v2.0: state enforcement, project scoping, harness integration
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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: Status Script
## Deep Review
The 980-line status.py is comprehensive. State machine transitions are correctly validated. Approval gates are enforced. Atomic writes prevent corruption. Error messages are clear and actionable.
## Potential Issues
1. **Audit Category 3 stub**: The git-based unauthorized modification check is stubbed. In projects that are git repos, the audit cannot detect code edits made during non-implement phases. This is a gap — an agent could edit code during research and the audit wouldn't catch it unless the artifacts reveal it.
2. **`--same-session` heuristic is weak**: The 30-minute window for session detection is a best-effort heuristic. It cannot reliably distinguish sessions across agent restarts. The spec acknowledges this, but the implementation doesn't add much beyond mtime comparison.
3. **No `--force` flag for coordinator overrides**: The multi-agent spec defines `--force` for coordinator force-transitions, but the current implementation returns "ERROR: unknown flag" for `--force`. This is expected to be added in the multi-agent-support task but a truly adversarial agent could use this gap.
4. **Symlink attack on `.state.tmp`**: An attacker with filesystem access could create a symlink at `.state.tmp` pointing to a sensitive file, causing the atomic write to overwrite it. This is a local-privilege scenario, not a remote attack.
5. **No rate limiting on `--create-task`**: A script could create thousands of task folders. Mitigation exists via kebab-case validation, but no limit on creation count.
## Verdict: PASS — the audit stub is a known gap. No logic flaws that would compromise phase enforcement.