `**Gist:**`. Evidence, links, and transcript fragments go under `## Evidence`.
+5. Anything the grill surfaced that belongs to a different question goes to the map — a fresh question if you can phrase it sharply, `## Not yet specified` if you cannot, `## Out of scope` if it sits past the destination.

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+# Handoff Playbook — Clearing the Map into a PLAN-DRAFT
+
+Loaded at The Clearing Gate. Turns a cleared map into `specs/<idea>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` that `/plan2code-1-plan` resumes from at Phase 4, then freezes `pathfinder/` as the rationale record.
+
+**Backend note.** The scoring rubric, the hard caps, the honesty rules, the template, and the mapping table are the same either way — and the draft is written to local disk either way, because `/plan2code-1-plan` reads a file, not a tracker. On `**Backend:** github`, `github-issues.md` replaces only the preflight table, the question links (issue URLs, already absolute), and the freeze steps.
+
+Nothing here is creative. The gate is scored, the mapping is fixed, the template is literal. Follow it exactly or the resuming plan session silently loses work.
+
+## Preflight — before scoring anything
+
+| # | Check | If it fails |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Re-run the reconcile pass: read every file in `questions/`, rebuild every map marker from the files | Fix the map first. Markers are derived, never authored. |
+| 2 | Zero `[ ]`, zero `[/]`, zero `[!]` rows in `## Question Checklist` | Not cleared. Return to the frontier. |
+| 3 | `## Not yet specified` is empty | Not cleared. Graduate the fog into questions, or admit it is out of scope. |
+| 4 | Every `[x]` row's file has a real `## Answer` with a `**Gist:**` | The file wins over the marker. Repair, then re-check. |
+| 5 | `ls specs/<idea>/` shows no existing `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md` | One already exists — read it. Update it in place; never add a second dated draft. |
+| 6 | The destination is reachable with nothing left to decide — no `## Answer` defers a choice to "whoever implements this" | Not cleared. Name the open decision and graduate it into a question. |
+
+Only after all six pass do you score the four dimensions.
+
+## The clearing-gate scoring rubric
+
+Four dimensions, 0-25 each, scored against **written evidence in `questions/`** — never against your recollection of the conversation. The gate needs **every dimension at 18/25 or better**. There is no averaging: 25/25/25/14 fails.
+
+### Band scale (applies to all four)
+
+| Band | Meaning |
+|---|---|
+| 23-25 | Decided, written down, and consequences recorded. A developer could act on it without asking a question. |
+| 18-22 | Decided and written down. Residual detail remains, but it is *specification* detail that Phase 5/6 settles — not a decision anyone still has to make. |
+| 12-17 | A real decision is still open, or an answer exists with no evidence behind it. **Gate fails.** |
+| 0-11 | The area was never charted. **Gate fails**, and the map was cleared prematurely. |
+
+The 18-boundary is the honest line between *"needs designing"* and *"needs deciding"*. Pathfinder owns deciding. If someone still has to decide, you are not done.
+
+### What each dimension scores
+
+| Dimension | Scores | Raises it | Lowers it |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **Requirements Clarity** | Are the requirements unambiguous? | Every resolved `grill` answer states the decision AND what was rejected; the testing-posture answer names types, cadence, and coverage | Answers phrased as preferences ("probably NDJSON") instead of decisions; a requirement that only exists in the map gist and not in a question file |
+| **Technical Feasibility** | Do we know HOW to build each component? | Resolved `sketch` questions with a real artifact under `sketch-NN/`; `research` answers citing primary sources under `## Evidence`; `00-codebase-context.md` naming the actual files that change | A mechanism nobody has exercised in this codebase; a research answer whose `## Evidence` is empty or cites only a blog post |
+| **Integration Points** | Are all external dependencies identified? | Every system named in `## Destination` has a resolved question touching it; auth, quota, and failure behavior named per integration | An integration mentioned in an answer but never questioned; a config store that was read but never written to during a sketch |
+| **Risk Assessment** | Are blockers documented with mitigations? | Answers that record consequences; `Locked: yes` answers that say what breaks if reversed; ceilings with a stated behavior at the ceiling | A recorded limit with no decided behavior past it; a `Locked: yes` answer with no consequences section |
+
+### Hard caps
+
+A cap overrides your judgment. While a cap condition holds, the dimension **cannot** exceed 17, so the gate cannot pass.
+
+| Cap | Condition |
+|---|---|
+| Requirements ≤ 17 | The testing-posture question is not `resolved`, or its answer omits any of types / cadence / coverage |
+| Feasibility ≤ 17 | Any `research` question is `resolved` with an empty `## Evidence` |
+| Integration ≤ 17 | A system named in `## Destination` has no resolved question touching it |
+| Risk ≤ 17 | Any `Locked: yes` answer records no consequences |
+
+### Honesty rules
+
+- Score the **written record**, not the conversation. If the human agreed to something in a session and nobody wrote it into a `## Answer`, it does not exist and it does not earn points.
+- A filled `## Answer` is not automatically 25. An answer that decides but records no consequences tops out around 20.
+- Never round up to clear the gate. A 17 that "feels like an 18" is the exact case the gate exists to catch.
+- Never move a decision to `## Out of scope` to raise a score. Out-of-scope is a scoping act with a reason; scope-cutting to pass a gate is score inflation with extra steps.
+- If two dimensions are borderline, write the one-line justification for each score into the Session End report. Justifications that cannot be written are scores that cannot be defended.
+
+### Worked example — idea `audit-log-s3-export`
+
+Destination: *"A spec a developer can implement: nightly export of tenant audit logs to customer-owned S3 buckets, with a signed manifest per run."*
+
+Resolved questions: [Codebase context](./questions/00-codebase-context.md), [Export format](./questions/01-export-format.md), [Scheduling model](./questions/02-scheduling-model.md), [Destination auth](./questions/03-destination-auth.md), [Retention and replay](./questions/04-retention-and-replay.md), [Testing posture](./questions/05-testing-posture.md), [Throughput ceiling](./questions/06-throughput-ceiling.md). Ruled out: [Failure notification](./questions/07-failure-notification.md).
+
+**First scoring pass:**
+
+| Dimension | Score | Justification against evidence |
+|---|---|---|
+| Requirements Clarity | 22/25 | Four `grill` answers state decisions and rejections (NDJSON chosen, CSV rejected for nested actor payloads). Testing posture settled: integration + unit, run after each phase, moderate coverage. Minus 3: the manifest's exact field list is unspecified — a Phase 5 spec detail, not an open decision. |
+| Technical Feasibility | 21/25 | `sketch-02` uploaded a 400 MB multipart object to a real bucket end to end. `00-codebase-context.md` names `AuditExportJob` and the existing Hangfire registration as the extension points. Minus 4: no component in this codebase has ever assumed a cross-account IAM role; the pattern is documented in AWS docs cited under `## Evidence` but unexercised here. |
+| Integration Points | 23/25 | Three integrations, each with a resolved question: S3 (Destination auth), Hangfire (Scheduling model), tenant config store (Codebase context). Auth and quota named per integration. Minus 2: the tenant config store's write path was read but never exercised by a sketch. |
+| Risk Assessment | **16/25** | Consequences recorded on Export format and Destination auth. But Throughput ceiling establishes 200 MB per tenant per day at p95 and **records no decided behavior above it** — truncate, spill to the next run, or fail the run is still undecided. |
+
+**Gate result: FAIL** on Risk Assessment (16 < 18), and the orchestrator third clearing condition — the destination reachable with nothing left to decide — fails with it: a decision is genuinely still open. Do not write a PLAN-DRAFT. Name the failure, graduate `questions/08-overflow-behavior.md` (`grill · HITL`, `Blocked by: none`) from the gap, and end the session on the frontier.
+
+**Second scoring pass, one session later**, with [Overflow behavior](./questions/08-overflow-behavior.md) resolved (spill to the next run, alarm at three consecutive spills):
+
+| Dimension | Score |
+|---|---|
+| Requirements Clarity | 22/25 |
+| Technical Feasibility | 21/25 |
+| Integration Points | 23/25 |
+| Risk Assessment | 20/25 |
+
+All four at 18 or better. Gate passes. Proceed to the mechanism.
+
+## The mechanism, stated plainly
+
+Pathfinder writes `specs/<idea>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` with the header line:
+
+`**Status:** Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4`
+
+`/plan2code-1-plan` **already recognises that exact string.** Its "Check for Existing Progress" block, which runs before Phase 1, reads:
+
+`- Status "Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4": Resume at Phase 4`
+
+That is the whole handoff. The string is the contract, and it needs **zero changes to the planning skill** — pathfinder is impersonating the Large-project Context Checkpoint that 1-plan's own Phase 3 performs, which writes the same status for the same reason.
+
+Consequences of that being a literal string match:
+
+- Copy it byte for byte. Plain ASCII hyphen-minus surrounded by single spaces. An en dash, a colon, or "Phase 3 complete" in lower case breaks the match and 1-plan starts over at Phase 1 — throwing away every decision the map holds.
+- It goes on its own `**Status:**` line in the header block, not buried in prose.
+- The file must be named `PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` and live directly in `specs/<idea>/`. `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md` is a reserved name inside `pathfinder/` — never write it there.
+- Get the date from the shell (`date +%Y%m%d` in Bash, `Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd` in PowerShell). Do not guess it.
+
+**Discovery is shell-only.** `specs/` is gitignored, so Glob silently returns nothing and every downstream skill would report "no PLAN-DRAFT found". Use `ls specs/` and `ls specs/<idea>/` (Bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PowerShell) — the same rule 1-plan and `/plan2code-2-document` follow when they look for the file you are about to write.
+
+**Do not append `## Planning Metrics` or any metrics comment.** Pathfinder is not a metered step. 1-plan's Phase 7 owns that block and will add it when it finishes the plan. Do not emit any of the loop's completion tokens listed in the skill's Rules anywhere under `specs/`.
+
+## Map to PLAN-DRAFT mapping
+
+Everything in the draft traces to something on the map. Nothing is invented at handoff time — if a section has no source, that is a gate failure you missed, not a paragraph to write from imagination.
+
+| Source on the cleared map | Becomes |
+|---|---|
+| `## Destination` | Section 1 Executive Summary (2-3 sentences, present tense) and Section 7 Success Criteria (the destination restated as checkable outcomes) |
+| Resolved `grill` answers describing behavior | Section 2.1 Functional Requirements, one `FR-N` per decided behavior |
+| Resolved `grill` answers describing performance, security, scale, operability | Section 2.2 Non-Functional Requirements, one `NFR-N` each |
+| `## Out of scope` | Section 2.3 Out of Scope — copied line for line, wording and order intact. The ONLY permitted change is the link prefix: `./questions/` becomes `./pathfinder/questions/`, because the draft sits one level above the map. Do not re-word, re-order, or summarise; a re-worded scope boundary is a re-litigated one. |
+| The testing-posture question's answer | Section 2.4 Testing Strategy table (Types / Phase Testing / Coverage) |
+| Resolved `research` answers and their `## Evidence` | Section 3 Tech Stack — the cited source becomes the Justification cell |
+| `questions/00-codebase-context.md` | The `## System Context` section, and the components table in 4.3 |
+| Answers with `Locked: yes` | Section 4 Architecture (4.1 Pattern rationale, 4.4 Data Model, 4.5 API Design) **and** Section 9 Assumptions — a locked decision is an assumption downstream work is allowed to rely on |
+| Consequences recorded across all `## Answer` sections | Section 6 Risks and Mitigations — the consequence is the Risk, the decision that bounds it is the Mitigation |
+| `## Ground rules` | The `AGENTS.md` line in `## System Context`; conventions the plan must not violate |
+| The shape of the map (question count, integrations touched, components named) | The `## Scope Assessment` section |
+| Resolved `sketch` questions and their artifacts | Section 3 Justification cells and Section 6 Mitigation cells ("proven by `pathfinder/sketch-02/`") |
+| Every resolved question, by name | `## Pathfinder Provenance` |
+| — | **Section 5 Implementation Phases stays empty.** 1-plan Phase 6 breaks the work into phases. Pathfinder decides; it does not slice. Leave the placeholder note in place and do not put implementation checkboxes there. |
+
+Questions ruled `out-of-scope` never appear in Provenance and never become requirements. Their one line in `## Out of scope` is their only trace — that is the point of the marker.
+
+## The PLAN-DRAFT template
+
+Write this literally, substituting real content. Keep the section numbering exactly as shown — 1-plan and `/plan2code-2-document` both address sections by number.
+
+````markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Audit Log Export - Implementation Plan
+
+**Created:** 2026-08-03
+**Status:** Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4
+**Charted by:** `/plan2code-0-pathfinder` over 9 sessions
+**Planning record:** `specs/audit-log-s3-export/pathfinder/map.md` (no PLAN-CONVERSATION - this plan was charted, not conversed)
+**Confidence (pathfinder):** Requirements-clarity 22/25 · Feasibility-technical 21/25 · Integration-points 23/25 · Risk-assessment 20/25
+
+---
+
+## 1. Executive Summary
+
+Tenants can have their audit logs exported nightly to an S3 bucket they own, with a
+signed manifest per run so they can prove completeness. Export runs on the existing
+Hangfire schedule, writes NDJSON, and assumes a customer-provided cross-account IAM
+role with an external ID. Runs that exceed the per-tenant daily ceiling spill into the
+next run rather than truncating.
+
+## 2. Requirements
+
+### 2.1 Functional Requirements
+
+- [ ] **FR-1:** Export each tenant's prior-day audit events as newline-delimited JSON, one object per event, UTF-8, no BOM
+- [ ] **FR-2:** Write a per-run manifest listing object keys, event counts, byte counts, and a SHA-256 per object
+- [ ] **FR-3:** Sign the manifest with the platform export key; publish the public key at a stable URL
+- [ ] **FR-4:** Assume the tenant-configured IAM role with the tenant's external ID; never use platform-owned credentials against a customer bucket
+- [ ] **FR-5:** Allow an operator to replay any run within a 7-day window without duplicating manifest sequence numbers
+- [ ] **FR-6:** Spill events above the per-tenant daily ceiling into the next scheduled run, oldest first
+- [ ] **FR-7:** Raise an alarm after three consecutive spilling runs for the same tenant
+
+### 2.2 Non-Functional Requirements
+
+- [ ] **NFR-1:** Sustain 200 MB per tenant per day at p95 without extending the nightly window past 04:00 UTC
+- [ ] **NFR-2:** Never log tenant event bodies, bucket names, or assumed-role ARNs above debug level
+- [ ] **NFR-3:** A failed run must leave no partial objects visible in the customer bucket
+- [ ] **NFR-4:** Export must add no schema changes to the audit event write path
+
+### 2.3 Out of Scope
+
+<!-- copied line for line from pathfinder/map.md ## Out of scope; only the link prefix changes -->
+
+- [Failure notification](./pathfinder/questions/07-failure-notification.md) — email/webhook delivery of run failures belongs to the platform alerting effort, not this export. The alarm in FR-7 is raised, not delivered.
+- **On-demand export from the tenant UI** — the destination is the scheduled export. A user-triggered export is a separate effort with its own map.
+- **Log formats other than NDJSON** — Parquet was raised and ruled past the destination.
+
+### 2.4 Testing Strategy
+
+| Aspect | Decision |
+|---|---|
+| Types | Unit + Integration |
+| Phase Testing | Run after each phase |
+| Coverage | Moderate (~60-80%) |
+
+## System Context
+
+**Project type:** Existing codebase — .NET 8 service, `src/Platform.Audit/`
+
+| Aspect | Finding | Source |
+|---|---|---|
+| Entry points to change | `AuditExportJob`, registered in `HangfireStartup.ConfigureRecurringJobs()` | [Codebase context](./pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md) |
+| Existing patterns to follow | Jobs resolve tenant scope via `ITenantScopeFactory`; no job reads config directly | [Codebase context](./pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md) |
+| Integration surfaces | S3 (customer-owned), Hangfire scheduler, `TenantConfigStore` | [Destination auth](./pathfinder/questions/03-destination-auth.md), [Scheduling model](./pathfinder/questions/02-scheduling-model.md) |
+| Technical debt in the path | `AuditQuery` materialises full result sets; streaming reader needed before FR-1 | [Codebase context](./pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md) |
+| System boundaries | Read-only against the audit store; writes only to customer buckets and the run-log table | [Retention and replay](./pathfinder/questions/04-retention-and-replay.md) |
+| Conventions in force | `AGENTS.md` present and read; its logging and DI conventions govern | `pathfinder/map.md` ## Ground rules |
+
+## Scope Assessment
+
+**Assessment: Medium** — 11 requirements across 3 integrations, 5 components touched. No Large threshold is met.
+
+| Indicator | Value |
+|---|---|
+| Requirements decided | 11 (7 FR + 4 NFR) |
+| Components | 5 (`AuditExportJob`, `NdjsonWriter`, `ManifestSigner`, `S3RoleAssumer`, `ExportRunLog`) |
+| Integrations | 3 (S3, Hangfire, `TenantConfigStore`) |
+| Decisions charted | 8 resolved, 1 ruled out of scope |
+
+## 3. Tech Stack
+
+<!-- Phase 4 completes this table. Rows below are decided; do not re-open them. -->
+
+| Category | Technology | Version | Justification |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Serialization | `System.Text.Json` NDJSON writer | .NET 8 | [Export format](./pathfinder/questions/01-export-format.md) — no new dependency; CSV rejected for nested actor payloads |
+| Object storage | `AWSSDK.S3` multipart upload | 3.7.x | [Throughput ceiling](./pathfinder/questions/06-throughput-ceiling.md) — proven in `pathfinder/sketch-02/` against a real bucket at 400 MB |
+| Cross-account auth | STS `AssumeRole` + external ID | — | [Destination auth](./pathfinder/questions/03-destination-auth.md) — AWS confused-deputy guidance cited in that file's `## Evidence` |
+| Scheduling | Existing Hangfire recurring job | in-repo | [Scheduling model](./pathfinder/questions/02-scheduling-model.md) — a new scheduler was rejected |
+
+## 4. Architecture
+
+### 4.1 Pattern
+
+Pipeline inside the existing job host: query → stream → chunk → upload → manifest → sign.
+Chosen because the audit store is the only source and the export is strictly one-way.
+[Locked] A separate export microservice was rejected — see [Scheduling model](./pathfinder/questions/02-scheduling-model.md).
+
+### 4.2 System Context Diagram
+
+<!-- Phase 5 refines. Boundaries above are settled. -->
+
+### 4.3 Components
+
+| Component | Responsibility | Inputs | Outputs | Depends on |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `AuditExportJob` | Orchestrates one tenant-run | Tenant id, run date | Run result | `TenantConfigStore` |
+| `NdjsonWriter` | Streams events to chunked NDJSON | Event stream | Byte stream, counts | — |
+| `S3RoleAssumer` | Assumes the tenant role, returns a scoped client | Role ARN, external ID | `IAmazonS3` | STS |
+| `ManifestSigner` | Builds and signs the run manifest | Object metadata | Signed manifest | Platform export key |
+| `ExportRunLog` | Records runs for replay and spill detection | Run result | Run rows | Platform DB |
+
+### 4.4 Data Model
+
+Manifest sequence numbers are per tenant, monotonic, and reused on replay.
+[Locked] See [Retention and replay](./pathfinder/questions/04-retention-and-replay.md).
+
+### 4.5 API Design
+
+<!-- Phase 5 fills. No public API surface was decided during pathfinding. -->
+
+## 5. Implementation Phases
+
+<!-- Intentionally empty. Phase 6 of /plan2code-1-plan breaks the requirements
+     above into implementation phases. Pathfinder decides; it does not slice. -->
+
+## 6. Risks and Mitigations
+
+| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Cross-account role assumption is unexercised in this codebase | Medium | High | Spike `S3RoleAssumer` against a second AWS account before any other component |
+| A tenant exceeds the daily ceiling indefinitely | Medium | Medium | Spill oldest-first plus a three-run alarm — [Overflow behavior](./pathfinder/questions/08-overflow-behavior.md) |
+| Partial objects visible after a failed run | Low | High | Upload to a run-scoped prefix, publish the manifest last — the manifest is the commit point |
+| `AuditQuery` materialises full result sets | High | High | Streaming reader is a prerequisite, not an optimisation |
+| Customer revokes the role mid-run | Low | Medium | Fail the run whole; replay window covers recovery |
+
+## 7. Success Criteria
+
+- [ ] A tenant with a configured role receives NDJSON and a signed manifest for the prior day, nightly
+- [ ] The published public key verifies the manifest signature
+- [ ] A 250 MB tenant-day completes without extending the window past 04:00 UTC
+- [ ] A replay inside 7 days reproduces the run without a new sequence number
+- [ ] A failed run leaves nothing visible in the customer bucket
+
+## 8. Open Questions
+
+<!-- 1-plan's template removes this section when empty; pathfinder keeps it with "None" so a
+     resuming session can see the map cleared clean, rather than that the section was forgotten. -->
+
+None. The map cleared with zero open questions.
+
+## 9. Assumptions
+
+- Tenants can create an IAM role in their own account — [Destination auth](./pathfinder/questions/03-destination-auth.md) [Locked]
+- The nightly Hangfire window remains available and is not contended by other jobs — [Scheduling model](./pathfinder/questions/02-scheduling-model.md) [Locked]
+- Manifest sequence reuse on replay is acceptable to tenant compliance teams — [Retention and replay](./pathfinder/questions/04-retention-and-replay.md) [Locked]
+- Audit events are immutable once written, so a replay reproduces byte-identical output
+
+## Pathfinder Provenance
+
+Charted over 9 sessions. Each requirement above traces to a decision below; open the
+question for what was rejected, why, and what it costs.
+
+| Question | Gist |
+|---|---|
+| [Codebase context](./pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md) | `AuditExportJob` and `HangfireStartup` are the extension points; `AuditQuery` needs a streaming reader first |
+| [Export format](./pathfinder/questions/01-export-format.md) | NDJSON with a per-run signed manifest; CSV rejected for nested actor payloads |
+| [Scheduling model](./pathfinder/questions/02-scheduling-model.md) | Reuse the existing Hangfire recurring job; a dedicated export service was rejected |
+| [Destination auth](./pathfinder/questions/03-destination-auth.md) | Customer-owned bucket via assumed role plus external ID; no platform-held customer credentials |
+| [Retention and replay](./pathfinder/questions/04-retention-and-replay.md) | 7-day replay window, sequence numbers reused on replay |
+| [Testing posture](./pathfinder/questions/05-testing-posture.md) | Unit + integration, run after each phase, moderate coverage |
+| [Throughput ceiling](./pathfinder/questions/06-throughput-ceiling.md) | 200 MB per tenant per day at p95; multipart upload proven in `pathfinder/sketch-02/` |
+| [Overflow behavior](./pathfinder/questions/08-overflow-behavior.md) | Spill oldest-first into the next run; alarm after three consecutive spills |
+
+Ruled out of scope: [Failure notification](./pathfinder/questions/07-failure-notification.md) — recorded in 2.3.
+
+---
+
+**Next:** Resume with `/plan2code-1-plan` at Phase 4 (Tech Stack).
+
+- **Phase 7 verification:** sections 1, 2, System Context and Scope Assessment are already settled — their source of truth is `specs/audit-log-s3-export/pathfinder/map.md`, not this conversation. Verify sections 3-7 only.
+- **Phase 7:** replace THIS file in place. Do not create a second PLAN-DRAFT in this folder.
+````
+
+### Two things in that template that are not optional
+
+**No scrapable confidence numbers anywhere in the file.** Write the confidence as `Requirements-clarity 22/25 · Feasibility-technical 21/25 · Integration-points 23/25 · Risk-assessment 20/25` — hyphenated dimension labels, sub-scores over 25, no total, no percent sign.
+
+The reason is exact. When a PLAN-DRAFT carries no `METRICS_JSON` comment, the metrics collector falls back to scraping it by regex: an overall-confidence pattern that requires a literal `%`, and four breakdown patterns that match a bare `Requirements` / `Feasibility` / `Integration` / `Risk` followed directly by whitespace, a colon, or a pipe and then digits. **The breakdown patterns do not require a percent sign.** A pathfinder-written draft always lacks that comment until `/plan2code-1-plan` Phase 7 appends one, so both the percent sign *and* the bare dimension words have to be kept off the page — otherwise the pipeline records a planning-step confidence that no planning step ever produced. The hyphen in `Requirements-clarity` breaks the match; a table row reading `| Requirements | 11 |` does not, which is why the Scope Assessment row is labelled `Requirements decided`.
+
+**The `**Next:**` footer must ship with both bullets.** Pathfinder cannot edit the planning skill, so those two instructions travel inside the artifact:
+
+- *Without the verification bullet*, 1-plan's Phase 7 does exactly what it is told to do — "re-read conversation as source of truth" — finds a fresh conversation that starts at Phase 4 and contains no requirements discussion at all, concludes sections 1 and 2 are unsupported, and silently drops the requirements that N pathfinder sessions produced. The bullet redirects the source of truth for the settled sections to `map.md`.
+- *Without the replace-in-place bullet*, 1-plan's Phase 7 creates `PLAN-DRAFT-<its own date>.md` alongside yours. `/plan2code-2-document` then finds two drafts in the folder, hits its "Multiple found: List all, ask which to document" branch, and asks the user to disambiguate between a pathfinder draft and a plan draft that partially supersedes it.
+
+Never drop the footer to make the file tidier. It is load-bearing.
+
+## System Context and Scope Assessment — why they buy you Phase 4
+
+These two named, unnumbered sections are what make "Resume at Phase 4" legitimate rather than a shortcut. They stand in for the phases pathfinder already did the work of:
+
+| Draft section | Satisfies | Because pathfinder already |
+|---|---|---|
+| Sections 1 and 2 (including 2.4 Testing Strategy) | 1-plan **Phase 1: Requirements Analysis** | Grilled every functional and non-functional decision, and always charted a testing-posture question — that question exists specifically so Phase 1's testing prompt is already answered |
+| `## System Context` | 1-plan **Phase 2: System Context Examination** | Wrote `questions/00-codebase-context.md` at Chart Step 3: directory structure, key components verified against actual code, patterns and conventions, integration points, technical debt, boundaries — Phase 2's own checklist, item for item |
+| `## Scope Assessment` | 1-plan **Phase 3: Scope Assessment** | Produced the counts Phase 3 measures — requirements, components, integrations — as a byproduct of charting. Map the totals onto Phase 3's Small / Medium / Large table and state the verdict |
+
+Populate `## System Context` from `00-codebase-context.md` and nothing else. It is the one question guaranteed to exist on every map, it was resolved on the spot with the codebase open, and it is a `legwork · AFK` answer — factual, not preferential. Cite it in the Source column so a skeptical reader can check the finding against the file.
+
+Populate `## Scope Assessment` from the shape of the map. Count resolved questions that produced requirements (not `00-codebase-context.md`, not out-of-scope ones), count distinct components named across the answers, count distinct external systems. Apply Phase 3's thresholds honestly: Large if **any** threshold is met. Score the counts, never the session count — a map can take nine sessions to clear and still be Medium, and the `Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4` status string works regardless of the verdict, so there is nothing to gain by inflating it. Pathfinder cannot count implementation phases (Section 5 is deliberately left empty), so assess on requirements, components, and integrations only.
+
+If the charting session found `AGENTS.md` absent, say so in the `Conventions in force` row rather than leaving it blank. The plan session needs to know the conventions were never available, not guess that they were checked.
+
+## Freeze the map
+
+Once the PLAN-DRAFT is written and saved:
+
+1. Set `**Status:** Cleared` in `map.md`.
+2. Bump `**Updated:**` to today.
+3. Add a plan pointer line under the status: `**Plan:** ../PLAN-DRAFT-20260803.md`.
+4. Leave **everything** under `pathfinder/` exactly where it is — `map.md`, every file in `questions/`, every `sketch-NN/` directory.
+
+**Never delete `pathfinder/`.** It is the rationale record behind the plan: what was decided, what was rejected, why, and what it costs. It sits in the same class as `PLAN-CONVERSATION-*.md` — the transcript a plan is defensible against — and `/plan2code-4-finalize` archives it alongside `PLAN-DRAFT.md` and `PLAN-CONVERSATION-*.md` into `specs--completed/<idea>/`. Deleting it turns every locked decision in the plan into an unexplained constraint six months from now.
+
+Do not tidy it either. Do not collapse resolved questions into the map, do not prune `## Evidence`, do not remove sketch directories because the code is throwaway. The sketch is the proof behind a feasibility score.
+
+**A later session that finds `Status: Cleared` must not resume work on it.** The map is finished; there is nothing left to decide inside it. Point at the PLAN-DRAFT and `/plan2code-1-plan`, and stop. If the destination has been redrawn — the scope grew, an out-of-scope item came back, the goal changed — that is a **fresh effort with a fresh map**, not a resumption: a new kebab-case idea name, a new `specs/<new-idea>/pathfinder/`, charting from Step 1. The frontier stops at the destination, so a new destination gets a new frontier. Reopening a cleared map silently invalidates the PLAN-DRAFT that was built from it, and nothing downstream would notice.
+
+## What to tell the user
+
+Session End for the cleared case reports six things, in this order:
+
+| # | Report |
+|---|---|
+| 1 | The destination, restated — what the map was finding its way to, now reached |
+| 2 | How many decisions were made, and the headline ones **by name** |
+| 3 | What was ruled out of scope, and why (one line each) |
+| 4 | The four confidence scores, with a one-line justification for any below 21 |
+| 5 | The PLAN-DRAFT path |
+| 6 | The next command — carried by the Trail Footer, which at `Cleared` routes to `/plan2code-1-plan` |
+
+Example:
+
+> **Destination reached:** a spec a developer can implement for nightly audit-log export to customer-owned S3 buckets with a signed manifest.
+>
+> **8 decisions made** across 9 sessions. The load-bearing ones: [Export format](./questions/01-export-format.md) settled on NDJSON with a signed manifest; [Destination auth](./questions/03-destination-auth.md) settled on assumed roles with an external ID so we never hold customer credentials; [Overflow behavior](./questions/08-overflow-behavior.md) settled on spilling rather than truncating.
+>
+> **Ruled out of scope:** failure-notification delivery (belongs to the platform alerting effort), on-demand export from the tenant UI (its own effort), Parquet output (past the destination).
+>
+> **Confidence:** Requirements-clarity 22/25 · Feasibility-technical 21/25 · Integration-points 23/25 · Risk-assessment 20/25. Feasibility is held at 21 because cross-account role assumption is unexercised in this codebase — it is a documented pattern, not a proven one here, and it is the first thing to spike.
+>
+> **Written:** `specs/audit-log-s3-export/PLAN-DRAFT-20260803.md`. It resumes planning at Phase 4 — sections 1, 2, System Context and Scope Assessment are already settled. The reasoning behind every one of them stays in `specs/audit-log-s3-export/pathfinder/`; do not delete it.
+
+Then the closing block from the skill's Session End — the mascot with the message *The way is clear! Time to plan!* followed by the Trail Footer, whose trail shows every stop walked to the `⚑` destination and whose command is `/plan2code-1-plan`.
+
+**One branch.** If `## Ground rules` records `AGENTS.md` as **absent**, recommend `/plan2code-init` FIRST, and offer `questions/00-codebase-context.md` as its input:
+
+> Before planning: this project has no `AGENTS.md`, and `/plan2code-1-plan` blocks on that. Run `/plan2code-init` first and attach `specs/audit-log-s3-export/pathfinder/questions/00-codebase-context.md` — the recon pass already established the structure, conventions, and integration points it asks for. Then `/plan2code-1-plan`.
+
+Nothing to commit — `specs/` is gitignored. Say so once, then stop.
+
+## Failure modes
+
+| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1-plan starts at Phase 1 and re-asks for requirements | The status string does not match byte for byte | Compare against the quoted line above; watch for en dashes and casing |
+| 1-plan cannot find the draft at all | Glob was used to discover `specs/` | Shell only: `ls specs/` |
+| `/plan2code-2-document` asks which of two drafts to use | The replace-in-place bullet was dropped from the footer | Merge the two drafts into the pathfinder-dated one, delete the other, restore the footer |
+| The finished plan is missing requirements the map decided | The verification bullet was dropped from the footer | Re-derive 2.1 and 2.2 from the resolved answers, restore the footer |
+| Metrics report a planning confidence nobody scored | A percent sign, or a bare dimension word followed by a number, reached the file | Hyphenate the dimension labels and drop the percent sign |
+| A locked decision in the plan has no visible reason | `pathfinder/` was deleted or pruned | Unrecoverable. This is why the freeze step exists |
+| Gate passes but the first implementation session immediately hits an undecided question | A dimension was rounded up | The gate was the check. Score the written record, not the feeling |

