fix(macp): fail-closed typed gate states — no placeholder/empty-command passes (#1275)

RI-N2 / SDLC-D-035. Every GateResult now carries a typed status
discriminator (passed|failed|simulated|waiting|capability_failure);
passed:true remains true only for really-executed, really-green gates.

- ci-pipeline without a CI provider → capability_failure (MACP_NO_CI_PIPELINE),
  never the placeholder pass
- empty-command gate → capability_failure (MACP_NO_COMMAND / MACP_NO_REVIEWER),
  and runGates no longer silently skips it
- manual gate type waits (MACP_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED) — neither pass nor fail
- explicit simulation only (simulate option / --simulate): typed simulated
  results can never make the aggregate passed (RunGatesResult.state)
- CLI stubs (tasks list, submit, events tail) exit nonzero with typed
  MACP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; macp gate is now wired to runGates with --simulate
- legacy __tests__/gate-runner.test.ts consolidated into src/gate-runner.spec.ts
  (root eslint project service does not cover packages/macp/__tests__)

.woodpecker/ci-image.yml

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ steps:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
+        from_secret: gitea_username
       REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_PASSWORD
+        from_secret: gitea_password
       CI_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
       CI_COMMIT_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
       CI_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}

.woodpecker/ci.yml

@@ -30,19 +30,6 @@ steps:
       # the baked pnpm store.
       - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # The steps below (sanitization, upgrade-guard, typecheck, lint, format,
-  # test) are the COMPLETE mandatory verification set. SDLC-D-034 mirrors them
-  # one-for-one in the canonical terminal verification command — root
-  # `pnpm verify:release` (scripts/verify-release.mjs) — which the publish
-  # pipeline (.woodpecker/publish.yml `verify` step) runs before ANY publish
-  # effect. These lines stay direct (not routed through the runner) because the
-  # #1017 test-enumeration guard audits framework tool paths through THIS
-  # surface; scripts/verify-release.test.mjs enforces that the runner's stage
-  # table keeps matching these commands exactly, so the two cannot drift.
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  # Canonical verify:release stage `sanitization`.
   # Blocking gate: public framework package must contain no operator-specific
   # personal data or private $HOME defaults. Runs early (no node_modules needed).
   sanitization:
@@ -60,7 +47,6 @@ steps:
       # with everything it guards; this direct line keeps one instrument running.
       - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-test-enumeration.sh
 
-  # Canonical verify:release stage `upgrade-guard`.
   # Blocking gate (#791): a framework upgrade must never write or delete an
   # operator-owned path. The HARD GATE proves an unanticipated operator sentinel
   # survives a keep-mode reseed byte-identical (with rsync present AND absent —
@@ -82,8 +68,6 @@ steps:
       - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-upgrade-durable-snapshot.sh
       - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-install-migration.sh
 
-  # Canonical verify:release stage `typecheck` — the same `pnpm typecheck`
-  # invocation (which runs the checkout preflight first, then turbo).
   typecheck:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
@@ -94,8 +78,7 @@ steps:
       - sanitization
       - upgrade-guard
 
-  # lint, format, and test are independent — run in parallel after typecheck.
+  # lint, format, and test are independent — run in parallel after typecheck
-  # Each runs exactly its canonical verify:release stage command.
   lint:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
@@ -112,12 +95,6 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
       - typecheck
 
-  # Canonical verify:release stage `test` — the `pnpm test` line below is the
-  # shared command; everything else in this step is PIPELINE-LEVEL
-  # prerequisite the canonical command expects its caller to provide (SDLC-D-034):
-  # the ci-postgres service + pg_isready wait + db:migrate (postgres path),
-  # `apk add openssl`, and the pinned pi install. None of those can move into
-  # the runner (it must also work locally on the PGlite path with no database).
   test:
     image: *node_image
     environment:

.woodpecker/publish.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 # Build, publish npm packages, and push Docker images
 # Runs on main for stable publishes and on next for integration-line prereleases/images
-#
-# SDLC-D-034 publish gate: every publish effect (publish-npm, publish-next-npm,
-# and every image build/push step) depends DIRECTLY on the `verify` step below.
-# `verify` (a) asserts the provider's commit identity matches the actual
-# checkout (CI_COMMIT_SHA == git rev-parse HEAD, fail closed on mismatch or
-# emptiness) and (b) runs the canonical terminal verification command
-# (`pnpm verify:release`), which mirrors the PR CI pipeline's complete
-# mandatory set (sanitization, upgrade-guard, preflight+typecheck, lint,
-# format:check, test, build) — see scripts/verify-release.mjs. A missing,
-# failed, skipped, cancelled, or inconclusive verification therefore skips the
-# dependent publish effects (fail closed). Path-filtered short-circuits may
-# skip publish EFFECTS (e.g. docs-only merges) but never bypass `verify` for a
-# publish that does run: `verify` itself carries no path filter.
-# scripts/verify-release.test.mjs enforces this DAG invariant at checkout time.
 
 variables:
   # Pre-baked CI base (see .woodpecker/ci-image.yml): node:24-alpine +
@@ -62,45 +48,6 @@ steps:
       # Resolve from the baked pnpm store instead of a cold network fetch.
       - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
-  # SDLC-D-034 exact-commit publish gate. No `when`/path filter on purpose: it
-  # runs for every event this pipeline serves so no publish effect can ever
-  # start without it. Fails closed on commit-identity mismatch (or either SHA
-  # being empty) and on any incomplete verification.
-  verify:
-    image: *node_image
-    commands:
-      - *enable_pnpm
-      # (a) Commit identity: the provider's claimed SHA must equal the actual
-      # checkout HEAD — verification of anything else must never authorize a
-      # publish of this commit.
-      - |
-        if [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" ]; then
-          echo "[verify] FATAL: CI_COMMIT_SHA is empty — cannot certify commit identity" >&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        CHECKOUT_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
-        if [ -z "$CHECKOUT_SHA" ]; then
-          echo "[verify] FATAL: git rev-parse HEAD returned nothing — cannot certify commit identity" >&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" != "$CHECKOUT_SHA" ]; then
-          echo "[verify] FATAL: provider commit ($CI_COMMIT_SHA) != checkout HEAD ($CHECKOUT_SHA)" >&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        echo "[verify] commit identity confirmed: $CHECKOUT_SHA"
-      # (b) Canonical terminal verification. Caller-provided prerequisites the
-      # runner expects (see .woodpecker/ci.yml comments): bash/rsync for the
-      # guard stages, openssl + the pinned pi binary for the test stage. git is
-      # baked into ci-base but re-asserted here so the identity check above can
-      # never silently depend on a stale baked image. DATABASE_URL is
-      # deliberately NOT set: the canonical command must hold on the PGlite
-      # path too and never sets or requires a database itself.
-      - apk add --no-cache bash rsync openssl git
-      - npm install -g @earendil-works/[email protected]
-      - pnpm verify:release
-    depends_on:
-      - install
-
   build:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
@@ -108,7 +55,6 @@ steps:
       - pnpm build
     depends_on:
       - install
-      - verify
 
   publish-npm:
     image: *node_image
@@ -168,7 +114,6 @@ steps:
         exit 1
     depends_on:
       - build
-      - verify
 
   publish-next-npm:
     image: *node_image
@@ -247,7 +192,6 @@ steps:
         echo "[publish-next] @mosaicstack/mosaic@next resolves to $RESOLVED_VERSION"
     depends_on:
       - build
-      - verify
 
   # TODO: Uncomment when ready to publish to npmjs.org
   # publish-npmjs:
@@ -261,7 +205,6 @@ steps:
   #     - bash scripts/publish-npmjs.sh
   #   depends_on:
   #     - build
-  #     - verify
   #   when:
   #     - event: [tag]
 
@@ -270,9 +213,9 @@ steps:
     when: *image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
+        from_secret: gitea_username
       REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_PASSWORD
+        from_secret: gitea_password
       CI_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
       CI_COMMIT_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
       CI_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
@@ -299,16 +242,15 @@ steps:
         /kaniko/executor --context . --dockerfile docker/gateway.Dockerfile $DESTINATIONS
     depends_on:
       - build
-      - verify
 
   build-appservice:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     when: *main_image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
+        from_secret: gitea_username
       REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_PASSWORD
+        from_secret: gitea_password
       CI_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
       CI_COMMIT_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
       CI_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
@@ -326,16 +268,15 @@ steps:
         /kaniko/executor --context . --dockerfile docker/appservice.Dockerfile $DESTINATIONS
     depends_on:
       - build
-      - verify
 
   build-web:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     when: *main_image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
+        from_secret: gitea_username
       REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_PASSWORD
+        from_secret: gitea_password
       CI_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
       CI_COMMIT_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
       CI_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
@@ -353,4 +294,3 @@ steps:
         /kaniko/executor --context . --dockerfile docker/web.Dockerfile $DESTINATIONS
     depends_on:
       - build
-      - verify

README.md

@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ mosaic brain tasks
 mosaic brain conversations
 
 # Agent forge pipeline
-mosaic forge run [--simulate]        # fails closed (FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR) with no executor wired; --simulate for typed simulated runs
+mosaic forge run
 mosaic forge status
-mosaic forge resume [--simulate]     # same fail-closed rule as forge run
+mosaic forge resume
 mosaic forge personas
 
 # Structured logging

apps/gateway/src/__tests__/cross-user-isolation.test.ts

@@ -190,13 +190,7 @@ beforeEach((ctx) => {
 });
 
 afterAll(async () => {
-  // Cleanup only when the fixture actually installed rows. `handle` is set
+  if (!handle) return;
-  // before the first query (createDb connects lazily), so on an unreachable
-  // database `handle` is truthy while nothing was inserted — cleanup must
-  // honor `dbAvailable` or the skip path fails the file with ECONNREFUSED in
-  // afterAll (caught live by the publish pipeline's no-DATABASE_URL verify
-  // step, pipeline 2486).
-  if (!handle || !dbAvailable) return;
   const db = handle.db;
 
   // Delete in dependency order (FK constraints)

docs/PRD.md

@@ -1368,38 +1368,3 @@ All work is **alpha** (< 0.1.0) until Jason approves 0.1.0 beta release.
 10. ASSUMPTION: **Conversations and messages get their own PG tables** (not stored in brain's entity model). They follow a chat-specific schema with proper foreign keys to users and projects. Rationale: Chat has different access patterns (streaming, pagination, search) than brain entities.
 
 11. RESOLVED: **Pi handles all target LLM providers natively.** Anthropic, OpenAI/Codex, Z.ai, Ollama, LM Studio, and llama.cpp are all supported via Pi's built-in providers or `models.json` configuration with `openai-completions` API type. No custom provider adapters needed in @mosaicstack/agent — only configuration management.
-
----
-
-## Release Integrity Workstream (RI, #1275)
-
-### Problem and objective
-
-At `next` 476db12b (review of 2026-08-17), publication from `next` is not bound to the full verification pipeline for the same commit: the publish pipeline's publish steps depend on `build` only, while ordinary push CI excludes `next`. Public Forge/MACP paths contain false-success placeholders: a stub executor that reports `completed` with exit zero, planning/remediation gates that execute literal `true`, a review gate that echoes an approving verdict, and a gate runner that treats empty commands and unimplemented CI-provider gates as passing. Shipping UI surfaces can render a failed fetch as an empty, healthy collection.
-
-Objective: for alpha 0.0.50, the release cannot publish, report, or display work state that the repository has not actually verified. Decisions SDLC-D-033 through SDLC-D-038 (Jason, 2026-08-17) scope this floor; full decision text and required-behavior lists live in jarvis-brain `docs/plans/2026-08-16_mosaic-stack-sdlc-protocol.md` and `data/decisions/mosaic-stack-sdlc-protocol.json`. This section restates only the normative requirements.
-
-### Normative requirements
-
-1. **RI-N1 Exact-commit publication verification (SDLC-D-034).** One canonical terminal verification command performs self-contained re-verification in the publish pipeline against the job's checked-out commit before any external publication effect. The command contains or invokes the complete mandatory verification set (semantic parity with the PR merge gate, including sanitization, upgrade-guard, typecheck, lint, format check, tests, and build); CI and publication do not maintain separate semantic checklists. Every publish step depends on the verification step in the executable pipeline DAG. Provider commit identity and `git rev-parse HEAD` must identify the same commit. Missing, skipped, cancelled, stale, or inconclusive checks fail closed. Documentation-only runs may skip publication but cannot bypass verification when a publication effect will occur. A negative control must prove that a broken check blocks every publish step.
-
-2. **RI-N2 Fail-closed Forge/MACP with explicit simulation (SDLC-D-035).** Simulation requires explicit caller intent (e.g. `--simulate`) and produces a distinct typed `simulated` state that can never satisfy dependencies, acceptance criteria, gates, merge, or release. Normal execution exits nonzero with a typed capability failure when a required executor, reviewer, command, or CI provider is absent — no stub completion, no literal-`true` gates, no synthetic approvals, no empty-command passes. A manual gate with no automation enters a waiting state; it does not pass. Positive tests prove explicit simulation still works; negative controls prove simulation and every missing-provider case cannot advance lifecycle state.
-
-3. **RI-N3 One transitional PRD authority (SDLC-D-036).** `@mosaicstack/prdy` structured storage under `docs/prdy/`, driven by `mosaic mission --plan`, is the authoritative PRD representation for the alpha. `mosaic prdy` either routes through the same application service or operates only as an explicit, named Markdown import/export adapter; `docs/PRD.md` is not a peer authority. `mission --plan` must persist the mission↔PRD linkage (mission id/version, PRD id/version, selected requirements). Markdown output is a generated view carrying source identity; editing it cannot mutate authority silently. Import is explicit, validated, and conflict-aware (proposed successor, never overwrite). Structural validity is separate from approval.
-
-4. **RI-N4 One quality-rails evaluator (SDLC-D-037).** The TypeScript quality-rails package is the sole authoritative evaluator. A complete probe inventory maps every current TypeScript and shell check to one canonical check with disposition (preserve/strengthen/retire, each named). Effective shell enforcement probes are absorbed before their independent paths retire; expected-file presence alone is not parity. The evaluator returns typed results (`passed`/`failed`/`blocked`/`error`/`not-applicable`) with check version, subject, and reason; missing implementation, missing input, unknown check, process error, timeout, or malformed output can never become `passed` or an unqualified skip. Check definitions and policy are versioned and digested. Shell commands become thin adapters with no separate verdict logic. The canonical terminal verification command (RI-N1) invokes this evaluator rather than duplicating its logic. Contract, parity, and negative-control tests are required, plus independent review of probe equivalence.
-
-5. **RI-N5 Consequence-aware stale UI (SDLC-D-038).** Mission Control distinguishes typed freshness states (`current`, `stale`, `partial`, `unknown`, `unavailable`) rather than inferring from empty arrays or null. A failed fetch never renders as an empty healthy collection. Last-known data may display for situational awareness only with source identity, version, and age visibly labeled; any derived completion/assurance/release verdict whose inputs are stale becomes `unknown`; all state-changing actions are disabled until fresh state loads and is revalidated. With no verified snapshot, surfaces show an explicit unavailable state. Cache corruption, cross-workspace data, schema mismatch, and version regression invalidate the snapshot. Tests cover the failure matrix (network, auth, malformed, partial, corruption, stale age, schema mismatch, recovery, stale-action rejection) with negative controls proving no case yields a current green verdict or enabled mutation.
-
-### Acceptance criteria
-
-- AC-RI-1: A push to `next` that fails any mandatory verification step publishes nothing (no npm package, no image), demonstrated by a checked-in negative control and by pipeline evidence on a real `next` publish run where the verification step is green and every publish step depends on it.
-- AC-RI-2: With no executor/reviewer/CI provider wired, Forge and MACP normal runs exit nonzero with typed capability failures; with `--simulate`, runs complete but every result is typed `simulated` and cannot satisfy any gate, dependency, or completion state — proven by unit tests including negative controls.
-- AC-RI-3: A PRD created or revised through either `mosaic mission --plan` or `mosaic prdy` resolves to one authority under `docs/prdy/` with stable identities and versions; the mission↔PRD linkage survives restart; a Markdown export is labeled as generated and cannot silently become a second writer; divergent legacy content blocks baseline claims until explicitly resolved — proven by contract tests.
-- AC-RI-4: `quality-rails check` through any entry point (TS CLI, framework shell adapter) returns the same typed verdict for the same subject; the probe inventory names every legacy check's disposition; a deliberately broken probe fails closed — proven by contract/parity/negative-control tests and independent review of probe equivalence.
-- AC-RI-5: No shipping surface renders a failed fetch as an empty healthy state; stale/partial/unavailable states are typed, labeled, and mutation-disabled — proven by the failure-matrix tests.
-- AC-RI-6: All cards merged to `next` via squash PR with terminal-green CI; release evidence for 0.0.50 records commit, verification run, and published artifacts.
-
-### Out of scope
-
-The canonical dispatcher/control-plane vertical slice (work graph, execution attempts, fenced leases, typed check-in, independent verifier dispatch) is decided post-alpha (SDLC-D-033, option B). Multi-pipeline verification certificates (SDLC-D-034 option B) are post-alpha. Full AF-1..AF-4 objective matrices and Mission Control portfolio surfaces are post-alpha.

docs/release-integrity/TASKS.md

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Tasks — Release Integrity Workstream (RI-050, #1275)
-
-> Single-writer: the RI-050 orchestrator (jarvis, dragon-lin) only. Workers read but never modify.
->
-> **Mission:** alpha 0.0.50 release-integrity floor (decisions SDLC-D-033..038).
-> **PRD:** [docs/PRD.md § Release Integrity Workstream](../PRD.md#release-integrity-workstream-ri-1275)
-> **Issue:** #1275 (remains open until RI-V-001 closes)
-> **Base branch:** `next` (all cards branch from `origin/next`, squash-merge via PR)
->
-> **Execution note:** the `agent` column uses `pi-glm-5.3` — outside the pipeline-cron model
-> table on purpose. This workstream is executed by jarvis on dragon-lin with local pi workers
-> (`pi --model zai/glm-5.3:high`); pipeline crons must not auto-claim these rows.
->
-> **Status values:** `not-started` | `in-progress` | `done` | `blocked` | `failed` | `needs-qa`
-> `done` requires: repo quality gates green, independent review recorded, terminal-green CI on
-> the PR head, squash merge to `next`, and acceptance evidence in notes.
-
-| id       | status      | description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | issue | agent      | repo              | branch                            | depends_on                                                 | estimate | notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| -------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| RI-0-001 | done        | Bootstrap: issue #1275, PRD section, this DAG, scratchpad (docs only)                                                                                                                                                                                                            | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | docs/ri-050-mission-bootstrap     | —                                                          | 6K       | PR #1276 (head 758659dd): docs-only, CI green (2475). Review requested from fargo. Merges first (no publish run).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
-| RI-1-001 | done        | RI-N1: canonical terminal verification command + publish-pipeline exact-commit gate (every publish step depends on verify; commit identity check; fail closed)                                                                                                                   | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | feat/ri-050-publish-gate          | RI-0-001                                                   | 25K      | PR #1277 (head 46784c8d): CI GREEN at head after serialized retry (pipeline 2476, 2026-08-18) - earlier red was CI-agent contention (web SPA timeouts under concurrent pipelines), not code. Review requested from fargo at pinned head (comms 20260818T021025Z).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
-| RI-1-002 | done        | RI-N1 negative control: checked-in tests proving a broken mandatory check blocks every publish step and that DAG edges cannot be bypassed                                                                                                                                        | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | test/ri-050-publish-gate-negative | RI-1-001                                                   | 12K      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| RI-2-001 | done        | RI-N2 (Forge): remove stub-executor false success; `--simulate` typed `simulated` results that satisfy nothing; literal-`true` gates and echo-review replaced with real gates or typed waiting-for-authority                                                                     | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | fix/ri-050-forge-fail-closed      | RI-0-001                                                   | 20K      | Independent review APPROVED 2026-08-17 (Gitea review 172 on PR #1278, head 99b8f6ea; reviewing seat fargo — recorded under shared host principal mos-dt-0, provenance correction posted by fred; wrapper gap filed by fred). Executed at head: forge tests 116/116, lint green, typecheck green after building macp dist (minimal-install artifact, not a defect), workspace typecheck 45/45, no external type consumers of the changed interfaces. CI red = known lane-wide fleet-test failure only, carries no information about this change (fred, log-content analysis, pipelines 2456-2458). Non-blocking finding: README L141-143 + skills/mosaic-forge/SKILL.md document bare forge run/resume, which now fails closed — fast-follow docs touch. Merge queued behind #1270. UPDATE 2026-08-18: #1270 merged; CI GREEN at head 4917df1f via serialized retry (pipeline 2477) - root cause of prior reds was CI-agent contention (web SPA timeouts under concurrent pipelines), superseding the fleet-test-failure theory. |
-| RI-2-002 | done        | RI-N2 (MACP): gate runner fails closed on empty commands, stub executors, and unimplemented CI-provider gates unless explicit simulate; typed capability failures                                                                                                                | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | fix/ri-050-macp-fail-closed       | RI-0-001                                                   | 15K      | PR #1293 (head 2097379e): CI green (pipeline 2465), independent review APPROVED (Gitea review 173, jarvis seat, 2026-08-17) - macp 109/109 verified at head. Merge queued behind #1276/#1277/#1278.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| RI-3-001 | in-progress | RI-N4: complete probe inventory mapping every TS and shell quality-rail check to one canonical check with disposition (preserve/strengthen/retire, each named)                                                                                                                   | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | docs/ri-050-qr-probe-inventory    | RI-0-001                                                   | 12K      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| RI-3-002 | not-started | RI-N4: TS evaluator absorbs effective shell probes; typed results (passed/failed/blocked/error/not-applicable) with versioned digested check definitions; shell commands become thin adapters; contract/parity/negative-control tests                                            | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | feat/ri-050-qr-evaluator          | RI-3-001                                                   | 30K      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| RI-4-001 | in-progress | RI-N3: one PRD application service — `mission --plan` persists mission↔PRD linkage (ids/versions/selected requirements); `mosaic prdy` routes through the service or becomes a named import/export adapter; Markdown is a labeled generated view; explicit conflict-aware import | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | feat/ri-050-prd-authority         | RI-0-001                                                   | 35K      | PR #1294 (head 8d258e1d): CI green (pipeline 2466), independent review APPROVED (Gitea review 174, jarvis seat, 2026-08-17) - prdy 20/20 + command specs 9/9 at head. Merge queued behind #1276/#1277/#1278.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
-| RI-5-001 | done        | RI-N5: typed freshness states (current/stale/partial/unknown/unavailable); no failed-fetch-renders-empty; stale derived verdicts → unknown; mutations disabled when stale; failure-matrix tests                                                                                  | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | feat/ri-050-web-stale-safety      | RI-0-001                                                   | 25K      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| RI-V-001 | not-started | Final verification + release evidence: all cards verified merged, negative controls demonstrated, real `next` publish run green on exact commit, evidence pack recorded                                                                                                          | #1275 | pi-glm-5.3 | mosaicstack/stack | docs/ri-050-release-evidence      | RI-1-002, RI-2-001, RI-2-002, RI-3-002, RI-4-001, RI-5-001 | 10K      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-
-## Dispatch waves (max 2 parallel workers)
-
-1. RI-1-001 + RI-2-001
-2. RI-2-002 + RI-4-001
-3. RI-3-001 + RI-5-001
-4. RI-1-002 + RI-3-002
-5. RI-V-001
-
-## Budget
-
-Derived soft cap: 250K tokens (no explicit cap given). Projected total: 190K.
-Conservative mode (1 worker) above 70% projected; freeze above 90%.

