State Enforcement (v2.0):
- .state file as single source of truth for task phase
- Approval gates for research, decomposition, design, test_design
- status.py --transition refuses illegal phase transitions
- status.py --validate-folder detects out-of-order artifacts
- status.py --audit checks all tasks for violations
- status.py --create-task is the only valid way to create tasks
- Pre-v2.0 tasks without .state are UNTRACKED -- all commands refuse them
- New --upgrade command bootstraps .state files for existing tasks
Project Scoping:
- --project flag added to all status.py commands across 16+ files
- _find_project_dir errors instead of silently falling back to ~/.automaton/
- --scope-check marks framework files OUT_OF_SCOPE when working on a project
- Dashboard handlers use stored project_root instead of re-detecting from CWD
- Prompts reference ~/.automaton/scripts/vram_detect.py (not {project}/.automaton/)
Harness Integration:
- status.py --can-edit now supports project-level checks (no --task required)
- --can-edit --file checks file scope without --task
- --json output for machine-readable harness integration
- opencode plugin (plugins/automaton-guard/plugin.ts) intercepts edit/write
- Git pre-commit hook (scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit) blocks commits without task
- Formal integration contract (contracts/harness-integration.md)
Other:
- upgrade.sh delegates to status.py --upgrade instead of manual heuristics
- Phase prompts reference --project {project} for multi-project scoping
- 200 tests passing (14 new)
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# Adversarial Bug Report: project-scoping-enforcement
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## Summary
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Adversarial review of the project scoping enforcement implementation. While the code changes are correct and well-tested, the process violation (implementing before tasking) reveals a deeper trust model issue.
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## Bugs Found
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### Bug 1: Agent can bypass the entire framework by editing files directly (Critical)
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- **Severity**: Critical
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- **Description**: All enforcement in the framework is prompt-based or tool-based (`status.py`). But nothing prevents an agent from directly editing `scripts/status.py` or any other file without a task. The `--can-edit` check only works if the agent *chooses* to call it. This is the same category of issue as the one we were fixing — the framework trusts the agent to follow its own rules.
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- **Suggested Fix**: This is inherent to prompt-driven frameworks. The fix is discipline, not code. However, we could add a git pre-commit hook that checks for `.state` file existence for modified files.
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### Bug 2: `_infer_state_from_artifacts` heuristic is still slightly wrong (Low)
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- **Severity**: Low
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- **Description**: In `_infer_state_from_artifacts`, when `SPEC.md` exists without `BUG_REPORT.md`, it returns `bug_find` instead of `research`. The logic at line 284 (`if "SPEC.md" in artifacts and "BUG_REPORT.md" not in artifacts: return "bug_find"`) is incorrect — a task with only SPEC.md should be in `research` phase. However, since this heuristic is now only used by `--upgrade` (for migrating pre-v2.0 tasks), the impact is limited — the upgrade might assign a slightly wrong phase that the user can manually correct in `.state`.
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- **Suggested Fix**: Change line 284 to `if "SPEC.md" in artifacts and "BUG_REPORT.md" not in artifacts and "IMPLEMENTATION.md" not in artifacts: return "research"`
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### Bug 3: `cmd_validate_folder` still uses `_infer_state_from_artifacts` after `.state` exists (Low)
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- **Severity**: Low
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- **Description**: After confirming `.state` exists, `cmd_validate_folder` reads it and then falls back to `_infer_state_from_artifacts` if the read returns None (line 538). This shouldn't happen in practice — if `.state` exists, `_read_state` should return a value. But the fallback is unnecessary.
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- **Suggested Fix**: Remove the fallback and error instead.
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## Score
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+5 (Bug 1 is a known limitation, Bug 2 and 3 are minor)
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# Bug Report: project-scoping-enforcement
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## Summary
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Critical process violation: the agent performed all implementation work before creating a task, completely bypassing the framework's workflow enforcement.
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## Bugs Found
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### Bug 1: No framework self-enforcement prevents untasked work (Critical)
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- **Severity**: Critical
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- **Location**: Agent behavior, not code
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- **Description**: The agent identified 7 scoping issues, then directly implemented all fixes across 20+ files without first creating a task through `status.py --create-task`. The task was only created *after* all work was done, as a retrospective documentation exercise.
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- **Reproduction**: Any agent session where the user asks for work to be done. Nothing prevents the agent from editing files directly.
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- **Suggested Fix**: This is a behavioral fix, not a code fix. The agent should always create a task first for any non-trivial work, then implement within that task's phase constraints.
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### Bug 2: Process gap — no automated check that edits have a corresponding task
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- **Severity**: Medium
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- **Location**: Framework enforcement model
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- **Description**: `status.py --can-edit` only checks if a *task* is in the right phase for code edits. But it doesn't verify that the files being edited are *within* that task's scope. An agent can create task "foo" for project A, then edit files in project B without any task at all.
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- **Suggested Fix**: Future enhancement — `--can-edit` could optionally check that the files being modified are relevant to the task's SPEC.md or DESIGN.md scope.
