fix(framework): ride the existing communicationStyle enum, drop the no-op USER.md edit (mos-dt review #960)

F1: defaults/USER.md is never installed (generated from templates/USER.md.template
via buildCommunicationPrefs). Editing it was a no-op asserting a phantom setting —
exactly the false-green §2 warns against. Reverted.
F2: the framework already has communicationStyle (direct|friendly|formal). §5 now
maps THOSE values to output instead of inventing technical|prose|brief (rule 9).
Minor: §6 states no mechanical prose check exists today; rule 1 points at §3.4.

Written-by: jarvis (dragon-lin)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>

packages/mosaic/framework/defaults/STANDARDS.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Master/slave model:
 - Technical documentation follows **MOS-STE** (Mosaic Simplified Technical English — an adapted ASD-STE100 profile): short sentences, one instruction per sentence, active voice, one word per meaning, one term per concept. Full rules: `~/.config/mosaic/guides/WRITING-STYLE.md`.
 - Apply MOS-STE **hardest to verification artifacts** (acceptance criteria, witness predicates, gate/alarm conditions). There an ambiguous term produces a false green, not just a confused reader.
 - Source code follows the **Google Style Guide** for the language.
-- User-facing comms follow the user's declared style in `USER.md` "Communication Preferences"; the default is technical. The documentation standard does not change with user preference.
+- User-facing comms follow the user's declared `communicationStyle` in `USER.md` "Communication Preferences" (`direct` | `friendly` | `formal`, default `direct`); `guides/WRITING-STYLE.md` §5 maps each value to output. The documentation standard does not change with user preference.
 - **Carve-out:** MOS-STE does NOT apply to content that must carry a specific human voice (letters, personal or marketing prose, voice-matched output). A declared voice profile wins.
 
 ### Secrets handling (HARD RULE)

packages/mosaic/framework/defaults/USER.md

@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ It is loaded globally and applies regardless of runtime or project.
 - No sycophancy
 - Executive summaries and tables for overview
 
-### Comms style (agents read this to choose how they talk to you)
-
-Choose one. Agents match it for user-facing messages. The default is `technical`.
-This setting governs comms only. It does not change the documentation standard
-(`guides/WRITING-STYLE.md`), which is always MOS-STE.
-
-- **`technical`** (default) — MOS-STE structure: short, active, defined terms.
-- **`prose`** — full sentences and paragraphs, warmer register, fewer tables.
-- **`brief`** — status lines and bullet points, minimum words.
-
-> Comms style: technical
-
 ## Personal Boundaries
 
 (Add any personal boundaries or preferences agents should respect.)

packages/mosaic/framework/guides/WRITING-STYLE.md

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ it certifies the defect.
 ### 3.1 Sentence rules
 
 1. Keep sentences short. Use 20 words or fewer for a procedure. Use 25 words or
-   fewer for a description.
+   fewer for a description. (Reasoning and doctrine prose relaxes this limit —
+   see §3.4. A future lint enforces §3.1, not §3.4.)
 2. Write one instruction per sentence. In a procedure, give one command per step.
 3. Use the active voice. Write "Run the script." Do not write "The script should
    be run."
@@ -104,18 +105,29 @@ exists. Keep code comments to the MOS-STE sentence and word rules.
 
 ## 5. User-facing comms — a per-user choice
 
-Mosaic is multi-user. Different users want different comms styles. Read the
+Mosaic is multi-user. Different users want different comms styles. The framework
-`USER.md` "Communication Preferences" section and match the declared style.
+already carries the selectable setting: `communicationStyle` (`direct` |
+`friendly` | `formal`, default `direct`). `mosaic init` writes it, and the
+builder renders it into the generated `USER.md` "Communication Preferences"
+section. This guide adds the OUTPUT meaning of each value; do not invent new
+values.
 
-- **Default (no preference declared):** technical — MOS-STE structure,
+Read the declared style in `USER.md` and match it:
-  readable-first.
+
-- **Declared style wins.** If the user declares prose, warmth, or a specific
+| `communicationStyle` | User-facing output |
-  register, match it. The user's preference outranks the MOS-STE default for
+|---|---|
-  user-facing comms. It does not change the documentation standard (§3).
+| `direct` (default) | MOS-STE structure — short, active, defined terms, tables for overview. |
+| `friendly` | Warmer register. Full sentences, explain reasoning, fewer tables. |
+| `formal` | Professional and structured. Thorough, with explicit recommendations. |
+
+This setting governs **user-facing comms only**. It does not change the
+documentation standard (§3), which is always MOS-STE regardless of the value.
 
 ## 6. Enforcement
 
-- **Now:** human review plus the pre-push gate. Reviewers check output against the
+- **Now:** human review only. **No mechanical prose check exists today.** The
-  scope table and the MOS-STE rules.
+  pre-push gate runs typecheck, lint, build, and tests; it inspects no prose.
-- **Future:** an MOS-STE lint check and a Google-style linter in the pre-push
+  Reviewers check output against the scope table and the MOS-STE rules by hand.
-  gate.
+- **Future:** an MOS-STE lint check (built from the §3.1 sentence rules) and a
+  Google-style linter in the pre-push gate. A future linter enforces §3.1, not
+  §3.4 — see the note at rule 1.