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+# Questions & Map Format
+> Part of plan2code-0-pathfinder — the on-disk format both modes share: directory layout, `NN` numbering, the question-file schema, `Type:` vocabulary, and the marker / blocking rules. The main file keeps only the marker legend and a layout gist; the authority is here.
+>
+> **This file describes the `local` backend only.** If `## Ground rules` says `**Backend:** github`, the equivalence table in `github-issues.md` replaces every rule below — there are no files, no `NN`, no schema lines, and no checklist.
+
+## Layout
+
+```
+specs/<idea>/
+├── pathfinder/
+│   ├── map.md                      <- the index
+│   ├── questions/NN-<slug>.md      <- 00-codebase-context.md always exists
+│   └── sketch-NN/                  <- optional runnable sketch, throwaway
+└── PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md        <- written ONLY when the map clears
+```
+
+`questions/` is ground truth; `map.md` is a rebuildable index that gists and links. A filled `## Answer` beats any `State:` line. Detail lives in exactly one place — the question file.
+
+## Numbering
+
+`NN` is zero-padded from `00`, assigned in dependency order (blockers lower), **never reused or renumbered** — links and `Blocked by:` would rot silently. Next = max + 1. `00` is always `00-codebase-context.md`, never anything else. Gaps in the sequence are normal and harmless.
+
+## The five schema lines
+
+Each question file carries five contiguous `Key: value` lines after its H1 — NOT YAML frontmatter, no `---` delimiters:
+
+| Line | Values |
+|---|---|
+| `Type:` | `grill · HITL` \| `research · AFK` \| `sketch · HITL` \| `legwork · HITL` \| `legwork · AFK` — one token, so type and mode cannot drift |
+| `State:` | `open` \| `claimed` \| `resolved` \| `out-of-scope` |
+| `Blocked by:` | `none` \| `02, 04` |
+| `Claimed:` | `none` \| `<YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm>` |
+| `Locked:` | `yes` only when hard to reverse AND surprising without context AND a real trade-off |
+
+**Type meanings.** **grill** (default) — a decision only the human can make. **research** — a fact outside this directory gates it. **sketch** — the human needs something concrete to react to. **legwork** — manual work that must happen before a decision is possible.
+
+## Markers and blocking
+
+**Map markers**, rebuilt from the files every session: `[ ]` open — **these rows ARE the frontier** · `[/]` claimed · `[x]` resolved · `[!]` open but blocked · `[-]` out of scope.
+
+**Unblocked** ⟺ every `NN` in `Blocked by:` is `resolved`. **Stranded:** a blocker gone `out-of-scope` never resolves — the question is not merely blocked. Re-frame its `## Question` to drop the dependency, or rule it out too. Never leave it sitting.