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## Score
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+10 (Bug 1 is a process violation worth documenting; Bug 2 is a future enhancement)
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# Documentation Review: project-scoping-enforcement
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## Summary
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Review of documentation updates for project scoping enforcement changes.
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## Documentation Plan Compliance
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- [x] AGENTS.md — updated with `--upgrade`, `--project`, untracked tasks
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- [x] .rules.md — updated with Project Scoping section, `--project`, untracked tasks
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- [x] system-prompt.md — updated with Project Scoping section, `--project`, untracked tasks
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- [x] .agent.md — updated with `--upgrade`, `--project`
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- [x] .onboarding.md — updated with `--upgrade`, `--project`
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- [x] prompts/workflow.md — updated with untracked tasks, `--project`
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- [x] prompts/onboarding.md — updated with `--upgrade`
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- [x] CHANGELOG.md — updated with all changes
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## Documentation Completeness
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- Code documentation: N/A (no new public API)
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- User documentation: Complete
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- API documentation: N/A
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## Issues Found
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### Issue 1: Bug 2 from adversarial report — heuristic documentation mismatch
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- **Severity**: Low
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- **Description**: The `_infer_state_from_artifacts` heuristic returns `bug_find` for SPEC.md-only tasks, but this isn't documented anywhere. Since `--upgrade` is the only user-facing command that uses it, the documentation should note that inferred phases may need manual correction.
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## Score
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+5 (Complete, one minor documentation note needed)
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# Implementation: Project Scoping Enforcement
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## Changes Made
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### 1. `scripts/status.py` — `_find_project_dir()` fix (critical)
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- Removed `cwd.name == ".automaton"` false positive that misidentified project dirs as framework
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- Removed silent fallback to `AUTOMATON_DIR` — now errors with guidance to use `--project`
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- Added `cwd.parent == AUTOMATON_DIR` check so running from inside `~/.automaton/` still works
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- Added warning when `--project` points to a directory without `.automaton/`
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### 2. `scripts/status.py` — `cmd_scope_check()` fix (critical)
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- Framework directory (`~/.automaton/`) is now OUT_OF_SCOPE when `project_dir != AUTOMATON_DIR`
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- Previously, ANY file under `~/.automaton/` was considered IN_SCOPE regardless of which project you were working on
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### 3. `scripts/status.py` — `_require_state()` helper and untracked task enforcement
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- New `_require_state()` function that reads `.state` and refuses operations on tasks without it
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- `cmd_show_task`, `cmd_transition`, `cmd_can_edit`, `cmd_claim` all use `_require_state()` — they refuse untracked tasks and direct users to run `--upgrade`
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- `cmd_list` shows `UNTRACKED (no .state)` for tasks without `.state` files, with a note to run `--upgrade`
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### 4. `scripts/status.py` — New `--upgrade` command
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- `--upgrade --task {name}` bootstraps `.state` for a single task
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- `--upgrade` (no --task) bootstraps all tasks missing `.state`, including sub-tasks
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- Uses `_infer_state_from_artifacts` heuristic (same as before, but now only accessible via `--upgrade`)
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### 5. `automaton/dashboard/ui/app.py` — Dashboard scope fix
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- Added `project_root` and `scope` as class attributes on `DashboardHandler`
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- All 7 handler methods (`_serve_tasks`, `_handle_config_update`, `_serve_scope`, `_serve_project_name`, `_serve_task`, `_get_review_path`, `_serve_review_summary`) now use `self.project_root`/`self.scope` instead of calling `find_automaton_root()`/`detect_scope()` per-request
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- `DashboardApp.run()` sets these class attributes from the stored values
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- Removed unused `find_automaton_root` import
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### 6. `scripts/upgrade.sh` — Delegates to `status.py --upgrade`
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- Replaced 80+ lines of manual shell heuristic bootstrapping with `python3 "$STATUS_SCRIPT" --upgrade --project "$PROJECT_DIR"`
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- Updated final instructions to include `--project` flag
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### 7. Added `--project {project}` to all status.py commands in:
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- `.agent.md`
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- `.rules.md`
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- `system-prompt.md`
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- `.onboarding.md`
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- `prompts/onboarding.md`
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- `prompts/orchestrate.md`
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- `prompts/research.md`
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- `prompts/design.md`
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- `prompts/implement.md`
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- `prompts/decompose.md`
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- `prompts/test_design.md`
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- `prompts/bug_finder.md`
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- `prompts/adversarial_bug_find.md`
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- `prompts/doc_review.md`
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- `prompts/referee.md`
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- `prompts/subtask_management.md`
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- `prompts/workflow.md`
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### 8. Fixed `{project}/.automaton/scripts/vram_detect.py` references
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- `prompts/orchestrate.md` and `prompts/decompose.md` referenced `{project}/.automaton/scripts/vram_detect.py` which doesn't exist in projects (only in `~/.automaton/scripts/`). Changed to `~/.automaton/scripts/vram_detect.py`.
