feat: establish the intent and exploration foundation

cli/scripts/eval-skill-routing.mjs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const API_URL = "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages";
 const API_KEY = process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
 const DEFAULT_MODEL = "claude-opus-4-6";
 const MAX_DESC_CHARS = 250;
-const EXPECTED_SKILL_COUNT = 34;
+const EXPECTED_SKILL_COUNT = 35;
 
 const PRICING = {
   "claude-opus-4-6": { input: 15, output: 75 },
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ const TEST_CASES = {
     "Bootstrap this repo with the standard project scaffolding",
   ],
   brainstorm: [
-    "Help me think through options for notifications",
+    "Apply the brainstorm divergence stance to this exploration",
+    "What does the brainstorm technique say about capturing sparks during divergence?",
+    "Use the structured brainstorm questioning stance on this problem",
+  ],
+  explore: [
     "Explore several approaches before we choose one",
-    "What are the tradeoffs between these product ideas?",
+    "Resume the workflow exploration where we left off",
+    "Start an exploration of the caching options and checkpoint it",
   ],
   breakdown: [
     "Break this spec into implementation tasks",
@@ -64,6 +69,8 @@ const TEST_CASES = {
     "Which loaf command shows the recent project journal?",
     "Show me the Loaf CLI command for task status",
     "What flags does loaf journal recent support?",
+    "Upgrade Loaf and bring this project current",
+    "Diagnose why the installed Loaf targets are stale and repair them",
   ],
   council: [
     "Convene a council on this architecture decision",
@@ -226,17 +233,35 @@ const CONFLICT_PROBES = [
     prompt: "Go through the unresolved sparks and decide which ones become tasks",
   },
   {
-    group: "research-brainstorm",
-    choices: ["research", "brainstorm"],
-    expected: "brainstorm",
+    group: "research-explore",
+    choices: ["research", "explore"],
+    expected: "explore",
     prompt: "Let's generate a few possible directions before choosing one",
   },
   {
-    group: "research-brainstorm",
-    choices: ["research", "brainstorm"],
+    group: "research-explore",
+    choices: ["research", "explore"],
     expected: "research",
     prompt: "Survey the current project and external options, then report findings",
   },
+  {
+    group: "explore-triage",
+    choices: ["explore", "triage"],
+    expected: "triage",
+    prompt: "Go through the deferred intents and decide which to resume",
+  },
+  {
+    group: "explore-shape",
+    choices: ["explore", "shape"],
+    expected: "shape",
+    prompt: "This direction is settled; turn it into a bounded change we can implement",
+  },
+  {
+    group: "maintenance-workflow",
+    choices: ["loaf-reference", "triage"],
+    expected: "loaf-reference",
+    prompt: "Bring this project's Loaf installation current after the upgrade",
+  },
   {
     group: "strategy-reflect",
     choices: ["strategy", "reflect"],

cli/scripts/u8-claude-smoke.mjs

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const repoRoot = resolve(scriptDir, "../..");
 const researchDir = join(repoRoot, "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research");
-const evidencePath = join(researchDir, "u8-claude-code-2.1.207-candidate-smoke.json");
-const expectedVersion = "2.1.207";
+const evidencePath = join(researchDir, "u8-claude-code-2.1.215-candidate-smoke.json");
+const expectedVersion = "2.1.215";
 const platform = `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`;
 const candidatePluginPath = "plugins/loaf";
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function main() {
     if (buildClaude.status !== 0) throw new Error("candidate Claude build failed");
     if (!existsSync(candidateBinary)) throw new Error("candidate plugin binary is missing");
     const version = run("claude", ["--version"], repoRoot);
-    if (version.status !== 0 || !claudeVersionMatches(version.stdout, expectedVersion)) throw new Error("installed Claude version is not 2.1.207");
+    if (version.status !== 0 || !claudeVersionMatches(version.stdout, expectedVersion)) throw new Error("installed Claude version is not 2.1.215");
     if (run("git", ["init", "-q"], disposableRepo).status !== 0) throw new Error("disposable Git initialization failed");
     const candidateEnv = { LOAF_DB: dbPath };
     if (run(candidateBinary, ["state", "init", "--json"], disposableRepo, candidateEnv).status !== 0) throw new Error("isolated Loaf state initialization failed");
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function main() {
     cleanup();
   }
   writeFileSync(evidencePath, `${JSON.stringify(smoke, null, 2)}\n`);
-  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ evidence_path: "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-claude-code-2.1.207-candidate-smoke.json", exit_code: smoke.exit_code, assistant_marker_match: smoke.assistant_marker_match }, null, 2)}\n`);
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ evidence_path: "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-claude-code-2.1.215-candidate-smoke.json", exit_code: smoke.exit_code, assistant_marker_match: smoke.assistant_marker_match }, null, 2)}\n`);
   if (smoke.exit_code !== 0 || !smoke.assistant_marker_match) process.exitCode = 1;
 }
 

