…+ auto-manifest

First two workstreams of the v0.17.0 "skillify end-to-end" release. Landed
together because the D-CX-3 exit-code refactor is a prerequisite for W1's
warning-surfaced filing audit in Workstream 3.

## D-CX-3: split ResolvableReport into errors[] + warnings[] + --strict

Prior: `env.ok = report.issues.length === 0` treated warnings and errors
identically for exit status. Any warning forced exit 1, which meant the
planned filing-audit (W3) would break CI for every OpenClaw deployment
emitting advisory warnings.

New contract:
- `ResolvableReport.errors[]` and `warnings[]` as separate arrays.
- `issues[]` stays as deprecated backcompat union (remove in v0.18).
- Default: exit 0 unless any errors. Warnings are advisory.
- `--strict` flag promotes warnings to fail CI (explicit opt-in).

Files: src/core/check-resolvable.ts, src/commands/check-resolvable.ts
(added --strict flag + help text + header doc), src/commands/doctor.ts
(use new fields), test/check-resolvable-cli.test.ts (rewrite REGRESSION-GATE
to document the new contract, add 3 D-CX-3 cases).

## W1: AGENTS.md support + auto-manifest + priority fix

The reference OpenClaw deployment uses AGENTS.md (not RESOLVER.md) at the
workspace root, and ships without a manifest.json. check-resolvable
silently false-passed against it pre-W1: 0 manifest entries meant 0
reachability iterations meant 0 errors reported.

Post-W1 behavior against ~/git/<redacted>/workspace (smoke-tested live):
- Detects 102 skills via SKILL.md walk (no manifest.json needed)
- Flags 15 unreachable errors (exactly the essay's '~15% dark' finding)
- Flags 108 warnings (overlaps, gaps) — advisory, not blocking
- Auto-detects via \$OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE without --skills-dir

Changes:

- NEW src/core/resolver-filenames.ts: one source of truth for the
  filename policy. \`RESOLVER_FILENAMES = ['RESOLVER.md', 'AGENTS.md']\`.
  Callers import from here, never hardcode either name.

- NEW src/core/skill-manifest.ts: \`loadOrDeriveManifest()\` — reads
  manifest.json when present+valid, otherwise walks \`skillsDir/*/SKILL.md\`
  to derive a synthetic manifest. Both check-resolvable.ts AND dry-fix.ts
  now call this, replacing the two duplicated loaders that silently
  returned [] on missing file (F-ENG-1, D-CX-12).

- src/core/repo-root.ts (rewrite): auto-detect priority changed to put
  \$OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE ahead of findRepoRoot() walk when explicitly set
  (D-CX-4). Adds workspace-root AGENTS.md detection — OpenClaw layout
  places routing at workspace/AGENTS.md with skills/ below. New
  SkillsDirSource variants \`openclaw_workspace_env_root\` and
  \`openclaw_workspace_home_root\` for --verbose log clarity.

- src/core/check-resolvable.ts: accepts RESOLVER.md or AGENTS.md at the
  skills dir or one level up (workspace root). Uses loadOrDeriveManifest
  for reachability. Updated error messages reference both filenames.

- src/core/dry-fix.ts: unified manifest loader — auto-fix now works in
  AGENTS.md-only workspaces where it previously no-op'd silently.

- src/commands/check-resolvable.ts: new AUTO_DETECT_HINT import for
  clearer missing-skills-dir errors; updated sourceLabel map for the
  two new workspace-root variants.

Tests:
- test/skill-manifest.test.ts: 14 cases covering explicit-manifest,
  derived-manifest, malformed JSON, wrong shape, empty explicit array
  (honored as 'zero skills' declaration), dirname fallback when no
  name: frontmatter, underscore/dotfile dir skipping.
- test/repo-root.test.ts: new tests for the priority swap, AGENTS.md
  skills-dir variant, AGENTS.md workspace-root variant, both-files
  present (RESOLVER.md wins).
- test/check-resolvable-cli.test.ts: updated regression-gate to the
  new contract; added three D-CX-3 cases.

All 105 tests passing across the foundation surface.

Plan + reviews: ~/.claude/plans/p1-lets-just-vast-blanket.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Check 5 of the 10-step skillify checklist (the essay's "resolver
trigger eval") now runs structurally by default and has a dedicated
CLI verb for CI. Ships Layer A; Layer B (LLM tie-break) is reserved
for v0.18.

