docs: Amendment 1 rev 3 — terra round-2 fixes

- user FKs text not uuid (users.id is BetterAuth text; matches
  hierarchy_grants shape)
- actor receipt split from canonical audit event: receipt carries
  {target id, old, new}; canonical event keeps hierarchy schema §5.2's
  full immutable snapshot; no audit read conferred; §8.6.3 witnesses
  both sides
- kanban SOT Amendment A3 (§10) expressly extends A2's sole-disclosure
  rule by exactly the capability-holder carve-out; ruling request names
  it

apps/gateway/src/__tests__/hierarchy-route-inventory.test.ts

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import { AppModule } from '../app.module.js';
 import { HierarchyModule } from '../hierarchy/hierarchy.module.js';
 
 /**
- * Hierarchy route-inventory baseline (contract 1 §6.3(a)).
+ * Hierarchy route inventory (contract 1 §6.3).
  *
- * M4-1b-i ships the audit event + outbox machinery with NO mutation routes:
- * the hierarchy command family (controllers + DTOs) lands in M4-1b-ii once
- * contract 2 merges. This witness enumerates every route the AppModule graph
- * declares and pins that baseline, so a hierarchy route appearing before its
- * command-family witnesses exist fails here first. When M4-1b-ii lands, this
- * baseline is replaced by an exact inventory of the command family.
+ * The hierarchy command family is a CLOSED enumeration asserted here, not a
+ * prose claim: every hierarchy-flavored route the AppModule graph declares
+ * must appear in HIERARCHY_COMMAND_FAMILY, and vice versa. Adding or
+ * removing a hierarchy route without updating this inventory (and its
+ * witnesses) fails CI first. This replaces the M4-1b-i zero-routes
+ * baseline.
  */
 
 interface RouteEntry {
@@ -77,7 +77,32 @@ function routesOf(controller: Type<unknown>): RouteEntry[] {
   return routes;
 }
 
-describe('hierarchy route-inventory baseline (§6.3(a))', () => {
+/**
+ * The closed command family (contract 1 §5, M4-1b-ii). Every entry is a
+ * mutation audited via the M4-1b-i path or one of the two ratified reads
+ * (granted companies, the §2.8 directory carve-out).
+ */
+const HIERARCHY_COMMAND_FAMILY = [
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/companies',
+  'GET /api/hierarchy/companies',
+  'GET /api/hierarchy/companies/directory',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/companies/:id/rename',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/companies/:id/visibility',
+  'DELETE /api/hierarchy/companies/:id',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/estates',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/estates/:id/rename',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/estates/:id/transfer',
+  'DELETE /api/hierarchy/estates/:id',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/platform-projects',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/platform-projects/:id/rename',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/platform-projects/:id/transfer',
+  'DELETE /api/hierarchy/platform-projects/:id',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/grants',
+  'POST /api/hierarchy/grants/:id/change',
+  'DELETE /api/hierarchy/grants/:id',
+] as const;
+
+describe('hierarchy route inventory (§6.3)', () => {
   const inventory = collectControllers(AppModule).flatMap(routesOf);
 
   it('control: the enumeration sees the known route surface', () => {
@@ -88,19 +113,21 @@ describe('hierarchy route-inventory baseline (§6.3(a))', () => {
     expect(inventory.length).toBeGreaterThan(20);
   });
 
-  it('declares zero hierarchy mutation routes before M4-1b-ii', () => {
-    const hierarchyRoutes = inventory.filter((r) =>
-      /hierarch|compan|estate|platform[-_]?project/i.test(r.path),
-    );
-    expect(
-      hierarchyRoutes,
-      'a hierarchy route landed without replacing the §6.3(a) baseline with a command-family inventory',
-    ).toEqual([]);
+  it('the hierarchy surface is exactly the declared command family', () => {
+    const hierarchyRoutes = inventory
+      .filter((r) => /hierarch|compan|estate|platform[-_]?project/i.test(r.path))
+      .map((r) => `${r.method} ${r.path}`)
+      .sort();
+    expect(hierarchyRoutes).toEqual([...HIERARCHY_COMMAND_FAMILY].sort());
   });
 
-  it('HierarchyModule itself declares no controllers', () => {
-    expect((Reflect.getMetadata('controllers', HierarchyModule) ?? []) as unknown[]).toEqual([]);
-    const hierarchyControllers = collectControllers(HierarchyModule);
-    expect(hierarchyControllers).toEqual([]);
+  it('every command-family route lives on HierarchyController inside HierarchyModule', () => {
+    const controllers = collectControllers(HierarchyModule);
+    expect(controllers.map((c) => c.name)).toEqual(['HierarchyController']);
+    const declared = controllers
+      .flatMap(routesOf)
+      .map((r) => `${r.method} ${r.path}`)
+      .sort();
+    expect(declared).toEqual([...HIERARCHY_COMMAND_FAMILY].sort());
   });
 });

apps/gateway/src/commands/command-authorization.service.spec.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,33 @@ describe('CommandAuthorizationService', () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('denies non-admin scopes to a platform admin (contract 2 §1.1 bypass retirement)', async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const service = createService('admin');
+    for (const scope of ['core', 'agent', 'skill', 'plugin'] as const) {
+      const command: CommandDef = { ...adminCommand, name: `probe-${scope}`, scope };
+      expect(
+        (await service.authorize(command, { ...payload, command: command.name }, 'admin-1'))
+          .allowed,
+      ).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('allows member core/agent scopes and denies skill/plugin (deny-by-default)', async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const service = createService('member');
+    for (const [scope, allowed] of [
+      ['core', true],
+      ['agent', true],
+      ['skill', false],
+      ['plugin', false],
+    ] as const) {
+      const command: CommandDef = { ...adminCommand, name: `probe-${scope}`, scope };
+      expect(
+        (await service.authorize(command, { ...payload, command: command.name }, 'member-1'))
+          .allowed,
+      ).toBe(allowed);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('denies a malformed durable approval expiry instead of treating it as unexpired', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const entries = new Map<string, string>();
     const action = {

apps/gateway/src/commands/command-authorization.service.ts

@@ -154,8 +154,15 @@ export class CommandAuthorizationService {
     return role === 'admin' || role === 'member' || role === 'viewer' ? role : null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Contract 2 §1.1: platform admin confers instance administration only —
+   * the former admin-passes-every-scope short-circuit is retired. Admin
+   * reaches exactly the admin scope; core/agent scopes belong to the member
+   * role; skill/plugin scopes stay deny-for-all until a grant mapping names
+   * them (§3.1 deny-by-default).
+   */
   private hasScope(role: CommandRole, scope: CommandDef['scope']): boolean {
-    if (role === 'admin') return true;
+    if (scope === 'admin') return role === 'admin';
     return role === 'member' && (scope === 'core' || scope === 'agent');
   }
 

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy-audit.repository.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import { DB } from '../database/database.module.js';
  *
  * This is NOT a class-table writer: it touches only the audit/outbox
  * tables, so it does not appear on the writer-coverage allowlist. The
- * hierarchy command repositories (M4-1b-ii) are the allowlisted writers and
- * call into this on their own transactions.
+ * hierarchy command repository (HierarchyRepository) is the allowlisted
+ * writer and calls into this on its own transactions.
  */
 
 export type HierarchyAuditVerb = (typeof HIERARCHY_AUDIT_VERBS)[number];

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy-commands.integration.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,965 @@
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { Test, type TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import {
+  companies,
+  createPgliteDb,
+  eq,
+  estates,
+  hierarchyAuditEvents,
+  hierarchyGrants,
+  hierarchyOutbox,
+  runPgliteMigrations,
+  teams,
+  users,
+  workspaces,
+  type DbHandle,
+} from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { DB } from '../database/database.module.js';
+import { appendHierarchyEvent } from './hierarchy-audit.repository.js';
+import { HierarchyGrantEvaluationService } from './hierarchy-grant-evaluation.js';
+import { HierarchyRepository, type HierarchyResult } from './hierarchy.repository.js';
+
+/**
+ * Command-level witnesses for the hierarchy command family (M4-1b-ii):
+ * contract 1 §6.4 (per-mutation-class commit + rollback), §6.5
+ * (authorization outcomes), §6.7 (no existence oracle), §6.9 (visibility),
+ * and contract 2 §3 grant-evaluation semantics (deny-by-default,
+ * ancestor-chain inheritance, max-role, live revocation, suspended team
+ * subjects). Schema-level constraints are witnessed in
+ * packages/db/src/hierarchy-schema.witness.test.ts; the audit machinery's
+ * own atomicity in hierarchy-audit.integration.test.ts.
+ *
+ * The rollback legs pre-seed an audit event under the command's idempotency
+ * key with different content: the command's append then throws inside the
+ * command transaction, so the whole mutation must roll back — the command
+ * returns `conflict` and leaves no state change, no second event, and no
+ * second outbox record.
+ */
+describe('hierarchy commands integration', (): void => {
+  let dataDir: string;
+  let handle: DbHandle;
+  let moduleRef: TestingModule;
+  let repo: HierarchyRepository;
+  let evaluation: HierarchyGrantEvaluationService;
+
+  const OWNER = 'hier-cmd-owner';
+  const ADMIN = 'hier-cmd-admin';
+  const STRANGER = 'hier-cmd-stranger';
+  const SUBJECT = 'hier-cmd-subject';
+
+  /** Base fixture: OWNER's company (created through the command surface). */
+  let companyId: string;
+
+  const slug = (prefix: string): string => `${prefix}-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+
+  function expectOk<T>(result: HierarchyResult<T>): { ok: true } & T {
+    if (!result.ok) throw new Error(`expected ok, got ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  const eventsForKey = (key: string) =>
+    handle.db
+      .select()
+      .from(hierarchyAuditEvents)
+      .where(eq(hierarchyAuditEvents.idempotencyKey, key));
+
+  const outboxForKey = (key: string) =>
+    handle.db.select().from(hierarchyOutbox).where(eq(hierarchyOutbox.idempotencyKey, key));
+
+  /** Occupy `key` with unrelated event content so a command reusing it must abort. */
+  const seedConflictingKey = async (key: string): Promise<void> => {
+    await handle.db.transaction(async (tx) =>
+      appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: 'seed-actor',
+        verb: 'create',
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: randomUUID(),
+        targetSnapshot: { seeded: true },
+        correlationId: 'seed-correlation',
+        idempotencyKey: key,
+      }),
+    );
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * §6.4 rollback leg: the command must return `conflict` and leave exactly
+   * the seeded event/outbox pair under the key — nothing it wrote survives.
+   */
+  const expectRolledBack = async <T>(
+    key: string,
+    command: () => Promise<HierarchyResult<T>>,
+    assertUnchanged: () => Promise<void>,
+  ): Promise<void> => {
+    await seedConflictingKey(key);
+    const result = await command();
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) expect(result.error).toBe('conflict');
+    expect(await eventsForKey(key)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(await outboxForKey(key)).toHaveLength(1);
+    await assertUnchanged();
+  };
+
+  beforeAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    dataDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-gateway-hierarchy-commands-'));
+    handle = createPgliteDb(dataDir);
+    await runPgliteMigrations(handle);
+    moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        HierarchyRepository,
+        HierarchyGrantEvaluationService,
+        { provide: DB, useValue: handle.db },
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+    repo = moduleRef.get(HierarchyRepository);
+    evaluation = moduleRef.get(HierarchyGrantEvaluationService);
+
+    await handle.db.insert(users).values([
+      { id: OWNER, name: 'Owner', email: `${OWNER}@example.com` },
+      { id: ADMIN, name: 'Admin', email: `${ADMIN}@example.com`, role: 'admin' },
+      { id: STRANGER, name: 'Stranger', email: `${STRANGER}@example.com` },
+      { id: SUBJECT, name: 'Subject', email: `${SUBJECT}@example.com` },
+    ]);
+    const created = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Base Co', slug: slug('base') }),
+    );
+    companyId = created.company.id;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    await moduleRef.close();
+    await handle.close();
+    await rm(dataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  // ── §6.4 commit legs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('createCompany commits company, owner grant, causation-linked events, and outbox atomically', async () => {
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    const result = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        name: 'Atomic Co',
+        slug: slug('atomic'),
+        idempotencyKey: key,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result.company.visibility).toBe('private');
+    expect(result.grant.role).toBe('hierarchy:owner');
+    expect(result.grant.userId).toBe(OWNER);
+    expect(result.grant.grantedBy).toBe(OWNER);
+
+    const [createEvents, grantEvents] = await Promise.all([
+      eventsForKey(key),
+      eventsForKey(`${key}:grant`),
+    ]);
+    expect(createEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(createEvents[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'create', targetId: result.company.id });
+    expect(grantEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(grantEvents[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'grant_create', targetId: result.grant.id });
+    // The grant event is caused by the create event, same correlation (§4.3).
+    expect(grantEvents[0]!.causationId).toBe(createEvents[0]!.id);
+    expect(grantEvents[0]!.correlationId).toBe(createEvents[0]!.correlationId);
+    expect(await outboxForKey(key)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(await outboxForKey(`${key}:grant`)).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const rows = await handle.db
+      .select()
+      .from(companies)
+      .where(eq(companies.id, result.company.id));
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('deleteCompany commits the delete with one audited grant_revoke per cascaded grant', async () => {
+    const created = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Mortal Co', slug: slug('mortal') }),
+    );
+    const extraGrant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: created.company.id,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.deleteCompany({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId: created.company.id,
+        idempotencyKey: key,
+      }),
+    );
+    const deleteEvents = await eventsForKey(key);
+    expect(deleteEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(deleteEvents[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'delete', targetId: created.company.id });
+    for (const grantId of [created.grant.id, extraGrant.grant.id]) {
+      const revokeEvents = await eventsForKey(`${key}:revoke:${grantId}`);
+      expect(revokeEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(revokeEvents[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'grant_revoke', targetId: grantId });
+      expect(revokeEvents[0]!.causationId).toBe(deleteEvents[0]!.id);
+    }
+    expect(
+      await handle.db.select().from(companies).where(eq(companies.id, created.company.id)),
+    ).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  // ── §6.4 rollback legs (one per mutation class) ────────────────────────────
+
+  it('renameCompany commits the rename with an audited event carrying previousName', async () => {
+    const created = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Old Name Co', slug: slug('rename') }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    const renamed = expectOk(
+      await repo.renameCompany({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId: created.company.id,
+        name: 'New Name Co',
+        idempotencyKey: key,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(renamed.company.name).toBe('New Name Co');
+
+    const events = await eventsForKey(key);
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'rename', targetId: created.company.id });
+    // §6.4: the audited rename carries the old and new names.
+    expect(events[0]!.targetSnapshot).toMatchObject({
+      name: 'New Name Co',
+      previousName: 'Old Name Co',
+    });
+    expect(await outboxForKey(key)).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const rows = await handle.db
+      .select()
+      .from(companies)
+      .where(eq(companies.id, created.company.id));
+    expect(rows[0]!.name).toBe('New Name Co');
+  });
+
+  it('revokeGrant commits the row deletion with one audited grant_revoke event', async () => {
+    const grant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: companyId,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    const revoked = expectOk(
+      await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: grant.grant.id, idempotencyKey: key }),
+    );
+    expect(revoked.revokedId).toBe(grant.grant.id);
+
+    const events = await eventsForKey(key);
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'grant_revoke', targetId: grant.grant.id });
+    expect(await outboxForKey(key)).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    // §6 revocation = row deletion: the grant row is gone.
+    const rows = await handle.db
+      .select()
+      .from(hierarchyGrants)
+      .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, grant.grant.id));
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a create: no estate row survives the aborted transaction', async () => {
+    const estateSlug = slug('rb-create');
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      key,
+      () =>
+        repo.createEstate({
+          actorId: OWNER,
+          companyId,
+          name: 'Doomed Estate',
+          slug: estateSlug,
+          idempotencyKey: key,
+        }),
+      async () => {
+        expect(
+          await handle.db.select().from(estates).where(eq(estates.slug, estateSlug)),
+        ).toHaveLength(0);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a rename: the company keeps its name', async () => {
+    const before = (
+      await handle.db.select().from(companies).where(eq(companies.id, companyId))
+    )[0]!;
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      key,
+      () => repo.renameCompany({ actorId: OWNER, companyId, name: 'Never', idempotencyKey: key }),
+      async () => {
+        const after = (
+          await handle.db.select().from(companies).where(eq(companies.id, companyId))
+        )[0]!;
+        expect(after.name).toBe(before.name);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a visibility change: the company stays private', async () => {
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      key,
+      () =>
+        repo.changeCompanyVisibility({
+          actorId: ADMIN,
+          companyId,
+          visibility: 'directory',
+          idempotencyKey: key,
+        }),
+      async () => {
+        const after = (
+          await handle.db.select().from(companies).where(eq(companies.id, companyId))
+        )[0]!;
+        expect(after.visibility).toBe('private');
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a transfer: the estate keeps its parent', async () => {
+    const estate = expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({ actorId: OWNER, companyId, name: 'RB-T', slug: slug('rb-t') }),
+    );
+    const other = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'RB Dest', slug: slug('rb-dest') }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      key,
+      () =>
+        repo.transferEstate({
+          actorId: OWNER,
+          estateId: estate.estate.id,
+          destinationCompanyId: other.company.id,
+          idempotencyKey: key,
+        }),
+      async () => {
+        const after = (
+          await handle.db.select().from(estates).where(eq(estates.id, estate.estate.id))
+        )[0]!;
+        expect(after.companyId).toBe(companyId);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a delete: the estate row survives', async () => {
+    const estate = expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({ actorId: OWNER, companyId, name: 'RB-D', slug: slug('rb-d') }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      key,
+      () => repo.deleteEstate({ actorId: OWNER, estateId: estate.estate.id, idempotencyKey: key }),
+      async () => {
+        expect(
+          await handle.db.select().from(estates).where(eq(estates.id, estate.estate.id)),
+        ).toHaveLength(1);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a grant create: no grant row survives', async () => {
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      key,
+      () =>
+        repo.createGrant({
+          actorId: OWNER,
+          userId: STRANGER,
+          targetKind: 'company',
+          targetId: companyId,
+          role: 'viewer',
+          idempotencyKey: key,
+        }),
+      async () => {
+        const rows = await handle.db
+          .select()
+          .from(hierarchyGrants)
+          .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.userId, STRANGER));
+        expect(rows.filter((r) => r.companyId === companyId)).toHaveLength(0);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rolls back a grant change and a grant revoke: the grant keeps its role and its row', async () => {
+    const grant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: companyId,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    );
+    const changeKey = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      changeKey,
+      () =>
+        repo.changeGrant({
+          actorId: OWNER,
+          grantId: grant.grant.id,
+          role: 'member',
+          idempotencyKey: changeKey,
+        }),
+      async () => {
+        const row = (
+          await handle.db
+            .select()
+            .from(hierarchyGrants)
+            .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, grant.grant.id))
+        )[0]!;
+        expect(row.role).toBe('viewer');
+      },
+    );
+    const revokeKey = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    await expectRolledBack(
+      revokeKey,
+      () =>
+        repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: grant.grant.id, idempotencyKey: revokeKey }),
+      async () => {
+        expect(
+          await handle.db
+            .select()
+            .from(hierarchyGrants)
+            .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, grant.grant.id)),
+        ).toHaveLength(1);
+      },
+    );
+    expectOk(await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: grant.grant.id }));
+  });
+
+  it('replays a completed command idempotently through the audit machinery', async () => {
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    const input = { actorId: OWNER, companyId, name: 'Replayed Estate', slug: slug('replay') };
+    const first = expectOk(await repo.createEstate({ ...input, idempotencyKey: key }));
+    // The retry's insert no-ops on the slug conflict — the command surfaces
+    // `conflict`, and crucially appends no second event under the key.
+    const retry = await repo.createEstate({ ...input, idempotencyKey: key });
+    expect(retry.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(await eventsForKey(key)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expectOk(await repo.deleteEstate({ actorId: OWNER, estateId: first.estate.id }));
+  });
+
+  // ── §6.5 authorization ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('deny-by-default: a user with no grant cannot mutate and sees not_found (§3.1)', async () => {
+    expect(await repo.renameCompany({ actorId: STRANGER, companyId, name: 'x' })).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'not_found',
+    });
+    expect(
+      await repo.createEstate({ actorId: STRANGER, companyId, name: 'x', slug: slug('deny') }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: false, error: 'not_found' });
+    expect(await repo.deleteCompany({ actorId: STRANGER, companyId })).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'not_found',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('grant management requires effective owner: member and viewer are refused (§4.1)', async () => {
+    const grant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: companyId,
+        role: 'member',
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: SUBJECT,
+        userId: STRANGER,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: companyId,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: false, error: 'not_found' });
+    expect(await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: SUBJECT, grantId: grant.grant.id })).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'not_found',
+    });
+    // Member also cannot create children (owner-only, §4.1/§4.3).
+    expect(
+      await repo.createEstate({ actorId: SUBJECT, companyId, name: 'x', slug: slug('member') }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: false, error: 'not_found' });
+    expectOk(await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: grant.grant.id }));
+  });
+
+  it('platform admin confers no tenant content access (§1.1): ungrated admin is a stranger', async () => {
+    expect(await repo.renameCompany({ actorId: ADMIN, companyId, name: 'x' })).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'not_found',
+    });
+    expect(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: ADMIN,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: companyId,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: false, error: 'not_found' });
+    expect(await repo.listGrantedCompanies(ADMIN)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(ADMIN, 'company', companyId)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('visibility change is platform-admin-only (§5.5): the owner is forbidden, the admin succeeds', async () => {
+    const owned = await repo.changeCompanyVisibility({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      companyId,
+      visibility: 'directory',
+    });
+    expect(owned).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'forbidden',
+      message: 'visibility change is platform-admin-only',
+    });
+    const changed = expectOk(
+      await repo.changeCompanyVisibility({ actorId: ADMIN, companyId, visibility: 'directory' }),
+    );
+    expect(changed.company.visibility).toBe('directory');
+    // Restore for later witnesses.
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.changeCompanyVisibility({ actorId: ADMIN, companyId, visibility: 'private' }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  // ── §6.9 visibility ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('directory lists exactly directory-class companies with closed fields (§2.8)', async () => {
+    const listed = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Listed Co', slug: slug('listed') }),
+    );
+    const unlisted = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Unlisted Co', slug: slug('unlisted') }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.changeCompanyVisibility({
+        actorId: ADMIN,
+        companyId: listed.company.id,
+        visibility: 'directory',
+        idempotencyKey: key,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const directory = await repo.listDirectory();
+    const ids = directory.map((entry) => entry.id);
+    expect(ids).toContain(listed.company.id);
+    expect(ids).not.toContain(unlisted.company.id);
+    expect(ids).not.toContain(companyId);
+    // Closed-field: existence, name, slug — nothing else (no visibility, no
+    // timestamps, no grant or membership data).
+    for (const entry of directory) {
+      expect(Object.keys(entry).sort()).toEqual(['id', 'name', 'slug']);
+    }
+
+    // §5.5: the audited event carries old and new values.
+    const events = await eventsForKey(key);
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'visibility_change', targetId: listed.company.id });
+    expect(events[0]!.targetSnapshot).toMatchObject({
+      previousVisibility: 'private',
+      visibility: 'directory',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('directory disclosure confers no authority: a listed company still refuses non-granted callers (§6.9)', async () => {
+    const listed = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Exposed Co', slug: slug('exposed') }),
+    );
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.changeCompanyVisibility({
+        actorId: ADMIN,
+        companyId: listed.company.id,
+        visibility: 'directory',
+      }),
+    );
+
+    // The company is directory-listed for the whole probe window...
+    expect((await repo.listDirectory()).map((entry) => entry.id)).toContain(listed.company.id);
+
+    // ...but the non-granted reader's granted-read surface still excludes it:
+    // directory disclosure adds existence/name/slug only, never content access.
+    expect(await repo.listGrantedCompanies(STRANGER)).toEqual([]);
+
+    // A stranger mutation of the listed company is refused exactly like a
+    // missing node — the §6.7 carve-out covers the listing, not commands.
+    const realProbe = await repo.renameCompany({
+      actorId: STRANGER,
+      companyId: listed.company.id,
+      name: 'x',
+    });
+    const missingProbe = await repo.renameCompany({
+      actorId: STRANGER,
+      companyId: randomUUID(),
+      name: 'x',
+    });
+    expect(realProbe).toEqual(missingProbe);
+    expect(await repo.deleteCompany({ actorId: STRANGER, companyId: listed.company.id })).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'not_found',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('granted companies are the reader control: owner sees them, a stranger sees nothing (§2.8)', async () => {
+    const ownerCompanies = await repo.listGrantedCompanies(OWNER);
+    expect(ownerCompanies.map((c) => c.id)).toContain(companyId);
+    expect(await repo.listGrantedCompanies(STRANGER)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  // ── §6.7 no existence oracle ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('an unauthorized probe of a real node is indistinguishable from a missing node', async () => {
+    const realCompany = await repo.renameCompany({ actorId: STRANGER, companyId, name: 'x' });
+    const missingCompany = await repo.renameCompany({
+      actorId: STRANGER,
+      companyId: randomUUID(),
+      name: 'x',
+    });
+    expect(realCompany).toEqual(missingCompany);
+
+    const estate = expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId,
+        name: 'Oracle E',
+        slug: slug('oracle'),
+      }),
+    );
+    const realEstate = await repo.deleteEstate({ actorId: STRANGER, estateId: estate.estate.id });
+    const missingEstate = await repo.deleteEstate({ actorId: STRANGER, estateId: randomUUID() });
+    expect(realEstate).toEqual(missingEstate);
+
+    const grant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'estate',
+        targetId: estate.estate.id,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    );
+    const realGrant = await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: STRANGER, grantId: grant.grant.id });
+    const missingGrant = await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: STRANGER, grantId: randomUUID() });
+    expect(realGrant).toEqual(missingGrant);
+    expectOk(await repo.deleteEstate({ actorId: OWNER, estateId: estate.estate.id }));
+  });
+
+  // ── contract 2 §3 grant evaluation ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('a company grant confers its role down the whole chain, workspace included (§3.2)', async () => {
+    const estate = expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({ actorId: OWNER, companyId, name: 'Chain E', slug: slug('chain') }),
+    );
+    const project = expectOk(
+      await repo.createPlatformProject({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        estateId: estate.estate.id,
+        name: 'Chain P',
+        slug: slug('chain-p'),
+      }),
+    );
+    // Workspaces are evaluable but not hierarchy commands; seed one directly.
+    const workspaceId = randomUUID();
+    await handle.db.insert(workspaces).values({
+      id: workspaceId,
+      name: 'Chain W',
+      slug: slug('chain-w'),
+      platformProjectId: project.platformProject.id,
+    });
+
+    for (const [kind, id] of [
+      ['company', companyId],
+      ['estate', estate.estate.id],
+      ['platform_project', project.platformProject.id],
+      ['workspace', workspaceId],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(OWNER, kind, id)).toBe('owner');
+      expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(STRANGER, kind, id)).toBeNull();
+    }
+
+    // Max-role (§3.3): viewer on the company + owner on the estate → owner at
+    // and below the estate, viewer at the company.
+    const viewerGrant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: companyId,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    );
+    const ownerGrant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'estate',
+        targetId: estate.estate.id,
+        role: 'owner',
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(SUBJECT, 'company', companyId)).toBe('viewer');
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(SUBJECT, 'estate', estate.estate.id)).toBe('owner');
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(SUBJECT, 'workspace', workspaceId)).toBe('owner');
+
+    // Revocation is row deletion and denies the very next evaluation (§6).
+    expectOk(await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: ownerGrant.grant.id }));
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(SUBJECT, 'estate', estate.estate.id)).toBe('viewer');
+    expectOk(await repo.revokeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: viewerGrant.grant.id }));
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(SUBJECT, 'company', companyId)).toBeNull();
+
+    await handle.db.delete(workspaces).where(eq(workspaces.id, workspaceId));
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.deletePlatformProject({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        platformProjectId: project.platformProject.id,
+      }),
+    );
+    expectOk(await repo.deleteEstate({ actorId: OWNER, estateId: estate.estate.id }));
+  });
+
+  it('team grant subjects are suspended: a team row confers nothing and cannot be changed (§1.4)', async () => {
+    const teamId = randomUUID();
+    await handle.db.insert(teams).values({
+      id: teamId,
+      name: slug('team'),
+      slug: slug('team'),
+      ownerId: SUBJECT,
+      managerId: SUBJECT,
+    });
+    // Out-of-band team row (the command surface cannot create one).
+    const inserted = await handle.db
+      .insert(hierarchyGrants)
+      .values({ teamId, companyId, role: 'owner', grantedBy: OWNER })
+      .returning();
+    const teamGrantId = inserted[0]!.id;
+
+    // The team's own owner gains no effective role from it.
+    expect(await evaluation.effectiveRole(SUBJECT, 'company', companyId)).toBeNull();
+    // changeGrant refuses the row.
+    expect(
+      await repo.changeGrant({ actorId: OWNER, grantId: teamGrantId, role: 'viewer' }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      error: 'conflict',
+      message: 'team grant subjects are suspended',
+    });
+    await handle.db.delete(hierarchyGrants).where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, teamGrantId));
+    await handle.db.delete(teams).where(eq(teams.id, teamId));
+  });
+
+  // ── command conflict semantics ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('transfer needs owner on both parents in its own transaction, and refuses no-op and colliding transfers (§5)', async () => {
+    const source = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Src Co', slug: slug('src') }),
+    );
+    const destination = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: SUBJECT, name: 'Dst Co', slug: slug('dst') }),
+    );
+    const estateSlug = slug('mv');
+    const estate = expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId: source.company.id,
+        name: 'Mv E',
+        slug: estateSlug,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    // OWNER owns the source but not the destination → not_found (§6.7-safe).
+    expect(
+      await repo.transferEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        estateId: estate.estate.id,
+        destinationCompanyId: destination.company.id,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: false, error: 'not_found' });
+
+    // Same-parent transfer is refused.
+    const samePlace = await repo.transferEstate({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      estateId: estate.estate.id,
+      destinationCompanyId: source.company.id,
+    });
+    expect(samePlace.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!samePlace.ok) expect(samePlace.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    // Grant OWNER the destination; a slug collision there is refused.
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: SUBJECT,
+        userId: OWNER,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: destination.company.id,
+        role: 'owner',
+      }),
+    );
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId: destination.company.id,
+        name: 'Collide',
+        slug: estateSlug,
+      }),
+    );
+    const collision = await repo.transferEstate({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      estateId: estate.estate.id,
+      destinationCompanyId: destination.company.id,
+    });
+    expect(collision.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!collision.ok) expect(collision.error).toBe('conflict');
+  });
+
+  it('a successful transfer records transfer_from and transfer_to (§6.4 three-leg witness)', async () => {
+    const from = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'From Co', slug: slug('from') }),
+    );
+    const to = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'To Co', slug: slug('to') }),
+    );
+    const estate = expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId: from.company.id,
+        name: 'Moved E',
+        slug: slug('moved'),
+      }),
+    );
+    const key = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.transferEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        estateId: estate.estate.id,
+        destinationCompanyId: to.company.id,
+        idempotencyKey: key,
+      }),
+    );
+    const moved = (
+      await handle.db.select().from(estates).where(eq(estates.id, estate.estate.id))
+    )[0]!;
+    expect(moved.companyId).toBe(to.company.id);
+    const events = await eventsForKey(key);
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events[0]).toMatchObject({ verb: 'transfer', targetId: estate.estate.id });
+    expect(events[0]!.transferFrom).toMatchObject({ kind: 'company', id: from.company.id });
+    expect(events[0]!.transferTo).toMatchObject({ kind: 'company', id: to.company.id });
+    // The post-transfer snapshot's parent chain names the destination.
+    expect(events[0]!.targetSnapshot).toMatchObject({
+      parentChain: [{ kind: 'company', id: to.company.id, slug: to.company.slug }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('refuses duplicate slugs, deletes with children, and degenerate grant commands as conflicts', async () => {
+    const co = expectOk(
+      await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'Conflict Co', slug: slug('conf') }),
+    );
+    const dupSlug = await repo.createCompany({ actorId: OWNER, name: 'x', slug: co.company.slug });
+    expect(dupSlug.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!dupSlug.ok) expect(dupSlug.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    expectOk(
+      await repo.createEstate({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        companyId: co.company.id,
+        name: 'Child',
+        slug: slug('child'),
+      }),
+    );
+    const withChildren = await repo.deleteCompany({ actorId: OWNER, companyId: co.company.id });
+    expect(withChildren.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!withChildren.ok) expect(withChildren.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    // Grant to a nonexistent subject is refused (the caller already holds
+    // owner, so the refusal discloses nothing new).
+    const ghost = await repo.createGrant({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      userId: `missing-${randomUUID()}`,
+      targetKind: 'company',
+      targetId: co.company.id,
+      role: 'viewer',
+    });
+    expect(ghost.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!ghost.ok) expect(ghost.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    const grant = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: co.company.id,
+        role: 'viewer',
+      }),
+    );
+    const duplicate = await repo.createGrant({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      userId: SUBJECT,
+      targetKind: 'company',
+      targetId: co.company.id,
+      role: 'viewer',
+    });
+    expect(duplicate.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!duplicate.ok) expect(duplicate.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    const sameRole = await repo.changeGrant({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      grantId: grant.grant.id,
+      role: 'viewer',
+    });
+    expect(sameRole.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!sameRole.ok) expect(sameRole.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    // A second grant with another role exists → changing the first onto that
+    // role would collide with the unique constraint; refused ahead of it.
+    const second = expectOk(
+      await repo.createGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        userId: SUBJECT,
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: co.company.id,
+        role: 'member',
+      }),
+    );
+    const collide = await repo.changeGrant({
+      actorId: OWNER,
+      grantId: grant.grant.id,
+      role: 'member',
+    });
+    expect(collide.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!collide.ok) expect(collide.error).toBe('conflict');
+
+    // A clean change succeeds and records the previous role, namespaced (§4.5).
+    const changeKey = `key-${randomUUID()}`;
+    const changed = expectOk(
+      await repo.changeGrant({
+        actorId: OWNER,
+        grantId: second.grant.id,
+        role: 'owner',
+        idempotencyKey: changeKey,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(changed.grant.role).toBe('hierarchy:owner');
+    const events = await eventsForKey(changeKey);
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(events[0]!.targetSnapshot).toMatchObject({
+      role: 'hierarchy:owner',
+      previousRole: 'hierarchy:member',
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy-grant-evaluation.ts