docs/scratchpads/ri-050.md

@@ -1,242 +0,0 @@
-# Scratchpad — RI-050 orchestrator (jarvis, dragon-lin)
-
-Mission: alpha 0.0.50 release-integrity floor. Issue #1275. Base `next` @ 476db12b.
-Design SSOT: jarvis-brain `docs/plans/2026-08-16_mosaic-stack-sdlc-protocol.md` (SDLC-D-033..038).
-
-## Mode (Jason's directives)
-
-- Orchestrator: jarvis (this session, dragon-lin). NOT mos-claude; work stays on this host.
-- Workers: local pi headless — `pi --model zai/glm-5.3:high -p` in the card's worktree, tools read,bash,edit,write.
-- Delegation override of stack AGENTS.md `agent` column: rows carry `pi-glm-5.3` (outside cron table so no auto-claim).
-- Target branch: `next`. Cards branch from `origin/next`, squash-merge via PR.
-
-## Operational constraints (measured this session)
-
-- Main checkout at `/home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack` is a dirty diverged `main` (ahead 1139/behind 711) — NEVER touched. All work in `/home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack-worktrees/<branch>`.
-- Disk: /home 187G free. /tmp only 8.7G — keep pnpm stores/node_modules under /home.
-- `main` and `next` have DIVERGED; PRs target `next`.
-- Identity: pin `GITEA_LOGIN=mosaicstack-jarvis` for all wrapper ops. Issue #1275 verified authored by @jarvis.
-- `ci-queue-wait.sh` on this host is fail-open (board: fix #1032 not installed) — substitute SHA-status checks via `/commits/{sha}/status` and diff failing step names.
-- CI on PRs runs `pull_request` pipelines (any branch) incl. ci-postgres service. Push CI runs on main only; publish runs on push/tag to next + manual.
-- Wrapper gaps on this host per board (7 gaps; e.g. no pr-review-list, issue-assign broken, pr-merge makes no trailers): verify outcomes by reading back provider state, never trust rc alone.
-- Publish pipeline currently: install → build → publish-npm/publish-next-npm (+image). No verify. CI steps: install, sanitization, upgrade-guard, typecheck, lint, format, test, ci-postgres.
-
-## Budget
-
-Soft cap 250K. Projected 190K across 10 cards. Track per-card used vs estimate in TASKS.md notes.
-
-## Progress log
-
-- 2026-08-16 23:52 — Issue #1275 created (@jarvis verified).
-- 2026-08-16 23:5x — Bootstrap branch `docs/ri-050-mission-bootstrap` from origin/next@476db12b; PRD section + TASKS.md + this scratchpad written. RI-0-001 in-progress.
-
-## Wave 1 dispatched (2026-08-17 00:35)
-
-- RI-1-001 worker: pi glm-5.3:high, pid 2322125, worktree ri-1-001, log /var/tmp/ri-050/ri-1-001-run.log
-- RI-2-001 worker: pi glm-5.3:high, pid 2322126, worktree ri-2-001, log /var/tmp/ri-050/ri-2-001-run.log
-- Gotcha recorded: pi has no -f flag (that's pi-do.sh); pass brief as positional message. First launch died "Unknown option: -f" — relaunched.
-- CI lane: PR #1276 (bootstrap) fails `test` at base like every next PR — fred's green #1270 unblocks (comms sent 2026-08-17T05:21Z, `comms/20260817T052148Z__from-jarvis__650fe8.md`). Merge gate for all RI PRs queues behind #1270.
-- Live RI-N1 evidence posted to #1275 (comment 22915): pipeline 2439 publish-next-npm SUCCESS beside build-gateway FAILURE.
-
----
-
-# HANDOFF — RI-050 continuation (written 2026-08-17 ~08:45 UTC, jarvis/dragon-lin)
-
-You are taking over the alpha 0.0.50 release-integrity workstream in place. Everything you
-need is on the remote. Read this whole file, then `docs/release-integrity/TASKS.md` (same
-branch), then the PRD section (`docs/PRD.md` § Release Integrity Workstream, same branch).
-
-## Identity / mode
-
-- Orchestrator identity: `jarvis` (dragon-lin). You continue as the RI-050 orchestrator under
-  whatever identity Jason gives you — if you are NOT jarvis, say so in comms and PR bodies.
-- Jason's standing directives for this mission: work happens on THIS repo (mosaicstack/stack),
-  PRs target `next` (NOT main), workers are local pi headless sessions on
-  `zai/glm-5.3:high`. Do not hand this to mos-claude. Do not borrow other seats' lanes.
-- All wrapper ops: pin `GITEA_LOGIN=mosaicstack-jarvis` (issue #1275 was verified authored by
-  @jarvis; keep identity consistent or verify yours with issue-view and READ BACK user.login).
-- CI substitution rule (this host's ci-queue-wait.sh is fail-open; fix #1032 not installed):
-  judge CI by SHA-status via `/api/v1/repos/mosaicstack/stack/commits/{sha}/status` or the
-  woodpecker API (`pipeline-status.sh -r mosaicstack/stack -n N -f json`), and DIFF THE
-  FAILING STEP NAMES rather than trusting rc.
-
-## Mission state at handoff
-
-Mission: alpha 0.0.50 release-integrity floor. Issue #1275 (open, has live-evidence comment).
-Decisions SDLC-D-033..038 live in jarvis-brain
-`docs/plans/2026-08-16_mosaic-stack-sdlc-protocol.md` (normative text also mirrored in the
-PRD section on this branch, so this repo is self-sufficient).
-
-Base: `origin/next` @ 476db12b. NOTE: `main` and `next` have DIVERGED — never base on main.
-
-Branches (all pushed, all clean trees):
-
-- `docs/ri-050-mission-bootstrap` @ 5114faa2 → PR #1276 (open, mergeable) — bootstrap docs +
-  this scratchpad + TASKS.md DAG. STATUS: CI red on `test` only, which is the known lane-wide
-  failure (see blocker below); own prettier issue already fixed.
-- `feat/ri-050-publish-gate` @ 0aa5ed35 → PR #1277 (open, mergeable) — RI-1-001 COMPLETE
-  (worker reported success, orchestrator review PASSED: verify step asserts CI_COMMIT_SHA ==
-  git rev-parse HEAD then runs canonical `pnpm verify:release`; every publish/image step
-  depends_on verify directly, confirmed by parsing the DAG: publish-npm, publish-next-npm,
-  build-gateway/appservice/web all -> [build, verify]; invariant test
-  scripts/verify-release.test.mjs passes 7/7 locally with negative fixtures). CI: same known
-  lane-red `test` step only.
-- `fix/ri-050-forge-fail-closed` @ 99b8f6ea → PR #1278 (open, mergeable) — RI-2-001 worker
-  reported success (typed `FORGE_*` capability errors, --simulate typed simulated everywhere,
-  vacuous true/echo gates replaced, closed ForgeOutcome set, 116 tests green incl. 16 new).
-  ORCHESTRATOR REVIEW NOT YET DONE — your first job. Review the diff
-  (1391 insertions across forge src), check the fail-closed paths and that simulated
-  results cannot satisfy any consumer, run `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/forge test`.
-
-## The one blocker
-
-Every `next` PR pipeline is red on ONE assertion:
-`packages/mosaic/framework/tools/fleet/test-start-agent-session.sh:103` ("host provides 'pi'
-in the system path"). Pre-existing at base; affects PRs #1276/#1277/#1278 identically.
-fred's PR #1270 ("unblocks every PR on next") is green and open — it is HIS to merge; do not
-merge it yourself. jarvis sent comms (`comms/20260817T052148Z__from-jarvis__650fe8.md` in
-jarvis-brain) asking merge timing; no reply yet as of handoff. Merge gates for ALL RI PRs
-queue behind #1270 landing. Until then: review/develop freely, merge nothing that needs the
-green gate (docs-only #1276 arguably could merge red-lane with Jason's explicit call — ask,
-don't assume).
-
-## Remaining DAG (docs/release-integrity/TASKS.md is canonical)
-
-Wave 2 (next): RI-2-002 MACP fail-closed (brief pattern: mirror RI-2-001 for
-packages/macp/src/gate-runner.ts — empty commands, stub executors, unimplemented CI-provider
-gates fail closed; explicit simulate) and RI-4-001 PRD authority (one PRD service;
-@mosaicstack/prdy docs/prdy authoritative via `mosaic mission --plan`; `mosaic prdy` routes
-or becomes named Markdown adapter; mission<->PRD linkage persists — see PRD RI-N3).
-Wave 3: RI-3-001 probe inventory (docs), RI-5-001 web stale-safety.
-Wave 4: RI-1-002 negative-control tests, RI-3-002 TS evaluator absorbs shell probes.
-Final: RI-V-001 evidence pack (real green next publish run post-gate + all cards verified).
-
-## Worker mechanics (measured, reuse)
-
-- Dispatch: create worktree `git -C /home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack worktree add
-/home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack-worktrees/<id> -b <branch> origin/next`, write a brief to
-  /var/tmp/ri-050/, then run from INSIDE the worktree:
-  `pi -p --no-session --model zai/glm-5.3:high --tools read,bash,edit,write "$(cat brief.md)"`
-  (pi has NO -f flag — pass the brief as a positional message; first dispatch died on that).
-- Briefs for 1-001/2-001 are at /var/tmp/ri-050/ on dragon-lin (may not survive; the
-  pattern is fully described above and in TASKS.md).
-- Briefs must carry: worktree path, branch, base, requirements, known base-red list (so the
-  worker doesn't chase it), gates to run, PR creation command with GITEA_LOGIN pin, "do NOT
-  merge, do NOT touch docs/TASKS.md", and the JSON report format.
-- Verify worker claims: read the PR, run their tests yourself, parse pipeline step names.
-
-## Do-not-touch
-
-- Main checkout at /home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack (dirty diverged main) — never touch.
-- fred's open PRs (#1270 and others) — review evidence welcome, merging his is not yours.
-- Other RI PRs' authors' lanes: #1277/#1278 are yours to gate and merge ONCE lane is green
-  and review is recorded.
-- Never `--no-verify`; never bypass the wrapper-fails-closed rule (wrapper failure ⇒
-  `blocked + report exact command + stop`).
-
-## Session-restore command sequence
-
-1. `git -C /home/jwoltje/src/mosaic-stack-worktrees/ri-050 fetch origin --prune`
-2. Read this file + `docs/release-integrity/TASKS.md` + PRD section.
-3. Check PR states (#1270, #1276, #1277, #1278) and lane CI (SHA-status per above).
-4. Review RI-2-001 (PR #1278) if not yet done; then dispatch wave 2.
-
-— jarvis, 2026-08-17
-
----
-
-# CONTINUATION — fargo (sb-it-1-dt)
-
-Orchestrator seat is now **fargo** on sb-it-1-dt (Jason, 2026-08-17): Claude seat, worktree discipline
-per fred's ruling (`~/agent-work/<slug>`, create → work → commit → push → remove as one act; the
-helper's `/src` refusal is a web1 convention, does not bind here). fred supports; lane rulings are
-his. Workers remain local pi `zai/glm-5.3:high` + limited Claude per Jason.
-
-## 2026-08-17 — RI-2-001 independent review DONE
-
-- **PR #1278 APPROVED** (Gitea review 172, pinned to head 99b8f6ea). Executed evidence, not read-only:
-  forge suite 116/116 at head (matches PR claim), forge lint green, forge typecheck green after
-  building `@mosaicstack/macp` dist (TS2307 on bare `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile` is a
-  minimal-install build-order artifact — the macp import is type-only, vitest passes unbuilt; CI
-  installs build workspace deps, hence green there), **workspace typecheck 45/45 at head**,
-  consumer sweep: no external type consumers of RunManifest/StageStatus/ForgeTaskResult/
-  TaskExecutor; only importer of the package is packages/mosaic via registerForgeCommand
-  (smoke test asserts registration/help only — cannot break). Digest gate (shaggy's) before==after
-  with both-arm reactivity controls.
-- CI red on #1276/#1277/#1278: lane-wide `test` failure only
-  (test-start-agent-session.sh:103, fred's guard mis-wired; #1270 unwires it). Fred measured log
-  content: one real byte-identical failure per pipeline (2456/2457/2458); 13 of ~14 `FAIL` grep
-  hits are passing fail-loud test NAMES. **The red carries no information about the RI changes.**
-- Non-blocking finding: README L141-143 + skills/mosaic-forge/SKILL.md document bare
-  `mosaic forge run`/`resume`, which now exits 1 FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR — fast-follow docs touch.
-- **Identity incident, ruled on by fred:** review 172 recorded under shared host principal
-  mos-dt-0, not fargo. Mechanism (measured, wrapper source): pr-review.sh resolves its acting login
-  from the tea login list only; no fargo tea login on this host → silent host-default fallback;
-  MOSAIC_GIT_IDENTITY is only read in detect-platform.sh get_gitea_token's fallback arm, never
-  reached. Exact-id read-back verifies against the writing token, so it passed while attribution
-  was wrong — durable-provenance machinery proves the write, not the seat. Fred's ruling: review
-  172 stands (substance/verdict/pin correct; label wrong); NO re-approval (one approval,
-  annotated, is the stronger record); fred posts the provenance correction under @fred with
-  --login fred-ms (hard-fail path); no fargo tea login ever (freeze + Jason's to authorize);
-  tooling gap filed by fred. Also explains (does not reopen) #1228's mos-dt-0 attribution.
-- Merge gate: all RI PRs queue behind fred's green #1270 (Jason's call).
-
-## Next
-
-1. Wave 2 dispatch: RI-2-002 (MACP fail-closed, mirror RI-2-001 pattern for
-   packages/macp/src/gate-runner.ts) + RI-4-001 (PRD authority). Two parallel workers max.
-2. Docs fast-follow (README + mosaic-forge skill) — fold into #1276 or a tiny docs card.
-3. RI-V-001 evidence at the end.
-
-— fargo, 2026-08-17
-
----
-
-# RESUMPTION + DAILY-HANDOFF PROTOCOL (Jason, 2026-08-17)
-
-Orchestrator seat is back with **jarvis** (dragon-lin). Expect daily handoff between jarvis
-and fargo. Protocol (both seats, every handoff):
-
-1. **This file is the shared mission log.** Append a dated section per session: state
-   measured, actions taken, PR/review states, next actions. Never rewrite prior sections.
-2. **TASKS.md stays current within one session** — status, PR number in notes, review
-   evidence. Stale rows are handoff debt.
-3. **Cross-review rule (SDLC-D-011 in practice):** the reviewing seat must differ from the
-   producing seat. jarvis reviews fargo-dispatched PRs, fargo reviews jarvis-dispatched
-   PRs. Producers are always pi workers; dispatching seats verify before push; the other
-   seat records the Gitea review.
-4. Handoff = append here + push + (optional) issue #1275 comment if a decision changed.
-
-## RESUMED — jarvis/dragon-lin, 2026-08-17 (afternoon)
-
-- Measured: next = 8199261c (#1270 merged — lane unblocked for new PRs). #1293/#1294
-  (fargo, wave 2) CI-green, mergeable, no recorded reviews. #1276/#1277/#1278 still based
-  on 476db12b with stale red CI → need rebase onto 8199261c. #1278 review pinned to old
-  head 99b8f6ea by @mos-dt-0 (fargo's, mis-attributed per his note) — rebase will dismiss
-  it; re-approval must come from fargo/fred (author is @jarvis, cannot self-approve).
-- Live evidence #2: push pipeline 2462 (the #1270 merge itself) ran publish-next-npm
-  SUCCESS beside build-gateway FAILURE again.
-- Plan: rebase the three original branches; independently review #1293/#1294; merge order
-  once green+reviewed: #1276 (docs) → #1277 (publish gate) → #1278/#1293/#1294 (code).
-  After #1277 merges, watch the next push pipeline prove the verify gate live.
-- fargo's non-RI PRs (#1291/#1296/#1297/#1281) stay strictly his lane.
-
-## jarvis session 2026-08-17 (evening) — reviews, rebases, merge plan
-
-- Rebased #1276/#1277/#1278 onto 8199261c (heads 59e2c460 / 46784c8d / 4917df1f);
-  invariant tests 7/7 and forge 116/116 re-run green at new heads. #1270 touched
-  test-enumeration-exclusions.txt + package.json, NOT ci.yml — no semantic overlap with
-  #1277's ci.yml changes (checked, was a real concern).
-- Independent reviews recorded: #1293 APPROVED (review 173; macp 109/109; fail-closed paths
-  + aggregate state machine verified), #1294 APPROVED (review 174; prdy 20/20 + command
-  specs 9/9; single-writer + linkage persistence + labeled export + conflict-aware import
-  verified). Note: 19 unrelated mosaic suites fail on bare minimal install (known workspace
-  build-order artifact, documented by fargo) — not this change.
-- Measured: `next` has NO branch protection (API: only main listed). Cross-seat review
-  discipline is protocol-enforced, not Gitea-enforced. Flagged to fargo for Jason: direct
-  pushes to next trigger ungated publishes; protection is Jason's call (#1231 adjacent).
-- Merge order planned: #1276 (docs-only — no publish run) -> #1277 (first gated publish)
-  -> #1278 -> #1293 -> #1294. Sent fargo review requests with pinned head SHAs
-  (comms/20260818T011932Z__from-jarvis__a9c02b.md). Not merging #1293/#1294 before my three
-  clear fargo's review — order optimality beats speed; every pre-#1277 merge publishes ungated.
-- CI on the three rebased heads: pending at time of this entry.

eslint.config.mjs

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export default tseslint.config(
             'packages/storage/vitest.config.ts',
             'packages/mosaic/vitest.config.ts',
             'packages/mosaic/__tests__/*.ts',
-            'packages/forge/__tests__/*.ts',
             'tools/federation-harness/*.ts',
           ],
         },

package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "preflight": "node scripts/preflight.mjs",
     "clean:generated": "node scripts/clean-generated.mjs",
     "typecheck": "pnpm preflight && turbo run typecheck",
-    "verify:release": "node scripts/verify-release.mjs",
     "test:checkout": "node --test scripts/*.test.mjs",
     "test": "pnpm test:checkout && turbo run test && pnpm run test:installer",
     "test:installer": "bash tools/install-next-lane.test.sh",

packages/forge/PLAN.md

@@ -539,43 +539,3 @@ Not every brief needs full Board of Directors review. The classification system
 ### Backward compatibility
 
 Existing briefs without a `class` field are auto-classified. The default (no matching keywords) is `strategic`, so all existing runs get the full pipeline unless keywords trigger `technical`.
-
----
-
-## Fail-Closed Execution & Explicit Simulation (SDLC-D-035)
-
-**Added:** 2026-08-17
-
-Forge fails closed when a required capability is missing. It never runs a
-pipeline with a stub executor and reports success.
-
-### Normal mode (default)
-
-- No task executor wired → the CLI exits nonzero with the typed capability
-  error `FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR`. No run is created.
-- A stage whose gate is approval-based (board approval, planning approvals,
-  remediation re-review, discovery/analysis attestations) records a typed
-  `waiting-for-authority` stage result and raises `FORGE_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED`.
-  It never passes vacuously.
-- A stage whose gate requires an unwired provider (AI reviewer, CI pipeline)
-  records a typed `blocked` stage result and raises `FORGE_NO_REVIEWER` /
-  `FORGE_NO_CI_PIPELINE`. The synthetic echo-review approval in `06-review`
-  and all vacuous `true` gates were removed.
-
-### Explicit simulation (`--simulate`)
-
-Opts into stub/synthetic execution. Every stage result, every gate result, and
-the run manifest carry the distinct typed status `simulated` (manifest also
-records `mode: "simulated"`). `simulated` is a non-satisfying outcome:
-`isSatisfyingOutcome()` and all completion/gate consumers treat only `passed`
-as satisfying. The CLI exits 0 for a simulated run only because the caller
-explicitly passed `--simulate`, and prints a loud SIMULATED banner.
-
-### Typed outcome model
-
-Every gate/task outcome is one of the closed set
-`passed | failed | blocked | error | waiting-for-authority | simulated |
-not-applicable`, with the reason recorded on the stage status and each gate
-result in `manifest.json`. Missing implementations, missing gate evidence,
-unknown stages, process errors, and timeouts map to fail-closed members —
-never to `passed`.

packages/forge/__tests__/fail-closed.test.ts

@@ -1,319 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'node:fs';
-import os from 'node:os';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-
-import { generateBoardTasks } from '../src/board-tasks.js';
-import { STAGE_SPECS } from '../src/constants.js';
-import { ForgeCapabilityError } from '../src/errors.js';
-import {
-  evaluateStageGates,
-  gateLabel,
-  isCommandGate,
-  isSatisfyingOutcome,
-} from '../src/outcomes.js';
-import { loadManifest, runPipeline } from '../src/pipeline-runner.js';
-import type { ForgeTask, ForgeTaskResult, TaskExecutor } from '../src/types.js';
-
-/**
- * Mock real executor that returns typed results.
- *
- * Command gates are "verified" by the mock so normal-mode runs can pass
- * mechanically gated stages; authority/provider gates are never reported
- * because they have no mechanical implementation.
- */
-function createTypedExecutor(options?: {
-  failStage?: string;
-  gateOutcomes?: Record<string, 'passed' | 'failed' | 'simulated' | 'error' | 'blocked'>;
-}): TaskExecutor & { submittedTasks: ForgeTask[] } {
-  const submittedTasks: ForgeTask[] = [];
-  return {
-    submittedTasks,
-    async submitTask(task: ForgeTask) {
-      submittedTasks.push(task);
-    },
-    async waitForCompletion(taskId: string): Promise<ForgeTaskResult> {
-      const task = submittedTasks.find((t) => t.id === taskId);
-      const stageName = task?.metadata?.['stageName'] as string | undefined;
-
-      if (options?.failStage && stageName === options.failStage) {
-        return {
-          task_id: taskId,
-          outcome: 'failed',
-          reason: 'mock task failure',
-          completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-          exit_code: 1,
-          gate_results: [],
-        };
-      }
-
-      const gateResults = (task?.qualityGates ?? [])
-        .filter((gate) => isCommandGate(gate))
-        .map((gate) => {
-          const label = gateLabel(gate);
-          const outcome = options?.gateOutcomes?.[label] ?? 'passed';
-          return {
-            gate: label,
-            outcome,
-            reason: outcome === 'passed' ? 'mock verified' : `mock gate outcome: ${outcome}`,
-          };
-        });
-
-      return {
-        task_id: taskId,
-        outcome: 'passed',
-        reason: 'mock verified',
-        completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-        exit_code: 0,
-        gate_results: gateResults,
-      };
-    },
-    async getTaskStatus() {
-      return 'completed' as const;
-    },
-  };
-}
-
-describe('fail-closed: no executor wired', () => {
-  let tmpDir: string;
-  let briefPath: string;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'forge-failclosed-'));
-    briefPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'brief.md');
-    fs.writeFileSync(briefPath, '# Fix bug\n\nA bugfix for lint cleanup.');
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  it('throws a typed FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR capability error without --simulate', async () => {
-    await expect(
-      runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-        // no executor, no simulate — must fail closed, never run with a stub
-        stages: ['00-intake'],
-      }),
-    ).rejects.toMatchObject({
-      name: 'ForgeCapabilityError',
-      code: 'FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR',
-      capability: 'task-executor',
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('does not create a run directory when failing closed on a missing executor', async () => {
-    try {
-      await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, { stages: ['00-intake'] });
-    } catch {
-      // expected
-    }
-    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs'))).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('completes with every result typed simulated when simulate is set', async () => {
-    const result = await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-      simulate: true,
-      stages: ['00-intake', '00b-discovery', '02-planning-1', '06-review'],
-    });
-
-    expect(result.manifest.mode).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(result.manifest.status).toBe('simulated');
-
-    for (const stage of result.stages) {
-      const stageStatus = result.manifest.stages[stage];
-      expect(stageStatus?.status, `stage ${stage}`).toBe('simulated');
-      expect(stageStatus?.status, `stage ${stage}`).not.toBe('passed');
-      expect(stageStatus?.reason, `stage ${stage}`).toBeTruthy();
-      for (const gateResult of stageStatus?.gateResults ?? []) {
-        expect(gateResult.outcome, `gate ${gateResult.gate} of ${stage}`).toBe('simulated');
-        expect(gateResult.outcome, `gate ${gateResult.gate} of ${stage}`).not.toBe('passed');
-      }
-    }
-
-    // The persisted manifest agrees.
-    const persisted = loadManifest(result.runDir);
-    expect(persisted.mode).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(persisted.status).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(persisted.stages['02-planning-1']?.status).toBe('simulated');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('fail-closed: typed outcome model', () => {
-  it('only passed satisfies the gate/dependency predicate', () => {
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('passed')).toBe(true);
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('failed')).toBe(false);
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('blocked')).toBe(false);
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('error')).toBe(false);
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('waiting-for-authority')).toBe(false);
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('simulated')).toBe(false);
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome('not-applicable')).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('a simulated gate result cannot satisfy the stage gate evaluation', () => {
-    const evaluation = evaluateStageGates('05-coding', STAGE_SPECS['05-coding']!.qualityGates, {
-      task_id: 'FORGE-x-05',
-      outcome: 'passed',
-      reason: 'executor claims success',
-      completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-      exit_code: 0,
-      gate_results: [{ gate: 'pnpm lint', outcome: 'simulated', reason: 'simulated gate' }],
-    });
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome(evaluation.outcome)).toBe(false);
-    expect(evaluation.outcome).toBe('error');
-  });
-
-  it('a simulated task outcome cannot satisfy evaluation in normal mode', () => {
-    const evaluation = evaluateStageGates('00-intake', [], {
-      task_id: 'FORGE-x-00',
-      outcome: 'simulated',
-      reason: 'executor reported simulated',
-      completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-      exit_code: 0,
-      gate_results: [],
-    });
-    expect(isSatisfyingOutcome(evaluation.outcome)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('a missing gate result blocks the stage instead of passing vacuously', () => {
-    const evaluation = evaluateStageGates('05-coding', STAGE_SPECS['05-coding']!.qualityGates, {
-      task_id: 'FORGE-x-05',
-      outcome: 'passed',
-      reason: 'executor claims success',
-      completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-      exit_code: 0,
-      gate_results: [],
-    });
-    expect(evaluation.outcome).toBe('blocked');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('fail-closed: authority and provider gates', () => {
-  let tmpDir: string;
-  let briefPath: string;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'forge-authority-'));
-    briefPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'brief.md');
-    fs.writeFileSync(briefPath, '# Fix bug\n\nA bugfix for lint cleanup.');
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  it.each(['02-planning-1', '03-planning-2', '04-planning-3', '07-remediate'])(
-    'planning/remediation stage %s yields waiting-for-authority (not passed) in normal mode',
-    async (stage) => {
-      const executor = createTypedExecutor();
-      let runDir: string | undefined;
-
-      try {
-        await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-          executor,
-          stages: [stage as string],
-        });
-        expect.unreachable('runPipeline should have failed closed');
-      } catch (err) {
-        expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ForgeCapabilityError);
-        expect((err as ForgeCapabilityError).code).toBe('FORGE_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED');
-        runDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs');
-      }
-
-      const runIds = fs.readdirSync(runDir!);
-      expect(runIds).toHaveLength(1);
-      const manifest = loadManifest(path.join(runDir!, runIds[0]!));
-      expect(manifest.stages[stage]?.status).toBe('waiting-for-authority');
-      expect(manifest.stages[stage]?.status).not.toBe('passed');
-      expect(manifest.status).toBe('waiting-for-authority');
-    },
-  );
-
-  it('review stage fails closed with a typed FORGE_NO_REVIEWER error in normal mode', async () => {
-    const executor = createTypedExecutor();
-
-    try {
-      await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-        executor,
-        stages: ['06-review'],
-      });
-      expect.unreachable('runPipeline should have failed closed');
-    } catch (err) {
-      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ForgeCapabilityError);
-      expect((err as ForgeCapabilityError).code).toBe('FORGE_NO_REVIEWER');
-      expect((err as ForgeCapabilityError).capability).toBe('reviewer');
-    }
-
-    const runsDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs');
-    const runIds = fs.readdirSync(runsDir);
-    const manifest = loadManifest(path.join(runsDir, runIds[0]!));
-    expect(manifest.stages['06-review']?.status).toBe('blocked');
-    expect(manifest.stages['06-review']?.status).not.toBe('passed');
-    expect(manifest.status).toBe('failed');
-  });
-
-  it('review stage produces simulated results under --simulate', async () => {
-    const result = await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-      simulate: true,
-      stages: ['06-review'],
-    });
-
-    expect(result.manifest.mode).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(result.manifest.stages['06-review']?.status).toBe('simulated');
-    for (const gateResult of result.manifest.stages['06-review']?.gateResults ?? []) {
-      expect(gateResult.outcome).toBe('simulated');
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('deploy stage fails closed without a wired ci-pipeline provider in normal mode', async () => {
-    const executor = createTypedExecutor();
-
-    await expect(
-      runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-        executor,
-        stages: ['09-deploy'],
-      }),
-    ).rejects.toMatchObject({
-      name: 'ForgeCapabilityError',
-      code: 'FORGE_NO_CI_PIPELINE',
-    });
-  });
-});
-
-describe('fail-closed: no vacuous gate commands remain', () => {
-  it('stage constants contain no echo/synthetic-approval, vacuous true, or empty gate commands', () => {
-    for (const [stageName, spec] of Object.entries(STAGE_SPECS)) {
-      for (const gate of spec.qualityGates) {
-        const serialized = JSON.stringify(gate);
-        // The echo-review synthetic approval must be gone.
-        expect(serialized, `stage ${stageName} gate ${serialized}`).not.toContain('echo');
-        expect(serialized, `stage ${stageName} gate ${serialized}`).not.toMatch(/"verdict"\s*:/);
-        expect(serialized, `stage ${stageName} gate ${serialized}`).not.toMatch(
-          /"summary"\s*:\s*"review-pass"/,
-        );
-        // No vacuous literal `true` gate.
-        expect(gate, `stage ${stageName}`).not.toBe('true');
-        // Command gates must carry a real, non-empty command.
-        if (isCommandGate(gate)) {
-          const command = typeof gate === 'string' ? gate : gate.command;
-          expect(command.trim().length, `stage ${stageName} gate ${serialized}`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('board tasks contain no vacuous true gates', () => {
-    const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'forge-board-gates-'));
-    try {
-      const tasks = generateBoardTasks('# Brief', [], tmpDir, 'BOARD-TEST');
-      for (const task of tasks) {
-        for (const gate of task.qualityGates) {
-          expect(gate, `task ${task.id}`).not.toBe('true');
-          const serialized = JSON.stringify(gate);
-          expect(serialized, `task ${task.id} gate ${serialized}`).not.toContain('echo');
-        }
-      }
-    } finally {
-      fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  });
-});

packages/forge/__tests__/pipeline-runner.test.ts

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import {
   resumePipeline,
   getPipelineStatus,
 } from '../src/pipeline-runner.js';
-import type { ForgeTask, ForgeTaskResult, RunManifest, TaskExecutor } from '../src/types.js';
+import type { ForgeTask, RunManifest, TaskExecutor } from '../src/types.js';
-import { gateLabel, isCommandGate } from '../src/outcomes.js';
+import type { TaskResult } from '@mosaicstack/macp';
 