cli/scripts/u8-claude-smoke.test.mjs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test("rejects a stream without SessionStart hook response", () => {
 });
 
 test("requires the exact Claude Code version token", () => {
-  assert.equal(claudeVersionMatches("2.1.207 (Claude Code)\n", "2.1.207"), true);
-  assert.equal(claudeVersionMatches("2.1.2070 (Claude Code)", "2.1.207"), false);
-  assert.equal(claudeVersionMatches("Claude Code 2.1.207", "2.1.207"), false);
+  assert.equal(claudeVersionMatches("2.1.215 (Claude Code)\n", "2.1.215"), true);
+  assert.equal(claudeVersionMatches("2.1.2150 (Claude Code)", "2.1.215"), false);
+  assert.equal(claudeVersionMatches("Claude Code 2.1.215", "2.1.215"), false);
 });

cli/scripts/u8-codex-smoke.mjs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const repoRoot = resolve(scriptDir, "../..");
 const researchDir = join(repoRoot, "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research");
-const evidencePath = join(researchDir, "u8-codex-0.144.1-isolated-smoke.json");
-const expectedVersion = "0.144.1";
+const evidencePath = join(researchDir, "u8-codex-0.144.5-isolated-smoke.json");
+const expectedVersion = "0.144.5";
 const platform = `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`;
 const candidateHooksPath = "dist/codex/.codex/hooks.json";
 const candidateNativeRoot = join(repoRoot, "bin", "native");
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function main() {
     if (buildCodex.status !== 0) throw new Error("candidate Codex build failed");
     if (!existsSync(candidateBinary)) throw new Error("candidate native binary is missing");
     const version = run("codex", ["--version"], repoRoot);
-    if (version.status !== 0 || !codexVersionMatches(version.stdout, expectedVersion)) throw new Error("installed Codex version is not 0.144.1");
+    if (version.status !== 0 || !codexVersionMatches(version.stdout, expectedVersion)) throw new Error("installed Codex version is not 0.144.5");
     if (run("git", ["init", "-q"], disposableRepo).status !== 0) throw new Error("disposable Git initialization failed");
     const authPath = join(process.env.CODEX_HOME ?? join(process.env.HOME ?? "", ".codex"), "auth.json");
     if (!existsSync(authPath)) throw new Error("installed Codex auth.json is unavailable");
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function main() {
       hooks: group.hooks.map((hook) => ({ ...hook, command: hook.command.replace("{{LOAF_EXECUTABLE}} journal context --from-hook --codex-hook", hookCommand) })),
     }));
     writeFileSync(join(codexHome, "hooks.json"), `${JSON.stringify(sourceHooks, null, 2)}\n`, { mode: 0o600 });
-    const candidateEnv = { CODEX_HOME: codexHome, LOAF_DB: dbPath };
+    const candidateEnv = { CODEX_HOME: codexHome, LOAF_DB: dbPath, RUST_LOG: "off" };
     if (run(candidateBinary, ["state", "init", "--json"], disposableRepo, candidateEnv).status !== 0) throw new Error("isolated Loaf state initialization failed");
     if (run(candidateBinary, ["journal", "log", `discover(smoke): ${marker}`], disposableRepo, candidateEnv).status !== 0) throw new Error("isolated journal marker write failed");
     const codexArgs = ["exec", "--ephemeral", "--ignore-rules", "--dangerously-bypass-hook-trust", "--sandbox", "read-only", "--json", "-C", "<disposable-repo>", "Return exactly the unique marker supplied by SessionStart context, and nothing else."];
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ function main() {
       adapter: "codex-session-start-v1",
       mode: "isolated-codex-home",
       invocation: { command: "codex", args: codexArgs, cwd: "<disposable-repo>" },
-      setup: ["build candidate Go binary and Codex target", "create disposable Git repository", "create isolated CODEX_HOME with hooks enabled", "copy installed auth.json into isolated CODEX_HOME with mode 0600", "initialize absolute disposable LOAF_DB", "write random marker to isolated journal", "observe hook stdout through a mode-0700 disposable wrapper and mode-0600 file"],
+      setup: ["build candidate Go binary and Codex target", "create disposable Git repository", "create isolated CODEX_HOME with hooks enabled", "copy installed auth.json into isolated CODEX_HOME with mode 0600", "initialize absolute disposable LOAF_DB", "write random marker to isolated journal", "observe hook stdout through a mode-0700 disposable wrapper and mode-0600 file", "disable Codex tracing logs (RUST_LOG=off) so backend transport noise cannot contaminate the stderr cleanliness gate"],
       exit_code: codex.status,
       stderr_empty: codex.stderr.length === 0,
       stderr: sanitizedStderr(codex.stderr),
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function main() {
     cleanup();
   }
   writeFileSync(evidencePath, `${JSON.stringify(smoke, null, 2)}\n`);
-  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ evidence_path: "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-codex-0.144.1-isolated-smoke.json", exit_code: smoke.exit_code, assistant_marker_match: smoke.assistant_marker_match }, null, 2)}\n`);
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ evidence_path: "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-codex-0.144.5-isolated-smoke.json", exit_code: smoke.exit_code, assistant_marker_match: smoke.assistant_marker_match }, null, 2)}\n`);
   if (smoke.exit_code !== 0 || !smoke.assistant_marker_match) process.exitCode = 1;
 }
 