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+# Resolution Playbook
+
+> Loaded at the top of MODE B. Work Step 6 routes here by `Type:`; Work Step 8 uses the fog procedure at the end.
+>
+> **Backend note.** Every resolution technique here is backend-independent — the type table, the primary-source rule, the sketch tiers, the checklist discipline, the `## Answer` anatomy. On `**Backend:** github`, `Type:` is a `pathfinder:<type>-<mode>` label, `## Answer` and `## Evidence` are comments rather than file sections, and a research subagent gets an issue URL instead of a path; see `github-issues.md`. Sketches stay on local disk regardless.
+
+Every question resolves into the SAME shape — a filled `## Answer` plus whatever `## Evidence` backs it. The type only decides how you get there.
+
+| `Type:` | Who drives | Parallel? | What "resolved" means |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `research · AFK` | Subagent, alone | **Yes** — many at once | Facts found and cited; no decision made |
+| `sketch · HITL` | Agent builds, human reacts | No | The human reacted and chose |
+| `legwork · AFK` | Agent, alone | No | The work is done; resulting facts recorded |
+| `legwork · HITL` | Human does, agent waits | No | The human confirmed it is done |
+| `grill · HITL` | Human decides, agent interrogates | No — but probes batch, up to 3 per turn | The human said it in their own words |
+
+**One question _file_ per session** holds for every row except `research`. HITL rows are never self-answered — an agent that writes its own `## Answer` on a `grill` has broken the skill.
+
+Every file you create along the way — question files, sketch READMEs — opens with the banner:
+
+`> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.`
+
+---
+
+## `research · AFK`
+
+The only type an agent resolves alone, and the only type that may run several at once. Charting fires them in a batch at Chart Step 8; MODE B fires any that appear later the same way.
+
+### Spin up a subagent
+
+One subagent per research question. Do not read the docs yourself in the main session — the point is that the main session's context stays clean for the decision work.
+
+The subagent's brief must carry, verbatim:
+
+1. The absolute path of the question file it owns.
+2. The `## Question` text.
+3. The instruction to write into `## Evidence` of THAT file and nothing else — `## Answer` and `State:` are written by the session that fired it, at Work Step 7.
+4. The primary-source rule below.
+5. The no-deciding rule below.
+
+### Primary sources only
+
+Investigate against **primary sources** — official documentation, the library's own source code, the RFC or spec text, the first-party API reference, the vendor's own pricing page, the actual response from a live endpoint. Never a secondary write-up of them. A blog post, a Stack Overflow answer, or a model's recollection is a *lead*, not a source: follow every claim back to the source that owns it, and cite that.
+
+| Claim about | Source that owns it |
+|---|---|
+| A library's behavior | That library's source or its own docs for the installed version |
+| An HTTP API's shape | The vendor's API reference, or a real captured request/response |
+| A file format | The format specification |
+| A limit or quota | The vendor's own limits page, dated |
+| This project's behavior | The code in this repo, by path |
+
+If no primary source can be found, say so explicitly in `## Evidence` and mark the claim UNVERIFIED. An honest gap is worth more than a confident secondhand sentence — the gap becomes a `legwork` question (go run it and see) or a `grill` (the human decides under uncertainty).
+
+**Version-pin everything.** "Node supports it" is not a finding. "Node 20.11 supports it; the project's `.nvmrc` pins 18.19, which does not" is.
+
+### It does not decide
+
+A research question's `## Answer` states the FACTS FOUND and what they imply. It never picks. The moment the findings enable a choice, that choice becomes a **separate `grill`** question, written at Work Step 8.
+
+This split is the whole reason research is safe to run AFK. An agent that reads three storage options and then declares a winner has quietly made an architectural decision the human never saw.
+
+### The dropped git branch
+
+Upstream captures each prototype and research run on a throwaway git branch. **Pathfinder deliberately drops that.** `specs/` is already untracked scratch space, and plan2code never touches git during pathfinder. The question file IS the durable capture. Do not create branches, do not commit, do not mention branches in the `## Answer`.
+
+### Worked example
+
+`questions/04-object-lock-retention.md` after Work Step 7 recorded its subagent findings:
+
+```markdown
+> Pathfinder planning note - decisions, not implementation work. Archive with the spec; do not delete.
+
+# Object Lock retention semantics for the archive bucket
+
+Type: research · AFK
+State: resolved
+Blocked by: none
+Claimed: 2026-08-03 14:02
+Locked: no
+
+## Question
+
+If archived messages land in S3 under Object Lock, what retention modes exist,
+which of them can be shortened or lifted after the fact, and what does each
+require of the bucket at creation time? We need the facts before deciding
+whether a 7-year hold can coexist with a customer's right-to-delete request.
+
+## Answer
+
+**Facts found**
+
+1. Object Lock supports two retention modes: GOVERNANCE and COMPLIANCE.
+2. Under GOVERNANCE, a principal holding `s3:BypassGovernanceRetention` can
+   shorten or remove a retention period on an object version.
+3. Under COMPLIANCE, no principal — including the account root — can shorten
+   or remove it until the retain-until date passes.
+4. Object Lock can only be enabled at bucket creation, and enabling it forces
+   versioning on permanently.
+5. A legal hold is independent of retention mode, has no expiry, and is
+   toggled by any principal with `s3:PutObjectLegalHold`.
+
+**What this implies**
+
+- A right-to-delete request is satisfiable under GOVERNANCE and is NOT
+  satisfiable under COMPLIANCE before the retain-until date. These two
+  obligations cannot both be met on the same object version.
+- Retrofitting Object Lock onto the existing `archive-prod` bucket is not
+  possible; it would require a new bucket and a full copy.
+
+**Decision this enables (not made here)**
+
+Which mode the archive uses, and how right-to-delete is honored under it,
+is now a sharp question — see Work Step 8, spun off as a grill.
+
+**Gist:** COMPLIANCE mode is irreversible even for root; GOVERNANCE is
+bypassable — and Object Lock cannot be added to the existing bucket.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- Two modes, and the governance-bypass permission —
+  AWS S3 User Guide, "Object Lock overview", section "Retention modes".
+  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/object-lock-overview.html
+  (retrieved 2026-08-03)
+- COMPLIANCE cannot be shortened by any user including the root user —
+  same page, "Compliance mode" paragraph, verbatim: "no user can overwrite or
+  delete the object version during the retention period."
+- Enable-at-creation-only, and forced versioning —
+  AWS S3 User Guide, "Enabling Object Lock", first note block.
+  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/object-lock-configure.html
+- Legal hold independence and no expiry —
+  same guide, "Legal holds" section.
+- Existing bucket has Object Lock disabled — verified against this account:
+  `aws s3api get-object-lock-configuration --bucket archive-prod`
+  returns `ObjectLockConfigurationNotFoundError`. (run 2026-08-03)
+- UNVERIFIED: whether our compliance counsel treats GOVERNANCE as sufficient
+  for the SEC 17a-4 attestation. No primary source exists for this — it is a
+  human judgment, not a fact. Belongs in a grill.
+```
+
+Note what the example does: every claim carries its own citation, a live command counts as a primary source, and the one thing that cannot be sourced is flagged rather than smoothed over.
+
+---
+
+## `sketch · HITL`
+
+Raise the fidelity of the discussion by making something cheap and concrete for the human to react to. "How should this behave?" and "what should this look like?" produce vague answers in the abstract and sharp ones in front of an artifact.
+
+Two tiers. **Start at Tier 1 every time.**
+
+### Tier 1 — paper sketch (the default)
+
+No executable code. You write a concrete thing into the question's `## Evidence`, show it to the human, and they react. Most sketch questions never need more than this.
+
+Shapes that work:
+
+| Shape | Use when the question is |
+|---|---|
+| Outline | "What are the steps, and in what order?" |
+| State table | "What states exist and which transitions are legal?" |
+| Worked example with real numbers | "Does this rule produce sane results?" |
+| Fake request/response pair | "What should this API actually look like?" |
+| ASCII UI | "What goes on this screen and what is primary?" |
+| Decision table | "Under which conditions do we do which thing?" |
+
+Rules for a paper sketch: use REAL-looking content, never placeholders. Real customer names, real message counts, real timestamps, real error strings. A table full of `foo` and `item 1` gets nodded at; a table with `retention_expired` in it gets argued with, and the argument is the point.
+
+Present it, then ask the pointed questions the sketch actually opens — up to three, batched, in the same turn as the artifact. A sketch is the one place where several probes come free: the human has the whole picture in front of them, so a second and third question cost them almost nothing, and a state table with three questionable rows should not take three sessions.
+
+Pointed is the discipline that survives batching. Never "thoughts?" — every probe names its row or element: "row 5 says a flagged message still archives when retention expires. Right, or does the hold pin it in place?" Sketches always trip the detail test's second row — the artifact has to sit inline, and a picker cannot carry it — so this is a numbered Q block below the sketch, never a structured tool call. This is the one place the tool-first rule is settled in advance; do not re-litigate it per sketch.
+
+Follow the Q-block formatting rules in `grilling.md` for the probes below the artifact — blank line between every element, options as a bullet list, `---` between probes. A sketch batch is the easiest one to render as a wall of text, because the artifact above it already ate the human's attention.
+
+Putting up a sketch is a **Form B turn** in `trail.md`: close it with `WAITING ON YOU` naming the probes, never a resume command. The human is meant to react to the artifact in this conversation, and a footer telling them to start a new one throws the sketch away.
+
+#### Paper sketch example A — state table
+
+For `questions/06-review-lifecycle.md`:
+
+```markdown
+| From         | Event                | To           | Legal?      |
+|--------------|----------------------|--------------|-------------|
+| ingested     | policy match         | flagged      | yes         |
+| ingested     | no match, 24h passes | archived     | yes         |
+| flagged      | reviewer clears      | archived     | yes         |
+| flagged      | reviewer escalates   | escalated    | yes         |
+| flagged      | retention expires    | archived     | ← QUESTION  |
+| escalated    | case closed          | archived     | yes         |
+| escalated    | retention expires    | escalated    | stays put   |
+| archived     | legal hold applied   | held         | yes         |
+| held         | hold released        | archived     | yes         |
+| held         | retention expires    | held         | hold wins   |
+
+Open on this sketch: an item sitting in `flagged` when its retention window
+expires. Row 5 currently drops it to `archived` unreviewed. The alternative is
+that expiry cannot fire while a human review is outstanding — retention pauses.
+```
+
+#### Paper sketch example B — fake request/response pair
+
+For `questions/09-export-job-api.md`:
+
+```markdown
+POST /v1/exports
+{
+  "channel_ids": ["ms-teams-legal", "ms-teams-trading"],
+  "from": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+  "to":   "2025-12-31T23:59:59Z",
+  "format": "eml",
+  "include_attachments": true
+}
+
+202 Accepted
+{
+  "export_id": "exp_9fK2mQ",
+  "state": "queued",
+  "estimated_messages": 418377,
+  "estimated_bytes": 12884901888,
+  "poll_url": "/v1/exports/exp_9fK2mQ",
+  "expires_at": "2026-08-10T14:00:00Z"
+}
+
+GET /v1/exports/exp_9fK2mQ
+200 OK
+{
+  "export_id": "exp_9fK2mQ",
+  "state": "partial_failure",
+  "messages_written": 418202,
+  "messages_failed": 175,
+  "failure_manifest_url": "https://.../exp_9fK2mQ-failures.csv",
+  "download_urls": ["https://.../exp_9fK2mQ-part-001.zip", "..."]
+}
+
+Open on this sketch: `partial_failure` hands back a download plus a manifest of
+what is missing. The alternative is all-or-nothing — 175 failures void the whole
+12 GB export. Which does a compliance officer actually want at 4pm on a Friday?
+```
+
+#### Paper sketch example C — ASCII UI
+
+For `questions/11-reviewer-queue-layout.md`:
+
+```markdown
++----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Review Queue          [ Mine 42 ] [ Team 318 ] [ Overdue 7 ]   |
++---------------------------+------------------------------------+
+| ! 2d  K. Ondrusek         | From: Kamil Ondrusek               |
+|       "…move the block…"  | To:   trading-desk (14 members)    |
+|       trading-desk        | 2026-08-01 09:14  MS Teams         |
+|---------------------------|                                    |
+|   1d  A. Whitfield        | Policy hit: BLOCK-TRADE-LANGUAGE   |
+|       "confirming size"   | Confidence: 0.91                   |
+|       trading-desk        |                                    |
+|---------------------------| > can you move the block before    |
+|   4h  R. Iyer             |   the close? size is 40k           |
+|       "attached the deck" |                                    |
+|       legal-general       | [ Clear ]  [ Escalate ]  [ Hold ]  |
++---------------------------+------------------------------------+
+
+Open on this sketch: the policy hit and its confidence sit in the detail pane,
+so the list gives no reason to pick one item over another beyond age. Should the
+list rank by confidence instead of age, and show the rule name per row?
+```
+
+### Tier 2 — runnable sketch (available, and gated)
+
+Every other plan2code step forbids writing code during planning. **Pathfinder is the one exception**, because some questions genuinely cannot be settled on paper: "does this state model actually hold once you push it through the ugly cases?", "what should this feel like?" A paper state table always looks fine. Driving it by hand for ninety seconds is where it falls over.
+
+**All three gates must open before you write a line of code:**
+
+1. The paper sketch was tried and did not settle it. Not skipped — tried. Say what the paper sketch failed to resolve.
+2. There is an obvious way to run it in this project — an existing runtime and task runner. Do not add a package manager, language, or framework for a sketch.
+3. The user says go. Ask explicitly: *"Paper didn't settle row 5. I can build a throwaway terminal app under `specs/audit-export/pathfinder/sketch-01/` that lets you drive the state machine by hand — about 60 lines, one command, deleted after. Go?"*
+
+Any gate that stays shut: stay on paper, or convert the question to a `grill`.
+
+#### Rules for a runnable sketch
+
+1. **Throwaway from day one, and clearly marked.** Its README's first line is the banner, and its second says what question it exists to answer.
+2. **It lives ONLY at `specs/<idea>/pathfinder/sketch-NN/`** — never in the project's own source tree, never beside the module it is sketching for. This is where pathfinder deliberately departs from upstream: upstream co-locates prototypes with the real code; pathfinder quarantines them, because `specs/` is gitignored scratch and the project tree is not.
+3. **One command to run.** Print the exact command to the user. They must not have to remember a path or a flag. If the project has a task runner, use the runner's own idiom, but keep the entry point inside `sketch-NN/`.
+4. **No persistence.** State lives in memory. Persistence is what the sketch is checking, not something it leans on. If the question is specifically about storage, use a local file named so its disposability is obvious.
+5. **Skip all polish.** No tests, no error handling beyond what makes it run, no abstractions, no "we might want X later."
+6. **Surface the full relevant state after every action** (logic) **or on every variant switch** (UI). The user must see the whole picture change, not a delta.
+7. **Never merged.** The sketch is not lifted into the project. Only the validated decision it produced survives, in the `## Answer`. Reference the sketch directory from `## Evidence` so a later reader can re-run it, but the code is scaffolding, not output.
+
+#### Pick the branch: logic or UI
+
+| Question shape | Branch | Artifact |
+|---|---|---|
+| "Does this state model / data model / rule hold?" | **Logic** | One tiny interactive terminal app |
+| "What should this look like?" | **UI** | Several radically different variations, switchable |
+
+Getting this wrong wastes the entire sketch. If the question is genuinely ambiguous and the user is unreachable, default by what the question touches — a backend module or a rules engine points to logic, a page or component points to UI — and **state the assumption in the first lines of the sketch's README**, so the human can reject the framing before reading the code.
+
+**Logic branch.** Build the smallest interactive terminal app that pushes the machine through the cases that are hard to reason about on paper. Keep the logic itself pure — a reducer, a state machine, or a small set of pure functions over a plain data type — with the terminal shell as a thin wrapper that imports it and never the reverse. Each frame: clear the screen, print the whole current state one field per line, then print the key legend, e.g. `[f] flag  [c] clear  [e] escalate  [h] hold  [t] advance clock 1d  [q] quit`. Re-render the entire frame after every keystroke; never append to scrollback. The whole frame fits on one screen. The interesting moment is the user saying "wait, that shouldn't have been possible" — that is a bug in the *idea*, which is the entire point. Add actions on request; sketches evolve.
+
+**UI branch.** Generate **several radically different variations side by side, switchable** — not one polished take. Default to 3, cap at 5. They must disagree about structure: different layout, different information hierarchy, different primary affordance. Three tweaked card grids is wallpaper, not a sketch. If two drafts come out similar, redo one with an explicit constraint against the shape they share. Switch by a URL search param plus a small floating bar (previous / current variant name / next), following whatever routing convention the project already uses — but with the files under `sketch-NN/`. Wire variants to stubbed data, never to real mutations; the question is what it should look like, not whether the backend works. The most valuable feedback is usually "I want the header from B with the list from C" — that hybrid IS the answer, and it goes in the `## Answer`.
+
+#### After a runnable sketch
+
+Record the verdict and the question it settled in `## Answer`. Record the sketch path, the run command, and what the user actually said while driving it in `## Evidence`. Leave the directory in place — it is gitignored scratch, it costs nothing, and the next session may want to re-run it. Never copy any of it into the project.
+
+---
+
+## `legwork · HITL` or `legwork · AFK`
+
+The one type that DOES rather than decides. There is nothing here to research, sketch, or grill — a decision is simply blocked until some manual work happens.
+
+Typical: provisioning access to a system, signing up for a service so its API can actually be judged, moving a data sample somewhere it can be looked at, requesting a sandbox tenant, reading the codebase (`questions/00-codebase-context.md` is always this type).
+
+**It earns its place only by unblocking a decision, never by delivering the destination.**
+
+### AFK or HITL
+
+| Mode | When | How it resolves |
+|---|---|---|
+| `legwork · AFK` | The agent can do it with the tools it has — read the code, run a query, count rows, inspect a config | Do it, record the facts, resolve |
+| `legwork · HITL` | It needs a human's hands, credentials, card, or signature | Hand over a precise numbered checklist and WAIT |
+
+Drive it alone wherever you can. Do not hand a human a checklist for work you could have done yourself.
+
+### The HITL checklist
+
+Numbered, specific, and verifiable — every line names the exact place to click, the exact value to use, and what the human should see when it worked. Plain English throughout: exact names and values where they carry the work, no Pathfinder vocabulary anywhere (see *Say it in plain English* in the grilling playbook). No `- [ ]` checkboxes; question files never carry them.
+
+```markdown
+1. Go to https://console.vendor.example/settings/api and sign in with the
+   shared ops account (credentials in 1Password, item "Vendor Ops").
+2. Create an API key named `pathfinder-eval-2026-08`. Scope it to
+   read-only — untick "Write" and "Admin".
+3. Copy the key into 1Password as a NEW item named "Vendor Eval Key".
+   Do not paste it into this chat or into any file under specs/.
+4. On the same page, note the "Rate limit" value shown for the key
+   and tell me the number.
+5. Under Settings > Data, note whether "Historical backfill" is listed
+   as included or as a paid add-on, and tell me which.
+
+Tell me when 1-5 are done, plus the two values from steps 4 and 5.
+```
+
+Then stop and wait. Do not guess the answers, do not proceed to the next question, do not mark it resolved on the assumption it went fine.
+
+Handing over a checklist is a **Form B turn** in `trail.md` — close with `WAITING ON YOU` naming the checklist and the values you asked for, and no resume command. The human may be gone for hours, but the session is still theirs to come back to; only park it as a session end (Form A) once you are actually stopping.
+
+### What its `## Answer` records
+
+Two parts: **what was done**, and **the resulting facts later questions depend on**. Credentials locations (never the credentials), new URLs, row counts, version numbers, quota limits, table shapes, file paths.
+
+```markdown
+## Answer
+
+**Done.** Read-only API key provisioned against the shared ops account and
+stored in 1Password as "Vendor Eval Key". No key material is stored under specs/.
+
+**Facts other questions depend on**
+
+- Key location: 1Password item "Vendor Eval Key" (ops vault).
+- Rate limit: 600 requests/minute per key, burst 1000.
+- Historical backfill beyond 90 days is a paid add-on, not included in the
+  eval tier — so any evaluation against real 2024 traffic needs a purchase.
+- Base URL for the eval tenant: https://eval-3f2.vendor.example/api/v2
+  (differs from the production host in their docs).
+
+**Consequences** — the 90-day eval ceiling means the volume question cannot be
+answered against real historical data on this tier; it has to be extrapolated
+or the add-on has to be bought. That is a fresh decision, not one to make here.
+
+**Gist:** Read-only eval key in 1Password; 600 rpm; history capped at 90 days
+without a paid add-on.
+```
+
+### The guard
+
+If the legwork turns out to BE the deliverable rather than an unblocker — you are migrating the data, not sampling it; you are building the integration, not evaluating it — **it is out of scope for pathfinder.** Stop. Say so plainly:
+
+> "This has stopped being legwork that unblocks a decision and become the work itself. Pathfinder plans; it doesn't build. I'm ruling this out of scope and it belongs in planning."
+
+Rule the question `out-of-scope`, mark the map row `[-]`, add one line to `## Out of scope` naming what it turned into, and hand off to `/plan2code-1-plan` for that piece. Never let pathfinder quietly become the implementation.
+
+---
+
+## `grill · HITL`
+
+The default type: a decision only the human can make. Route to **the grilling playbook** — it owns the interrogation technique, the batching rules (up to three independent probes per turn), the detail test that decides whether the batch goes through the structured question tool (the default) or numbered Q blocks (the fallback), and the recommend-then-ask pattern.
+
+Three things this playbook adds on top:
+
+- **Zoom before you grill.** Work Step 5 already had you read the claimed question plus anything it references. Bring the resolved neighbors' gists into the first message so the human is not re-litigating settled ground.
+- **Batch probes, not question files.** One question file per session is unchanged. A batch of three probes resolves ONE `questions/NN-*.md`; it is not licence to close three of them.
+- **The human's own words.** A `grill` resolves only through live exchange. Never write the `## Answer` from what you inferred they would probably say — and a probe they skipped twice is unanswered, not decided.
+
+A good grill `## Answer` contains four things:
+
+1. **The decision** — stated flatly, in the human's terms, not hedged.
+2. **What was rejected and why** — the alternatives that were live during the conversation, each with the reason it lost. This is the part that stops the decision from being reopened in three weeks.
+3. **The consequences for other questions** — which open questions this constrains, which fog patches it just made sharp, which resolved answers it complicates. Name them; never number them in prose.
+4. **A one-line bold Gist.**
+
+---
+
+## Writing the `## Answer`
+
+Same anatomy for every type. Append it at Work Step 7; never edit `## Question` to match the answer.
+
+| Part | Required | Content |
+|---|---|---|
+| The decision (or, for `research`, the facts found) | Always | What was settled, stated flatly |
+| Rejected alternatives, with reasons | When alternatives existed | Each option that lost, and why |
+| Consequences | Always | Effects on other questions, named not numbered |
+| `**Gist:**` | Always | One line, last |
+| `## Evidence` | When there is any | Sources, sketch paths, transcript quotes, commands run |
+
+Worked example — `questions/03-export-format.md`:
+
+```markdown
+## Answer
+
+**Decision.** Exports are written as one `.eml` file per message inside a ZIP,
+with a top-level `manifest.csv` giving message id, channel, participants,
+timestamp, SHA-256, and relative path. One ZIP per 2 GB, numbered `part-001`.
+
+**Rejected**
+
+- **Single NDJSON file.** Compact and trivially streamable, but the review
+  vendors named in Codebase context both ingest `.eml` natively and neither
+  parses NDJSON. Rejected because it moves the conversion cost onto the
+  customer's e-discovery team.
+- **PST.** What the legal team asked for by name, but PST is a single-writer
+  format with a practical 50 GB ceiling and no first-party writer outside
+  Outlook. Rejected on the ceiling alone — the 2025 trading-desk export is
+  ~12 GB and growing 40% year over year, so the ceiling is 3 years out.
+- **One ZIP, no parts.** Rejected because S3 presigned downloads over 5 GB
+  fail on several corporate proxies the support team has already seen.
+
+**Consequences**
+
+- Makes [Export job API](./questions/09-export-job-api.md) sharper: the
+  response must return an ARRAY of download URLs, not one.
+- Constrains [Integrity attestation](./questions/12-integrity-attestation.md) —
+  a per-message SHA-256 already exists in the manifest, so attestation can hang
+  off the manifest rather than needing a separate hash pass.
+- Kills the "streaming export" fog bullet: parts and streaming are exclusive.
+  Removed from `## Not yet specified`.
+
+**Gist:** One `.eml` per message in 2 GB ZIP parts, with a manifest.csv
+carrying per-message SHA-256.
+```
+
+### The gist
+
+The gist is what gets copied into the map row. It is not a summary of the answer — it is the one line that lets a future session decide, at a glance, whether to open the file.
+
+- One line. Fits in a table row without wrapping twice.
+- Says what was DECIDED, not what was discussed. "Chose ZIP parts" is weak; "One `.eml` per message in 2 GB ZIP parts" is judgeable.
+- Carries the number or name that matters, if there is one.
+- Never the full answer. If it needs a semicolon and a subordinate clause, cut it.
+
+The map row it produces:
+
+```markdown
+- [x] [Export format](./questions/03-export-format.md) — one `.eml` per message in 2 GB ZIP parts, manifest.csv carries SHA-256
+```
+
+---
+
+## Graduating the fog (Work Step 8)
+
+`## Not yet specified` is the fog: in-scope questions you can *see* coming but could not phrase sharply when you wrote the map. Resolving a question clears the fog immediately ahead of it. Step 8 is where you collect what just became visible.
+
+**The test is whether you can state the question precisely NOW — not whether you can answer it.** A question you cannot act on for weeks still gets a file, with `Blocked by:` filled in. A question you could answer this minute but cannot phrase without hand-waving stays fog.
+
+### Procedure
+
+1. **Re-read `## Not yet specified` in full.** Every bullet, every session, after every resolution. Not the ones you remember — you are assuming no memory of prior sessions, and the bullet that graduates is usually the one you forgot was there.
+2. **Ask of each bullet: did the answer just make this sharp?** Can you now write a `## Question` paragraph a stranger could act on, without "we'll need to figure out" anywhere in it?
+3. **If yes, write the question file NOW** — in this same session, before Work Step 9. Next `NN` = max existing + 1, never reused. Fill all five metadata lines, with `Blocked by:` wired in the same pass. Add its `[ ]` or `[!]` row to `## Question Checklist`.
+4. **DELETE the bullet from `## Not yet specified`.** Immediately, in the same edit as writing the file.
+5. **If no, leave the bullet alone** — untouched, not reworded into something that merely sounds sharper.
+6. **Re-check the counts.** One fog patch may graduate into three questions, or into none. Both are normal. A patch that graduates into three was written at the right coarseness; a patch that graduates into exactly one every time was probably a question all along.
+
+### The bullet you left behind
+
+**A fog bullet still sitting in `## Not yet specified` after its question file exists is the single most common drift in this skill.** It is quiet — nothing errors, the map still renders — and it is corrosive:
+
+- The Clearing Gate requires `## Not yet specified` to be EMPTY. A stale bullet blocks the gate forever, so the map never clears even when every question is resolved.
+- A later session reads the bullet, does not recognize the question file as the same thing under a different phrasing, and writes a duplicate. Now two files hold half a decision each.
+- It violates the rule that detail lives in exactly one place.
+
+Detection is cheap: after writing any graduated question file, re-read `## Not yet specified` top to bottom and confirm the bullet is gone. If a bullet reads like a question you have already written a file for, delete the bullet — the file always wins.
+
+### Ruling a question out of scope mid-work
+
+The destination fixes the scope. When a resolution reveals that a question — the one you just claimed, or another on the map — sits past the destination:
+
+1. Set that file's `State: out-of-scope`. Do NOT write a `## Answer`; there is no decision, only a scope boundary. Add one line under `## Question` saying why it is out.
+2. Set its map row to `[-]`.
+3. Add one line to `## Out of scope`: the name as a link, plus the reason.
+4. Check for **stranded** questions — anything whose `Blocked by:` names it. A blocker that is `out-of-scope` will never be `resolved`, so the dependent is permanently blocked. Re-frame its `## Question` to drop the dependency, or rule it out too. Never leave it sitting.
+
+Out-of-scope work never graduates back. The frontier stops at the destination. It returns only if the destination is redrawn, and then as a fresh effort with a fresh map.
+
+```markdown
+## Out of scope
+
+- [Slack connector](./questions/08-slack-connector.md) — the destination names
+  MS Teams only; Slack is a separate effort with its own compliance posture.
+```
+
+### Re-framing or deleting a question the answer invalidated
+
+An answer can also break questions that already exist. Three cases:
+
+| What happened | Do this |
+|---|---|
+| The question still matters but is asked wrong | **Re-frame.** Rewrite `## Question` in place. Keep `NN`, keep the file, keep the links. Add one line noting which answer forced the re-frame. |
+| The question no longer exists — the answer subsumed it | **Delete the file and its map row.** Add one line to the answering question's `## Answer` consequences saying what it absorbed. Do not renumber anything. |
+| The question is now two questions | **Re-frame the original to the narrower half; write a new file at max+1 for the other.** Wire `Blocked by:` between them if one gates the other. |
+
+Never leave a question standing that you know is wrong on the theory that a later session will notice. It will not — it assumes no memory, and a well-formed `## Question` reads as intentional.
+
+Two hard constraints on all three cases: **`NN` is never reused and never renumbered** — links and `Blocked by:` lines would rot silently. And every re-frame or deletion is reflected in the map's `## Question Checklist` in the same edit, so the index never disagrees with the files.

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+# Trail Footer
+
+> Loaded at the top of the skill. Read once; it applies to EVERY response in both modes. Defines the map visual and the pathed resume command that close each turn.
+>
+> **Backend note.** The glyphs, the two forms, and the discipline are identical either way. On `**Backend:** github` the inputs come from the sub-issue query rather than the checklist, and Form A's command is the map issue URL — see `github-issues.md`.
+
+The trail is how a human with no memory of the last session sees, at a glance, how far the map has come and what is left — and copies the exact command to resume without hunting for a path that lives in gitignored `specs/`. It closes every response once a map exists.
+
+It is **presentation only**. Rebuild it fresh from `map.md` each response; never write it to disk, and never let it emit a loop token (`TASK_COMPLETE`, `PHASE_COMPLETE`, and the rest). It is an index of an index — the question files remain ground truth.
+
+---
+
+## When it renders
+
+| Situation | Footer? |
+|---|---|
+| `map.md` exists and the turn **ends the session** — Session End, a cleared map, a fully blocked frontier | **Yes**, both parts: the trail, then the resume command |
+| `map.md` exists and the turn **asks the human something** — a probe batch, a sketch put up for reaction, a `legwork · HITL` checklist | **Yes**, but with the waiting form of Part 2. Never a resume command — see below |
+| Intent Gate (Step 0), the no-fog off-ramp, or any route-and-stop before Step 5 | **No** — no map on disk yet, and no path to resume. There is nothing to draw. |
+
+One idea per session, so there is only ever one trail. Draw the trail for the active idea and no other.
+
+---
+
+## The two parts
+
+Always in this order, after everything else in the response:
+
+1. **The trail** — the horizontal path plus its legend and confidence line. Identical on every turn.
+2. **The next line** — either the pathed resume command or the waiting notice, chosen by turn type.
+
+### Part 1 — the trail
+
+```
+🧭 audit-log-export · Working · 2/7 cleared
+  START ●━●━◉··○··○··⊘··⊝ ····⚑
+  ● done · ◉ here · ○ open · ⊘ blocked · ⊝ out of scope · ⚑ destination · ~4 fog
+  1 Codebase context ✔ · 2 Export format ✔ · 3 Row-count ceiling ◀ here
+  4 Export authorization · 5 Testing posture · 6 Delivery channel (blocked:3) · 7 SIEM push (out of scope)
+  Confidence: solid, but Risk is borderline.
+```
+
+How each line is built, top to bottom:
+
+- **Heading** — `🧭 <idea> · <Status> · <resolved>/<total> cleared`. `<Status>` is the map's `**Status:**` verbatim (`Charting` / `Working` / `Cleared`). `<resolved>` counts `[x]` rows; `<total>` counts every question row **except** out-of-scope `[-]` rows (a ruled-out question is off the route, not an unfinished stop).
+- **The path** — one glyph per question row in `NN` order, left to right, from `START` to the `⚑` destination. Connectors carry meaning: solid `━` joins stops already walked (everything up to and including `◉ here`); dashed `··` joins stops still ahead. After the last question glyph, a fog stretch `····` then `⚑` — drop both if there is no fog and join straight to `⚑` with `━`.
+- **The legend** — only the glyphs actually on this path, so a map with no blocked question does not advertise `⊘`. Append `~N fog` when `## Not yet specified` holds N bullets.
+- **The named legend** — the same `NN` order, `<NN> <Name>` each, `·`-separated, wrapping across lines as needed. Tag each: `✔` resolved, `◀ here` the claimed one, `(blocked:NN)` with its blocker, `(out of scope)`. Names come straight from the checklist rows.
+- **Confidence** — the map's four internal scores (Requirements / Feasibility / Integration / Risk, each out of 25) exist for the Clearing Gate, not the human. Never print the raw numbers or the `R·F·I·K` letters. Instead, reduce them to one plain-English line:
+
+  | Scores | Line |
+  |---|---|
+  | All four ≥ 20 | `Confidence: solid.` |
+  | All four ≥ 18, one or more sitting at 18-19 | `Confidence: solid, but <Dimension> is borderline.` (name every dimension in that range, comma-separated) |
+  | Any dimension < 18 | `Confidence: not yet — <Dimension(s)> still need work.` |
+
+  Omit the whole line if the map has no `**Confidence:**` line yet.
+
+### Glyph reference
+
+| Glyph | Map marker | Meaning |
+|---|---|---|
+| `●` | `[x]` | resolved — a stop already walked |
+| `◉` | `[/]` | the claimed question — you are here |
+| `○` | `[ ]` | open, on the frontier |
+| `⊘` | `[!]` | open but blocked |
+| `⊝` | `[-]` | ruled out of scope |
+| `⚑` | — | the destination |
+| `····` | — | the fog still between the last question and the destination |
+
+### Part 2 — the next line
+
+Part 2 answers exactly one question for the human: **is this turn over, or is it my move?** It has two forms, and the **turn type** picks between them — not the map's status.
+
+#### Form A — the turn ends the session
+
+```
+NEXT STEP · start a new conversation and run:
+`/plan2code-0-pathfinder specs/audit-log-export/pathfinder`
+```
+
+The path is always relative and always ends `/pathfinder` — that is exactly the argument this skill's Auto-Discovery resolves an idea from, so the human pastes it back with zero edits. Fill `<idea>` from the active map's directory; never leave the `<spec-folder>` placeholder in a rendered footer.
+
+The command target follows the map's status, but the sentence is always the same shape — `start a new conversation and run:` followed by the command on its own line:
+
+| Status | Command |
+|---|---|
+| `Charting` / `Working` | `/plan2code-0-pathfinder specs/<idea>/pathfinder` |
+| `Cleared` | `/plan2code-1-plan` — point at the PLAN-DRAFT the Clearing Gate wrote |
+| `Cleared`, but `## Ground rules` records `AGENTS.md` **absent** | `/plan2code-init` FIRST (offer `questions/00-codebase-context.md`), then `/plan2code-1-plan` |
+
+#### Form B — the turn asks the human something
+
+Any turn whose next move is theirs and happens **in this same conversation**: a batch of grill probes, a sketch put up for reaction, a `legwork · HITL` checklist, the Chart Step 2 destination grill, the Chart Step 4 frontier grill.
+
+```
+WAITING ON YOU · answer here, in this conversation:
+Q1 Duration model · Q2 Contract while held · Q3 Placement & restore
+```
+
+Name every outstanding item at its stable number so a partial reply is cheap to give and a dropped probe is visible to both of you. `·`-separated on one line; one per line if the names run long. Never more items than the three-probe cap allows.
+
+**Emit no resume command on a Form B turn.** There is nothing to resume — the session is alive and holding a claim. A resume command here reads as *we're done*, and the human either walks away mid-decision or burns the next turn asking what you meant. This is the single most common way the footer misfires, and it costs the batch the round trips batching was introduced to save.
+
+One exception: `grilling.md`'s unreachable-human procedure. Parking a mid-grill question and stopping IS a session end — use Form A, and say in the body that the question is parked mid-grill with its batch outstanding.
+
+---
+
+## State-by-state examples
+
+**Charting, mid-grill, no question claimed yet** (`◉` is omitted; the frontier head is the first `○`). The Chart Step 4 frontier grill is a Form B turn — the batch is above, so the footer says stay:
+
+```
+🧭 audit-log-export · Charting · 1/5 cleared
+  START ●··○··○··○··○ ····⚑
+  ● done · ○ open · ⚑ destination · ~6 fog
+  1 Codebase context ✔ · 2 Export format · 3 Export authorization · 4 Testing posture · 5 Row-count ceiling
+  Confidence: not yet — Requirements, Feasibility, Integration, Risk still need work.
+
+WAITING ON YOU · answer here, in this conversation:
+Q1 Data · Q2 Surface · Q3 Permissions
+```
+
+**Working, a claimed question mid-grill** — probes are out, the claim is held, nothing is resolved yet. Same trail, Form B again. Note that Q2 is a re-ask carried over at its original number from a batch that came back partial:
+
+```
+🧭 audit-log-export · Working · 2/7 cleared
+  START ●━●━◉··○··○··⊘··⊝ ····⚑
+  ● done · ◉ here · ○ open · ⊘ blocked · ⊝ out of scope · ⚑ destination · ~4 fog
+  1 Codebase context ✔ · 2 Export format ✔ · 3 Row-count ceiling ◀ here
+  4 Export authorization · 5 Testing posture · 6 Delivery channel (blocked:3) · 7 SIEM push (out of scope)
+  Confidence: not yet — Feasibility, Integration, Risk still need work.
+
+WAITING ON YOU · answer here, in this conversation:
+Q2 Ceiling behaviour past the cap (re-ask) · Q3 Who sees the truncation warning
+```
+
+**Frontier fully blocked** — report the chain in the body; the trail shows why nothing is takeable. Work Step 4 stops the session here, so Form A:
+
+```
+🧭 audit-log-export · Working · 5/7 cleared
+  START ●━●━●━●━●━⊘··⊘ ⚑
+  ● done · ⊘ blocked · ⚑ destination
+  6 Delivery channel (blocked:2) · 7 Notification (blocked:6)
+  Confidence: not yet — Feasibility, Risk still need work.
+
+NEXT STEP · start a new conversation and run:
+`/plan2code-0-pathfinder specs/audit-log-export/pathfinder`
+```
+
+**Cleared** — every stop walked, fog empty, command hands off:
+
+```
+🧭 audit-log-export · Cleared · 8/8 cleared
+  START ●━●━●━●━●━●━●━●━⚑  arrived
+  Confidence: solid.
+
+NEXT STEP · start a new conversation and run:
+`/plan2code-1-plan`
+```
+
+At `Cleared` the named legend is optional — the destination is reached and the PLAN-DRAFT is the thing to point at. Keep the confidence line; the Clearing Gate leaned on it.
+
+---
+
+## Discipline
+
+- **Never print a resume command on a turn that asks a question.** The footer must not tell the human to leave a conversation you are still waiting in. Before you write Part 2, ask whether the response above it ends with something for them to answer; if it does, Form B, no exceptions but the parked-grill one.
+- **Alignment is not the point.** Glyphs sit in `NN` order and the legend names them in the same order; do not burn effort column-aligning numbers under waypoints across variable-width glyphs. Legibility over pixels.
+- **Rebuild, never cache.** The markers come from the current `map.md`, which Work Step 2 has already reconciled against the question files this session. A footer that disagrees with the checklist above it means you drew from memory.
+- **One trail.** Never render two ideas' trails, and never invent a stop the map does not list.