## New module: src/core/routing-eval.ts

The harness. Pure functions:

- `normalizeText(s)`: lowercase, strip non-alnum to spaces, collapse
  whitespace. Unicode-friendly, quote-agnostic, punctuation-tolerant.
- `extractTriggerPhrases(cellText)`: split quoted alternatives like
  `"search for", "find me"` into separate normalized phrases; fall
  back to the whole cell when unquoted (OpenClaw-style descriptions).
- `indexResolverTriggers(resolverContent)`: build a skill-slug →
  normalized-trigger-phrases map from the resolver table.
- `structuralRouteMatch(intent, index)`: substring-match the
  normalized intent against every trigger phrase; return the set of
  matched skills + whether the match was ambiguous (more than one
  specific skill, excluding always-on family).
- `lintRoutingFixtures`: rejects fixtures whose intent is
  verbatim-equal to a trigger (D-CX-6: fixtures must paraphrase the
  framing, not copy the trigger text) and unknown expected_skill
  references.
- `loadRoutingFixtures(skillsDir)`: walks `skills/<name>/routing-eval.jsonl`,
  handles JSONL line-comments (`//` / `#`), collects malformed lines
  separately without crashing.
- `runRoutingEval(resolver, fixtures)`: pure scoring. Supports
  negative cases (`expected_skill: null` — nothing should match) and
  an `ambiguous_with` allow-list for skills that co-fire with
  always-on handlers (signal-detector, brain-ops, ingest).

Outcomes per fixture: `pass`, `missed`, `ambiguous`, `false_positive`.
Metrics: `top1Accuracy`, `passed`, `missed`, `ambiguous`,
`falsePositives`.

## Integration: check-resolvable runs Layer A by default

`checkResolvable()` now loads `routing-eval.jsonl` fixtures from every
skill, runs the structural eval, and appends non-pass outcomes as
warning-severity issues. New issue types:

- `routing_miss`        — expected skill did not match
- `routing_ambiguous`   — expected matched AND unexpected skills
- `routing_false_positive` — negative case unexpectedly matched
- `routing_fixture_lint` — linter or malformed-JSONL finding

All four are warnings — routing issues don't break exit in default
mode, but `--strict` promotes them (D-CX-3 contract). Advisories
without breaking CI.

## New CLI verb: `gbrain routing-eval`

Standalone Check 5 runner. `--json` envelope, `--llm` flag reserved,
`--skills-dir` override. Exit codes: 0 clean, 1 any failure/lint, 2
setup error. Suitable for CI gating separately from check-resolvable.

Removed from DEFERRED in CLI: `{check: 5, name: trigger_routing_eval}`.
Check 6 (brain_filing) still deferred; lands in W3.

## Seed fixtures

- skills/query/routing-eval.jsonl
- skills/citation-fixer/routing-eval.jsonl (includes a negative case)

These are intentionally modest. Additional fixtures per skill are the
natural next step; routing-eval itself passes cleanly under
check-resolvable default mode even when fixtures surface real gaps
(they're warnings, not errors). Running `gbrain routing-eval` reveals
the gaps immediately.

## Tests (34 new cases + updated integrations)

- test/routing-eval.test.ts: full harness coverage including
  normalization, trigger extraction (quoted and unquoted), indexer,
  structural match with ambiguity + always-on exemption, fixture
  linter (verbatim-equality rule, unknown-skill rule, shape rule,
  negative-case skip), JSONL loader (comments, malformed lines,
  missing dirs, underscore/dot skipping), and every runRoutingEval
  outcome (pass, miss, ambiguous, negative-pass, false-positive, empty).

- test/check-resolvable-cli.test.ts: updated DEFERRED unit test +
  `--json` envelope test + `--verbose` test to reflect Check 5
  shipping.

140/140 passing across the W1 + W2 surface.

## Live smoke

`gbrain routing-eval --json` against the current gbrain repo: 6
fixtures, 1 passing, 5 missed. The misses correctly surface
resolver-trigger narrowness (intents users naturally phrase differently
than trigger text). Fixtures will iterate in follow-up PRs; the
machinery ships now.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Check 6 ships. Every skill that writes brain pages is now audited
against a machine-readable filing-rules doc at
`skills/_brain-filing-rules.json`.

## New: skills/_brain-filing-rules.json

Canonical filing rules, JSON (D-CX-8: the pre-existing yaml-lite
parser handles flat maps only, so YAML would have needed a new
dependency for one file). The companion `_brain-filing-rules.md`
stays as the human explainer. 14 rule entries + explicit
`sources_dir` carve-out for bulk/raw data.

## New module: src/core/filing-audit.ts

- `loadFilingRules(skillsDir)`: returns parsed doc or null (missing
  file → no-op; malformed JSON throws loud).
- `allowedDirectories(rules)`: normalized set of every rules[]
  directory + sources_dir.
- `runFilingAudit(skillsDir)`: walks skills/*/SKILL.md, parses
  frontmatter, audits any skill with `writes_pages: true`.

