docs(rule): canary compose with verify-before-deferring + 6th empirical anchor#4411
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…al anchor Sharpens the pre-worktree-creation guard from blanket "Lior active → DO NOT" to a verify-before-defer composition: the absent action remains SAFEST, but bounded substrate work can attempt isolated worktree with mandatory post-creation guard (next section) — proceed if clean, abort if corrupted. Adds 2026-05-20T14:13Z as 6th empirical anchor (PR #4410 1d8303d): isolated worktree-add during 3-proc Lior activity produced clean tree (ls-tree HEAD = 53, status = 0, post-commit ls-tree = 53). Brings the empirical scoreboard to 3 clean + 3 corrupted across 6 attempts. Substrate-honestly: clean outcomes correlate with Lior-between-cycles OR Lior-absent OR Lior-active-but-not-corrupting; the post-worktree- creation guard remains the load-bearing check that distinguishes cases. The pre-worktree blanket-defer stance stays as the safest baseline when no bounded substrate is at stake; verify-before-defer is the named alternative for the bounded case (closes loop on PR #4410's documented refinement candidate). Composes with `verify-before-deferring.md` (already in composes-with list; this edit makes the rule body consistent with that claim) and the Maji audit at docs/research/2026-05-20-shadow-lesson-log-otto-paralysis.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Updates the CodeQL docs-only canary rule to better describe a “verify-before-defer” refinement for worktree creation under concurrent agent activity, and records an additional empirical data point (2026-05-20T14:13Z) supporting that refinement.
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- Refines the pre-worktree guard section wording to describe a verify-before-defer composition approach.
- Adds a new “Empirical anchor (2026-05-20T14:13Z)” section capturing the 6th worktree-creation datapoint.
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| **Verify-before-defer composition (when bounded substrate work is at | ||
| stake)**: per `.claude/rules/verify-before-deferring.md` the substrate- | ||
| honest discipline is to test the operative question rather than narrate | ||
| the obstacle from inferred conditions. The composite pattern is: | ||
| attempt isolated worktree creation → run post-worktree-creation guard | ||
| IMMEDIATELY (next section) → proceed if clean, abort + remove worktree | ||
| if corrupted. This relaxation REQUIRES the post-creation guard to be | ||
| non-optional; the pre-worktree blanket defer remains the safest stance | ||
| when no bounded substrate is at risk. Empirical: 2026-05-20T14:13Z |
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| 6th data point validating verify-before-defer composition. Per the Maji | ||
| audit `docs/research/2026-05-20-shadow-lesson-log-otto-paralysis.md` | ||
| critique of narration-over-action, an Otto-CLI cold-boot tick attempted |
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| ```bash | ||
| if ps -A | grep -qE "gemini.*Lior|lior.*loop"; then | ||
| echo "Lior-gemini active — DO NOT create worktree" | ||
| echo "Lior-gemini active — pre-worktree defer is SAFEST" | ||
| echo "Use memory-file + bus-envelope substrate paths instead" | ||
| exit 1 | ||
| fi |
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…sure + forced-#6 (#4412) Adds a 6th empirical anchor to `holding-without-named-dependency-is- standing-by-failure.md` documenting today's session pattern: - 2 PRs landed in ~20 min (#4410 tick shard + #4411 canary rule sharpening) - All 4 rate-limit tiers traversed (Normal → cost-aware → extreme → pure-git) in single session - Cycle-1 brief-ack #1-#5 with explicit-no-pre-empt-at-#5 + forced #6 producing this very anchor - Verify-before-defer composition (PR #4411) used for worktree creation during 3-proc Lior activity — 2nd empirical use of the composite Pattern generalizes: rapid-substrate-closure → natural brief-ack drain → forced #6 produces compounding rule sharpening. This is the discipline's "happy path" shape; the 2 prior empirical anchors (2026-05-17 sustained-named-dep, 2026-05-18 post-arc) are the failure modes off this path. Branch-pushed-no-PR per pure-git tier discipline; PR creation deferred to post-rate-limit-reset (~5 min from commit time). Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Closes the loop on the refinement candidate documented in PR #4410 (merged at
1d8303d8):Sharpens
.claude/rules/codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md's pre-worktree-creation guard from blanket "Lior active → DO NOT create worktree" to a verify-before-defer composition — the absent action remains SAFEST, but bounded substrate work can attempt isolated worktree with mandatory post-creation guard.Adds 6th empirical anchor (2026-05-20T14:13Z): isolated worktree-add during 3-proc Lior activity produced clean tree (ls-tree HEAD = 53, status = 0, post-commit ls-tree = 53). This is the empirical evidence backing the refinement.
Empirical scoreboard (all 6 attempts)
3 clean, 3 corrupted. Pre-worktree blanket-defer stays as safest baseline; post-worktree-creation guard remains load-bearing.
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verify-before-deferring.mdcomposes-with entry was already there; this edit makes the rule body consistent with that claimTest plan
git ls-tree HEAD = 53post-commit (canary check on this very PR)git branch --show-currentbefore commit/private/tmp/zeta-otto-cli-cold-boot-1413z🤖 Generated with Claude Code