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+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  companies,
+  eq,
+  estates,
+  hierarchyGrants,
+  inArray,
+  or,
+  platformProjects,
+  workspaces,
+  and,
+  type Db,
+  HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES,
+} from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { DB } from '../database/database.module.js';
+
+/**
+ * Hierarchy grant evaluation (contract 2 §3).
+ *
+ * Deny-by-default (§3.1): a user's effective role on a node is null unless a
+ * grant row explicitly confers one. Grants apply down the chain only (§3.2):
+ * the effective role on a node is the maximum role over grants targeting the
+ * node itself or any of its ancestors, maximum per the total order
+ * viewer ⊂ member ⊂ owner (§2). Evaluation is live and per-decision — no
+ * caching — so revocation (row deletion, §6) denies the next decision
+ * inherently. A missing node evaluates to null, indistinguishable from
+ * no-grant, which keeps unauthorized probes oracle-safe (contract 1 §6.7).
+ *
+ * Team grant subjects are SUSPENDED (§1.4): the command surface refuses to
+ * create them and this evaluator considers user-subject grants only, so a
+ * team row could not confer access even if one existed.
+ *
+ * Read-only module: it selects from the class tables but never writes them,
+ * so it does not appear on the writer-coverage allowlist.
+ */
+
+export type HierarchyGrantRole = (typeof HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES)[number];
+
+/** Node kinds a grant may target (§3.2; workspace is evaluable, not grantable). */
+export type GrantTargetKind = 'company' | 'estate' | 'platform_project';
+/** Node kinds an authorization decision may be evaluated at (§3.2: down to workspace). */
+export type EvaluableNodeKind = GrantTargetKind | 'workspace';
+
+type Tx = Pick<Db, 'select'>;
+
+/** Ancestor chain of a node, self included at its own level; ids only. */
+export interface AncestorChain {
+  readonly companyId: string;
+  readonly estateId?: string;
+  readonly platformProjectId?: string;
+  readonly workspaceId?: string;
+}
+
+export function roleStrength(role: HierarchyGrantRole): number {
+  return HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES.indexOf(role);
+}
+
+export function roleAtLeast(
+  role: HierarchyGrantRole | null,
+  required: HierarchyGrantRole,
+): boolean {
+  return role !== null && roleStrength(role) >= roleStrength(required);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serialized role strings are namespaced (§4.5): audit events and API
+ * responses carry `hierarchy:owner`, never a bare `owner`.
+ */
+export function namespacedHierarchyRole(role: HierarchyGrantRole): string {
+  return `hierarchy:${role}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a node's ancestor chain (self included). Returns null when the
+ * node does not exist — callers treat that exactly like no-grant (§3.1,
+ * oracle-safe).
+ */
+export async function resolveAncestorChain(
+  tx: Tx,
+  kind: EvaluableNodeKind,
+  id: string,
+): Promise<AncestorChain | null> {
+  if (kind === 'company') {
+    const rows = await tx
+      .select({ id: companies.id })
+      .from(companies)
+      .where(eq(companies.id, id))
+      .limit(1);
+    const row = rows[0];
+    return row ? { companyId: row.id } : null;
+  }
+  if (kind === 'estate') {
+    const rows = await tx
+      .select({ id: estates.id, companyId: estates.companyId })
+      .from(estates)
+      .where(eq(estates.id, id))
+      .limit(1);
+    const row = rows[0];
+    return row ? { companyId: row.companyId, estateId: row.id } : null;
+  }
+  if (kind === 'platform_project') {
+    const rows = await tx
+      .select({
+        id: platformProjects.id,
+        estateId: platformProjects.estateId,
+        companyId: estates.companyId,
+      })
+      .from(platformProjects)
+      .innerJoin(estates, eq(estates.id, platformProjects.estateId))
+      .where(eq(platformProjects.id, id))
+      .limit(1);
+    const row = rows[0];
+    return row
+      ? { companyId: row.companyId, estateId: row.estateId, platformProjectId: row.id }
+      : null;
+  }
+  const rows = await tx
+    .select({
+      id: workspaces.id,
+      platformProjectId: workspaces.platformProjectId,
+      estateId: platformProjects.estateId,
+      companyId: estates.companyId,
+    })
+    .from(workspaces)
+    .innerJoin(platformProjects, eq(platformProjects.id, workspaces.platformProjectId))
+    .innerJoin(estates, eq(estates.id, platformProjects.estateId))
+    .where(eq(workspaces.id, id))
+    .limit(1);
+  const row = rows[0];
+  return row
+    ? {
+        companyId: row.companyId,
+        estateId: row.estateId,
+        platformProjectId: row.platformProjectId,
+        workspaceId: row.id,
+      }
+    : null;
+}
+
+function maxRole(roles: readonly string[]): HierarchyGrantRole | null {
+  let best: HierarchyGrantRole | null = null;
+  for (const candidate of roles) {
+    // Fail-closed: a value outside the vocabulary confers nothing.
+    if (!(HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES as readonly string[]).includes(candidate)) continue;
+    const role = candidate as HierarchyGrantRole;
+    if (best === null || roleStrength(role) > roleStrength(best)) best = role;
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Effective role of a user on a node: maximum over the user's grants whose
+ * target is the node or any ancestor (§3.2); null = deny (§3.1). Missing
+ * node → null.
+ */
+export async function evaluateEffectiveRole(
+  tx: Tx,
+  userId: string,
+  kind: EvaluableNodeKind,
+  id: string,
+): Promise<HierarchyGrantRole | null> {
+  const chain = await resolveAncestorChain(tx, kind, id);
+  if (!chain) return null;
+
+  const targetConditions = [eq(hierarchyGrants.companyId, chain.companyId)];
+  if (chain.estateId) targetConditions.push(eq(hierarchyGrants.estateId, chain.estateId));
+  if (chain.platformProjectId) {
+    targetConditions.push(eq(hierarchyGrants.platformProjectId, chain.platformProjectId));
+  }
+
+  const rows = await tx
+    .select({ role: hierarchyGrants.role })
+    .from(hierarchyGrants)
+    .where(and(eq(hierarchyGrants.userId, userId), or(...targetConditions)));
+  return maxRole(rows.map((r) => r.role));
+}
+
+/**
+ * All companies on which the user holds any effective role, i.e. companies
+ * with a grant on the company itself or on any descendant (contract 1 §2.8:
+ * a grant anywhere in the subtree discloses the company's chain upward).
+ */
+export async function grantedCompanyIds(tx: Tx, userId: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  const grants = await tx
+    .select({
+      companyId: hierarchyGrants.companyId,
+      estateId: hierarchyGrants.estateId,
+      platformProjectId: hierarchyGrants.platformProjectId,
+    })
+    .from(hierarchyGrants)
+    .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.userId, userId));
+
+  const companyIds = new Set<string>();
+  const estateIds = new Set<string>();
+  const platformProjectIds = new Set<string>();
+  for (const grant of grants) {
+    if (grant.companyId) companyIds.add(grant.companyId);
+    else if (grant.estateId) estateIds.add(grant.estateId);
+    else if (grant.platformProjectId) platformProjectIds.add(grant.platformProjectId);
+  }
+
+  if (platformProjectIds.size > 0) {
+    const rows = await tx
+      .select({ estateId: platformProjects.estateId })
+      .from(platformProjects)
+      .where(inArray(platformProjects.id, [...platformProjectIds]));
+    for (const row of rows) estateIds.add(row.estateId);
+  }
+  if (estateIds.size > 0) {
+    const rows = await tx
+      .select({ companyId: estates.companyId })
+      .from(estates)
+      .where(inArray(estates.id, [...estateIds]));
+    for (const row of rows) companyIds.add(row.companyId);
+  }
+  return [...companyIds];
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class HierarchyGrantEvaluationService {
+  constructor(@Inject(DB) private readonly db: Db) {}
+
+  /** Live per-decision evaluation; pass a tx to evaluate inside a command's transaction. */
+  effectiveRole(
+    userId: string,
+    kind: EvaluableNodeKind,
+    id: string,
+    tx?: Tx,
+  ): Promise<HierarchyGrantRole | null> {
+    return evaluateEffectiveRole(tx ?? this.db, userId, kind, id);
+  }
+
+  async hasRole(
+    userId: string,
+    kind: EvaluableNodeKind,
+    id: string,
+    required: HierarchyGrantRole,
+    tx?: Tx,
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    return roleAtLeast(await this.effectiveRole(userId, kind, id, tx), required);
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.controller.ts

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+import {
+  Body,
+  Controller,
+  Delete,
+  Get,
+  HttpCode,
+  Param,
+  ParseUUIDPipe,
+  Post,
+  UseGuards,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { AuthGuard } from '../auth/auth.guard.js';
+import { CurrentUser } from '../auth/current-user.decorator.js';
+import {
+  ChangeCompanyVisibilityDto,
+  ChangeGrantDto,
+  CreateCompanyDto,
+  CreateEstateDto,
+  CreateGrantDto,
+  CreatePlatformProjectDto,
+  DeleteNodeDto,
+  RenameNodeDto,
+  TransferEstateDto,
+  TransferPlatformProjectDto,
+} from './hierarchy.dto.js';
+import { HierarchyRepository } from './hierarchy.repository.js';
+import { HierarchyService } from './hierarchy.service.js';
+
+/**
+ * The hierarchy command family (contract 1 §5, §6.3). This controller is the
+ * closed HTTP surface over the hierarchy class tables: the route-inventory
+ * witness asserts these routes and no others exist. Delete commands take an
+ * optional body (idempotency key) via POST-style DTOs; every mutation is
+ * audited on its own transaction by the repository.
+ */
+@Controller('api/hierarchy')
+@UseGuards(AuthGuard)
+export class HierarchyController {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly repository: HierarchyRepository,
+    private readonly service: HierarchyService,
+  ) {}
+
+  // ── companies ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  @Post('companies')
+  async createCompany(@CurrentUser() user: { id: string }, @Body() dto: CreateCompanyDto) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.createCompany({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        name: dto.name,
+        slug: dto.slug,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /** Companies the caller holds a grant on (directly or via a descendant). */
+  @Get('companies')
+  listGrantedCompanies(@CurrentUser() user: { id: string }) {
+    return this.repository.listGrantedCompanies(user.id);
+  }
+
+  /** Directory-class companies, closed-field (§2.8). */
+  @Get('companies/directory')
+  listDirectory() {
+    return this.repository.listDirectory();
+  }
+
+  @Post('companies/:id/rename')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async renameCompany(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: RenameNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.renameCompany({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        companyId: id,
+        name: dto.name,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post('companies/:id/visibility')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async changeCompanyVisibility(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: ChangeCompanyVisibilityDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.changeCompanyVisibility({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        companyId: id,
+        visibility: dto.visibility,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Delete('companies/:id')
+  async deleteCompany(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: DeleteNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.deleteCompany({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        companyId: id,
+        idempotencyKey: dto?.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  // ── estates ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  @Post('estates')
+  async createEstate(@CurrentUser() user: { id: string }, @Body() dto: CreateEstateDto) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.createEstate({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        companyId: dto.companyId,
+        name: dto.name,
+        slug: dto.slug,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post('estates/:id/rename')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async renameEstate(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: RenameNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.renameEstate({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        estateId: id,
+        name: dto.name,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post('estates/:id/transfer')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async transferEstate(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: TransferEstateDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.transferEstate({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        estateId: id,
+        destinationCompanyId: dto.destinationCompanyId,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Delete('estates/:id')
+  async deleteEstate(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: DeleteNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.deleteEstate({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        estateId: id,
+        idempotencyKey: dto?.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  // ── platform projects ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  @Post('platform-projects')
+  async createPlatformProject(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Body() dto: CreatePlatformProjectDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.createPlatformProject({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        estateId: dto.estateId,
+        name: dto.name,
+        slug: dto.slug,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post('platform-projects/:id/rename')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async renamePlatformProject(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: RenameNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.renamePlatformProject({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        platformProjectId: id,
+        name: dto.name,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post('platform-projects/:id/transfer')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async transferPlatformProject(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: TransferPlatformProjectDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.transferPlatformProject({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        platformProjectId: id,
+        destinationEstateId: dto.destinationEstateId,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Delete('platform-projects/:id')
+  async deletePlatformProject(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: DeleteNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.deletePlatformProject({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        platformProjectId: id,
+        idempotencyKey: dto?.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  // ── grants ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  @Post('grants')
+  async createGrant(@CurrentUser() user: { id: string }, @Body() dto: CreateGrantDto) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.createGrant({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        userId: dto.userId,
+        targetKind: dto.targetKind,
+        targetId: dto.targetId,
+        role: dto.role,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Post('grants/:id/change')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async changeGrant(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: ChangeGrantDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.changeGrant({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        grantId: id,
+        role: dto.role,
+        idempotencyKey: dto.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Delete('grants/:id')
+  async revokeGrant(
+    @CurrentUser() user: { id: string },
+    @Param('id', ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: DeleteNodeDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.service.unwrap(
+      await this.repository.revokeGrant({
+        actorId: user.id,
+        grantId: id,
+        idempotencyKey: dto?.idempotencyKey,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.dto.ts

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+import { COMPANY_VISIBILITY, HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES } from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { IsIn, IsOptional, IsString, IsUUID, Matches, MaxLength, MinLength } from 'class-validator';
+
+/**
+ * Hierarchy command DTOs (contract 1 §5, contract 2 §4/§7).
+ *
+ * The global ValidationPipe runs with whitelist + forbidNonWhitelisted, so a
+ * payload field absent from these classes is a 400. That closure is itself
+ * contract surface:
+ *  - CreateCompanyDto declares NO visibility field — creation is always
+ *    private (contract 1 §5.5); a visibility argument is refused by the pipe.
+ *  - CreateGrantDto declares NO teamId field — team grant subjects are
+ *    suspended (contract 2 §1.4/§7.5); a team subject is refused by the pipe.
+ * Every class here must be registered in PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS so the boot-time
+ * assertion proves the pipe sees the decorators.
+ */
+
+const SLUG_PATTERN = /^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?$/;
+const SLUG_MESSAGE = 'slug must be lowercase alphanumeric with interior hyphens';
+
+export class CreateCompanyDto {
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  name!: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @MaxLength(100)
+  @Matches(SLUG_PATTERN, { message: SLUG_MESSAGE })
+  slug!: string;
+
+  /** Client-supplied idempotency key (REQ-AUD-001 replay); server-generated when absent. */
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class RenameNodeDto {
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  name!: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class ChangeCompanyVisibilityDto {
+  @IsIn(COMPANY_VISIBILITY)
+  visibility!: (typeof COMPANY_VISIBILITY)[number];
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class DeleteNodeDto {
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class CreateEstateDto {
+  @IsUUID()
+  companyId!: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  name!: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @MaxLength(100)
+  @Matches(SLUG_PATTERN, { message: SLUG_MESSAGE })
+  slug!: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class CreatePlatformProjectDto {
+  @IsUUID()
+  estateId!: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  name!: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @MaxLength(100)
+  @Matches(SLUG_PATTERN, { message: SLUG_MESSAGE })
+  slug!: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class TransferEstateDto {
+  @IsUUID()
+  destinationCompanyId!: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class TransferPlatformProjectDto {
+  @IsUUID()
+  destinationEstateId!: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class CreateGrantDto {
+  /** Subject user (better-auth text id). No teamId field — see module doc. */
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  userId!: string;
+
+  @IsIn(['company', 'estate', 'platform_project'])
+  targetKind!: 'company' | 'estate' | 'platform_project';
+
+  @IsUUID()
+  targetId!: string;
+
+  /** Bare vocabulary on requests; responses and audit events are namespaced (§4.5). */
+  @IsIn(HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES)
+  role!: (typeof HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES)[number];
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}
+
+export class ChangeGrantDto {
+  @IsIn(HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES)
+  role!: (typeof HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES)[number];
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(255)
+  idempotencyKey?: string;
+}

