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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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Bug Report: Multi-Agent Support

Methodology

Reviewed claim/release/next-available/available commands, .state.lock files, Agent Configuration in .agent.md, and single-agent zero-overhead guarantee.

Acceptance Criteria

# Criterion Result
1 Single-agent mode has zero behavioral change ✅
2 --claim creates .state.lock atomically ✅
3 --claim refuses if already claimed (non-expired) ✅
4 --claim overclaims if expired ✅
5 --release removes .state.lock ✅
6 --release refuses if wrong agent ✅
7 --next-available finds highest-priority unclaimed task ✅
8 --available lists all unclaimed tasks for agent role ✅
9 Agent Configuration in .agent.md activates multi-agent ✅
10 .state.lock excluded from --validate-folder ✅
11 Completed tasks auto-release locks ✅

Findings

  1. Minor: Lock timeout defaults to 30 minutes. The configurable timeout parsing (5m, 10m, etc.) from .agent.md works but is case-sensitive — 30M would not be parsed correctly. Minor UX issue.

  2. Minor: The --as-coordinator flag and --force flag for coordinator override are parsed but the coordinator role validation is limited — any agent can potentially pass --agent orchestrator without verification. This is acceptable since agent identity is self-reported in the current design.

Verdict: PASS