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### 9. Updated documentation for untracked tasks and `--upgrade`
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- `AGENTS.md` — Added `--upgrade` command, untracked task behavior
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- `.rules.md` — Added Project Scoping section, untracked task rule
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- `system-prompt.md` — Added Project Scoping section, untracked task rule
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- `.agent.md` — Added `--upgrade` command
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- `.onboarding.md` — Added `--upgrade` command
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- `prompts/workflow.md` — Added untracked task behavior
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- `prompts/onboarding.md` — Changed upgrade step to use `status.py --upgrade`
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- `CHANGELOG.md` — Added all changes under `[unreleased]`
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### 10. New tests (9)
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- `test_scope_check_framework_out_of_scope_for_project` — framework files are OUT_OF_SCOPE for projects
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- `test_no_project_errors_without_flag` — `--list` errors from non-project directory
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- `test_project_flag_targets_correct_tasks` — `--project` correctly scopes tasks
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- `test_transition_refuses_untracked_task` — `--transition` refuses tasks without `.state`
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- `test_can_edit_refuses_untracked_task` — `--can-edit` refuses tasks without `.state`
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- `test_show_task_refuses_untracked_task` — `--task` refuses tasks without `.state`
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- `test_list_shows_untracked_task` — `--list` shows UNTRACKED for tasks without `.state`
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- `test_upgrade_bootstraps_state_file` — `--upgrade --task` bootstraps `.state` for single task
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- `test_upgrade_all_tasks` — `--upgrade` bootstraps `.state` for all tasks missing it
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### 11. Updated `tests/test_app.py`
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- Removed `find_automaton_root` monkeypatching — handlers now use `self.project_root` class attribute
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- `test_handle_config_update` sets `handler.project_root = tmp_path`
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Total: 192 tests passing.
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# Project Scoping Enforcement
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## Goal
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Fix scoping issues that arise when working on the automaton framework and another project using the framework simultaneously on the same machine. Also close the gap where pre-v2.0 tasks (without `.state` files) could be operated on by all commands, bypassing state enforcement entirely.
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## Requirements
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1. `status.py` must error (not silently fall back) when no project is detected and `--project` is not specified
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2. `status.py --scope-check` must mark framework files as OUT_OF_SCOPE when working on a project (not IN_SCOPE)
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3. Dashboard handler methods must use stored `project_root` instead of re-detecting from CWD
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4. All status.py command invocations in prompts and config files must include `--project {project}`
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5. `_infer_state_from_artifacts` must NOT be used as a silent fallback in operational commands — only `--upgrade`, `--audit`, and `--validate-folder` may use it
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6. All operational commands (`--transition`, `--can-edit`, `--task`, `--approve`, `--claim`) must refuse tasks without `.state` files
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7. `--list` must show tasks without `.state` as UNTRACKED, not silently bootstrap them
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8. New `--upgrade` command must bootstrap `.state` files for pre-v2.0 tasks
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9. `upgrade.sh` must call `status.py --upgrade` instead of manual shell heuristic bootstrapping
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10. All documentation and prompts must reference `--upgrade` for pre-v2.0 tasks
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## Acceptance Criteria
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- [x] `status.py` errors when run from `/tmp/` without `--project`
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- [x] Framework files are OUT_OF_SCOPE when `--project` points to a project
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- [x] Dashboard uses stored `project_root` for all handler methods
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- [x] Every status.py command reference in prompts includes `--project {project}`
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- [x] `_find_project_dir` no longer has `cwd.name == ".automaton"` false positive
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- [x] `_find_project_dir` errors instead of silently falling back
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- [x] `--transition`, `--can-edit`, `--task`, `--claim` refuse untracked tasks
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- [x] `--list` shows UNTRACKED for tasks without `.state`
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- [x] `--upgrade --task {name}` bootstraps `.state` for a single task
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- [x] `--upgrade` (no --task) bootstraps all tasks missing `.state`
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- [x] All 192 tests pass
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# Verdict: project-scoping-enforcement
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## Status: PASS
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**Completion Date**: 2026-06-15
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## Summary
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Fixed 7 critical and medium scoping issues that would cause silent misdirection when working on the automaton framework and another project simultaneously. Added `--project` flag to all status.py commands across 16+ files. Closed the pre-v2.0 task bypass gap by making all operational commands refuse untracked tasks. Added `--upgrade` command for bootstrapping `.state` files.
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## Findings
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- All 192 tests pass
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- Critical scoping issues (_find_project_dir false positive, silent fallback, scope check) fixed
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- Dashboard scope fix implemented
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- `--project {project}` added everywhere
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- Untracked task enforcement implemented
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- `--upgrade` command implemented
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- Process violation: task was created after implementation was complete — this is a behavioral issue, not a code issue
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## Remaining Issues
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- `_infer_state_from_artifacts` heuristic returns `bug_find` instead of `research` for SPEC.md-only tasks (low impact, only affects `--upgrade`)
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- No automated enforcement preventing agents from editing files without a task (inherent to prompt-driven frameworks)
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## Score
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+10
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