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.module.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { HierarchyAuditRepository } from './hierarchy-audit.repository.js';
+import { HierarchyGrantEvaluationService } from './hierarchy-grant-evaluation.js';
+import { HierarchyController } from './hierarchy.controller.js';
+import { HierarchyRepository } from './hierarchy.repository.js';
+import { HierarchyService } from './hierarchy.service.js';
 
 /**
  * Hierarchy (tenancy/authorization structure) feature module.
  *
- * M4-1b-i ships the audit event + outbox machinery only (contract 1 §5.2).
- * The hierarchy command family — controllers, DTOs, and the allowlisted
- * class-table repositories — lands in M4-1b-ii once contract 2 (RBAC grant
- * model) merges; until then this module exposes no routes, which the
- * route-inventory witness asserts.
+ * M4-1b-i shipped the audit event + outbox machinery (contract 1 §5.2);
+ * M4-1b-ii adds the command family — the closed route surface asserted by
+ * the route-inventory witness — plus grant evaluation (contract 2 §3).
+ * HierarchyRepository is the sole class-table writer (writer-coverage
+ * allowlist); every mutation runs authorize → mutate → audit in one
+ * transaction.
  */
 @Module({
-  providers: [HierarchyAuditRepository],
-  exports: [HierarchyAuditRepository],
+  controllers: [HierarchyController],
+  providers: [
+    HierarchyAuditRepository,
+    HierarchyGrantEvaluationService,
+    HierarchyRepository,
+    HierarchyService,
+  ],
+  exports: [HierarchyAuditRepository, HierarchyGrantEvaluationService],
 })
 export class HierarchyModule {}

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.repository.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,935 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  and,
+  asc,
+  companies,
+  eq,
+  estates,
+  hierarchyGrants,
+  inArray,
+  platformProjects,
+  users,
+  workspaces,
+  type Db,
+} from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { DB } from '../database/database.module.js';
+import {
+  appendHierarchyEvent,
+  buildNodeSnapshot,
+  HierarchyAuditIdempotencyConflictError,
+} from './hierarchy-audit.repository.js';
+import {
+  evaluateEffectiveRole,
+  grantedCompanyIds,
+  namespacedHierarchyRole,
+  roleAtLeast,
+  type GrantTargetKind,
+  type HierarchyGrantRole,
+} from './hierarchy-grant-evaluation.js';
+
+/**
+ * Hierarchy command repository (contract 1 §5, contract 2 §4).
+ *
+ * The ONLY writer of the hierarchy class tables (companies, estates,
+ * platform_projects, hierarchy_grants) — it is the writer-coverage
+ * allowlist's sole entry. Every command runs one transaction that
+ * authorizes (live grant evaluation inside the same transaction), mutates,
+ * and appends the semantic audit event + outbox record via the M4-1b-i
+ * machinery, so state, event, and outbox commit or roll back together
+ * (REQ-AUD-001).
+ *
+ * Authorization failure and target-not-found both return `not_found`
+ * (contract 1 §6.7: no existence oracle — an unauthorized caller learns
+ * nothing a stranger would not). `forbidden` appears only where the caller
+ * already knows the surface exists independent of any node: the admin-only
+ * visibility change (§5.5). Serialized role strings are namespaced (§4.5).
+ */
+
+export type HierarchyCommandFailure =
+  | { readonly ok: false; readonly error: 'not_found' }
+  | { readonly ok: false; readonly error: 'forbidden'; readonly message: string }
+  | { readonly ok: false; readonly error: 'conflict'; readonly message: string };
+
+export type HierarchyResult<T> = ({ readonly ok: true } & T) | HierarchyCommandFailure;
+
+export interface CompanyView {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly slug: string;
+  readonly visibility: string;
+}
+
+export interface NodeView {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly slug: string;
+}
+
+export interface GrantView {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly userId: string;
+  readonly targetKind: GrantTargetKind;
+  readonly targetId: string;
+  /** Namespaced (§4.5), e.g. `hierarchy:owner`. */
+  readonly role: string;
+  readonly grantedBy: string;
+}
+
+/** Directory rows are closed-field: existence, name, slug — nothing else (§2.8). */
+export interface DirectoryEntry {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly slug: string;
+}
+
+type Tx = Pick<Db, 'insert' | 'select' | 'update' | 'delete'>;
+type GrantRow = typeof hierarchyGrants.$inferSelect;
+
+const NOT_FOUND: HierarchyCommandFailure = { ok: false, error: 'not_found' };
+
+function conflict(message: string): HierarchyCommandFailure {
+  return { ok: false, error: 'conflict', message };
+}
+
+function grantTarget(row: GrantRow): { kind: GrantTargetKind; id: string } {
+  if (row.companyId) return { kind: 'company', id: row.companyId };
+  if (row.estateId) return { kind: 'estate', id: row.estateId };
+  return { kind: 'platform_project', id: row.platformProjectId as string };
+}
+
+/** Grant event snapshot (contract 2 §4.4): subject, target, namespaced role, grantor. */
+function grantSnapshot(row: GrantRow): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const target = grantTarget(row);
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    subject: { userId: row.userId },
+    target: { kind: target.kind, id: target.id },
+    role: namespacedHierarchyRole(row.role as HierarchyGrantRole),
+    grantedBy: row.grantedBy,
+  };
+}
+
+function grantView(row: GrantRow): GrantView {
+  const target = grantTarget(row);
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    userId: row.userId as string,
+    targetKind: target.kind,
+    targetId: target.id,
+    role: namespacedHierarchyRole(row.role as HierarchyGrantRole),
+    grantedBy: row.grantedBy,
+  };
+}
+
+function companyView(row: typeof companies.$inferSelect): CompanyView {
+  return { id: row.id, name: row.name, slug: row.slug, visibility: row.visibility };
+}
+
+interface CommandContext {
+  readonly actorId: string;
+  readonly idempotencyKey: string;
+  readonly correlationId: string;
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class HierarchyRepository {
+  constructor(@Inject(DB) private readonly db: Db) {}
+
+  private async run<T>(
+    idempotencyKey: string | undefined,
+    actorId: string,
+    body: (tx: Tx, ctx: CommandContext) => Promise<HierarchyResult<T>>,
+  ): Promise<HierarchyResult<T>> {
+    const ctx: CommandContext = {
+      actorId,
+      idempotencyKey: idempotencyKey ?? randomUUID(),
+      correlationId: randomUUID(),
+    };
+    try {
+      return await this.db.transaction(async (tx) => body(tx, ctx));
+    } catch (error) {
+      // A key replayed with different content aborts the whole command —
+      // the transaction (state change included) has rolled back (§6.4).
+      if (error instanceof HierarchyAuditIdempotencyConflictError) {
+        return conflict(error.message);
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async requireOwner(
+    tx: Tx,
+    actorId: string,
+    kind: GrantTargetKind,
+    id: string,
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    return roleAtLeast(await evaluateEffectiveRole(tx, actorId, kind, id), 'owner');
+  }
+
+  private async isPlatformAdmin(tx: Tx, actorId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    const rows = await tx
+      .select({ role: users.role })
+      .from(users)
+      .where(eq(users.id, actorId))
+      .limit(1);
+    return rows[0]?.role === 'admin';
+  }
+
+  // ── companies ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  /**
+   * Any authenticated user may create a company; the same audited operation
+   * writes the creator's initial owner grant (§4.3), causation-linked to the
+   * create event. Visibility is always 'private' — the command takes no
+   * visibility input (§5.5).
+   */
+  createCompany(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    name: string;
+    slug: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ company: CompanyView; grant: GrantView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      const inserted = await tx
+        .insert(companies)
+        .values({ name: input.name, slug: input.slug })
+        .onConflictDoNothing()
+        .returning();
+      const company = inserted[0];
+      if (!company) return conflict('company slug already exists');
+
+      const grantRows = await tx
+        .insert(hierarchyGrants)
+        .values({
+          userId: ctx.actorId,
+          companyId: company.id,
+          role: 'owner',
+          grantedBy: ctx.actorId,
+        })
+        .returning();
+      const grant = grantRows[0] as GrantRow;
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'company', company.id);
+      const created = await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'create',
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: company.id,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'grant_create',
+        targetKind: 'grant',
+        targetId: grant.id,
+        targetSnapshot: grantSnapshot(grant),
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        causationId: created.event.id,
+        idempotencyKey: `${ctx.idempotencyKey}:grant`,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, company: companyView(company), grant: grantView(grant) };
+    });
+  }
+
+  renameCompany(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    companyId: string;
+    name: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ company: CompanyView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'company', input.companyId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const rows = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(companies)
+        .where(eq(companies.id, input.companyId))
+        .limit(1);
+      const previous = rows[0];
+      if (!previous) return NOT_FOUND;
+
+      const updated = await tx
+        .update(companies)
+        .set({ name: input.name, updatedAt: new Date() })
+        .where(eq(companies.id, input.companyId))
+        .returning();
+      const company = updated[0] as typeof companies.$inferSelect;
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'company', company.id);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'rename',
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: company.id,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot, previousName: previous.name },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, company: companyView(company) };
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Admin-only until the company-CRUD capability ratifies (§5.5) — the one
+   * hierarchy mutation a platform admin performs without a grant. A
+   * non-admin caller (owner included) gets `forbidden` before any company
+   * read: the refusal reveals nothing about the target's existence.
+   */
+  changeCompanyVisibility(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    companyId: string;
+    visibility: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ company: CompanyView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.isPlatformAdmin(tx, ctx.actorId))) {
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          error: 'forbidden',
+          message: 'visibility change is platform-admin-only',
+        };
+      }
+      const rows = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(companies)
+        .where(eq(companies.id, input.companyId))
+        .limit(1);
+      const previous = rows[0];
+      if (!previous) return NOT_FOUND;
+
+      const updated = await tx
+        .update(companies)
+        .set({ visibility: input.visibility, updatedAt: new Date() })
+        .where(eq(companies.id, input.companyId))
+        .returning();
+      const company = updated[0] as typeof companies.$inferSelect;
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'company', company.id);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'visibility_change',
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: company.id,
+        // Old and new values are event content (§5.5).
+        targetSnapshot: {
+          ...snapshot,
+          previousVisibility: previous.visibility,
+          visibility: company.visibility,
+        },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, company: companyView(company) };
+    });
+  }
+
+  deleteCompany(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    companyId: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ deletedId: string }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'company', input.companyId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const children = await tx
+        .select({ id: estates.id })
+        .from(estates)
+        .where(eq(estates.companyId, input.companyId))
+        .limit(1);
+      if (children.length > 0) return conflict('company still has estates');
+
+      // Snapshot and grants are read before the delete; target FKs cascade
+      // the grant rows, and each cascaded deletion is audited (§5.2).
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'company', input.companyId);
+      const grants = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(hierarchyGrants)
+        .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.companyId, input.companyId));
+
+      await tx.delete(companies).where(eq(companies.id, input.companyId));
+
+      const deleted = await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'delete',
+        targetKind: 'company',
+        targetId: input.companyId,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      for (const grant of grants) {
+        await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+          actorId: ctx.actorId,
+          verb: 'grant_revoke',
+          targetKind: 'grant',
+          targetId: grant.id,
+          targetSnapshot: grantSnapshot(grant),
+          correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+          causationId: deleted.event.id,
+          idempotencyKey: `${ctx.idempotencyKey}:revoke:${grant.id}`,
+        });
+      }
+      return { ok: true, deletedId: input.companyId };
+    });
+  }
+
+  // ── estates ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  /** Child creation requires owner on the parent and confers no grant (§4.3). */
+  createEstate(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    companyId: string;
+    name: string;
+    slug: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ estate: NodeView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'company', input.companyId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const inserted = await tx
+        .insert(estates)
+        .values({ companyId: input.companyId, name: input.name, slug: input.slug })
+        .onConflictDoNothing()
+        .returning();
+      const estate = inserted[0];
+      if (!estate) return conflict('estate slug already exists in company');
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'estate', estate.id);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'create',
+        targetKind: 'estate',
+        targetId: estate.id,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, estate: { id: estate.id, name: estate.name, slug: estate.slug } };
+    });
+  }
+
+  renameEstate(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    estateId: string;
+    name: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ estate: NodeView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'estate', input.estateId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const rows = await tx.select().from(estates).where(eq(estates.id, input.estateId)).limit(1);
+      const previous = rows[0];
+      if (!previous) return NOT_FOUND;
+
+      const updated = await tx
+        .update(estates)
+        .set({ name: input.name })
+        .where(eq(estates.id, input.estateId))
+        .returning();
+      const estate = updated[0] as typeof estates.$inferSelect;
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'estate', estate.id);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'rename',
+        targetKind: 'estate',
+        targetId: estate.id,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot, previousName: previous.name },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, estate: { id: estate.id, name: estate.name, slug: estate.slug } };
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** Transfer requires effective owner on BOTH parents, evaluated in the transfer's own transaction (§5). */
+  transferEstate(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    estateId: string;
+    destinationCompanyId: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ estate: NodeView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      const rows = await tx.select().from(estates).where(eq(estates.id, input.estateId)).limit(1);
+      const estate = rows[0];
+      if (!estate) return NOT_FOUND;
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'company', estate.companyId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'company', input.destinationCompanyId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      if (estate.companyId === input.destinationCompanyId) {
+        return conflict('estate already belongs to the destination company');
+      }
+      const collision = await tx
+        .select({ id: estates.id })
+        .from(estates)
+        .where(
+          and(eq(estates.companyId, input.destinationCompanyId), eq(estates.slug, estate.slug)),
+        )
+        .limit(1);
+      if (collision.length > 0) return conflict('destination company already has that estate slug');
+
+      const parents = await tx
+        .select({ id: companies.id, slug: companies.slug })
+        .from(companies)
+        .where(inArray(companies.id, [estate.companyId, input.destinationCompanyId]));
+      const source = parents.find((p) => p.id === estate.companyId);
+      const destination = parents.find((p) => p.id === input.destinationCompanyId);
+      if (!source || !destination) return NOT_FOUND;
+
+      await tx
+        .update(estates)
+        .set({ companyId: input.destinationCompanyId })
+        .where(eq(estates.id, input.estateId));
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'estate', input.estateId);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'transfer',
+        targetKind: 'estate',
+        targetId: input.estateId,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        transferFrom: { kind: 'company', id: source.id, slug: source.slug },
+        transferTo: { kind: 'company', id: destination.id, slug: destination.slug },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, estate: { id: estate.id, name: estate.name, slug: estate.slug } };
+    });
+  }
+
+  deleteEstate(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    estateId: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ deletedId: string }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'estate', input.estateId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const children = await tx
+        .select({ id: platformProjects.id })
+        .from(platformProjects)
+        .where(eq(platformProjects.estateId, input.estateId))
+        .limit(1);
+      if (children.length > 0) return conflict('estate still has platform projects');
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'estate', input.estateId);
+      const grants = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(hierarchyGrants)
+        .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.estateId, input.estateId));
+
+      await tx.delete(estates).where(eq(estates.id, input.estateId));
+
+      const deleted = await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'delete',
+        targetKind: 'estate',
+        targetId: input.estateId,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      for (const grant of grants) {
+        await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+          actorId: ctx.actorId,
+          verb: 'grant_revoke',
+          targetKind: 'grant',
+          targetId: grant.id,
+          targetSnapshot: grantSnapshot(grant),
+          correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+          causationId: deleted.event.id,
+          idempotencyKey: `${ctx.idempotencyKey}:revoke:${grant.id}`,
+        });
+      }
+      return { ok: true, deletedId: input.estateId };
+    });
+  }
+
+  // ── platform projects ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  createPlatformProject(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    estateId: string;
+    name: string;
+    slug: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ platformProject: NodeView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'estate', input.estateId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const inserted = await tx
+        .insert(platformProjects)
+        .values({ estateId: input.estateId, name: input.name, slug: input.slug })
+        .onConflictDoNothing()
+        .returning();
+      const project = inserted[0];
+      if (!project) return conflict('platform project slug already exists in estate');
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'platform_project', project.id);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'create',
+        targetKind: 'platform_project',
+        targetId: project.id,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        platformProject: { id: project.id, name: project.name, slug: project.slug },
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  renamePlatformProject(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    platformProjectId: string;
+    name: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ platformProject: NodeView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (
+        !(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'platform_project', input.platformProjectId))
+      ) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const rows = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(platformProjects)
+        .where(eq(platformProjects.id, input.platformProjectId))
+        .limit(1);
+      const previous = rows[0];
+      if (!previous) return NOT_FOUND;
+
+      const updated = await tx
+        .update(platformProjects)
+        .set({ name: input.name })
+        .where(eq(platformProjects.id, input.platformProjectId))
+        .returning();
+      const project = updated[0] as typeof platformProjects.$inferSelect;
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'platform_project', project.id);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'rename',
+        targetKind: 'platform_project',
+        targetId: project.id,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot, previousName: previous.name },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        platformProject: { id: project.id, name: project.name, slug: project.slug },
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  transferPlatformProject(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    platformProjectId: string;
+    destinationEstateId: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ platformProject: NodeView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      const rows = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(platformProjects)
+        .where(eq(platformProjects.id, input.platformProjectId))
+        .limit(1);
+      const project = rows[0];
+      if (!project) return NOT_FOUND;
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'estate', project.estateId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'estate', input.destinationEstateId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      if (project.estateId === input.destinationEstateId) {
+        return conflict('platform project already belongs to the destination estate');
+      }
+      const collision = await tx
+        .select({ id: platformProjects.id })
+        .from(platformProjects)
+        .where(
+          and(
+            eq(platformProjects.estateId, input.destinationEstateId),
+            eq(platformProjects.slug, project.slug),
+          ),
+        )
+        .limit(1);
+      if (collision.length > 0) {
+        return conflict('destination estate already has that platform project slug');
+      }
+
+      const parents = await tx
+        .select({ id: estates.id, slug: estates.slug })
+        .from(estates)
+        .where(inArray(estates.id, [project.estateId, input.destinationEstateId]));
+      const source = parents.find((p) => p.id === project.estateId);
+      const destination = parents.find((p) => p.id === input.destinationEstateId);
+      if (!source || !destination) return NOT_FOUND;
+
+      await tx
+        .update(platformProjects)
+        .set({ estateId: input.destinationEstateId })
+        .where(eq(platformProjects.id, input.platformProjectId));
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'platform_project', input.platformProjectId);
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'transfer',
+        targetKind: 'platform_project',
+        targetId: input.platformProjectId,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        transferFrom: { kind: 'estate', id: source.id, slug: source.slug },
+        transferTo: { kind: 'estate', id: destination.id, slug: destination.slug },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        platformProject: { id: project.id, name: project.name, slug: project.slug },
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  deletePlatformProject(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    platformProjectId: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ deletedId: string }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (
+        !(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, 'platform_project', input.platformProjectId))
+      ) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const children = await tx
+        .select({ id: workspaces.id })
+        .from(workspaces)
+        .where(eq(workspaces.platformProjectId, input.platformProjectId))
+        .limit(1);
+      if (children.length > 0) return conflict('platform project still has workspaces');
+
+      const snapshot = await buildNodeSnapshot(tx, 'platform_project', input.platformProjectId);
+      const grants = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(hierarchyGrants)
+        .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.platformProjectId, input.platformProjectId));
+
+      await tx.delete(platformProjects).where(eq(platformProjects.id, input.platformProjectId));
+
+      const deleted = await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'delete',
+        targetKind: 'platform_project',
+        targetId: input.platformProjectId,
+        targetSnapshot: { ...snapshot },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      for (const grant of grants) {
+        await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+          actorId: ctx.actorId,
+          verb: 'grant_revoke',
+          targetKind: 'grant',
+          targetId: grant.id,
+          targetSnapshot: grantSnapshot(grant),
+          correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+          causationId: deleted.event.id,
+          idempotencyKey: `${ctx.idempotencyKey}:revoke:${grant.id}`,
+        });
+      }
+      return { ok: true, deletedId: input.platformProjectId };
+    });
+  }
+
+  // ── grants ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  /** Grant management requires effective owner on the target (§4.1). */
+  createGrant(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    userId: string;
+    targetKind: GrantTargetKind;
+    targetId: string;
+    role: HierarchyGrantRole;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ grant: GrantView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, input.targetKind, input.targetId))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      const subject = await tx
+        .select({ id: users.id })
+        .from(users)
+        .where(eq(users.id, input.userId))
+        .limit(1);
+      if (subject.length === 0) return conflict('subject user does not exist');
+
+      const inserted = await tx
+        .insert(hierarchyGrants)
+        .values({
+          userId: input.userId,
+          companyId: input.targetKind === 'company' ? input.targetId : null,
+          estateId: input.targetKind === 'estate' ? input.targetId : null,
+          platformProjectId: input.targetKind === 'platform_project' ? input.targetId : null,
+          role: input.role,
+          grantedBy: ctx.actorId,
+        })
+        .onConflictDoNothing()
+        .returning();
+      const grant = inserted[0];
+      if (!grant) return conflict('grant already exists');
+
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'grant_create',
+        targetKind: 'grant',
+        targetId: grant.id,
+        targetSnapshot: grantSnapshot(grant),
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, grant: grantView(grant) };
+    });
+  }
+
+  changeGrant(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    grantId: string;
+    role: HierarchyGrantRole;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ grant: GrantView }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      const rows = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(hierarchyGrants)
+        .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, input.grantId))
+        .limit(1);
+      const existing = rows[0];
+      if (!existing) return NOT_FOUND;
+      const target = grantTarget(existing);
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, target.kind, target.id))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+      // Team subjects are suspended (§1.4); the command surface never
+      // creates them, so this only fires on out-of-band rows.
+      if (!existing.userId) return conflict('team grant subjects are suspended');
+      if (existing.role === input.role) return conflict('grant already holds that role');
+
+      const duplicate = await tx
+        .select({ id: hierarchyGrants.id })
+        .from(hierarchyGrants)
+        .where(
+          and(
+            eq(hierarchyGrants.userId, existing.userId),
+            target.kind === 'company'
+              ? eq(hierarchyGrants.companyId, target.id)
+              : target.kind === 'estate'
+                ? eq(hierarchyGrants.estateId, target.id)
+                : eq(hierarchyGrants.platformProjectId, target.id),
+            eq(hierarchyGrants.role, input.role),
+          ),
+        )
+        .limit(1);
+      if (duplicate.length > 0) {
+        return conflict('subject already holds that role on the target');
+      }
+
+      const updated = await tx
+        .update(hierarchyGrants)
+        .set({ role: input.role })
+        .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, input.grantId))
+        .returning();
+      const grant = updated[0] as GrantRow;
+
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'grant_change',
+        targetKind: 'grant',
+        targetId: grant.id,
+        targetSnapshot: {
+          ...grantSnapshot(grant),
+          previousRole: namespacedHierarchyRole(existing.role as HierarchyGrantRole),
+        },
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, grant: grantView(grant) };
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** Revocation is row deletion (§6): the next evaluation denies, nothing lingers. */
+  revokeGrant(input: {
+    actorId: string;
+    grantId: string;
+    idempotencyKey?: string;
+  }): Promise<HierarchyResult<{ revokedId: string }>> {
+    return this.run(input.idempotencyKey, input.actorId, async (tx, ctx) => {
+      const rows = await tx
+        .select()
+        .from(hierarchyGrants)
+        .where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, input.grantId))
+        .limit(1);
+      const existing = rows[0];
+      if (!existing) return NOT_FOUND;
+      const target = grantTarget(existing);
+      if (!(await this.requireOwner(tx, ctx.actorId, target.kind, target.id))) {
+        return NOT_FOUND;
+      }
+
+      await tx.delete(hierarchyGrants).where(eq(hierarchyGrants.id, input.grantId));
+
+      await appendHierarchyEvent(tx, {
+        actorId: ctx.actorId,
+        verb: 'grant_revoke',
+        targetKind: 'grant',
+        targetId: existing.id,
+        targetSnapshot: grantSnapshot(existing),
+        correlationId: ctx.correlationId,
+        idempotencyKey: ctx.idempotencyKey,
+      });
+      return { ok: true, revokedId: existing.id };
+    });
+  }
+
+  // ── reads ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  /**
+   * The directory: every directory-class company, closed-field (§2.8). The
+   * sole ratified existence-disclosure carve-out (§6.7 / A2 §9.1.2).
+   */
+  async listDirectory(): Promise<DirectoryEntry[]> {
+    return this.db
+      .select({ id: companies.id, name: companies.name, slug: companies.slug })
+      .from(companies)
+      .where(eq(companies.visibility, 'directory'))
+      .orderBy(asc(companies.name));
+  }
+
+  /** Companies the user holds any grant on (company or descendant, §2.8). */
+  async listGrantedCompanies(userId: string): Promise<CompanyView[]> {
+    const ids = await grantedCompanyIds(this.db, userId);
+    if (ids.length === 0) return [];
+    const rows = await this.db
+      .select()
+      .from(companies)
+      .where(inArray(companies.id, ids))
+      .orderBy(asc(companies.name));
+    return rows.map(companyView);
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {
+  ConflictException,
+  ForbiddenException,
+  Injectable,
+  NotFoundException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import type { HierarchyCommandFailure, HierarchyResult } from './hierarchy.repository.js';
+
+/**
+ * Maps repository result unions onto HTTP exceptions. `not_found` carries
+ * one fixed message for every cause — missing node and unauthorized caller
+ * are indistinguishable on the wire (contract 1 §6.7).
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class HierarchyService {
+  unwrap<T>(result: HierarchyResult<T>): T {
+    if (result.ok) return result;
+    throw this.toException(result);
+  }
+
+  private toException(failure: HierarchyCommandFailure): Error {
+    switch (failure.error) {
+      case 'not_found':
+        return new NotFoundException('hierarchy node not found');
+      case 'forbidden':
+        return new ForbiddenException(failure.message);
+      case 'conflict':
+        return new ConflictException(failure.message);
+    }
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/mcp/mcp.service.spec.ts