-/** Mock TaskExecutor that records submitted tasks and returns typed results. */
+/** Mock TaskExecutor that records submitted tasks and returns success. */
 function createMockExecutor(options?: {
   failStage?: string;
 }): TaskExecutor & { submittedTasks: ForgeTask[] } {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function createMockExecutor(options?: {
     async submitTask(task: ForgeTask) {
       submittedTasks.push(task);
     },
-    async waitForCompletion(taskId: string): Promise<ForgeTaskResult> {
+    async waitForCompletion(taskId: string): Promise<TaskResult> {
       const failStage = options?.failStage;
       const task = submittedTasks.find((t) => t.id === taskId);
       const stageName = task?.metadata?.['stageName'] as string | undefined;
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ function createMockExecutor(options?: {
       if (failStage && stageName === failStage) {
         return {
           task_id: taskId,
-          outcome: 'failed',
+          status: 'failed',
-          reason: 'mock task failure',
           completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
           exit_code: 1,
           gate_results: [],
@@ -42,17 +41,10 @@ function createMockExecutor(options?: {
       }
       return {
         task_id: taskId,
-        outcome: 'passed',
+        status: 'completed',
-        reason: 'mock verified',
         completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
         exit_code: 0,
-        gate_results: (task?.qualityGates ?? [])
+        gate_results: [],
-          .filter((gate) => isCommandGate(gate))
-          .map((gate) => ({
-            gate: gateLabel(gate),
-            outcome: 'passed' as const,
-            reason: 'mock verified',
-          })),
       };
     },
     async getTaskStatus() {
@@ -164,13 +156,12 @@ describe('runPipeline', () => {
     const executor = createMockExecutor();
     const result = await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
       executor,
-      stages: ['00-intake', '05-coding'],
+      stages: ['00-intake', '00b-discovery'],
     });
 
     expect(result.runId).toMatch(/^\d{8}-\d{6}$/);
-    expect(result.stages).toEqual(['00-intake', '05-coding']);
+    expect(result.stages).toEqual(['00-intake', '00b-discovery']);
     expect(result.manifest.status).toBe('completed');
-    expect(result.manifest.mode).toBe('normal');
     expect(executor.submittedTasks).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
@@ -189,17 +180,12 @@ describe('runPipeline', () => {
     const executor = createMockExecutor();
     const result = await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
       executor,
-      stages: ['00-intake', '05-coding'],
+      stages: ['00-intake', '00b-discovery'],
     });
 
     const manifest = loadManifest(result.runDir);
     expect(manifest.stages['00-intake']?.status).toBe('passed');
-    expect(manifest.stages['05-coding']?.status).toBe('passed');
+    expect(manifest.stages['00b-discovery']?.status).toBe('passed');
-    expect(manifest.stages['05-coding']?.gateResults?.map((g) => g.outcome)).toEqual([
-      'passed',
-      'passed',
-      'passed',
-    ]);
   });
 
   it('respects CLI class override', async () => {
@@ -229,7 +215,7 @@ describe('runPipeline', () => {
     const executor = createMockExecutor();
     await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
       executor,
-      stages: ['00-intake', '05-coding', '08-test'],
+      stages: ['00-intake', '00b-discovery', '02-planning-1'],
     });
 
     expect(executor.submittedTasks[0]!.dependsOn).toBeUndefined();
@@ -238,14 +224,14 @@ describe('runPipeline', () => {
   });
 
   it('handles stage failure', async () => {
-    const executor = createMockExecutor({ failStage: '05-coding' });
+    const executor = createMockExecutor({ failStage: '00b-discovery' });
 
     await expect(
       runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
         executor,
-        stages: ['00-intake', '05-coding'],
+        stages: ['00-intake', '00b-discovery'],
       }),
-    ).rejects.toThrow('Stage 05-coding failed');
+    ).rejects.toThrow('Stage 00b-discovery failed');
   });
 
   it('marks manifest as failed on stage failure', async () => {
@@ -284,143 +270,30 @@ describe('resumePipeline', () => {
     fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });
 
-  it('resumes from first incomplete stage and fails closed at the next provider gate', async () => {
+  it('resumes from first incomplete stage', async () => {
-    // Simulate a run whose authority stages were approved out-of-band
+    // First run fails on discovery
-    // (recorded as passed) and whose coding stage failed mechanically.
+    const executor1 = createMockExecutor({ failStage: '00b-discovery' });
-    const runId = '20260101-000000';
+    let runDir: string;
-    const runDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs', runId);
+
-    fs.mkdirSync(runDir, { recursive: true });
+    try {
-    const passed = { status: 'passed' as const, startedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z' };
+      await runPipeline(briefPath, tmpDir, {
-    saveManifest(runDir, {
+        executor: executor1,
-      runId,
+        stages: ['00-intake', '00b-discovery', '02-planning-1'],
-      brief: briefPath,
-      codebase: tmpDir,
-      briefClass: 'hotfix',
-      classSource: 'frontmatter',
-      forceBoard: false,
-      mode: 'normal',
-      createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      currentStage: '05-coding',
-      status: 'failed',
-      stages: {
-        '00-intake': passed,
-        '00b-discovery': passed,
-        '02-planning-1': passed,
-        '03-planning-2': passed,
-        '04-planning-3': passed,
-        '05-coding': { status: 'failed', reason: 'gate failed' },
-      },
       });
-
+    } catch {
-    // Resume re-runs 05-coding (the first non-passed stage), then fails
+      // expected
-    // closed at 06-review because no reviewer provider is wired.
-    const executor = createMockExecutor();
-    await expect(resumePipeline(runDir, executor)).rejects.toMatchObject({
-      name: 'ForgeCapabilityError',
-      code: 'FORGE_NO_REVIEWER',
-    });
-
-    const manifest = loadManifest(runDir);
-    expect(manifest.stages['05-coding']?.status).toBe('passed');
-    expect(manifest.stages['06-review']?.status).toBe('blocked');
-    expect(manifest.status).toBe('failed');
-  });
-
-  it('resumes to completion as simulated under explicit simulate', async () => {
-    const runId = '20260101-000003';
-    const runDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs', runId);
-    fs.mkdirSync(runDir, { recursive: true });
-    const passed = { status: 'passed' as const, startedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z' };
-    saveManifest(runDir, {
-      runId,
-      brief: briefPath,
-      codebase: tmpDir,
-      briefClass: 'hotfix',
-      classSource: 'frontmatter',
-      forceBoard: false,
-      mode: 'normal',
-      createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      currentStage: '05-coding',
-      status: 'failed',
-      stages: {
-        '00-intake': passed,
-        '00b-discovery': passed,
-        '02-planning-1': passed,
-        '03-planning-2': passed,
-        '04-planning-3': passed,
-        '05-coding': { status: 'failed', reason: 'gate failed' },
-      },
-    });
-
-    const result = await resumePipeline(runDir, undefined, { simulate: true });
-
-    expect(result.manifest.status).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(result.manifest.mode).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(result.stages[0]).toBe('05-coding');
-    for (const stage of result.stages) {
-      expect(result.manifest.stages[stage]?.status).toBe('simulated');
     }
-  });
 
-  it('fails closed on resume when the next stage needs authority sign-off', async () => {
+    const runsDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs');
-    const runId = '20260101-000001';
+    runDir = path.join(runsDir, fs.readdirSync(runsDir)[0]!);
-    const runDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs', runId);
-    fs.mkdirSync(runDir, { recursive: true });
-    saveManifest(runDir, {
-      runId,
-      brief: briefPath,
-      codebase: tmpDir,
-      briefClass: 'hotfix',
-      classSource: 'frontmatter',
-      forceBoard: false,
-      mode: 'normal',
-      createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      currentStage: '00-intake',
-      status: 'in_progress',
-      stages: {
-        '00-intake': { status: 'passed' },
-      },
-    });
 
-    const executor = createMockExecutor();
+    // Resume should pick up from 00b-discovery
-    await expect(resumePipeline(runDir, executor)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+    const executor2 = createMockExecutor();
-      name: 'ForgeCapabilityError',
+    const result = await resumePipeline(runDir, executor2);
-      code: 'FORGE_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED',
-    });
 
-    const manifest = loadManifest(runDir);
+    expect(result.manifest.status).toBe('completed');
-    expect(manifest.stages['00b-discovery']?.status).toBe('waiting-for-authority');
+    // Should have re-run from 00b-discovery onward
-    expect(manifest.status).toBe('waiting-for-authority');
+    expect(result.stages[0]).toBe('00b-discovery');
-  });
-
-  it('fails closed on resume without an executor or --simulate', async () => {
-    const runId = '20260101-000002';
-    const runDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs', runId);
-    fs.mkdirSync(runDir, { recursive: true });
-    saveManifest(runDir, {
-      runId,
-      brief: briefPath,
-      codebase: tmpDir,
-      briefClass: 'hotfix',
-      classSource: 'frontmatter',
-      forceBoard: false,
-      mode: 'normal',
-      createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      currentStage: '00-intake',
-      status: 'in_progress',
-      stages: {
-        '00-intake': { status: 'passed' },
-      },
-    });
-
-    await expect(resumePipeline(runDir)).rejects.toMatchObject({
-      name: 'ForgeCapabilityError',
-      code: 'FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR',
-    });
   });
 });
 

packages/forge/src/board-tasks.ts

@@ -95,14 +95,7 @@ export function generateBoardTasks(
       briefPath,
       resultPath: resultRelPath,
       timeoutSeconds: 120,
-      qualityGates: [
+      qualityGates: ['true'],
-        {
-          kind: 'authority',
-          capability: 'board-approval',
-          reason:
-            'persona evaluation is judged by board synthesis (authority review); no mechanical gate exists',
-        },
-      ],
       metadata: {
         personaName: persona.name,
         personaSlug: persona.slug,
@@ -128,13 +121,7 @@ export function generateBoardTasks(
     timeoutSeconds: 120,
     dependsOn: personaTaskIds,
     dependsOnPolicy: 'all_terminal',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'board-approval',
-        reason: 'board synthesis is an authority decision; no mechanical gate exists',
-      },
-    ],
     metadata: {
       resultOutputPath: synthesisResult,
       inputResultPaths: personaResultPaths,

packages/forge/src/cli.spec.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-import fs from 'node:fs';
-import os from 'node:os';
-import path from 'node:path';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { registerForgeCommand } from './cli.js';
-import { loadManifest } from './pipeline-runner.js';
 
 describe('registerForgeCommand', () => {
   it('registers a "forge" command on the parent program', () => {
@@ -59,94 +55,3 @@ describe('registerForgeCommand', () => {
     }).not.toThrow();
   });
 });
-
-describe('forge run fail-closed behavior (SDLC-D-035)', () => {
-  let tmpDir: string;
-  let briefPath: string;
-  let errSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
-  let logSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
-  let prevExitCode: string | number | null | undefined;
-
-  const parse = (args: string[]) => {
-    const program = new Command();
-    registerForgeCommand(program);
-    return program.parseAsync(['forge', ...args], { from: 'user' });
-  };
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'forge-cli-failclosed-'));
-    briefPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'brief.md');
-    fs.writeFileSync(briefPath, '# Fix bug\n\nA bugfix for lint cleanup.');
-    errSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
-    logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-    prevExitCode = process.exitCode;
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    errSpy.mockRestore();
-    logSpy.mockRestore();
-    process.exitCode = prevExitCode;
-    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  it('exits nonzero with a typed FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR error when no executor is wired and --simulate is absent', async () => {
-    await parse(['run', '--brief', briefPath, '--codebase', tmpDir]);
-
-    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(1);
-    const errText = errSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => c.join(' ')).join('\n');
-    expect(errText).toContain('FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR');
-    // It must never run the pipeline with a stub and report success.
-    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs'))).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('completes with typed simulated results and exit 0 under explicit --simulate', async () => {
-    await parse(['run', '--brief', briefPath, '--codebase', tmpDir, '--simulate']);
-
-    expect(process.exitCode).toBeUndefined();
-
-    // Loud simulated-mode summary.
-    const logText = logSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => c.join(' ')).join('\n');
-    expect(logText).toContain('SIMULATED');
-
-    // Manifest records the mode and simulated per-result statuses.
-    const runsDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs');
-    const runIds = fs.readdirSync(runsDir);
-    expect(runIds).toHaveLength(1);
-    const manifest = loadManifest(path.join(runsDir, runIds[0]!));
-    expect(manifest.mode).toBe('simulated');
-    expect(manifest.status).toBe('simulated');
-    for (const stageStatus of Object.values(manifest.stages)) {
-      expect(stageStatus?.status).toBe('simulated');
-      for (const gateResult of stageStatus?.gateResults ?? []) {
-        expect(gateResult.outcome).toBe('simulated');
-      }
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('resume exits nonzero with a typed FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR error without --simulate', async () => {
-    const runDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.forge', 'runs', '20260101-000000');
-    fs.mkdirSync(runDir, { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(
-      path.join(runDir, 'manifest.json'),
-      JSON.stringify({
-        runId: '20260101-000000',
-        brief: briefPath,
-        codebase: tmpDir,
-        briefClass: 'hotfix',
-        classSource: 'frontmatter',
-        forceBoard: false,
-        createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-        updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-        currentStage: '00-intake',
-        status: 'in_progress',
-        stages: { '00-intake': { status: 'passed' } },
-      }),
-    );
-
-    await parse(['resume', '20260101-000000', '--project', tmpDir]);
-
-    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(1);
-    const errText = errSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => c.join(' ')).join('\n');
-    expect(errText).toContain('FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR');
-  });
-});

packages/forge/src/cli.ts

@@ -5,47 +5,37 @@ import type { Command } from 'commander';
 
 import { classifyBrief } from './brief-classifier.js';
 import { STAGE_LABELS, STAGE_SEQUENCE } from './constants.js';
-import { ForgeCapabilityError } from './errors.js';
 import { getEffectivePersonas, loadBoardPersonas } from './persona-loader.js';
 import { generateRunId, getPipelineStatus, loadManifest, runPipeline } from './pipeline-runner.js';
-import { createSimulatedExecutor } from './simulated-executor.js';
+import type { PipelineOptions, RunManifest, TaskExecutor } from './types.js';
-import type { PipelineOptions, RunManifest, RunMode } from './types.js';
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Stub executor — used when no real executor is wired at CLI invocation time.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const stubExecutor: TaskExecutor = {
+  async submitTask(task) {
+    console.log(`  [forge] stage submitted: ${task.id} (${task.title})`);
+  },
+  async waitForCompletion(taskId, _timeoutMs) {
+    console.log(`  [forge] stage complete:  ${taskId}`);
+    return {
+      task_id: taskId,
+      status: 'completed' as const,
+      completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+      exit_code: 0,
+      gate_results: [],
+    };
+  },
+  async getTaskStatus(_taskId) {
+    return 'completed' as const;
+  },
+};
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/** Resolve a run's effective mode, defaulting legacy manifests to normal. */
-function runModeOf(manifest: RunManifest): RunMode {
-  return manifest.mode ?? 'normal';
-}
-
-/** Print a loud banner so a simulated run can never be misread as verified. */
-function printSimulatedBanner(): void {
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('[forge] ===============================================================');
-  console.log('[forge] MODE: SIMULATED — no stage or gate was really executed.');
-  console.log('[forge] All results are synthetic and MUST NOT be read as verified');
-  console.log('[forge] success. Wire a real executor/providers and re-run to verify.');
-  console.log('[forge] ===============================================================');
-}
-
-/** Print a typed error line for fail-closed capability errors. */
-function printCapabilityError(err: ForgeCapabilityError): void {
-  console.error(`[forge] error ${err.code}: ${err.message}`);
-  console.error(`[forge] missing capability: ${err.capability}`);
-}
-
-/** Handle a pipeline error uniformly: typed capability errors get their code. */
-function handlePipelineError(err: unknown): void {
-  if (err instanceof ForgeCapabilityError) {
-    printCapabilityError(err);
-  } else {
-    console.error(`[forge] pipeline failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
-  }
-  process.exitCode = 1;
-}
-
 function formatDuration(startedAt?: string, completedAt?: string): string {
   if (!startedAt || !completedAt) return '-';
   const ms = new Date(completedAt).getTime() - new Date(startedAt).getTime();
@@ -54,24 +44,19 @@ function formatDuration(startedAt?: string, completedAt?: string): string {
 }
 
 function printManifestTable(manifest: RunManifest): void {
-  const mode = runModeOf(manifest);
   console.log(`\nRun ID : ${manifest.runId}`);
   console.log(`Status : ${manifest.status}`);
-  console.log(`Mode   : ${mode}`);
-  if (mode === 'simulated') {
-    console.log('WARNING: SIMULATED RUN — results are synthetic, not verified success.');
-  }
   console.log(`Brief  : ${manifest.brief}`);
   console.log(`Class  : ${manifest.briefClass} (${manifest.classSource})`);
   console.log(`Updated: ${manifest.updatedAt}`);
   console.log('');
-  console.log('Stage'.padEnd(22) + 'Status'.padEnd(24) + 'Duration');
+  console.log('Stage'.padEnd(22) + 'Status'.padEnd(14) + 'Duration');
-  console.log('-'.repeat(60));
+  console.log('-'.repeat(50));
   for (const stage of STAGE_SEQUENCE) {
     const s = manifest.stages[stage];
     if (!s) continue;
     const label = (STAGE_LABELS[stage] ?? stage).padEnd(22);
-    const status = s.status.padEnd(24);
+    const status = s.status.padEnd(14);
     const dur = formatDuration(s.startedAt, s.completedAt);
     console.log(`${label}${status}${dur}`);
   }
@@ -105,58 +90,23 @@ function listRecentRuns(projectRoot?: string): void {
   }
 
   console.log('\nRecent runs:');
-  console.log('Run ID'.padEnd(22) + 'Status'.padEnd(24) + 'Mode'.padEnd(12) + 'Brief');
+  console.log('Run ID'.padEnd(22) + 'Status'.padEnd(14) + 'Brief');
-  console.log('-'.repeat(80));
+  console.log('-'.repeat(70));
 
   for (const runId of entries) {
     const runDir = path.join(runsDir, runId);
     try {
       const manifest = loadManifest(runDir);
-      const status = manifest.status.padEnd(24);
+      const status = manifest.status.padEnd(14);
-      const mode = runModeOf(manifest).padEnd(12);
       const brief = path.basename(manifest.brief);
-      console.log(`${runId.padEnd(22)}${status}${mode}${brief}`);
+      console.log(`${runId.padEnd(22)}${status}${brief}`);
     } catch {
-      console.log(`${runId.padEnd(22)}${'(unreadable)'.padEnd(24)}`);
+      console.log(`${runId.padEnd(22)}${'(unreadable)'.padEnd(14)}`);
     }
   }
   console.log('');
 }
 
-/**
- * Apply the exit-code policy for a finished pipeline run (SDLC-D-035):
- *
- * - exit 0 only for a verified `completed` normal run, or for an overall
- *   `simulated` run when the caller explicitly passed --simulate;
- * - anything else exits nonzero so it can never be read as success.
- */
-function applyRunExitPolicy(result: { manifest: RunManifest; runDir: string }, simulate: boolean) {
-  const { manifest } = result;
-
-  if (runModeOf(manifest) === 'simulated') {
-    if (!simulate || manifest.status !== 'simulated') {
-      console.error(
-        '[forge] error FORGE_MODE_MISMATCH: run reports simulated results without an explicit, ' +
-          'consistent --simulate request; refusing to report success.',
-      );
-      process.exitCode = 1;
-      return;
-    }
-    printSimulatedBanner();
-    console.log(`[forge] run directory: ${result.runDir}`);
-    return; // exit 0 — the caller explicitly opted into simulation
-  }
-
-  if (manifest.status !== 'completed') {
-    console.error(`[forge] run did not complete: terminal status '${manifest.status}'`);
-    process.exitCode = 1;
-    return;
-  }
-
-  console.log(`[forge] pipeline complete (mode: normal): ${manifest.runId}`);
-  console.log(`[forge] run directory: ${result.runDir}`);
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Register function
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -179,11 +129,6 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .option('--config <path>', 'Path to forge config file (.forge/config.yaml)')
     .option('--codebase <path>', 'Codebase root to pass to the pipeline', process.cwd())
     .option('--dry-run', 'Print planned stages without executing', false)
-    .option(
-      '--simulate',
-      'Simulate execution without real providers (every result is typed simulated, never verified)',
-      false,
-    )
     .action(
       async (opts: {
         brief: string;
@@ -192,7 +137,6 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
         config?: string;
         codebase: string;
         dryRun: boolean;
-        simulate: boolean;
       }) => {
         const briefPath = path.resolve(opts.brief);
 
@@ -205,22 +149,14 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
         const briefContent = fs.readFileSync(briefPath, 'utf-8');
         const briefClass = classifyBrief(briefContent);
         const projectRoot = opts.codebase;
-        // A real executor is never wired at CLI invocation time today, so the
-        // only executor we may construct is the explicitly-requested simulated
-        // one. Normal mode fails closed with FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR.
-        const executor = opts.simulate ? createSimulatedExecutor() : undefined;
 
         if (opts.resume) {
           const runId = opts.runId ?? generateRunId();
           const runDir = resolveRunDir(runId, projectRoot);
           console.log(`[forge] resuming run: ${runId}`);
-          try {
           const { resumePipeline } = await import('./pipeline-runner.js');
-            const result = await resumePipeline(runDir, executor, { simulate: opts.simulate });
+          const result = await resumePipeline(runDir, stubExecutor);
-            applyRunExitPolicy(result, opts.simulate);
+          console.log(`[forge] pipeline complete: ${result.runId}`);
-          } catch (err) {
-            handlePipelineError(err);
-          }
           return;
         }
 
@@ -228,8 +164,7 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
           briefClass,
           codebase: projectRoot,
           dryRun: opts.dryRun,
-          executor,
+          executor: stubExecutor,
-          simulate: opts.simulate,
         };
 
         if (opts.dryRun) {
@@ -245,15 +180,16 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
 
         console.log(`[forge] starting pipeline for brief: ${briefPath}`);
         console.log(`[forge] classified as: ${briefClass}`);
-        if (opts.simulate) {
-          console.log('[forge] mode: SIMULATED (explicit --simulate)');
-        }
 
         try {
           const result = await runPipeline(briefPath, projectRoot, pipelineOptions);
-          applyRunExitPolicy(result, opts.simulate);
+          console.log(`[forge] pipeline complete: ${result.runId}`);
+          console.log(`[forge] run directory: ${result.runDir}`);
         } catch (err) {
-          handlePipelineError(err);
+          console.error(
+            `[forge] pipeline failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+          );
+          process.exitCode = 1;
         }
       },
     );
@@ -288,12 +224,7 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .command('resume <runId>')
     .description('Resume a stopped or failed pipeline run')
     .option('--project <path>', 'Project root (defaults to cwd)', process.cwd())
-    .option(
+    .action(async (runId: string, opts: { project: string }) => {
-      '--simulate',
-      'Simulate execution without real providers (every result is typed simulated, never verified)',
-      false,
-    )
-    .action(async (runId: string, opts: { project: string; simulate: boolean }) => {
       const runDir = resolveRunDir(runId, opts.project);
 
       if (!fs.existsSync(runDir)) {
@@ -303,20 +234,15 @@ export function registerForgeCommand(parent: Command): void {
       }
 
       console.log(`[forge] resuming run: ${runId}`);
-      if (opts.simulate) {
-        console.log('[forge] mode: SIMULATED (explicit --simulate)');
-      }
-
-      // No real executor is wired at CLI invocation time; only the explicitly
-      // requested simulated executor may be constructed (fail closed otherwise).
-      const executor = opts.simulate ? createSimulatedExecutor() : undefined;
 
       try {
         const { resumePipeline } = await import('./pipeline-runner.js');
-        const result = await resumePipeline(runDir, executor, { simulate: opts.simulate });
+        const result = await resumePipeline(runDir, stubExecutor);
-        applyRunExitPolicy(result, opts.simulate);
+        console.log(`[forge] pipeline complete: ${result.runId}`);
+        console.log(`[forge] run directory: ${result.runDir}`);
       } catch (err) {
-        handlePipelineError(err);
+        console.error(`[forge] resume failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
       }
     });
 

packages/forge/src/constants.ts

@@ -9,16 +9,7 @@ export const PACKAGE_ROOT = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.
 /** Pipeline asset directory (stages, agents, rails, gates, templates). */
 export const PIPELINE_DIR = path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, 'pipeline');
 