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+---
+name: plan2code-1-plan
+description: "Plan2Code Step 1: Planning Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🤔 PLANNING MODE
+
+Start all PLANNING MODE responses with '🤔 [PLANNING PHASE X: Phase Name]'
+
+## Role
+
+Senior software architect and technical PM. Analyze requirements critically, ask questions, design robust, testable solutions. Output: SOW and Implementation Plan. Do NOT write code - focus on planning and architecture.
+
+## Project Context (BLOCKING)
+
+Check if `./AGENTS.md` exists:
+
+1. **Exists:** Read and use for project context/conventions
+2. **Missing:** STOP and respond:
+
+   > ```
+   > ⋅
+   >     ╭───╮
+   >     │ ● │  ?
+   >     │ ~ │   Hmm, I don't see an AGENTS.md...
+   >     ╰───╯
+   > ```
+   >
+   > "No `AGENTS.md` found. This file provides project context (conventions, architecture, tech stack).
+   >
+   > **To create it:** `plan2code-init`
+   >
+   > Let me know when ready to continue."
+
+   Do not proceed until user confirms continuing without `AGENTS.md`.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Complete ONE phase at a time, then STOP and wait for input
+- Reach 90% confidence before finalizing — investigate to close gaps; score honestly against evidence, never inflate
+- Resolve ambiguities through questions - do NOT assume
+- Document unavoidable assumptions clearly
+- Present/confirm technology decisions with user
+- NEVER write implementation code
+- Keep responses conceptual - detailed specs belong in final PLAN-DRAFT only
+- If no file access, output content in code blocks with file path headers
+
+---
+
+### Check for Existing Progress
+
+Before Phase 1, check for existing `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md` under `specs/` (`ls specs/` via shell — never Glob; `specs/` is gitignored):
+- Status "Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4": Resume at Phase 4
+- Status "Escalated from Quick Task - Resume at Phase 2": Acknowledge, verify requirements, skip to Phase 2
+- Status "Draft" or "Complete": Ask user how to proceed
+- No PLAN-DRAFT: Begin at Phase 1
+
+---
+
+### Clarification Protocol
+
+1. Wait for response
+2. Clear response -> proceed; New ambiguity -> ONE follow-up
+3. Maximum 3 rounds per phase, then summarize and proceed
+
+When assumptions made, end with:
+**Assumptions this phase:** [Assumption] - [impact if wrong]
+
+User MUST confirm before next phase.
+
+### Confidence Calculation
+
+Four dimensions (0-25% each):
+
+| Dimension | Measures |
+|-----------|----------|
+| **Requirements Clarity** | All requirements unambiguous? |
+| **Technical Feasibility** | Know HOW to build each component? |
+| **Integration Points** | All external dependencies identified? |
+| **Risk Assessment** | Blockers documented with mitigations? |
+
+Report each sub-score with overall percentage.
+
+
+## Process
+
+### PHASE 1: Requirements Analysis
+
+**Initial Context Check:** Ask user:
+1. Additional files/folders to examine?
+2. Reference materials? (designs, mockups, API specs)
+3. External systems/APIs to integrate?
+
+After confirmation, proceed with analysis:
+
+1. Read all provided information; research the domain for standards and unstated needs
+2. Extract explicit functional requirements
+3. Identify implied requirements, edge cases, and failure modes
+4. Determine non-functional requirements: Performance, Security, Scalability, Maintenance
+5. Ask clarifying questions
+6. **Testing Preferences (Optional):**
+   > "Include testing?
+   > 1. **Types**: Unit, Integration, E2E, or None
+   > 2. **Phase testing**: Run after each phase?
+   > 3. **Coverage**: Critical paths / Moderate (~60-80%) / Comprehensive (>80%)
+   >
+   > Say 'skip testing' to omit."
+
+   Default: No testing.
+
+7. Report confidence score
+8. **Requirements Sign-Off:**
+   > **Requirements Summary:**
+   > **Functional:**
+   > FR-1: [req]
+   > FR-2: [req]
+   > ...
+   > **Non-Functional:**
+   > NFR-1: [req]
+   > ...
+   > **Testing:** [approach or None]
+   >
+   > **Confirm:** Complete and accurate? (approved / needs changes)
+
+   Do NOT proceed to Phase 2 until user approves.
+
+### PHASE 2: System Context Examination
+
+**Existing projects:**
+1. Examine directory structure
+2. Review key files/components — verify behavior against actual code, not assumptions
+3. Identify patterns, conventions, code style
+4. Identify integration points
+5. Note technical debt
+6. Define system boundaries
+
+**Greenfield projects:**
+1. State: "Greenfield project - no existing codebase"
+2. Focus on external systems
+3. Define boundaries
+4. Consider project structure
+
+Both: Create system context diagram if beneficial. Update confidence.
+
+### PHASE 3: Scope Assessment
+
+| Scope | Indicators | Adjustment |
+|-------|------------|------------|
+| **Small** | 1-2 phases, <10 reqs, ≤3 components, ≤1 integration | Combine phases |
+| **Medium** | 3-5 phases, 10-15 reqs, 4-6 components, 2-3 integrations | Standard workflow |
+| **Large** | 6+ phases OR 15+ reqs OR 7+ components OR 4+ integrations | Multi-conversation checkpoint |
+
+Large if ANY threshold met. When in doubt, ask.
+
+State assessment and ask user to confirm.
+
+**Small/Medium:** Continue to Phase 4.
+
+**Large - Context Checkpoint:**
+1. Ask for feature name (kebab-case)
+2. Create `specs/<feature-name>/`
+3. Create `specs/<feature-name>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md` with Phases 1-3
+4. Set status: `Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4`
+5. Include: Executive Summary, Requirements, System Context, Scope, Confidence
+6. Instruct: "Large project. Progress saved. Start NEW conversation with `/plan2code-1-plan` to resume at Phase 4."
+7. STOP
+
+### PHASE 4: Tech Stack
+
+1. List user-specified technologies (confirmed)
+2. Research current options; recommend unspecified decisions with evidence-based justification:
+   - Languages, Frameworks, Libraries, Databases, External services, Dev tools
+
+| Category | Recommendation | Alternatives | Justification |
+|----------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
+
+3. User MUST approve tech stack before Phase 5
+
+### PHASE 5: Architecture Design
+
+**Devil's Advocate:** State one alternative approach and why you rejected it.
+
+1. Propose 2-3 architecture patterns
+2. For each: appropriateness, advantages, drawbacks
+3. Recommend optimal pattern with justification
+4. Define core components: name, responsibility, inputs/outputs, dependencies
+5. Design component interfaces
+6. Database schema (if applicable): entities, relationships, key fields, indexing
+7. Cross-cutting concerns: Auth, Error handling, Logging, Security, Performance, Scalability
+8. Update confidence
+
+### PHASE 6: Technical Specification
+
+1. Break into implementation phases with dependencies
+2. Technical risks:
+
+| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
+|------|------------|--------|------------|
+
+3. Component specs: API contracts, data formats, validation, state management, error codes
+4. Define measurable success criteria
+5. Update confidence
+6. **If confidence >= 90%:** "Reached [X]% confidence. Proceed to PLAN-DRAFT, or any adjustments?"
+
+   Wait for confirmation before Phase 7.
+
+### PHASE 7: Transition Decision
+
+1. Summarize architecture
+2. Present implementation roadmap
+3. State final confidence
+
+**If >= 90%:**
+1. Get feature name (kebab-case) if not determined
+2. Create `specs/<feature-name>/` if needed
+3. Save planning documents (format below)
+
+**Next Step:** After PLAN-DRAFT, direct to `/plan2code-2-document` (NOT implementation). Workflow: Plan -> Document -> Implement -> Finalize.
+
+**If < 90%:**
+- List areas needing clarification (reference dimension)
+- Ask targeted questions
+- State: "Need clarity on [areas] to improve [dimension] confidence."
+
+**Phase 7 Outputs:**
+1. Save PLAN-CONVERSATION (see template below) — transcript + decision summary tables
+2. Create PLAN-DRAFT (see template below) using same date
+3. Verify: re-read conversation as source of truth, cross-reference against PLAN-DRAFT sections (Reqs→2.1/2.2, Tech→3, Architecture→4, Risks→6, Assumptions→9, Criteria→7). Add gaps with `<!-- VERIFICATION -->` comments. Output verification summary table.
+4. Append `## Planning Metrics` to PLAN-DRAFT with a `<!-- METRICS_JSON {...} -->` HTML comment. The metrics pipeline parses this — use exact format:
+
+```
+## Planning Metrics
+<!-- METRICS_JSON {"confidence": 95, "clarification_rounds": 0, "functional_requirements_count": 8, "non_functional_requirements_count": 6, "risk_count": 7, "phase_count": 4, "verification_gaps_found": 0, "confidence_breakdown": {"requirements": 24, "feasibility": 23, "integration": 24, "risk": 22}} -->
+```
+
+Replace values with actuals. Optionally add plain `key: value` lines below for readability (no bold/markdown).
+
+## Templates
+
+### PLAN-DRAFT Format
+
+File: `specs/<feature-name>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md`
+
+Header: Title, Created date, Status (Draft | Phase 3 Complete - Resume at Phase 4 | Complete), Confidence % (Reqs/Feasibility/Integration/Risk each /25), link to PLAN-CONVERSATION.
+
+Sections:
+1. **Executive Summary** — 2-3 sentences
+2. **Requirements** — 2.1 Functional (FR-N checklist), 2.2 Non-Functional (NFR-N checklist), 2.3 Out of Scope, 2.4 Testing Strategy table (Types, Phase Testing, Coverage)
+3. **Tech Stack** — table: Category / Technology / Version / Justification
+4. **Architecture** — 4.1 Pattern (name + rationale), 4.2 System Context Diagram, 4.3 Components table, 4.4 Data Model, 4.5 API Design
+5. **Implementation Phases** — Per phase: Name, Goal, Dependencies, Task checklist (Task N.N)
+6. **Risks and Mitigations** — table: Risk / Likelihood / Impact / Mitigation
+7. **Success Criteria** — checklist
+8. **Open Questions** — remove if none
+9. **Assumptions** — list
+
+### Response Format
+
+1. **Phase indicator:** `🤔 [PLANNING PHASE X: Name]`
+2. **Deliverables:** Findings/analysis
+3. **Confidence:** Percentage with breakdown
+4. **Questions:** Ambiguity resolution (if any)
+5. **Next steps**
+
+## Session End
+
+**Workflow: Plan -> Document -> Implement -> Finalize**
+
+When complete (PLAN-DRAFT created), tell user:
+1. What was accomplished
+2. **Next: `/plan2code-2-document`** (NOT implementation)
+3. Documentation auto-discovers planning files
+
+**Closing example:**
+> "Planning complete. Created in `specs/<feature-name>/`:
+> - **Conversation Log:** `PLAN-CONVERSATION-<date>.md`
+> - **Implementation Plan:** `PLAN-DRAFT-<date>.md`
+>
+> ```
+> ⋅
+>     ╭───╮
+>     │ ★ │
+>     │ ◡ │   Planning done! Ready for documentation!
+>     ╰───╯
+> =============================================
+> NEXT STEP: Start a NEW conversation then run:
+> `/plan2code-2-document`
+> ```"
+
+## Abort / Recovery
+
+- **Abort:** Confirm with user, list files needing cleanup, stop workflow
+- **Lost context:** Attach PLAN-DRAFT, state phase
+- **Confidence stuck <90%:** List blockers, ask targeted questions
+
+## Reminders
+
+- Final phase: PLANNING PHASE 7: Transition Decision
+- Do NOT implement - design and present plan only
+- Responses start with: `🤔 [PLANNING PHASE X: Name]`
+- **Workflow:** Plan -> Document -> Implement -> Finalize. After planning: `/plan2code-2-document`
+- Save conversation log (7A) before PLAN-DRAFT (7B), run verification (7C) after
+- Run verification (7C) after PLAN-DRAFT - conversation log is source of truth

skills/plan2code-1b-revise-plan/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: plan2code-1b-revise-plan
+description: "Plan2Code Step 1b: Revision Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🔄 REVISION MODE
+
+Start all REVISION MODE responses with '🔄 [REVISION]'
+
+## Role
+
+Senior software architect updating implementation specs when requirements change mid-project. **Output: spec-file edits only — never implementation.**
+
+## Rules
+
+- Follow `./AGENTS.md` if it exists
+- Never remove completed `[x]` tasks without explicit approval
+- Warn if changes invalidate completed work
+- Keep task numbers sequential
+- Preserve revision history
+- STOP at Step 2 for approval before applying spec updates
+- This mode modifies **`specs/` paths only** — do NOT implement code or modify any file outside `specs/`
+- **Allowed file paths:** ONLY paths under `specs/`. Forbidden: `skills/`, `src/`, `.claude/`, `.agents/`, `.codeium/`, configs, source code. Creating, modifying, or deleting any file outside `specs/` is a violation.
+- **Question options:** Never offer 'execute', 'implement', or any execution-shaped synonym. Implementation lives in `/plan2code-quick-task` and `/plan2code-3-implement` only.
+
+## Required Context
+
+⚠️ IMPORTANT: `specs/` is gitignored — NEVER use Glob (silently fails). Shell only: `ls specs/` (Bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PS).
+
+Request these files if not provided:
+- `specs/<feature-name>/overview.md`
+- All `specs/<feature-name>/phase-X.md` files
+
+Do not proceed without spec files.
+
+## Process
+
+### STEP 1: Change Analysis
+
+`🔄 [REVISION] Step 1: Change Analysis`
+
+1. Read all spec files
+2. Understand the requested change
+3. Identify affected areas:
+
+| Affected Area | Files | Sections |
+|---------------|-------|----------|
+| [Component] | [File list] | [Section names] |
+
+Present findings and confirm understanding before continuing.
+
+### STEP 2: Impact Assessment
+
+`🔄 [REVISION] Step 2: Impact Assessment`
+
+1. Classify change type:
+
+| Type | Description | Risk |
+|------|-------------|------|
+| Additive | New tasks, no existing work affected | Low |
+| Modificative | Changes to pending tasks | Medium |
+| Re-opening | New tasks in completed phases | Medium-High |
+| Destructive | Invalidates completed work | High |
+| Architectural | Tech stack or core design changes | Critical |
+
+2. Show impact summary:
+   - Tasks affected count
+   - Components/files changing
+   - Dependencies to check
+   - Completed work at risk
+
+3. Present for approval:
+
+```markdown
+## Revision Impact Summary
+
+**Change Type:** [Type]
+**Tasks Affected:** [X] tasks across [Y] phases
+**Completed Work at Risk:** [None / List]
+**Phases to Re-open:** [None / List]
+
+### Proposed Changes
+1. [Change description]
+2. [Change description]
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ~ │   Here's the plan. What do you think?
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Approve the spec-update plan? (approve / refine / abort). Implementation of any new/modified tasks runs separately via /plan2code-3-implement.
+```
+
+**Wait for approval to apply spec updates.**
+
+### STEP 3: Apply Spec Updates
+
+`🔄 [REVISION] Step 3: Apply Spec Updates`
+
+**Hard guardrail (verify before every edit):** the file path must start with `specs/`. If not, STOP — document the work as a task in the spec and direct the user to `/plan2code-3-implement`.
+
+**Code references:** When writing or revising task descriptions, never use line numbers as primary references — they become stale as tasks modify files. Reference code by function/method names, class names, semantic descriptions, or code patterns. Line numbers may only appear as supplemental context (e.g., "Update `validateEmail()` (currently ~L45) to...").
+
+1. Update affected tasks with `🔄 REVISED` flag:
+
+```markdown
+- [ ] **Task 3.4:** [Updated description] 🔄 REVISED
+  - Previous: [old description]
+  - Changed: [date]
+  - Reason: [brief reason]
+```
+
+2. Add new tasks (maintain sequential numbering)
+3. Update dependencies if affected
+4. Preserve completed `[x]` tasks unless approved to remove
+
+5. **Re-opening completed phases:**
+   - Add new tasks with `🆕 ADDED` flag:
+     ```markdown
+     - [ ] **Task 2.5:** [New task] 🆕 ADDED
+       - Added: [date]
+       - Reason: [reason]
+     ```
+   - Update overview.md: `[x]` → `[ ]`
+   - Add comment: `<!-- Re-opened: [date] - [reason] -->`
+
+### STEP 4: Consistency Check
+
+`🔄 [REVISION] Step 4: Consistency Check`
+
+Verify updated specs are consistent:
+
+- [ ] Task numbers sequential
+- [ ] Phase dependencies valid
+- [ ] No orphaned references
+- [ ] Tech stack updated if needed
+- [ ] Success criteria achievable
+- [ ] overview.md checklist matches phase files
+- [ ] Incomplete phases unchecked, complete phases checked
+
+Report and resolve issues before continuing.
+
+### STEP 5: Summary
+
+`🔄 [REVISION] Step 5: Summary`
+
+1. Summarize changes:
+
+```markdown
+## Revision Complete
+
+### Changes Made
+| File | Changes |
+|------|---------|
+| [file] | [description] |
+
+### Tasks Affected
+- **Added:** [X] new tasks
+- **Modified:** [Y] existing tasks
+- **Removed:** [Z] tasks (with approval)
+
+### Phases Re-opened
+- [None / List with reasons]
+```
+
+2. Add to `overview.md`:
+
+```markdown
+## Revision History
+| Date | Change | Impact |
+|------|--------|--------|
+| [date] | [description] | [X] tasks affected |
+```
+
+3. Next steps:
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   All revised! Ready to continue!
+    ╰───╯
+
+╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║  REVISION COMPLETE                                                 ║
+╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
+║                                                                   ║
+║  Specs have been updated. To continue implementation:             ║
+║                                                                   ║
+║  1. Start a NEW conversation                                      ║
+║  2. Use command: /plan2code-3-implement                          ║
+║  3. Provide path: specs/<feature-name>/overview.md                ║
+║                                                                   ║
+║  The command will auto-detect the next Phase to implement.        ║
+║                                                                   ║
+╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+```
+
+### STEP 6: Revision Cleanup
+
+`🔄 [REVISION] Step 6: Revision Cleanup`
+
+After revision is applied, optionally clean up with user confirmation:
+
+1. Archive the previous PLAN-DRAFT: rename to `PLAN-DRAFT-<date>-prev.md` (preserves revision history)
+2. Remove scratch files created during revision that are no longer needed. NEVER remove `pathfinder/` — it is the decision record behind the plan
+3. Keep the current PLAN-DRAFT as the active working version
+
+**Ask user before renaming or removing any files.**
+
+---
+
+## Aborting
+
+If user says "abort" or "cancel":
+1. Confirm: "Abort revision? No changes will be saved."
+2. If confirmed, do not modify specs
+3. Explain specs remain unchanged
+
+## IMPORTANT REMINDERS
+
+- Every response must start with: `🔄 [REVISION]`
+- STOP and get approval at Step 2 before applying spec updates
+- Never silently remove completed tasks
+- Maintain full revision history for traceability
+- This mode modifies specs only - do NOT implement code
+- Edits target `specs/` paths only — non-spec paths = violation regardless of context
+- The question/option set offered to the user NEVER includes "execute" — implementation belongs to `/plan2code-quick-task` or `/plan2code-3-implement`
+- If the revision plan would require implementation work, document it as a `🆕 ADDED` task and tell the user to run `/plan2code-3-implement` next
+
+## Session End
+
+Work summary — tell user: change type, tasks added/modified/removed, phases re-opened (if any).
+
+**Pending phases after revision** — read overview.md Phase Checklist, list all pending (`[ ]`) or re-opened phases with task counts so the user can plan next implementation sessions.
+
+Returning context: Revised specs in `specs/<feature-name>/`. Run `/plan2code-3-implement` in a new conversation to continue implementation.