Two checks per qualifying skill:
  1. `writes_to:` list is non-empty.
  2. Every entry in `writes_to:` appears in allowedDirectories.

Both failures emit warning-severity issues. No errors — advisories
only, per D-CX-3.

## Distinction: writes_pages vs mutating (D-CX-7)

v0.17 introduces a new boolean frontmatter field `writes_pages:`.
`mutating: true` already means "has any side effect" (cron
schedulers, report writers, config mutators). Filing audit targets
ONLY skills with `writes_pages: true`, correctly excluding side-
effect-but-not-page-writing skills. The codex outside voice caught
this: conflating the two fields would drag ~100 skills into
filing-audit noise in the reference OpenClaw deployment.

## Integration: check-resolvable runs Check 6 by default

`checkResolvable()` calls `runFilingAudit(skillsDir)` and appends
issues as warnings. On missing/malformed rules doc, surfaces a
single advisory rather than bailing.

`DEFERRED` array in the CLI is now empty — v0.17 ships both Check 5
(W2) and Check 6 (W3). The export stays in place (stable --json
field) for future deferred checks.

## Seeded frontmatter on 7 canonical writers

Added `writes_pages: true` + `writes_to:` to:
- brain-ops (people, companies, deals, concepts, meetings)
- enrich (people, companies)
- ingest (people, companies, concepts, meetings, sources)
- idea-ingest (people, concepts, sources)
- media-ingest (concepts, people, companies, sources)
- meeting-ingestion (meetings, people, companies)
- signal-detector (people, companies, concepts)

Live smoke: `gbrain check-resolvable --json` on gbrain repo shows
`ok: true`, zero filing errors, zero filing warnings on seeded
skills. Every other mutating:true skill (citation-fixer,
cron-scheduler, data-research, maintain, migrate, minion-orchestrator,
reports, setup, skill-creator, soul-audit, webhook-transforms)
correctly skipped as side-effectful-but-not-page-writing.

## Tests (17 new cases + 3 updated CLI integrations)

test/filing-audit.test.ts covers:
  - rules loader: missing (null), valid, malformed (throw),
    non-array rules (throw)
  - directory normalization (trailing slash, leading slash)
  - clean case
  - missing writes_to on writes_pages:true
  - unknown directory
  - D-CX-7: mutating:true alone does not trigger audit
  - writes_pages:false skips
  - no frontmatter skips
  - inline `writes_to: [a, b]` syntax
  - block `writes_to:\n  - a` syntax
  - sources/ allowed
  - underscore/dot dir skipping
  - total counts (totalScanned vs writesPagesSkills)
  - missing dir graceful
  - action string quality guard

Plus: CLI integration tests updated for empty DEFERRED array (Checks
5 and 6 both shipped).

158/158 passing across the v0.17 foundation + W1 + W2 + W3 surface.

## v0.18 preview (D-CX-13)

v0.17 filing-audit is declaration-level only. A future
`gbrain filing-audit --pages` walks the brain itself, infers primary
subject from page content via LLM judgment, and flags actual
misfilings vs. declarations. Declaration audit is the leading
indicator; pages audit is the ground truth.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

The essay's "skillify it!" verb becomes a CLI primitive pair. Two
subcommands, both promoted/factored so there's one source of truth:

## `gbrain skillify scaffold <name>` (mechanical)

Pure file generation. Zero LLM, zero judgment. Writes 5 stub files
atomically:

  1. skills/<name>/SKILL.md              frontmatter + body template
  2. skills/<name>/scripts/<name>.mjs    deterministic-code stub
  3. skills/<name>/routing-eval.jsonl    routing fixture seed
  4. test/<name>.test.ts                 vitest skeleton
  5. Appended trigger row to the detected resolver file (RESOLVER.md
     or AGENTS.md — whatever W1's auto-detect found)

Flags: --description (required), --triggers, --writes-to,
--writes-pages, --mutating, --force, --dry-run, --json, --skills-dir.

Kebab-case name validation (`^[a-z][a-z0-9]*(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$`).
Works against gbrain-native RESOLVER.md layout AND OpenClaw-native
AGENTS.md-at-workspace-root layout (W1 interop).

## `gbrain skillify check [path]` (audit)

Promoted from scripts/skillify-check.ts per codex D-CX-2. The legacy
script stays as a 12-line shim that delegates to the new module so
existing callers (docs, cron, tests) keep working.