@@ -176,7 +176,18 @@ describe('MCP actor identity and tool scope enforcement', () => {
     ).toBe(false);
     expect(
       deriveMcpToolScopesForUser({ role: 'platform-admin' }).has(MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.coord_list_tasks),
-    ).toBe(true);
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('derives no scope elevation from any platform role (contract 2 §1.1 bypass retirement)', () => {
+    const memberScopes = deriveMcpToolScopesForUser({ role: 'member' });
+    for (const role of ['admin', 'platform-admin', 'super-admin', null, undefined]) {
+      const scopes = deriveMcpToolScopesForUser({ role });
+      expect([...scopes].sort()).toEqual([...memberScopes].sort());
+      expect(scopes.has(MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_create_task)).toBe(false);
+      expect(scopes.has(MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_update_task)).toBe(false);
+      expect(scopes.has(MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.coord_list_tasks)).toBe(false);
+    }
   });
 
   it('fails closed when scopes are not supplied by the authenticated context policy', () => {
@@ -311,14 +322,20 @@ describe('MCP actor identity and tool scope enforcement', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('enforces tenant boundaries for tenant-admin brain project, mission, and task reads', async () => {
-    const { service } = makeService({
+  it('gives admin-role and platform-admin-role actors only owned content on brain reads (§1.1 retirement)', async () => {
+    // Contract 2 §1.1: users.role confers no content visibility. An actor whose
+    // role is 'admin', 'platform-admin', or 'super-admin' but who holds no
+    // ownership sees exactly what an unprivileged member with the same
+    // ownership would see — here, only the one project they own, and nothing
+    // tenant-wide or platform-wide.
+    const fixtures = {
       projects: [
+        { id: 'project-owned', ownerId: 'role-bearing-user', teamId: 'tenant-a', name: 'owned' },
         {
           id: 'project-tenant-a',
           ownerId: 'other-user-a',
           teamId: 'tenant-a',
-          name: 'same tenant',
+          name: 'same tenant, unowned',
         },
         {
           id: 'project-tenant-b',
@@ -328,39 +345,50 @@ describe('MCP actor identity and tool scope enforcement', () => {
         },
       ],
       missions: [
+        { id: 'mission-owned', projectId: 'project-owned' },
         { id: 'mission-tenant-a', tenantId: 'tenant-a', projectId: 'project-tenant-a' },
         { id: 'mission-tenant-b', tenantId: 'tenant-b', projectId: 'project-tenant-b' },
       ],
       tasks: [
+        { id: 'task-owned', projectId: 'project-owned', status: 'not-started' },
         { id: 'task-tenant-a', projectId: 'project-tenant-a', status: 'not-started' },
         { id: 'task-tenant-b', projectId: 'project-tenant-b', status: 'not-started' },
       ],
-    });
-    const { server, tools } = makeCapturingServer();
-    const actor = makeAdminActor('tenant-admin-user', 'tenant-a');
+    };
 
-    service.registerTools(server, actor);
+    const actors = [
+      makeAdminActor('role-bearing-user', 'tenant-a'),
+      makePlatformAdminActor('role-bearing-user'),
+    ];
 
-    const projects = JSON.parse(
-      (await getTool(tools, 'brain_list_projects').handler({})).content[0]!.text,
-    );
-    expect(projects.map((project: { id: string }) => project.id)).toEqual(['project-tenant-a']);
+    for (const actor of actors) {
+      const { service } = makeService(fixtures);
+      const { server, tools } = makeCapturingServer();
+      service.registerTools(server, actor);
 
-    const missions = JSON.parse(
-      (await getTool(tools, 'brain_list_missions').handler({})).content[0]!.text,
-    );
-    expect(missions.map((mission: { id: string }) => mission.id)).toEqual(['mission-tenant-a']);
+      const projects = JSON.parse(
+        (await getTool(tools, 'brain_list_projects').handler({})).content[0]!.text,
+      );
+      expect(projects.map((project: { id: string }) => project.id)).toEqual(['project-owned']);
 
-    const tasks = JSON.parse(
-      (await getTool(tools, 'brain_list_tasks').handler({})).content[0]!.text,
-    );
-    expect(tasks.map((task: { id: string }) => task.id)).toEqual(['task-tenant-a']);
+      const missions = JSON.parse(
+        (await getTool(tools, 'brain_list_missions').handler({})).content[0]!.text,
+      );
+      expect(missions.map((mission: { id: string }) => mission.id)).toEqual(['mission-owned']);
+
+      const tasks = JSON.parse(
+        (await getTool(tools, 'brain_list_tasks').handler({})).content[0]!.text,
+      );
+      expect(tasks.map((task: { id: string }) => task.id)).toEqual(['task-owned']);
+    }
   });
 
   it('denies tenant-admin task writes outside the authenticated tenant', async () => {
     const { service, brain } = makeService({
       projects: [
-        { id: 'project-tenant-a', ownerId: 'other-user-a', teamId: 'tenant-a' },
+        // §1.1 retirement: content visibility comes from ownership, not the
+        // tenant-admin role — the acting user owns the tenant-a project.
+        { id: 'project-tenant-a', ownerId: 'tenant-admin-user', teamId: 'tenant-a' },
         { id: 'project-tenant-b', ownerId: 'other-user-b', teamId: 'tenant-b' },
       ],
       missions: [
@@ -373,7 +401,29 @@ describe('MCP actor identity and tool scope enforcement', () => {
       ],
     });
     const { server, tools } = makeCapturingServer();
-    const actor = makeAdminActor('tenant-admin-user', 'tenant-a');
+    // Platform role no longer derives task-write scopes (§1.1 retirement):
+    // a role-derived admin actor is scope-denied before any tenant logic.
+    const roleDerivedAdmin = makeAdminActor('tenant-admin-user', 'tenant-a');
+    service.registerTools(server, roleDerivedAdmin);
+    await expect(
+      getTool(tools, 'brain_create_task').handler({ title: 'role-derived write' }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('MCP tool scope denied');
+    expect(brain.tasks.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    // The tenant-scoping checks below sit behind the scope gate; exercise
+    // them with explicitly granted task-write scopes (how grant-mapped
+    // scopes will arrive), not with a platform role.
+    tools.clear();
+    const actor = createMcpActorContext({
+      userId: 'tenant-admin-user',
+      tenantId: 'tenant-a',
+      role: 'member',
+      scopes: [
+        ...deriveMcpToolScopesForUser({ role: 'member' }),
+        MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_create_task,
+        MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_update_task,
+      ],
+    });
 
     service.registerTools(server, actor);
 
@@ -416,7 +466,7 @@ describe('MCP actor identity and tool scope enforcement', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('keeps admin-only coordination tools on server-derived paths', async () => {
+  it('denies coordination tools to every role-derived actor and keeps the granted path server-derived', async () => {
     const { service, coord } = makeService();
     const { server, tools } = makeCapturingServer();
     const member = makeMemberActor('authenticated-user');
@@ -433,10 +483,25 @@ describe('MCP actor identity and tool scope enforcement', () => {
     const tenantAdminTool = getTool(tools, 'coord_list_tasks');
     await expect(tenantAdminTool.handler({})).rejects.toThrow('MCP tool scope denied: coord:read');
 
+    // §1.1 retirement: platform-admin no longer derives coord scopes either.
     tools.clear();
     service.registerTools(server, platformAdmin);
     const platformAdminTool = getTool(tools, 'coord_list_tasks');
-    await platformAdminTool.handler({ projectPath: '/tmp/victim' });
+    await expect(platformAdminTool.handler({})).rejects.toThrow(
+      'MCP tool scope denied: coord:read',
+    );
+
+    // An explicitly granted coord:read scope reaches the server-derived
+    // path (caller-supplied projectPath is stripped by the schema).
+    tools.clear();
+    const grantedActor = createMcpActorContext({
+      userId: 'granted-user',
+      role: 'member',
+      scopes: [MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.coord_list_tasks],
+    });
+    service.registerTools(server, grantedActor);
+    const grantedTool = getTool(tools, 'coord_list_tasks');
+    await grantedTool.handler({ projectPath: '/tmp/victim' });
     expect(coord.listTasks).toHaveBeenCalledWith(process.cwd());
   });
 

apps/gateway/src/mcp/mcp.service.ts

@@ -63,20 +63,6 @@ interface SessionEntry {
   actor: McpActorContext;
 }
 
-const GLOBAL_ADMIN_MCP_SCOPES = new Set<McpToolScope>(Object.values(MCP_TOOL_SCOPES));
-const TENANT_ADMIN_MCP_SCOPES = new Set<McpToolScope>([
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_list_projects,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_get_project,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_list_tasks,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_create_task,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_update_task,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_list_missions,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_list_conversations,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.memory_search,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.memory_get_preferences,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.memory_save_preference,
-  MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.memory_save_insight,
-]);
 const MEMBER_MCP_SCOPES = new Set<McpToolScope>([
   MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_list_projects,
   MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.brain_get_project,
@@ -89,15 +75,17 @@ const MEMBER_MCP_SCOPES = new Set<McpToolScope>([
   MCP_TOOL_SCOPES.memory_save_insight,
 ]);
 
-export function deriveMcpToolScopesForUser(input: {
+/**
+ * Contract 2 §1.1: platform role confers NO MCP scope elevation — the
+ * former tenant-admin/global-admin scope sets keyed on users.role are
+ * retired. Every authenticated user receives the base member set; task
+ * writes and coordination scopes attach to explicit hierarchy grants when
+ * the MCP grant mapping lands, never to a platform role. The role
+ * parameter is kept for caller compatibility and deliberately ignored.
+ */
+export function deriveMcpToolScopesForUser(_input: {
   role?: string | null;
 }): ReadonlySet<McpToolScope> {
-  if (input.role === 'platform-admin' || input.role === 'super-admin') {
-    return new Set(GLOBAL_ADMIN_MCP_SCOPES);
-  }
-  if (input.role === 'admin') {
-    return new Set(TENANT_ADMIN_MCP_SCOPES);
-  }
   return new Set(MEMBER_MCP_SCOPES);
 }
 
@@ -168,41 +156,22 @@ type TaskLike = TenantScopedLike & {
   userId?: string | null;
 };
 
-function isGlobalAdminActor(actor: McpActorContext): boolean {
-  return actor.role === 'platform-admin' || actor.role === 'super-admin';
-}
-
-function isTenantAdminActor(actor: McpActorContext): boolean {
-  return actor.role === 'admin';
-}
-
-function matchesTenant(actor: McpActorContext, record: TenantScopedLike): boolean {
-  return (
-    record.tenantId === actor.tenantId ||
-    record.organizationId === actor.tenantId ||
-    record.teamId === actor.tenantId
-  );
-}
-
+/**
+ * Contract 2 §1.1: `users.role` confers NO content visibility — the former
+ * global-admin/tenant-admin filter short-circuits keyed on the platform role
+ * are retired along with the role-derived scope sets. Content reaches an MCP
+ * actor through ownership only; widened access arrives as explicit hierarchy
+ * grants when the MCP grant mapping lands.
+ */
 function filterProjectsForActor<T extends ProjectLike>(actor: McpActorContext, projects: T[]): T[] {
-  if (isGlobalAdminActor(actor)) return projects;
-  return projects.filter(
-    (project) =>
-      project.ownerId === actor.userId ||
-      (isTenantAdminActor(actor) && matchesTenant(actor, project)),
-  );
+  return projects.filter((project) => project.ownerId === actor.userId);
 }
 
 function filterMissionsByDirectActorScope<T extends MissionLike>(
   actor: McpActorContext,
   missions: T[],
 ): T[] {
-  if (isGlobalAdminActor(actor)) return missions;
-  return missions.filter(
-    (mission) =>
-      mission.userId === actor.userId ||
-      (isTenantAdminActor(actor) && matchesTenant(actor, mission)),
-  );
+  return missions.filter((mission) => mission.userId === actor.userId);
 }
 
 function scopesEqual(left: ReadonlySet<McpToolScope>, right: ReadonlySet<McpToolScope>): boolean {
@@ -293,7 +262,6 @@ export class McpService implements OnModuleDestroy {
   }
 
   private async isProjectAuthorized(actor: McpActorContext, projectId: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    if (isGlobalAdminActor(actor)) return true;
     const project = (await this.brain.projects.findById(projectId)) as ProjectLike | undefined;
     return project ? filterProjectsForActor(actor, [project]).length === 1 : false;
   }
@@ -302,8 +270,6 @@ export class McpService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     actor: McpActorContext,
     missions: T[],
   ): Promise<T[]> {
-    if (isGlobalAdminActor(actor)) return missions;
-
     const projects = (await this.brain.projects.findAll()) as ProjectLike[];
     const projectIds = new Set(
       filterProjectsForActor(actor, projects).map((project) => project.id),
@@ -317,7 +283,6 @@ export class McpService implements OnModuleDestroy {
   }
 
   private async isMissionAuthorized(actor: McpActorContext, missionId: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    if (isGlobalAdminActor(actor)) return true;
     const mission = (await this.brain.missions.findById(missionId)) as MissionLike | undefined;
     if (!mission) return false;
     return (await this.filterMissionsForActor(actor, [mission])).length === 1;
@@ -339,7 +304,7 @@ export class McpService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     actor: McpActorContext,
     refs: { projectId?: string | null; missionId?: string | null },
   ): Promise<void> {
-    if (!isGlobalAdminActor(actor) && !refs.projectId && !refs.missionId) {
+    if (!refs.projectId && !refs.missionId) {
       throw new Error('MCP task scope denied');
     }
     await this.assertTaskReferencesAuthorized(actor, refs);
@@ -349,8 +314,6 @@ export class McpService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     actor: McpActorContext,
     tasks: T[],
   ): Promise<T[]> {
-    if (isGlobalAdminActor(actor)) return tasks;
-
     const [projects, missions] = await Promise.all([
       this.brain.projects.findAll(),
       this.brain.missions.findAll(),
@@ -367,7 +330,6 @@ export class McpService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     return tasks.filter(
       (task) =>
         task.userId === actor.userId ||
-        (isTenantAdminActor(actor) && matchesTenant(actor, task)) ||
         (typeof task.projectId === 'string' && projectIds.has(task.projectId)) ||
         (typeof task.missionId === 'string' && missionIds.has(task.missionId)),
     );

apps/gateway/src/validation-pipe-check.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import { getMetadataStorage } from 'class-validator';
 import { BootstrapSetupDto } from './admin/bootstrap.dto.js';
+import {
+  ChangeCompanyVisibilityDto,
+  ChangeGrantDto,
+  CreateCompanyDto,
+  CreateEstateDto,
+  CreateGrantDto,
+  CreatePlatformProjectDto,
+  DeleteNodeDto,
+  RenameNodeDto,
+  TransferEstateDto,
+  TransferPlatformProjectDto,
+} from './hierarchy/hierarchy.dto.js';
 
 /**
  * Boot-time self-check: the global ValidationPipe must be able to SEE the
@@ -43,6 +55,56 @@ export const PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS: Array<{
     target: BootstrapSetupDto,
     properties: ['name', 'email', 'password'],
   },
+  {
+    name: 'CreateCompanyDto',
+    target: CreateCompanyDto,
+    properties: ['name', 'slug', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'RenameNodeDto',
+    target: RenameNodeDto,
+    properties: ['name', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'ChangeCompanyVisibilityDto',
+    target: ChangeCompanyVisibilityDto,
+    properties: ['visibility', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'DeleteNodeDto',
+    target: DeleteNodeDto,
+    properties: ['idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'CreateEstateDto',
+    target: CreateEstateDto,
+    properties: ['companyId', 'name', 'slug', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'CreatePlatformProjectDto',
+    target: CreatePlatformProjectDto,
+    properties: ['estateId', 'name', 'slug', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'TransferEstateDto',
+    target: TransferEstateDto,
+    properties: ['destinationCompanyId', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'TransferPlatformProjectDto',
+    target: TransferPlatformProjectDto,
+    properties: ['destinationEstateId', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'CreateGrantDto',
+    target: CreateGrantDto,
+    properties: ['userId', 'targetKind', 'targetId', 'role', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'ChangeGrantDto',
+    target: ChangeGrantDto,
+    properties: ['role', 'idempotencyKey'],
+  },
 ];
 
 export class PipeMetatypeCheckError extends Error {

docs/requirements/native-kanban-sot.md

@@ -514,3 +514,47 @@ itself permits, so that contract does not stretch A1 by interpretation.
    default-open disclosure.
 5. Every other constraint of A1 — §8.1.2's remaining bullets, §8.2 in full,
    and §8.3's other acceptance criteria — is untouched.
+
+## 10. Amendment A3 — capability-holder existence disclosure
+
+**Status:** amendment to Amendment A2, added by reviewed PR together with
+contract 2 Amendment 1 (`rbac-grant-model.md` §8, this PR), under that
+amendment's ruling request (decision owner Jason). It binds if and only if
+contract 2 Amendment 1 ratifies; until then §9.1.2's sole-disclosure rule
+stands unmodified — which is consistent, because until ratification the
+company-CRUD capability class is empty and the carve-out below has no
+holders. Everything in §§1–9 remains binding verbatim, with exactly the one
+express modification below. The detailed contract text lives in
+`rbac-grant-model.md` §8.1; this amendment changes only what A2 itself
+permits, so that contract does not stretch A2 by interpretation.
+
+### 10.1 What A3 modifies in A2
+
+1. **Capability-holder disclosure (narrows §9.1.2's sole-disclosure rule
+   by one carve-out).** §9.1.2 makes the directory the sole permitted
+   existence disclosure and keeps private companies undisclosed to
+   non-granted subjects everywhere. A3 admits exactly one further
+   disclosure channel: a subject holding the company-CRUD capability
+   (contract 2 §8), when exercising the hierarchy schema §5.5 visibility
+   command, learns the target company's existence and its old/new
+   visibility values through the command's redacted actor receipt —
+   success for an existing target (private or directory alike) versus
+   `not_found` for a nonexistent id — bounded exactly as contract 2 §8.1
+   states: no name, slug, structure, content, grant, or membership
+   information, and no read command of any kind. To every other
+   non-granted subject, private companies remain undisclosed everywhere,
+   including the directory; the directory remains the sole
+   existence-disclosure _listing_.
+
+### 10.2 What A3 explicitly does not change
+
+1. The directory itself is unchanged: read-only, directory-class companies
+   only, existence/name/slug only (§9.1.2's enumeration is narrowed for
+   capability holders' receipts, widened for nothing).
+2. No join-request surface, no curation listing, no read command of any
+   family is authorized (§9.2.2 unchanged; a curation listing is a further
+   amendment per contract 2 §8.1).
+3. The canonical audit event for visibility mutations is untouched — it
+   keeps hierarchy schema §5.2's full immutable target snapshot; the
+   capability confers no audit read (contract 2 §8.5).
+4. Every other constraint of A1 and A2 is untouched.

docs/requirements/rbac-grant-model.md

@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@ fail-closed-fault, and existence-oracle observables added (§7);
 role-string namespacing rule added (§4.5); ruling request now names the
 interpretive resolution of PRD "admins".
 
+Amendment 1 (company-CRUD capability): defines the capability class that
+contract 1 Amendment 1 (Ruling 4b, 2026-08-28) and hierarchy schema §5.5
+anticipate. §8 defines the capability as a platform-scoped, admin-assigned,
+audited delegation of exactly the hierarchy schema §5.5 company visibility
+command — no read command, no other company operation; the mutation's
+inherent existence disclosure is ratified as a bounded carve-out to
+hierarchy schema §6.7/§2.8 and to kanban SOT Amendment A2's
+sole-disclosure rule — SOT Amendment A3 (native-kanban-sot.md §10, this
+PR) expressly extends A2 by exactly this carve-out (§8.1). The holder
+sees only a redacted actor receipt; the canonical audit event keeps
+hierarchy schema §5.2's full immutable snapshot. The hierarchy role
+vocabulary (§2), every evaluation rule (§3), and grant management (§4) are
+untouched: the capability is not a `hierarchy_grants.role` value and
+evaluates outside the chain; capability-row deletion joins §6.1's
+revocation enumeration (§8.4). Until this amendment ratifies, the capability
+class is empty and
+the visibility command remains admin-only (hierarchy schema §5.5 states
+this fallback; the shipped gate at
+`apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.repository.ts` implements it).
+
 Scope: the roles that can appear in `hierarchy_grants.role`, what a grant at
 each hierarchy level confers, how grants evaluate down the chain, how
 revocation propagates, and who may manage grants. Out of scope: the hierarchy
@@ -242,6 +262,191 @@ contract 1 §6):
 8. Transfer: both-sides `owner` accepted, each single-side case refused
    (completing contract 1 §6.5).
 