cli/scripts/u8-codex-smoke.test.mjs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test("rejects malformed JSONL", () => {
 });
 
 test("requires the exact Codex CLI version token", () => {
-  assert.equal(codexVersionMatches("codex-cli 0.144.1\n", "0.144.1"), true);
-  assert.equal(codexVersionMatches("codex-cli 0.144.10\n", "0.144.1"), false);
-  assert.equal(codexVersionMatches("other-cli 0.144.1\n", "0.144.1"), false);
+  assert.equal(codexVersionMatches("codex-cli 0.144.5\n", "0.144.5"), true);
+  assert.equal(codexVersionMatches("codex-cli 0.144.50\n", "0.144.5"), false);
+  assert.equal(codexVersionMatches("other-cli 0.144.5\n", "0.144.5"), false);
 });

cli/scripts/u8-opencode-smoke.mjs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const repoRoot = resolve(scriptDir, "../..");
 const researchDir = join(repoRoot, "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research");
-const evidencePath = join(researchDir, "u8-opencode-1.17.18-isolated-smoke.json");
-const expectedVersion = "1.17.18";
+const evidencePath = join(researchDir, "u8-opencode-1.18.3-isolated-smoke.json");
+const expectedVersion = "1.18.3";
 const platform = `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`;
 const candidateHooksPath = "dist/opencode/plugins/hooks.ts";
 const candidateNativePath = `bin/native/${platform}/loaf`;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function main() {
     const pluginURL = pathToFileURL(candidatePlugin).href;
     const env = disposableEnvironment(tempRoot, dbPath, pluginURL);
     const version = run(installedOpenCode, ["--version"], repoRoot, env);
-    if (version.status !== 0 || !opencodeVersionMatches(version.stdout)) throw new Error("installed OpenCode version is not exactly 1.17.18");
+    if (version.status !== 0 || !opencodeVersionMatches(version.stdout)) throw new Error("installed OpenCode version is not exactly 1.18.3");
     if (run("git", ["init", "-q"], disposableRepo, env).status !== 0) throw new Error("disposable Git initialization failed");
     if (run(candidateBinary, ["state", "init", "--json"], disposableRepo, env).status !== 0) throw new Error("isolated Loaf state initialization failed");
     if (run(candidateBinary, ["journal", "log", `discover(smoke): ${marker}`], disposableRepo, env).status !== 0) throw new Error("isolated journal marker write failed");
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function main() {
     smoke.cleanup_succeeded = cleanupSucceeded;
   }
   writeFileSync(evidencePath, `${JSON.stringify(smoke, null, 2)}\n`);
-  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ evidence_path: "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-opencode-1.17.18-isolated-smoke.json", exit_code: smoke.exit_code, assistant_marker_match: smoke.assistant_marker_match, plugin_loaded: smoke.plugin_loaded, root_session_lookup_proven: smoke.root_session_lookup_proven, cleanup_succeeded: smoke.cleanup_succeeded }, null, 2)}\n`);
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ evidence_path: "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-opencode-1.18.3-isolated-smoke.json", exit_code: smoke.exit_code, assistant_marker_match: smoke.assistant_marker_match, plugin_loaded: smoke.plugin_loaded, root_session_lookup_proven: smoke.root_session_lookup_proven, cleanup_succeeded: smoke.cleanup_succeeded }, null, 2)}\n`);
   if (smoke.exit_code !== 0 || !smoke.assistant_marker_match || !smoke.plugin_loaded || !smoke.root_session_lookup_proven || !smoke.cleanup_succeeded) process.exitCode = 1;
 }
 