Wrapped in a subcommand namespace: `gbrain skillify {scaffold, check}`
is one coherent verb for the whole post-task loop. The essay's
"skillify it!" triggers the markdown skill, which orchestrates the
CLI primitives.

## Idempotency contract (D-CX-7)

`skillify scaffold --force` regenerates stub FILES but never re-appends
a resolver row that already references `skills/<name>/SKILL.md`.
Unit test pins this: two applies produce one resolver row, not two.

## D-CX-9 SKILLIFY_STUB sentinel

Every scaffolded script + SKILL.md body carries a SKILLIFY_STUB
sentinel. `check-resolvable` walks every skill's script dir looking
for the marker and emits a `skillify_stub_unreplaced` warning when
found. Default mode: advisory. `--strict` mode: error, blocks CI.

This is the gate that catches "we scaffolded and forgot to implement"
— the exact failure codex flagged as "scaffold verification is
theater" in the outside-voice review.

## Files

- NEW src/core/skillify/templates.ts (template strings)
- NEW src/core/skillify/generator.ts (planScaffold / applyScaffold +
  SkillifyScaffoldError with typed error codes)
- NEW src/commands/skillify.ts (top-level dispatcher + scaffold handler)
- NEW src/commands/skillify-check.ts (promoted check logic)
- scripts/skillify-check.ts: rewritten to 12-line shim
- skills/skillify/SKILL.md: Phase 2 now references the scaffold
  primitive; legacy manual path kept for extending existing skills
- src/cli.ts: `skillify` added to CLI_ONLY + dispatcher
- src/core/check-resolvable.ts: SKILLIFY_STUB sentinel scan + new
  issue type `skillify_stub_unreplaced`

## Tests (14 new scaffold cases)

test/skillify-scaffold.test.ts covers:
  - SKILL_NAME_PATTERN validation (kebab-case, no spaces, no
    leading digit, no underscores/uppercase)
  - planScaffold against fresh + existing-file + --force paths
  - SKILLIFY_STUB sentinel presence in SKILL.md AND script stub
    (both gate paths)
  - D-CX-7 idempotency: resolverAppend null when row pre-exists,
    second apply doesn't duplicate the row
  - TBD-trigger placeholder when --triggers empty
  - writes_pages / writes_to / mutating flow through to frontmatter
  - applyScaffold writes files + appends resolver
  - Full AGENTS.md-layout workspace interop (W1)

Existing test/skillify-check.test.ts still passes against the legacy
shim — zero regression for downstream consumers.

178/178 passing across v0.17 foundation + W1..W4.

## Live smoke

\`gbrain skillify scaffold webhook-verify --description "verify incoming
webhook signatures" --triggers "verify webhook,check tunnel"
--skills-dir /tmp/smoke --dry-run\` produces the expected 4-file plan
plus a 115-byte resolver append. \`--help\` works on both the top-level
and scaffold levels.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

…+ diff/dry-run)

The essay's "drop it into YOUR OpenClaw" promise lands as a CLI
verb. One command installs a curated bundle of gbrain skills + the
shared convention files they depend on into a target OpenClaw
workspace. Data-loss protected, concurrency-safe, atomic on the
AGENTS.md managed block.

## openclaw.plugin.json refresh

- Bumped version from stale 0.4.1 → 0.17.0 (codex flagged this drift
  F-ENG-4 / D-CX-4).
- Expanded curated skill list from 7 → 25. Uses skills/manifest.json
  top-level (v0.10.0 sourced) minus setup/migrate/publish
  (install-time / code+skill pairs) minus private skills.
- Added \`shared_deps: [...]\` listing convention files every skill
  references: conventions/, _brain-filing-rules.{md,json},
  _output-rules.md. Installer always pulls these (D-CX-10
  dependency closure).
- Added \`excluded_from_install: [...]\` for setup/migrate/publish —
  surfaces the intentional exclusion as data rather than a comment.

## New module: src/core/skillpack/bundle.ts

- \`findGbrainRoot(start)\` — walks up looking for openclaw.plugin.json
  + src/cli.ts. The pair identifies a gbrain checkout.
- \`loadBundleManifest(root)\` — strict validation + typed BundleError
  codes (manifest_not_found, manifest_malformed, skill_not_found).
- \`enumerateBundle({gbrainRoot, skillSlug?, manifest})\` — flat list
  of source → target-relative paths. When skillSlug is set, scopes
  to that one skill BUT always pulls shared_deps. \`--all\` walks every
  skill in the manifest.
- \`bundledSkillSlugs(manifest)\` — sorted slugs for \`skillpack list\`.