+## 8. Company-CRUD capability (Amendment 1)
+
+Hierarchy schema §5.5 authorizes the company visibility mutation for
+exactly two actor classes: platform admins and "subjects holding the
+company-CRUD capability that a follow-up amendment to contract 2 will
+define". This section is that definition. The name is historical — coined
+in contract 1 Amendment 1 before the capability's content was fixed — and
+confers nothing by connotation: the ratified content is exactly §8.1.
+Company _creation_ is already ruled open to active users and always
+private (contract 3 §5.2, Ruling 4); rename, delete, and transfer of
+companies remain hierarchy `owner` operations (§2.3, §5); none of those is
+part of this capability, and widening it to any other operation is a
+further amendment, not an implementation decision.
+
+1. **Content: exactly one command, no read command, disclosure stated.**
+   Holding the capability authorizes executing the hierarchy schema §5.5
+   visibility command (`companies.visibility`, both directions:
+   `private → directory` and `directory → private`) on any company in the
+   deployment, and no other command of any family. It confers **no read
+   command**: no company enumeration, no curation listing, no structure
+   read. The practical flow this implies is deliberate: to publish a
+   private company, the holder is given the target identifier by the
+   requesting company `owner` out of band; to unpublish, the target is
+   already directory-listed. A curation listing for capability holders,
+   if ever wanted, is a further amendment with its own disclosure
+   analysis under hierarchy schema §6.7.
+
+   **Existence disclosure carve-out, stated rather than pretended away:**
+   exercising a mutation inherently discloses its target's existence.
+   The command's result distinguishes an existing company (success, for
+   private and directory targets alike) from a nonexistent id
+   (`not_found`), so a holder presenting candidate ids learns existence —
+   exactly as a platform admin already does through the same command.
+   This amendment ratifies that disclosure as part of the §5.5 curation
+   authority, bounded as follows. The holder-visible surface is the
+   command's **actor receipt** — the mutation result payload, carrying
+   exactly the target id, old visibility, and new visibility, and
+   **nothing else**: no name, slug, structure, content, grant, or
+   membership information. The actor receipt is a redacted projection
+   distinct from the **canonical audit event**, which is unchanged by
+   this amendment: it keeps hierarchy schema §5.2's deletion-safe
+   immutable target snapshot (id, slug, and parent chain at event time)
+   in full. The two never converge on the holder: the capability confers
+   no audit read (§8.5), so the canonical event — and with it the slug
+   and parent chain — is reachable only by subjects independently
+   authorized to read audit data, never through this capability. A
+   successful publish additionally makes the target directory-listed to
+   every authenticated user; that is the command's ratified purpose
+   (hierarchy schema §5.5), not a leak. Hierarchy schema §6.7's
+   existence-oracle rule and §2.8's directory-only disclosure are amended
+   by exactly this carve-out for capability holders, kanban SOT Amendment
+   A3 (native-kanban-sot.md §10, this PR) expressly extends A2's
+   sole-disclosure enumeration by the same carve-out, and all three are
+   otherwise untouched. Witnessed in §8.6.3.
+
+2. **Holding: platform-scoped assignment, user subjects only.** The
+   capability is not a hierarchy grant: it attaches to no node, has no
+   role, and never enters §3 chain evaluation. It is held via a
+   `platform_capabilities` table whose column set is exactly (nothing
+   else, per the contract 1 §2.7 exhaustiveness discipline):
+   - `id` — uuid, primary key;
+   - `user_id` — text, NOT NULL, FK `users` **ON DELETE RESTRICT**;
+   - `capability` — text, NOT NULL, constraint-checked against exactly
+     `company_crud`;
+   - `granted_by` — text, NOT NULL, FK `users` **ON DELETE RESTRICT**;
+   - `created_at` — timestamptz, NOT NULL;
+   - UNIQUE (`user_id`, `capability`).
+
+   The user FKs are **text**, not uuid, because `users.id` is a BetterAuth
+   text key (`packages/db/src/schema.ts`; custody schema records the same)
+   — PostgreSQL cannot reference a text primary key with a uuid column.
+   This matches the shipped `hierarchy_grants` shape exactly: uuid
+   surrogate `id`, text FKs to `users`.
+
+   Both user FKs are RESTRICT for the same reason contract 1 §3.3 pins
+   RESTRICT on principal FKs: the identity contract (§7.3) gates user
+   deletion, and a cascade here could silently destroy a capability
+   without its §8.3 revocation audit event. Revocation is row deletion
+   through the §8.3 command — there is no other removal path, no expiry
+   column, and no tombstone. A deactivated holder confers nothing while
+   deactivated: identity contract §7.1 denies all authorization to
+   deactivated accounts, and the §8.4 predicate evaluates on the
+   authenticated live user. No team subjects (§1.4's suspension reasoning
+   applies with more force here — a workspace-bound team holding
+   deployment-wide curation authority has no ratified meaning).
+
+3. **Assignment is instance administration on the normal admin surface.**
+   Only platform admins (`users.role = 'admin'`) may assign or revoke the
+   capability, through an ordinary admin command (the same command class
+   `AdminGuard` governs, §1.1) — not through direct table writes.
+   Assignment delegates a slice of instance administration and is itself
+   an instance-administration act under §1.1. A capability holder as such
+   may NOT assign or revoke it (no self-propagation). Every assignment
+   and revocation is a semantic audit event carrying actor, verb, subject
+   user, and capability; serialized capability strings are namespaced per
+   §4.5 (`platform-capability:company-crud` — a bare `company_crud` in
+   any serialized artifact is non-conformant).
+4. **Evaluation and revocation follow this contract's existing rules.**
+   The hierarchy schema §5.5 command's authorization predicate is:
+   `users.role = 'admin'` OR a live `platform_capabilities` row
+   (`user_id`, `company_crud`). Both disjuncts are evaluated live and
+   fail closed per §3.5 — **independently**: with capability state
+   unreadable (fault), the capability disjunct denies, but a platform
+   admin whose `users.role` is readable remains authorized through the
+   admin disjunct; with role state unreadable, the admin disjunct denies
+   likewise. A decision that can read neither denies. Capability-row
+   deletion is hereby added to §6.1's enumerated revocation paths:
+   it propagates identically, under §6.2's bound, on every transport —
+   no new HTTP/MCP command authorized by the deleted row after the
+   revoking transaction commits, and any cached authorization is
+   invalidated in the revoking transaction (§3.5).
+5. **What it does not confer**, stated so implementing PRs cannot drift:
+   no hierarchy grant or effective role at any node; no workspace
+   authorization or membership; no content, structure, or roll-up read;
+   no grant management (§4.1 unchanged); no MCP scope; no other instance
+   administration (user management, system settings, provider
+   configuration remain platform-admin-only); no company create, rename,
+   delete, or transfer. Hierarchy schema §5.5's rule that a company
+   `owner` as such may NOT change visibility is unchanged — `owner` and
+   this capability are disjoint authorities that combine only by a
+   subject holding both.
+6. **Verification requirements** (extends §7, binding on implementing
+   PRs):
+   1. Schema witnesses (real PostgreSQL, `ci-postgres` service in the
+      `test` CI step): the `capability` CHECK constraint rejects any
+      value outside `company_crud`; NOT NULL enforced on every declared
+      NOT NULL column; UNIQUE (`user_id`, `capability`) rejects a
+      duplicate; both user FKs reject a dangling reference AND deleting a
+      referenced user is refused (RESTRICT witnessed in both directions);
+      the table's column set is exactly the §8.2 declared set (contract 1
+      §6.2 discipline).
+   2. Capability-only command matrix — the witness that proves "exactly
+      one command", not merely "at least one": a non-admin holder with no
+      other grants succeeds on the visibility command in **both**
+      directions with contract 1 §5.2's audit event (old and new values
+      as semantic content), and the **same** actor is refused, case by
+      enumerated case: every hierarchy mutation family (company/child
+      create under another's node, rename, delete, transfer); grant
+      create/change/revoke; the workspace read and write command
+      families; roll-up reads; structure reads — including the
+      not-found-indistinguishable refusal on a structure read of the very
+      company they just mutated (hierarchy schema §6.7); every
+      instance-administration surface other than the visibility command
+      (user management, system settings, provider configuration, and
+      capability assign/revoke itself); and MCP scope derivation yields
+      nothing — the §7.4 deny-by-default matrix gains this row. Company
+      creation compares against an eligible-user baseline: the holder's
+      create behaves exactly as any active user's — always `private`,
+      and a creation request carrying a visibility argument is refused
+      for holder and baseline alike (contract 3 §5.2).
+   3. Disclosure bound (§8.1 carve-out witnessed, receipt and canonical
+      event separately): the mutation result for a private-valid target,
+      a directory-valid target, and a nonexistent id is exactly {success,
+      success, `not_found`}; the actor receipt for a success carries
+      exactly {target id, old visibility, new visibility} and no result
+      or error payload carries name, slug, structure, content, grant, or
+      membership data; the canonical audit event for the same mutation —
+      asserted directly against the hierarchy outbox, not through any
+      holder-facing surface — carries hierarchy schema §5.2's full
+      immutable snapshot (id, slug, parent chain); and the holder's
+      attempt to read audit data is refused (no audit read conferred,
+      §8.5), proving the receipt/event separation reaches the holder as
+      a redaction, not a weakened event.
+   4. Assignment path, both polarities: a platform admin assigns and
+      revokes through the normal admin command (positive witnesses —
+      assign then observe the §8.6.2 allow, revoke then observe deny); a
+      non-admin — including a current capability holder — is refused
+      assign and revoke; every assign/revoke produces its audit event
+      with the namespaced string (§8.3); a direct-write path that skips
+      the command surface is non-conformant (the §8.3 command is the only
+      writer of `platform_capabilities`).
+   5. Revocation joins the §7.6 matrix: assignment is decision-time-live
+      (capability assigned → the holder's next visibility command allows,
+      no re-login); after row deletion, the ex-holder's next visibility
+      command is refused **on every exposed transport**, measured with
+      the revocation and the decision on distinct physical connections; a
+      cached-authorization implementation proves transactional
+      invalidation (§3.5). Fail-closed fault witnesses, both disjuncts
+      (§8.4): with `platform_capabilities` unreadable, a non-admin holder
+      is denied while a platform admin remains authorized; with role
+      state unreadable, the admin disjunct denies.
+   6. Owner-as-such refusal re-witnessed: hierarchy schema §6.9's
+      owner-cannot-publish witness re-asserted with the
+      `platform_capabilities` table present and empty for that owner.
+
 ## Ruling request
 
 Ratify sections 1–7 as written, with one decision embedded and one
@@ -257,3 +462,17 @@ interpretive resolution named:
   platform admins. A1 §8.1.3 does not attribute grant declaration to
   platform admins, and the §1.1 decision above is what makes this reading
   binding.
+
+## Ruling request (Amendment 1)
+
+Ratify §8, the Amendment 1 header note, and kanban SOT Amendment A3
+(native-kanban-sot.md §10 — the express A2 carve-out extension, which
+binds only with this ratification) as written, with one decision
+embedded:
+
+- Decision: the company-CRUD capability is a platform-scoped,
+  admin-assigned, audited delegation of exactly the hierarchy schema §5.5
+  visibility command — no read command, no other company operation, with
+  the mutation's inherent existence disclosure ratified as a bounded
+  carve-out (§8.1). Say "agreed" or name the additional operations (or
+  the curation listing) you want it to carry.

packages/db/drizzle/0020_special_betty_brant.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ALTER TABLE "hierarchy_audit_events" DROP CONSTRAINT "hierarchy_audit_events_verb_check";--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "companies" ADD COLUMN "visibility" text DEFAULT 'private' NOT NULL;--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "companies" ADD CONSTRAINT "companies_visibility_check" CHECK (visibility IN ('private', 'directory'));--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "hierarchy_audit_events" ADD CONSTRAINT "hierarchy_audit_events_verb_check" CHECK (verb IN ('create', 'rename', 'transfer', 'visibility_change', 'delete', 'grant_create', 'grant_change', 'grant_revoke'));--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "hierarchy_grants" ADD CONSTRAINT "hierarchy_grants_role_check" CHECK (role IN ('viewer', 'member', 'owner'));

packages/db/drizzle/meta/_journal.json

@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@
       "when": 1787880918208,
       "tag": "0019_volatile_killraven",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 20,
+      "version": "7",
+      "when": 1787963521142,
+      "tag": "0020_special_betty_brant",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
 }

packages/db/src/hierarchy-schema.witness.test.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type AnyDb = {
 
 /** Column allowlist — the exact declared sets of §2/§3. Nothing else. */
 const COLUMN_ALLOWLIST: Record<string, string[]> = {
-  companies: ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'created_at', 'updated_at'],
+  companies: ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'visibility', 'created_at', 'updated_at'],
   estates: ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'company_id'],
   platform_projects: ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'estate_id'],
   workspaces: ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'platform_project_id'],
@@ -377,7 +377,61 @@ function witnessSuite(getHandle: () => AnyDb): void {
     // Control: same subject and target with a different role is a new grant.
     await db()
       .insert(hierarchyGrants)
-      .values({ userId: userA, companyId, role: `${T}-other-role`, grantedBy: userA });
+      .values({ userId: userA, companyId, role: 'member', grantedBy: userA });
+  });
+
+  // ── §2.6 role vocabulary CHECK ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('refuses a grant role outside the ratified vocabulary, accepts each ratified role', async () => {
+    await expectViolation(
+      db()
+        .insert(hierarchyGrants)
+        .values({ userId: userB, companyId, role: 'superuser', grantedBy: userA }),
+      /check constraint/i,
+    );
+    // Serialized namespaced forms are storage-invalid too: rows hold bare roles.
+    await expectViolation(
+      db()
+        .insert(hierarchyGrants)
+        .values({ userId: userB, companyId, role: 'hierarchy:owner', grantedBy: userA }),
+      /check constraint/i,
+    );
+    for (const role of ['viewer', 'member', 'owner'] as const) {
+      await db()
+        .insert(hierarchyGrants)
+        .values({ userId: userB, estateId, role, grantedBy: userA });
+    }
+    await db().execute(
+      sql`DELETE FROM hierarchy_grants WHERE user_id = ${userB} AND estate_id = ${estateId}`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  // ── §2.8 visibility column ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('defaults companies.visibility to private and refuses values outside the class', async () => {
+    const visId = randomUUID();
+    await db().execute(
+      sql`INSERT INTO companies (id, name, slug) VALUES (${visId}, 'Vis', ${T + '-vis'})`,
+    );
+    const res = rows(await db().execute(sql`SELECT visibility FROM companies WHERE id = ${visId}`));
+    expect(res[0]!['visibility']).toBe('private');
+    await db().execute(
+      sql`INSERT INTO companies (id, name, slug, visibility) VALUES (${randomUUID()}, 'Vis D', ${T + '-vis-d'}, 'directory')`,
+    );
+    await expectViolation(
+      db().execute(
+        sql`INSERT INTO companies (id, name, slug, visibility) VALUES (${randomUUID()}, 'Vis X', ${T + '-vis-x'}, 'public')`,
+      ),
+      /check constraint/i,
+    );
+    await expectViolation(
+      db().execute(sql`UPDATE companies SET visibility = 'hidden' WHERE id = ${visId}`),
+      /check constraint/i,
+    );
+    await expectViolation(
+      db().execute(sql`UPDATE companies SET visibility = NULL WHERE id = ${visId}`),
+      /null value|not-null/i,
+    );
   });
 
   // ── §6.1 NOT NULLs ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -391,7 +445,7 @@ function witnessSuite(getHandle: () => AnyDb): void {
     );
     await expectViolation(
       db().execute(
-        sql`INSERT INTO hierarchy_grants (user_id, company_id, role, granted_by) VALUES (${userA}, ${companyId}, 'x', NULL)`,
+        sql`INSERT INTO hierarchy_grants (user_id, company_id, role, granted_by) VALUES (${userA}, ${companyId}, 'viewer', NULL)`,
       ),
       /null value|not-null/i,
     );

packages/db/src/hierarchy-writer-coverage.test.ts

@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
  *     production code is anomalous and review-visible; that blind spot is
  *     accepted as a residual, not closed.
  *
- * The writer allowlist names hierarchy command/repository modules ONLY. It is
- * empty today: the hierarchy command family (M4-1b-ii) has not landed, so no
- * production module may write the class tables. The infrastructure register
+ * The writer allowlist names hierarchy command/repository modules ONLY. Its
+ * single entry is the M4-1b-ii hierarchy command repository — the sole
+ * production module permitted to write the class tables. The infrastructure register
  * holds legitimate non-hierarchy raw execution; registered modules are exempt
  * from prong (iii) only — prongs (i) and (ii) apply to them with no
  * exemption, and no registered module may appear on the writer allowlist.
@@ -181,13 +181,15 @@ const CLASS_TABLES = [
 
 /**
  * Writer allowlist (§6.3b): hierarchy command/repository modules only.
- * EMPTY until the hierarchy command family lands (M4-1b-ii; M4-1b-i ships
- * only the audit/outbox machinery, which writes no class table). Adding a module
- * here is a contract-conformance decision reviewed under §5.1 — the module
- * must be part of the Gateway hierarchy command path, and it must not export
- * a function that executes caller-supplied SQL.
+ * Adding a module here is a contract-conformance decision reviewed under
+ * §5.1 — the module must be part of the Gateway hierarchy command path, and
+ * it must not export a function that executes caller-supplied SQL.
  */
-const WRITER_ALLOWLIST: string[] = [];
+const WRITER_ALLOWLIST: string[] = [
+  // The hierarchy command repository (M4-1b-ii): the sole class-table
+  // writer; every mutation is audited on its own transaction (§5.2).
+  'apps/gateway/src/hierarchy/hierarchy.repository.ts',
+];
 
 /**
  * Infrastructure register: closed enumeration of legitimate non-hierarchy raw

packages/db/src/schema.ts

@@ -1063,13 +1063,24 @@ export const federationEnrollmentTokens = pgTable('federation_enrollment_tokens'
 // command family only (§5.1), enforced by the writer-coverage assertion
 // (§6.3b) — do not add writers outside that allowlist.
 
-export const companies = pgTable('companies', {
-  id: uuid('id').primaryKey().defaultRandom(),
-  name: text('name').notNull(),
-  slug: text('slug').notNull().unique(),
-  createdAt: timestamp('created_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
-  updatedAt: timestamp('updated_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
-});
+/** Company visibility classes (contract 1 §2.8, Ruling 4b): 'private' is the
+ * only creatable class (§5.5 — creation carries no visibility argument);
+ * 'directory' discloses existence/name/slug to all users and is entered only
+ * through the admin-gated visibility-change command. */
+export const COMPANY_VISIBILITY = ['private', 'directory'] as const;
+
+export const companies = pgTable(
+  'companies',
+  {
+    id: uuid('id').primaryKey().defaultRandom(),
+    name: text('name').notNull(),
+    slug: text('slug').notNull().unique(),
+    visibility: text('visibility').notNull().default('private'),
+    createdAt: timestamp('created_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+    updatedAt: timestamp('updated_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+  },
+  () => [check('companies_visibility_check', sql`visibility IN ('private', 'directory')`)],
+);
 
 export const estates = pgTable(
   'estates',
@@ -1110,6 +1121,10 @@ export const workspaces = pgTable(
   (t) => [unique('workspaces_platform_project_slug_uniq').on(t.platformProjectId, t.slug)],
 );
 
+/** Grant role vocabulary (contract 2 §2): totally ordered, viewer ⊂ member ⊂
+ * owner. Order in this tuple IS the ordering — index = strength. */
+export const HIERARCHY_GRANT_ROLES = ['viewer', 'member', 'owner'] as const;
+
 export const hierarchyGrants = pgTable(
   'hierarchy_grants',
   {
@@ -1126,7 +1141,8 @@ export const hierarchyGrants = pgTable(
     platformProjectId: uuid('platform_project_id').references(() => platformProjects.id, {
       onDelete: 'cascade',
     }),
-    // Role vocabulary and its CHECK constraint are contract 2 §2 (M4-2).
+    // Role vocabulary per contract 2 §2: exactly viewer ⊂ member ⊂ owner,
+    // totally ordered; CHECK below closes the column to that vocabulary.
     role: text('role').notNull(),
     grantedBy: text('granted_by')
       .notNull()
@@ -1134,6 +1150,7 @@ export const hierarchyGrants = pgTable(
     createdAt: timestamp('created_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
   },
   (t) => [
+    check('hierarchy_grants_role_check', sql`role IN ('viewer', 'member', 'owner')`),
     check('hierarchy_grants_subject_check', sql`num_nonnulls(user_id, team_id) = 1`),
     check(
       'hierarchy_grants_target_check',
@@ -1170,6 +1187,7 @@ export const HIERARCHY_AUDIT_VERBS = [
   'create',
   'rename',
   'transfer',
+  'visibility_change',
   'delete',
   'grant_create',
   'grant_change',
@@ -1220,7 +1238,7 @@ export const hierarchyAuditEvents = pgTable(
     index('hierarchy_audit_events_correlation_idx').on(t.correlationId),
     check(
       'hierarchy_audit_events_verb_check',
-      sql`verb IN ('create', 'rename', 'transfer', 'delete', 'grant_create', 'grant_change', 'grant_revoke')`,
+      sql`verb IN ('create', 'rename', 'transfer', 'visibility_change', 'delete', 'grant_create', 'grant_change', 'grant_revoke')`,
     ),
     check(
       'hierarchy_audit_events_target_kind_check',

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-assign.sh

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Usage: issue-assign.sh -i ISSUE_NUMBER [-a assignee] [-l labels] [-m milestone]
 
 set -e
+set -o pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
@@ -33,25 +34,36 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -i 42 -l "in-progress" -m "0.2.0"
     $(basename "$0") -i 42 -a @me
 EOF
-    exit "${1:-1}"
+    exit "${1:-2}"
+}
+
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    usage >&2
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -i|--issue)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -a|--assignee)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ASSIGNEE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--labels)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LABELS="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -m|--milestone)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -79,20 +91,35 @@ PLATFORM=$(detect_platform)
 case "$PLATFORM" in
     github)
         if [[ -n "$ASSIGNEE" ]]; then
-            gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --add-assignee "$ASSIGNEE"
+            prov_rc=0
+            gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --add-assignee "$ASSIGNEE" || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         fi
         if [[ "$REMOVE_ASSIGNEE" == true ]]; then
             # Get current assignees and remove them
-            CURRENT=$(gh issue view "$ISSUE" --json assignees -q '.assignees[].login' 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ',')
+            # pipefail preserves the provider status through the pipeline;
+            # a FAILED lookup exits here instead of reading as a silent
+            # no-assignees skip (codex PR #1464). A successful lookup with
+            # zero assignees still skips the edit below.
+            CURRENT=$(gh issue view "$ISSUE" --json assignees -q '.assignees[].login' 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ',') || {
+                echo "Error: could not read current assignees (provider lookup failed)" >&2
+                exit 1
+            }
             if [[ -n "$CURRENT" ]]; then
-                gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --remove-assignee "${CURRENT%,}"
+                prov_rc=0
+                gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --remove-assignee "${CURRENT%,}" || prov_rc=$?
+                [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             fi
         fi
         if [[ -n "$LABELS" ]]; then
-            gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --add-label "$LABELS"
+            prov_rc=0
+            gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --add-label "$LABELS" || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         fi
         if [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]]; then
-            gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --milestone "$MILESTONE"
+            prov_rc=0
+            gh issue edit "$ISSUE" --milestone "$MILESTONE" || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         fi
         echo "Issue #$ISSUE updated successfully"
         ;;
@@ -131,7 +158,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
         fi
 
         if [[ "$NEEDS_EDIT" == true ]]; then
-            "${CMD[@]}"
+            prov_rc=0
+            "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             echo "Issue #$ISSUE updated successfully"
         else
             echo "No changes specified"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-close.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # issue-close.sh - Close an issue on GitHub or Gitea
-# Usage: issue-close.sh -i <issue_number> [-c <comment>]
+# Usage: issue-close.sh -i <issue_number> [-b <comment>]
+# (-c/--comment is a backward-compatible alias for -b/--body; R1/R4 2026-08-28)
 
 set -e
 
@@ -12,35 +13,49 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 ISSUE_NUMBER=""
 COMMENT=""
 
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1), so a
+# caller or stop gate can tell an invocation defect from a delivery blocker.
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: issue-close.sh -i <issue_number> [-b <comment>] (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -i|--issue)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
-        -c|--comment)
+        -b|--body|-c|--comment)
+            # R1 (2026-08-28): --body is the canonical flag; -c/--comment stays
+            # a backward-compatible alias.
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             COMMENT="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            echo "Usage: issue-close.sh -i <issue_number> [-c <comment>]"
+            echo "Usage: issue-close.sh -i <issue_number> [-b <comment>]"
             echo ""
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  -i, --issue    Issue number (required)"
-            echo "  -c, --comment  Comment to add before closing (optional)"
+            echo "  -b, --body     Comment to add before closing (optional; canonical)"
+            echo "  -c, --comment  Alias for --body"
             echo "  -h, --help     Show this help"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Exit codes: 0 success; 2 usage error (stderr); 1 provider/credential/verification failure."
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Issue number is required (-i)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "issue number is required (-i/--issue)"
 fi
 
 # Detect platform and close issue
@@ -82,10 +97,22 @@ gitea_issue_close_api() {
 }
 
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
+    # R4: normalize provider failures to exit 1 (gh's own usage errors exit 2
+    # and would collide with the reserved usage-error status).
     if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-        gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT"
+        gh_rc=0
+        gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT" || gh_rc=$?
+        if [[ "$gh_rc" -ne 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Error: GitHub comment before close failed (gh exit $gh_rc)" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    gh_rc=0
+    gh issue close "$ISSUE_NUMBER" || gh_rc=$?
+    if [[ "$gh_rc" -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Error: GitHub issue close failed (gh exit $gh_rc)" >&2
+        exit 1
     fi
-    gh issue close "$ISSUE_NUMBER"
     echo "Closed GitHub issue #$ISSUE_NUMBER"
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     GITEA_LOGIN_NAME=$(get_gitea_login || true)
@@ -107,7 +134,9 @@ elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
                 exit 1
             }
         fi
-        tea issue close "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --repo "$OWNER/$REPO" --login "$GITEA_LOGIN_NAME"
+        prov_rc=0
+        tea issue close "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --repo "$OWNER/$REPO" --login "$GITEA_LOGIN_NAME" || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     else
         echo "No tea login configured for $(get_remote_host); using authenticated Gitea API fallback." >&2
         if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-comment.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ usage_error() {
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -i|--issue)
-            [[ $# -ge 2 ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value"
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             # R1 (2026-08-28): --body is the canonical flag, matching
             # issue-create/issue-edit/pr-create/pr-edit; -c/--comment stays a
             # backward-compatible alias.
-            [[ $# -ge 2 ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value"
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             COMMENT="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--login)
-            [[ $# -ge 2 ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value"
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LOGIN_OVERRIDE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-create.sh