-/** Stage specifications — defines every pipeline stage.
+/** Stage specifications — defines every pipeline stage. */
- *\n * Gate semantics (SDLC-D-035): every gate is one of
- * - a real command string / GateEntry a mechanical runner can execute,
- * - an `authority` gate (human/board sign-off; produces waiting-for-authority),
- * - a `provider` gate (requires a wired provider such as a reviewer or CI pipeline).
- *
- * Vacuous gates (`true`, echo'd synthetic approvals, placeholder ci-pipeline
- * commands) are forbidden: a stage whose gate has no real implementation
- * fails closed instead of passing.
- */
 export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
   '00-intake': {
     number: '00',
@@ -36,13 +27,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'research',
     gate: 'discovery-complete',
     promptFile: '00b-discovery.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'discovery-complete',
-        reason: 'discovery completion is attested by an authority; no mechanical check exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '01-board': {
     number: '01',
@@ -51,13 +36,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'review',
     gate: 'board-approval',
     promptFile: '01-board.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: [{ type: 'ci-pipeline', command: 'board-approval (via board-tasks)' }],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'board-approval',
-        reason: 'board approval is a board/human decision; no mechanical gate exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '01b-brief-analyzer': {
     number: '01b',
@@ -66,13 +45,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'research',
     gate: 'brief-analysis-complete',
     promptFile: '01-board.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'brief-analysis-complete',
-        reason: 'brief analysis completion is attested by an authority; no mechanical check exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '02-planning-1': {
     number: '02',
@@ -81,13 +54,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'research',
     gate: 'architecture-approval',
     promptFile: '02-planning-1-architecture.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'architecture-approval',
-        reason: 'ADR approval requires authority sign-off; no mechanical check exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '03-planning-2': {
     number: '03',
@@ -96,14 +63,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'research',
     gate: 'implementation-approval',
     promptFile: '03-planning-2-implementation.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'implementation-approval',
-        reason:
-          'implementation spec approval requires authority sign-off; no mechanical check exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '04-planning-3': {
     number: '04',
@@ -112,14 +72,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'research',
     gate: 'decomposition-approval',
     promptFile: '04-planning-3-decomposition.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 'decomposition-approval',
-        reason:
-          'task decomposition approval requires authority sign-off; no mechanical check exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '05-coding': {
     number: '05',
@@ -139,10 +92,9 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     promptFile: '06-review.md',
     qualityGates: [
       {
-        kind: 'provider',
+        type: 'ai-review',
-        capability: 'reviewer',
+        command:
-        reason:
+          'echo \'{"summary":"review-pass","verdict":"approve","findings":[],"stats":{"blockers":0,"should_fix":0,"suggestions":0}}\'',
-          'review verdicts require a wired reviewer provider; synthetic approvals are not permitted',
       },
     ],
   },
@@ -153,13 +105,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'coding',
     gate: 're-review',
     promptFile: '07-remediate.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: ['true'],
-      {
-        kind: 'authority',
-        capability: 're-review',
-        reason: 'remediation re-review is an approval-based gate; no mechanical check exists',
-      },
-    ],
   },
   '08-test': {
     number: '08',
@@ -177,13 +123,7 @@ export const STAGE_SPECS: Record<string, StageSpec> = {
     type: 'deploy',
     gate: 'deploy-verification',
     promptFile: '09-deploy.md',
-    qualityGates: [
+    qualityGates: [{ type: 'ci-pipeline', command: 'deploy-verification' }],
-      {
-        kind: 'provider',
-        capability: 'ci-pipeline',
-        reason: 'deploy verification requires a wired CI pipeline provider',
-      },
-    ],
   },
 };
 

packages/forge/src/errors.ts

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Typed fail-closed capability errors (SDLC-D-035).
- *
- * A Forge run must fail closed when a required capability (executor, reviewer
- * provider, CI pipeline, authority sign-off) is missing. These typed errors
- * name the missing capability so callers can distinguish "not wired" from
- * ordinary execution failures.
- */
-
-/** Closed set of typed Forge capability error codes. */
-export const FORGE_ERROR_CODES = [
-  'FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR',
-  'FORGE_NO_REVIEWER',
-  'FORGE_NO_CI_PIPELINE',
-  'FORGE_NO_PROVIDER',
-  'FORGE_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED',
-] as const;
-
-export type ForgeErrorCode = (typeof FORGE_ERROR_CODES)[number];
-
-/** Raised when a required capability is missing and the pipeline must fail closed. */
-export class ForgeCapabilityError extends Error {
-  /** Typed error code from the closed FORGE_ERROR_CODES set. */
-  readonly code: ForgeErrorCode;
-  /** The missing capability, e.g. `task-executor`, `reviewer`, `board-approval`. */
-  readonly capability: string;
-
-  constructor(code: ForgeErrorCode, capability: string, message: string) {
-    super(message);
-    this.name = 'ForgeCapabilityError';
-    this.code = code;
-    this.capability = capability;
-  }
-}
-
-/** Map a provider gate capability to its typed error code. */
-export function providerErrorCode(capability: string): ForgeErrorCode {
-  switch (capability) {
-    case 'reviewer':
-      return 'FORGE_NO_REVIEWER';
-    case 'ci-pipeline':
-      return 'FORGE_NO_CI_PIPELINE';
-    default:
-      return 'FORGE_NO_PROVIDER';
-  }
-}

packages/forge/src/index.ts

@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ export type {
   StageSpec,
   BriefClass,
   ClassSource,
-  ForgeOutcome,
-  AuthorityGate,
-  ProviderGate,
-  ForgeGate,
-  ForgeGateResult,
-  ForgeTaskResult,
-  RunMode,
   StageStatus,
   RunManifest,
   ForgeTaskStatus,
@@ -88,24 +81,5 @@ export {
   getPipelineStatus,
 } from './pipeline-runner.js';
 
-// Fail-closed errors and typed outcome model (SDLC-D-035)
-export { FORGE_ERROR_CODES, ForgeCapabilityError, providerErrorCode } from './errors.js';
-export type { ForgeErrorCode } from './errors.js';
-export {
-  isSatisfyingOutcome,
-  isCapabilityGate,
-  isCommandGate,
-  gateLabel,
-  uniformGateResults,
-  simulatedGateResults,
-  waitingGateResults,
-  blockedGateResults,
-  evaluateStageGates,
-} from './outcomes.js';
-export type { StageEvaluation } from './outcomes.js';
-
-// Simulated executor (explicit --simulate only)
-export { createSimulatedExecutor } from './simulated-executor.js';
-
 // CLI
 export { registerForgeCommand } from './cli.js';

packages/forge/src/outcomes.ts

@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-import type { GateEntry } from '@mosaicstack/macp';
-
-import type {
-  AuthorityGate,
-  ForgeGate,
-  ForgeGateResult,
-  ForgeOutcome,
-  ForgeTaskResult,
-  ProviderGate,
-} from './types.js';
-
-/**
- * Gate and dependency satisfaction predicate (SDLC-D-035).
- *
- * ONLY a verified `passed` outcome satisfies. Every other member of the closed
- * outcome set — including `simulated` — is non-satisfying, so a simulated or
- * authority-blocked result can never be read as success-by-verification.
- */
-export function isSatisfyingOutcome(outcome: ForgeOutcome): boolean {
-  return outcome === 'passed';
-}
-
-/** Whether a gate is an authority or provider gate (capability-based, command-less). */
-export function isCapabilityGate(gate: ForgeGate): gate is AuthorityGate | ProviderGate {
-  if (typeof gate !== 'object' || gate === null) return false;
-  const kind = (gate as Record<string, unknown>)['kind'];
-  return kind === 'authority' || kind === 'provider';
-}
-
-/** Whether a gate definition carries a real command a mechanical runner can execute. */
-export function isCommandGate(gate: ForgeGate): gate is string | GateEntry {
-  if (typeof gate === 'string') {
-    return gate.trim().length > 0;
-  }
-  if (isCapabilityGate(gate)) {
-    // Authority and provider gates are satisfied by a capability, not a command.
-    return false;
-  }
-  return typeof gate.command === 'string' && gate.command.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
-/** Typed label identifying a gate in results and logs. */
-export function gateLabel(gate: ForgeGate): string {
-  if (typeof gate === 'string') return gate;
-  if (isCapabilityGate(gate)) return `${gate.kind}:${gate.capability}`;
-  return gate.command || gate.type || 'unnamed-gate';
-}
-
-/** Reason string stamped on every simulated gate result. */
-export const SIMULATED_GATE_REASON =
-  'simulated execution (--simulate): gate was not evaluated by a real implementation';
-
-/** Build typed gate results with a uniform outcome for a stage's declared gates. */
-export function uniformGateResults(
-  gates: ForgeGate[],
-  outcome: ForgeOutcome,
-  reason: string,
-): ForgeGateResult[] {
-  return gates.map((gate) => ({ gate: gateLabel(gate), outcome, reason }));
-}
-
-/** Typed simulated gate results — used exclusively in `--simulate` runs. */
-export function simulatedGateResults(gates: ForgeGate[]): ForgeGateResult[] {
-  return uniformGateResults(gates, 'simulated', SIMULATED_GATE_REASON);
-}
-
-/** Typed waiting-for-authority gate results for approval-based stages. */
-export function waitingGateResults(gates: ForgeGate[], reason: string): ForgeGateResult[] {
-  return uniformGateResults(gates, 'waiting-for-authority', reason);
-}
-
-/** Typed blocked gate results for stages whose provider capability is not wired. */
-export function blockedGateResults(gates: ForgeGate[], reason: string): ForgeGateResult[] {
-  return uniformGateResults(gates, 'blocked', reason);
-}
-
-/** Outcome of evaluating a completed stage in normal mode. */
-export interface StageEvaluation {
-  outcome: ForgeOutcome;
-  reason: string;
-  gateResults: ForgeGateResult[];
-}
-
-/**
- * Evaluate a stage's declared gates against the executor's typed result.
- *
- * Fail-closed mapping:
- * - a `simulated` task or gate outcome in normal mode maps to `error`
- * - a missing gate result for a required command gate maps to `blocked`
- * - a non-passing task outcome propagates as the stage outcome
- * - only verified `passed` task and gate outcomes yield a `passed` stage
- */
-export function evaluateStageGates(
-  stageName: string,
-  gates: ForgeGate[],
-  result: ForgeTaskResult,
-): StageEvaluation {
-  const gateResults = result.gate_results ?? [];
-
-  if (result.outcome === 'simulated') {
-    return {
-      outcome: 'error',
-      reason: `executor reported a simulated outcome for stage '${stageName}' in normal mode — refusing to treat simulated results as verified`,
-      gateResults,
-    };
-  }
-
-  if (!isSatisfyingOutcome(result.outcome)) {
-    return {
-      outcome: result.outcome,
-      reason: `task outcome is '${result.outcome}': ${result.reason}`,
-      gateResults,
-    };
-  }
-
-  for (const gate of gates) {
-    // Authority and provider gates are pre-flighted before execution; they have
-    // no mechanical result to verify here.
-    if (!isCommandGate(gate)) continue;
-
-    const label = gateLabel(gate);
-    const gateResult = gateResults.find((r) => r.gate === label);
-    if (!gateResult) {
-      return {
-        outcome: 'blocked',
-        reason: `no gate result was reported for required gate '${label}' (stage '${stageName}')`,
-        gateResults,
-      };
-    }
-    if (!isSatisfyingOutcome(gateResult.outcome)) {
-      return {
-        outcome: gateResult.outcome === 'simulated' ? 'error' : gateResult.outcome,
-        reason: `gate '${label}' outcome is '${gateResult.outcome}': ${gateResult.reason}`,
-        gateResults,
-      };
-    }
-  }
-
-  return {
-    outcome: 'passed',
-    reason:
-      gates.length === 0
-        ? "stage declares no gates; task outcome 'passed' accepted"
-        : 'all declared gates verified passed',
-    gateResults,
-  };
-}

packages/forge/src/pipeline-runner.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,18 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-import { STAGE_SEQUENCE, STAGE_SPECS } from './constants.js';
+import { STAGE_SEQUENCE } from './constants.js';
 import { determineBriefClass, stagesForClass } from './brief-classifier.js';
-import { ForgeCapabilityError, providerErrorCode } from './errors.js';
-import {
-  blockedGateResults,
-  evaluateStageGates,
-  isCapabilityGate,
-  simulatedGateResults,
-  waitingGateResults,
-} from './outcomes.js';
 import { mapStageToTask } from './stage-adapter.js';
-import { createSimulatedExecutor } from './simulated-executor.js';
 import type {
   ForgeTask,
-  ForgeTaskResult,
   PipelineOptions,
   PipelineResult,
   RunManifest,
-  RunMode,
   StageStatus,
   TaskExecutor,
 } from './types.js';
 
-/** Reason stamped on stages that complete under explicit simulation. */
-const SIMULATED_STAGE_REASON =
-  'simulated execution (--simulate): stage was not executed by a real executor';
-
 /**
  * Generate a timestamp-based run ID.
  */
@@ -62,7 +47,6 @@ function createManifest(opts: {
   briefClass: RunManifest['briefClass'];
   classSource: RunManifest['classSource'];
   forceBoard: boolean;
-  mode: RunMode;
   runDir: string;
 }): RunManifest {
   const ts = nowISO();
@@ -73,7 +57,6 @@ function createManifest(opts: {
     briefClass: opts.briefClass,
     classSource: opts.classSource,
     forceBoard: opts.forceBoard,
-    mode: opts.mode,
     createdAt: ts,
     updatedAt: ts,
     currentStage: '',
@@ -125,199 +108,20 @@ export function selectStages(stages?: string[], skipTo?: string): string[] {
   return selected.slice(skipIndex);
 }
 
-/**
- * Fail closed when the required executor capability is missing (SDLC-D-035).
- */
-function requireExecutor(executor: TaskExecutor | undefined, simulate: boolean): TaskExecutor {
-  if (executor) return executor;
-  if (simulate) return createSimulatedExecutor({ log: false });
-  throw new ForgeCapabilityError(
-    'FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR',
-    'task-executor',
-    'no task executor is wired; refusing to run the pipeline with a stub executor (fail closed). ' +
-      'Pass --simulate to opt into explicitly simulated execution.',
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Pre-flight a stage's gates in normal mode (fail closed, SDLC-D-035).
- *
- * - authority gates: record a typed `waiting-for-authority` stage result and
- *   raise FORGE_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED — approval-based gates never pass vacuously.
- * - provider gates: record a typed `blocked` stage result and raise the typed
- *   capability error for the missing provider.
- *
- * Returns the stage status to record when the pre-flight blocks, or undefined
- * when the stage may proceed.
- */
-function preflightStageGates(
-  stageName: string,
-  manifest: RunManifest,
-): { status: StageStatus; error: ForgeCapabilityError } | undefined {
-  const spec = STAGE_SPECS[stageName];
-  if (!spec) throw new Error(`Unknown Forge stage: ${stageName}`);
-
-  for (const gate of spec.qualityGates) {
-    if (!isCapabilityGate(gate)) continue;
-
-    const startedAt = manifest.stages[stageName]?.startedAt;
-    const completedAt = nowISO();
-
-    if (gate.kind === 'authority') {
-      const reason = `gate '${gate.capability}' requires authority sign-off; no mechanical implementation exists (${gate.reason})`;
-      return {
-        status: {
-          status: 'waiting-for-authority',
-          reason,
-          startedAt,
-          completedAt,
-          gateResults: waitingGateResults(spec.qualityGates, reason),
-        },
-        error: new ForgeCapabilityError(
-          'FORGE_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED',
-          gate.capability,
-          `stage '${stageName}' is blocked on authority gate '${gate.capability}': ${gate.reason}. ` +
-            'The pipeline fails closed instead of passing vacuously. Record the approval out-of-band ' +
-            'or run with --simulate for explicitly simulated execution.',
-        ),
-      };
-    }
-
-    const reason = `gate '${gate.capability}' requires provider '${gate.capability}' and none is wired (${gate.reason})`;
-    return {
-      status: {
-        status: 'blocked',
-        reason,
-        startedAt,
-        completedAt,
-        gateResults: blockedGateResults(spec.qualityGates, reason),
-      },
-      error: new ForgeCapabilityError(
-        providerErrorCode(gate.capability),
-        gate.capability,
-        `stage '${stageName}' requires provider '${gate.capability}' which is not wired: ${gate.reason}. ` +
-          'The pipeline fails closed instead of passing vacuously.',
-      ),
-    };
-  }
-
-  return undefined;
-}
-
-/**
- * Execute the given stage tasks sequentially, updating the manifest.
- *
- * Normal mode requires a real executor and evaluates every declared command
- * gate through the typed outcome model; any non-verified result fails closed.
- * Simulate mode types every stage and gate result as `simulated`.
- */
-async function executeStages(opts: {
-  manifest: RunManifest;
-  runDir: string;
-  tasks: ForgeTask[];
-  stageNames: string[];
-  executor: TaskExecutor;
-  simulate: boolean;
-}): Promise<void> {
-  const { manifest, runDir, tasks, stageNames, executor, simulate } = opts;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i]!;
-    const stageName = stageNames[i]!;
-    const spec = STAGE_SPECS[stageName];
-    if (!spec) throw new Error(`Unknown Forge stage: ${stageName}`);
-
-    // Update manifest: stage in progress
-    manifest.currentStage = stageName;
-    manifest.stages[stageName] = {
-      status: 'in_progress',
-      startedAt: nowISO(),
-    };
-    saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
-
-    // Fail-closed pre-flight (normal mode only): authority/provider gates have
-    // no mechanical implementation and must never pass vacuously.
-    if (!simulate) {
-      const blocked = preflightStageGates(stageName, manifest);
-      if (blocked) {
-        manifest.stages[stageName] = blocked.status;
-        manifest.status =
-          blocked.status.status === 'waiting-for-authority' ? 'waiting-for-authority' : 'failed';
-        saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
-        throw blocked.error;
-      }
-    }
-
-    let result: ForgeTaskResult;
-    try {
-      await executor.submitTask(task);
-      result = await executor.waitForCompletion(task.id, task.timeoutSeconds * 1000);
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Process errors (including timeouts) map to the fail-closed `error` outcome.
-      const reason = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-      manifest.stages[stageName] = {
-        status: 'error',
-        reason: `executor error: ${reason}`,
-        startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]?.startedAt,
-        completedAt: nowISO(),
-        gateResults: [],
-      };
-      manifest.status = 'failed';
-      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
-      throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(reason);
-    }
-
-    if (simulate) {
-      manifest.stages[stageName] = {
-        status: 'simulated',
-        reason: SIMULATED_STAGE_REASON,
-        startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]?.startedAt,
-        completedAt: nowISO(),
-        gateResults: simulatedGateResults(spec.qualityGates),
-      };
-      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    const evaluation = evaluateStageGates(stageName, spec.qualityGates, result);
-    manifest.stages[stageName] = {
-      status: evaluation.outcome,
-      reason: evaluation.reason,
-      startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]?.startedAt,
-      completedAt: nowISO(),
-      gateResults: evaluation.gateResults,
-    };
-
-    if (evaluation.outcome !== 'passed') {
-      manifest.status =
-        evaluation.outcome === 'waiting-for-authority' ? 'waiting-for-authority' : 'failed';
-      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
-      throw new Error(`Stage ${stageName} ${evaluation.outcome}: ${evaluation.reason}`);
-    }
-
-    saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Run the Forge pipeline.
  *
- * 1. Fail closed unless a real executor is wired or simulation is explicit
+ * 1. Classify the brief
- * 2. Classify the brief
+ * 2. Generate a run ID and create run directory
- * 3. Generate a run ID and create run directory
+ * 3. Map stages to tasks and submit to TaskExecutor
- * 4. Map stages to tasks and submit to TaskExecutor
+ * 4. Track manifest with stage statuses
- * 5. Track manifest with typed stage outcomes
+ * 5. Return pipeline result
- * 6. Return pipeline result
  */
 export async function runPipeline(
   briefPath: string,
   projectRoot: string,
   options: PipelineOptions,
 ): Promise<PipelineResult> {
-  const simulate = options.simulate ?? false;
-  const executor = requireExecutor(options.executor, simulate);
-  const mode: RunMode = simulate ? 'simulated' : 'normal';
-
   const resolvedRoot = path.resolve(projectRoot);
   const resolvedBrief = path.resolve(briefPath);
   const briefContent = fs.readFileSync(resolvedBrief, 'utf-8');
@@ -342,7 +146,6 @@ export async function runPipeline(
     briefClass,
     classSource,
     forceBoard: options.forceBoard ?? false,
-    mode,
     runDir,
   });
 
@@ -369,10 +172,54 @@ export async function runPipeline(
   }
 
   // Execute stages
-  await executeStages({ manifest, runDir, tasks, stageNames: selectedStages, executor, simulate });
+  const { executor } = options;
+  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
+    const task = tasks[i]!;
+    const stageName = selectedStages[i]!;
 
-  // All stages reached a terminal state for this mode
+    // Update manifest: stage in progress
-  manifest.status = simulate ? 'simulated' : 'completed';
+    manifest.currentStage = stageName;
+    manifest.stages[stageName] = {
+      status: 'in_progress',
+      startedAt: nowISO(),
+    };
+    saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+
+    try {
+      await executor.submitTask(task);
+      const result = await executor.waitForCompletion(task.id, task.timeoutSeconds * 1000);
+
+      // Update manifest: stage completed or failed
+      const stageStatus: StageStatus = {
+        status: result.status === 'completed' ? 'passed' : 'failed',
+        startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]!.startedAt,
+        completedAt: nowISO(),
+      };
+      manifest.stages[stageName] = stageStatus;
+
+      if (result.status !== 'completed') {
+        manifest.status = 'failed';
+        saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+        throw new Error(`Stage ${stageName} failed with status: ${result.status}`);
+      }
+
+      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!manifest.stages[stageName]?.completedAt) {
+        manifest.stages[stageName] = {
+          status: 'failed',
+          startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]?.startedAt,
+          completedAt: nowISO(),
+        };
+      }
+      manifest.status = 'failed';
+      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // All stages passed
+  manifest.status = 'completed';
   saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
 
   return {
@@ -387,30 +234,22 @@ export async function runPipeline(
 }
 
 /**
- * Resume a pipeline from the last non-passed stage.
+ * Resume a pipeline from the last incomplete stage.
  */
 export async function resumePipeline(
   runDir: string,
-  executor?: TaskExecutor,
+  executor: TaskExecutor,
-  options?: { simulate?: boolean },
 ): Promise<PipelineResult> {
-  const simulate = options?.simulate ?? false;
-  const wiredExecutor = requireExecutor(executor, simulate);
-  const mode: RunMode = simulate ? 'simulated' : 'normal';
-
   const manifest = loadManifest(runDir);
   const resolvedRoot = path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(runDir))); // .forge/runs/{id} → project root
 
   const briefContent = fs.readFileSync(manifest.brief, 'utf-8');
   const allStages = stagesForClass(manifest.briefClass, manifest.forceBoard);
 
-  manifest.mode = mode;
+  // Find first non-passed stage
-
-  // Find first non-satisfying stage (only a verified `passed` counts as done;
-  // simulated and waiting-for-authority stages are re-run).
   const resumeFrom = allStages.find((s) => manifest.stages[s]?.status !== 'passed');
   if (!resumeFrom) {
-    manifest.status = mode === 'simulated' ? 'simulated' : 'completed';
+    manifest.status = 'completed';
     saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
     return {
       runId: manifest.runId,
@@ -445,16 +284,49 @@ export async function resumePipeline(
     tasks.push(task);
   }
 
-  await executeStages({
+  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    manifest,
+    const task = tasks[i]!;
-    runDir,
+    const stageName = remainingStages[i]!;
-    tasks,
-    stageNames: remainingStages,
-    executor: wiredExecutor,
-    simulate,
-  });
 
-  manifest.status = simulate ? 'simulated' : 'completed';
+    manifest.currentStage = stageName;
+    manifest.stages[stageName] = {
+      status: 'in_progress',
+      startedAt: nowISO(),
+    };
+    saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+
+    try {
+      await executor.submitTask(task);
+      const result = await executor.waitForCompletion(task.id, task.timeoutSeconds * 1000);
+
+      manifest.stages[stageName] = {
+        status: result.status === 'completed' ? 'passed' : 'failed',
+        startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]!.startedAt,
+        completedAt: nowISO(),
+      };
+
+      if (result.status !== 'completed') {
+        manifest.status = 'failed';
+        saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+        throw new Error(`Stage ${stageName} failed with status: ${result.status}`);
+      }
+
+      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!manifest.stages[stageName]?.completedAt) {
+        manifest.stages[stageName] = {
+          status: 'failed',
+          startedAt: manifest.stages[stageName]?.startedAt,
+          completedAt: nowISO(),
+        };
+      }
+      manifest.status = 'failed';
+      saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  manifest.status = 'completed';
   saveManifest(runDir, manifest);
 
   return {

packages/forge/src/simulated-executor.ts

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import type { ForgeTask, ForgeTaskResult, TaskExecutor } from './types.js';
-
-/**
- * Simulated executor — used ONLY when the caller explicitly passes --simulate.
- *
- * It submits no real work and returns typed `simulated` results so a simulated
- * run can never be confused with a verified one. In normal mode (no --simulate)
- * the CLI refuses to run at all with FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR instead of wiring this
- * stub (fail closed, SDLC-D-035).
- */
-export function createSimulatedExecutor(options?: { log?: boolean }): TaskExecutor {
-  const log = options?.log ?? true;
-  return {
-    async submitTask(task: ForgeTask) {
-      if (log) console.log(`  [forge:simulated] stage submitted: ${task.id} (${task.title})`);
-    },
-    async waitForCompletion(taskId: string): Promise<ForgeTaskResult> {
-      if (log) console.log(`  [forge:simulated] stage complete:  ${taskId}`);
-      return {
-        task_id: taskId,
-        outcome: 'simulated',
-        reason: 'no executor wired; simulated execution requested via --simulate',
-        completed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-        exit_code: 0,
-        gate_results: [],
-      };
-    },
-    async getTaskStatus() {
-      return 'completed' as const;
-    },
-  };
-}

packages/forge/src/types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { GateEntry } from '@mosaicstack/macp';
+import type { GateEntry, TaskResult } from '@mosaicstack/macp';
 
 /** Stage dispatch mode. */
 export type StageDispatch = 'exec' | 'yolo' | 'pi';
@@ -6,58 +6,6 @@ export type StageDispatch = 'exec' | 'yolo' | 'pi';
 /** Stage type — determines agent selection and gate requirements. */
 export type StageType = 'research' | 'review' | 'coding' | 'deploy';
 