## New module: src/core/skillpack/installer.ts

- \`planInstall(opts)\` — builds InstallPlan with per-file
  existing/identical diff state. Pure; no writes.
- \`applyInstall(plan, opts)\` — writes files + managed block with
  the contracts below.
- \`diffSkill(root, slug, skillsDir)\` — read-only per-file status
  for \`skillpack diff <name>\`.

**Per-file diff protection (D-CX-3 / F4):**
  wrote_new            fresh file
  wrote_overwrite      local diff + --overwrite-local passed
  skipped_identical    bytes match the bundle (silent re-install)
  skipped_locally_modified  target differs + no --overwrite-local
  → PROTECTED DEFAULT

**Concurrency + atomic AGENTS.md (D-CX-11):**
  - \`.gbrain-skillpack.lock\` at workspace root. Acquired on the
    first write, released in finally.
  - Lock stale threshold configurable (default 10min). --force-unlock
    overrides.
  - Managed-block writes via tmp-file-plus-rename (atomic on POSIX).

**Managed-block format:**
  <!-- gbrain:skillpack:begin -->
  <!-- Installed by gbrain <version> — do not hand-edit between markers. -->
  | Trigger | Skill |
  |---------|-------|
  | "alpha" | \`skills/alpha/SKILL.md\` |
  | ...
  <!-- gbrain:skillpack:end -->

  extractManagedSlugs() roundtrips: single-skill installs accumulate
  into the same block rather than overwriting each other.

## New CLI: gbrain skillpack {list, install, diff, check}

Namespaced alongside W4's \`gbrain skillify\`. Subcommands:
  list             bundle inventory (human + --json)
  install <name>   single skill + deps closure
  install --all    entire curated bundle
  diff <name>      per-file diff vs target; read-only
  check            delegates to the pre-existing skillpack-check
                   (same CLI just namespaced)

Flags on install: --overwrite-local, --force-unlock, --dry-run,
--json, --skills-dir, --workspace.

Exit codes: 0 clean, 1 files skipped (protected local edits),
2 setup error / lock held.

## Live smoke

\`gbrain skillpack list\`: 25 skills. \`skillpack install query --dry-run\`
against a fresh temp workspace: 12 files planned (SKILL.md,
routing-eval.jsonl, 7 convention files, 3 rule files, managed block
to AGENTS.md). All shared_deps flagged [shared].

## Tests (36 new cases)

test/skillpack-install.test.ts:
  - findGbrainRoot walks up, returns null when absent
  - loadBundleManifest validates + rejects malformed
  - enumerateBundle pulls shared_deps on single-skill scope (D-CX-10)
  - buildManagedBlock + updateManagedBlock: append when absent,
    in-place replace when present, extractManagedSlugs roundtrip
  - planInstall + applyInstall: fresh install, dry-run, idempotency
    (skipped_identical), local-edit protection, --overwrite-local,
    lock-held concurrency (D-CX-11), --force-unlock, atomic
    managed-block write, multi-skill accumulation in managed block,
    AGENTS.md-at-workspace-root interop (W1 cross-check)
  - diffSkill: missing, identical, differs

test/skillpack-sync-guard.test.ts (F-ENG-4):
  - both manifests exist
  - every skill in plugin.json exists on disk
  - every shared_dep exists on disk
  - plugin.json skills ⊂ skills/manifest.json
  - excluded skills aren't in the install list
  - plugin version ≥ 0.17 (kills the 0.4.1 stale drift)

204/204 passing across the v0.17 foundation + W1..W5.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

….4 regression

Three ship-blocker work items from the eng review + codex outside
voice round out v0.17:

## scripts/check-privacy.sh (CLAUDE.md:550 enforcement)

Greps for the banned OpenClaw fork name (case-insensitive) across
tracked files. Two modes:
  scripts/check-privacy.sh           scan working tree
  scripts/check-privacy.sh --staged  scan git-staged files (pre-commit)

Exit 1 on any finding outside the allow-list. Allow-list covers files
where the name is legitimately present: this script itself (defines
the rule), CLAUDE.md (the canonical rule text), llms-full.txt
(auto-generated from CLAUDE.md), the historical upgrade guide, and
test/integrations.test.ts (whose personal-info regex ENFORCES the
rule against recipes/).

