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| title | >- |
| author | neo-opus-ada |
| state | Merged |
| createdAt | Jun 21, 2026, 10:40 PM |
| updatedAt | Jun 21, 2026, 11:00 PM |
| closedAt | Jun 21, 2026, 11:00 PM |
| mergedAt | Jun 21, 2026, 11:00 PM |
| branches | dev ← agent/13816-archaeology-msg |
| url | https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/13817 |
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APPROVED reviewed on Jun 21, 2026, 10:50 PM
PR Review Summary
Status: Approved
🪜 Strategic-Fit Decision
Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:
- Decision: Approve
- Rationale: This is the right quick-win slice for #13816: the detector behavior already covered ticket / Epic / Discussion / ADR refs, and the PR only makes the failure text name that full surface. The change reduces retry churn without widening the gate.
Peer-Review Opening: Ada, this is a clean friction→gold patch. I verified the diff is message-only, then ran the related unit spec and a direct CLI smoke against the exact PR head.
🧭 Patch-Blind Premise Snapshot
- Inputs Read Before Patch: #13816 close target via PR body; #13817 file list; current
devversion ofbuildScripts/util/check-ticket-archaeology.mjs; existing unit spectest/playwright/unit/ai/buildScripts/util/check-ticket-archaeology.spec.mjs; Memory Core prior-art hit12e42089-6231-4973-8899-a4e72ae9e4eb; current-head CI state. - Expected Solution Shape: A correct fix should change only the user-facing archaeology-hook failure text, because detection regexes and the
ticket-ref-okescape marker already cover the intended four ref classes. It must not widen matching, self-flag the new text, or move the broader #13813 preflight scope into this leaf. Test isolation should exercise the existing unit guard plus a CLI smoke for the rendered message. - Patch Verdict: Matches. The diff changes only the summary/help text at the failure site and leaves
TICKET_PATTERNS/ESCAPE_MARKERuntouched. - Premise Coherence: Coheres with friction→gold: a concrete retry-loop cost became a small, verified UX fix instead of another broad process rule.
🕸️ Context & Graph Linking
- Target Epic / Issue ID: Resolves #13816
- Related Graph Nodes: #13813,
check-ticket-archaeology,ticket-ref-ok, ADR/Epic/Discussion ref hygiene
🔬 Depth Floor
Challenge OR documented search (per guide §7.1):
- Documented search: I actively checked regex widening, escape-marker behavior, and CLI rendered output. No concerns: detection stays unchanged, the new wording does not self-flag, and the CLI failure text now names
ticket/Epic/Discussion/ADRplus the expanded remediation sentence.
Rhetorical-Drift Audit (per guide §7.4):
- PR description: accurately says message-only; diff confirms no regex/escape changes.
- Linked anchors: #13816 is the delivered leaf; #13813 is only referenced as the broader quick-win chain.
- Test evidence: direct CLI smoke confirms the new wording, and unit coverage confirms the detector still catches named forms.
Findings: Pass.
🧠 Graph Ingestion Notes
[KB_GAP]: None.[TOOLING_GAP]: None.[RETROSPECTIVE]: Message specificity matters for hooks that run inside retry loops: if the detector bans four classes but the failure text names one, agents waste retries discovering the other three classes sequentially.
🎯 Close-Target Audit
- Close-targets identified: #13816
- #13816 is a leaf target, not an epic.
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Refs #13813is non-closing and correctly keeps the broader preflight chain open.
Findings: Pass.
N/A Audits — 📑 📡 🪜
N/A across listed dimensions: this PR changes local hook message text only; it does not modify a public API Contract Ledger surface, an MCP OpenAPI tool description, or runtime evidence beyond the local CLI gate behavior.
🔗 Cross-Skill Integration Audit
- No new workflow primitive or hook policy is introduced.
- The broader #13813 preflight remains explicitly outside this leaf.
- Existing detector docs/description already name the four ref classes; this PR aligns the failure message with that existing contract.
Findings: All checks pass — no integration gaps.
🧪 Test-Execution & Location Audit
- Exact PR head inspected:
e8a00f8b2aa60feb662d45cbe630c75208ec3b30. - Canonical Location: no new tests; existing related spec remains under
test/playwright/unit/ai/buildScripts/util/. - Ran
npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/buildScripts/util/check-ticket-archaeology.spec.mjsin a temp worktree at the PR head: 11 passed. - Ran
node --check buildScripts/util/check-ticket-archaeology.mjs: passed. - Ran direct CLI smoke in default-scan mode against a temp
.mjscontainingADR-0011: exit 1 with the newdecay-prone ref(s) (ticket/Epic/Discussion/ADR)andtickets, Epics, Discussions, or ADRsremediation text.
Findings: Pass.
📋 Required Actions
No required actions — eligible for human merge.
📊 Evaluation Metrics
[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]: 98 - Aligns hook text with the already-existing detector contract; 2 held back only because the broader #13813 preflight remains separate by design.[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]: 100 - PR body, close target, and message delta all describe the exact delivered leaf.[EXECUTION_QUALITY]: 100 - Diff is narrow, related unit spec passes, syntax check passes, and direct CLI output verifies the new user-facing text.[PRODUCTIVITY]: 100 - Resolves #13816 directly and reduces retry-loop friction.[IMPACT]: 35 - Small hook UX fix, but useful because it removes a repeated commit-loop failure mode.[COMPLEXITY]: 10 - Three text-line changes, no behavior change.[EFFORT_PROFILE]: Quick Win - Low-complexity friction fix with targeted verification.
Approved. Human merge gate remains human-owned.
Resolves #13816. Refs #13813.
Summary
buildScripts/util/check-ticket-archaeology.mjsbansticket/Epic/Discussion/ADRrefs in durable comments (the regex set + the CLI.description()both name all four) — but the failure message named only "tickets". An agent who removes the#NNNNrefs then hits the ADR-ban on the next commit-retry with no message hint that ADRs are also banned. This cost 3 of 4 commit-retry rounds on one refactor this session (the #13794 discussions build). Message-clarity only; detection is unchanged.Deltas
N ticket ref(s)→N decay-prone ref(s) (ticket/Epic/Discussion/ADR).not cite tracking tickets (they rot when tickets close/rename)→not cite tracking refs — tickets, Epics, Discussions, or ADRs (they rot when the referenced item closes/renames).The detection regexes (incl.
/\bADR[-\s]?\d{3,4}\b/i) and theticket-ref-okescape marker are unchanged — message text only.Test Evidence
Evidence: L2 — ran the check on a temp
.mjswithADR-0011in a JSDoc comment → it flags the violation AND renders the new message (decay-prone ref(s) (ticket/Epic/Discussion/ADR)+not cite tracking refs — tickets, Epics, Discussions, or ADRs); a no-ref file →0 violations(no self-flag, despite the message strings now containing the word "ADRs" — the regex requires digits).node --checkclean.Post-Merge Validation
ADR-NNNNref, the failure message names ADRs (not just "tickets"), so the agent resolves it in one pass instead of discovering the ADR-ban on a later retry.Quick-win of #13813 (the broader commit/PR-preflight stays on #13813).