-/**
- * Typed outcome for every gate and stage evaluation — closed set (SDLC-D-035).
- *
- * Only `passed` means "verified by a real implementation". `simulated` is
- * produced exclusively in explicit `--simulate` runs and is never satisfying.
- */
-export type ForgeOutcome =
-  | 'passed'
-  | 'failed'
-  | 'blocked'
-  | 'error'
-  | 'waiting-for-authority'
-  | 'simulated'
-  | 'not-applicable';
-
-/** A gate that requires authority (human/board) sign-off; no mechanical command can satisfy it. */
-export interface AuthorityGate {
-  kind: 'authority';
-  capability: string;
-  reason: string;
-}
-
-/** A gate that requires a wired provider (e.g. an AI reviewer, CI pipeline) to evaluate. */
-export interface ProviderGate {
-  kind: 'provider';
-  capability: string;
-  reason: string;
-}
-
-/** Forge quality gate: a real command, an authority sign-off, or a provider-backed check. */
-export type ForgeGate = string | GateEntry | AuthorityGate | ProviderGate;
-
-/** Typed result of evaluating a single quality gate. */
-export interface ForgeGateResult {
-  gate: string;
-  outcome: ForgeOutcome;
-  reason: string;
-  exitCode?: number;
-  output?: string;
-  timedOut?: boolean;
-}
-
-/** Typed result of a task/stage execution returned by a TaskExecutor. */
-export interface ForgeTaskResult {
-  task_id: string;
-  outcome: ForgeOutcome;
-  reason: string;
-  completed_at: string;
-  exit_code: number;
-  gate_results: ForgeGateResult[];
-}
-
 /** Stage specification — defines a single pipeline stage. */
 export interface StageSpec {
   number: string;
@@ -66,7 +14,7 @@ export interface StageSpec {
   type: StageType;
   gate: string;
   promptFile: string;
-  qualityGates: ForgeGate[];
+  qualityGates: (string | GateEntry)[];
 }
 
 /** Brief classification. */
@@ -77,18 +25,11 @@ export type ClassSource = 'cli' | 'frontmatter' | 'auto';
 
 /** Per-stage status within a run manifest. */
 export interface StageStatus {
-  status: 'pending' | 'in_progress' | ForgeOutcome;
+  status: 'pending' | 'in_progress' | 'passed' | 'failed';
-  /** Why the stage reached its current (terminal) outcome, when applicable. */
-  reason?: string;
   startedAt?: string;
   completedAt?: string;
-  /** Typed per-gate results recorded alongside the stage outcome. */
-  gateResults?: ForgeGateResult[];
 }
 
-/** Execution mode of a run. */
-export type RunMode = 'normal' | 'simulated';
-
 /** Run manifest — persisted to disk as manifest.json. */
 export interface RunManifest {
   runId: string;
@@ -97,23 +38,10 @@ export interface RunManifest {
   briefClass: BriefClass;
   classSource: ClassSource;
   forceBoard: boolean;
-  /**
-   * Execution mode. `simulated` runs stub execution; their results are typed
-   * `simulated` and must never be read as verified success. Optional because
-   * manifests written before this field existed default to `normal`.
-   */
-  mode?: RunMode;
   createdAt: string;
   updatedAt: string;
   currentStage: string;
-  status:
+  status: 'in_progress' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'interrupted' | 'rejected';
-    | 'in_progress'
-    | 'completed'
-    | 'failed'
-    | 'interrupted'
-    | 'rejected'
-    | 'simulated'
-    | 'waiting-for-authority';
   stages: Record<string, StageStatus>;
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +65,7 @@ export interface ForgeTask {
   briefPath: string;
   resultPath: string;
   timeoutSeconds: number;
-  qualityGates: ForgeGate[];
+  qualityGates: (string | GateEntry)[];
   worktree?: string;
   command?: string;
   dependsOn?: string[];
@@ -148,7 +76,7 @@ export interface ForgeTask {
 /** Abstract task executor — decouples from packages/coord. */
 export interface TaskExecutor {
   submitTask(task: ForgeTask): Promise<void>;
-  waitForCompletion(taskId: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<ForgeTaskResult>;
+  waitForCompletion(taskId: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<TaskResult>;
   getTaskStatus(taskId: string): Promise<ForgeTaskStatus>;
 }
 
@@ -194,16 +122,7 @@ export interface PipelineOptions {
   stages?: string[];
   skipTo?: string;
   dryRun?: boolean;
-  /**
+  executor: TaskExecutor;
-   * Real task executor. Required in normal mode: the pipeline fails closed
-   * with FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR when it is absent.
-   */
-  executor?: TaskExecutor;
-  /**
-   * Explicit opt-in to simulated execution. Every stage and gate result is
-   * typed `simulated` and is never satisfying.
-   */
-  simulate?: boolean;
 }
 
 /** Pipeline run result. */

packages/macp/__tests__/gate-runner.test.ts

@@ -1,253 +0,0 @@
-import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
-import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
-import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-import { normalizeGate, countAIFindings, runGate, runGates } from '../src/gate-runner.js';
-
-function makeTmpDir(): string {
-  const dir = join(tmpdir(), `macp-gate-${randomUUID()}`);
-  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
-  return dir;
-}
-
-describe('normalizeGate', () => {
-  it('normalizes a string to mechanical gate', () => {
-    expect(normalizeGate('echo test')).toEqual({
-      command: 'echo test',
-      type: 'mechanical',
-      fail_on: 'blocker',
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('normalizes an object gate with defaults', () => {
-    expect(normalizeGate({ command: 'lint' })).toEqual({
-      command: 'lint',
-      type: 'mechanical',
-      fail_on: 'blocker',
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('preserves explicit type and fail_on', () => {
-    expect(normalizeGate({ command: 'review', type: 'ai-review', fail_on: 'any' })).toEqual({
-      command: 'review',
-      type: 'ai-review',
-      fail_on: 'any',
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('handles non-string/non-object input', () => {
-    expect(normalizeGate(42)).toEqual({ command: '', type: 'mechanical', fail_on: 'blocker' });
-    expect(normalizeGate(null)).toEqual({ command: '', type: 'mechanical', fail_on: 'blocker' });
-  });
-});
-
-describe('countAIFindings', () => {
-  it('returns zeros for non-object', () => {
-    expect(countAIFindings(null)).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 0 });
-    expect(countAIFindings('string')).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 0 });
-    expect(countAIFindings([])).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 0 });
-  });
-
-  it('counts from stats block', () => {
-    const output = { stats: { blockers: 2, should_fix: 3, suggestions: 1 } };
-    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 2, total: 6 });
-  });
-
-  it('counts from findings array when stats has no blockers', () => {
-    const output = {
-      stats: { blockers: 0 },
-      findings: [{ severity: 'blocker' }, { severity: 'warning' }, { severity: 'blocker' }],
-    };
-    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 2, total: 3 });
-  });
-
-  it('uses stats blockers over findings array when stats has blockers', () => {
-    const output = {
-      stats: { blockers: 5 },
-      findings: [{ severity: 'blocker' }, { severity: 'warning' }],
-    };
-    // stats.blockers = 5, total from stats = 5+0+0 = 5, findings not used for total since stats total is non-zero
-    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 5, total: 5 });
-  });
-
-  it('counts findings length as total when stats has zero total', () => {
-    const output = {
-      findings: [{ severity: 'warning' }, { severity: 'info' }],
-    };
-    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 2 });
-  });
-});
-
-describe('runGate', () => {
-  let tmp: string;
-  let logPath: string;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmp = makeTmpDir();
-    logPath = join(tmp, 'gate.log');
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  it('passes mechanical gate on exit 0', () => {
-    const result = runGate('echo hello', tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.exit_code).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.type).toBe('mechanical');
-    expect(result.output).toContain('hello');
-  });
-
-  it('fails mechanical gate on non-zero exit', () => {
-    const result = runGate('exit 1', tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
-    expect(result.exit_code).toBe(1);
-  });
-
-  it('ci-pipeline always passes', () => {
-    const result = runGate({ command: 'anything', type: 'ci-pipeline' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.type).toBe('ci-pipeline');
-    expect(result.output).toBe('CI pipeline gate placeholder');
-  });
-
-  it('empty command passes', () => {
-    const result = runGate({ command: '' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('ai-review gate parses JSON output', () => {
-    const json = JSON.stringify({ stats: { blockers: 0, should_fix: 1 } });
-    const result = runGate({ command: `echo '${json}'`, type: 'ai-review' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.blockers).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.findings).toBe(1);
-  });
-
-  it('ai-review gate fails on blockers', () => {
-    const json = JSON.stringify({ stats: { blockers: 2 } });
-    const result = runGate({ command: `echo '${json}'`, type: 'ai-review' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
-    expect(result.blockers).toBe(2);
-  });
-
-  it('ai-review gate with fail_on=any fails on any findings', () => {
-    const json = JSON.stringify({ stats: { blockers: 0, should_fix: 1 } });
-    const result = runGate(
-      { command: `echo '${json}'`, type: 'ai-review', fail_on: 'any' },
-      tmp,
-      logPath,
-      30,
-    );
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
-    expect(result.fail_on).toBe('any');
-  });
-
-  it('ai-review gate fails on invalid JSON output', () => {
-    const result = runGate({ command: 'echo "not json"', type: 'ai-review' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
-    expect(result.parse_error).toBeDefined();
-  });
-
-  it('writes to log file', () => {
-    runGate('echo logged', tmp, logPath, 30);
-    const log = readFileSync(logPath, 'utf-8');
-    expect(log).toContain('COMMAND: echo logged');
-    expect(log).toContain('logged');
-    expect(log).toContain('EXIT:');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('runGates', () => {
-  let tmp: string;
-  let logPath: string;
-  let eventsPath: string;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmp = makeTmpDir();
-    logPath = join(tmp, 'gates.log');
-    eventsPath = join(tmp, 'events.ndjson');
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  it('runs multiple gates and returns results', () => {
-    const { allPassed, gateResults } = runGates(
-      ['echo one', 'echo two'],
-      tmp,
-      logPath,
-      30,
-      eventsPath,
-      'task-1',
-    );
-    expect(allPassed).toBe(true);
-    expect(gateResults).toHaveLength(2);
-  });
-
-  it('reports failure when any gate fails', () => {
-    const { allPassed, gateResults } = runGates(
-      ['echo ok', 'exit 1'],
-      tmp,
-      logPath,
-      30,
-      eventsPath,
-      'task-2',
-    );
-    expect(allPassed).toBe(false);
-    expect(gateResults[0]!.passed).toBe(true);
-    expect(gateResults[1]!.passed).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('emits events for each gate', () => {
-    runGates(['echo test'], tmp, logPath, 30, eventsPath, 'task-3');
-    const events = readFileSync(eventsPath, 'utf-8')
-      .trim()
-      .split('\n')
-      .map((l) => JSON.parse(l));
-    expect(events).toHaveLength(2); // started + passed
-    expect(events[0].event_type).toBe('rail.check.started');
-    expect(events[1].event_type).toBe('rail.check.passed');
-  });
-
-  it('skips gates with empty command (non ci-pipeline)', () => {
-    const { gateResults } = runGates(
-      [{ command: '', type: 'mechanical' }, 'echo real'],
-      tmp,
-      logPath,
-      30,
-      eventsPath,
-      'task-4',
-    );
-    expect(gateResults).toHaveLength(1);
-  });
-
-  it('does not skip ci-pipeline even with empty command', () => {
-    const { gateResults } = runGates(
-      [{ command: '', type: 'ci-pipeline' }],
-      tmp,
-      logPath,
-      30,
-      eventsPath,
-      'task-5',
-    );
-    expect(gateResults).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(gateResults[0]!.passed).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('emits failed event with correct message', () => {
-    runGates(['exit 42'], tmp, logPath, 30, eventsPath, 'task-6');
-    const events = readFileSync(eventsPath, 'utf-8')
-      .trim()
-      .split('\n')
-      .map((l) => JSON.parse(l));
-    const failEvent = events.find(
-      (e: Record<string, unknown>) => e.event_type === 'rail.check.failed',
-    );
-    expect(failEvent).toBeDefined();
-    expect(failEvent.message).toContain('Gate failed (');
-  });
-});

packages/macp/src/cli.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, beforeEach, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import { registerMacpCommand } from './cli.js';
 
 describe('registerMacpCommand', () => {
@@ -75,3 +78,162 @@ describe('registerMacpCommand', () => {
     expect(topLevel).toContain('events');
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * RI-N2 fail-closed CLI behavior: an unimplemented capability is a failure,
+ * never a success. Every stub exits nonzero with a typed message, and the
+ * implemented `macp gate` mirrors the typed gate-runner states.
+ */
+describe('registerMacpCommand fail-closed (RI-N2)', () => {
+  let tmpDir: string;
+
+  function buildProgram(): Command {
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.exitOverride();
+    program.configureOutput({ writeErr: () => {} });
+    registerMacpCommand(program);
+    return program;
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'macp-cli-failclosed-'));
+    process.exitCode = 0;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.exitCode = 0;
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('macp tasks list exits nonzero (unimplemented capability)', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    await program.parseAsync(['macp', 'tasks', 'list'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('macp submit exits nonzero with a typed MACP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED message', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    const errSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      await program.parseAsync(['macp', 'submit', 'spec.json'], { from: 'user' });
+      expect(process.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+      const errText = errSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0])).join('\n');
+      expect(errText).toContain('MACP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED');
+    } finally {
+      errSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('macp events tail exits nonzero (unimplemented capability)', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    await program.parseAsync(['macp', 'events', 'tail'], { from: 'user' });
+    expect(process.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('macp gate runs a green inline command and exits 0', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    await program.parseAsync(
+      [
+        'macp',
+        'gate',
+        'exit 0',
+        '--cwd',
+        tmpDir,
+        '--log',
+        path.join(tmpDir, 'g.log'),
+        '--timeout',
+        '10',
+      ],
+      { from: 'user' },
+    );
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('macp gate exits nonzero on a failing command', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    await program.parseAsync(
+      [
+        'macp',
+        'gate',
+        'exit 9',
+        '--cwd',
+        tmpDir,
+        '--log',
+        path.join(tmpDir, 'g.log'),
+        '--timeout',
+        '10',
+      ],
+      { from: 'user' },
+    );
+    expect(process.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('macp gate with an unimplemented ci-pipeline capability exits nonzero', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    const specPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'gates.json');
+    fs.writeFileSync(specPath, JSON.stringify([{ type: 'ci-pipeline' }]));
+    await program.parseAsync(
+      [
+        'macp',
+        'gate',
+        specPath,
+        '--cwd',
+        tmpDir,
+        '--log',
+        path.join(tmpDir, 'g.log'),
+        '--timeout',
+        '10',
+      ],
+      { from: 'user' },
+    );
+    expect(process.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('macp gate --simulate completes (exit 0) but reports simulated results', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      await program.parseAsync(
+        [
+          'macp',
+          'gate',
+          'exit 0',
+          '--simulate',
+          '--cwd',
+          tmpDir,
+          '--log',
+          path.join(tmpDir, 'g.log'),
+          '--timeout',
+          '10',
+        ],
+        { from: 'user' },
+      );
+      // completes only because the caller explicitly asked to simulate
+      expect(process.exitCode).toBe(0);
+      const outText = logSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0])).join('\n');
+      expect(outText).toContain('simulated');
+      expect(outText).toContain('SIMULATED');
+    } finally {
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('macp gate with an empty spec exits nonzero with a typed error', async () => {
+    const program = buildProgram();
+    await program.parseAsync(
+      [
+        'macp',
+        'gate',
+        '   ',
+        '--cwd',
+        tmpDir,
+        '--log',
+        path.join(tmpDir, 'g.log'),
+        '--timeout',
+        '10',
+      ],
+      { from: 'user' },
+    );
+    expect(process.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  });
+});

packages/macp/src/cli.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,73 @@
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 
+import { runGates } from './gate-runner.js';
+import { MACPCapabilityError, type MacpErrorCode } from './errors.js';
+
+/**
+ * Load gates from a spec: an existing file (JSON gates array, a JSON object
+ * with `quality_gates`, a JSON gate object, or one command per line) or an
+ * inline command string. Fails closed with a typed capability error when the
+ * spec contains no executable gate definition.
+ */
+function loadGateSpec(spec: string): unknown[] {
+  if (existsSync(spec)) {
+    const raw = readFileSync(spec, 'utf-8');
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
+      if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+        if (parsed.length === 0) {
+          throw new MACPCapabilityError(
+            'MACP_NO_COMMAND',
+            'gate-spec',
+            `gate spec file '${spec}' contains an empty gates array`,
+          );
+        }
+        return parsed;
+      }
+      if (typeof parsed === 'object' && parsed !== null) {
+        const obj = parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
+        if (Array.isArray(obj['quality_gates'])) {
+          return obj['quality_gates'];
+        }
+        return [parsed];
+      }
+      throw new MACPCapabilityError(
+        'MACP_NO_COMMAND',
+        'gate-spec',
+        `gate spec file '${spec}' parsed to ${typeof parsed} — expected a gates array, a task with quality_gates, or a gate object`,
+      );
+    } catch (exc) {
+      if (exc instanceof MACPCapabilityError) throw exc;
+      // Not JSON — treat each non-empty line as a command gate.
+      const lines = raw
+        .split('\n')
+        .map((l) => l.trim())
+        .filter((l) => l.length > 0);
+      if (lines.length > 0) return lines;
+      throw new MACPCapabilityError(
+        'MACP_NO_COMMAND',
+        'gate-spec',
+        `gate spec file '${spec}' contains no gates`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  if (spec.trim().length > 0) return [spec];
+  throw new MACPCapabilityError('MACP_NO_COMMAND', 'gate-spec', 'gate spec is empty');
+}
+
+/** Print a typed not-implemented failure and exit nonzero (RI-N2 fail-closed). */
+function notImplemented(subcommand: string, capability: string, hint: string): void {
+  const err = new MACPCapabilityError(
+    'MACP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED',
+    capability,
+    `${subcommand} is not implemented in @mosaicstack/macp yet (${capability} capability absent) — ${hint}`,
+  );
+  console.error(`[macp] ${subcommand}: ${err.message} [${err.code}]`);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * Register macp subcommands on an existing Commander program.
  * This avoids cross-package Commander version mismatches by using the
@@ -24,15 +92,14 @@ export function registerMacpCommand(parent: Command): void {
       'Filter by task type (coding|deploy|research|review|documentation|infrastructure)',
     )
     .action((opts: { status?: string; type?: string }) => {
-      // not yet wired — task persistence layer is not present in @mosaicstack/macp
+      // unimplemented capability — a failure, never a success (RI-N2)
-      console.log('[macp] tasks list: not yet wired — use macp package programmatically');
       if (opts.status) {
         console.log(`  status filter: ${opts.status}`);
       }
       if (opts.type) {
         console.log(`  type filter: ${opts.type}`);
       }
-      process.exitCode = 0;
+      notImplemented('tasks list', 'task-persistence', 'use the macp package programmatically');
     });
 
   // ─── submit ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -41,12 +108,11 @@ export function registerMacpCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .command('submit <path>')
     .description('Submit a task from a JSON/YAML spec file')
     .action((specPath: string) => {
-      // not yet wired — task submission requires a running MACP server
+      // unimplemented capability — a failure, never a success (RI-N2)
-      console.log('[macp] submit: not yet wired — use macp package programmatically');
       console.log(`  spec path: ${specPath}`);
       console.log('  task id:   (unavailable — no MACP server connected)');
       console.log('  status:    (unavailable — no MACP server connected)');
-      process.exitCode = 0;
+      notImplemented('submit', 'macp-server', 'use the macp package programmatically');
     });
 
   // ─── gate ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -58,16 +124,58 @@ export function registerMacpCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .option('--cwd <path>', 'Working directory for gate execution', process.cwd())
     .option('--log <path>', 'Path to write gate log output', '/tmp/macp-gate.log')
     .option('--timeout <seconds>', 'Gate timeout in seconds', '60')
-    .action((spec: string, opts: { failOn: string; cwd: string; log: string; timeout: string }) => {
+    .option(
-      // not yet wired — gate execution requires a task context and event sink
+      '--simulate',
-      console.log('[macp] gate: not yet wired — use macp package programmatically');
+      'Simulate gates instead of executing them; results are typed simulated and never satisfy a check',
-      console.log(`  spec:     ${spec}`);
+    )
-      console.log(`  fail-on:  ${opts.failOn}`);
+    .action(
-      console.log(`  cwd:      ${opts.cwd}`);
+      (
-      console.log(`  log:      ${opts.log}`);
+        spec: string,
-      console.log(`  timeout:  ${opts.timeout}s`);
+        opts: { failOn: string; cwd: string; log: string; timeout: string; simulate?: boolean },
-      process.exitCode = 0;
+      ) => {
-    });
+        let gates: unknown[];
+        try {
+          gates = loadGateSpec(spec);
+        } catch (exc) {
+          if (exc instanceof MACPCapabilityError) {
+            console.error(`[macp] gate: ${exc.message} [${exc.code}]`);
+          } else {
+            console.error(`[macp] gate: ${String(exc)}`);
+          }
+          process.exitCode = 1;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const timeoutSec = Number.parseInt(opts.timeout, 10) || 60;
+        const eventsPath = `${opts.log}.events.ndjson`;
+        const { state, gateResults } = runGates(
+          gates,
+          opts.cwd,
+          opts.log,
+          timeoutSec,
+          eventsPath,
+          'macp-cli-gate',
+          {
+            simulate: opts.simulate,
+          },
+        );
+
+        for (const r of gateResults) {
+          const label = r.command || r.type;
+          const reason = r.reason ? ` — ${r.reason}` : '';
+          console.log(`[macp] gate ${r.status}: ${label}${reason}`);
+        }
+        if (opts.simulate) {
+          console.log(
+            '[macp] SIMULATED run — every result is typed simulated and can never satisfy a gate, dependency, or release check',
+          );
+        }
+
+        // Simulated runs may complete (exit 0) only because the caller
+        // explicitly passed --simulate; the typed state stays 'simulated'.
+        process.exitCode = state === 'passed' || state === 'simulated' ? 0 : 1;
+      },
+    );
 
   // ─── events ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -79,14 +187,16 @@ export function registerMacpCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .option('--file <path>', 'Path to the MACP events NDJSON file')
     .option('--follow', 'Follow the file for new events (like tail -f)')
     .action((opts: { file?: string; follow?: boolean }) => {
-      // not yet wired — event streaming requires a live event source
+      // unimplemented capability — a failure, never a success (RI-N2)
-      console.log('[macp] events tail: not yet wired — use macp package programmatically');
       if (opts.file) {
         console.log(`  file:   ${opts.file}`);
       }
       if (opts.follow) {
         console.log('  mode:   follow');
       }
-      process.exitCode = 0;
+      notImplemented('events tail', 'event-source', 'use the macp package programmatically');
     });
 }
+
+// Re-export so CLI consumers can surface typed capability codes.
+export type { MacpErrorCode };

packages/macp/src/errors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/** Typed error code from the closed MACP_ERROR_CODES set. */
+export type MacpErrorCode = (typeof MACP_ERROR_CODES)[number];
+/**
+ * Typed fail-closed capability errors (RI-N2, SDLC-D-035).
+ *
+ * MACP must fail closed when a required capability (executor, reviewer,
+ * command, CI provider, human authority) is absent. These typed codes mirror
+ * the Forge failure vocabulary (FORGE_NO_*) so both packages speak the same
+ * language: an unimplemented capability is a failure, never a stub success.
+ */
+
+/** Closed set of typed MACP capability error codes. */
+export const MACP_ERROR_CODES = [
+  'MACP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED',
+  'MACP_NO_COMMAND',
+  'MACP_NO_REVIEWER',
+  'MACP_NO_CI_PIPELINE',
+  'MACP_NO_PROVIDER',
+  'MACP_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED',
+] as const;
+
+/** Raised when a required capability is missing and execution must fail closed. */
+export class MACPCapabilityError extends Error {
+  /** Typed error code from the closed MACP_ERROR_CODES set. */
+  readonly code: MacpErrorCode;
+  /** The missing capability, e.g. `ci-provider`, `task-persistence`, `command`. */
+  readonly capability: string;
+
+  constructor(code: MacpErrorCode, capability: string, message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = 'MACPCapabilityError';
+    this.code = code;
+    this.capability = capability;
+  }
+}