Scrubbed existing leaks:
  - CHANGELOG.md:366 reference in a closes-# line → "from the
    OpenClaw reference deployment"
  - test/doctor-minions-check.test.ts:171 comment → "an OpenClaw
    host's cron script"
  - test/plugin-loader.test.ts fixture plugin name → "openclaw-ref"

## test/e2e/openclaw-reference-compat.test.ts (ship-blocker gate)

The test that proves v0.17 delivers on the headline claim. New
fixture at test/fixtures/openclaw-reference-minimal/ mimics the
reference OpenClaw deployment layout: AGENTS.md at workspace root,
skills/ below, no manifest.json. Four fixture skills
(signal-detector, query, brain-ops, context-now).

Every v0.17 surface gets exercised end-to-end:
  - autoDetectSkillsDir with $OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE (D-CX-4 priority)
  - loadOrDeriveManifest walks SKILL.md (F-ENG-1 auto-manifest)
  - checkResolvable accepts AGENTS.md at workspace root, all 4
    skills reachable via resolver rows, zero errors
  - Filing audit clean (brain-ops declares writes_pages+writes_to)
  - CLI subprocess via `--skills-dir` → exit 0
  - CLI subprocess via $OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE (no flag) → exit 0,
    correct skillsDir detection
  - skillpack install against the layout writes managed block into
    AGENTS.md at workspace root

This is THE ship-blocker test. If the W1 + W5 stack ever regresses
against an AGENTS.md-layout workspace, this fails first.

## test/regression-v0_16_4.test.ts (F-ENG-8)

Guards v0.17 against adding "surprise" warnings. Builds a clean
fixture matching v0.16.4 canonical shape (manifest.json, RESOLVER.md,
2 skills, no routing-eval fixtures, no writes_pages). Runs v0.17
checkResolvable and asserts:
  - zero errors, zero routing_*/filing_*/skillify_stub_* warnings
  - JSON envelope keys unchanged (errors, warnings, issues, ok,
    summary) — deprecated `issues[]` still equals errors ∪ warnings
  - summary shape unchanged

If someone adds a new check that fires unexpectedly on a v0.16.4-era
fixture, this test catches it immediately.

## Fixture

test/fixtures/openclaw-reference-minimal/
├── AGENTS.md                       (4 rows, 3 sections)
└── skills/
    ├── brain-ops/SKILL.md          (writes_pages+writes_to)
    ├── context-now/SKILL.md
    ├── query/SKILL.md
    └── signal-detector/SKILL.md

Intentionally small (4 skills, 1 AGENTS.md, ~30 lines total) so the
fixture is maintainable. The OPENCLAW-reference deployment has 107
skills — this fixture is the minimum shape that exercises the full
v0.17 code path.

## Tests

215/215 passing across the full v0.17 surface:
  - foundation + W1 + W2 + W3 + W4 + W5 (204)
  - regression-v0_16_4 (3)
  - openclaw-reference-compat (7)
  - privacy guard (separate bash; exits 0 clean)

Plus: privacy pre-commit hook is a drop-in wrapper (documented in
the script header). Wiring into .github/workflows is a follow-up.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Every skill. Every check. Every install. One command each.

Five workstreams land in one release:
  - W1: AGENTS.md + auto-manifest + env-priority
  - W2: Check 5 routing eval
  - W3: Check 6 brain filing
  - W4: gbrain skillify {scaffold,check}
  - W5: gbrain skillpack {list,install,diff}

Plus D-CX-3 foundation (errors/warnings split + --strict), plus
codex outside-voice fixes (D-CX-1..12 applied), plus privacy pre-
commit guard, plus OpenClaw-reference E2E fixture, plus v0.16.4
regression guard.

Live against the reference OpenClaw deployment: 102 skills detected
via auto-manifest, 15 unreachable errors + 108 warnings surfaced —
exactly the essay's "~15% dark" finding. The magic word from the
essay finally works the way the essay describes.

Tests: 2156 unit (178 new) + 152 E2E Tier 1 + 3 Tier 2 + 8 new
openclaw-reference fixture cases. 0 failures across all tiers.
Plan + reviews: ~/.claude/plans/p1-lets-just-vast-blanket.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Master shipped two releases while the skillify workstream was in review:
  - v0.17.0: gbrain dream + runCycle primitive (#321)
  - v0.18.0: multi-source brains (#337)

My skillify work (originally labeled v0.17.0) moves to v0.19.0 to avoid
the collision. It's the natural continuation of PR #326 (v0.16.4's
skills-dir fallback) and the essay's 10-step skillify loop.

## Conflicts resolved

**src/cli.ts** — union of CLI_ONLY sets. Master added `sources`, `dream`;
my branch added `skillpack`, `routing-eval`, `skillify`. All six remain.

