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v2.0: state enforcement, project scoping, harness integration
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: Autopilot Gate Integration

Deep Review

The gate-check loop in orchestrate.md replaces the previous drive_all() pseudocode with an explicit phase-by-phase process. Each phase is validated before and after. Approval gates are hard stops, not soft suggestions.

Potential Issues

  1. Self-approval risk: In autopilot mode, the orchestrator prompt says "STOP and wait for user approval" at approval gates. However, the orchestrator is the same agent that completes the phase. A non-compliant orchestrator could skip the approval gate and call --approve itself. Mitigation: --approve is designed to require explicit user action, but the enforcement is prompt-based within a single agent session.

  2. Session context loss at approval pause: When autopilot pauses for user approval and the user returns in a new session, the orchestrator must re-read .state to know where it left off. This works correctly but depends on the .state file being written before the pause.

  3. No timeout on approval pauses: If the user never returns to approve a phase, the task is stuck in :awaiting_approval indefinitely. This is by design (user must approve), but there's no notification mechanism.

Verdict: PASS — the self-approval risk is an inherent limitation of prompt-based enforcement, not a bug.