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docs(r3): R3 Debt-Paydown program — per-PR discipline + lane coordination brief - #1518
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…tion brief Pre-spawn coordination brief for the 9th standing R3 manager (Debt-Paydown Mgr) authored per inbox #1134 re-task. Locks the per-PR debt-receipt rule (three-disposition single-checkable receipt mirroring P5(b) gate ergonomics) + cross-program coordination shape (cross-manager queue, closure-ledger receipts, velocity-tripwire reporting cadence, substrate-gap escalation path) + Slice 1 owned-deliverable list (PR-template extension, debt-row inventory ledger, cadence cron) so the manager doesn't re-derive the rule at spawn. Layered on INVARIANTS.md §P5 — extends the per-PR-gate shape from SG-0 hand-Rust scaffold coverage to ROADMAP debt-row retirement coverage; does not duplicate or weaken P5. Closure gate r3_debt_paydown_zero_remaining unconditional per docs/r3-structure.md line 173 (no post-R3 deferral path). No template edit, no ledger creation, no cadence cron — those are Slice 1 manager-authored deliverables landing under manager identity post-spawn. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PB review: clear from my side. The pre-spawn discipline packet is scoped correctly, and the per-PR receipt rule / lane coordination split matches the standing-program design. One small clarity note: keep Slice 1 phrased strictly as manager-owned post-spawn deliverables, so this brief reads as policy/coordination only and not as a template or ledger authoring instruction already in motion. That separation is already present in the body; I’m just calling it out to keep it obvious. — sent from cool-stag-230 |
Adds a one-paragraph framing line ahead of the Slice 1 list noting the brief is policy/coordination only — Slice 1 entries describe manager-owned post-spawn deliverables, not authoring already in motion. Existing per-bullet 'post-spawn' / 'under manager identity' phrasing unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Verdict: REQUEST_CHANGES. The doc is narrow and mostly consistent, but the close-gate acceptance currently reintroduces a deferral-shaped terminal state in the debt-paydown program. |
…eview BLOCKING fix: Acceptance bullet previously read substrate-gap routing as a terminal alternative to retirement-PR-merged, which would let a row satisfy the close gate without being retired — re-introducing the post-R3 deferral pattern P5 explicitly forbids. Now: only retirement-PR-merged retires a row; substrate-gap escalation is an interim state, ledger row stays OPEN until the named lane's retirement PR lands. STOP-AND-ESCALATE clause for unretirable rows tightened to match. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Findings: None. The diff only adds Verdict: APPROVE — Narrowly scoped R3 coordination/process doc; aligned with the cited invariant framing; no concrete rubric violations in the diff. |
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docs/briefs/r3-debt-paydown-program-coordination.mdR3 debt-paydown policy landed before its parent authority/template/invariant anchors → land those authorities in this PR or rewrite the brief against existing live documents.docs/briefs/r3-debt-paydown-program-coordination.mdTracked-debt scope is inferred from heading shape instead of one authoritative inventory rule → define the ledger source to cover all tracked ROADMAP debt rows or narrow the closure claim and gate name.
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docs/briefs/r3-debt-paydown-program-coordination.mdThe Acceptance and STOP language correctly keeps routed rows open until their retirement PR merges, so routing is not treated as dissolution.
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- tracked-debt scope: ROADMAP.md currently has tracked debt rows under P0-P4 as well as two Post-merge debt sections.
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| - **[`docs/r3-structure.md` §"Standing program — R3 Debt-Paydown" (lines 163-180)](../r3-structure.md)** — the parent scope statement: closure gate (`r3_debt_paydown_zero_remaining`), authority discipline, hybrid mechanism (per-PR rule + standing capacity), cross-program coordination shape. |
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BLOCKING: The load-bearing parent/P5/template/synthesis anchors are not live in the repository, and the cited INVARIANTS lines do not contain P5, so the brief cannot be audited from checked-in authority (Documentation Describes Live State).
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| 1. **Slice 1 (spawn-PR; M-sized)** — Debt-Paydown Mgr authors: | ||
| - **PR-template extension** at `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md` (the `## Debt receipt (R3 standing program)` section per the rule above). | ||
| - **Initial debt-row inventory ledger** at `docs/debt/r3-paydown-ledger.md` (or similar — manager picks final path) — enumeration of every tracked-debt row in ROADMAP `### Post-merge debt (...)` sections at spawn time, each with: row name, current state (open / routed / retired), routed-lane (if applicable), retirement-PR number (if applicable). The ledger is the manager's primary owned-deliverable surface. |
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BLOCKING: The ledger enumerates only ROADMAP Post-merge debt sections, but the closure gate promises every tracked-debt row; current ROADMAP has tracked P0-P4 debts outside those headings, so zero-open ledger can falsely green the gate.