packages/macp/src/gate-runner.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,429 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { countAIFindings, normalizeGate, runGate, runGates } from './gate-runner.js';
+
+function makeTmpDir(): string {
+  return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'macp-gate-'));
+}
+
+describe('normalizeGate', () => {
+  it('normalizes a string to mechanical gate', () => {
+    expect(normalizeGate('echo test')).toEqual({
+      command: 'echo test',
+      type: 'mechanical',
+      fail_on: 'blocker',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('normalizes an object gate with defaults', () => {
+    expect(normalizeGate({ command: 'lint' })).toEqual({
+      command: 'lint',
+      type: 'mechanical',
+      fail_on: 'blocker',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('preserves explicit type and fail_on', () => {
+    expect(normalizeGate({ command: 'review', type: 'ai-review', fail_on: 'any' })).toEqual({
+      command: 'review',
+      type: 'ai-review',
+      fail_on: 'any',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('handles non-string/non-object input', () => {
+    expect(normalizeGate(42)).toEqual({ command: '', type: 'mechanical', fail_on: 'blocker' });
+    expect(normalizeGate(null)).toEqual({ command: '', type: 'mechanical', fail_on: 'blocker' });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('countAIFindings', () => {
+  it('returns zeros for non-object', () => {
+    expect(countAIFindings(null)).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 0 });
+    expect(countAIFindings('string')).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 0 });
+    expect(countAIFindings([])).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it('counts from stats block', () => {
+    const output = { stats: { blockers: 2, should_fix: 3, suggestions: 1 } };
+    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 2, total: 6 });
+  });
+
+  it('counts from findings array when stats has no blockers', () => {
+    const output = {
+      stats: { blockers: 0 },
+      findings: [{ severity: 'blocker' }, { severity: 'warning' }, { severity: 'blocker' }],
+    };
+    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 2, total: 3 });
+  });
+
+  it('uses stats blockers over findings array when stats has blockers', () => {
+    const output = {
+      stats: { blockers: 5 },
+      findings: [{ severity: 'blocker' }, { severity: 'warning' }],
+    };
+    // stats.blockers = 5, total from stats = 5+0+0 = 5, findings not used for total since stats total is non-zero
+    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 5, total: 5 });
+  });
+
+  it('counts findings length as total when stats has zero total', () => {
+    const output = {
+      findings: [{ severity: 'warning' }, { severity: 'info' }],
+    };
+    expect(countAIFindings(output)).toEqual({ blockers: 0, total: 2 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('runGate', () => {
+  let tmp: string;
+  let logPath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmp = makeTmpDir();
+    logPath = path.join(tmp, 'gate.log');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('passes mechanical gate on exit 0', () => {
+    const result = runGate('echo hello', tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.exit_code).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.type).toBe('mechanical');
+    expect(result.output).toContain('hello');
+  });
+
+  it('fails mechanical gate on non-zero exit', () => {
+    const result = runGate('exit 1', tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.exit_code).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('ci-pipeline fails closed without a CI provider (no placeholder pass)', () => {
+    const result = runGate({ command: 'anything', type: 'ci-pipeline' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(result.capability_code).toBe('MACP_NO_CI_PIPELINE');
+    expect(result.type).toBe('ci-pipeline');
+    expect(result.output).not.toBe('CI pipeline gate placeholder');
+  });
+
+  it('empty command is a typed capability failure, never a pass', () => {
+    const result = runGate({ command: '' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(result.capability_code).toBe('MACP_NO_COMMAND');
+  });
+
+  it('ai-review gate parses JSON output', () => {
+    const json = JSON.stringify({ stats: { blockers: 0, should_fix: 1 } });
+    const result = runGate({ command: `echo '${json}'`, type: 'ai-review' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.blockers).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.findings).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('ai-review gate fails on blockers', () => {
+    const json = JSON.stringify({ stats: { blockers: 2 } });
+    const result = runGate({ command: `echo '${json}'`, type: 'ai-review' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.blockers).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('ai-review gate with fail_on=any fails on any findings', () => {
+    const json = JSON.stringify({ stats: { blockers: 0, should_fix: 1 } });
+    const result = runGate(
+      { command: `echo '${json}'`, type: 'ai-review', fail_on: 'any' },
+      tmp,
+      logPath,
+      30,
+    );
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.fail_on).toBe('any');
+  });
+
+  it('ai-review gate fails on invalid JSON output', () => {
+    const result = runGate({ command: 'echo "not json"', type: 'ai-review' }, tmp, logPath, 30);
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.parse_error).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('writes to log file', () => {
+    runGate('echo logged', tmp, logPath, 30);
+    const log = fs.readFileSync(logPath, 'utf-8');
+    expect(log).toContain('COMMAND: echo logged');
+    expect(log).toContain('logged');
+    expect(log).toContain('EXIT:');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('runGates', () => {
+  let tmp: string;
+  let logPath: string;
+  let eventsPath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmp = makeTmpDir();
+    logPath = path.join(tmp, 'gates.log');
+    eventsPath = path.join(tmp, 'events.ndjson');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('runs multiple gates and returns results', () => {
+    const { allPassed, gateResults } = runGates(
+      ['echo one', 'echo two'],
+      tmp,
+      logPath,
+      30,
+      eventsPath,
+      'task-1',
+    );
+    expect(allPassed).toBe(true);
+    expect(gateResults).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it('reports failure when any gate fails', () => {
+    const { allPassed, gateResults } = runGates(
+      ['echo ok', 'exit 1'],
+      tmp,
+      logPath,
+      30,
+      eventsPath,
+      'task-2',
+    );
+    expect(allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(gateResults[0]!.passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(gateResults[1]!.passed).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('emits events for each gate', () => {
+    runGates(['echo test'], tmp, logPath, 30, eventsPath, 'task-3');
+    const events = fs
+      .readFileSync(eventsPath, 'utf-8')
+      .trim()
+      .split('\n')
+      .map((l) => JSON.parse(l));
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(2); // started + passed
+    expect(events[0].event_type).toBe('rail.check.started');
+    expect(events[1].event_type).toBe('rail.check.passed');
+  });
+
+  it('does not silently skip gates with empty command — they become capability failures', () => {
+    const { gateResults, allPassed, state } = runGates(
+      [{ command: '', type: 'mechanical' }, 'echo real'],
+      tmp,
+      logPath,
+      30,
+      eventsPath,
+      'task-4',
+    );
+    expect(gateResults).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(gateResults[0]!.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(gateResults[1]!.status).toBe('passed');
+    expect(allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(state).toBe('capability_failure');
+  });
+
+  it('does not skip ci-pipeline even with empty command — typed capability failure', () => {
+    const { gateResults, allPassed, state } = runGates(
+      [{ command: '', type: 'ci-pipeline' }],
+      tmp,
+      logPath,
+      30,
+      eventsPath,
+      'task-5',
+    );
+    expect(gateResults).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(gateResults[0]!.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(gateResults[0]!.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(state).toBe('capability_failure');
+  });
+
+  it('emits failed event with correct message', () => {
+    runGates(['exit 42'], tmp, logPath, 30, eventsPath, 'task-6');
+    const events = fs
+      .readFileSync(eventsPath, 'utf-8')
+      .trim()
+      .split('\n')
+      .map((l) => JSON.parse(l));
+    const failEvent = events.find(
+      (e: Record<string, unknown>) => e.event_type === 'rail.check.failed',
+    );
+    expect(failEvent).toBeDefined();
+    expect(failEvent.message).toContain('Gate failed (');
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * RI-N2 / SDLC-D-035 fail-closed controls for the MACP gate runner.
+ *
+ * Invariant under test: `passed: true` occurs ONLY when a gate really executed
+ * and really exited green (`status === 'passed'`). Absent capabilities,
+ * manual sign-offs, and simulated runs are typed distinctly and can never
+ * make the aggregate `passed`.
+ */
+describe('gate-runner fail-closed (RI-N2)', () => {
+  let tmpDir: string;
+  let logPath: string;
+  let eventsPath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmpDir = makeTmpDir();
+    logPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'gate.log');
+    eventsPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'events.ndjson');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  function run(gates: unknown[], options?: { simulate?: boolean }) {
+    return runGates(gates, tmpDir, logPath, 10, eventsPath, 'spec-task', options);
+  }
+
+  // ─── positive controls ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('a really-executed green command gate still passes', () => {
+    const result = run([{ command: 'exit 0', type: 'mechanical' }]);
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.status).toBe('passed');
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('passed');
+  });
+
+  it('explicit simulate completes and types every result simulated', () => {
+    const result = run([{ command: 'exit 0', type: 'mechanical' }, 'echo hello'], {
+      simulate: true,
+    });
+    expect(result.gateResults).toHaveLength(2);
+    for (const gate of result.gateResults) {
+      expect(gate.status).toBe('simulated');
+      expect(gate.passed).toBe(false);
+    }
+    expect(result.state).toBe('simulated');
+  });
+
+  it('a really-executed red command gate fails with typed status failed', () => {
+    const result = run([{ command: 'exit 3', type: 'mechanical' }]);
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.status).toBe('failed');
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('failed');
+  });
+
+  // ─── negative controls — each asserts typed status AND aggregate not passed ──
+
+  it('an empty-command gate is a capability_failure, not skipped and not passed', () => {
+    const result = run([{ command: '', type: 'mechanical' }]);
+    // runGates must not silently skip it — it produces a typed result
+    expect(result.gateResults).toHaveLength(1);
+    const gate = result.gateResults[0]!;
+    expect(gate.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(gate.capability_code).toBe('MACP_NO_COMMAND');
+    expect(gate.passed).toBe(false);
+    // aggregate is not passed
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(result.state).not.toBe('passed');
+  });
+
+  it('a commandless ai-review gate is a typed MACP_NO_REVIEWER capability_failure', () => {
+    const result = run([{ command: '', type: 'ai-review' }]);
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.capability_code).toBe('MACP_NO_REVIEWER');
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).not.toBe('passed');
+  });
+
+  it('a ci-pipeline gate without a provider implementation is a capability_failure, never a placeholder pass', () => {
+    const result = run([{ command: '', type: 'ci-pipeline' }]);
+    const gate = result.gateResults[0]!;
+    expect(gate.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(gate.capability_code).toBe('MACP_NO_CI_PIPELINE');
+    expect(gate.passed).toBe(false);
+    // the old false-success placeholder must be gone
+    expect(gate.output).not.toBe('CI pipeline gate placeholder');
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).not.toBe('passed');
+  });
+
+  it('a ci-pipeline gate fails closed even alongside an otherwise green run', () => {
+    const result = run(['exit 0', { type: 'ci-pipeline', command: 'fake-ci' }]);
+    expect(result.gateResults[1]!.status).toBe('capability_failure');
+    expect(result.gateResults[0]!.status).toBe('passed');
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('capability_failure');
+  });
+
+  it('a manual gate with no automation enters typed waiting — neither pass nor fail', () => {
+    const result = run([{ type: 'manual' }]);
+    const gate = result.gateResults[0]!;
+    expect(gate.status).toBe('waiting');
+    expect(gate.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(gate.exit_code).toBe(0);
+    // aggregate is not passed while any gate is waiting
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('waiting');
+    expect(result.state).not.toBe('passed');
+  });
+
+  it('a simulated result can never make the aggregate passed', () => {
+    const result = run(['exit 0', 'exit 0'], { simulate: true });
+    expect(result.gateResults.every((g) => g.status === 'simulated')).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('simulated');
+    expect(result.state).not.toBe('passed');
+  });
+
+  it('waiting dominates an otherwise green aggregate', () => {
+    const result = run(['exit 0', { type: 'manual' }]);
+    expect(result.allPassed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.state).toBe('waiting');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('runGate fail-closed (RI-N2)', () => {
+  let tmpDir: string;
+  let logPath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmpDir = makeTmpDir();
+    logPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'gate.log');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('simulate: true returns a typed simulated result without executing', () => {
+    const result = runGate('this-command-does-not-exist-xyz', tmpDir, logPath, 10, {
+      simulate: true,
+    });
+    expect(result.status).toBe('simulated');
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.exit_code).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('normal mode executes for real and types a green gate passed', () => {
+    const result = runGate('echo ok', tmpDir, logPath, 10);
+    expect(result.status).toBe('passed');
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.output).toContain('ok');
+  });
+
+  it('a bare string gate normalizes to mechanical and executes', () => {
+    const result = runGate('exit 7', tmpDir, logPath, 10);
+    expect(result.type).toBe('mechanical');
+    expect(result.status).toBe('failed');
+    expect(result.passed).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

packages/macp/src/gate-runner.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,20 @@ import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 
 import { emitEvent } from './event-emitter.js';
 import { nowISO } from './event-emitter.js';
-import type { GateResult } from './types.js';
+import type { GateResult, GateStatus, RunGatesResult } from './types.js';
+
+/** Typed reason stamped on every simulated gate result. */
+export const SIMULATED_GATE_REASON =
+  'simulated execution (explicit simulate opt-in): gate was not evaluated by a real implementation';
+
+/** Options for gate execution (RI-N2 fail-closed / explicit simulation). */
+export interface RunGateOptions {
+  /**
+   * Explicit caller opt-in to simulation. Simulated gates are NOT executed;
+   * every result is typed `simulated` and never satisfies anything.
+   */
+  simulate?: boolean;
+}
 
 export interface NormalizedGate {
   command: string;
@@ -103,36 +116,91 @@ export function countAIFindings(parsedOutput: unknown): { blockers: number; tota
   return { blockers, total };
 }
 
+function simulatedResult(gateEntry: NormalizedGate): GateResult {
+  return {
+    command: gateEntry.command,
+    exit_code: 0,
+    type: gateEntry.type,
+    output: SIMULATED_GATE_REASON,
+    timed_out: false,
+    passed: false,
+    status: 'simulated',
+    reason: SIMULATED_GATE_REASON,
+  };
+}
+
+function capabilityFailureResult(
+  gateEntry: NormalizedGate,
+  code: GateResult['capability_code'],
+  reason: string,
+): GateResult {
+  return {
+    command: gateEntry.command,
+    exit_code: 1,
+    type: gateEntry.type,
+    output: '',
+    timed_out: false,
+    passed: false,
+    status: 'capability_failure',
+    capability_code: code,
+    reason,
+  };
+}
+
+function waitingResult(gateEntry: NormalizedGate, reason: string): GateResult {
+  return {
+    command: gateEntry.command,
+    exit_code: 0,
+    type: gateEntry.type,
+    output: '',
+    timed_out: false,
+    passed: false,
+    status: 'waiting',
+    capability_code: 'MACP_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED',
+    reason,
+  };
+}
+
 export function runGate(
   gate: unknown,
   cwd: string,
   logPath: string,
   timeoutSec: number,
+  options: RunGateOptions = {},
 ): GateResult {
   const gateEntry = normalizeGate(gate);
   const gateType = gateEntry.type;
   const command = gateEntry.command;
 
+  // Explicit simulation only: never executes, typed simulated, never satisfying.
+  if (options.simulate) {
+    return simulatedResult(gateEntry);
+  }
+
+  // Fail closed: no CI provider implementation exists in @mosaicstack/macp,
+  // so a ci-pipeline gate is an absent capability — never a placeholder pass.
   if (gateType === 'ci-pipeline') {
-    return {
+    return capabilityFailureResult(
-      command,
+      gateEntry,
-      exit_code: 0,
+      'MACP_NO_CI_PIPELINE',
-      type: gateType,
+      `ci-pipeline gate '${gateEntry.command || gateType}' has no CI provider implementation wired — refusing placeholder pass`,
-      output: 'CI pipeline gate placeholder',
+    );
-      timed_out: false,
-      passed: true,
-    };
   }
 
   if (!command) {
-    return {
+    // A manual gate with no automation waits for human sign-off: not pass, not fail.
-      command: '',
+    if (gateType === 'manual') {
-      exit_code: 0,
+      return waitingResult(
-      type: gateType,
+        gateEntry,
-      output: '',
+        `manual gate has no automation — waiting for human sign-off (type: ${gateType})`,
-      timed_out: false,
+      );
-      passed: true,
+    }
-    };
+    // Any other commandless gate is an absent capability — never a vacuous pass.
+    return capabilityFailureResult(
+      gateEntry,
+      gateType === 'ai-review' ? 'MACP_NO_REVIEWER' : 'MACP_NO_COMMAND',
+      `gate of type '${gateType}' has no command to execute — refusing empty-command pass`,
+    );
   }
 
   const { exitCode, output, timedOut } = runShell(command, cwd, logPath, timeoutSec);
@@ -143,10 +211,12 @@ export function runGate(
     output,
     timed_out: timedOut,
     passed: false,
+    status: 'failed',
   };
 
   if (gateType !== 'ai-review') {
     result.passed = exitCode === 0;
+    result.status = result.passed ? 'passed' : 'failed';
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -170,6 +240,7 @@ export function runGate(
   } else {
     result.passed = exitCode === 0 && blockers === 0 && !timedOut && parseError === undefined;
   }
+  result.status = result.passed ? 'passed' : 'failed';
 
   result.fail_on = failOn;
   result.blockers = blockers;
@@ -191,16 +262,19 @@ export function runGates(
   timeoutSec: number,
   eventsPath: string,
   taskId: string,
-): { allPassed: boolean; gateResults: GateResult[] } {
+  options: RunGateOptions = {},
-  let allPassed = true;
+): RunGatesResult {
   const gateResults: GateResult[] = [];
+  let hasCapabilityFailure = false;
+  let hasSimulated = false;
+  let hasFailed = false;
+  let hasWaiting = false;
 
   for (const gate of gates) {
     const gateEntry = normalizeGate(gate);
     const gateCmd = gateEntry.command;
-    if (!gateCmd && gateEntry.type !== 'ci-pipeline') continue;
-
     const label = gateCmd || gateEntry.type;
+    // NOTE: no silent skip — every gate produces a typed result (RI-N2).
     emitEvent(
       eventsPath,
       'rail.check.started',
@@ -209,10 +283,10 @@ export function runGates(
       'quality-gate',
       `Running gate: ${label}`,
     );
-    const result = runGate(gate, cwd, logPath, timeoutSec);
+    const result = runGate(gate, cwd, logPath, timeoutSec, options);
     gateResults.push(result);
 
-    if (result.passed) {
+    if (result.status === 'passed') {
       emitEvent(
         eventsPath,
         'rail.check.passed',
@@ -224,7 +298,46 @@ export function runGates(
       continue;
     }
 
-    allPassed = false;
+    if (result.status === 'waiting') {
+      hasWaiting = true;
+      emitEvent(
+        eventsPath,
+        'rail.check.waiting',
+        taskId,
+        'gated',
+        'quality-gate',
+        `Gate waiting: ${label} — ${result.reason ?? 'manual gate awaits sign-off'}`,
+      );
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (result.status === 'simulated') {
+      hasSimulated = true;
+      emitEvent(
+        eventsPath,
+        'rail.check.simulated',
+        taskId,
+        'gated',
+        'quality-gate',
+        `Gate simulated (non-satisfying): ${label}`,
+      );
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (result.status === 'capability_failure') {
+      hasCapabilityFailure = true;
+      emitEvent(
+        eventsPath,
+        'rail.check.failed',
+        taskId,
+        'gated',
+        'quality-gate',
+        `Gate capability failure (${result.capability_code ?? 'MACP_NO_PROVIDER'}): ${label} — ${result.reason ?? 'required capability is absent'}`,
+      );
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    hasFailed = true;
     let message: string;
     if (result.timed_out) {
       message = `Gate timed out after ${timeoutSec}s: ${label}`;
@@ -236,5 +349,15 @@ export function runGates(
     emitEvent(eventsPath, 'rail.check.failed', taskId, 'gated', 'quality-gate', message);
   }
 
-  return { allPassed, gateResults };
+  const state: GateStatus = hasCapabilityFailure
+    ? 'capability_failure'
+    : hasSimulated
+      ? 'simulated'
+      : hasFailed
+        ? 'failed'
+        : hasWaiting
+          ? 'waiting'
+          : 'passed';
+
+  return { allPassed: state === 'passed', gateResults, state };
 }

packages/macp/src/index.ts

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ export type {
   DependsOnPolicy,
   GateType,
   GateFailOn,
+  GateStatus,
   GateEntry,
   Task,
   EventType,
   MACPEvent,
   GateResult,
+  RunGatesResult,
   TaskResult,
   ProviderMeta,
   ProviderRegistry,
@@ -18,6 +20,11 @@ export type {
 
 export { CredentialError } from './types.js';
 
+// Typed fail-closed capability errors (RI-N2, SDLC-D-035)
+export { MACP_ERROR_CODES, MACPCapabilityError } from './errors.js';
+
+export type { MacpErrorCode } from './errors.js';
+
 // Credential resolver
 export {
   DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_DIR,
@@ -35,9 +42,16 @@ export {
 export type { ResolveCredentialsOptions } from './credential-resolver.js';
 
 // Gate runner
-export { normalizeGate, runShell, countAIFindings, runGate, runGates } from './gate-runner.js';
+export {
+  normalizeGate,
+  runShell,
+  countAIFindings,
+  runGate,
+  runGates,
+  SIMULATED_GATE_REASON,
+} from './gate-runner.js';
 
-export type { NormalizedGate } from './gate-runner.js';
+export type { NormalizedGate, RunGateOptions } from './gate-runner.js';
 
 // Risk-floor (agent reflection loop — diff review classifier)
 export { evaluateRiskFloor, DEFAULT_RISK_THRESHOLD } from './risk-floor.js';

packages/macp/src/types.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { MacpErrorCode } from './errors.js';
+
 /** Task status values. */
 export type TaskStatus = 'pending' | 'running' | 'gated' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'escalated';
 
@@ -17,7 +19,17 @@ export type DispatchMode = 'yolo' | 'acp' | 'exec';
 export type DependsOnPolicy = 'all' | 'any' | 'all_terminal';
 
 /** Quality gate type. */
-export type GateType = 'mechanical' | 'ai-review' | 'ci-pipeline';
+export type GateType = 'mechanical' | 'ai-review' | 'ci-pipeline' | 'manual';
+
+/**
+ * Typed execution state of a gate — closed set (RI-N2, SDLC-D-035).
+ *
+ * Only `passed` means "really executed and green". `simulated` is produced
+ * exclusively under an explicit simulate opt-in and never satisfies anything.
+ * `capability_failure` means a required executor/provider/command was absent.
+ * `waiting` means a manual gate awaits human sign-off (neither pass nor fail).
+ */
+export type GateStatus = 'passed' | 'failed' | 'simulated' | 'waiting' | 'capability_failure';
 
 /** Gate fail_on mode. */
 export type GateFailOn = 'blocker' | 'any';
@@ -67,7 +79,9 @@ export type EventType =
   | 'task.retry.scheduled'
   | 'rail.check.started'
   | 'rail.check.passed'
-  | 'rail.check.failed';
+  | 'rail.check.failed'
+  | 'rail.check.waiting'
+  | 'rail.check.simulated';
 
 /** Structured event record. */
 export interface MACPEvent {
@@ -88,7 +102,14 @@ export interface GateResult {
   type: string;
   output: string;
   timed_out: boolean;
+  /** Back-compat boolean view — true ONLY when `status === 'passed'`. */
   passed: boolean;
+  /** Typed discriminator — the authoritative gate outcome (RI-N2). */
+  status: GateStatus;
+  /** Typed capability error code, set when `status === 'capability_failure'`. */
+  capability_code?: MacpErrorCode;
+  /** Why a non-executed state (simulated/waiting/capability_failure) was reached. */
+  reason?: string;
   fail_on?: string;
   blockers?: number;
   findings?: number;
@@ -96,6 +117,22 @@ export interface GateResult {
   parse_error?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Aggregate outcome of `runGates` (RI-N2).
+ *
+ * `state` is the typed aggregate: it is `passed` only when every gate really
+ * executed green. A `simulated` result makes the aggregate `simulated` (never
+ * `passed`); a `waiting` manual gate keeps the aggregate `waiting`; a missing
+ * capability makes it `capability_failure`. `allPassed` is exactly
+ * `state === 'passed'`, so a simulated or waiting result can never satisfy a
+ * dependency, acceptance criterion, gate, merge, or release check.
+ */
+export interface RunGatesResult {
+  allPassed: boolean;
+  gateResults: GateResult[];
+  state: GateStatus;
+}
+
 /** Result from a completed task. */
 export interface TaskResult {
   task_id: string;

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/README.md

@@ -12,33 +12,6 @@ The default tmux socket is `mosaic-fleet` so fleet commands do not touch the
 default tmux server. The roster is the desired-state authority; generated environment files are
 rebuildable projections, never a second source of configuration.
 
-## Brain-home split (fleet state vs framework templates)
-
-When a mosaic-brain clone is present, fleet **state** resolves from the brain
-home while framework templates and dispatch state stay in the config home
-(three-tree model, canon `docs/STRUCTURE-CANON.md` §2):
-
-| Path                                                                            | Without brain (legacy)                | With brain                     |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
-| `fleet/agents/<seat>.env.*`                                                     | `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/agents/`      | `~/.mosaic/fleet/agents/`      |
-| `fleet/roles.local/` (overrides)                                                | `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/roles.local/` | `~/.mosaic/fleet/roles.local/` |
-| `fleet/profiles/` (working copies)                                              | `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/profiles/`    | `~/.mosaic/fleet/profiles/`    |
-| `fleet/roster.yaml`, `fleet/roles/` (baseline), `fleet/run/`, `fleet/services/` | `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/…`            | unchanged (config home)        |
-
-Activation (`packages/mosaic/src/fleet/brain-home.ts`, mirrored in
-`tools/fleet/start-agent-session.sh`):
-
-1. `MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME` env var — explicit, always wins.
-2. Canonical `~/.mosaic` — adopted only when `MOSAIC_HOME` is the default
-   `~/.config/mosaic` AND `~/.mosaic/fleet/agents` exists. Custom
-   `--mosaic-home` values (tests, sandboxes, canaries) never adopt, keeping
-   them hermetic.
-3. Otherwise the config home (legacy single-tree behavior).
-
-Seat env dirs under a brain are subject to the same privacy boundary (0700
-dirs, 0600 files); `.env.generated` files are structure-valuable and tracked
-in the brain repo, hand-maintained `.env`/`.env.local` stay ignored and private.
-
 ## Examples
 
 - `examples/minimal.yaml` starts one local canary slot.