**CHANGELOG.md** — three nested conflict hunks caused by the shared
`## [0.17.0]` + `## To take advantage of v0.17.0` headings. Resolved
by renaming my entry to v0.19.0, reordering so the file reads
v0.19.0 → v0.18.0 → v0.17.0 → v0.16.4, and keeping master's gbrain
dream entry intact under v0.17.0.

**skills/brain-ops/SKILL.md** — both branches added frontmatter fields.
Master's v0.18.0 added a "Cross-source citation format" section;
my W3 added `writes_pages: true` + `writes_to:` frontmatter. Git
auto-merged cleanly; verified both sets survive.

## Version bumps

VERSION: 0.17.0 → 0.19.0
package.json: 0.17.0 → 0.19.0
openclaw.plugin.json: 0.17.0 → 0.19.0

## Other mechanical updates in the merge

- Privacy scan stays clean after merge (scripts/check-privacy.sh exit 0).
  Scrubbed one `@Wintermute` reference that master added in the v0.17.0
  gbrain dream credit line → "@knee5" placeholder (keeps the credit,
  drops the private fork name per CLAUDE.md:550).

## Test status

**Isolated runs — green across v0.19 surface:**
- 207/207 pass across 12 v0.19-specific test files
- Privacy guard exit 0

**Full suite — 17 fail / 3 errors, all pre-existing on master.**
Verified by running origin/master (90c5d93) in a clean worktree:
identical 17 fail / 3 errors profile. My merge did not introduce
any new failures. The failing tests (dream.test.ts +
brain-allowlist.test.ts engine.disconnect timeouts; orphans.test.ts
concurrency) pass in isolation (46/46 for dream+orphans) but
flake under the full concurrent suite's shared-resource contention.
That's master's pre-existing condition; filing a separate issue
is out of scope for this merge.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Master shipped v0.18.1 since the last merge — a Row Level Security
hardening pass that widens the doctor check, ships RLS-enabled tables
in fresh installs, and backfills existing brains via a new migration.

## Conflicts resolved

- **VERSION / package.json** — master is at 0.18.1, my branch at
  0.19.0. Kept 0.19.0 (v0.19 supersedes v0.18.1 chronologically
  and v0.19 already contains none of v0.18.1's RLS changes to roll
  forward — only the CHANGELOG entry needs to reflect both).

- **CHANGELOG.md** (2 hunks):
  - Top-of-file: removed the nested `<<<<<<< HEAD` / `=======` /
    `>>>>>>> origin/master` markers. Entry order now reads
    v0.19.0 → v0.18.1 → v0.18.0 → v0.17.0 → v0.16.4.
  - Inner v0.17.0 credit line: master's `Garry's OpenClaw` phrasing
    (from the v0.18.1 privacy sweep) wins over my earlier `@knee5`
    placeholder.
  - Privacy scrub in master's own CHANGELOG: replaced the
    `@Wintermute` reference in v0.18.1's "CHANGELOG privacy sweep"
    bullet with "private-fork credit" (the text literally mentioned
    the banned fork name while describing scrubbing it, which
    scripts/check-privacy.sh flagged). Intent preserved; privacy
    guard stays green.

- **src/commands/doctor.ts** — auto-merged cleanly. Master widened
  the RLS check scope; my W1 + D-CX-3 changes to the
  resolver_health section (errors/warnings split) survive untouched.

## Other merged-in content

- New file `src/commands/migrations/v0_18_1.ts` — RLS backfill
  orchestrator (master, unchanged).
- New `docs/guides/rls-and-you.md` — RLS operator guide.
- `src/core/schema-embedded.ts` + `src/schema.sql` — RLS enabled
  on all public tables.
- Doctor RLS check severity: `warn` → `fail`, with exemption escape
  hatch via `GBRAIN:RLS_EXEMPT reason=...` pg comment.

## Test status

- v0.19 surface (W1..W5 + foundation): **207/207 pass** across 12
  test files
- Privacy guard: **clean** (exit 0)
- Full-suite flakiness in master's dream.test.ts +
  brain-allowlist.test.ts + orphans.test.ts remains (pre-existing,
  verified in a pristine-master worktree in the prior merge commit
  message; this merge does not change that profile)

## Version

VERSION, package.json, openclaw.plugin.json stay at 0.19.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

…solvable-cli.test.ts

CI failed `tsc --noEmit` after the D-CX-3 errors/warnings split added
`strict: boolean` as a required field on the `Flags` interface. Five
test sites in test/check-resolvable-cli.test.ts still construct
Flags object literals (for direct `resolveSkillsDir()` calls) and
hadn't been updated.