cli/scripts/u8-opencode-smoke.test.mjs

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { collectTextValues, modelVisibleProof, opencodeVersionMatches, parseOpenCodeJSONL, sanitizeError, sanitizedStderr } from "./u8-opencode-smoke.mjs";
 
 test("requires the exact OpenCode version token", () => {
-  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("1.17.18\n"), true);
-  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("1.17.180"), false);
-  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("v1.17.18"), false);
-  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("1.17.18-dev"), false);
+  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("1.18.3\n"), true);
+  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("1.18.30"), false);
+  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("v1.18.3"), false);
+  assert.equal(opencodeVersionMatches("1.18.3-dev"), false);
 });
 
 test("recursively extracts only string values at text keys", () => {

cmd/loaf/routing_eval_content_test.go

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ func TestRoutingEvalDryRunValidatesCurrentSkillSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, want := range []string{
-		"Loaded 34 skills",
-		"Selected cases: 119",
+		"Loaded 35 skills",
+		"Selected cases: 127",
 		"Suite validation passed.",
 	} {
 		if !strings.Contains(output, want) {
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ func TestRoutingEvalContentHasNoPhantomSkillCases(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSkillArchitectureCountMatchesCurrentTaxonomy(t *testing.T) {
 	root := repoRoot(t)
 	body := readTextFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "docs", "knowledge", "skill-architecture.md"))
-	if !strings.Contains(body, "34 skills total: 19 workflow/default-invocable, 15 reference/knowledge") {
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "35 skills total: 19 workflow/default-invocable, 16 non-invocable") {
 		t.Fatalf("skill architecture doc missing current 34-skill taxonomy")
 	}
-	if strings.Contains(body, "33 skills") || strings.Contains(body, "35 skills") {
+	if strings.Contains(body, "33 skills") || strings.Contains(body, "34 skills") {
 		t.Fatalf("skill architecture doc still contains stale skill count")
 	}
 }

config/target-capabilities.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     {
       "target": "claude-code",
       "surface": "cli",
-      "version": "2.1.207",
+      "version": "2.1.215",
       "platform": "darwin-arm64",
       "installed_mode": "plugin-dir",
       "context": {
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
             "status": "supported",
             "model_visible": true,
             "evidence": {
-              "source": "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-claude-code-2.1.207-candidate-smoke.json",
+              "source": "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-claude-code-2.1.215-candidate-smoke.json",
               "level": "installed-smoke",
-              "summary": "Claude Code 2.1.207 startup smoke returned SessionStart additionalContext and the isolated marker was model-visible exactly."
+              "summary": "Claude Code 2.1.215 startup smoke returned SessionStart additionalContext and the isolated marker was model-visible exactly."
             }
           },
           {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
     {
       "target": "codex",
       "surface": "cli",
-      "version": "0.144.1",
+      "version": "0.144.5",
       "platform": "darwin-arm64",
       "installed_mode": "isolated-codex-home",
       "context": {
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@
             "status": "supported",
             "model_visible": true,
             "evidence": {
-              "source": "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-codex-0.144.1-isolated-smoke.json",
+              "source": "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-codex-0.144.5-isolated-smoke.json",
               "level": "installed-smoke",
-              "summary": "Codex 0.144.1 isolated CODEX_HOME startup smoke observed exact native SessionStart hookSpecificOutput and the random marker was returned by the model."
+              "summary": "Codex 0.144.5 isolated CODEX_HOME startup smoke observed exact native SessionStart hookSpecificOutput and the random marker was returned by the model."
             }
           },
           {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
     {
       "target": "opencode",
       "surface": "cli",
-      "version": "1.17.18",
+      "version": "1.18.3",
       "platform": "darwin-arm64",
       "installed_mode": "isolated-xdg",
       "context": {
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@
             "status": "supported",
             "model_visible": true,
             "evidence": {
-              "source": "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-opencode-1.17.18-isolated-smoke.json",
+              "source": "docs/changes/20260710-journal-reliability-foundation/research/u8-opencode-1.18.3-isolated-smoke.json",
               "level": "installed-smoke",
-              "summary": "OpenCode 1.17.18 isolated-XDG request smoke returned the exact random continuity marker through the model-visible plugin system transformation."
+              "summary": "OpenCode 1.18.3 isolated-XDG request smoke returned the exact random continuity marker through the model-visible plugin system transformation."
             }
           },
           {

content/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.claude-code.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Claude Code skill configuration
-user-invocable: true
+user-invocable: false
 argument-hint: "[idea or problem]"