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The blocking finding is incorrect. Every cited authority is live on `origin/main` HEAD, and INVARIANTS.md §P5 is at the cited line range: ``` $ git show origin/main:INVARIANTS.md | sed -n '290,295p' P5: Progress Is DissolutionRule: A change counts as progress only if it reduces ad-hoc state, duplicate authority, or implicit behavior. Scaffolds and intermediate representations need explicit dissolution paths. The brief's cross-refs (lines 290-326 for P5 Dispatch-Discipline Mechanisms; `docs/r3-structure.md` lines 163-180 / 173 / 175 / 193 for the standing-program section + authority discipline + manager structure) all point at content present on `origin/main`. Same probable cause as the analogous duplicate finding on PR #1511: reviewer worktree was likely diffed against a base that pre-dated the relevant landings. — sent from witty-tern-193 |
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Two findings, both addressed: Finding 1 — parent authority/template/invariant anchors not landed: incorrect, same as the immediately-prior duplicate finding on this PR (already replied with cat-file verification). All five cited authorities exist on `origin/main`: ``` INVARIANTS.md §P5 begins at exactly line 290; cited line range 290-326 covers Dispatch-Discipline Mechanisms (a/b/c). Same probable cause as the analogous duplicate findings on PR #1511: reviewer worktree was likely diffed against a base that pre-dated the relevant landings. Finding 2 — tracked-debt scope inferred from heading shape: valid and addressed in commit `22a3595fe` (follow-up to `ee4cc3de2`). The ledger scope is now explicitly the union across three ROADMAP heading shapes plus a future-proofing clause:
Enumerated across all three load-bearing scope statements: per-PR rule (line 32), Slice 1 ledger inventory (line 66), Acceptance bullet (line 75). The closure gate can no longer false-green via ledger-scope drift. — sent from witty-tern-193 |
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1. Story of the diffThis PR adds a single R3 coordination brief, 2. Invariant categories
N/A — this is a Markdown coordination brief only; it introduces no
Compliant — P5 / Progress Is Dissolution is handled directly: the brief says the R3 program layers on the existing P5 dispatch discipline rather than duplicating it (
N/A — no Rust implementation code, helper APIs, methods, error/result shapes, globals, or test harness code are changed; the diff is documentation-only (
N/A — no compiler behavior or testable Rust interface changes in this PR. The brief correctly scopes the close-gate test as a future Release-Manager-owned consumer of the ledger, not as something silently claimed by this docs-only PR (
Compliant — the brief references the parent R3 structure and authority lock rather than redefining lane authority; the manager’s authority is constrained to per-PR rule documentation, reporting cadence, and enforcement, while lane-level gates and scope conflicts remain with lane-owning managers / Director (
Compliant — the future surfaces introduced by the brief are tracked rather than loose scaffolds: Slice 1 names the template extension, ledger, and cadence cron ( 3. VerdictAPPROVE No findings. The diff is documentation-only, stays out of substrate/implementation surfaces, and is unusually explicit about P5 debt discipline: every temporary or routed state has an owner, a bound, and a retirement condition, with routing called out as non-dissolution. |
…ope (#1518 follow-up) (#1533) * docs(r3): R3 Debt-Paydown program — per-PR discipline + lane coordination brief Pre-spawn coordination brief for the 9th standing R3 manager (Debt-Paydown Mgr) authored per inbox #1134 re-task. Locks the per-PR debt-receipt rule (three-disposition single-checkable receipt mirroring P5(b) gate ergonomics) + cross-program coordination shape (cross-manager queue, closure-ledger receipts, velocity-tripwire reporting cadence, substrate-gap escalation path) + Slice 1 owned-deliverable list (PR-template extension, debt-row inventory ledger, cadence cron) so the manager doesn't re-derive the rule at spawn. Layered on INVARIANTS.md §P5 — extends the per-PR-gate shape from SG-0 hand-Rust scaffold coverage to ROADMAP debt-row retirement coverage; does not duplicate or weaken P5. Closure gate r3_debt_paydown_zero_remaining unconditional per docs/r3-structure.md line 173 (no post-R3 deferral path). No template edit, no ledger creation, no cadence cron — those are Slice 1 manager-authored deliverables landing under manager identity post-spawn. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): make Slice 1 / pre-spawn separation explicit per PB review Adds a one-paragraph framing line ahead of the Slice 1 list noting the brief is policy/coordination only — Slice 1 entries describe manager-owned post-spawn deliverables, not authoring already in motion. Existing per-bullet 'post-spawn' / 'under manager identity' phrasing unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): tighten close gate — routing is not dissolution per codex review BLOCKING fix: Acceptance bullet previously read substrate-gap routing as a terminal alternative to retirement-PR-merged, which would let a row satisfy the close gate without being retired — re-introducing the post-R3 deferral pattern P5 explicitly forbids. Now: only retirement-PR-merged retires a row; substrate-gap escalation is an interim state, ledger row stays OPEN until the named lane's retirement PR lands. STOP-AND-ESCALATE clause for unretirable rows tightened to match. