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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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Bug Report: Status Script

Methodology

Reviewed the 980-line status.py implementation and 25 passing tests. Verified all commands, state transitions, validation logic, and error handling.

Acceptance Criteria

# Criterion Result
1 --task shows current phase, allowed/forbidden actions ✅
2 --transition validates and writes .state ✅
3 --transition refuses past :awaiting_approval ✅
4 --approve transitions awaiting → approved ✅
5 --approve refuses if not awaiting approval ✅
6 --create-task creates folder with .state = new ✅
7 --list shows all tasks with phase and approval status ✅
8 --validate-folder checks out-of-order artifacts ✅
9 --audit runs all check categories ⚠️ See finding 1
10 --claim/--release/--next-available/--available ✅
11 --can-edit/--scope-check/--same-session ✅
12 Atomic writes (tmp+rename) ✅
13 .state.approvals log maintained ✅
14 25 tests passing ✅

Findings

  1. Minor: --audit Category 3 (git modification check) is stubbed — it checks whether the project is a git repo and reports "Skipped: not a git repository" or falls back to a simplified check. Full git-log-based timestamp comparison is not implemented. This is documented as part of the spec's "graceful skip" clause but the implementation is simpler than the spec describes.

Verdict: PASS