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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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VERDICT: Phase-Scoped Prompts

Summary

Added ALLOWED/FORBIDDEN sections to all 9 phase prompts, approval gates for research/design/decompose/test_design, user override resistance instructions, pre-work validation via --validate-folder, and .state precondition checks. orchestrate.md reduced from 493 to 143 lines by removing duplicated state machine logic.

Phase Results

Phase Result
Implementation ✅ PASS
Bug Find ✅ PASS (1 minor finding — decompose.md over 150 lines)
Adversarial Bug Find ✅ PASS
Doc Review ✅ PASS

Findings

  • All 9 prompts have ALLOWED/FORBIDDEN sections
  • Approval gates correctly placed only in research, decomposition, design, test_design
  • User override resistance instructions added to all prompts
  • Pre-work validation (--validate-folder) mandated in all prompts
  • orchestrate.md reduced from 493 to 143 lines (71% reduction)
  • Minor: decompose.md exceeds 150-line soft target — content is necessary

Final Verdict

PASS — All acceptance criteria met. Phase scoping is complete and consistent across all prompts.

Score: +10