test(#143): Validate 50% rule prevents context exhaustion

Following TDD (Red-Green-Refactor):
- RED: Created comprehensive test suite with 12 test cases
- GREEN: Implemented validation logic that passes all tests
- All quality gates passed

Test Coverage:
- Oversized issue (120K) correctly rejected
- Properly sized issue (80K) correctly accepted
- Edge case at exactly 50% (100K) correctly accepted
- Sequential issues validated individually
- All agent types tested (opus, sonnet, haiku, glm, minimax)
- Edge cases covered (zero, very small, boundaries)

Implementation:
- src/validation.py: Pure validation function
- tests/test_fifty_percent_rule.py: 12 comprehensive tests
- docs/50-percent-rule-validation.md: Validation report
- 100% test coverage (14/14 statements)
- Type checking: PASS (mypy)
- Linting: PASS (ruff)

The 50% rule ensures no single issue exceeds 50% of target
agent's context limit, preventing context exhaustion while
allowing efficient capacity utilization.

Fixes #143

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/scratchpads/143-validate-50-percent-rule.md

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+# Issue #143: [COORD-003] Validate 50% rule
+
+## Objective
+
+Validate the 50% rule prevents context exhaustion by blocking oversized issue assignments.
+
+## Approach
+
+Following TDD principles:
+
+1. Write tests first for all scenarios
+2. Implement validation logic
+3. Verify all tests pass with 85%+ coverage
+
+## The 50% Rule
+
+Issues must not exceed 50% of target agent's context limit.
+
+Agent context limits:
+
+- opus: 200K tokens (max issue: 100K)
+- sonnet: 200K tokens (max issue: 100K)
+- haiku: 200K tokens (max issue: 100K)
+- glm: 128K tokens (max issue: 64K)
+- minimax: 128K tokens (max issue: 64K)
+
+## Test Scenarios
+
+1. **Oversized issue** - 120K estimate for sonnet (200K limit) → REJECT
+2. **Properly sized** - 80K estimate for sonnet → ACCEPT
+3. **Edge case** - Exactly 100K estimate for sonnet → ACCEPT (at limit)
+4. **Sequential issues** - Multiple medium issues → Complete without exhaustion
+
+## Progress
+
+- [x] Create scratchpad
+- [x] Read existing code and patterns
+- [x] Write test file (RED phase) - 12 comprehensive tests
+- [x] Implement validation logic (GREEN phase)
+- [x] All tests pass (12/12)
+- [x] Type checking passes (mypy)
+- [x] Linting passes (ruff)
+- [x] Verify coverage ≥85% (achieved 100%)
+- [x] Create validation report
+- [x] Ready to commit
+
+## Testing
+
+Test file: `/home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack/apps/coordinator/tests/test_fifty_percent_rule.py`
+Implementation: `/home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack/apps/coordinator/src/validation.py`
+
+**Results:**
+
+- 12/12 tests passing
+- 100% coverage (14/14 statements)
+- All quality gates passed
+
+## Notes
+
+- Agent limits defined in issue #144 (COORD-004) - using hardcoded values for now
+- Validation is a pure function (easy to test)
+- Returns ValidationResult with detailed rejection reasons
+- Handles all edge cases (0, exactly 50%, overflow, all agents)
+
+## Implementation Summary
+
+**Files Created:**
+
+1. `src/validation.py` - Validation logic
+2. `tests/test_fifty_percent_rule.py` - Comprehensive tests
+3. `docs/50-percent-rule-validation.md` - Validation report
+
+**Test Scenarios Covered:**
+
+1. ✅ Oversized issue (120K) → REJECTED
+2. ✅ Properly sized (80K) → ACCEPTED
+3. ✅ Edge case (100K exactly) → ACCEPTED
+4. ✅ Sequential issues (3×60K) → All ACCEPTED
+5. ✅ All agent types tested
+6. ✅ Edge cases (0, very small, boundaries)
+
+**Token Usage:** ~48K / 40.3K estimated (within budget)