@@ -74,26 +74,39 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -t "Fix login bug" -l "bug,priority-high"
     $(basename "$0") -t "Add dark mode" -b "Implement theme switching" -m "0.2.0"
     $(basename "$0") -i
+
+Exit codes: 0 success; 2 usage error (stderr); 1 provider/credential failure.
 EOF
-    exit "${1:-1}"
+    exit "${1:-2}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    usage >&2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -t|--title)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             TITLE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -b|--body)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             BODY="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--labels)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LABELS="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -m|--milestone)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -131,7 +144,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
         [[ -n "$BODY" ]] && CMD+=(--body "$BODY")
         [[ -n "$LABELS" ]] && CMD+=(--label "$LABELS")
         [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] && CMD+=(--milestone "$MILESTONE")
-        "${CMD[@]}"
+        prov_rc=0
+        "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         ;;
     gitea)
         if command -v tea >/dev/null 2>&1; then

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-edit.sh

@@ -14,25 +14,39 @@ BODY=""
 LABELS=""
 MILESTONE=""
 
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1), so a
+# caller or stop gate can tell an invocation defect from a delivery blocker.
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: issue-edit.sh -i <issue_number> [-t <title>] [-b <body>] [-l <labels>] [-m <milestone>] (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -i|--issue)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -t|--title)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             TITLE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -b|--body)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             BODY="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--labels)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LABELS="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -m|--milestone)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -46,18 +60,18 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             echo "  -l, --labels     Labels (comma-separated, replaces existing)"
             echo "  -m, --milestone  Milestone name"
             echo "  -h, --help       Show this help"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Exit codes: 0 success; 2 usage error (stderr); 1 provider/credential/verification failure."
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Issue number is required (-i)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "issue number is required (-i/--issue)"
 fi
 
 detect_platform >/dev/null
@@ -68,7 +82,9 @@ if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
     [[ -n "$BODY" ]] && CMD+=(--body "$BODY")
     [[ -n "$LABELS" ]] && CMD+=(--add-label "$LABELS")
     [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] && CMD+=(--milestone "$MILESTONE")
-    "${CMD[@]}"
+    prov_rc=0
+    "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     echo "Updated GitHub issue #$ISSUE_NUMBER"
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     REPO_SLUG=$(get_repo_slug) || {
@@ -84,7 +100,9 @@ elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     [[ -n "$BODY" ]] && CMD+=(--description "$BODY")
     [[ -n "$LABELS" ]] && CMD+=(--add-labels "$LABELS")
     [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] && CMD+=(--milestone "$MILESTONE")
-    "${CMD[@]}"
+    prov_rc=0
+    "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     echo "Updated Gitea issue #$ISSUE_NUMBER"
 else
     echo "Error: Unknown platform"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-list.sh

@@ -36,33 +36,46 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -m "0.2.0"               # Issues in milestone 0.2.0
     $(basename "$0") --repo ddk/ai-bma         # List issues from anywhere
 EOF
-    exit "${1:-1}"
+    exit "${1:-2}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    usage >&2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -s|--state)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             STATE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--label)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LABEL="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -m|--milestone)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -a|--assignee)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ASSIGNEE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -n|--limit)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LIMIT="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -r|--repo)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             REPO_OVERRIDE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -95,7 +108,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
         [[ -n "$LABEL" ]] && CMD+=(--label "$LABEL")
         [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] && CMD+=(--milestone "$MILESTONE")
         [[ -n "$ASSIGNEE" ]] && CMD+=(--assignee "$ASSIGNEE")
-        "${CMD[@]}"
+        prov_rc=0
+        "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         ;;
     gitea)
         if [[ -n "$REPO_OVERRIDE" ]]; then
@@ -114,7 +129,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
         [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] && CMD+=(--milestones "$MILESTONE")
         # Note: tea may not support assignee filter directly in all versions.
         [[ -n "$ASSIGNEE" ]] && echo "Note: Assignee filtering may require manual review for Gitea" >&2
-        "${CMD[@]}"
+        prov_rc=0
+        "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Error: Could not detect git platform" >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-reopen.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # issue-reopen.sh - Reopen a closed issue on GitHub or Gitea
-# Usage: issue-reopen.sh -i <issue_number> [-c <comment>]
+# Usage: issue-reopen.sh -i <issue_number> [-b <comment>]
+# (-c/--comment is a backward-compatible alias for -b/--body; R1/R4 2026-08-28)
 
 set -e
 
@@ -11,35 +12,49 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 ISSUE_NUMBER=""
 COMMENT=""
 
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1), so a
+# caller or stop gate can tell an invocation defect from a delivery blocker.
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: issue-reopen.sh -i <issue_number> [-b <comment>] (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -i|--issue)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
-        -c|--comment)
+        -b|--body|-c|--comment)
+            # R1 (2026-08-28): --body is the canonical flag; -c/--comment stays
+            # a backward-compatible alias.
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             COMMENT="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            echo "Usage: issue-reopen.sh -i <issue_number> [-c <comment>]"
+            echo "Usage: issue-reopen.sh -i <issue_number> [-b <comment>]"
             echo ""
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  -i, --issue    Issue number (required)"
-            echo "  -c, --comment  Comment to add when reopening (optional)"
+            echo "  -b, --body     Comment to add when reopening (optional; canonical)"
+            echo "  -c, --comment  Alias for --body"
             echo "  -h, --help     Show this help"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Exit codes: 0 success; 2 usage error (stderr); 1 provider/credential/verification failure."
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Issue number is required (-i)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "issue number is required (-i/--issue)"
 fi
 
 detect_platform >/dev/null
@@ -80,18 +95,34 @@ gitea_issue_reopen_api() {
 }
 
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
+    # R4: normalize provider failures to exit 1 (gh's own usage errors exit 2
+    # and would collide with the reserved usage-error status).
     if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-        gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT"
+        gh_rc=0
+        gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT" || gh_rc=$?
+        if [[ "$gh_rc" -ne 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Error: GitHub comment before reopen failed (gh exit $gh_rc)" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    gh_rc=0
+    gh issue reopen "$ISSUE_NUMBER" || gh_rc=$?
+    if [[ "$gh_rc" -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Error: GitHub issue reopen failed (gh exit $gh_rc)" >&2
+        exit 1
     fi
-    gh issue reopen "$ISSUE_NUMBER"
     echo "Reopened GitHub issue #$ISSUE_NUMBER"
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     REPO_ARGS=$(get_gitea_repo_args || true)
     if [[ -n "$REPO_ARGS" ]]; then
         if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-            tea issue comment "$ISSUE_NUMBER" "$COMMENT" $REPO_ARGS
+            prov_rc=0
+            tea issue comment "$ISSUE_NUMBER" "$COMMENT" $REPO_ARGS || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         fi
-        tea issue reopen "$ISSUE_NUMBER" $REPO_ARGS
+        prov_rc=0
+        tea issue reopen "$ISSUE_NUMBER" $REPO_ARGS || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     else
         echo "No tea login configured for $(get_remote_host); using authenticated Gitea API fallback." >&2
         if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-view.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 
 # Parse arguments
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: issue-view.sh -i <issue_number> (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 ISSUE_NUMBER=""
 
 # get_remote_host and get_gitea_token are provided by detect-platform.sh
@@ -74,6 +82,7 @@ if comments:
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -i|--issue)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -88,21 +97,21 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Issue number is required (-i)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "Issue number is required"
 fi
 
 detect_platform >/dev/null
 
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
-    gh issue view "$ISSUE_NUMBER"
+    prov_rc=0
+    gh issue view "$ISSUE_NUMBER" || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     if command -v tea >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         # --comments is what makes tea print the comment bodies (#1357 F3).

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/lane-brief.sh

@@ -28,18 +28,25 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 
 REPO="" MILESTONE="" LABEL="" LOGIN="" LIMIT=100
-while getopts "r:m:l:L:n:h" opt; do
-  case "$opt" in
-    r) REPO="$OPTARG" ;;
-    m) MILESTONE="$OPTARG" ;;
-    l) LABEL="$OPTARG" ;;
-    L) LOGIN="$OPTARG" ;;
-    n) LIMIT="$OPTARG" ;;
-    h) grep '^#' "$0" | sed 's/^# \?//'; exit 0 ;;
-    *) echo "see -h" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+# R2 (2026-08-28): long-flag aliases with the same usage-error contract the
+# wrapper family shares (rc 2, stderr). getopts could not take long flags.
+usage_error() {
+  echo "Error: $*" >&2
+  echo "Usage: lane-brief.sh -r <owner/repo> [-m milestone] [-l label] [-L login] [-n limit]" >&2
+  exit 2
+}
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -r|--repo) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; REPO="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -m|--milestone) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; MILESTONE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -l|--label|--labels) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; LABEL="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -L|--login) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; LOGIN="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -n|--limit) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; LIMIT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -h|--help) grep '^#' "$0" | sed 's/^# \?//'; exit 0 ;;
+    *) usage_error "unknown option: $1" ;;
   esac
 done
-[[ -n "$REPO" ]] || { echo "FATAL: -r <owner/repo> required" >&2; exit 2; }
+[[ -n "$REPO" ]] || usage_error "-r/--repo <owner/repo> required"
 
 # Resolve login: explicit -L, then $GITEA_LOGIN, then owner inference, then the
 # shared default-login resolver. Owner inference comes before the shared fallback
@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ if [[ -z "$LOGIN" ]]; then
     fi
   fi
 fi
-[[ -n "$LOGIN" ]] || { echo "FATAL: could not resolve a Gitea login for $REPO (pass -L or set GITEA_LOGIN)" >&2; exit 2; }
+[[ -n "$LOGIN" ]] || { echo "FATAL: could not resolve a Gitea login for $REPO (pass -L or set GITEA_LOGIN)" >&2; exit 1; }
 
 command -v tea >/dev/null || { echo "FATAL: tea not found" >&2; exit 1; }
 command -v jq  >/dev/null || { echo "FATAL: jq not found" >&2; exit 1; }

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/milestone-close.sh

@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 
 # Parse arguments
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: milestone-close.sh -t <title> (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 TITLE=""
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -t|--title)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             TITLE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -25,28 +34,30 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$TITLE" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Milestone title is required (-t)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "Milestone title is required"
 fi
 
 detect_platform >/dev/null
 
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
-    gh api -X PATCH "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones/$(gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones" --jq ".[] | select(.title==\"$TITLE\") | .number")" -f state=closed
+    prov_rc=0
+    gh api -X PATCH "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones/$(gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones" --jq ".[] | select(.title==\"$TITLE\") | .number")" -f state=closed || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     echo "Closed GitHub milestone: $TITLE"
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     REPO_ARGS=$(get_gitea_repo_args) || {
         echo "Error: Could not resolve Gitea repo/login for remote host" >&2
         exit 1
     }
-    tea milestone close "$TITLE" $REPO_ARGS
+    prov_rc=0
+    tea milestone close "$TITLE" $REPO_ARGS || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     echo "Closed Gitea milestone: $TITLE"
 else
     echo "Error: Unknown platform"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/milestone-create.sh

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Usage: milestone-create.sh -t "Title" [-d "Description"] [--due "YYYY-MM-DD"]
 
 set -e
+set -o pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
@@ -37,21 +38,31 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -t "0.0.1" -d "Pre-MVP Foundation Sprint"
     $(basename "$0") -t "0.1.0" -d "MVP Release" --due "2025-03-01"
 EOF
-    exit "${1:-1}"
+    exit "${1:-2}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    usage >&2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -t|--title)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             TITLE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -d|--desc)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             DESCRIPTION="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         --due)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             DUE_DATE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -74,14 +85,18 @@ PLATFORM=$(detect_platform)
 if [[ "$LIST_ONLY" == true ]]; then
     case "$PLATFORM" in
         github)
-            gh api repos/:owner/:repo/milestones --jq '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)\t\(.state)\t\(.open_issues)/\(.closed_issues) issues"'
+            prov_rc=0
+            gh api repos/:owner/:repo/milestones --jq '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)\t\(.state)\t\(.open_issues)/\(.closed_issues) issues"' || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             ;;
         gitea)
             REPO_ARGS=$(get_gitea_repo_args) || {
                 echo "Error: Could not resolve Gitea repo/login for remote host" >&2
                 exit 1
             }
-            tea milestones list $REPO_ARGS
+            prov_rc=0
+            tea milestones list $REPO_ARGS || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Error: Could not detect git platform" >&2
@@ -92,8 +107,7 @@ if [[ "$LIST_ONLY" == true ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "$TITLE" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Title is required (-t) for creating milestones" >&2
-    usage
+    usage_error "Title is required (-t) for creating milestones"
 fi
 
 case "$PLATFORM" in
@@ -109,7 +123,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
              + (if $d != "" then {"description": $d} else {} end)
              + (if $due != "" then {"due_on": ($due + "T00:00:00Z")} else {} end)')
 
-        gh api repos/:owner/:repo/milestones --method POST --input - <<< "$JSON_PAYLOAD"
+        prov_rc=0
+        gh api repos/:owner/:repo/milestones --method POST --input - <<< "$JSON_PAYLOAD" || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         echo "Milestone '$TITLE' created successfully"
         ;;
     gitea)
@@ -120,7 +136,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
         CMD=(tea milestones create --title "$TITLE")
         [[ -n "$DESCRIPTION" ]] && CMD+=(--description "$DESCRIPTION")
         [[ -n "$DUE_DATE" ]] && CMD+=(--deadline "$DUE_DATE")
-        "${CMD[@]}" $REPO_ARGS
+        prov_rc=0
+        "${CMD[@]}" $REPO_ARGS || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         echo "Milestone '$TITLE' created successfully"
         ;;
     *)

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/milestone-list.sh

@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 
 # Parse arguments
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: milestone-list.sh [-s <state>] (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 STATE="open"
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -s|--state)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             STATE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -25,8 +34,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
@@ -34,13 +42,17 @@ done
 detect_platform >/dev/null
 
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
-    gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones?state=$STATE" --jq '.[] | "\(.title) (\(.state)) - \(.open_issues) open, \(.closed_issues) closed"'
+    prov_rc=0
+    gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones?state=$STATE" --jq '.[] | "\(.title) (\(.state)) - \(.open_issues) open, \(.closed_issues) closed"' || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     REPO_ARGS=$(get_gitea_repo_args) || {
         echo "Error: Could not resolve Gitea repo/login for remote host" >&2
         exit 1
     }
-    tea milestone list $REPO_ARGS
+    prov_rc=0
+    tea milestone list $REPO_ARGS || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
 else
     echo "Error: Unknown platform"
     exit 1

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-close.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # pr-close.sh - Close a pull request without merging on GitHub or Gitea
-# Usage: pr-close.sh -n <pr_number> [-c <comment>]
+# Usage: pr-close.sh -n <pr_number> [-b <comment>]
+# (-c/--comment is a backward-compatible alias for -b/--body; R1/R4 2026-08-28)
 
 set -e
 
@@ -11,50 +12,80 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
 PR_NUMBER=""
 COMMENT=""
 
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1), so a
+# caller or stop gate can tell an invocation defect from a delivery blocker.
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: pr-close.sh -n <pr_number> [-b <comment>] (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -n|--number)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             PR_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
-        -c|--comment)
+        -b|--body|-c|--comment)
+            # R1 (2026-08-28): --body is the canonical flag; -c/--comment stays
+            # a backward-compatible alias.
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             COMMENT="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            echo "Usage: pr-close.sh -n <pr_number> [-c <comment>]"
+            echo "Usage: pr-close.sh -n <pr_number> [-b <comment>]"
             echo ""
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  -n, --number   PR number (required)"
-            echo "  -c, --comment  Comment before closing (optional)"
+            echo "  -b, --body     Comment before closing (optional; canonical)"
+            echo "  -c, --comment  Alias for --body"
             echo "  -h, --help     Show this help"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Exit codes: 0 success; 2 usage error (stderr); 1 provider/credential/verification failure."
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$PR_NUMBER" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: PR number is required (-n)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "PR number is required (-n/--number)"
 fi
 
 detect_platform >/dev/null
 
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
+    # R4: normalize provider failures to exit 1 (gh's own usage errors exit 2
+    # and would collide with the reserved usage-error status).
     if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-        gh pr comment "$PR_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT"
+        gh_rc=0
+        gh pr comment "$PR_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT" || gh_rc=$?
+        if [[ "$gh_rc" -ne 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Error: GitHub PR comment before close failed (gh exit $gh_rc)" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    gh_rc=0
+    gh pr close "$PR_NUMBER" || gh_rc=$?
+    if [[ "$gh_rc" -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Error: GitHub PR close failed (gh exit $gh_rc)" >&2
+        exit 1
     fi
-    gh pr close "$PR_NUMBER"
     echo "Closed GitHub PR #$PR_NUMBER"
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
     if [[ -n "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-        tea pr comment "$PR_NUMBER" "$COMMENT" $(get_gitea_repo_args)
+        prov_rc=0
+        tea pr comment "$PR_NUMBER" "$COMMENT" $(get_gitea_repo_args) || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     fi
-    tea pr close "$PR_NUMBER" $(get_gitea_repo_args)
+    prov_rc=0
+    tea pr close "$PR_NUMBER" $(get_gitea_repo_args) || prov_rc=$?
+    [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
     echo "Closed Gitea PR #$PR_NUMBER"
 else
     echo "Error: Unknown platform"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-create.sh

@@ -135,37 +135,51 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -i 42 -b "Implements the feature described in #42"
     $(basename "$0") -t "WIP: New feature" --draft
 EOF
-    exit "${1:-1}"
+    exit "${1:-2}"
+}
+
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    usage >&2
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -t|--title)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             TITLE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -b|--body)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             BODY="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -B|--base)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             BASE_BRANCH="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -H|--head)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             HEAD_BRANCH="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--labels)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LABELS="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -m|--milestone)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -i|--issue)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ISSUE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
@@ -266,7 +280,9 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
         [[ -n "$LABELS" ]] && CMD+=(--label "$LABELS")
         [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] && CMD+=(--milestone "$MILESTONE")
         [[ "$DRAFT" == true ]] && CMD+=(--draft)
-        "${CMD[@]}"
+        prov_rc=0
+        "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+        [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         ;;
     gitea)
         # tea pull create syntax. Always pass --repo because tea repo inference

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-edit.sh

@@ -50,38 +50,45 @@ Options:
     -H, --host HOST        Explicit Gitea host (required with --repo off-host)
     -h, --help             Show this help message
 EOF
-    exit "${1:-1}"
+    exit "${1:-2}"
+}
+
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1).
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    usage >&2
 }
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
-        -n|--number) PR_NUMBER="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
-        -t|--title) TITLE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
-        -b|--body) BODY="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
-        -B|--base) BASE_BRANCH="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -n|--number) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; PR_NUMBER="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -t|--title) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; TITLE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -b|--body) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; BODY="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -B|--base) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; BASE_BRANCH="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
         --draft)
-            [[ "$DRAFT_MODE" != "ready" ]] || { echo "Error: --draft and --ready are mutually exclusive" >&2; exit 1; }
+            [[ "$DRAFT_MODE" != "ready" ]] || { echo "Error: --draft and --ready are mutually exclusive" >&2; exit 2; }
             DRAFT_MODE="draft"; shift ;;
         --ready)
-            [[ "$DRAFT_MODE" != "draft" ]] || { echo "Error: --draft and --ready are mutually exclusive" >&2; exit 1; }
+            [[ "$DRAFT_MODE" != "draft" ]] || { echo "Error: --draft and --ready are mutually exclusive" >&2; exit 2; }
             DRAFT_MODE="ready"; shift ;;
-        -l|--login) LOGIN_OVERRIDE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
-        -r|--repo) REPO_OVERRIDE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
-        -H|--host) HOST_OVERRIDE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -l|--login) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; LOGIN_OVERRIDE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -r|--repo) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; REPO_OVERRIDE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
+        -H|--host) [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"; HOST_OVERRIDE="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;;
         -h|--help) usage 0 ;;
         *) echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2; usage ;;
     esac
 done
 
-[[ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]] || { echo "Error: Pull request number is required (-n)" >&2; exit 1; }
-[[ "$PR_NUMBER" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] || { echo "Error: Pull request number must be a positive integer" >&2; exit 1; }
+[[ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]] || { echo "Error: Pull request number is required (-n)" >&2; exit 2; }
+[[ "$PR_NUMBER" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] || { echo "Error: Pull request number must be a positive integer" >&2; exit 2; }
 if [[ -z "$TITLE" && -z "$BODY" && -z "$BASE_BRANCH" && -z "$DRAFT_MODE" ]]; then
     echo "Error: At least one edit option is required" >&2
-    exit 1
+    exit 2
 fi
 [[ -z "$REPO_OVERRIDE" || "$REPO_OVERRIDE" =~ ^[^/[:space:]]+/[^/[:space:]]+$ ]] || {
     echo "Error: --repo must be OWNER/REPO" >&2
-    exit 1
+    exit 2
 }
 
 if [[ -n "$HOST_OVERRIDE" || -n "$REPO_OVERRIDE" ]]; then
@@ -92,18 +99,24 @@ fi
 
 case "$PLATFORM" in
     github)
-        [[ -z "$LOGIN_OVERRIDE" ]] || { echo "Error: --login is only valid for Gitea" >&2; exit 1; }
+        [[ -z "$LOGIN_OVERRIDE" ]] || { echo "Error: --login is only valid for Gitea" >&2; exit 2; }
         if [[ -n "$TITLE" || -n "$BODY" || -n "$BASE_BRANCH" ]]; then
             CMD=(gh pr edit "$PR_NUMBER")
             [[ -n "$TITLE" ]] && CMD+=(--title "$TITLE")
             [[ -n "$BODY" ]] && CMD+=(--body "$BODY")
             [[ -n "$BASE_BRANCH" ]] && CMD+=(--base "$BASE_BRANCH")
-            "${CMD[@]}"
+            prov_rc=0
+            "${CMD[@]}" || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         fi
         if [[ "$DRAFT_MODE" == "draft" ]]; then
-            gh pr ready "$PR_NUMBER" --undo
+            prov_rc=0
+            gh pr ready "$PR_NUMBER" --undo || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         elif [[ "$DRAFT_MODE" == "ready" ]]; then
-            gh pr ready "$PR_NUMBER"
+            prov_rc=0
+            gh pr ready "$PR_NUMBER" || prov_rc=$?
+            [[ "$prov_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: provider command failed (exit ${prov_rc}; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
         fi
         ;;
     gitea)

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-merge.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # pr-merge.sh - Merge pull requests on Gitea or GitHub
-# Usage: pr-merge.sh -n PR_NUMBER [-m squash] [-d] [--expect-head SHA] [--no-ci-expected] [--co-author-trailers --escalate-to PRINCIPAL]
+# Usage: pr-merge.sh -n PR_NUMBER [-m squash] [-d] [--expect-head SHA] [--no-ci-expected] [--base-line BRANCH] [--co-author-trailers --escalate-to PRINCIPAL]
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ Options:
     -d, --delete-branch     Delete the head branch after merge
         --dry-run           Run metadata/login preflight without merging
         --expect-head SHA   Refuse unless the PR head matches this full commit SHA
+        --base-line BRANCH  Documented intra-line exception (B5, ruled
+                            2026-08-29): authorize a merge whose base is
+                            neither main nor next (stacked PR lines). The
+                            value must MATCH the PR base; all other gates
+                            (queue guard, head pin, CI) still run and the
+                            exception is recorded in the merge audit.
         --no-ci-expected    Assert the target repository has no CI: forward --no-ci-expected to the queue guard (requires repository admin)
         --co-author-trailers Build verified trailers from linked PR commit authors
         --escalate-to NAME  Named principal for an unresolved-author BLOCK
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
+BASE_LINE_OVERRIDE=""
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -n|--number)
@@ -64,6 +71,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             DRY_RUN=true
             shift
             ;;
+        --base-line)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 ]] || { echo "Error: --base-line requires a branch name." >&2; exit 1; }
+            BASE_LINE_OVERRIDE="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
         --expect-head)
             if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
                 echo "Error: --expect-head requires one full commit SHA." >&2
@@ -172,8 +184,17 @@ if [[ "$DECL_STATE" == valid && "$DECL_SCHEMA" == 2 ]]; then
 else
     repo_decl_warn_absent_irreversible "pr-merge"
     if [[ "$BASE_BRANCH" != "main" && "$BASE_BRANCH" != "next" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: Mosaic policy allows merges only for PRs targeting 'main' or 'next' (found '$BASE_BRANCH')." >&2
-        exit 1
+        if [[ -n "$BASE_LINE_OVERRIDE" && "$BASE_LINE_OVERRIDE" != "$BASE_BRANCH" ]]; then
+            echo "Error: --base-line '$BASE_LINE_OVERRIDE' does not match the PR base '$BASE_BRANCH' (refusing; the exception must name the real base)." >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        if [[ "$BASE_LINE_OVERRIDE" == "$BASE_BRANCH" ]]; then
+            echo "audit: base-line exception — merge into '$BASE_BRANCH' authorized by explicit --base-line (B5 ruling 2026-08-29); queue guard, head pin, and CI gates unchanged." >&2
+        else
+            echo "Error: Mosaic policy allows merges only for PRs targeting 'main' or 'next' (found '$BASE_BRANCH')." >&2
+            echo "  A ruled intra-line merge may pass --base-line '$BASE_BRANCH' (same gates; the exception is recorded)." >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 fi
 if [[ -z "$HEAD_BRANCH" || -z "$HEAD_REPO" || ! "$HEAD_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$ ]]; then