Added `strict: false` to all five literals:
  - line 129  --skills-dir absolute path
  - line 135  --skills-dir relative path
  - line 148  no --skills-dir
  - line 160  no --skills-dir + no env
  - line 178  --skills-dir + OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE (REGRESSION-GATE)

Unit tests: 207/207 pass across the v0.19 surface. tsc --noEmit
exits 0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Master shipped v0.18.2 since the last merge — migration hardening pass
with integrity fix (atomic v23 transaction), reserved-connection
primitive for non-transactional DDL, and a `gbrain doctor --locks`
diagnostic that the 57014 error message already referenced.

## Conflicts resolved

- **VERSION / package.json** — master 0.18.2 vs my 0.19.0. Kept 0.19.0
  (supersedes).
- **CHANGELOG.md** — removed nested conflict markers. Entry order now
  reads v0.19.0 → v0.18.2 → v0.18.1 → v0.18.0 → v0.17.0 → v0.16.4.
- **src/commands/doctor.ts** — auto-merged. Master's `--locks` flag
  handler (new lines 36-47) and shared `getIdleBlockers` import
  (line 3) coexist with my W1 + D-CX-3 changes to the resolver_health
  section.

## Merged-in content (master, unchanged)

- New reserved-connection primitive `BrainEngine.withReservedConnection`
- `gbrain doctor --locks` diagnostic
- Migration 23 now wraps FK drop + UNIQUE swap + file_migration_ledger
  in a single atomic transaction (closes v21 → v23 integrity window)
- `CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY` runs on reserved connection with
  session-level `SET statement_timeout='600000'`

## Verification

- v0.19 surface: **207/207 tests pass** across 12 files
- `bun run typecheck` (tsc --noEmit): exit 0
- `scripts/check-privacy.sh`: clean exit 0

## Version

VERSION, package.json, openclaw.plugin.json stay at 0.19.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

…ntry

CLAUDE.md gains a new top section before "CHANGELOG voice" that codifies
what gstack's CLAUDE.md already says: CHANGELOG is user-facing product
release notes, not a log of internal decisions. Every entry describes
what THIS branch adds vs master. Plan-file IDs, decision tags (D-CX-#,
F-ENG-#), review rounds, test counts as marketing, and contributor-
facing metrics don't belong in it.

The v0.19.0 entry is rewritten to the new bar:

Removed:
- Version-collision note about v0.17.0/v0.18.0 shipping on master
- All D-CX-## and W# tags (meaningless outside the plan file)
- "codex caught" / CEO + Eng review round-up narrative
- Plan file path reference
- "215 new cases across 13 test files" marketing metrics
- W1..W5 bucketing in itemized changes

Kept / sharpened:
- User-facing headline (what your agent can now do)
- Numbers that mean something to users (unreachable-skills count,
  scaffold timing, pre/post AGENTS.md support)
- Upgrade instructions
- Added/Changed/Fixed/For-contributors itemized sections (standard
  keep-a-changelog shape)

Version sequence (`grep "^## \["`) is contiguous v0.19.0 → v0.16.4.
Privacy guard clean. Tests green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Skill count was stale (README said 26, actual is 28: skillify + skillpack-check
were missing from the tables and count). Corrected throughout. Marked TODOS item
"Checks 5 + 6 deferred in PR #325" as completed in v0.19 — they shipped as real
implementations, not just filed issues.

README:
- Skill count 26 → 28 (headline, install flow, table section, architecture diagram)
- Added `skillify` + `skillpack-check` rows to the operational skills table
- Rewrote the "Skillify" section to lead with the four v0.19 CLI verbs
  (`gbrain skillify scaffold/check`, `gbrain skillpack list/install/diff`,
  `gbrain routing-eval`, `gbrain check-resolvable --strict`) instead of
  describing the pre-v0.19 state. Added the "works on your OpenClaw" pitch
  around AGENTS.md + auto-manifest. Added the "drop 25 curated skills into
  your OpenClaw" section for skillpack install.
- Added v0.19 skills block + v0.18 multi-source + v0.17 dream to the Commands
  reference at the bottom.
- Standalone instruction sets count: 25 → 28 (with a parenthetical noting
  the curated 25-skill bundle that `skillpack install` ships).

CLAUDE.md:
- Skill count 26 → 28 in the Skills section.
- New "Skillify loop (v0.19)" sub-bullet listing skillify + skillpack-check.
- Noted that `AGENTS.md` is also accepted as a resolver filename.

TODOS.md:
- Created "## Completed" section at the top.
- Moved the "Checks 5 + 6" item there with completion note linking to the
  actual implementation files (routing-eval.ts + filing-audit.ts).

Privacy scan clean. Version sequence contiguous v0.19.0 → v0.16.4.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>