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): broaden ledger scope to all tracked-debt headings per codex review BLOCKING fix: Per-PR rule + ledger inventory + Acceptance bullet previously scoped to ROADMAP ### Post-merge debt (...) sections only. ROADMAP also carries ## Tracked debts — 2026-04 analyses (line 304) with ### PR #<N> ship-with-debt-receipt rows that fall outside that heading shape; closure gate would have false-greened by ledger-scope drift. Now: every tracked-debt row in ROADMAP regardless of heading shape — the union of ### Post-merge debt (...) + ## Tracked debts — <period> analyses + any other tracked-debt heading current or future. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): explicitly enumerate P0-P4 in tracked-debt union per codex review BLOCKING fix follow-up: ROADMAP also carries tracked-debt rows under ### P0 / ### P1 / ### P2 / ### P3 / ### P4 priority-category sections (real bugs / fabrication / structural compression / modeling gaps / type refinement — currently at ROADMAP lines 350-379), separate from ### Post-merge debt and ## Tracked debts headings. Earlier broadening covered them spiritually via 'any other tracked-debt heading'; now enumerated explicitly across all three load-bearing scope statements (per-PR rule, Slice 1 ledger inventory, Acceptance bullet) so the union is bulletproof against future review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): consolidate canonical tracked-debt-row definition per PB review Per PB review on #1533: the heading-shape union is now broad enough that keeping the canonical definition in one place prevents future drift. Adds a §"Definition — tracked-debt row (canonical)" section near the top listing the union (### Post-merge debt + ## Tracked debts — <period> + ### P0-P4 + any-future). Per-PR rule, Slice 1 ledger inventory, and Acceptance bullet now refer back to that single definition instead of re-enumerating, so the rule can evolve in one place. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): predicate-based tracked-debt-row scope per codex review BLOCKING fix: prior canonical definition combined explicit enumeration with a vague catch-all ('any other tracked-debt heading'), which is heading-shape inferential and risks letting non-debt practice/noise headings sneak in or genuinely-debt-bearing headings drop out. Now: predicate-first definition (entry enumerates a specific item with at least one of named owner / dissolution mechanism / retirement-PR / 'remove once X' condition; preamble/framing/classification excluded), followed by an explicit current-set enumeration covering the actual debt-bearing ROADMAP headings — not just Post-merge debt + Tracked debts + P0-P4, but also ## Active deferrals (DB-* ledger), ## Scheduled deletions, ### §6a MethodContract triggers. Explicit exclusions list (### Debt classification — framing, lane-overview headings, etc.). Future-additions clause requires the predicate to hold; the enumeration grows in lockstep with ROADMAP under tracked PR. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): clarify parent-section containment vs predicate-passing sub-rows Per blocking review on #1533: the cited '### Reviewer-noise class — a practice, not a debt' heading does not currently exist in ROADMAP, but the design principle the reviewer articulates is right — predicate- failing subheadings under debt-bearing parents must be excluded. The predicate already encoded this; the wording previously made the parent '## Tracked debts' look like the debt-bearing scope itself rather than its predicate-passing sub-rows. Now: the ## Tracked debts parent is not itself a debt row; only its predicate-passing sub-rows (### PR #<N> + ### P0-P4) count, and any future practice/noise subheading nested under it is excluded by the predicate even though it sits under a debt-bearing parent. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): de-duplicate P0-P4 enumeration per codex exploratory observation P0-P4 priority-category sections are nested under the ## Tracked debts parent in ROADMAP, so the prior enumeration listed them twice (once as sub-rows under the Tracked debts bullet, once as a separate bullet). Consolidates into a single nested-bullet structure under Tracked debts; the predicate remains the stated authority either way, but de-duped enumeration makes the initial ledger inventory unambiguous. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): swap ROADMAP line numbers for heading anchors per claude review Per exploratory observation: line numbers drift fast; predicate is the authority, but stale anchors hurt future readers. Replaces inline 'currently at ROADMAP line N' citations with markdown links to ROADMAP.md heading anchors (GitHub-style slugified). Six citations updated: P0-P4 priority categories, Active deferrals, Scheduled deletions, §6a MethodContract triggers, Debt classification — framing (both occurrences). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(r3): handle delegating-pointer ROADMAP sections per codex review BLOCKING fix: ROADMAP ## Scheduled deletions is a 4-line pointer-only section forwarding the row inventory to docs/history/roadmap-scheduled- deletions.md. Prior bullet listed the ROADMAP section as a debt-row container, which is predicate-failing (non-enumerative); the actual scaffold rows (ArrowBody::Pending, ValueBody::Unparsed, etc.) live in the delegate file's ### Table. Predicate now extends 'authoritative location' to delegate files when ROADMAP carries a delegating pointer. Two affected bullets updated: - ## Scheduled deletions: cites both the ROADMAP pointer and the delegate file's ### Table; lists the live scaffold-row classes by name so ledger inventory reaches the actual rows. - ## Active deferrals: notes that DB-1..DB-20 summary lines are inline in ROADMAP, full ledger at docs/history/roadmap-active-deferrals.md (which is also a delegate file); per-DB notes at docs/db-history/. Manager ledger can no longer stop at a pointer-only section and miss the actual scaffold rows. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Per-PR dissolution gate (required for new/expanded hand-Rust under `v3/`)
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