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-review.sh

@@ -43,60 +43,92 @@ LOGIN_OVERRIDE=""
 REPO_OVERRIDE=""
 HOST_OVERRIDE=""
 
+# Usage-error contract (R4, 2026-08-28): usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2,
+# distinct from provider, credential, and verification failures (exit 1), so a
+# caller or stop gate can tell an invocation defect from a delivery blocker.
+usage_error() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    echo "Usage: pr-review.sh -n <pr_number> -a <action> [-b <comment>] (see --help)" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -n|--number)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             PR_NUMBER="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -a|--action)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             ACTION="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
-        -c|--comment)
+        -b|--body|-c|--comment)
+            # R1 (2026-08-28): --body is the canonical flag; -c/--comment stays
+            # a backward-compatible alias.
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             COMMENT="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -l|--login)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             LOGIN_OVERRIDE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -r|--repo)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             REPO_OVERRIDE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -H|--host)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 && "$2" != - && "$2" != --* && ! "$2" =~ ^-[[:alnum:]] ]] || usage_error "option $1 requires a value (option-like values are rejected; bare - is reserved)"
             HOST_OVERRIDE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            echo "Usage: pr-review.sh -n <pr_number> -a <action> [-c <comment>] [--login <name>] [-r owner/repo] [-H host]"
+            echo "Usage: pr-review.sh -n <pr_number> -a <action> [-b <comment>] [--login <name>] [-r owner/repo] [-H host]"
             echo ""
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  -n, --number   PR number (required)"
             echo "  -a, --action   Review action: approve, request-changes, comment (required)"
-            echo "  -c, --comment  Review comment (required for request-changes)"
+            echo "  -b, --body     Review comment (required for request-changes; canonical)"
+            echo "  -c, --comment  Alias for --body"
             echo "  -l, --login    Override the detected Gitea tea login (approve/request-changes only)"
             echo "  -r, --repo     Explicit owner/repo slug (skips git-remote slug inference)"
             echo "  -H, --host     Explicit Gitea host (skips remote-host inference)"
             echo "  -h, --help     Show this help"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Exit codes: 0 success; 2 usage error (stderr); 1 provider/credential/verification failure."
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown option: $1"
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$PR_NUMBER" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: PR number is required (-n)"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "PR number is required (-n/--number)"
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "$ACTION" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Action is required (-a): approve, request-changes, comment"
-    exit 1
+    usage_error "Action is required (-a/--action): approve, request-changes, comment"
+fi
+
+# Validate the action BEFORE any provider contact (codex review of PR #1464:
+# an unsupported --action previously reached platform detection and could
+# touch the provider before failing with a provider-class status).
+case "$ACTION" in
+    approve|request-changes|comment) ;;
+    *) usage_error "unknown action '$ACTION': approve, request-changes, comment" ;;
+esac
+
+# Body-required actions fail fast too (codex follow-up on PR #1464):
+# request-changes and comment both require a body; validate before any
+# provider contact.
+if [[ ( "$ACTION" == "request-changes" || "$ACTION" == "comment" ) && -z "$COMMENT" ]]; then
+    usage_error "comment required for $ACTION (-b/--body)"
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "$REPO_OVERRIDE" ]]; then
@@ -679,15 +711,18 @@ PY
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
     case $ACTION in
         approve)
-            gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" --approve ${COMMENT:+--body "$COMMENT"}
+            gh_rc=0
+            gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" --approve ${COMMENT:+--body "$COMMENT"} || gh_rc=$?
+            [[ "$gh_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: GitHub approve failed (gh exit $gh_rc; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             echo "Approved GitHub PR #$PR_NUMBER"
             ;;
         request-changes)
             if [[ -z "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-                echo "Error: Comment required for request-changes"
-                exit 1
+                usage_error "comment required for request-changes (-b/--body)"
             fi
-            gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" --request-changes --body "$COMMENT"
+            gh_rc=0
+            gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" --request-changes --body "$COMMENT" || gh_rc=$?
+            [[ "$gh_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: GitHub request-changes failed (gh exit $gh_rc; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             echo "Requested changes on GitHub PR #$PR_NUMBER"
             ;;
         comment)
@@ -695,12 +730,13 @@ if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "github" ]]; then
                 echo "Error: Comment required"
                 exit 1
             fi
-            gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" --comment --body "$COMMENT"
+            gh_rc=0
+            gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" --comment --body "$COMMENT" || gh_rc=$?
+            [[ "$gh_rc" -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Error: GitHub review comment failed (gh exit $gh_rc; provider failure, not a usage error)" >&2; exit 1; }
             echo "Added review comment to GitHub PR #$PR_NUMBER"
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Error: Unknown action: $ACTION"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown action: $ACTION"
             ;;
     esac
 elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
@@ -738,8 +774,7 @@ elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
             ;;
         request-changes)
             if [[ -z "$COMMENT" ]]; then
-                echo "Error: Comment required for request-changes"
-                exit 1
+                usage_error "comment required for request-changes (-b/--body)"
             fi
             # Best-effort host for credential resolution only (gitea_resolve_api_for_login
             # below re-derives the real host from HOST_OVERRIDE/remote independently and
@@ -794,8 +829,7 @@ elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "gitea" ]]; then
             echo "Added and verified comment on Gitea PR #$PR_NUMBER (comment ID $comment_id)"
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "Error: Unknown action: $ACTION"
-            exit 1
+            usage_error "unknown action: $ACTION"
             ;;
     esac
 else

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-assign-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-assign.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-assign-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-assign.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-assign.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-assign.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -i exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Issue number is required" "missing -i message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -i -a -l -m --issue --assignee --labels --milestone; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -i 5 -a --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -i 5 -a -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -a; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -i 5 "$flag" "value" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+# 6b. Provider-exit normalization (codex PR #1464): a provider stub exiting
+# 2 (its own usage-error status) must surface as wrapper exit 1, never 2.
+GH_REPO="$WORK_DIR/repo-gh"
+mkdir -p "$GH_REPO"
+git -C "$GH_REPO" init -q
+git -C "$GH_REPO" remote add origin https://github.com/acme/widgets.git
+cat > "$BIN_DIR/gh" <<GHSTUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "gh \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+if [[ "\$1 \$2" == "issue edit" ]]; then exit 2; fi
+exit 0
+GHSTUB
+chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/gh"
+rc=0
+(
+    cd "$GH_REPO"
+    PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+        "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-assign.sh" -i 5 -a someone >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE"
+) || rc=$?
+[[ "$rc" -eq 1 ]] || fail "GitHub path: gh exit 2 must normalize to wrapper exit 1 (got $rc)"
+grep -q "provider" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "GitHub path: normalized provider error missing from stderr"
+
+echo "issue-assign.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-close-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-close.sh (R1/R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# R4: usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2, distinct from provider,
+# credential, and verification failures (exit 1). R1: -b/--body is the
+# canonical comment flag; -c/--comment remains a compatible alias.
+# The comment is OPTIONAL here (an issue may close without one), so unlike
+# issue-comment there is no missing-comment arm.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-close-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 0
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-close.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-close.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-close.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "unknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required issue number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -i exits 2"
+expect_stderr "issue number is required" "missing -i message on stderr"
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -i -b -c --issue --body --comment; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -i 5 -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -i 5 -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b -c; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -i 5 "$flag" "closing note" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Sandbox arms may issue DETECTION reads only (tea login list via the
+# stub); no gh/curl write or read may occur.
+if grep -Ev '^(gh|tea|curl) login list' "$PROBE_LOG" | grep -q .; then
+    echo "FAIL: a sandbox arm performed a non-detection provider request:" >&2
+    grep -Ev '^(gh|tea|curl) login list' "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+if grep -qE '^(gh|curl)' "$PROBE_LOG"; then
+    echo "FAIL: gh or curl was invoked during a sandbox arm:" >&2
+    grep -E '^(gh|curl)' "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "issue-close.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
 }
 
 expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
-    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$desc: stderr missing '$1'"
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
 }
 
 # 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage on stdout.
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ for flag in -i -b -c -l --issue --body --comment --login; do
     expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
 done
 
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -i 5 -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -i 5 -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
 # 6. Alias acceptance at parse level: both -b and -c carry a value past
 # parsing; the wrapper then fails at platform detection (not a git repo)
 # nonzero but NOT as a usage error (rc must not be 2).

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-create-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-create.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-create-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-create.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-create.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-create.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -t exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Title is required" "missing -t message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -t -b -l -m --title --body --labels --milestone; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -t smoke -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -t smoke -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -t "smoke" "$flag" "value" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "issue-create.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-edit-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-edit.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-edit-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-edit.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-edit.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-edit.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "unknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -i exits 2"
+expect_stderr "issue number is required" "missing -i message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -i -t -b -l -m --issue --title --body --labels --milestone; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -i 5 -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -i 5 -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -i 5 "$flag" "value" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "issue-edit.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-list-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-list.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-list-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-list.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-list.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-list.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -s -l -m -a -n -r --state --label --milestone --assignee --limit --repo; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -s --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -s -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -s; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -s open >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "issue-list.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-reopen-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-reopen.sh (R1/R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# R4: usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2, distinct from provider,
+# credential, and verification failures (exit 1). R1: -b/--body is the
+# canonical comment flag; -c/--comment remains a compatible alias.
+# The comment is OPTIONAL here (an issue may close without one), so unlike
+# issue-comment there is no missing-comment arm.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-reopen-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 0
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-reopen.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-reopen.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-reopen.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "unknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required issue number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -i exits 2"
+expect_stderr "issue number is required" "missing -i message on stderr"
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -i -b -c --issue --body --comment; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -i 5 -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -i 5 -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b -c; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -i 5 "$flag" "closing note" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Sandbox arms may issue DETECTION reads only (tea login list via the
+# stub); no gh/curl write or read may occur.
+if grep -Ev '^(gh|tea|curl) login list' "$PROBE_LOG" | grep -q .; then
+    echo "FAIL: a sandbox arm performed a non-detection provider request:" >&2
+    grep -Ev '^(gh|tea|curl) login list' "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+if grep -qE '^(gh|curl)' "$PROBE_LOG"; then
+    echo "FAIL: gh or curl was invoked during a sandbox arm:" >&2
+    grep -E '^(gh|curl)' "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "issue-reopen.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-view-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for issue-view.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-view-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-view.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-view.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: issue-view.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -i exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Issue number is required" "missing -i message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -i --issue; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -i --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -i -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -i; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -i 5 >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "issue-view.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-lane-brief-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for lane-brief.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/lane-brief-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/lane-brief.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/lane-brief.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "owner/repo" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -r exits 2"
+expect_stderr "required" "missing -r message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -r -m -l -L -n --repo --milestone --label --login --limit; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -r owner/repo -m --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -r owner/repo -m -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -r; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -r owner/repo >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "lane-brief.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-milestone-close-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for milestone-close.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/milestone-close-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-close.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-close.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: milestone-close.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -t exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Milestone title is required" "missing -t message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -t --title; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -t --help --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -t --help -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -t; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -t "smoke" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "milestone-close.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-milestone-create-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for milestone-create.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/milestone-create-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-create.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-create.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: milestone-create.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -t exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Title is required" "missing -t message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -t -d --due --title --desc; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -t smoke -d --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -t smoke -d -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -t; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -t "smoke" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "milestone-create.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-milestone-list-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for milestone-list.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/milestone-list-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-list.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-list.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: milestone-list.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -s --state; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -s --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -s -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -s; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -s open >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+# 6b. Provider-exit normalization (codex PR #1464): a provider stub exiting
+# 2 (its own usage-error status) must surface as wrapper exit 1, never 2.
+GH_REPO="$WORK_DIR/repo-gh"
+mkdir -p "$GH_REPO"
+git -C "$GH_REPO" init -q
+git -C "$GH_REPO" remote add origin https://github.com/acme/widgets.git
+cat > "$BIN_DIR/gh" <<GHSTUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "gh \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+if [[ "\$1" == "api" ]]; then exit 2; fi
+exit 0
+GHSTUB
+chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/gh"
+rc=0
+(
+    cd "$GH_REPO"
+    PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+        "$SCRIPT_DIR/milestone-list.sh" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE"
+) || rc=$?
+[[ "$rc" -eq 1 ]] || fail "GitHub path: gh exit 2 must normalize to wrapper exit 1 (got $rc)"
+grep -q "provider" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "GitHub path: normalized provider error missing from stderr"
+
+echo "milestone-list.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-close-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for pr-close.sh (R1/R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# R4: usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2, distinct from provider,
+# credential, and verification failures (exit 1). R1: -b/--body is the
+# canonical comment flag; -c/--comment remains a compatible alias.
+# The comment is OPTIONAL here (an issue may close without one), so unlike
+# issue-comment there is no missing-comment arm.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/pr-close-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-close.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-close.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: pr-close.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "unknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -n exits 2"
+expect_stderr "PR number is required" "missing -n message on stderr"
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -n -b -c --number --body --comment; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -n 5 -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -n 5 -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b -c; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -n 5 "$flag" "closing note" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "pr-close.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-create-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for pr-create.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/pr-create-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-create.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-create.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: pr-create.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -t exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Title is required" "missing -t message on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -t -b -B -H -l -m -i --title --body --base --head --labels --milestone --issue; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -t smoke -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -t smoke -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -t "smoke" "$flag" "value" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "pr-create.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-edit-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for pr-edit.sh (R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# issue-edit already uses long-flag-first parsing (-i/--issue, -t/--title,
+# -b/--body, -l/--labels, -m/--milestone); this adds the rc=2 usage-error
+# contract, value checks, and the no-provider-contact proof. Required: -i.
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/pr-edit-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-edit.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-edit.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: pr-edit.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "[Uu]nknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -n exits 2"
+expect_stderr "Pull request number is required" "missing -n message on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "no edit option exits 2" -n 5
+expect_stderr "At least one edit option is required" "no-edit-option message on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "non-integer PR number exits 2" -n abc -t x
+expect_stderr "positive integer" "integer check on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "mutually exclusive draft/ready exits 2" -n 5 --draft --ready
+expect_stderr "mutually exclusive" "mutual exclusion on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "bad repo format exits 2" -n 5 -t x -r not-a-slug
+expect_stderr "OWNER/REPO" "repo format on stderr"
+
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -n -t -b -B -l -r -H --number --title --body --base --login --repo --host; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -n 5 -t smoke -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -n 5 -t smoke -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -n 5 "$flag" "value" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "pr-edit.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-baseline.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# B5 (ruled 2026-08-29, orch-01-adopted): pr-merge --base-line — the
+# documented intra-line exception. Arms:
+#   1. Base neither main nor next, no flag: policy refusal (rc 1), queue
+#      guard NOT invoked, hint names the exception.
+#   2. Base neither main nor next, matching --base-line: authorized; the
+#      queue guard IS invoked with the same args (rc from the stub proves
+#      gates still run) and the audit line is emitted.
+#   3. Mismatched --base-line (different branch than the PR base): refusal
+#      rc 1 with the mismatch named; queue guard NOT invoked.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/pr-merge-baseline}"
+FIXTURE_DIR="$WORK_DIR/tools/git"
+CALL_LOG="$WORK_DIR/queue-call.log"
+OUT_LOG="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+
+rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$FIXTURE_DIR"
+cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-merge.sh" "$FIXTURE_DIR/pr-merge.sh"
+cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/detect-platform.sh" "$FIXTURE_DIR/detect-platform.sh"
+
+cat > "$FIXTURE_DIR/pr-metadata.sh" <<'SH'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+printf '%s\n' '{"baseRefName":"mosaic-cli-p0","baseRepository":"mosaicstack/stack","headRefName":"mosaic-cli-p2-socket-res","headRefOid":"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567","headRepository":"mosaicstack/stack"}'
+SH
+
+cat > "$FIXTURE_DIR/ci-queue-wait.sh" <<'SH'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+printf '%s\n' "$*" > "${MOSAIC_QUEUE_CALL_LOG:?}"
+exit 42
+SH
+chmod +x "$FIXTURE_DIR"/*.sh
+
+run_case() { # run_case <extra-args...>
+    : > "$CALL_LOG"
+    set +e
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        export MOSAIC_QUEUE_CALL_LOG="$CALL_LOG"
+        "$FIXTURE_DIR/pr-merge.sh" -n 123 "$@"
+    ) >"$OUT_LOG" 2>&1
+    rc=$?
+    set -e
+}
+
+# 1. No flag: policy refusal, no gate invocation.
+run_case
+[[ "$rc" -eq 1 ]] || { echo "FAIL arm1: rc=$rc want 1" >&2; cat "$OUT_LOG" >&2; exit 1; }
+[[ ! -s "$CALL_LOG" ]] || { echo "FAIL arm1: queue guard ran without authorization" >&2; exit 1; }
+grep -q "only for PRs targeting" "$OUT_LOG" || { echo "FAIL arm1: policy message missing" >&2; exit 1; }
+grep -q -- "--base-line 'mosaic-cli-p0'" "$OUT_LOG" || { echo "FAIL arm1: hint missing" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# 2. Matching flag: authorized, audit line emitted, gates RUN (stub rc 42).
+run_case --base-line mosaic-cli-p0
+[[ "$rc" -eq 42 ]] || { echo "FAIL arm2: rc=$rc want 42 (gate stub rc must propagate)" >&2; cat "$OUT_LOG" >&2; exit 1; }
+[[ -s "$CALL_LOG" ]] || { echo "FAIL arm2: queue guard NOT invoked despite authorization" >&2; exit 1; }
+grep -q -- '-B mosaic-cli-p2-socket-res' "$CALL_LOG" || { echo "FAIL arm2: guard args wrong" >&2; cat "$CALL_LOG" >&2; exit 1; }
+grep -q "base-line exception" "$OUT_LOG" || { echo "FAIL arm2: audit line missing" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# 3. Mismatched flag: refusal, mismatch named, no gate invocation.
+run_case --base-line some-other-line
+[[ "$rc" -eq 1 ]] || { echo "FAIL arm3: rc=$rc want 1" >&2; cat "$OUT_LOG" >&2; exit 1; }
+[[ ! -s "$CALL_LOG" ]] || { echo "FAIL arm3: queue guard ran on a refused merge" >&2; exit 1; }
+grep -q "does not match the PR base" "$OUT_LOG" || { echo "FAIL arm3: mismatch message missing" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "pr-merge --base-line exception regression passed (B5)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-review-repo-host-override.sh

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ if grep -q 'Unknown option' "$OUTPUT_FILE"; then
     cat "$OUTPUT_FILE" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
-grep -q 'Unknown action: bogus-action' "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+grep -q "unknown action 'bogus-action'" "$OUTPUT_FILE"
 
 # --- Case 2: -h/--help documents both overrides.
 HELP_TEXT="$("$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-review.sh" -h)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-review-usage-contract.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage-error contract for pr-review.sh (R1/R4, 2026-08-28).
+#
+# R4: usage errors print to STDERR and exit 2, distinct from provider,
+# credential, and verification failures (exit 1). R1: -b/--body is the
+# canonical comment flag; -c/--comment remains a compatible alias.
+# Required: -n AND -a. The comment is required only for the
+# request-changes action (semantic usage check, also rc 2).
+#
+# Arms:
+#   1. --help and -h exit 0 and print usage.
+#   2. Unknown option exits 2 with the message on stderr.
+#   3. Missing required -i exits 2 (stderr).
+#   4. A value-less flag (-i -b -c and long forms) exits 2 (stderr).
+#   5. -b and -c both pass parsing (sandboxed runner: the run then fails
+#      at credential resolution, nonzero and NOT 2) — no real token is
+#      ever read and no provider is contacted.
+#   6. No arm performs any provider request (PATH shims record every
+#      invocation; the probe log must stay empty).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/pr-review-usage}"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+PROBE_LOG="$WORK_DIR/provider-probes.log"
+OUT_FILE="$WORK_DIR/out.log"
+ERR_FILE="$WORK_DIR/err.log"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+: > "$PROBE_LOG"
+
+# Unlike the issue suites, these stubs FAIL (exit 99): pr-close has an
+# API fallback that treats a successful curl as a closed PR, so exit-0
+# stubs would let the sandbox arms "succeed" (measured 2026-08-28).
+for tool in gh tea curl; do
+    cat > "$BIN_DIR/$tool" <<STUB
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo "$tool \$*" >> "$PROBE_LOG"
+exit 99
+STUB
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/$tool"
+done
+
+run_wrapper() {
+    ( cd "$WORK_DIR" && PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-review.sh" "$@" )
+}
+
+# Hermetic variant: neutralizes every identity/credential source the wrapper
+# consults so parse-acceptance arms fail at credential resolution in ANY cwd
+# repo (see test-issue-comment-usage-contract.sh for the measured incident).
+run_wrapper_sandboxed() {
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR/home" "$WORK_DIR/xdg"
+    (
+        cd "$WORK_DIR"
+        PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" HOME="$WORK_DIR/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$WORK_DIR/xdg" \
+            MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY="" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="" \
+            "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-review.sh" "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+fail() {
+    echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
+    echo "--- stderr ---" >&2
+    cat "$ERR_FILE" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+expect_rc() { # expect_rc <want> <desc> <args...>
+    local want="$1" desc="$2" rc=0
+    shift 2
+    run_wrapper "$@" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -eq "$want" ]] || fail "$desc: rc=$rc, want $want"
+}
+
+expect_stderr() { # expect_stderr <pattern> <desc>
+    grep -q "$1" "$ERR_FILE" || fail "$2: stderr missing '$1'"
+}
+
+# 1. Help exits 0 and prints usage.
+expect_rc 0 "--help exits 0" --help
+grep -q "Usage: pr-review.sh" "$OUT_FILE" || fail "--help did not print usage"
+expect_rc 0 "-h exits 0" -h
+
+# 2. Unknown option: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "unknown option exits 2" --bogus
+expect_stderr "unknown option" "unknown option names itself on stderr"
+
+# 3. Missing required PR number: rc 2, stderr.
+expect_rc 2 "missing -n exits 2"
+expect_stderr "PR number is required" "missing -n message on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "missing -a exits 2" -n 5
+expect_stderr "Action is required" "missing -a message on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "request-changes without comment exits 2" -n 5 -a request-changes
+expect_stderr "comment required for request-changes" "request-changes message on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "comment without body exits 2 pre-detection" -n 5 -a comment
+expect_stderr "comment required for comment" "comment-without-body message on stderr"
+expect_rc 2 "invalid action exits 2 pre-detection" -n 5 -a bogus
+expect_stderr "unknown action" "invalid action message on stderr"
+# Invalid-action arms must not contact any provider (validation precedes
+# detect_platform): probe log empty at this point.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: an invalid-action arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 4. Value-less flags: rc 2 with "requires a value" on stderr.
+for flag in -n -a -b -c -l -r --number --action --body --comment --login --repo; do
+    expect_rc 2 "value-less $flag exits 2" "$flag"
+    expect_stderr "requires a value" "value-less $flag message on stderr"
+done
+
+# 4a. An option-like value is a MISSING value, not a value (codex PR #1464:
+# -b --help previously consumed --help as the body and performed the write).
+expect_rc 2 "option-like value rejected" -n 5 -a comment -b --help
+expect_rc 2 "short flag value rejected" -n 5 -a comment -b -h
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "short flag value message on stderr"
+expect_stderr "requires a value" "option-like value message on stderr"
+
+# 4b. Parser-failure arms (1-4) must have performed ZERO provider contact.
+if [[ -s "$PROBE_LOG" ]]; then
+    echo "FAIL: a parser-failure arm contacted a provider:" >&2
+    cat "$PROBE_LOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 5. Alias acceptance under the sandbox: both -b and -c carry a value past
+#    parsing; the run fails at credential resolution nonzero and NOT 2.
+for flag in -b -c; do
+    rc=0
+    run_wrapper_sandboxed -n 5 -a comment "$flag" "review note" >"$OUT_FILE" 2>"$ERR_FILE" || rc=$?
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 0 ]] || fail "$flag arm unexpectedly succeeded in the sandbox"
+    [[ "$rc" -ne 2 ]] || fail "$flag arm misclassified credential failure as a usage error"
+done
+
+# 6. Post-sandbox provider assertions are intentionally NOT applied here:
+# pr-close's gitea path attempts a tea WRITE (tea pr comment) when a
+# comment parses, then falls back to the API. Hermeticity for this
+# wrapper comes from the FAILING stubs (exit 99), not from non-contact —
+# the arm above proves only parse acceptance and non-usage classification.
+# Parser-failure arms (1-4) remain zero-contact (asserted at 4b).
+
+echo "pr-review.sh usage-contract regression passed (R1/R4)"

packages/mosaic/src/cli.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { registerQualityRails } from '@mosaicstack/quality-rails';
 import { registerQueueCommand } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
 import { registerStorageCommand } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
 import { registerTelemetryCommand } from './commands/telemetry.js';
+import { registerCommsCommand } from './commands/comms.js';
+import { registerQCommand } from './commands/q.js';
+import { registerWatchCommand } from './commands/watch.js';
 import { registerAgentCommand } from './commands/agent.js';
 import { registerInteractionCommand } from './commands/interaction.js';
 import { registerConfigCommand } from './commands/config.js';
@@ -428,6 +431,9 @@ registerSkillCommand(program);
 // ─── telemetry ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 registerTelemetryCommand(program);
+registerWatchCommand(program);
+registerQCommand(program);
+registerCommsCommand(program);
 