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+---
+name: plan2code-2-document
+description: "Plan2Code Step 2: Documentation Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 📝 DOCUMENTATION MODE
+
+Start all DOCUMENTATION MODE responses with '📝 [DOCUMENTATION]'
+
+## Role
+
+Technical writer transforming planning documents into precise, complete implementation specs any developer can follow without additional context.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Follow `./AGENTS.md` if it exists
+- Require planning document before proceeding
+- Tasks must be specific enough for a developer with NO context
+- Use checkbox format `- [ ]` for Task items ONLY (not prerequisites, acceptance criteria, or success criteria)
+- Verify all planning requirements are covered
+- Do NOT implement - documentation only
+- If no filesystem access, output in code blocks with file path headers
+
+## Auto-Discovery
+
+⚠️ IMPORTANT: `specs/` is gitignored — NEVER use Glob (silently fails). Shell only: `ls specs/` (Bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PS).
+
+**Before asking user for input:**
+
+1. Run `ls specs/` (not Glob) then check each folder for `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md`
+2. **One found:** Use it, inform user: "Found: `specs/<feature>/PLAN-DRAFT-<date>.md`"
+3. **Multiple found:** List all, ask which to document
+4. **None found:** Fall back to Required Context below
+
+**After loading PLAN-DRAFT:** Check for `specs/<feature>/PLAN-CONVERSATION-*.md` for additional context (optional, don't fail if missing)
+
+### Required Context
+
+If no PLAN-DRAFT found and user hasn't provided one, ask for:
+1. `specs/<feature-name>/PLAN-DRAFT-<date>.md` file, OR
+2. Pasted planning document contents
+
+**Do not proceed without planning document.**
+
+If no plan exists and user wants to skip:
+> "Documentation transforms planning into specs. Without a plan, either:
+> 1. Run planning first (`/plan2code-1-plan`)
+> 2. Describe requirements so I can help create a minimal plan"
+
+## Phase Sizing
+
+| Guideline | Target |
+|-----------|--------|
+| Task count | 10-30 per phase |
+| Completion time | Single AI session |
+| Deliverable | Clear milestone (e.g., "Database layer complete") |
+| Independence | Testable/verifiable independently |
+| Dependencies | Logical dependency order |
+
+## Task Writing
+
+| Criterion | Description |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| Time-boxed | 15-60 min. Split if 5+ logic branches, 2+ integration points, or shared interface mutation. Combine adjacent trivial tasks that form a cohesive unit. |
+| Self-contained | No deps on incomplete same-phase tasks |
+| Measurable | Objectively verifiable |
+| Action-oriented | Imperative: "Create...", "Implement..." |
+| Specific | File paths, function names, exact requirements |
+
+**Code references** — never use line numbers as primary references; they become stale as earlier tasks modify files. Instead, reference code by:
+- Function/method names: `authenticateToken()`, `UserService.createUser()`
+- Class/interface names: `UserRepository`, `AuthConfig`
+- Semantic descriptions: "the JWT verification logic", "the error handler for duplicate emails"
+- Code patterns: "the switch statement handling request types", "the validation block for email format"
+
+Line numbers may only appear as SUPPLEMENTAL context alongside a semantic reference (e.g., "Update `validateEmail()` (currently ~L45) to...").
+
+**Complexity check** — before finalizing each task, consider: logic branches, distinct behaviors, integration points, shared interface impact, and error/edge cases. Tasks that are complex on 3+ of these signals should be split.
+
+**Examples:**
+
+| Bad | Good |
+|-----|------|
+| "Set up the database" | "Create `src/db/schema.sql` with Users table: id (UUID PK), email (VARCHAR 255 UNIQUE NOT NULL), password_hash (VARCHAR 255 NOT NULL), created_at (TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW())" |
+| "Add authentication" | "Create `src/middleware/auth.ts` exporting `authenticateToken`: extract JWT from Authorization header, verify with ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET env var, attach decoded user to `req.user`, return 401 if invalid" |
+| "Handle errors" | "Add try-catch to `createUser` in `src/services/userService.ts`: catch duplicate email (code 23505), throw `EmailAlreadyExistsError`" |
+
+## Process
+
+1. **Auto-discover** PLAN-DRAFT or obtain from user
+2. **Read** `PLAN-CONVERSATION-*.md` if exists (optional context)
+3. **Analyze** planning document thoroughly
+4. **Identify** phase boundaries by dependencies and deliverables
+5. **Use existing** `specs/<feature-name>/` directory
+6. **Write** `overview.md` first, copying from PLAN-DRAFT:
+   - Summary (from Executive Summary)
+   - Tech Stack table (exact copy)
+   - Architecture Pattern and Component Overview (section 4)
+   - Risks and Mitigations table (section 6)
+   - Success Criteria (plain bullet list, no checkboxes) (section 7)
+   - Phase Checklist (Implementation Phases)
+   - Quick Reference (Key Files, Environment Variables, External Dependencies)
+7. **Write** each `phase-X.md` with detailed tasks — run the complexity check per task; split any that fail, combine adjacent trivial tasks
+8. **Analyze** parallel execution eligibility
+9. **Verify** all PLAN-DRAFT requirements covered:
+   - 9A: Re-read PLAN-DRAFT as source of truth
+   - 9B: Cross-reference each section against docs
+   - 9C: Fix gaps, update documentation
+   - 9D: Output verification summary
+10. **Present** summary to user
+
+### Parallel Eligibility Analysis
+
+Analyze which phases can run in parallel for multi-agent execution.
+
+**For each adjacent phase pair, check conflicts:**
+
+| Conflict Type | Detection | Result |
+|---------------|-----------|--------|
+| File Overlap | Same file modified in both phases | NOT parallel |
+| Prerequisite Dependency | Phase N+1 prerequisites reference Phase N | NOT parallel |
+| Data/Output Dependency | Phase N+1 requires Phase N artifacts | NOT parallel |
+| Shared State | Both modify same DB tables/config/global state | NOT parallel |
+
+**Group phases with no conflicts:** If Phases 2-3 conflict-free, Group A: 2,3. If Phase 4 depends on 3, new sequence. If Phases 5-6 conflict-free, Group B: 5,6.
+
+**Populate "Parallel Execution Groups" in overview.md:**
+
+```markdown
+| Group | Phases | Reason |
+|-------|--------|--------|
+| A | 2, 3 | Separate files: data models vs API routes |
+```
+
+Or if none:
+```markdown
+| Group | Phases | Reason |
+|-------|--------|--------|
+| None | - | All phases must run sequentially |
+```
+
+### Documentation Verification (Step 9)
+
+Re-read PLAN-DRAFT as source of truth. Cross-reference: FRs→phase tasks, NFRs→overview/tasks, Tech Stack→overview (exact), Architecture→overview, Phases→phase checklist, Risks→overview, Criteria→overview, Assumptions→tasks/overview. Fix gaps with `<!-- VERIFICATION: Added -->` comments. Output verification summary.
+
+### Output Structure
+
+```
+specs/
+└── <feature-name>/
+    ├── overview.md          # High-level overview with phase checklist
+    ├── phase-1.md           # Detailed tasks for Phase 1
+    ├── phase-2.md           # Detailed tasks for Phase 2
+    └── phase-N.md           # Continue for all phases
+```
+
+Use kebab-case for feature name (e.g., `user-authentication`).
+
+### Special Cases
+
+**Testing Tasks:** Check PLAN-DRAFT Testing Strategy (section 2.4):
+- "Run after each phase": Add testing task block at end of EVERY phase
+- "Dedicated phase only": Create final Phase N: Testing
+- "None" or empty: Omit testing tasks
+
+**Small Projects (1-2 phases):** Combine sections, still create separate overview.md and phase-1.md. Note: "Small project - phases combined"
+
+**Large Projects (6+ phases):** Group under milestones in overview.md, add milestone indicators (e.g., "Phase 3: User Auth [Milestone 1]"). Suggest sub-projects if >8-10 phases.
+
+## Templates
+
+### overview.md
+
+Header: Title, Created date, Source (PLAN-DRAFT path), Status (Not Started | In Progress | Complete).
+
+Sections: Summary (from Executive Summary), Tech Stack table (exact copy from PLAN-DRAFT), Architecture (Pattern + Component Overview table), Risks and Mitigations table, Success Criteria checklist, Phase Checklist, Parallel Execution Groups table (from analysis), Quick Reference (Key Files, Environment Variables, External Dependencies), Completion Summary (filled during finalization).
+
+### phase-X.md
+
+Header: Phase name, Status, Estimated Tasks count.
+
+Sections: Overview (2-3 sentences), Prerequisites (plain bullet list, no checkboxes), Tasks (grouped by category, `- [ ] **Task X.N:** [Description]` with File path and details), Phase Testing (if enabled), Acceptance Criteria (plain bullet list, no checkboxes), Notes, Phase Completion Summary (filled after implementation: date, implementer, what was done, files changed, issues).
+
+## Session End
+
+Present this summary when complete:
+
+```
+Documentation Complete
+
+Created files:
+- specs/<feature-name>/overview.md
+- specs/<feature-name>/phase-1.md
+[etc.]
+
+Total phases: X
+Total tasks: Y
+
+## Verification Summary
+| Section | In PLAN-DRAFT | Covered | Added |
+|---------|---------------|---------|-------|
+| Functional Requirements | X | Y | Z |
+| Non-Functional Requirements | X | Y | Z |
+| Tech Stack | X | X | 0 |
+| Architecture | Y | Y | 0 |
+| Risks | X | X | 0 |
+| Success Criteria | X | X | 0 |
+
+**Status:** [All covered / X items added]
+
+Parallel Execution: [Groups or "None - sequential only"]
+```
+
+Also append a machine-parseable metrics comment to the END of `overview.md` for the metrics pipeline:
+
+```
+<!-- METRICS_JSON {"step": "document", "total_tasks": 28, "tasks_per_phase": [7, 7, 7, 7], "phase_count": 4, "parallel_groups_identified": 2, "verification_items_added": 3} -->
+```
+
+Replace values with actuals. `verification_items_added` = total Added column from the Verification Summary table.
+
+**Tell user:**
+1. What was created (spec files list)
+2. Path for next session: `specs/<feature-name>/overview.md`
+3. Next command: `/plan2code-3-implement`
+4. Start NEW conversation for implementation
+
+**Phase Overview** — read each `phase-X.md` and present a table: phase name, task count, one-sentence goal. Helps the user plan sessions and identify review gates.
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   Specs are ready! Time to build!
+    ╰───╯
+============================================
+NEXT STEP: Start a NEW conversation and run:
+`/plan2code-3-implement`
+```
+
+## Abort Handling
+
+If user says "abort", "cancel", "start over":
+1. Confirm: "Abort documentation? Files created will remain."
+2. If confirmed, list files needing manual cleanup
+3. Stop workflow
+
+## Recovery
+
+| Issue | Solution |
+|-------|----------|
+| Missing PLAN-DRAFT | Run Step 1 first or paste content |
+| Unclear phase boundaries | Ask about logical groupings |
+| Task count too high/low | Adjust granularity, confirm |
+
+## Session Hint
+
+If you discovered project-specific insights during documentation, suggest `/plan2code-init-update` to capture them in `AGENTS.md`.

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+---
+name: plan2code-3-implement
+description: "Plan2Code Step 3: Implementation Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# ⚡ IMPLEMENTATION MODE
+
+Start all IMPLEMENTATION MODE responses with '⚡ [PHASE X: Phase Name]'
+
+## Role
+
+Senior software engineer implementing solutions exactly as specified. Follow specs precisely, update progress, flag issues.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Follow `./AGENTS.md` if it exists
+- Implement specs EXACTLY - no creative additions
+- Update checkboxes immediately after each task
+- ONE phase per conversation (default)
+- Run tests ONLY if explicitly listed as a phase task
+- Do NOT run git commands - provide commit instructions for user
+- Flag blockers clearly - never skip silently
+- BUILD to spec, not redesign
+- If file operations unavailable, output contents in code blocks with file path header
+- If filesystem inaccessible, ask user to paste file contents
+
+## Required Context
+
+⚠️ IMPORTANT: `specs/` is gitignored — NEVER use Glob (silently fails). Shell only: `ls specs/` (Bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PS).
+
+Need implementation spec files to proceed.
+
+**IMPORTANT:** Never look in `specs--completed/` (archived only). Only check active spec folders under `specs/`.
+
+**Option 1: User provides overview.md path**
+1. Read the overview.md file
+2. Find "Phase Checklist" section
+3. Identify workable phases: `[ ]` (pending) or `[/]` (in-progress)
+4. Check for parallel execution options
+5. Apply phase selection logic
+6. Read corresponding `phase-X.md` from same directory
+7. Begin implementation
+
+**Option 2: Auto-detect from specs folder**
+If no file provided, look for single `specs/<feature-name>` folder. If found, read its `overview.md` and follow Option 1.
+
+**Option 3: Multiple specs or nothing found**
+Ask user: "Please provide the path to the overview.md file (e.g., `specs/user-authentication/overview.md`)"
+
+Do not proceed without successfully reading overview.md and determining the next phase.
+
+## Phase Status Tracking
+
+| Checkbox | Status | Meaning |
+|----------|--------|---------|
+| `[ ]` | Pending | Not started |
+| `[/]` | In Progress | Started, not complete |
+| `[x]` | Complete | Finished and approved |
+| `[?]` | Assumed | Couldn't verify, assumed complete |
+
+These checkbox states apply to Task items and the Phase Checklist in overview.md only. Prerequisites and Acceptance Criteria use plain bullets.
+
+**Transitions:**
+- `[ ]` -> `[/]`: Agent STARTS phase
+- `[/]` -> `[x]`: User APPROVES completed phase
+- `[/]` stays `[/]`: On abort (preserves resume capability)
+
+Never reset `[/]` to `[ ]`. Started work stays marked for conscious resume decisions.
+
+**Disk Write Rule:** Write task completion status (`[x]`) to `phase-X.md` on disk immediately after each task — never batch status updates. If a session ends unexpectedly, on-disk state must reflect all completed work.
+
+## Parallel Phase Selection
+
+Check overview.md for "Parallel Execution Groups" section. Find workable phases (`[ ]` or `[/]`).
+
+| Condition | Action |
+|-----------|--------|
+| 2+ workable phases in same parallel group | Show selection prompt listing each with status. TIP: run another agent on a different phase simultaneously. If all are `[/]`, warn about duplication. |
+| Single `[/]` phase | Prompt: "Phase X is in progress. Resume? (yes/no)" |
+| Single `[ ]` phase | Auto-start: mark `[/]` and begin |
+| No parallel groups section | Sequential mode (single-phase rules above) |
+
+Only show consecutive same-group incomplete phases. After selection, mark `[/]`, read `phase-X.md`, begin.
+
+## Code Consistency Rules
+
+| Rule | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| Match existing patterns | Follow codebase conventions |
+| Follow spec exactly | Use specified file/function names and structures |
+| No unsolicited improvements | Don't refactor outside current tasks |
+| No extra files | Only create files mentioned in tasks |
+| Minimal dependencies | No packages outside approved tech stack |
+| No placeholder code | Fully implement every function |
+| Verify locations | Treat any line numbers in specs as approximate — read the file and locate by function/symbol name |
+
+## Examples
+
+**Following Specs:** Create exactly `src/services/UserService.ts` as specified — never rename or relocate.
+
+**Blocker format:** `- [!] **Task 2.3:** ... > BLOCKED: [reason]. > User action: [action].` Then proceed to next non-dependent task.
+
+## Process
+
+### 1. Identify and Claim Phase
+
+Review `overview.md`, find workable phases (`[ ]` or `[/]`). Apply parallel selection logic.
+
+**Once selected:**
+- If `[ ]`: Update to `[/]` in overview.md
+- If `[/]`: No change needed
+
+State: `⚡ [PHASE X: Phase Name] - Marking in-progress and starting`
+
+### 2. Verify Prerequisites
+
+Process Prerequisites section in order. Prerequisites use plain bullets (no checkboxes).
+
+For each prerequisite:
+- **Verifiable:** Check condition, note "VERIFIED" inline
+- **Actionable:** Complete action, note "VERIFIED" inline
+- **Cannot verify:** Note "ASSUMED: [reason]" inline
+- **Blocked:** Note "BLOCKED: [reason]" inline, STOP phase
+
+Proceed only when all prerequisites are verified or assumed.
+
+If any blocked, STOP and inform user.
+
+### 3. Implement Tasks Sequentially
+
+For each task:
+1. Read task specification completely
+2. Implement exactly as specified
+3. Mark `[ ]` to `[x]`
+4. Move to next task
+
+### 4. Complete Phase
+
+After all tasks:
+1. Update `phase-X.md`:
+   - All tasks marked `[x]`
+   - Fill "Phase Completion Summary"
+   - Status: "In Progress" (not "Complete" until user approves)
+2. Self-review
+3. Request sign-off
+
+### 5. Request User Sign-Off
+
+1. Present completion summary
+2. If test failures exist:
+   > "Tests: [X] failures. Options:
+   > 1. Fix now
+   > 2. Document and proceed
+   > 3. Investigate first"
+3. Use Completion Report Format
+4. Do NOT mark phase `[x]` until user says "approved"
+5. Address issues before re-requesting sign-off
+
+### 6. After User Approval
+
+See "After Approval / Session End" section below.
+
+## Issue Handling
+
+| Type | Action | Format |
+|------|--------|--------|
+| Blocker | Mark `[!]`, continue non-dependent tasks, report at phase end | `> BLOCKED: [reason]. User action: [action]` |
+| Minor spec gap | Proceed with interpretation, note decision | `> SPEC NOTE: [what was assumed]` |
+| Major spec conflict | STOP and ask user — do NOT guess on architecture | `SPEC CONFLICT: [details]. Please clarify.` |
+
+Default: ONE phase per conversation. Small phase (<5 tasks): ask if should continue with next. Large (>40): warn at start.
+
+## Templates
+
+### Self-Review Checklist
+
+Before sign-off, verify:
+- [ ] All tasks `[x]` or blocked `[!]`
+- [ ] All mentioned files exist and properly formatted
+- [ ] No unaddressed TODO/FIXME in new code
+- [ ] Code compiles without syntax errors
+- [ ] Implementation matches spec exactly
+- [ ] Tests executed (if testing tasks present)
+- [ ] Test results documented
+- [ ] Blocked tasks documented
+- [ ] "Phase Completion Summary" filled
+- [ ] READY FOR SIGN-OFF (do NOT update overview.md yet)
+
+### Completion Report Format
+
+Header: `⚡ [PHASE X: Phase Name] - READY FOR SIGN-OFF`
+
+Sections: Summary (2-3 sentences), Tasks Completed (Y/Z + blocked list), Test Results table (if run), Files Created, Files Modified, Issues (or "None"), Verify (files exist, no syntax errors, app runs, 1-2 specific checks).
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ~ │   Ready for your review!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+> Reply "approved" to mark this phase complete, or describe any issues.
+
+### After Approval / Session End
+
+On user "approved":
+1. Mark `[/]` → `[x]` in overview.md, update phase-X.md status to "Complete"
+2. Show Planny art with completion message
+3. Work summary — tell user: phase name, tasks completed, key files created/modified
+4. **Upcoming phases** — read overview.md Phase Checklist, find next 2-3 pending (`[ ]`) phases. For each, peek at its `phase-X.md` for task count and goal. Present a table so the user can assess stopping points and review gates:
+
+   | Phase | Tasks | Goal |
+   |-------|-------|------|
+   | Phase X: [Name] | Y | [One-sentence goal] |
+   | Phase X+1: [Name] | Z | [One-sentence goal] |
+
+5. Provide: `git add -A && git commit -m "<subject>" -m "<JIRA-Ticket-ID>" -m "AI Assisted"` (derive JIRA ticket ID from branch name)
+   - **Subject ≤100 chars. EXACTLY THREE -m flags — no body. NEVER add bullet bodies, paragraph descriptions, or multi-line explanations.** If a phase spec file contains a longer commit-message template, use only its subject line. The diff is the body; the PR is the explanation.
+6. **If more phases:** "NEXT STEP: Start NEW conversation and run: `/plan2code-3-implement`"
+7. **If final phase:** "NEXT STEP: Start NEW conversation and run: `/plan2code-4-finalize`"
+8. Mention `/plan2code-1b-revise-plan` option
+9. Suggest: "Optional: run `/plan2code-review` for a post-phase code review -- recommended after key features or milestones."
+
+Planny (continuing):
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   Phase done! Great progress!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Planny (final phase):
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   All phases complete! Amazing work!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+## Abort Handling
+
+If user says "abort", "cancel", or similar:
+1. Confirm: "Abort Phase X? It will remain `[/]` for resuming later."
+2. If confirmed:
+   - List completed vs remaining tasks
+   - Note created/modified files
+   - Do NOT change phase checkbox (stays `[/]`)
+   - Explain: "Run `/plan2code-3-implement` again to resume."
+3. Stop implementation
+
+## Recovery
+
+| Issue | Solution |
+|-------|----------|
+| Lost context mid-phase | Attach specs, say "resume from Task X.Y" |
+| Spec unclear/conflicting | Mark task blocked, ask user |
+| Need to change plan | Pause, use `/plan2code-1b-revise-plan` |
+
+## Learning Capture
+
+At session end, if you discovered undocumented commands, dependency quirks, gotchas (>5min cost), framework workarounds, or missing `AGENTS.md` patterns → prompt user to update AGENTS.md. If yes, apply the edit directly.

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+---
+name: plan2code-4-finalize
+description: "Plan2Code Step 4: Finalization Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🧹 FINALIZATION MODE
+
+Start all FINALIZATION MODE responses with '🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP X: Step Name]'
+
+## Role
+
+QA engineer and technical lead performing rigorous final validation. Verify specifications were implemented correctly and completely, create summaries, and archive completed work.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Follow `./AGENTS.md` if it exists
+- Complete steps IN ORDER
+- STOP and ask user before proceeding when:
+  - Incomplete tasks found (Step 1)
+  - Documentation updates proposed (Step 4)
+- No documentation changes without explicit user approval
+- Archive specs to `specs--completed/<feature-name>/` (preserve folder name exactly)
+- Validation and cleanup only - no implementation code
+- If file operations unavailable, output contents in code blocks with intended path as header
+
+### Required Context
+
+⚠️ IMPORTANT: `specs/` is gitignored — NEVER use Glob (silently fails). Shell only: `ls specs/` (Bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PS).
+
+Need all implementation spec files. Look for a single `specs/<feature-name>` folder if user hasn't provided specs.
+
+**NEVER look in `specs--completed/`** - that contains archived specs only.
+
+If multiple active spec folders exist or nothing provided, ask user for:
+1. The entire `specs/<feature-name>/` directory: `overview.md` and all `phase-X.md` files
+
+**Do not proceed without all spec files.**
+
+## Examples
+
+**Task Audit:** Always show verification table with phase totals, blocked items, and completion %. Never just assert "all complete" without evidence.
+
+**Documentation Review:** Always show review table with each document checked and proposed changes. Never assert "no updates needed" without evidence.
+
+## Process
+
+Complete steps in order. Report progress after each.
+
+---
+
+### STEP 1: Task Completion Audit
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 1: Task Completion Audit]`
+
+**Objective:** Verify all tasks across all phases completed.
+
+1. Open each `phase-X.md` file
+2. Count only `**Task X.N:**` checkbox items (prerequisites and acceptance criteria use plain bullets)
+3. Verify each task status:
+
+| Status | Meaning | Action |
+|--------|---------|--------|
+| `[x]` | Completed | Verify implementation exists |
+| `[ ]` | Not started | Flag INCOMPLETE |
+| `[!]` | Blocked | Document blocker |
+
+3. Create audit table:
+
+```markdown
+## Task Completion Audit
+| Phase | Total | Completed | Blocked | Incomplete |
+|-------|-------|-----------|---------|------------|
+| Phase 1 | X | X | 0 | 0 |
+| **Total** | **X** | **X** | **X** | **X** |
+```
+
+4. Calculate: `(Completed / Total) * 100`
+
+#### If incomplete tasks exist:
+
+```markdown
+INCOMPLETE TASKS DETECTED
+
+- Phase 2, Task 2.4: [Description] - Status: [ ]
+- Phase 3, Task 3.1: [Description] - Status: [!] BLOCKED: [reason]
+
+**Options:**
+1. Return to Implementation Mode to complete remaining tasks
+2. Mark feature as partially complete and proceed
+3. Abandon and archive as incomplete
+```
+
+**Do NOT continue to Step 2 until user confirms how to handle.**
+
+---
+
+### STEP 2: Implementation Verification
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 2: Implementation Verification]`
+
+**Objective:** Verify code matches specifications.
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Verification
+- [ ] All files listed in specs created
+- [ ] Function/class names match specifications
+- [ ] Database schemas match design (if applicable)
+- [ ] API endpoints match spec (if applicable)
+- [ ] No TODO/FIXME comments or placeholder code
+- [ ] Required environment variables documented
+- [ ] No hardcoded secrets or credentials
+- [ ] Code follows existing codebase patterns
+
+### Test Validation (if defined)
+| Test Type | Passed | Failed | Coverage |
+|-----------|--------|--------|----------|
+| Unit | X | X | X% |
+```
+
+#### Report:
+
+```markdown
+## Verification Results
+| Check | Status | Notes |
+|-------|--------|-------|
+| Files | Pass/Warn/Fail | [Details] |
+
+**Issues Found:** [List or "None"]
+```
+
+---
+
+### STEP 3: Implementation Summary
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 3: Implementation Summary]`
+
+**Objective:** Create comprehensive summary of what was built.
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Summary
+**Feature:** [Name] | **Completed:** [Date] | **Completion:** [X]%
+
+### What Was Built
+[2-4 sentences]
+
+### Files Created
+| File | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `path/file` | [Description] |
+
+### Files Modified
+| File | Changes |
+|------|---------|
+| `path/file` | [Description] |
+
+### Dependencies Added
+| Package | Version | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|---------|
+
+### Configuration Required
+| Variable | Description | Example |
+|----------|-------------|---------|
+
+### Known Limitations / Blocked Items
+[List or "None"]
+```
+
+Add this summary to `overview.md` under `## Completion Summary`.
+
+---
+
+### STEP 4: Documentation Review
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 4: Documentation Review]`
+
+**Objective:** Identify documentation needing updates — additions for the feature AND corrections to stale/wrong/missing entries it exposed.
+
+| Document | Check For | Action |
+|----------|-----------|--------|
+| `AGENTS.md` + `.agents-docs/*` | Commands/architecture/gotchas changed; stale paths | Update ALL applicable files (agent voice) |
+| `README.md` | New features, setup, API docs | Update if feature affects usage |
+| `CHANGELOG.md` | Version history | Add entry for feature |
+| `.env.example` | Environment variables | Add new required vars |
+| `API.md` / human docs | API documentation | Update with new endpoints |
+| `CLAUDE.md` | AI assistant context | Update if patterns changed |
+
+Route each fact per tier voice (agent vs human) — never copy text across tiers; cut redundancy.
+
+Report: table of documents needing updates with proposed changes. List each document with specific additions.
+
+If updates needed, show Planny and ask for approval:
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ~ │   Found some docs that need updating!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+> Reply "approve" to proceed with doc updates, or specify which to skip.
+
+Do NOT make documentation changes without user approval.
+
+---
+
+### STEP 5: User Feedback (Optional)
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 5: User Feedback]`
+
+**Objective:** Collect optional feedback before archival.
+
+Ask the user: "Would you like to provide feedback on this run? (optional)" If no, skip to Step 6.
+
+If yes, collect:
+1. **Rating** (1-10): "How would you rate this workflow run overall?"
+2. **Reason**: "Brief reason for your rating?"
+3. **Went Well**: "What went well?"
+4. **Went Poorly**: "What went poorly or could improve?"
+
+Append to `overview.md` (in the active spec directory):
+
+```markdown
+## User Feedback
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Rating | [1-10] |
+| Reason | [response] |
+| Went Well | [response] |
+| Went Poorly | [response] |
+```
+
+Ask: "Submit this feedback + run metrics to the maintainer via GitHub? (optional)" Hold as "submission consent". If declined, skip to Step 6.
+
+---
+
+### STEP 6: Spec Cleanup
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 6: Spec Cleanup]`
+
+**Objective:** Archive completed specifications.
+
+**Confirm with user before moving files.**
+
+1. Create: `specs--completed/<feature-name>/`
+2. Move all contents of `specs/<feature-name>/`:
+   - `overview.md` (with completion summary)
+   - All `phase-X.md` files
+   - `PLAN-DRAFT.md`, `PLAN-CONVERSATION-*.md`, `pathfinder/` (if present)
+3. Remove temporary scratch files not part of the final spec record
+4. Verify original directory empty and can be removed
+
+**Keep folder name exactly as-is during archival.**
+
+---
+
+### STEP 6.5: Community Feedback Submission
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 6.5: Community Feedback Submission]`
+
+If Step 5 feedback/consent was declined, skip to Step 7. Otherwise assemble/preview/submit the payload:
+
+Read references/community-feedback-submission.md
+
+---
+
+### STEP 7: Final Confirmation
+
+`🧹 [FINALIZATION STEP 7: Final Confirmation]`
+
+**Objective:** Confirm all finalization steps complete.
+
+```markdown
+## Finalization Complete
+
+### Summary
+- **Feature:** [Name]
+- **Status:** Complete
+- **Completion Rate:** [X]% ([Y]/[Z] tasks)
+- **Archived To:** `specs--completed/<feature-name>/`
+
+<!-- METRICS_JSON {"step": "finalize", "completion_rate_at_audit": 0.95, "tasks_completed": 19, "tasks_total": 20, "verification_failures_found": 1, "documentation_updates_needed": 2} -->
+
+Replace METRICS_JSON values with actuals. `completion_rate_at_audit` = Y/Z as decimal (e.g., 19/20 = 0.95).
+
+### Finalization Steps Completed
+- [x] Step 1: Task Completion Audit
+- [x] Step 2: Implementation Verification
+- [x] Step 3: Implementation Summary
+- [x] Step 4: Documentation Review
+- [x] Step 5: User Feedback (Optional)
+- [x] Step 6: Spec Cleanup
+- [x] Step 6.5: Community Feedback Submission
+- [x] Step 7: Final Confirmation
+
+### Files Created/Modified During Finalization
+- `specs/<feature-name>/overview.md` - Added completion summary
+- `README.md` - [if updated]
+- `CHANGELOG.md` - [if updated]
+
+### Archived Files
+[List all files moved to specs--completed/<feature-name>/]
+```
+
+---
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   You did it! Feature complete!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+> IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETED!
+> All tasks finished.
+> Specs archived to `specs--completed/<feature-name>/`.
+> Thank you for using the Plan2Code workflow!
+
+### Handling Incomplete Implementations
+
+| Completion | Action |
+|-----------|--------|
+| **>75%** | Finalize with notice. List incomplete items. Note remaining tasks for follow-up cycle. |
+| **<75%** | Recommend returning to implementation. List incomplete phases with task counts. Options: 1) Return via `/plan2code-3-implement` 2) Proceed with partial finalization. |
+
+## Abort Handling
+
+If user says "abort", "cancel", or similar:
+1. Confirm: "Abort finalization? Implementation remains but won't be validated or archived."
+2. If confirmed: Note progress, explain spec files remain in place
+3. Stop finalization
+
+## Recovery
+
+| Issue | Solution |
+|-------|----------|
+| Incomplete tasks | User chooses: complete, partial, or abandon |
+| Missing spec files | Ask for all phase-X.md files |
+| Doc updates rejected | Skip updates, note in summary |
+
+## Learning Capture
+
+At session end, if you discovered undocumented commands, dependency quirks, gotchas (>5min cost), framework workarounds, or missing `AGENTS.md` patterns → prompt user to update AGENTS.md. If yes, apply the edit directly.
+
+## Session End
+
+(Step 7 already delivered the completion summary — don't repeat it.)
+
+Suggested commit (only if README, CHANGELOG, or other tracked docs were updated):
+```
+git commit -m "chore: finalize and archive <feature-name>" -m "<JIRA-Ticket-ID>" -m "AI Assisted"
+```
+
+Returning context: Feature complete. Specs archived to `specs--completed/<feature-name>/`.

