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Lap Tran bc7daf8590 Restore archived tasks, fix dashboard scroll-reset, bind ornith, add Playwright smoke test
- **Restore 82 completed tasks** from tasks/complete/ back to tasks/ top
  level (all <7 days old per the cleanup policy; premature bulk archive
  was fixed).
- **Dashboard: fix scroll-reset on auto-refresh** — renderBoard rebuilds
  the board via innerHTML every 2s, destroying each column-body's
  scrollTop. Now snapshots column-body scrollTop + board.scrollLeft +
  view.scrollTop before rebuild and restores after (matched by
  PHASE_GROUPS index).
- **Dashboard UI additions** (pre-existing unstaged work): approval
  section cards, transition buttons, inline artifact editor (textarea for
  writing missing SPEC/VERDICT/etc from the detail modal).
- **Bind ornith as Implement model** — config.md: Model explicit to
  omlx/Ornith-1.0-35B-4bit-mlx, context window 32768. Interactive
  autopilot already used ornith via opencode default; now explicit.
- **Fix cleanup stub** — automaton-cleanup.sh had a stale --project arg
  pointing at a pytest temp dir (test isolation leak). Rewired to point
  at ~/.automaton.
- **Fix plist-isolation test** — test asserted host plist doesn't exist,
  but a real install creates it. Now snapshots mtime before run, asserts
  unchanged after (only a write during the test counts as bleed).
- **New Playwright smoke test** (tests/test_dashboard_ui.py) — 2 tests:
  board renders tasks, column scroll survives auto-refresh tick.
  Verified the test fails without the scroll fix (scrollTop resets to 0).
  Skipped via importorskip when playwright is absent (main CI stays
  green).
- **Clarify SI loop scope in README** — new-project onboarding section
  documents the framework-scoped self-improvement loop and options
  (leave/pause/create project loop).
- **CHANGELOG** documents all changes including the known model-divergence
  gap (mde tasks marked complete but per-role model binding was never
  implemented).
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# CODE_REVIEW: add-self-improvement-loop
## Reviewed Files
1. `scripts/install.sh` -- self-improvement loop bootstrap (lines ~70-82)
2. `scripts/update.sh` -- idempotent loop bootstrap (lines ~61-70)
3. `tests/test_self_improvement_loop.py` -- 16 tests
4. `CHANGELOG.md` -- task 7 entry
5. `design/loops/technical.md` section 9 -- updated install note
6. `README.md` -- self-improvement loop default-on section
## Findings
### 1. install.sh -- loop bootstrap placement
The loop bootstrap is placed inside the `else` block (after the git clone), after guard registration and before `fi`. This is correct -- the loop should only be created on fresh installs, not when the framework is already installed (the `if [ -d "$FRAMEWORK_DIR" ]` branch prints "already installed" and exits).
The `|| true` ensures install continues even if `status.py` fails (e.g. Python not in PATH yet, or schedule installation fails on an unusual platform). The framework works without the loop.
**Verdict:** PASS
### 2. update.sh -- idempotent bootstrap
The `if [ ! -d "$FRAMEWORK_DIR/loops/self-improvement" ]` check correctly prevents duplicate creation. `--create-loop` itself also refuses duplicates (returns rc=2), but the directory check avoids the error output entirely. The `|| true` on both commands ensures update continues on failure.
**Verdict:** PASS
### 3. Test coverage
- `TestInstallShWiring` (5 tests): covers create-loop, install-schedule, opt-out message, framework project, and non-fatal behavior. All assertions check the script content.
- `TestUpdateShWiring` (4 tests): covers create-loop, idempotent check, install-schedule, and non-fatal behavior.
- `TestSelfImprovementTemplate` (5 tests): regression guard for template fields.
- `TestCreateLoopFromTemplate` (2 tests): integration test for `cmd_create_loop` with the self-improvement template.
**Verdict:** PASS
### 4. Shell syntax
`bash -n scripts/install.sh scripts/update.sh` passes. No syntax errors.
**Verdict:** PASS
### 5. Edge cases
- **Python not in PATH**: `|| true` handles this. Install continues.
- **Loop already exists (update.sh)**: directory check prevents creation; `--create-loop` also refuses.
- **Schedule installation fails**: `|| true` handles this. Loop is created but not scheduled; user can manually `--install-schedule` later.
- **Framework not in ~/.automaton**: the `$FRAMEWORK_DIR` variable is set at the top of each script and used consistently.
**Verdict:** PASS
## Summary
All 5 review areas pass. The implementation is clean, idempotent, and well-tested. 16 new tests cover script wiring, template validation, and loop creation. Full suite: 409 passed.
**Overall verdict: APPROVED**