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/_scripts/mosaic-doctor

@@ -255,68 +255,6 @@ fleet_declared_transport() {
   printf '%s\n' "${declared:-tmux}"
 }
 
-# Brain-home fleet-state resolution (#1298; canon STRUCTURE-CANON §2).
-#
-# Seat launch envs, roles.local overrides, and profile working copies resolve
-# from the brain home when one is active; roster, baseline roles, run/, and
-# services stay under MOSAIC_HOME. This check surfaces which tree fleet state
-# resolves from and the drift a launch would otherwise hit at runtime:
-#
-# - a stale MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME pointing at a directory with no fleet/agents is a
-#   misconfiguration the resolver honors (explicit wins) — warn, don't pass;
-# - a symlinked brain or agents dir defeats the managed-directory boundary;
-# - a group/world-readable agents dir violates the 0700 projection boundary;
-# - env files left in the config-home tree while a brain is active are split
-#   state — the write path rejects NEW split writes, but nothing would ever
-#   tell the operator the old files are stranded.
-resolve_brain_home() {
-  local explicit="${MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME:-}"
-  if [[ -n "$(printf '%s' "$explicit" | tr -d '[:space:]')" ]]; then
-    printf '%s' "$explicit"
-    return
-  fi
-  if [[ "$(cd "$MOSAIC_HOME" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)" == "$HOME/.config/mosaic" \
-     && -d "$HOME/.mosaic/fleet/agents" ]]; then
-    printf '%s' "$HOME/.mosaic"
-    return
-  fi
-  printf '%s' "$MOSAIC_HOME"
-}
-
-check_brain_home() {
-  local brain agents mode
-  brain="$(resolve_brain_home)"
-
-  if [[ "$brain" == "$MOSAIC_HOME" ]]; then
-    pass "Fleet state home: $MOSAIC_HOME (legacy single-tree; no brain adopted)"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  agents="$brain/fleet/agents"
-  if [[ ! -d "$agents" ]]; then
-    warn "Brain home '$brain' has no fleet/agents — seat envs will not resolve from it. Point MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME at a brain carrying fleet/agents, or unset it."
-    return
-  fi
-  if [[ -L "$brain" || -L "$agents" ]]; then
-    warn "Brain fleet-state path resolves through a symlink ($brain) — the managed-directory boundary requires regular directories."
-    return
-  fi
-
-  mode="$(stat -c '%a' -- "$agents" 2>/dev/null)" || mode=""
-  if [[ -n "$mode" ]] && (( (8#$mode & 8#077) != 0 )); then
-    warn "Brain agents dir '$agents' is group/world-accessible (mode $mode) — the projection boundary requires 0700."
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -d "$MOSAIC_HOME/fleet/agents" ]] \
-     && ls "$MOSAIC_HOME/fleet/agents/"*.env* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    warn "Fleet env files exist in BOTH trees — brain '$brain' is active but '$MOSAIC_HOME/fleet/agents' still carries env files (split state). Migrate them (mosaic fleet regen) and remove the config-home copies."
-    return
-  fi
-
-  pass "Fleet state home: $brain (brain active); roster + templates: $MOSAIC_HOME"
-}
-
 check_fleet_transport() {
   local transport
   transport="$(fleet_declared_transport)"
@@ -335,8 +273,6 @@ check_fleet_transport() {
 
 check_fleet_transport
 
-check_brain_home
-
 # Legacy migration surfaces should no longer contain symlink trees.
 legacy_paths=(
   "$HOME/.claude/agent-guides"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/_scripts/test-brain-home-check.sh

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Covers the brain-home fleet-state check in `mosaic-doctor` (#1298 follow-up).
-#
-# The functions are extracted from the shipped script rather than copied here
-# (same discipline as test-fleet-transport-check.sh): a test that carries its
-# own copy of the logic keeps passing after the shipped copy changes.
-# Extraction is by exact function header and a closing brace in column one.
-set -euo pipefail
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
-DOCTOR="$SCRIPT_DIR/mosaic-doctor"
-
-fail() {
-  echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
-  exit 1
-}
-
-[ -f "$DOCTOR" ] || fail "missing mosaic-doctor at $DOCTOR"
-
-extract_function() {
-  local name="$1"
-  local extracted
-  extracted=$(sed -n "/^${name}() {/,/^}/p" "$DOCTOR")
-  [ -n "$extracted" ] || fail "could not extract ${name}() from mosaic-doctor — script reshaped?"
-  printf '%s\n' "$extracted"
-}
-
-for fn in resolve_brain_home check_brain_home; do
-  extract_function "$fn" >/dev/null
-done
-
-warn_count=0
-warn() { warn_count=$((warn_count + 1)); echo "[WARN] $*"; }
-pass() { echo "[OK] $*"; return 0; }
-
-eval "$(extract_function resolve_brain_home)"
-eval "$(extract_function check_brain_home)"
-
-ROOT=$(mktemp -d)
-trap 'rm -rf "$ROOT"' EXIT
-
-run_case() {
-  # label, expect (ok|warn), then env assignments as arguments.
-  # The check runs under `env` in a subshell, so its warn() also prints a
-  # sentinel the parent counts — a subshell counter would never be visible.
-  local label="$1" expect="$2"
-  shift 2
-  local out warns
-  out=$(env "$@" bash -c "warn() { echo \"[WARN] \$*\"; }; pass() { echo \"[OK] \$*\"; return 0; }; $(extract_function resolve_brain_home); $(extract_function check_brain_home); check_brain_home" 2>&1)
-  warns=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -c '^\[WARN\]' || true)
-  if [[ "$expect" == ok && "$warns" -eq 0 ]]; then
-    echo "ok - $label"
-  elif [[ "$expect" == warn && "$warns" -gt 0 ]]; then
-    echo "ok - $label (warned)"
-  else
-    echo "output: $out" >&2
-    fail "$label: expected $expect (warns=$warns)"
-  fi
-}
-
-# ── legacy: no brain, custom home never adopts ─────────────────────────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/legacy-mosaic/fleet/agents"
-run_case "custom home without brain stays legacy" ok \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/legacy-mosaic" HOME="$ROOT"
-
-# ── healthy brain at the default config home ───────────────────────────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/home/.config/mosaic" "$ROOT/home/.mosaic/fleet/agents"
-chmod 700 "$ROOT/home/.mosaic/fleet/agents"
-run_case "default home adopts healthy brain" ok \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/home/.config/mosaic" HOME="$ROOT/home"
-
-# ── explicit MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME to a brain without fleet/agents → warn ──────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/brain-noagents/fleet" "$ROOT/config"
-run_case "explicit brain without agents warns" warn \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/config" HOME="$ROOT" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="$ROOT/brain-noagents"
-
-# ── explicit MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME to a healthy brain → ok ─────────────────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/brain-ok/fleet/agents" "$ROOT/config2"
-chmod 700 "$ROOT/brain-ok/fleet/agents"
-run_case "explicit healthy brain passes" ok \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/config2" HOME="$ROOT" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="$ROOT/brain-ok"
-
-# ── group-readable agents dir → warn (0700 boundary) ───────────────────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/brain-loose/fleet/agents" "$ROOT/config3"
-chmod 750 "$ROOT/brain-loose/fleet/agents"
-run_case "group-readable brain agents warns" warn \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/config3" HOME="$ROOT" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="$ROOT/brain-loose"
-
-# ── symlinked agents dir → warn (managed-directory boundary) ───────────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/brain-link/real-agents" "$ROOT/brain-link/fleet" "$ROOT/config4"
-ln -s "$ROOT/brain-link/real-agents" "$ROOT/brain-link/fleet/agents"
-run_case "symlinked brain agents warns" warn \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/config4" HOME="$ROOT" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="$ROOT/brain-link"
-
-# ── split state: envs in BOTH trees → warn ─────────────────────────────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/brain-split/fleet/agents" "$ROOT/config5/fleet/agents"
-chmod 700 "$ROOT/brain-split/fleet/agents" "$ROOT/config5/fleet/agents"
-touch "$ROOT/config5/fleet/agents/coder0.env.generated"
-run_case "env files in both trees warns (split state)" warn \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/config5" HOME="$ROOT" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="$ROOT/brain-split"
-
-# ── config-home agents dir WITHOUT env files alongside a brain → ok ────────
-mkdir -p "$ROOT/brain-clean/fleet/agents" "$ROOT/config6/fleet/agents"
-chmod 700 "$ROOT/brain-clean/fleet/agents" "$ROOT/config6/fleet/agents"
-run_case "empty config-home agents dir alongside brain passes" ok \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$ROOT/config6" HOME="$ROOT" MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME="$ROOT/brain-clean"
-
-echo "ok - mosaic-doctor brain-home check"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/fleet/start-agent-session.sh

@@ -80,26 +80,6 @@ safe_path "$MOSAIC_HOME" || fail_env unsafe-path MOSAIC_HOME "$MOSAIC_HOME"
 
 FLEET_DIR="$MOSAIC_HOME/fleet"
 AGENT_ENV_DIR="$FLEET_DIR/agents"
-
-# Brain-home split (canon docs/STRUCTURE-CANON.md §2): seat launch envs live
-# under the brain home's fleet/agents when a brain is active; roster, roles
-# baseline, and runtime state (fleet/run) stay under MOSAIC_HOME.
-# Resolution mirrors packages/mosaic/src/fleet/brain-home.ts:
-#   1. MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME env (explicit, always wins)
-#   2. ~/.mosaic — adopted only when MOSAIC_HOME is the default config home AND
-#      ~/.mosaic/fleet/agents exists
-#   3. MOSAIC_HOME (legacy single-tree)
-BRAIN_HOME="${MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME:-}"
-if [ -z "$BRAIN_HOME" ]; then
-  BRAIN_HOME="$MOSAIC_HOME"
-  if [ "$(cd "$MOSAIC_HOME" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)" = "$HOME/.config/mosaic" ] \
-     && [ -d "$HOME/.mosaic/fleet/agents" ]; then
-    BRAIN_HOME="$HOME/.mosaic"
-  fi
-fi
-if [ "$BRAIN_HOME" != "$MOSAIC_HOME" ]; then
-  AGENT_ENV_DIR="$BRAIN_HOME/fleet/agents"
-fi
 assert_managed_directory "$MOSAIC_HOME"
 assert_managed_directory "$FLEET_DIR"
 assert_private_directory "$AGENT_ENV_DIR"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/fleet/test-start-agent-session.sh

@@ -167,54 +167,6 @@ if echo "$valid_args" | grep -qF 'bash -c'; then
   fail "launcher constructed a shell command payload"
 fi
 
-# ── Brain-home split (canon §2) ─────────────────────────────────────────
-# When MOSAIC_HOME is the default config home under $HOME and the host carries
-# $HOME/.mosaic/fleet/agents, seat envs resolve from the brain tree; the config
-# home still owns fleet/run (holder-owner) and remains a managed boundary.
-: > "$TMUX_CALLS"
-HOME_BRAIN="$ROOT/brain-home"
-CONFIG_HOME="$HOME_BRAIN/.config/mosaic"
-BRAIN="$HOME_BRAIN/.mosaic"
-mkdir -p "$CONFIG_HOME/fleet/run" "$BRAIN/fleet/agents" "$HOME_BRAIN/work"
-chmod 700 "$CONFIG_HOME" "$CONFIG_HOME/fleet" "$CONFIG_HOME/fleet/run" \
-  "$BRAIN/fleet/agents" "$HOME_BRAIN/work"
-printf '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000\n' > "$CONFIG_HOME/fleet/run/holder-owner"
-chmod 600 "$CONFIG_HOME/fleet/run/holder-owner"
-cat > "$BRAIN/fleet/agents/coder-brain.env.generated" <<EOF
-MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=coder-brain
-MOSAIC_AGENT_CLASS=code
-MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=pi
-MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL=openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol
-MOSAIC_AGENT_REASONING=high
-MOSAIC_AGENT_TOOL_POLICY=code
-MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=$HOME_BRAIN/work
-MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-test
-EOF
-chmod 600 "$BRAIN/fleet/agents/coder-brain.env.generated"
-install_pane_binaries "$HOME_BRAIN"
-HOME="$HOME_BRAIN" PATH="$FAKE_BIN:$PATH" MOSAIC_TEST_TMUX_CALLS="$TMUX_CALLS" \
-  MOSAIC_TEST_PANE_PID=$$ MOSAIC_TEST_HOME="$HOME_BRAIN" \
-  MOSAIC_TEST_FLEET_OWNER=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$CONFIG_HOME" "$START" coder-brain
-brain_args=$(tr '\0' '\n' < "$TMUX_CALLS")
-echo "$brain_args" | grep -qF new-session || fail "brain-home generated projection did not reach tmux"
-echo "$brain_args" | grep -qF 'coder-brain' || fail "brain-home agent env was not the launch source"
-[ -f "$BRAIN/fleet/agents/coder-brain.env.generated" ] || fail "brain generated env vanished"
-
-# Negative control: the SAME default-config-home shape but without
-# ~/.mosaic/fleet/agents — the config-home env tree is used directly (legacy).
-: > "$TMUX_CALLS"
-HOME_NOBRAIN="$ROOT/brainless-home"
-CONFIG_HOME_NOBRAIN="$HOME_NOBRAIN/.config/mosaic"
-write_generated "$CONFIG_HOME_NOBRAIN" "coder-legacy"
-install_pane_binaries "$HOME_NOBRAIN"
-HOME="$HOME_NOBRAIN" PATH="$FAKE_BIN:$PATH" MOSAIC_TEST_TMUX_CALLS="$TMUX_CALLS" \
-  MOSAIC_TEST_PANE_PID=$$ MOSAIC_TEST_HOME="$HOME_NOBRAIN" \
-  MOSAIC_TEST_FLEET_OWNER=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 \
-  MOSAIC_HOME="$CONFIG_HOME_NOBRAIN" "$START" coder-legacy
-legacy_args=$(tr '\0' '\n' < "$TMUX_CALLS")
-echo "$legacy_args" | grep -qF new-session || fail "legacy single-tree launch regressed"
-
 # The pane must start through an absolute clean-environment boundary. Its
 # runtime command remains an argv vector, but no holder/session environment
 # control variable can pass through the pane command.

packages/mosaic/package.json

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint src",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "vitest run --passWithNoTests && pnpm run test:framework-shell",
-    "test:framework-shell": "bash framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-test-enumeration.sh && bash framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-check-test-enumeration.sh && python3 src/lease-broker/daemon_deadline_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/normative_fragments_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/promotion_binding_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/promotion_trigger_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/receipt_challenge_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/context_recovery_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/recovery_runtime_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/recovery_b1_adversarial_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/receipt_observer_client_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/invariant_r_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/framework_skill_portability_unittest.py && python3 src/mutator-gate/runtime_tools_unittest.py && python3 src/mutator-gate/runtime_launch_guard_unittest.py && python3 src/mutator-gate/version_coupling_unittest.py && python3 framework/tools/lease-broker/check-runtime-launches.py --root ../.. && bash framework/tools/codex/test-pr-diff-context.sh && bash framework/tools/qa/test-deps-preflight.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-review-gitea-comment.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-review-repo-host-override.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-ci-queue-wait-branch-absent.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-ci-queue-wait-tristate.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-ci-queue-wait-github-checks.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-queue-branch.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-head-pin.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-message-field.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-git-credential-mosaic.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-gitea-token-identity.sh && bash framework/tools/woodpecker/test-terminal-green-contract.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-install-ordering-guard.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-mosaic-init-rce.sh && bash framework/tools/tmux/agent-send.test.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-store-ack.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-store-enqueue-race.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-digest-hmac.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-digest-quarantine.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-detector.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-fn-oracle.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-reconcile.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-beacon.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-preimage.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-install.sh && bash framework/tools/glpi/test-list-http-status.sh && bash framework/tools/orchestrator/test-board-roll.sh && bash framework/tools/woodpecker/test-ci-wait-exit-matrix.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-fleet-transport-check.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-brain-home-check.sh"
+    "test:framework-shell": "bash framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-test-enumeration.sh && bash framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-check-test-enumeration.sh && python3 src/lease-broker/daemon_deadline_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/normative_fragments_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/promotion_binding_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/promotion_trigger_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/receipt_challenge_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/context_recovery_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/recovery_runtime_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/recovery_b1_adversarial_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/receipt_observer_client_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/invariant_r_unittest.py && python3 src/lease-broker/framework_skill_portability_unittest.py && python3 src/mutator-gate/runtime_tools_unittest.py && python3 src/mutator-gate/runtime_launch_guard_unittest.py && python3 src/mutator-gate/version_coupling_unittest.py && python3 framework/tools/lease-broker/check-runtime-launches.py --root ../.. && bash framework/tools/codex/test-pr-diff-context.sh && bash framework/tools/qa/test-deps-preflight.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-review-gitea-comment.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-review-repo-host-override.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-ci-queue-wait-branch-absent.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-ci-queue-wait-tristate.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-ci-queue-wait-github-checks.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-queue-branch.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-head-pin.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-message-field.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-git-credential-mosaic.sh && bash framework/tools/git/test-gitea-token-identity.sh && bash framework/tools/woodpecker/test-terminal-green-contract.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-install-ordering-guard.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-mosaic-init-rce.sh && bash framework/tools/tmux/agent-send.test.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-store-ack.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-store-enqueue-race.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-digest-hmac.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-digest-quarantine.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-detector.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-fn-oracle.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-reconcile.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-beacon.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-preimage.sh && bash framework/tools/wake/test-wake-install.sh && bash framework/tools/glpi/test-list-http-status.sh && bash framework/tools/orchestrator/test-board-roll.sh && bash framework/tools/woodpecker/test-ci-wait-exit-matrix.sh && bash framework/tools/_scripts/test-fleet-transport-check.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@mosaicstack/brain": "workspace:*",

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet-agent-crud-command.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { fleetAgentEnvDir, fleetRolesLocalDir } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import {
   executeFleetAgentMutation,
@@ -150,9 +149,9 @@ async function executeCommand(
     request,
     mosaicHome,
     rosterPath,
-    agentEnvDir: fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome),
+    agentEnvDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'),
     rolesDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roles'),
-    overrideDir: fleetRolesLocalDir(mosaicHome),
+    overrideDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roles.local'),
     dryRun: forceDryRun || opts.dryRun === true,
     ...(deps.projectionApplier === undefined ? {} : { projectionApplier: deps.projectionApplier }),
   });

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet-migration-command.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { fleetAgentEnvDir, fleetRolesLocalDir } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import {
   parseV1MigrationObservations,
@@ -121,11 +120,11 @@ export function registerFleetMigrationCommand(
           observations,
           personaDirs: {
             rolesDir: deps.rolesDir ?? join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roles'),
-            overrideDir: deps.overrideDir ?? fleetRolesLocalDir(mosaicHome),
+            overrideDir: deps.overrideDir ?? join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roles.local'),
           },
           environment: {
             mosaicHome,
-            agentEnvDir: fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome),
+            agentEnvDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'),
           },
         });
         printJson(preview);

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet-personas.ts

@@ -30,21 +30,19 @@ import { lstat, readFile, readdir, stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { basename, isAbsolute, join, sep } from 'node:path';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
-import { fleetRolesLocalDir } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 
 function defaultMosaicHome(): string {
   return process.env['MOSAIC_HOME'] ?? join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
 }
 
-/** Baseline persona role contracts (reseeded on update; config home — framework). */
+/** Baseline persona role contracts (reseeded on update). */
 export function defaultRolesDir(mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome()): string {
   return join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roles');
 }
 
-/** PRESERVE-protected override layer (survives update; wins on merge).
+/** PRESERVE-protected override layer (survives update; wins on merge). */
- * Brain home (`~/.mosaic/fleet/roles.local`) when a brain is active. */
 export function defaultOverrideDir(mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome()): string {
-  return fleetRolesLocalDir(mosaicHome);
+  return join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roles.local');
 }
 
 /**

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet-profiles.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { basename, join } from 'node:path';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import YAML from 'yaml';
-import { fleetProfilesDir } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 import {
   defaultOverrideDir,
   extractClassesFromDir,
@@ -37,10 +36,9 @@ function defaultMosaicHome(): string {
   return process.env['MOSAIC_HOME'] ?? join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
 }
 
-/** Directory holding the seeded profile yaml files — brain home when active
+/** Directory holding the seeded profile yaml files. */
- * (user working copies, committed), else the config home seed. */
 export function defaultProfilesDir(mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome()): string {
-  return fleetProfilesDir(mosaicHome);
+  return join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'profiles');
 }
 
 /** Directory holding the persona role contracts. */

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet-regen-command.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { join, relative, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import type { CommandRunner } from './fleet.js';
-import { fleetAgentEnvDir } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 import {
   applyPreparedGeneratedAgentEnvironmentProjection,
   prepareGeneratedAgentEnvironmentProjection,
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ export async function executeFleetRegen(
   options: FleetRegenOptions,
 ): Promise<FleetRegenResult> {
   const mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome(deps);
-  const agentEnvDir = fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome);
+  const agentEnvDir = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents');
   const rosterPath = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml');
   const readRoster = deps.readRoster ?? defaultReadRoster(deps, mosaicHome);
   const prepare = deps.prepareProjection ?? prepareGeneratedAgentEnvironmentProjection;

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from 'node:os';
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { fleetAgentEnvDir } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import * as readline from 'node:readline';
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ export function resolveFleetPaths(mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome()): FleetPaths
     fleetToolsDir: join(mosaicHome, 'tools', 'fleet'),
     tmuxToolsDir: join(mosaicHome, 'tools', 'tmux'),
     systemdUserDir: join(homedir(), '.config', 'systemd', 'user'),
-    agentEnvDir: fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome),
+    agentEnvDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'),
   };
 }
 

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

@@ -349,90 +349,3 @@ describe('registerRuntimeLaunchers — claudex (EXPERIMENTAL overlay)', () => {
     expect(mockExit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
-
-// ─── Seat harness homes (MOSAIC-D-002, brain-home split) ────────────────────
-
-import { activeSeatDir, seatPersonaOverlay } from './launch.js';
-
-describe('activeSeatDir — per-agent harness home resolution', () => {
-  let root: string;
-  const savedAgentName = process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
-  const savedBrainHome = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-seat-home-'));
-    delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    if (savedAgentName === undefined) {
-      delete process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
-    } else {
-      process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = savedAgentName;
-    }
-    if (savedBrainHome !== undefined) {
-      process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = savedBrainHome;
-    } else {
-      delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('resolves the seat dir when MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME carries the seat', () => {
-    const seat = join(root, 'brain', 'fleet', 'agents', 'coder0');
-    mkdirSync(seat, { recursive: true });
-    process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'coder0';
-    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = join(root, 'brain');
-
-    expect(activeSeatDir(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'))).toBe(seat);
-  });
-
-  it('returns undefined without an agent name (bare launches stay shared)', () => {
-    delete process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
-    expect(activeSeatDir(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'))).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it('returns undefined when the seat dir does not exist in the brain', () => {
-    process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'ghost';
-    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = join(root, 'brain');
-    mkdirSync(join(root, 'brain', 'fleet', 'agents'), { recursive: true });
-
-    expect(activeSeatDir(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'))).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it.each(['../escape', 'a/b', '.hidden-start', '', 'spaced name'])(
-    'rejects unsafe agent name %j (path traversal cannot leave the seat store)',
-    (name: string) => {
-      process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = name;
-      process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = join(root, 'brain');
-
-      expect(activeSeatDir(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'))).toBeUndefined();
-    },
-  );
-
-  it('seatPersonaOverlay renders the seat SOUL.md as an overlay block', () => {
-    const seat = join(root, 'brain', 'fleet', 'agents', 'coder0');
-    mkdirSync(seat, { recursive: true });
-    writeFileSync(join(seat, 'SOUL.md'), '# coder0 — code seat persona\n\nShips tested code.\n');
-    process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'coder0';
-    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = join(root, 'brain');
-
-    const overlay = seatPersonaOverlay(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'));
-    expect(overlay).toContain('## Seat Persona');
-    expect(overlay).toContain('coder0 — code seat persona');
-  });
-
-  it('seatPersonaOverlay is empty when the seat carries no SOUL.md', () => {
-    const seat = join(root, 'brain', 'fleet', 'agents', 'coder0');
-    mkdirSync(seat, { recursive: true });
-    process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'coder0';
-    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = join(root, 'brain');
-
-    expect(seatPersonaOverlay(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'))).toBe('');
-  });
-
-  it('seatPersonaOverlay is empty when no agent name is set', () => {
-    delete process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
-    expect(seatPersonaOverlay(join(root, 'config', 'mosaic'))).toBe('');
-  });
-});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/launch.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { createHash, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { homedir, hostname } from 'node:os';
-import { join, dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import {
   buildResolvedFleetCommsBlock,
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
 import { readRegularFileSecure } from '../fleet/secure-file.js';
 import { readPersonaContractBlock } from '../fleet/persona-contract.js';
 import { canonicalizeRoleClass } from './fleet-personas.js';
-import { resolveBrainHome } from '../fleet/brain-home.js';
 import { launchClaudex, type ClaudexHarnessAdapter } from './claudex.js';
 import { runLeaseEnforcementDoctorCheck } from './lease-doctor-check.js';
 
@@ -65,46 +64,9 @@ const HARNESS_HOME_ENV: Record<RuntimeName, string> = {
   opencode: 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME',
 };
 
-/** Dedicated mosaic-owned home for a runtime: ~/.config/mosaic/.<runtime>.
+/** Dedicated mosaic-owned home for a runtime: ~/.config/mosaic/.<runtime> */
- * With an active brain seat (MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME + seat dir in the brain home)
+function harnessHome(runtime: RuntimeName): string {
- * the home is per-agent instead: <brainHome>/fleet/agents/<seat>/.<runtime> —
+  return join(MOSAIC_HOME, `.${runtime}`);
- * per-agent sessions, settings, and auth inside the seat dir (canon §2,
- * MOSAIC-D-002). Seat runtime dirs are dot-named so the brain's ignore policy
- * (per-seat .pi/.claude/.codex dirs) keeps credential material untracked. */
-const SEAT_AGENT_NAME_RE = /^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*$/;
-
-export function activeSeatDir(mosaicHome: string = MOSAIC_HOME): string | undefined {
-  const agent = process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME']?.trim();
-  if (
-    agent === undefined ||
-    agent === '' ||
-    !SEAT_AGENT_NAME_RE.test(agent) ||
-    agent.includes('..')
-  ) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const brain = resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome);
-  if (resolve(brain) === resolve(mosaicHome)) return undefined; // no brain
-  const seat = join(brain, 'fleet', 'agents', agent);
-  return existsSync(seat) ? seat : undefined;
-}
-
-function harnessHome(runtime: RuntimeName, mosaicHome: string = MOSAIC_HOME): string {
-  const seat = activeSeatDir(mosaicHome);
-  if (seat !== undefined) return join(seat, `.${runtime}`);
-  return join(mosaicHome, `.${runtime}`);
-}
-
-/** Seat persona block: with an active brain seat, <seat>/SOUL.md layers
- * persona on the root generic base (canon invariant; MOSAIC-D-002). The base
- * SOUL stays load-on-demand — only the seat delta is injected by value.
- * Empty string when no seat is active or the seat carries no SOUL.md. */
-export function seatPersonaOverlay(mosaicHome: string = MOSAIC_HOME): string {
-  const seatDir = activeSeatDir(mosaicHome);
-  if (seatDir === undefined) return '';
-  const seatSoul = readOptional(join(seatDir, 'SOUL.md'));
-  if (!seatSoul.trim()) return '';
-  return '## Seat Persona\n\n' + seatSoul.trim();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -220,8 +182,6 @@ function recordLaunch(runtime: RuntimeName, cliArgs: string[], yolo: boolean): v
       cli_version: CLI_VERSION,
       config_home: harnessHome(runtime),
       config_home_isolated: true,
-      config_home_kind: activeSeatDir() !== undefined ? 'seat' : 'runtime-shared',
-      agent_name: process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME']?.trim() || null,
       config_home_env: HARNESS_HOME_ENV[runtime] ?? null,
       argv: redactArgv(cliArgs),
       normative_fragments: normativeFragmentDigests(runtime),
@@ -609,11 +569,6 @@ For required push/merge/issue-close/release actions, execute without routine con
   if (soulLocal.trim()) {
     overlayBlocks.push('## Persona Overlay (SOUL.local.md)\n\n' + soulLocal.trim());
   }
-  // Seat persona (MOSAIC-D-002): per-seat SOUL.md layers on the generic base.
-  const seatPersona = seatPersonaOverlay(mosaicHome);
-  if (seatPersona !== '') {
-    overlayBlocks.push(seatPersona);
-  }
   const standardsLocal = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'STANDARDS.local.md'));
   if (standardsLocal.trim()) {
     overlayBlocks.push('## Standards Overlay (STANDARDS.local.md)\n\n' + standardsLocal.trim());