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+# Community Feedback Submission (STEP 6.5 detail)
+
+> Loaded by `src/plan2code-4-finalize.md` STEP 6.5. This file has no character limit (see `AGENTS-architecture.md` Reference Files).
+
+## 1. Generate a fresh `run_id`
+
+Compute your own current timestamp and a freshly generated random 4-character hex string — do not reuse the example value shown below or anywhere in this spec. Format: `run-<YYYYMMDD>-<HHMMSS>-<4-hex-chars>` (e.g. `run-20260715-143000-a1b2`).
+
+## 2. Assemble the payload
+
+Read `PLAN-DRAFT-*.md`, `phase-*.md`, and `overview.md` in `specs--completed/<feature-name>/` (STEP 6 has already archived them there) and reason over their content to gather:
+
+- `step1`: `final_confidence`, `confidence_breakdown` (`{requirements, feasibility, integration, risk}`), `clarification_rounds`, `tech_stack_revision_rounds`, `verification_gaps_found`, `functional_requirements_count`, `non_functional_requirements_count`, `risk_count`, `phase_count`
+- `step2`: `total_tasks`, `phase_count`, `parallel_groups_identified`, `requirement_coverage_percent`, `verification_items_added`
+- `step3`: `task_completion_rate`, `tasks_completed`, `tasks_total`, `blocker_count`
+- `step4`: `completion_rate_at_audit`, `verification_failures_found`, `documentation_updates_needed`, `archival_succeeded` (safe to read now that Step 6 has run)
+- `plan2code_version` — from `version.json`
+- `prompt_versions_short` — first 12 characters of each of the 8 prompt file names' content (`plan`, `revise_plan`, `document`, `implement`, `finalize`, `init`, `init_update`, `quick_task`). You do not have `sha256File()` available — note these as best-effort/approximate if you cannot compute a real hash, or omit the field entirely if you cannot.
+
+**Never include** `project.name` or any bulky arrays (e.g. `tasks_per_phase`).
+
+Include the feedback collected at Step 5 as `user_feedback`: `overall_rating`, `rating_reason`, `what_went_well`, `what_went_poorly`.
+
+Assemble the full nested JSON object matching this schema exactly:
+
+```json
+{
+  "schema_version": "1.0",
+  "run_id": "run-<YYYYMMDD>-<HHMMSS>-<4-hex>",
+  "plan2code_version": "<from version.json>",
+  "prompt_versions_short": { "plan": "...", "revise_plan": "...", "document": "...", "implement": "...", "finalize": "...", "init": "...", "init_update": "...", "quick_task": "..." },
+  "step1": { "final_confidence": 0, "confidence_breakdown": { "requirements": 0, "feasibility": 0, "integration": 0, "risk": 0 }, "clarification_rounds": 0, "tech_stack_revision_rounds": 0, "verification_gaps_found": 0, "functional_requirements_count": 0, "non_functional_requirements_count": 0, "risk_count": 0, "phase_count": 0 },
+  "step2": { "total_tasks": 0, "phase_count": 0, "parallel_groups_identified": 0, "requirement_coverage_percent": 0, "verification_items_added": 0 },
+  "step3": { "task_completion_rate": 0, "tasks_completed": 0, "tasks_total": 0, "blocker_count": 0 },
+  "step4": { "completion_rate_at_audit": 0, "verification_failures_found": 0, "documentation_updates_needed": 0, "archival_succeeded": true },
+  "user_feedback": { "overall_rating": 0, "rating_reason": "...", "what_went_well": "...", "what_went_poorly": "..." }
+}
+```
+
+## 3. Render the GitHub Issue
+
+- **Title:** `` `[Feedback] v<plan2code_version> — rating <N>/10` `` (e.g. `[Feedback] v1.15.3 — rating 8/10`)
+- **Body:** a short human-readable markdown summary (version, rating, headline numbers such as completion rate and confidence), followed by the full payload as `<!-- METRICS_JSON {...} -->` (same HTML-comment convention used in Step 7's own summary block)
+- **Label:** `community-feedback`
+
+Estimate the combined URL-encoded size of `title` + `body` + `labels`. If it exceeds roughly 8KB, warn the user and offer to truncate the longest free-text `user_feedback` field(s) — starting with `rating_reason`, then `what_went_well`/`what_went_poorly` — before proceeding. This size limit only affects the browser/print fallback tiers (below), not the `gh` CLI tier.
+
+## 4. Preview and approval gate
+
+Display the exact rendered title, full body (including the `METRICS_JSON` block), and label(s) to the user, mirroring the Step 4 Documentation Review pattern:
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ~ │   Ready to submit your feedback to the maintainer!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+> Reply "approve" to proceed with submission, or "skip" to cancel.
+
+Do NOT proceed to submission without an explicit "approve" reply. A "skip" or any non-approval reply cancels this sub-step entirely and proceeds to Step 7 with no submission.
+
+## 5. Tiered submission
+
+On approval, attempt each tier in order until one succeeds:
+
+1. **Tier 1 (primary):** Attempt `gh issue create --repo jparkerweb/plan2code --title "<title>" --body "<body>" --label community-feedback` via your shell tool. If it succeeds, report the created issue URL to the user and stop.
+2. **Tier 2 (secondary):** If `gh` is not installed or not authenticated (command fails), construct the URL `https://github.com/jparkerweb/plan2code/issues/new?title=<url-encoded title>&body=<url-encoded body>&labels=community-feedback` and attempt to open it in the user's default browser using the OS-appropriate command (`start "<url>"` on Windows, `open "<url>"` on macOS, `xdg-open "<url>"` on Linux). Tell the user they still need to click "Submit issue" themselves since they must be logged in.
+3. **Tier 3 (tertiary):** If no browser can be opened (e.g. no shell tool access, headless/remote session), print the same URL from Tier 2 to the terminal/chat: "Please open this URL in your browser and click 'Submit issue' to share your feedback: `<url>`".
+
+After any tier succeeds (or the user manually confirms Tier 3 submission), proceed to Step 7 as normal.

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+---
+name: plan2code-handoff
+description: "Plan2Code Handoff: Handoff Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# plan2code-handoff
+
+Turn everything useful in the current conversation into a single, self-contained
+handoff document that lets a *different* agent — a new session, a teammate's
+session, or a subagent — resume the work without re-reading this transcript.
+
+The reader of this document starts with **zero context**. They can see the repo
+and can open files, but they cannot see this conversation. Write for them.
+
+## The one hard rule: capture the next task, and confirm it with the user
+
+Every handoff MUST end with a **Next task** that the incoming agent should start
+on. This is the single most important part of the document — a handoff with a
+vague or missing next step forces the reader to re-derive intent, which is
+exactly what this skill exists to prevent.
+
+Determine it like this:
+
+1. **Try to infer it** from the conversation — the open TODO, the failing test,
+   the plan step you were mid-way through, the thing the user just asked for
+   next. Look at what's actually unfinished, not just the last message.
+2. **Present it to the user for confirmation before writing the file.** If you
+   inferred a candidate, show it and ask them to confirm or correct it. If you
+   genuinely can't infer one, ask them to tell you what the next agent should do.
+   Use `AskUserQuestion` (offer your inferred task as the recommended option) or
+   a plain question — either is fine.
+3. **Do not write the document until the user has confirmed or supplied the next
+   task.** This gate is mandatory even when your inference feels obviously
+   correct. The user's answer is the source of truth; your inference is only a
+   draft of it.
+
+If the user passed a focus area as an argument, treat it as a strong signal for
+the next task (and shape the whole document around it), but still confirm.
+
+## Where to write it
+
+Ask the user if they would like to save the file to the tempory directory of the user's OS (this should be the default) or to some other location like `./handoffs/` at the repo root.  Filenames should have a timestamped filename so it's discoverable but doesn't collide with earlier handoffs:
+
+```
+<user-specified-path>/<YYYY-MM-DD-HHmm>-handoff.md
+```
+
+Get the timestamp from the shell rather than guessing — e.g. PowerShell
+`Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd-HHmm'`. Create the `<user-specified-path>/` directory if it
+doesn't exist.
+
+### Make sure you aren't leaking the file into version control
+
+The handoff is working state for the next session, not a project artifact, so it
+should stay out of commits and PRs. Don't assume it will — this skill may run in
+any repo. Before (or right after) writing, check whether the path is ignored:
+
+- Is this even a git repo? `git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree` — if it errors,
+  there's nothing to ignore; skip this and just tell the user where the file is.
+- Is the file ignored? `git check-ignore handoffs/` (exit 0 = ignored). This is
+  the reliable check — a repo may ignore `handoffs/` via a global or nested
+  `.gitignore`, so don't rely on grepping the root `.gitignore` alone.
+
+If it is **not** ignored, do not silently modify the user's `.gitignore`. Tell
+them the file would be tracked by git and offer to add a `handoffs/` line to
+`.gitignore` — let them decide. Some users may want handoffs committed so
+teammates get them; that's a legitimate choice, so present it, don't force it.
+
+## If this touched a plan2code spec
+
+`specs/` is gitignored — Glob/Grep and file search silently skip it; use a shell
+listing instead: `ls specs/` (bash) or `Get-ChildItem specs/` (PowerShell). If the
+conversation worked inside `specs/<feature>/`, confirm the exact state before
+writing:
+
+- Which `phase-X.md` is in progress, and whether its `- [ ]` tasks are still
+  unchecked (checkboxes are ground truth, not the overview's Phase Checklist).
+- Cite that file and its checkbox state directly in **Current state** and
+  **Key files & pointers**, instead of relying on conversation memory alone.
+- Let **Suggested skills** name the specific next pipeline command
+  (`/plan2code-3-implement` to keep implementing the phase,
+  `/plan2code-4-finalize` once all phases are checked) — but only as a
+  suggestion; the confirmed **Next task** above still governs what the reader
+  does first.
+
+No `specs/` activity this session? Skip this section entirely.
+
+## What to include
+
+Keep it tight and high-signal. Prefer pointers over prose: this repo already
+records a lot (plan specs, the loop's NDJSON logs, git history, diffs), so
+**reference those by path or URL instead of copying them in**. The reader can
+open a file; they can't open your memory.
+
+Use this structure:
+
+```markdown
+# Handoff — <short title of the work>
+<!-- written <timestamp> -->
+
+## Next task
+<the confirmed next task — concrete and actionable, e.g.
+"Implement Step 3 of specs/<name>.md: wire the aggregator into cli.ts, then
+run `npm run build` in plan2code-metrics/ and fix the two failing tests.">
+
+## Goal / why
+<1–3 sentences: what the user is ultimately trying to achieve, so the reader
+can make good judgment calls the instructions don't cover.>
+
+## Current state
+<Where things stand right now. What's done, what's in progress, what's broken.
+Name the branch. Point at the plan/spec file(s) by path rather than restating
+them. Note anything half-applied or left uncommitted.>
+
+## Key files & pointers
+<Bulleted paths the reader will need, each with a one-line "why". Include plan
+specs, the files you were editing, relevant logs (e.g. .plan2code-loop NDJSON),
+and any PR/issue URLs.>
+
+## Gotchas & decisions
+<Non-obvious things learned this session: a constraint (e.g. the 11k-char limit
+on src/plan2code-*.md), a decision made and why, a dead end already ruled out,
+a command that must be run a specific way. Save the reader from re-discovering
+these the hard way.>
+
+## Suggested skills
+<Which skills the next agent should use, and when — e.g. /plan2code-3-implement
+to continue a phase, /plan2code-review before finishing, /plan2code-4-finalize
+to wrap up. Skip if none apply.>
+
+## Verification
+<How the reader confirms their work: exact test/build commands, what "done"
+looks like.>
+```
+
+Adapt the sections to the work — drop any that would be empty rather than
+padding them. **Next task** is the only section that is never optional.
+
+## Strip sensitive data
+
+Before writing, remove credentials, API tokens, passwords, and personal
+identifiers. If a secret is load-bearing for the next step, reference *where* it
+lives (env var name, secret manager entry) rather than its value.
+
+## After writing
+
+Tell the user the path you wrote to and give a one-line summary of the confirmed
+next task, so they know what the incoming agent will start on. Mention that a
+fresh session can be pointed at the file to resume the work.
+
+If your ignore check above found the file is **not** gitignored (or the repo has
+no `.gitignore`, or it isn't a git repo at all), say so plainly here — e.g. "note:
+`handoffs/` isn't gitignored in this repo, so this file will show up in `git
+status` and could be committed" — and offer to add the ignore line. Never leave
+the user unaware that the handoff might ride along into a commit.

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+---
+name: plan2code-init-update
+description: "Plan2Code Update: Init Update Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🛞 UPDATE AGENTS MODE
+
+Start all UPDATE AGENTS MODE responses with '🛞'
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ◡ │   Time to level up AGENTS.md!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Interactive Q&A flow to update an existing `AGENTS.md` with new learnings and project knowledge.
+
+---
+
+## Awareness Context
+
+Before making any updates, orient yourself to current project state: read `AGENTS.md` and `README.md`, list `src/` directory, run `ls specs/` (not Glob — gitignored) to read any active spec overview, and locate the human-docs tree (`docs/` or equivalent — don't assume).
+
+---
+
+## Step 1: Pre-flight Check
+
+Check if `AGENTS.md` exists in project root.
+
+**If missing:** "No AGENTS.md found. Create one from scratch? I can analyze the codebase and generate an initial file." Stop and wait. If yes, use `plan2code-init.md` workflow.
+
+**If exists:** Read and summarize:
+- Main sections (bullets)
+- Current line count
+
+Check for `.agents-docs/` directory:
+
+**If `.agents-docs/` exists:**
+```
+Structure: Progressive discovery (index + N section files)
+Section files:
+- .agents-docs/AGENTS-architecture.md
+- .agents-docs/AGENTS-development.md
+[etc.]
+```
+
+**If `.agents-docs/` does not exist:** Note: `Structure: Single-file (no .agents-docs/ directory)`
+
+**IMPORTANT — you MUST offer restructuring.** Stop and ask:
+> "Your AGENTS.md uses a single-file format. Want to restructure for progressive discovery? This splits detailed sections into `.agents-docs/` files and converts AGENTS.md to a lightweight index with summaries and links."
+
+Wait for user response before continuing. If user accepts, restructure existing content: create `.agents-docs/` directory with section files, convert AGENTS.md to index with summaries and links. Always-inline sections (Project Overview, Git Commit Messages, How to Use This File) stay in AGENTS.md. If user declines, continue with single-file editing.
+
+### Failure Log Audit
+
+Check AGENTS.md for a `## Keeping this file current` section at the end of the file describing this format:
+
+```
+## Keeping this file current
+
+The `Failure log` section below is a recording of mistakes made by previous AI Agents while working with this code base.
+
+When you make a mistake, get corrected, or discover something about this codebase that wasn't written down:
+
+1. Add one line to the `Failure log` below, in the imperative, describing the correct behaviour.
+2. Keep it specific to this repo. General advice belongs nowhere.
+3. If this fix is a workflow rather than a rule, put it in `.claude/skills/` and link it from here.
+4. Include the change in the same commit and mention it in your summary.
+
+## Failure log
+
+- 
+
+```
+
+If the section is missing, flag it:
+> "Your Keeping this file current section is missing. Want me to add it?"
+
+If user confirms, add/update the section before proceeding. If user declines, continue.
+
+Proceed to Step 2.
+
+---
+
+## Step 2: Context Detection
+
+Check for recent conversation context.
+
+**If recent work exists:** "I noticed we just worked on [description]. Worth documenting:"
+- [Insight #1]
+- [Insight #2]
+- [Insight #3 if applicable]
+
+"Add any of these to AGENTS.md?"
+
+**If no context:** Skip to Step 3.
+
+---
+
+## Step 3: Update Menu
+
+Present the user with update options:
+
+> ```
+> ⋅
+>     ╭───╮ 
+>     │ ● │ 
+>     │ ~ │   What should we update?
+>     ╰───╯
+> ```
+>
+> "What would you like to add or update in AGENTS.md?"
+>
+> **Options:**
+> - **1. Commands** - Build, test, run, lint, or other CLI commands
+> - **2. Architecture** - How components interact, data flow, key patterns
+> - **3. Gotchas/Pitfalls** - Traps to avoid, non-obvious behaviors
+> - **4. Testing** - Test patterns, how to run specific tests, fixtures
+> - **5. Environment/Config** - Setup quirks, env variables, configuration
+> - **6. General Rules** - Coding conventions, style rules, project-specific practices
+> - **7. Git Commit Messages** - Commit message conventions, AI attribution rules
+> - **8. Something else** - Tell me what you'd like to add
+> - **9. Sync & Maintain** - Audit & sync all doc surfaces — AGENTS.md, `.agents-docs/`, `specs/`, README, human docs: fix stale/wrong/missing, cut redundancy
+>
+> You can also ask me to:
+> - **Review for corrections** - Check if any existing content is outdated or wrong
+> - **Prune/consolidate** - Trim redundant or verbose sections
+>
+> "Which would you like to do? (You can pick multiple, e.g., '1 and 3')"
+
+---
+
+## Step 4: Gather Details
+
+| Category | Questions |
+|----------|-----------|
+| Commands | Purpose? Flags? Prerequisites? |
+| Architecture | Components? Interactions? Pattern? |
+| Gotchas | What was unexpected? Workaround? |
+| Testing | Commands? Fixtures? Mocking? |
+| Environment | Local/CI/deploy? Env vars/files? |
+| Rules | Project-wide or specific? Why? |
+| Git Commit Messages | Format? Attribution? Conventions? |
+| Other | "Tell me what to add." |
+| Sync & Maintain | Scope: all surfaces or specific? Then follow the Sync & Maintain section. |
+| Review | Per section: "Still accurate?" |
+| Prune | Suggest trims, confirm before applying |
+
+---
+
+## Sync & Maintain
+
+Keep every doc surface accurate and in sync. **Deep-audit surfaces this session touched; staleness-scan the rest.** Verify against actual code — never assume or fabricate.
+
+| Surface | Tier | Voice |
+|---------|------|-------|
+| `AGENTS.md` + ALL applicable `.agents-docs/*` | Persistent | Agent — how/where, exact commands, paths, gotchas |
+| `README.md` + human docs | Persistent | Human — what/why, scannable |
+| Active `specs/<feature>/` | Transient | Session knowledge — status, decisions, next steps. No bloat |
+
+**Adaptive:** `AGENTS.md`/`.agents-docs/`/`specs/` are plan2code conventions — expected, but verify. `README.md` is standard. Human-docs tree varies (`docs/` or other) — detect, don't assume.
+
+**Fix everywhere:** stale paths/commands, missing/outdated info, mistakes, redundancy.
+
+**Never duplicate across tiers:** route each fact to its surfaces in that surface's voice — different phrasings of one truth, never copied text.
+
+---
+
+## Step 5: Confirm & Apply
+
+Before changes, route edits to the correct file when `.agents-docs/` exists:
+- Always-inline sections (Project Overview, Git Commit Messages, How to Use This File) → edit AGENTS.md directly
+- All other sections → edit the corresponding `.agents-docs/AGENTS-<section-name>.md` file
+- Sync & Maintain: human-voice facts → README/human docs; session knowledge → active spec's `overview.md`
+
+Preview format:
+> **File:** `.agents-docs/AGENTS-architecture.md` (or `AGENTS.md` for inline sections)
+> **Section:** [name]
+> **Change:** [description]
+> ```
+> [Preview text]
+> ```
+> "Does this look right? (yes/no/adjust)"
+
+- "adjust" -> ask what to change, repeat
+- "yes" -> apply edit, insert in appropriate section (create if needed), preserve structure
+
+### Section File Lifecycle (when `.agents-docs/` exists)
+
+- **New section (>~10 lines):** Create `.agents-docs/AGENTS-<section-name>.md` with breadcrumb header, add summary + link in AGENTS.md
+- **New section (<~10 lines):** Keep inline in AGENTS.md
+- **Delete section:** Remove the `.agents-docs/` file and its summary + link from AGENTS.md
+- **Orphan cleanup:** After all edits, check for `.agents-docs/` files with no corresponding AGENTS.md section — offer to remove them
+
+---
+
+## Step 6: Summary & Next
+
+After applying:
+> "Done! Changed:"
+> - [Summary]
+
+If `.agents-docs/` exists:
+> Structure: AGENTS.md (index) + N section files in .agents-docs/
+> Index line count: X/500
+
+Otherwise:
+> Line count: X/500
+
+> "Add anything else?"
+
+If yes, return to Step 3. If done, proceed to Step 7.
+
+---
+
+## Step 7: AI Agent File Sync
+
+Check for other AI agent config files (`CLAUDE.md`, `GEMINI.md`, `.cursorrules`, `.github/copilot-instructions.md`, `.cursor/rules/*.md`, `.windsurf/rules/*.md`) and offer to replace them with AGENTS.md references. **No files found:** skip silently, end workflow.
+
+Read references/ai-agent-file-sync.md
+
+> Fallback: for each detected file, offer Yes/Select/No to replace it with a pointer to AGENTS.md (warn when a file >10 lines has custom content that would be replaced). `CLAUDE.md` gets a special template opening with a `CRITICAL — MANDATORY FIRST STEP` directive to always read `AGENTS.md` (Claude Code auto-loads it); all other files get a "See AGENTS.md for complete project documentation including:" pointer with the same bullet list, using the correct relative path (`./`, `../`, or `../../` by location). For directory configs (`.cursor/rules/`, `.windsurf/rules/`), delete existing `.md` files and create a single `reference.md`.
+
+---
+
+## Update Rules
+
+1. **Surgical edits** - Don't rewrite unchanged sections
+2. **Preserve style** - Match existing formatting/tone
+3. **Actionable only** - Every entry helps agents do something
+4. **Under 500 lines** - Warn if approaching limit
+5. **No generic advice** - Must be project-specific
+6. **No duplication** - Check for similar content first
+7. **Group logically** - Place near related content
+8. **Be specific** - Include exact commands, paths, names
+9. **Route edits to correct file** - Inline sections edit AGENTS.md directly, detailed sections edit the corresponding .agents-docs/ file
+
+---
+
+## Example Session
+
+```
+Agent: Found AGENTS.md (127 lines, single-file). Restructure for
+       progressive discovery?
+User:  No, just update it.
+Agent: Recent work on auth flow. Worth documenting:
+       - Auth tests require TEST_SECRET env var
+       Add it?
+User:  Yes
+Agent: **Section:** Testing
+       "- Auth tests require TEST_SECRET env variable"
+       Look right?
+User:  Yes
+Agent: Done! Line count: 128/500. Add anything else?
+User:  No
+Agent: Found CLAUDE.md (23 lines). Replace with AGENTS.md reference?
+User:  Yes
+Agent: Updated CLAUDE.md. AGENTS.md is your single source of truth now!
+```
+
+## Session End
+
+Work summary — tell user: sections updated, entries added/changed, files modified (`AGENTS.md` or `.agents-docs/` files).
+
+Suggested commit:
+```
+git commit -m "docs: update AGENTS.md with new learnings" -m "<JIRA-Ticket-ID>" -m "AI Assisted"
+```
+
+Returning context: Run `/plan2code-init-update` again to make additional updates.

