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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)
2026-06-15 14:16:46 -04:00

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Implementation: Autopilot Gate Integration

Changes Made

1. Gate-between-phases in autopilot

The orchestrator prompt (prompts/orchestrate.md) now defines an explicit gate-check loop:

  1. Read .state → confirm current phase
  2. Run status.py --validate-folder → check for out-of-order artifacts
  3. If violations found → STOP and report
  4. Load phase prompt → confirm ALLOWED/FORBIDDEN boundaries
  5. Execute phase → produce required artifact
  6. If phase requires approval → --transition {phase}:awaiting_approval, pause for user sign-off, --approve, --transition {next-phase}
  7. If phase does NOT require approval → --transition {next-phase}

2. Resumption from .state

  • The orchestrator reads .state for each task, no artifact re-derivation needed
  • Approval sub-states are preserved across sessions

3. Persona switching

  • Orchestrator loads the prompt for the current phase based on .state
  • FORBIDDEN sections in phase prompts constrain what the orchestrator can do
  • Orchestrator must NOT override phase-level FORBIDDEN rules

4. Approval gates in autopilot

  • Research, decomposition, design, and test_design phases ALWAYS pause for user approval in autopilot
  • The pause is enforced by status.py --transition refusing past :awaiting_approval
  • After user says "APPROVED", status.py --approve is called, then transition proceeds

5. Session break recovery

  • .state file records the last completed phase (including approval sub-states)
  • Next session reads .state and resumes exactly where it left off
  • No phase progress is lost on session break

6. Manual mode coexistence

  • Orchestrator reads .state and reports current phase
  • User triggers phases manually, orchestrator calls status.py --transition and status.py --approve

7. Periodic audit

  • Orchestrator calls status.py --audit at session start and after task completion
  • Catches violations that might slip through individual phase gates

Files Modified

  • prompts/orchestrate.md (rewritten, 143 lines with gate-check loop)
  • prompts/workflow.md (referenced from orchestrate.md)