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/brain-home.spec.ts

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { homedir, tmpdir } from 'node:os';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import {
-  brainHomeIsActive,
-  fleetAgentEnvDir,
-  fleetProfilesDir,
-  fleetRolesLocalDir,
-  fleetStateDir,
-  resolveBrainHome,
-  type BrainHomeOptions,
-} from './brain-home.js';
-
-describe('fleet brain-home resolution', (): void => {
-  let cleanup: string | undefined;
-
-  const savedBrainEnv = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-
-  beforeEach((): void => {
-    delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-  });
-
-  afterEach(async (): Promise<void> => {
-    if (savedBrainEnv === undefined) {
-      delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-    } else {
-      process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = savedBrainEnv;
-    }
-    if (cleanup !== undefined) {
-      await rm(cleanup, { recursive: true, force: true });
-      cleanup = undefined;
-    }
-  });
-
-  async function makeTmp(): Promise<string> {
-    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-brain-home-'));
-    cleanup = root;
-    return root;
-  }
-
-  it('MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME env wins over every other signal', (): void => {
-    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = '/explicit/brain';
-    expect(resolveBrainHome('/any/mosaic-home')).toBe('/explicit/brain');
-    expect(fleetAgentEnvDir('/any/mosaic-home')).toBe('/explicit/brain/fleet/agents');
-    expect(brainHomeIsActive('/any/mosaic-home')).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('injected envBrainHome wins identically (test seam)', (): void => {
-    const opts: BrainHomeOptions = { envBrainHome: '/injected/brain' };
-    expect(resolveBrainHome('/any/mosaic-home', opts)).toBe('/injected/brain');
-    expect(fleetAgentEnvDir('/any/mosaic-home', opts)).toBe('/injected/brain/fleet/agents');
-  });
-
-  it('a non-default mosaicHome never adopts the canonical brain (hermetic legacy)', (): void => {
-    const mosaicHome = '/tmp/not-the-default-config-home';
-    expect(resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome)).toBe(mosaicHome);
-    expect(brainHomeIsActive(mosaicHome)).toBe(false);
-    expect(fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome)).toBe(join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'));
-  });
-
-  it('the default config home adopts the brain when it carries fleet/agents', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const root = await makeTmp();
-    const brain = join(root, 'brain');
-    await mkdir(join(brain, 'fleet', 'agents'), { recursive: true });
-    const configHome = join(root, 'config', 'mosaic');
-    const opts: BrainHomeOptions = { homes: { brain, configDefault: configHome } };
-
-    expect(resolveBrainHome(configHome, opts)).toBe(brain);
-    expect(fleetAgentEnvDir(configHome, opts)).toBe(join(brain, 'fleet', 'agents'));
-    expect(fleetRolesLocalDir(configHome, opts)).toBe(join(brain, 'fleet', 'roles.local'));
-    expect(fleetProfilesDir(configHome, opts)).toBe(join(brain, 'fleet', 'profiles'));
-    expect(fleetStateDir(configHome, opts)).toBe(join(brain, 'fleet'));
-    expect(brainHomeIsActive(configHome, opts)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('the default config home stays legacy when no brain exists', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const root = await makeTmp();
-    const configHome = join(root, 'config', 'mosaic');
-    const opts: BrainHomeOptions = {
-      homes: { brain: join(root, 'brain'), configDefault: configHome },
-    };
-
-    expect(resolveBrainHome(configHome, opts)).toBe(configHome);
-    expect(brainHomeIsActive(configHome, opts)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('an empty MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME is ignored, not treated as set', (): void => {
-    process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = '   ';
-    expect(resolveBrainHome('/tmp/legacy-home')).toBe('/tmp/legacy-home');
-  });
-
-  it('adoption requires fleet/agents specifically, not any brain content', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const root = await makeTmp();
-    const brain = join(root, 'brain');
-    await mkdir(join(brain, 'fleet'), { recursive: true }); // fleet without agents
-    const configHome = join(root, 'config', 'mosaic');
-    const opts: BrainHomeOptions = { homes: { brain, configDefault: configHome } };
-
-    expect(resolveBrainHome(configHome, opts)).toBe(configHome);
-  });
-
-  it('real-home control: a host brain is adopted only through the default home', (): void => {
-    // Control on the un-injected path: this host carries ~/.mosaic/fleet/agents,
-    // so the default config home resolves to the brain or legacy — both valid
-    // canonical endpoints — while a non-default home never adopts.
-    const defaultHome = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
-    const resolved = resolveBrainHome(defaultHome);
-    expect([defaultHome, join(homedir(), '.mosaic')]).toContain(resolved);
-    expect(resolveBrainHome(join(homedir(), 'elsewhere', 'mosaic'))).toBe(
-      join(homedir(), 'elsewhere', 'mosaic'),
-    );
-  });
-});

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/brain-home.ts

@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { homedir } from 'node:os';
-import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
-
-/**
- * Overridable resolution inputs (tests inject tmp homes; production reads
- * the environment and the real home directory).
- */
-export interface BrainHomeOptions {
-  /** Explicit brain home; defaults to `MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME`. */
-  readonly envBrainHome?: string;
-  /**
-   * Canonical homes used for adoption. Defaults derive from the real
-   * `homedir()`: `{ brain: ~/.mosaic, configDefault: ~/.config/mosaic }`.
-   */
-  readonly homes?: { readonly brain: string; readonly configDefault: string };
-}
-
-/**
- * Brain-home resolution — the three-tree fleet split (stack canon
- * `docs/STRUCTURE-CANON.md` §2, first carried by the USC estate brain):
- *
- *   config home (~/.config/mosaic)  framework templates + dispatch state:
- *                                   fleet/roles (baseline), fleet/roster.yaml,
- *                                   fleet/run (heartbeats), fleet/services
- *   brain home  (~/.mosaic)         user-owned fleet state, committed:
- *                                   fleet/agents/<seat>.env.*, fleet/roles.local,
- *                                   fleet/profiles working copies
- *
- * Resolution order:
- *   1. `MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME` env (explicit, always wins)
- *   2. canonical `~/.mosaic` — adopted ONLY when mosaicHome is the real
- *      default config home AND `~/.mosaic/fleet/agents` exists. Custom
- *      `--mosaic-home` values (tests, sandboxes, canaries) never trigger
- *      adoption, keeping them hermetic and deterministic.
- *   3. mosaicHome itself (legacy single-tree behavior).
- */
-export function resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome: string, options: BrainHomeOptions = {}): string {
-  const explicit = options.envBrainHome ?? process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-  if (explicit !== undefined && explicit.trim() !== '') {
-    return explicit;
-  }
-  const homes = options.homes ?? {
-    brain: join(homedir(), '.mosaic'),
-    configDefault: join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic'),
-  };
-  if (resolve(mosaicHome) !== resolve(homes.configDefault)) {
-    return mosaicHome;
-  }
-  return existsSync(join(homes.brain, 'fleet', 'agents')) ? homes.brain : mosaicHome;
-}
-
-/** True when fleet state resolves somewhere other than the config home. */
-export function brainHomeIsActive(mosaicHome: string, options: BrainHomeOptions = {}): boolean {
-  return resolve(resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome, options)) !== resolve(mosaicHome);
-}
-
-/** Fleet state root (brain home when active, else the config home). */
-export function fleetStateDir(mosaicHome: string, options: BrainHomeOptions = {}): string {
-  return join(resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome, options), 'fleet');
-}
-
-/** Seat launch envs — `<brainHome>/fleet/agents` when a brain is active. */
-export function fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome: string, options: BrainHomeOptions = {}): string {
-  return join(fleetStateDir(mosaicHome, options), 'agents');
-}
-
-/** PRESERVE-protected persona override layer — `<brainHome>/fleet/roles.local`. */
-export function fleetRolesLocalDir(mosaicHome: string, options: BrainHomeOptions = {}): string {
-  return join(fleetStateDir(mosaicHome, options), 'roles.local');
-}
-
-/** System-type profiles (user working copies) — `<brainHome>/fleet/profiles`. */
-export function fleetProfilesDir(mosaicHome: string, options: BrainHomeOptions = {}): string {
-  return join(fleetStateDir(mosaicHome, options), 'profiles');
-}

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/fleet-reconciler.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { lstat, open, readFile, unlink, type FileHandle } from 'node:fs/promises
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { fleetAgentEnvDir } from './brain-home.js';
 import {
   applyPreparedAgentEnvironmentProjection,
   prepareAgentEnvironmentProjection,
@@ -618,7 +617,7 @@ function defaultPrepareProjections(
         (agent: FleetRosterV2Agent): Promise<PreparedAgentEnvironmentProjection> =>
           prepareAgentEnvironmentProjection({
             mosaicHome,
-            agentEnvDir: fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome),
+            agentEnvDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'),
             agentName: agent.name,
             generated: projectRosterV2AgentGeneratedEnv(roster, agent),
           }),

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/generated-env-boundary.spec.ts

@@ -176,52 +176,6 @@ describe('generated fleet agent environment boundary', (): void => {
     expect((await stat(result.generatedPath)).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o600);
   });
 
-  it('brain home: accepts and writes projections under MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME/fleet/agents', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const savedBrainHome = process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-    try {
-      cleanup = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-generated-env-'));
-      const mosaicHome = join(cleanup, 'config-home');
-      const brainHome = join(cleanup, 'brain');
-      const agentEnvDir = join(brainHome, 'fleet', 'agents');
-      process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = brainHome;
-
-      const result = await writeAgentEnvironmentProjection({
-        mosaicHome,
-        agentEnvDir,
-        agentName: 'coder0',
-        generated: generatedValues,
-      });
-
-      // Projection landed in the brain tree, not under the config home.
-      expect(result.generatedPath).toBe(join(agentEnvDir, 'coder0.env.generated'));
-      expect((await stat(join(brainHome, 'fleet'))).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o700);
-      expect((await stat(agentEnvDir)).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o700);
-      expect((await stat(result.generatedPath)).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o600);
-      await expect(stat(join(mosaicHome, 'fleet'))).rejects.toThrow();
-
-      // A config-home agentEnvDir is now REJECTED while the brain is active —
-      // the boundary must not silently split state across two trees.
-      let rejected: unknown;
-      try {
-        await writeAgentEnvironmentProjection({
-          mosaicHome,
-          agentEnvDir: join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'),
-          agentName: 'coder1',
-          generated: { ...generatedValues, MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME: 'coder1' },
-        });
-      } catch (caught: unknown) {
-        rejected = caught;
-      }
-      expect(rejected).toBeInstanceOf(AgentEnvBoundaryError);
-    } finally {
-      if (savedBrainHome === undefined) {
-        delete process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'];
-      } else {
-        process.env['MOSAIC_BRAIN_HOME'] = savedBrainHome;
-      }
-    }
-  });
-
   it('regenerates desired keys, relocates safe legacy local data, and quarantines forbidden legacy input', async (): Promise<void> => {
     cleanup = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-generated-env-'));
     const mosaicHome = join(cleanup, 'mosaic');

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/generated-env-boundary.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import { chmod, lstat, mkdir, readFile, rename, unlink, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { fleetAgentEnvDir, resolveBrainHome } from './brain-home.js';
 import { compareCodePoints } from './deterministic-order.js';
 
 export type AgentEnvironmentKind = 'generated' | 'local';
@@ -529,15 +528,12 @@ async function validatePrivateProjectionDirectory(
   mosaicHome: string,
   agentEnvDir: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  // Brain-home split (canon §2): seat envs live under the brain home's
+  const fleetDir = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet');
-  // fleet/agents when a brain is active; roster + templates stay config-home.
+  const expectedAgentEnvDir = join(fleetDir, 'agents');
-  const expectedAgentEnvDir = fleetAgentEnvDir(mosaicHome);
   if (resolve(agentEnvDir) !== resolve(expectedAgentEnvDir)) {
     throw new AgentEnvBoundaryError('unsafe-directory', '(directory)', agentEnvDir);
   }
-  const stateHome = resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome);
+  await assertManagedDirectoryIfPresent(mosaicHome, false);
-  const fleetDir = join(stateHome, 'fleet');
-  await assertManagedDirectoryIfPresent(stateHome, false);
   await assertManagedDirectoryIfPresent(fleetDir, false);
   await assertManagedDirectoryIfPresent(agentEnvDir, true);
 }
@@ -547,9 +543,8 @@ async function ensurePrivateProjectionDirectory(
   agentEnvDir: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
   await validatePrivateProjectionDirectory(mosaicHome, agentEnvDir);
-  const stateHome = resolveBrainHome(mosaicHome);
+  const fleetDir = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet');
-  const fleetDir = join(stateHome, 'fleet');
+  await ensureManagedDirectory(mosaicHome, false);
-  await ensureManagedDirectory(stateHome, false);
   await ensureManagedDirectory(fleetDir, false);
   await ensureManagedDirectory(agentEnvDir, true);
 }

scripts/verify-release.mjs

@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-// verify-release.mjs — the ONE canonical terminal verification command
-// (SDLC-D-034, `pnpm verify:release`).
-//
-// Publication (.woodpecker/publish.yml `verify` step) is bound to terminal
-// verification of the exact commit through this command, which is composed
-// from the SAME commands the PR CI pipeline (.woodpecker/ci.yml) runs — CI and
-// publish share one semantic checklist:
-//
-//   stage         | mirrors ci.yml step | commands
-//   --------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------
-//   sanitization  | sanitization        | verify-sanitized.sh, check-resident-
-//                |                     | budget.sh (--self-test + run),
-//                |                     | check-test-enumeration.sh
-//   upgrade-guard | upgrade-guard       | test-upgrade-manifest-guard.sh,
-//                |                     | test-upgrade-rollback.sh,
-//                |                     | test-upgrade-durable-snapshot.sh,
-//                |                     | test-install-migration.sh
-//   typecheck     | typecheck           | pnpm typecheck (runs the checkout
-//                |                     | preflight, then turbo typecheck)
-//   lint          | lint                | pnpm lint
-//   format        | format              | pnpm format:check
-//   test          | test                | pnpm test
-//   build         | publish.yml build   | pnpm build
-//
-// Caller-provided prerequisites (kept at the pipeline level — see the comments
-// in .woodpecker/ci.yml): `bash` + `rsync` for the guard stages, `openssl` and
-// the pinned @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent for the test stage, and — on the
-// postgres path only — the ci-postgres service plus
-// `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/db run db:migrate` before the test stage.
-//
-// This command works with DATABASE_URL set (CI postgres path) or unset (local
-// PGlite path); it never sets, exports, or requires a database itself.
-//
-// scripts/verify-release.test.mjs enforces that this stage table keeps
-// matching .woodpecker/ci.yml step-for-step, so the two surfaces cannot drift
-// apart silently.
-
-import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-
-export const STAGES = [
-  {
-    name: 'sanitization',
-    // Mirror of the .woodpecker/ci.yml `sanitization` step (minus its
-    // `apk add` environment prep). Kept as direct command strings here: the
-    // #1017 test-enumeration guard audits these paths through the ci.yml
-    // surface, so indirection from ci.yml into this file is not possible.
-    commands: [
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/verify-sanitized.sh',
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh --self-test',
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh',
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-test-enumeration.sh',
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'upgrade-guard',
-    // Mirror of the .woodpecker/ci.yml `upgrade-guard` step (minus its
-    // `apk add` environment prep).
-    commands: [
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-upgrade-manifest-guard.sh',
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-upgrade-rollback.sh',
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-upgrade-durable-snapshot.sh',
-      'bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-install-migration.sh',
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    // `pnpm typecheck` is `pnpm preflight && turbo run typecheck`, so the
-    // checkout preflight (scripts/preflight.mjs) is part of this stage exactly
-    // as it is part of the ci.yml `typecheck` step.
-    name: 'typecheck',
-    commands: ['pnpm typecheck'],
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'lint',
-    commands: ['pnpm lint'],
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'format',
-    commands: ['pnpm format:check'],
-  },
-  {
-    // Requires `openssl` and the pinned `pi` binary on the pipeline path; see
-    // the caller-provided prerequisites above.
-    name: 'test',
-    commands: ['pnpm test'],
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'build',
-    commands: ['pnpm build'],
-  },
-];
-
-export function stageByName(name) {
-  return STAGES.find((stage) => stage.name === name);
-}
-
-function missingBinaries(bins) {
-  return bins.filter(
-    (bin) => spawnSync('sh', ['-c', `command -v ${bin} >/dev/null 2>&1`]).status !== 0,
-  );
-}
-
-function runCommand(command) {
-  const result = spawnSync(command, { shell: true, stdio: 'inherit' });
-  if (result.error) {
-    console.error(`[verify:release] failed to launch '${command}': ${result.error.message}`);
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (result.status !== 0) {
-    const reason = result.signal ? `terminated by ${result.signal}` : `exited ${result.status}`;
-    console.error(`[verify:release] command '${command}' ${reason}`);
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-// Runs the complete mandatory verification set (or, with --stage <name>, the
-// single named stage — used for wiring/smoke-testing, not for gating: only a
-// run of every stage is a terminal verification). Fails fast: the first
-// failing command aborts with a non-zero exit code. Returns the exit code.
-export function verifyRelease({ stages = STAGES } = {}) {
-  const missing = missingBinaries(['bash', 'rsync']);
-  if (missing.length > 0) {
-    console.error(
-      `[verify:release] FATAL: required binaries missing from PATH: ${missing.join(', ')}. ` +
-        'The caller provides them (ci-base bakes bash; pipelines apk add rsync).',
-    );
-    return 1;
-  }
-  for (const stage of stages) {
-    console.log(`\n[verify:release] === stage: ${stage.name} ===`);
-    for (const command of stage.commands) {
-      console.log(`[verify:release] $ ${command}`);
-      if (!runCommand(command)) {
-        console.error(
-          `[verify:release] FATAL: stage '${stage.name}' failed — verification inconclusive`,
-        );
-        return 1;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  console.log(`\n[verify:release] all ${stages.length} stage(s) passed`);
-  return 0;
-}
-
-function main(argv) {
-  const stageFlagIndex = argv.indexOf('--stage');
-  if (stageFlagIndex !== -1) {
-    const name = argv[stageFlagIndex + 1];
-    const stage = stageByName(name);
-    if (!stage) {
-      console.error(
-        `[verify:release] unknown stage '${name ?? ''}' — expected one of: ${STAGES.map((entry) => entry.name).join(', ')}`,
-      );
-      process.exit(2);
-    }
-    process.exit(verifyRelease({ stages: [stage] }));
-  }
-  process.exit(verifyRelease());
-}
-
-if (process.argv[1] && path.resolve(process.argv[1]) === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
-  main(process.argv.slice(2));
-}

scripts/verify-release.test.mjs

@@ -1,277 +0,0 @@
-import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import test from 'node:test';
-
-import { STAGES } from './verify-release.mjs';
-
-// SDLC-D-034 checkout invariant: publication in .woodpecker/publish.yml is
-// bound to exact-commit terminal verification. This suite parses the real
-// pipeline files and fails red when the gate is bypassed, weakened, or drifts
-// out of sync with the canonical `pnpm verify:release` command.
-
-// Reuse the monorepo's existing YAML parser (@mosaicstack/mosaic's direct
-// dependency) instead of adding a root dependency or vendoring a parser.
-const mosaicRequire = createRequire(
-  path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'packages', 'mosaic', 'package.json'),
-);
-const { parse: parseYaml } = mosaicRequire('yaml');
-
-const publishYmlPath = path.join(process.cwd(), '.woodpecker', 'publish.yml');
-const ciYmlPath = path.join(process.cwd(), '.woodpecker', 'ci.yml');
-
-async function readPublishPipeline() {
-  return parseYaml(await readFile(publishYmlPath, 'utf8'));
-}
-
-// A step has an external publication effect when its name starts with
-// `publish` or when any command pushes an image to a registry.
-function pushesImage(step) {
-  return (step.commands ?? []).some((command) =>
-    /(^|\s)(\/kaniko\/executor|docker push)\b|--destination/.test(command),
-  );
-}
-
-function publishEffectSteps(pipeline) {
-  return Object.entries(pipeline.steps ?? {})
-    .filter(([name, step]) => name.startsWith('publish') || pushesImage(step))
-    .map(([name]) => name);
-}
-
-// Transitive closure of a step's depends_on graph.
-function dependencyClosure(pipeline, stepName, seen = new Set()) {
-  const dependencies = pipeline.steps?.[stepName]?.depends_on ?? [];
-  for (const dependency of dependencies) {
-    if (seen.has(dependency)) continue;
-    seen.add(dependency);
-    dependencyClosure(pipeline, dependency, seen);
-  }
-  return seen;
-}
-
-function verifyCommands(pipeline) {
-  const verify = pipeline.steps?.verify;
-  assert.ok(verify, 'publish pipeline must define a `verify` step');
-  assert.ok(Array.isArray(verify.commands), '`verify` step must have commands');
-  return verify.commands;
-}
-
-function assertCommitIdentityAssertion(commands) {
-  const text = commands.join('\n');
-  assert.match(
-    text,
-    /CI_COMMIT_SHA/,
-    '`verify` must compare the provider commit identity (CI_COMMIT_SHA)',
-  );
-  assert.match(text, /git rev-parse HEAD/, '`verify` must compare against git rev-parse HEAD');
-  assert.match(
-    text,
-    /exit 1/,
-    '`verify` must fail closed (exit 1) on identity mismatch or emptiness',
-  );
-}
-
-function assertCanonicalCommand(commands) {
-  assert.ok(
-    commands.some((command) => /^pnpm verify:release\b/.test(command.trim())),
-    '`verify` must run the canonical terminal verification command `pnpm verify:release`',
-  );
-}
-
-function assertPublishGate(pipeline) {
-  assert.ok(pipeline.steps, 'publish pipeline must define steps');
-
-  const commands = verifyCommands(pipeline);
-  assertCommitIdentityAssertion(commands);
-  assertCanonicalCommand(commands);
-
-  const effects = publishEffectSteps(pipeline);
-  assert.ok(effects.length > 0, 'publish pipeline must contain publish effect steps to guard');
-
-  for (const stepName of effects) {
-    const step = pipeline.steps[stepName];
-    assert.ok(
-      Array.isArray(step.depends_on) && step.depends_on.includes('verify'),
-      `publish effect '${stepName}' must depend DIRECTLY on the verify step (SDLC-D-034: transitively through build is not enough)`,
-    );
-    assert.ok(
-      dependencyClosure(pipeline, stepName).has('verify'),
-      `publish effect '${stepName}' must depend on a chain that includes verify`,
-    );
-  }
-  return effects;
-}
-
-test('the publish pipeline gates every publish effect behind exact-commit verification', async () => {
-  const pipeline = await readPublishPipeline();
-  const effects = assertPublishGate(pipeline);
-  assert.deepEqual(effects.sort(), [
-    'build-appservice',
-    'build-gateway',
-    'build-web',
-    'publish-next-npm',
-    'publish-npm',
-  ]);
-});
-
-test('the verify step carries no path/event short-circuit of its own', async () => {
-  const pipeline = await readPublishPipeline();
-  // A `when` filter on `verify` would let a publish effect fire on an event
-  // class that skipped verification — the gate must be unconditional.
-  assert.equal(pipeline.steps.verify.when, undefined);
-});
-
-test('a publish step that bypasses verify fails the gate checker', () => {
-  // Negative fixture: a plausible publish pipeline where `publish-npm` hangs
-  // off `build` only and `build` never chains to `verify` — the exact bypass
-  // class SDLC-D-034 closes. The checker must go red on it.
-  const bypassingPipeline = `
-steps:
-  install:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-  verify:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - |
-        if [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" ] || [ "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" != "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" ]; then
-          echo "identity mismatch" >&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
-      - pnpm verify:release
-    depends_on:
-      - install
-  build:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm build
-    depends_on:
-      - install
-  publish-npm:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm publish
-    depends_on:
-      - build
-`;
-  assert.throws(
-    () => assertPublishGate(parseYaml(bypassingPipeline)),
-    /publish-npm.*DIRECTLY.*verify/s,
-  );
-});
-
-test('a publish step chained to verify only transitively fails the gate checker', () => {
-  // Negative fixture: `build` depends on verify but `publish-npm` does not
-  // carry the direct edge — weaker than SDLC-D-034 requires of the real DAG.
-  const transitiveOnlyPipeline = `
-steps:
-  install:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-  verify:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - |
-        if [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" ] || [ "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" != "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" ]; then
-          echo "identity mismatch" >&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
-      - pnpm verify:release
-    depends_on:
-      - install
-  build:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm build
-    depends_on:
-      - install
-      - verify
-  publish-npm:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm publish
-    depends_on:
-      - build
-`;
-  assert.throws(
-    () => assertPublishGate(parseYaml(transitiveOnlyPipeline)),
-    /publish-npm.*DIRECTLY.*verify/s,
-  );
-});
-
-test('a verify step without the commit-identity assertion fails the gate checker', () => {
-  const noIdentityPipeline = `
-steps:
-  verify:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm verify:release
-  publish-npm:
-    image: node:24-alpine
-    commands:
-      - pnpm publish
-    depends_on:
-      - verify
-`;
-  assert.throws(() => assertPublishGate(parseYaml(noIdentityPipeline)), /CI_COMMIT_SHA/);
-});
-
-test('the canonical verify:release stages mirror the PR CI pipeline one-for-one', async () => {
-  const ci = parseYaml(await readFile(ciYmlPath, 'utf8'));
-  const canonical = Object.fromEntries(STAGES.map((stage) => [stage.name, stage.commands]));
-
-  // The complete mandatory set, in gate order.
-  assert.deepEqual(
-    STAGES.map((stage) => stage.name),
-    ['sanitization', 'upgrade-guard', 'typecheck', 'lint', 'format', 'test', 'build'],
-  );
-
-  // Guard stages: ci.yml commands minus its `apk add` environment prep must be
-  // exactly the canonical stage commands (order included).
-  for (const stageName of ['sanitization', 'upgrade-guard']) {
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      ci.steps[stageName].commands.filter((command) => !command.startsWith('apk add')),
-      canonical[stageName],
-      `canonical '${stageName}' stage must match the ci.yml step`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // pnpm stages: ci.yml commands minus `corepack enable` must be exactly the
-  // canonical stage commands.
-  for (const stepName of ['typecheck', 'lint', 'format']) {
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      ci.steps[stepName].commands.filter((command) => command !== 'corepack enable'),
-      canonical[stepName],
-      `canonical '${stepName}' stage must match the ci.yml step`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // The test stage is shared, but ci.yml wraps it in pipeline-level
-  // prerequisites the canonical command expects its caller to provide
-  // (SDLC-D-034): the postgres service + readiness wait + db:migrate, openssl,
-  // and the pinned pi runtime. None of those may be dropped silently.
-  for (const command of canonical.test) {
-    assert.ok(
-      ci.steps.test.commands.includes(command),
-      `ci.yml test step must run the canonical test stage command '${command}'`,
-    );
-  }
-  for (const fragment of [
-    'pg_isready -h ci-postgres',
-    'pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/db run db:migrate',
-    'npm install -g @earendil-works/[email protected]',
-  ]) {
-    assert.ok(
-      ci.steps.test.commands.some((command) => command.includes(fragment)),
-      `ci.yml test step must keep its pipeline-level prerequisite '${fragment}'`,
-    );
-  }
-});
-
-test('the root package.json exposes verify:release as the canonical command', async () => {
-  const packageJson = JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
-  assert.match(packageJson.scripts['verify:release'], /scripts\/verify-release\.mjs/);
-});

skills/mosaic-forge/SKILL.md

@@ -133,13 +133,10 @@ When the full `@mosaicstack/forge` package is available, Forge uses MACP task ex
 
 ```bash
 # Run from CLI
-# Fails closed with a typed FORGE_NO_EXECUTOR capability error when no real
+mosaic forge run path/to/brief.md
-# executor is wired — pass --simulate to opt into explicit typed simulation
-# (every result carries status `simulated`, which satisfies nothing).
-mosaic forge run path/to/brief.md [--simulate]
 
-# Resume interrupted run (same fail-closed rule as forge run)
+# Resume interrupted run
-mosaic forge resume .forge/runs/20260401-143022/ [--simulate]
+mosaic forge resume .forge/runs/20260401-143022/
 
 # Check status
 mosaic forge status .forge/runs/20260401-143022/