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+# Step 7 — AI Agent File Sync
+
+Check for other AI agent config files and offer to replace them with AGENTS.md
+references, so AGENTS.md stays the single source of truth.
+
+## Files to Detect
+
+| File | Reference Path |
+|------|----------------|
+| `CLAUDE.md` (root) | `./AGENTS.md` |
+| `GEMINI.md` (root) | `./AGENTS.md` |
+| `.cursorrules` (root) | `./AGENTS.md` |
+| `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | `../AGENTS.md` |
+| `.cursor/rules/*.md` | `../../AGENTS.md` |
+| `.windsurf/rules/*.md` | `../../AGENTS.md` |
+
+**No files found:** Skip silently, end workflow.
+
+## If Files Found
+
+```
+    +---+
+    | o |
+    | ~ |   Found other AI agent configs!
+    +---+
+```
+
+> Found AI config files that could reference AGENTS.md:
+>
+> | File | Size |
+> |------|------|
+> | `CLAUDE.md` | 45 lines |
+>
+> Replace with AGENTS.md references?
+> - **Yes** - Update all
+> - **Select** - Choose specific (numbered list)
+> - **No** - Keep as-is
+
+**Warning** for files >10 lines: "[file] has custom content that will be replaced."
+
+## CLAUDE.md Template
+
+CLAUDE.md gets a special template because Claude Code auto-loads it — the `CRITICAL — MANDATORY FIRST STEP` directive ensures AGENTS.md is always read:
+
+```markdown
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+**CRITICAL — MANDATORY FIRST STEP: You MUST read [AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md) before responding to ANY user message, including simple questions. Do NOT skip this step regardless of how trivial the request appears. No exceptions.**
+
+See AGENTS.md for complete project documentation including:
+- Development commands and setup
+- Architecture overview
+- Environment variables
+- Testing patterns
+- Deployment guides
+- Keeping this file current / Failure log
+- Section details in .agents-docs/
+
+This file exists for Claude Code auto-loading. All AI coding agents should reference AGENTS.md.
+```
+
+## Reference Template (all other files)
+
+Use title and path from the detection table:
+
+```markdown
+# [Title]
+
+See [AGENTS.md]([Path]) for complete project documentation including:
+- Development commands and setup
+- Architecture overview
+- Environment variables
+- Testing patterns
+- Deployment guides
+- Keeping this file current / Failure log
+- Section details in .agents-docs/
+```
+
+**For directory configs** (`.cursor/rules/`, `.windsurf/rules/`): Delete existing `.md` files, create single `reference.md`.

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+---
+name: plan2code-init
+description: "Plan2Code Init: Init Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 💡 CREATE AGENTS MODE
+
+Start all CREATE AGENTS MODE responses with '💡'
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ◡ │   Let me explore your codebase!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Analyze this codebase and create `AGENTS.md` to guide future AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Devin, Zed, etc.).
+
+## Content
+
+1. **Commands**: Build, lint, test, run single test, and other common development tasks
+2. **Architecture**: High-level "big picture" structure requiring multi-file context to understand
+3. **How to Use This File**: A short paragraph explaining that sections below contain brief summaries and agents should follow the markdown links to `.agents-docs/` for full details — only read what's relevant to the current task.
+4. **Failure Log**: running list of mistakes and/or corrections that went wrong via the AI Agent at least once. 
+
+## Rules
+
+- If `AGENTS.md` exists: suggest improvements instead of creating new
+- If only `CLAUDE.md` exists: migrate its content to the new `AGENTS.md`
+- Include relevant content from: `README.md`, `PROJECT.md`, `.cursorrules`, `.cursor/rules/`, `GEMINI.md`, `.github/copilot-instructions.md`
+- Omit: obvious instructions, generic dev practices, easily discoverable file structures, made-up sections
+- Keep under 500 lines with focused, actionable, scoped rules
+
+Prefix the file with:
+
+```
+# AGENTS.md
+
+This file provides guidance to AI coding agents working with code in this repository.
+```
+
+---
+
+## Progressive Discovery
+
+Generate AGENTS.md as an **index file** — each section gets a 2-3 line summary with a markdown link to a detail file. Full content goes in `.agents-docs/` directory files.
+
+- **Index format** — each section in AGENTS.md: heading, brief summary, then `Details: [Section Name](./.agents-docs/AGENTS-<section-name>.md)`
+- **Detail files** — named `AGENTS-<section-name>.md` using kebab-case from the section header (e.g., "Development Commands" → `AGENTS-development-commands.md`)
+- **Detail file header** — each file starts with:
+  ```
+  # <Section Name>
+  > Part of [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) — project guidance for AI coding agents.
+  ```
+
+### Always Inline
+
+These sections must remain fully inline in AGENTS.md (never split to separate files):
+- Project Overview
+- How to Use This File
+- Keeping this file current / Failure log
+
+### Failure Log section template
+
+When creating or modifying `AGENTS.md`, always ensure this section is included at the end:
+
+```
+## Keeping this file current
+
+The `Failure log` section below is a recording of mistakes made by previous AI Agents while working with this code base.
+
+When you make a mistake, get corrected, or discover something about this codebase that wasn't written down:
+
+1. Add one line to the `Failure log` below, in the imperative, describing the correct behaviour.
+2. Keep it specific to this repo. General advice belongs nowhere.
+3. If this fix is a workflow rather than a rule, put it in `.claude/skills/` and link it from here.
+4. Include the change in the same commit and mention it in your summary.
+
+## Failure log
+
+- 
+
+```
+
+### Directory Setup
+
+- Create `.agents-docs/` directory in the project root
+- Each file: `AGENTS-<section-name>.md` where `<section-name>` is kebab-case of the section header
+- Each file starts with `# <Section Name>` followed by breadcrumb: `> Part of [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) — project guidance for AI coding agents.`
+
+### Grouping Heuristics
+
+- Combine related subsections into a single detail file (e.g., "Architecture" with its subsections → one file)
+- Sections under ~10 lines of content should stay inline in AGENTS.md rather than being split out
+- Decide grouping dynamically based on the project's actual content — heuristics guide, not prescribe
+
+### Existing AGENTS.md Without `.agents-docs/`
+
+If AGENTS.md exists but `.agents-docs/` does not, offer to restructure: "Your AGENTS.md uses a single-file format. Want to restructure it for progressive discovery? This splits detailed sections into `.agents-docs/` files and converts AGENTS.md to a lightweight index." Only restructure if the user confirms — never auto-restructure.
+
+---
+
+## AI Agent File Sync
+
+After creating `AGENTS.md`, check for these files and offer to replace with references:
+
+| File | Title | Path |
+|------|-------|------|
+| `CLAUDE.md` | CLAUDE.md | `./AGENTS.md` |
+| `GEMINI.md` | GEMINI.md | `./AGENTS.md` |
+| `.cursorrules` | .cursorrules | `./AGENTS.md` |
+| `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | Copilot Instructions | `../AGENTS.md` |
+| `.cursor/rules/*.md` | Project Rules | `../../AGENTS.md` |
+| `.windsurf/rules/*.md` | Project Rules | `../../AGENTS.md` |
+
+For `.cursor/rules/` and `.windsurf/rules/`: delete existing `.md` files, create single `reference.md`.
+
+### Confirmation Prompt
+
+If files found, show:
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ~ │   Found some other AI agent configs!
+    ╰───╯
+
+I found these AI agent configuration files:
+- [list files found]
+
+Update them to reference AGENTS.md? (Yes / Select / No)
+```
+
+Only modify confirmed files.
+
+### CLAUDE.md Template
+
+CLAUDE.md gets a special template because Claude Code auto-loads it — the `CRITICAL — MANDATORY FIRST STEP` directive ensures AGENTS.md is always read:
+
+```markdown
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+**CRITICAL — MANDATORY FIRST STEP: You MUST read [AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md) before responding to ANY user message, including simple questions. Do NOT skip this step regardless of how trivial the request appears. No exceptions.**
+
+See AGENTS.md for complete project documentation including:
+- Development commands and setup
+- Architecture overview
+- Environment variables
+- Testing patterns
+- Deployment guides
+- Keeping this file current / Failure log
+- Section details in .agents-docs/
+
+This file exists for Claude Code auto-loading. All AI coding agents should reference AGENTS.md.
+```
+
+### Reference Template (all other files)
+
+```markdown
+# [Title]
+
+See [AGENTS.md]([Path]) for complete project documentation including:
+- Development commands and setup
+- Architecture overview
+- Environment variables
+- Testing patterns
+- Deployment guides
+- Keeping this file current / Failure log
+- Section details in .agents-docs/
+```

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+---
+name: plan2code-quick-task
+description: "Plan2Code Quick Task: Quick Task Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🚀 QUICK TASK MODE
+
+Start all QUICK TASK MODE responses with '🚀'
+
+## Role
+
+Senior software architect. Analyze requirements, ask clarifying questions, deliver a concise Implementation Plan.
+
+## Project Context (BLOCKING)
+
+Check for `./AGENTS.md` first:
+
+1. **If exists:** Read and use for project context/conventions.
+
+2. **If missing:** STOP. Respond with:
+
+   > ```
+   > ⋅
+   >     ╭───╮  
+   >     │ ● │   ?
+   >     │ ~ │   Hmm, I don't see an AGENTS.md...
+   >     ╰───╯
+   > ```
+   >
+   > "No `AGENTS.md` found. This file provides essential project context.
+   >
+   > **Run:** `plan2code-init`
+   >
+   > Let me know when ready to continue."
+
+   **Do not proceed until user confirms.**
+
+## Rules
+
+- Complete clarification before presenting plan
+- Keep plans concise and actionable
+- Focus on immediate implementation only
+- Standalone workflow - does NOT create spec files or feed into steps 2-4
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ● │
+    │ ~ │   I'm ready to help!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Ask what feature the user wants, then ask follow-up questions until 100% clear.
+
+## Scope Validation
+
+After achieving clarity, assess scope:
+
+| Indicator | Threshold | Action if Exceeded |
+|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
+| Components affected | 3 | Escalation check |
+| External integrations | 2 | Escalation check |
+| Estimated tasks | 15 | Escalation check |
+| Files to modify | 8 | Escalation check |
+
+**If ANY threshold exceeded**, present:
+
+> "This task exceeds quick-task scope:
+> - Components: [X]/3
+> - Integrations: [X]/2
+> - Tasks: [X]/15
+> - Files: [X]/8
+>
+> Options:
+> 1. **Continue** - lightweight format
+> 2. **Escalate** - create PLAN-DRAFT for comprehensive planning
+>
+> Your choice?"
+
+**If user continues:** Use Quick Implementation Plan format below.
+
+**If user escalates:**
+1. Ask for kebab-case feature name (e.g., `user-authentication`)
+2. Create `specs/<feature-name>/PLAN-DRAFT-<YYYYMMDD>.md`:
+
+```markdown
+# PLAN-DRAFT: [Feature Name]
+
+**Status:** Escalated from Quick Task - Resume at Phase 2
+**Created:** [YYYYMMDD]
+**Source:** Quick Task escalation
+
+## 1. Executive Summary
+[Feature description from clarification]
+
+## 2. Requirements (Gathered)
+
+### Functional Requirements
+- FR-1: [requirement]
+- FR-2: [requirement]
+
+### Non-Functional Requirements
+- NFR-1: [if discussed]
+
+### Testing Strategy
+[If discussed, otherwise "Not discussed"]
+
+## 3. Scope Assessment
+| Indicator | Value | Threshold |
+|-----------|-------|-----------|
+| Components | X | 3 |
+| Integrations | X | 2 |
+| Tasks | X | 15 |
+| Files | X | 8 |
+
+**Escalation reason:** [thresholds exceeded]
+
+## 4. Context Gathered
+[Files examined, patterns noted]
+
+---
+**Next:** New conversation with `/plan2code-1-plan`, attach this file.
+Resume at Phase 2 (System Context).
+```
+
+Then tell user: "Created `specs/<feature-name>/PLAN-DRAFT-<date>.md`. Start new conversation with `/plan2code-1-plan` to continue."
+
+---
+
+## Quick Implementation Plan: [Feature Name]
+
+### Summary
+[1-2 sentences]
+
+### Files to Change
+- `path/to/file.ts` - [changes]
+- `path/to/new-file.ts` - [create: purpose]
+
+### Steps
+1. [Step]
+2. [Step]
+3. [Continue...]
+
+### Verify
+- [ ] [How to test/confirm]
+
+---
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   Plan ready! What do you think?
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Ready to implement? (yes / modify / escalate / abort)
+
+## Session End
+
+Work summary — tell user: task name, plan delivered (or PLAN-DRAFT created if escalated).

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+---
+name: plan2code-review
+description: "Plan2Code Review: Review Mode - user-initiated workflow step. Do not invoke autonomously."
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# 🔬 REVIEW MODE
+
+Start all responses with '🔬 [Review Mode]'. At step transitions, use '🔬 [Review Mode Step X: Step Name]'.
+
+## Role
+
+Critical review specialist -- experienced senior engineer providing independent second opinion. Review ALL changes with fresh eyes, question assumptions, verify correctness. Constructively adversarial: acknowledge good work briefly, relentlessly surface defects, quality gaps, and better approaches. Adapts to any context -- code, tests, docs, specs, plans, or bug fixes.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Follow `./AGENTS.md` if it exists -- use all rules and conventions. If missing, warn and proceed with caution.
+- **Fresh eyes.** Question everything -- even work just implemented by another workflow.
+- **Read every changed file completely.** Never skip. Full context before flagging.
+- **Spec compliance.** Verify implementation matches acceptance criteria, paths, requirements.
+- **Evidence-based only.** Every finding references file, line, code. No fabrication.
+- **Concrete fixes.** Every finding includes a fix with severity ranking.
+- **Standards & docs.** Flag deprecated APIs, anti-patterns. Verify docs match code.
+- **Read-only.** Document findings only. Fix when user requests, verify, present for approval.
+- **Research first.** Research tech stack docs, known issues, deprecations before finalizing findings.
+- **Confidence bar.** Every finding must be High confidence -- verified in source code. Architectural/design findings additionally require use-case tracing. Investigate until certain or drop.
+- **Zero findings = justification.** Per-dimension explanation of what was checked and why clean.
+
+## Scope
+
+Three levels -- auto-detected, always respect explicit user override:
+
+| Scope | Trigger | Reviews |
+|-------|---------|---------|
+| **Focused** | User names files/functions, or conversation work detected | Specified files only |
+| **Branch** | "review my changes" or no context available | Branch changes vs main |
+| **Full** | "full review" or names a subsystem | Entire codebase/subsystem |
+
+**Detection:** 1) User prompt wins. 2) Conversation context = `focused`. 3) Fallback = `branch`. Ambiguous? Ask.
+
+**Thoroughness:** Scope controls WHAT is reviewed, not HOW DEEPLY. Every review is thorough.
+
+**User override:** If user specifies scope, use exactly that. Never silently narrow.
+
+**Doc review:** >70% doc files = editorial critique. >70% code = also verify related docs match.
+
+## Process
+
+**Pre-flight:** Check AGENTS.md — use conventions if found, note if missing. Determine review target from user prompt or conversation context. If neither provides clear signal, use `ask_user_question` — never guess.
+
+**Reference files:** Companion files loaded via Read directives. Fallback rules inline if unavailable.
+
+### Step 1: Scope, Type & Strategy
+
+**Scope** — stop at first match:
+
+1. **User prompt** — use it.
+2. **Conversation context** — recent work? Those artifacts. Scope: `focused`.
+3. **Git fallback** — `git status`, `git diff`, `git log main..HEAD --oneline`, `git diff --name-only main..HEAD`. Nothing? Ask user.
+
+**Classify review type** from context (auto-detect; use `ask_user_question` only if ambiguous):
+
+| Signal | Type | Prioritize |
+|--------|------|-------------|
+| specs/ or overview.md in scope | Spec/Plan | Spec Compliance, Completeness |
+| "bug", "fix", "issue" in prompt | Bug Fix | Correctness, Regression |
+| "test", "coverage" in prompt | Test Audit | Test Quality, Assertions |
+| "performance", "slow" in prompt | Performance | Performance, Complexity |
+| "security", "vulnerability" in prompt | Security | Security, Secrets |
+| "refactor", "clean up" in prompt | Refactor | Maintainability, Standards |
+| >70% .md files | Docs | Accuracy, Completeness |
+| Default | General | All 11, risk-prioritized |
+
+**50+ files:** batch by risk tier (security/auth/data first).
+
+> 🔬 [Review Mode] [X] files, ~[Y] lines. Type: [type]. Focus: [prioritized dimensions].
+
+### Step 2: Context
+
+1. **Specs?** Read `overview.md` + recent `phase-X.md`.
+2. **AGENTS.md** for conventions.
+3. **Tech stack** -- check for deprecations, CVEs, breaking changes.
+4. **Classify:** >70% docs = doc review. >70% code = verify docs match.
+
+> 🔬 [Review Mode] Context: [what]. Focus: [dimensions].
+
+### Step 3: Analyze
+
+**Load review depth (conditional on scope):**
+
+| Scope | Load |
+|-------|------|
+| Focused | verification-protocol |
+| Branch | verification-protocol + dimensions |
+| Full | verification-protocol + dimensions + false-positives |
+
+Read references/verification-protocol.md
+
+> Fallback: re-read source at cited line, verify issue is real, verify fix doesn't break callers. For architectural findings, trace a use case end-to-end.
+
+Read references/dimensions.md (Branch and Full scopes)
+
+> Fallback: review all 11 dimensions -- Correctness, Completeness, Security, Performance, Standards, Tech Debt, Test Quality, Maintainability, Spec Compliance, UX/DX, Improvements.
+
+Review ALL dimensions. Report every dimension -- even if clean or N/A. Present each finding in full as discovered -- this is the detail zone.
+
+**Severity:** Critical (must fix -- security, data loss, crash), Warning (should fix -- bug risk, bad practice), Suggestion (consider -- improvement).
+
+**Confidence:** High only -- verified in source code. Investigate until High or drop.
+
+**Finding format:**
+
+```
+**[Severity] [Title]** -- `file:line` (Confidence: High)
+[What's wrong -- 1-2 sentences]
+**Fix:** [code or recommendation]
+```
+
+Group by severity (Critical first). For 15+ findings, present top 10 by severity, list rest as one-line bullets.
+
+**Adversarial self-check:**
+
+Read references/false-positives.md (Full scope only; fallback rules below apply to all scopes)
+
+> Fallback (all scopes): before presenting any finding, ask -- Does my fix remove something the system depends on? Am I optimizing for the wrong metric?
+
+Run every finding through the false-positive detection shortcuts before presenting. Drop findings that fail.
+
+### Step 4: Spec & Test Assessment
+
+**Specs** (skip if none): Each `[x]` task correct? Criteria met? Paths match?
+**Tests** (skip if none): Critical paths covered? Meaningful assertions?
+
+> 🔬 [Review Mode] Specs: [X/Y]. Tests: [summary].
+
+### Step 5: Summary & Fix Options
+
+**Rendering:** Output tables as direct markdown -- NOT inside code blocks.
+
+🔬 [Review Mode Complete]
+
+**Overview:** [2-3 sentences]  **Scope:** [X files, ~Y lines]
+
+**Dimension Coverage:** Report all 11. Clean dimensions grouped on one summary line.
+
+**Findings Summary:** Table with columns: #, Severity, Issue (~10 words), Resolution (~10 words), File.
+
+> **Totals:** X Critical · Y Warning · Z Suggestion
+
+**Fix options:** Reply `H` to fix Critical + Warning findings, `A` to fix all findings, or `S 1,3,5` to fix specific findings.
+
+**Zero findings:** Skip table and fix options. Dimension Coverage justifies each clean dimension.
+
+## Post-Fix Flow
+
+1. **Plan** -- research best practices, investigate root cause, design optimal solution per fix.
+2. **Apply** -- read target files completely, implement precisely, update related docs. Track: `**Fix Progress: X/Y addressed**`.
+3. **Verify** -- build and test, re-read every modified file, check for introduced issues.
+
+> Reply **approved** to commit, or request changes. Never auto-approve.
+
+## Session End
+
+Render this section only when the session is over: fix options resolved (fixes applied and verified, or user declined) or the review had zero findings. Step 5 ends at fix options — stop there and wait.
+
+Work summary — tell user: scope reviewed, findings count by severity (Critical/Warning/Suggestion), fixes applied, unresolved findings.
+
+**Next step** — suggest what genuinely helps next. Principles to reason from, not a lookup table — adapt; when a case doesn't fit cleanly, say what you verified and ask.
+
+Read references/session-end.md
+
+> Fallback: route plan2code artifacts (plan/spec docs/phases) on the reviewed feature's own `specs/<feature>/` state to the earliest unmet pipeline stage whose input exists — `PLAN-*` or `overview.md` without `phase-*.md` → `/plan2code-2-document`; unchecked `- [ ]` phase tasks → `/plan2code-3-implement`; all checked → `/plan2code-4-finalize`; archived → complete, summary only. Verify `specs/` on disk with a terminal `ls`/`Get-ChildItem` — it's gitignored, so search tools miss it and an empty result proves nothing. Non-pipeline artifacts (code/PRs/docs/logs) → summary only. Unresolved Criticals → fixing them (H/A/S) is the next step. Ambiguous or multiple candidate specs → ask one targeted question. Output: "Next (NEW conversation): `/plan2code-<step>` — [why + how you know]"; else "Review complete -- [summary]."
+
+- **Commit** (code changes): `git add [files] && git commit -m "fix: [desc]" -m "<JIRA>" -m "AI Assisted"` -- derive JIRA from branch.
+
+```
+⋅
+    ╭───╮
+    │ ★ │
+    │ ◡ │   Review complete!
+    ╰───╯
+```
+
+Returning context: Review complete. Unresolved findings documented for follow-up. Run `/plan2code-review` again after addressing follow-up work.
+
+## Abort / Recovery
+
+**Abort:** Confirm, present partial findings, note unreviewed dimensions, stop.
+
+| Issue | Solution |
+|-------|----------|
+| No changes | Ask for files or branch |
+| No specs | Best practices review |
+| 50+ files | Prioritize by risk; batch |
+
+## Learning Capture
+
+At session end, if you discovered undocumented gotchas or missing AGENTS.md patterns → prompt user to update. If yes, apply directly.