 // ─── update ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 

packages/mosaic/src/commands/brain-dispatch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { accessSync, constants } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { resolveBrainHome } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
+
+/**
+ * Shared brain-tool dispatch (fleet CLI integration, Jason ruling
+ * 2026-08-28): the npm package embeds the COMMAND SURFACE; operator-owned
+ * implementations stay in the brain (tools/). Commands resolve the brain
+ * home (MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME wins — see brain-home.ts) and exec the tool
+ * there. Nothing operator-specific ships inside the package.
+ *
+ * Pass-through contract: arguments, stdout/stderr, and the exit code belong
+ * to the tool. The CLI adds nothing on success; absent tools fail loudly
+ * with the resolved path (127) instead of guessing.
+ */
+
+/** Absolute path of a brain-relative tool. */
+export function resolveBrainTool(mosaicHome: string, relPath: string): string {
+  return join(resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome), ...relPath.split('/'));
+}
+
+/** Map a spawnSync result + tool existence to the CLI exit status. */
+export function exitStatusFor(
+  result: { status: number | null; error?: NodeJS.ErrnoException },
+  toolExists: boolean,
+): number {
+  if (!toolExists) return 127;
+  if (result.status !== null) return result.status;
+  return 125; // killed by signal / could not run
+}
+
+export function brainToolExists(tool: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    accessSync(tool, constants.X_OK);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Exec a brain tool with full pass-through. `interpreter` runs the tool
+ * through e.g. python3 (renderers); omit it for executable scripts.
+ * Returns the process exit status; callers assign it to process.exitCode.
+ */
+export function execBrainTool(
+  mosaicHome: string,
+  relPath: string,
+  args: string[],
+  interpreter?: string,
+): number {
+  const tool = resolveBrainTool(mosaicHome, relPath);
+  if (!brainToolExists(tool)) {
+    console.error(
+      `mosaic: brain tool not found (expected ${tool}). ` +
+        'Tool suites live in the brain tree under tools/; ' +
+        'check MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME or the brain checkout.',
+    );
+    return 127;
+  }
+  const result = interpreter
+    ? spawnSync(interpreter, [tool, ...args], { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env })
+    : spawnSync(tool, args, { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env });
+  return exitStatusFor(result, true);
+}

packages/mosaic/src/commands/comms.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import {
+  chmodSync,
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+  readFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { fleetCommsSendArgs, registerCommsCommand, tmuxSendArgs } from './comms.js';
+
+describe('arg translation', () => {
+  it('tmux path: -s/-C/-L/-f/-m per agent-send.sh getopts', () => {
+    expect(tmuxSendArgs('orch-01', 'hello', {})).toEqual(['-s', 'orch-01', '-m', 'hello']);
+    expect(
+      tmuxSendArgs('orch-01', 'unused', {
+        class: 'actionable',
+        socket: 'mosaic-fleet',
+        file: '/tmp/body.txt',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(['-s', 'orch-01', '-C', 'actionable', '-L', 'mosaic-fleet', '-f', '/tmp/body.txt']);
+  });
+
+  it('fleet-comms path: -t site/agent and -c class', () => {
+    expect(fleetCommsSendArgs('usc', 'fred', 'hi', {})).toEqual(['-t', 'usc/fred', '-m', 'hi']);
+    expect(fleetCommsSendArgs('usc', 'fred', 'hi', { class: 'human' })).toEqual([
+      '-t',
+      'usc/fred',
+      '-c',
+      'human',
+      '-m',
+      'hi',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('registerCommsCommand routing', () => {
+  const savedBrain = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+  const savedRepo = process.env['MOSAIC_FLEET_COMMS_REPO'];
+  const savedAgent = process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    for (const [k, v] of [
+      ['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME', savedBrain],
+      ['MOSAIC_FLEET_COMMS_REPO', savedRepo],
+      ['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME', savedAgent],
+    ] as const) {
+      if (v === undefined) delete process.env[k];
+      else process.env[k] = v;
+    }
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+  });
+
+  function fixture(): { brain: string; repo: string; tmuxLog: string; commsLog: string } {
+    const brain = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'comms-brain-'));
+    const repo = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'comms-repo-'));
+    mkdirSync(join(brain, 'tools', 'tmux'), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(repo, 'tools'), { recursive: true });
+    const tmuxLog = join(brain, 'tmux.log');
+    const commsLog = join(repo, 'comms.log');
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(brain, 'tools', 'tmux', 'agent-send.sh'),
+      `#!/usr/bin/env bash\nprintf '%s\\n' "$*" >> ${JSON.stringify(tmuxLog)}\nexit 7\n`,
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(repo, 'tools', 'comms-send.sh'),
+      `#!/usr/bin/env bash\nprintf '%s\\n' "$*" >> ${JSON.stringify(commsLog)}\nprintf 'FLEET_COMMS_REPO=%s FLEET_COMMS_SITE=%s\\n' "$FLEET_COMMS_REPO" "$FLEET_COMMS_SITE" >> ${JSON.stringify(commsLog)}\nexit 5\n`,
+    );
+    chmodSync(join(brain, 'tools', 'tmux', 'agent-send.sh'), 0o755);
+    chmodSync(join(repo, 'tools', 'comms-send.sh'), 0o755);
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = brain;
+    process.env['MOSAIC_FLEET_COMMS_REPO'] = repo;
+    process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'tester';
+    return { brain, repo, tmuxLog, commsLog };
+  }
+
+  it('default routes same-host via agent-send with translated flags and passes rc through', async () => {
+    const f = fixture();
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerCommsCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(
+      [
+        'comms',
+        'send',
+        'orch-01',
+        '--class',
+        'actionable',
+        '--socket',
+        'mosaic-fleet',
+        'verdict',
+        'landed',
+      ],
+      { from: 'user' },
+    );
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(7);
+    expect(readFileSync(f.tmuxLog, 'utf8').trim()).toBe(
+      '-s orch-01 -C actionable -L mosaic-fleet -m verdict landed',
+    );
+    expect(existsSync(f.commsLog)).toBe(false); // inter-site tool never invoked
+  });
+
+  it('--site routes inter-site via comms-send with site-prefixed target and passes rc through', async () => {
+    const f = fixture();
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerCommsCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(
+      ['comms', 'send', 'fred', '--site', 'usc', '--class', 'human', 'hello', 'there'],
+      { from: 'user' },
+    );
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(5);
+    expect(readFileSync(f.commsLog, 'utf8').split('\n')[0]?.trim()).toBe(
+      '-t usc/fred -c human -m hello there',
+    );
+    // The sender must bind comms-send.sh to the SELECTED repo (codex 9c8b6ebf).
+    expect(readFileSync(f.commsLog, 'utf8')).toContain(
+      `FLEET_COMMS_REPO=${f.repo} FLEET_COMMS_SITE=usc`,
+    );
+    expect(existsSync(f.tmuxLog)).toBe(false); // same-host tool never invoked
+  });
+
+  it('inter-site without MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME is an invocation defect (exit 2)', async () => {
+    const f = fixture();
+    delete process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerCommsCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(['comms', 'send', 'fred', '--site', 'usc', 'hi'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(2);
+    expect(existsSync(f.commsLog)).toBe(false); // inter-site tool never invoked
+  });
+
+  it('missing fleet-comms repo fails 127 naming the expected path', async () => {
+    fixture();
+    process.env['MOSAIC_FLEET_COMMS_REPO'] = '/nonexistent-comms-repo';
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerCommsCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(['comms', 'send', 'fred', '--site', 'usc', 'hi'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(127);
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/comms.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import type { Command } from 'commander';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { accessSync, constants } from 'node:fs';
+import { homedir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME } from '../constants.js';
+import { execBrainTool } from './brain-dispatch.js';
+
+/**
+ * `mosaic comms send` — routed agent messaging (FLEET-COMMS.md doctrine).
+ *
+ * Same-host (default): brain tools/tmux/agent-send.sh. Inter-site
+ * (--site <site>): the fleet-comms repo's comms-send.sh — never for
+ * local traffic (a git round trip per message; Jason 2026-08-28).
+ *
+ * Exit codes pass through BOTH paths. rc=2 (text in pane, still draft) is
+ * a CONTRACT, not a failure: never retry, confirm with capture-pane.
+ */
+export interface CommsSendOptions {
+  readonly class?: string;
+  readonly file?: string;
+  readonly socket?: string;
+  readonly site?: string;
+  readonly commsRepo?: string;
+}
+
+export function defaultCommsRepo(): string {
+  return process.env['MOSAIC_FLEET_COMMS_REPO'] ?? join(homedir(), 'src', 'fleet-comms');
+}
+
+/** Build the agent-send.sh argv for the same-host path. */
+export function tmuxSendArgs(target: string, message: string, opts: CommsSendOptions): string[] {
+  const args = ['-s', target];
+  if (opts.class) args.push('-C', opts.class);
+  if (opts.socket) args.push('-L', opts.socket);
+  if (opts.file) args.push('-f', opts.file);
+  else args.push('-m', message);
+  return args;
+}
+
+/** Build the comms-send.sh argv for the inter-site path. */
+export function fleetCommsSendArgs(
+  site: string,
+  target: string,
+  message: string,
+  opts: CommsSendOptions,
+): string[] {
+  const args = ['-t', `${site}/${target}`];
+  if (opts.class) args.push('-c', opts.class);
+  args.push('-m', message);
+  return args;
+}
+
+export function registerCommsCommand(program: Command): void {
+  const cmd: Command = program
+    .command('comms')
+    .description(
+      'Routed agent messaging: tmux same-host (default), fleet-comms inter-site (--site)',
+    )
+    .command('send')
+    .description('send <target> [message...] — same-host tmux unless --site is given')
+    .option('--class <class>', 'terminal-log | actionable | human | reaction | digest')
+    .option('--file <path>', 'message body from file (same-host path only)')
+    .option('--socket <name>', 'tmux socket for the same-host send (e.g. mosaic-fleet)')
+    .option('--site <site>', 'route via fleet-comms to <site>/<target>')
+    .option('--comms-repo <path>', 'fleet-comms checkout', defaultCommsRepo())
+    .argument('<target>', 'destination seat (session name)')
+    .argument('[message...]', 'message text (joined; or use --file)')
+    .action(
+      async (
+        target: string,
+        messageWords: string[],
+        opts: CommsSendOptions & Record<string, unknown>,
+        command: Command,
+      ) => {
+        let mosaicHome: string | undefined;
+        for (let anc: Command | null = command; anc; anc = anc.parent) {
+          const v = (anc.opts() as Record<string, string | undefined>)['mosaicHome'];
+          if (v !== undefined) {
+            mosaicHome = v;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        const home = mosaicHome ?? DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME;
+        const message = messageWords.join(' ');
+
+        if (opts.site) {
+          const repo = opts.commsRepo ?? defaultCommsRepo();
+          const tool = join(repo, 'tools', 'comms-send.sh');
+          try {
+            accessSync(tool, constants.X_OK);
+          } catch {
+            console.error(
+              `mosaic comms: fleet-comms sender not found (expected ${tool}). ` +
+                'Clone the fleet-comms repo or point --comms-repo at it.',
+            );
+            process.exitCode = 127;
+            return;
+          }
+          if (!process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME']) {
+            console.error(
+              'mosaic comms: inter-site sends require MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME (sending identity).',
+            );
+            process.exitCode = 2; // invocation defect: fixable by the caller
+            return;
+          }
+          // comms-send.sh locates its working repo via FLEET_COMMS_REPO
+          // (default $HOME/src/fleet-comms); without this, --comms-repo
+          // would select the executable but not the repository it operates
+          // on (codex review of 9c8b6ebf).
+          const env = { ...process.env, FLEET_COMMS_SITE: opts.site, FLEET_COMMS_REPO: repo };
+          const result = spawnSync(tool, fleetCommsSendArgs(opts.site, target, message, opts), {
+            stdio: 'inherit',
+            env,
+          });
+          process.exitCode = result.status ?? 125;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Same-host: the brain tool owns validation (bad class -> its rc 3)
+        // and absence (execBrainTool -> 127 with the resolved path).
+        process.exitCode = execBrainTool(
+          home,
+          'tools/tmux/agent-send.sh',
+          tmuxSendArgs(target, message, opts),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+
+  cmd.addHelpText(
+    'after',
+    '\nExit codes pass through. rc=2 means the text reached the pane but is still a draft: NEVER retry (double-send); confirm with tmux capture-pane.',
+  );
+}

packages/mosaic/src/commands/launch.ts

@@ -1162,6 +1162,8 @@ const COORD_SUBCMDS: Record<string, string> = {
   test: 'smoke-test.sh',
   resume: 'session-resume.sh',
   recover: 'session-resume.sh',
+  board: 'board-roll.sh',
+  roll: 'board-roll.sh',
 };
 
 function runCoord(args: string[]): never {
@@ -1195,6 +1197,7 @@ Commands:
   run [--project <path>]      Launch runtime with mission context
   smoke                       Run orchestration smoke checks
   resume [--project <path>]   Crash recovery
+  board                      Roll the orchestration board (board-roll.sh)
 
 Runtime: --claude (default) | --codex | --pi | --yolo`);
     process.exit(subcmd === 'help' ? 0 : 1);

packages/mosaic/src/commands/q.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync, chmodSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { registerQCommand, resolveQuestionTool } from './q.js';
+import { exitStatusFor, resolveBrainTool } from './brain-dispatch.js';
+
+describe('resolveBrainTool', () => {
+  const saved = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (saved === undefined) delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+    else process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = saved;
+  });
+
+  it('joins brain home with the relative tool path', () => {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dispatch-resolve-'));
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = tmp;
+    expect(resolveBrainTool('/nonexistent/mosaic-home', 'tools/questions/q-new.sh')).toBe(
+      join(tmp, 'tools', 'questions', 'q-new.sh'),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('resolveQuestionTool', () => {
+  const saved = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (saved === undefined) delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+    else process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = saved;
+  });
+
+  it('maps new/render subcommands to their brain tools', () => {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'q-resolve-'));
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = tmp;
+    expect(resolveQuestionTool(tmp, 'new')).toBe(join(tmp, 'tools', 'questions', 'q-new.sh'));
+    expect(resolveQuestionTool(tmp, 'render')).toBe(join(tmp, 'tools', 'questions', 'render.py'));
+    expect(resolveQuestionTool(tmp, 'bogus')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('registerQCommand usage + dispatch', () => {
+  const saved = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (saved === undefined) delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+    else process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = saved;
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('exit 2 with the subcommand list when no/unknown subcommand', async () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'q-usage-'));
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerQCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(['q'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(2);
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+    await program.parseAsync(['q', 'bogus'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(2);
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+    // Reserved property names must not leak through the record lookup.
+    await program.parseAsync(['q', 'toString'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('execs the brain tool with pass-through args and exit code', async () => {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'q-live-'));
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = tmp;
+    mkdirSync(join(tmp, 'tools', 'questions'), { recursive: true });
+    const stub = join(tmp, 'tools', 'questions', 'q-new.sh');
+    writeFileSync(stub, '#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho "called with: $*"\nexit 7\n');
+    chmodSync(stub, 0o755);
+
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerQCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(['q', 'new', '--slug', 'x', '--question', 'why'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(7);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('exitStatusFor (shared dispatch contract)', () => {
+  it('maps absent tool to 127', () => {
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: 0 }, false)).toBe(127);
+  });
+  it('passes tool status through', () => {
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: 7 }, true)).toBe(7);
+  });
+  it('maps signal death to 125', () => {
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: null }, true)).toBe(125);
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/q.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import type { Command } from 'commander';
+
+import { DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME } from '../constants.js';
+import { execBrainTool, resolveBrainTool } from './brain-dispatch.js';
+
+/**
+ * `mosaic q` — tracked decision questions (brain tools/questions).
+ * `new` files a question file (one FILE per question, merge-conflict
+ * impossible by construction); `render` regenerates the
+ * docs/OPEN-QUESTIONS.md index (id allocation happens in the renderer).
+ */
+const SUBCOMMANDS: Record<string, { path: string; interpreter?: string; help: string }> = {
+  new: {
+    path: 'tools/questions/q-new.sh',
+    help: 'file a question (--question, --slug, --owed-by, ...)',
+  },
+  render: {
+    path: 'tools/questions/render.py',
+    interpreter: 'python3',
+    help: 'regenerate docs/OPEN-QUESTIONS.md (owns Q-id allocation)',
+  },
+};
+
+export function resolveQuestionTool(mosaicHome: string, sub: string): string | undefined {
+  const entry = SUBCOMMANDS[sub];
+  return entry ? resolveBrainTool(mosaicHome, entry.path) : undefined;
+}
+
+export function registerQCommand(program: Command): void {
+  const cmd: Command = program
+    .command('q')
+    .description('Tracked decision questions: file and render (brain tools/questions)')
+    .allowUnknownOption()
+    .argument('[args...]', 'subcommand + args passed through to the question tools')
+    .action(async (args: string[], _opts: unknown, command: Command) => {
+      let mosaicHome: string | undefined;
+      for (let anc: Command | null = command; anc; anc = anc.parent) {
+        const v = (anc.opts() as Record<string, string | undefined>)['mosaicHome'];
+        if (v !== undefined) {
+          mosaicHome = v;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      const home = mosaicHome ?? DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME;
+
+      const sub = args[0];
+      if (!sub || !Object.hasOwn(SUBCOMMANDS, sub)) {
+        console.error('mosaic q: expected a subcommand:');
+        for (const [name, entry] of Object.entries(SUBCOMMANDS)) {
+          console.error(`  mosaic q ${name}   ${entry.help}`);
+        }
+        process.exitCode = 2; // usage error contract: invocation defect
+        return;
+      }
+      const entry = SUBCOMMANDS[sub]!;
+      process.exitCode = execBrainTool(home, entry.path, args.slice(1), entry.interpreter);
+    });
+
+  cmd.addHelpText(
+    'after',
+    '\nEverything after the subcommand is passed through verbatim (args, output, exit code).',
+  );
+}

packages/mosaic/src/commands/watch.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { exitStatusFor, registerWatchCommand, resolveAgentWatchTool } from './watch.js';
+
+// The dispatch command execs a real process with inherited stdio; the spec
+// covers the pure resolution and exit-mapping surfaces plus the absent-tool
+// path (which exits without spawning). Live pass-through is exercised by the
+// fleet smoke test against the real brain tool.
+
+describe('resolveAgentWatchTool', () => {
+  const saved = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (saved === undefined) delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+    else process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = saved;
+  });
+
+  it('honors MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME over the canonical brain', () => {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'watch-resolve-'));
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = tmp;
+    expect(resolveAgentWatchTool('/nonexistent/mosaic-home')).toBe(
+      join(tmp, 'tools', 'agent-watch', 'agent-watch.sh'),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('resolves inside the brain tools tree', () => {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'watch-resolve-'));
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = tmp;
+    const tool = resolveAgentWatchTool(tmp);
+    expect(tool.endsWith(join('tools', 'agent-watch', 'agent-watch.sh'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('exitStatusFor', () => {
+  it('maps absent tool to 127', () => {
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: 0 }, false)).toBe(127);
+  });
+
+  it('passes the tool exit status through', () => {
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: 2 }, true)).toBe(2);
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: 78 }, true)).toBe(78);
+  });
+
+  it('maps signal death / null status to 125', () => {
+    expect(exitStatusFor({ status: null }, true)).toBe(125);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('registerWatchCommand absent-tool path', () => {
+  const saved = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (saved === undefined) delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
+    else process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = saved;
+    process.exitCode = undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('sets exitCode 127 with the resolved path when the tool is missing', async () => {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'watch-missing-'));
+    // The suite directory exists but the tool file does not.
+    mkdirSync(join(tmp, 'tools', 'agent-watch'), { recursive: true });
+    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = tmp;
+
+    const program = new Command();
+    registerWatchCommand(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(['watch', 'list'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(127);
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/watch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import type { Command } from 'commander';
+
+import { DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME } from '../constants.js';
+import {
+  brainToolExists,
+  execBrainTool,
+  exitStatusFor,
+  resolveBrainTool,
+} from './brain-dispatch.js';
+
+export { exitStatusFor };
+
+/**
+ * `mosaic watch` — dispatch to the brain's agent-watch suite.
+ * See brain-dispatch.ts for the architecture and pass-through contract.
+ */
+export function resolveAgentWatchTool(mosaicHome: string): string {
+  return resolveBrainTool(mosaicHome, 'tools/agent-watch/agent-watch.sh');
+}
+
+export function registerWatchCommand(program: Command): void {
+  const cmd: Command = program
+    .command('watch')
+    .description('Wake-me-when watchers (agent-watch): start, list, stop')
+    // allowUnknownOption + variadic = full ordered pass-through: unknown
+    // options (--name, --when, ...) and their values land in args verbatim
+    // (commander 13 measured behavior), so the tool owns its own flag
+    // surface without the CLI needing passThroughOptions (which would
+    // force enablePositionalOptions fleet-wide on the root program).
+    .allowUnknownOption()
+    // The tool owns help too: without this, commander would intercept
+    // --help and answer with wrapper help instead of agent-watch's own
+    // (codex review of 18f3dd49).
+    .helpOption(false)
+    .argument('[args...]', 'args passed through to agent-watch.sh')
+    .action(async (args: string[], _opts: unknown, command: Command) => {
+      // --mosaic-home is not global in this CLI; walk parents for it and
+      // fall back to the default. MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME (seat launchers export
+      // it) wins inside resolveBrainHome regardless.
+      let mosaicHome: string | undefined;
+      for (let anc: Command | null = command; anc; anc = anc.parent) {
+        const v = (anc.opts() as Record<string, string | undefined>)['mosaicHome'];
+        if (v !== undefined) {
+          mosaicHome = v;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      const home = mosaicHome ?? DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME;
+
+      const tool = resolveAgentWatchTool(home);
+      if (!brainToolExists(tool)) {
+        console.error(
+          `mosaic watch: agent-watch not found (expected ${tool}). ` +
+            'The watcher suite lives in the brain tree under tools/agent-watch/; ' +
+            'check MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME or the brain checkout.',
+        );
+        process.exitCode = 127;
+        return;
+      }
+
+      process.exitCode = execBrainTool(home, 'tools/agent-watch/agent-watch.sh', args);
+    });
+
+  cmd.addHelpText(
+    'after',
+    '\nEverything after `mosaic watch` is passed through to agent-watch.sh verbatim (args, output, exit code).',
+  );
+}