New shared scripts/instructions_gate.py, registered in controller_gates.py and
agent_gates.py, never copied into a sibling repo (the reuse_refs_check.py
precedent). 20 fixture tests, all asserting the effect: exit code AND that the
message names the file and the reason.
It is a consistency gate, not a budget gate, and the failure message says so. A
/context reading measured the instruction files at 15k tokens against 869k free in
a 1M window -- space is not the constraint, and a future reader must not re-derive
the wrong reason. The 200-line ceiling is adherence guidance; a file nobody can
hold in their head is where contradictions hide, and five were found here.
Checks run against effective text (HTML comments stripped, because they are
stripped before injection): the line ceiling; every .claude/rules/*.md declares
paths: or an explicit unconditional: true; no component version literal; no
TEMPORARY block carrying a past date; and the workspace-root CLAUDE.md is
byte-identical to its versioned copy -- the live file sits outside any git repo,
so that copy is its only version-controlled record.
Two traps recorded so they are not reintroduced: a bare \d+\.\d+\.\d+ matches the
first three octets of every IPv4 (the gate excludes dotted quads, or it fails on
192.168.0.180 in the agent's own file); and unconditional: true is NOT a Claude
Code feature but this project's own marker.
Workspace-root CLAUDE.md 208 -> 182 lines (142 effective), copy kept identical.
The nine-instance invariant table moved into the felhom-testing skill, which
triggers when writing or reviewing a test; all three directive bullets stayed in
the core. felhom.eu/CLAUDE.md got surgical corrections only and is knowingly still
over the ceiling at 227 effective lines -- closing it needs the restructure R-229
defers, said plainly rather than quietly absorbed.
CONTEXT.md gains standing ruling S-35. OPEN-ITEMS.md gains R-229.
Docs only -- no Go, no version bump, nothing built or deployed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JJc8sAGRWmavP3rMtdpkr2
PROMPT-TEMPLATE: standard 'For the operator' plain-language section, mandatory
for M+ tasks and anything with a STOP.
ROADMAP rulings (operator, 2026-07-21): R-25b full-teardown cascade with three
acks + typed name (M-sized, spec to follow, no longer blocks R-3); R-11 channel
= direct Messenger, doc is the architect's; R-42 option (a), sidecars follow the
app; R-17 delete the archive - spike-lite found NO tooling verb targets it, so
it is an operator console action; R-4 complete (freemail.hu verified).
R-55 + R-41 slice 1 marked shipped; new R-56 (app difficulty classification -
the constructive half of the glance ruling).
scripts/build-hub.sh v1.23.0: the hub build script was outside any repo. Adopted
verbatim + versioned; the build-dir path is now a symlink to it.
felhom-testing skill: the ~1/5 recovery-code 'known flake' is retired - it was a
real defect the test was correctly detecting.
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