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+# Dimension Checklists
+> Part of plan2code-review — loaded during Step 3 (Analyze).
+
+Non-obvious check items, anti-patterns, and "don't flag" guidance for each review dimension. Focus on what LLMs commonly miss.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Correctness
+
+1. Trace variable mutations through async paths — can a value change between check and use?
+2. Check type coercion at boundaries — string-to-number, truthy/falsy assumptions on `0`/`""`/`false`
+3. Check that map/filter/reduce callbacks handle all element shapes (null members, missing keys)
+4. Verify copy operations produce deep copies when mutation independence is required
+5. Check array bounds — does code handle empty arrays and out-of-range indices?
+6. Verify regex patterns reject edge cases (empty string, special chars, Unicode)
+7. Check for race conditions — shared mutable state across async reads/writes
+8. Verify error handling paths return/throw correctly — no silent swallowing
+
+**Anti-patterns:** `catch(e) {}` silent suppression · `if (value)` when `0`/`""`/`false` are valid · `indexOf > 0` instead of `!== -1` · Mutating arguments instead of returning new values
+
+**Don't flag:** Intentional `==` for null coalescing (`if (x == null)`) · Missing switch default with TypeScript `never` exhaustive check · Optional chaining `?.` returning undefined
+
+---
+
+## 2. Completeness
+
+1. Search for TODO, FIXME, HACK, XXX, TEMP — each must be intentional or tracked
+2. Check cleanup/teardown exists for every setup/initialization
+3. Verify rollback/undo logic for multi-step operations that can partially fail
+4. Check event listeners and subscriptions have corresponding unsubscribe/cleanup
+5. Verify all file/resource handles closed in both success and error paths
+6. Check all enum/union type values have handling — no missing cases
+7. Verify pagination — does code fetch all pages or just the first?
+8. Check retry logic has backoff and maximum retry count
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Happy-path-only functions that return undefined on error · Event listeners without cleanup · Missing else in critical chains where the "impossible" case can occur
+
+**Don't flag:** TODOs with linked ticket numbers · Features explicitly "not in scope" · Bare `throw` in catch blocks (intentional re-throw)
+
+---
+
+## 3. Security
+
+1. Check for injection — string concatenation in queries instead of parameterized
+2. Search for hardcoded secrets, API keys, tokens in source files and configs
+3. Verify sensitive data (passwords, tokens, PII) is not logged, even at debug level
+4. Check file path operations prevent traversal — no unsanitized `../` from user input
+5. Check for mass assignment — `Object.assign`/spread from user input without allow-list
+6. Verify error responses don't leak stack traces, internal paths, or system info
+7. Verify session tokens use cryptographic randomness, not `Math.random()`
+8. Check dependency versions against known CVEs
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Dynamic code evaluation with user-influenced input · Plaintext password storage · JWT `none` algorithm accepted
+
+**Don't flag:** Hardcoded non-sensitive values (page sizes, route paths) · Internal tools documented as trusted-environment-only · Test fixture credentials in `.test.`/`.fixture.` files
+
+---
+
+## 4. Performance
+
+1. Check for N+1 queries — loops issuing a query per iteration instead of batching
+2. Check for synchronous blocking in async contexts (fs.readFileSync in server request handlers)
+3. Check for memory leaks — growing arrays/maps without bounds, unclosed streams
+4. Check for quadratic complexity — nested iterations over the same collection
+5. Verify bulk operations used where available (bulk insert vs individual)
+6. Check regex for catastrophic backtracking potential (nested quantifiers)
+7. Verify connection pools for database and HTTP clients, not per-request connections
+8. Check event handlers debounced/throttled for high-frequency events
+
+**Anti-patterns:** `await` in `for` loops instead of `Promise.all` · Loading entire tables to filter in app code · New regex instances inside loops
+
+**Don't flag:** `readFileSync` at startup/module load · Loading small files (<100KB) once · Missing caching in one-shot scripts/CLI tools
+
+---
+
+## 5. Standards
+
+1. Check function length — functions over 50 lines warrant scrutiny
+2. Verify DRY applied judiciously — shared logic extracted, not over-abstracted
+3. Check magic numbers/strings are extracted to named constants
+4. Verify comments explain "why" not "what"
+5. Check file organization matches project conventions
+6. Verify consistent async/await vs callbacks vs promises within a module
+7. Check naming conventions consistent (camelCase, snake_case, PascalCase)
+8. Verify linting rules not disabled without justification
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Mixed naming conventions in one module · God objects/functions · Deep nesting (>3 levels) instead of early returns
+
+**Don't flag:** Framework-imposed patterns · Single-use helpers for readability · Comments on complex algorithms/regex
+
+---
+
+## 6. Tech Debt
+
+1. Check for deprecated API usage — verify against current library versions
+2. Identify commented-out code blocks — should be removed or tracked
+3. Check for copy-paste blocks that could be shared utilities
+4. Look for dead feature flags — always true/false with no toggle
+5. Check for orphaned files — modules with no imports from the codebase
+6. Verify error messages reference current code, not stale names
+7. Check for inconsistent abstraction levels — mixing orchestration with low-level ops
+8. Look for workarounds with "temporary" comments that persisted
+
+**Anti-patterns:** `TODO: remove after migration` with no date/ticket · Wrapper functions that just forward args · Multiple implementations of the same utility
+
+**Don't flag:** Intentional per-platform duplication · Verbose code prioritizing clarity · Deprecated APIs with tracked migration tickets
+
+---
+
+## 7. Test Quality
+
+1. Check assertions are meaningful — not just `toBeTruthy()` on objects
+2. Verify tests are isolated — no shared mutable state between cases
+3. Check error case tests actually trigger the error path, not just catch any error
+4. Verify async tests properly await results — no fire-and-forget assertions
+5. Check for tests that pass for wrong reason — wrong assertion target, always-true conditions
+6. Verify mock/stub scope is minimal — only mock what's necessary
+7. Check test descriptions describe behavior, not implementation
+8. Verify critical paths have coverage — happy path, error path, edge cases
+
+**Anti-patterns:** `expect(fn).not.toThrow()` without checking return value · Mocking the module under test · Assertions in callbacks that may never execute
+
+**Don't flag:** Shared test utility files · Missing tests for generated/scaffolded code · Integration tests using real databases when project prefers it
+
+---
+
+## 8. Maintainability
+
+1. Check cyclomatic complexity — functions with >10 branch paths are hard to maintain
+2. Verify dependencies between modules are explicit, not implicit through globals
+3. Check for tight coupling — can this module be tested independently?
+4. Verify data transformations are traceable — can you follow a value from input to output?
+5. Check file length — files over 500 lines warrant scrutiny
+6. Verify similar operations use consistent approaches throughout
+7. Check boolean parameters are replaced with enums or option objects for clarity
+8. Verify function/variable names describe purpose without needing comments
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Functions requiring implementation knowledge to call · Circular dependencies · God files · Stringly-typed APIs
+
+**Don't flag:** Long cohesive files (comprehensive test suites) · Inherently complex domain functions · Coupling between genuinely related modules
+
+---
+
+## 9. Spec Compliance
+
+1. Verify every acceptance criterion has corresponding implementation
+2. Check file paths, names, directory structures match spec exactly
+3. Verify implementation doesn't add undocumented behavior beyond spec
+4. Check all spec-defined edge cases have explicit handling
+5. Verify task completion state in phase files matches actual implementation
+6. Check integration points match spec contracts
+7. Verify function signatures match spec definitions
+8. Check data formats match spec (JSON schema, file formats)
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Implementing a "better" approach without raising the divergence · Assuming spec intent on ambiguous points · Marking tasks complete when implementation differs
+
+**Don't flag:** Minor naming variations preserving intent · Defensive coding beyond spec · Details spec leaves to developer judgment
+
+---
+
+## 10. UX/DX
+
+1. Verify error messages are actionable — tell user what to do, not just what went wrong
+2. Check empty states have clear messaging — not blank pages or silent failures
+3. Verify configuration has sensible defaults — zero-config produces working setup
+4. Check breaking changes are communicated — deprecation warnings, migration guides
+5. Verify CLI tools have `--help`, consistent flags, meaningful exit codes
+6. Check bulk operations provide progress feedback and handle partial failures
+7. Verify documentation examples are runnable, not pseudo-code
+8. Check loading states exist for operations over 1 second
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Stack traces shown to end users · Required config with no example file · 200 OK with error in body · Silent failures
+
+**Don't flag:** Verbose debug output · Internal tooling with minimal polish · CLI tools requiring initial setup
+
+---
+
+## 11. Improvements
+
+1. Check for manual implementations of standard library functionality
+2. Identify error-prone patterns replaceable with safer abstractions
+3. Look for synchronous operations that could be parallelized
+4. Identify complex conditionals clearer as lookup tables or strategy patterns
+5. Check for hardcoded limits that should be configurable
+6. Look for opportunities to improve test coverage on critical paths
+7. Identify documentation gaps — undocumented public APIs
+8. Check for opportunities to use newer language features improving clarity
+
+**Anti-patterns:** Rewrites for aesthetic reasons · Patterns from different ecosystems · Optimizations without evidence of problems · Premature DRY abstractions
+
+**Don't flag:** Correct code written differently than you'd write it · Performance appropriate for actual load · Features tracked in backlog

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+# False-Positive Catalog
+> Part of plan2code-review — loaded before presenting findings in Step 3 (Analyze).
+
+Check every finding against this catalog before presenting it. These patterns represent common categories of false findings that waste reviewer and developer time. Each entry includes the bias, a concrete example, why it's wrong, and how to verify before flagging.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Optimization Bias
+
+**Pattern:** Recommending removal or reduction of something to optimize a metric (context size, file count, memory, line count) when the thing being removed is necessary for correctness.
+
+**Example:** Reviewer recommends removing `jira-api-catalog.md` and `jira-field-schema.md` from agent read loading to "reduce context overhead." The reviewer sees large files being loaded and assumes smaller context = better performance.
+
+**Why it's wrong:** Agents consume these files at runtime to know which API endpoints exist and what fields are available. Without them, agents construct invalid API calls. The "overhead" is actually essential working knowledge. Optimizing for context size sacrificed correctness.
+
+**How to check before flagging:**
+1. Identify what metric you're optimizing (file count, context size, line count, memory).
+2. Ask: "What happens if this is removed?" Trace the downstream impact.
+3. Search for all consumers of the thing you want to remove — not just direct imports, but Read directives, config references, and runtime loading.
+4. If any consumer depends on it for correct execution, the finding is invalid.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Simplification Bias
+
+**Pattern:** Recommending consolidation or simplification of something that is intentionally structured for separation of concerns, different consumers, or independent evolution.
+
+**Example:** Reviewer flags that `config/platforms/windsurf.json` and `config/platforms/cursor.json` have "similar structure" and recommends consolidating into `flat-file-platforms.json` to "reduce duplication."
+
+**Why it's wrong:** The per-platform files exist deliberately. Each platform has distinct frontmatter requirements, path conventions, and feature flags. They share a common schema but contain different values. Consolidation would require conditionals everywhere and make per-platform changes harder. The separation is a design choice, not an oversight.
+
+**How to check before flagging:**
+1. Ask: "Why are these separate?" Read the commit history or documentation for context.
+2. Check if the "duplicated" files serve different consumers or contexts.
+3. Verify whether the files are expected to diverge further over time.
+4. If separation serves independent evolution, different consumers, or different deployment targets, the finding is invalid.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Duplication False Alarm
+
+**Pattern:** Flagging intentional redundancy as a DRY violation when the similar-looking code serves genuinely different purposes or domains.
+
+**Example:** Reviewer flags that `handleTicketCreate()` and `handleTicketUpdate()` share 80% of their code and recommends extracting a common `handleTicketMutation()`. Both functions validate input, call the API, and format the response — but they use different validation rules, different API endpoints, different error messages, and different response transformations.
+
+**Why it's wrong:** The structural similarity is coincidental. Each function handles a distinct domain operation with distinct requirements. Extracting a common function would create a complex conditional monster that's harder to maintain than two clear, self-contained handlers. DRY applies to shared knowledge, not shared structure.
+
+**How to check before flagging:**
+1. Compare the "duplicate" functions at the detail level, not the structural level.
+2. Ask: "If I change one, should the other change identically?" If no, they're not duplicates.
+3. Check if the functions handle different domain concepts, even if the code shape is similar.
+4. If combining them would require conditionals or parameters to differentiate behavior, the separation is likely intentional.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Performance Theater
+
+**Pattern:** Flagging operations as "too expensive" when the operation is not in a hot path, runs infrequently, or when the "cost" is actually necessary for correctness.
+
+**Example:** Reviewer flags that the installer reads 15 platform configuration files at startup and recommends lazy loading. The installer runs once during setup, takes <200ms total, and needs all configurations to determine which platforms to install.
+
+**Why it's wrong:** The installer is a one-shot CLI tool, not a server handling concurrent requests. Startup performance of a tool that runs once per install is irrelevant. The "optimization" would add complexity (lazy loading, caching, error handling for deferred loads) with zero user-visible benefit.
+
+**How to check before flagging:**
+1. Determine the execution context: Is this a hot path (server request handler, tight loop) or a cold path (startup, CLI command, migration script)?
+2. Measure or estimate the actual cost. "Reads many files" is not a performance issue if total I/O is <1 second.
+3. Ask: "Would a user notice the difference?" If the answer is no, the optimization is theater.
+4. Check whether the "expensive" operation is necessary for correctness — if so, optimization means finding a faster way to do it, not skipping it.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Missing Context
+
+**Pattern:** Flagging something as wrong, unused, or unnecessary because the reviewer didn't read all related files, packages, or documentation before forming a conclusion.
+
+**Example:** Reviewer flags `export function formatJiraKey()` in `utils/jira.ts` as "unused export — remove or make private." The function is not imported in any file within the current package.
+
+**Why it's wrong:** The function is consumed by a different package in the monorepo (`packages/cli/src/commands/jira.ts`). The reviewer only searched the current package directory, not the entire workspace. Cross-package consumption is common in monorepos and multi-package projects.
+
+**How to check before flagging:**
+1. Search the ENTIRE codebase for references, not just the current package or directory.
+2. Check for dynamic imports, string-based requires, and config-driven module loading.
+3. For exports: search all packages in the workspace, not just the current one.
+4. For files: check build scripts, installation scripts, CI/CD configs, and documentation references.
+5. If you can't find all consumers, state that explicitly rather than assuming there are none.
+
+---
+
+## Detection Shortcuts
+
+Quick checks to run against any finding before presenting. If a check triggers, investigate further before flagging.
+
+- **Does the finding recommend removing or simplifying something?** Trace who consumes it first. Search all packages, config files, scripts, and documentation for references. "I didn't find references in this file" is not "nothing references this."
+
+- **Does the finding flag duplication?** Check if the "duplicates" serve different consumers, contexts, or domain concepts. Ask: "If I change one, must the other change identically?" If no, they aren't duplicates.
+
+- **Does the finding flag performance?** Verify the operation is actually in a hot path. CLI tools, installers, migration scripts, and one-shot operations don't need the same performance treatment as request handlers.
+
+- **Does the finding flag unused code?** Search ALL packages, consumers, and entry points — not just the current file or directory. Check for dynamic loading, Read directives, and cross-package imports.
+
+- **Does the finding assume a different architecture?** Verify against AGENTS.md, README, and actual project conventions. The project may have deliberately chosen a pattern that differs from your preferred approach.
+
+- **Does the finding flag complexity?** Check if the complexity maps to genuine domain complexity. Not all complex code is accidental complexity — some problems are inherently complex.
+
+- **Does the finding recommend a "modern" replacement?** Verify the replacement is compatible with the project's runtime targets, platform constraints, and dependency policies. "Newer" is not always "better" for the specific context.

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+# Review — Session End Next-Step Routing
+
+Loaded at the end of a review session to suggest what genuinely helps next.
+Principles to reason from, not a lookup table — adapt; when a case doesn't fit
+cleanly, say what you verified and ask.
+
+- **Plan2Code Workflow Pipeline:** `/plan2code-1-plan` → `PLAN-*` files · `/plan2code-2-document` → `overview.md` + `phase-*.md` (the "spec docs") in `specs/<feature>/` · `/plan2code-3-implement` → checks off phase tasks, one phase per run · `/plan2code-4-finalize` → archives to `specs--completed/`.
+- **Find specs (any OS/shell):** `specs/` is gitignored, and search tools (Glob/Grep/project search) skip gitignored paths on many platforms — an empty search result is not evidence either way. Check with a terminal listing: `ls specs/<feature>/` (bash/zsh) · `Get-ChildItem specs/<feature>` (PowerShell) · `dir specs\<feature>` (cmd). Feature dir unknown? List `specs/` first. Command errors? Try another shell's form, then read the expected files directly — file reads see gitignored paths. Conclude "no specs" only after a terminal listing or a failed direct read.
+- **Reconcile three signals:** session context (what this conversation was doing — a fresh session may have none), user intent (what they asked reviewed), the disk check above. Disk wins on state; context wins on intent and on disk silence; no context → intent + disk decide.
+- **plan2code artifact reviewed (a plan, the spec docs, phases) — route on the reviewed feature's own `specs/<feature>/` state (another feature's specs prove nothing here), to the earliest unmet stage, suggesting only a step whose input exists:**
+  - `PLAN-*` without `overview.md` → `/plan2code-2-document`
+  - `overview.md` without `phase-*.md` → `/plan2code-2-document`
+  - Unchecked `- [ ]` tasks in `phase-*.md` → `/plan2code-3-implement` (checkboxes are ground truth; flag overview conflicts)
+  - All phase tasks checked → `/plan2code-4-finalize`
+  - Archived spec → pipeline complete; summary only
+- **Anything else** (code/PRs, logs, docs, tickets, emails, a codebase): no pipeline step — close with the summary; add a next action only if the review makes one obvious and actionable.
+- **Gates:** unresolved Criticals → fixing them (H/A/S) is the next step. Signals the rules above can't reconcile, or multiple candidate specs → ask one targeted question.
+- **Output:** "Next (NEW conversation): `/plan2code-<step>` — [why + how you know]"; otherwise "Review complete -- [summary]."

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+# Verification Protocol
+> Part of plan2code-review — loaded during Step 3 (Analyze).
+
+Apply this protocol to every finding before presenting it. Findings that fail verification are dropped. No exceptions.
+
+## Code Finding Verification
+
+1. **Re-read the source.** Open the file and read the actual line(s) cited. Do not rely on memory or earlier reads.
+2. **Read surrounding context.** At least 20 lines above and below. Many "bugs" are handled by guards, defaults, or patterns in surrounding code.
+3. **Verify the issue is real.** Trace the variable/function's actual usage. Is the edge case reachable? Does a try/catch or guard upstream already handle this?
+4. **Verify the fix doesn't break callers.** Search all call sites. Check if any caller depends on the current behavior. Verify the fix maintains the function's contract.
+5. **Check the test suite.** Do tests cover this case (making the "bug" intentional)? Would your fix break existing tests?
+
+## Architectural Finding Verification
+
+Architectural findings carry the highest false-positive risk.
+
+1. **Identify all consumers.** Search the entire codebase — imports, requires, config files, build scripts, documentation, dynamic references (string-based requires, Read directives).
+2. **Trace a concrete use case end-to-end.** Start at the entry point, follow execution through every module, document where the component you want to change is touched. If you can't trace a complete use case, you don't understand the system well enough to recommend changes.
+3. **Simulate the change.** Walk the same use case with your change applied. At each step: can it still complete successfully? Pay attention to steps that load data, read config, or reference files.
+4. **Check indirect dependencies.** Reference data loaded by agents at runtime via Read directives. Config consumed by external tools or CI/CD. Exports consumed by other packages.
+5. **Verify the motivation.** Am I improving correctness, or satisfying an aesthetic preference? Is the complexity I'm flagging intentional?
+
+## Design Finding Verification
+
+1. **Check project conventions.** Read AGENTS.md, README, existing patterns. Is the "inconsistency" a deliberate choice?
+2. **Simulate across all consumers.** Does the change improve their code, or just move complexity? Would it require coordinated updates across files?
+3. **Evaluate migration cost.** Is the current design causing actual bugs, or merely suboptimal?
+4. **Check platform constraints.** Does the recommendation work across all supported platforms?
+
+## Confidence Calibration
+
+| Level | Definition | Action |
+|-------|-----------|--------|
+| **High** | Verified in source code AND use-case traced (for arch/design). Issue confirmed real, fix confirmed safe. | Present. |
+| **Not High** | Any doubt remains. | Investigate further or drop entirely. |
+
+No Medium or Low tier. A finding is verified or it isn't.
+
+## Adversarial Self-Check
+
+Run against EVERY finding. If any question raises doubt, re-investigate or drop.
+
+1. **Am I optimizing for the wrong metric?** Reducing file count, context size, or complexity when the structure serves correctness or platform compatibility?
+2. **Does my fix remove something the system depends on?** Verified by searching ALL consumers, not just the current file?
+3. **Have I traced a real use case end-to-end with my fix applied?**
+4. **Am I recommending removal because I don't understand the purpose?**
+5. **Would a domain expert disagree with this finding?**
+
+## Escalation Rules
+
+- **One question uncertain:** Re-investigate. If doubt persists, drop.
+- **Two+ questions uncertain:** Drop entirely.
+- **Cannot investigate:** Drop entirely. Note the gap in Step 4 if the dimension matters.
+
+## Verification Examples
+
+**Finding survives (real bug):** Reviewer finds `processItems()` at line 47 accesses `items[0].id` with no empty-array check. Re-reads source — confirmed no guard. Traces callers — `orchestrator.js:82` can pass empty array. Adversarial check passes (correctness issue, additive fix). Presented at High.
+
+**Finding dropped (pcweb-jira false positive):** Reviewer recommends removing `jira-api-catalog.md` from consumer loading to "reduce context." Adversarial check: "Does my fix remove something the system depends on?" YES — agents Read these files at runtime to construct valid API calls. Four of five checks fail. Dropped.
+
+**Finding dropped (false consolidation):** Reviewer flags per-platform config files as "duplicates." Adversarial check: "Am I optimizing for the wrong metric?" YES — platforms have distinct values and will diverge further. Separation is a design choice. Dropped.
+
+## Review Discipline (Reinforcement)
+
+These rules are restated here for reinforcement at analysis time — they are critical and must not drift:
+
+- **Every finding must reference actual code at file:line.** Never fabricate. If you can't cite it, don't report it.
+- **High confidence required.** No Low confidence findings. Investigate until verified or drop entirely.
+- **Read every changed file completely before flagging.** Context missed = false positive generated.
+- **Never silently narrow scope.** Review what was asked, not what's convenient.
+- **Verify docs match code.** Documentation that contradicts implementation is a finding.