{"text": "I'll start by understanding the repo conventions and querying the brain for prior art.", "turn": 2, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "cat /dev/null; ls -la", "description": "List working directory contents"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 3, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"max_results": 5, "query": "select:mcp__brain__brain_query,mcp__brain__brain_write"}, "name": "ToolSearch", "turn": 4, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Bash policy — one command, no compound. Let me explore properly.", "turn": 6, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "ls -la", "description": "List working directory"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 7, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"query": "anchored failure gate executor repair loop convergence"}, "name": "mcp__brain__brain_query", "turn": 8, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Let me read the repo structure and key files.", "turn": 10, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/README.md"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 11, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "ls -la spike docs", "description": "List spike and docs directories"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 12, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "No CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md. The work lives in `spike/`. Let me check recent git history and find the executor/loop code from #15/#16.", "turn": 14, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git log --oneline -20", "description": "Recent git log"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 15, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"query": "executor loop gate spike"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__code_search", "turn": 16, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Git log only shows up to #8, but issue depends on #15/#16. Let me check gitea for issue and branch state.", "turn": 18, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"issue": "17", "owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__issue_get", "turn": 19, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__branch_list", "turn": 20, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl", "state": "all"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__issue_list", "turn": 21, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "There's a `feat/18-e2e-loop-writeback` branch. Let me see what it contains relative to main — #15/#16 may live there.", "turn": 23, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git log --oneline origin/feat/18-e2e-loop-writeback -15", "description": "Log of the feat/18 branch"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 24, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git fetch --all", "description": "Fetch all remotes"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 25, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git branch -a", "description": "List all branches"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 26, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git remote -v", "description": "Show git remotes"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 28, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git ls-remote --heads origin", "description": "List remote heads"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 29, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git fetch origin feat/18-e2e-loop-writeback", "description": "Fetch the feat/18 branch"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 31, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git log --oneline FETCH_HEAD -20", "description": "Log of fetched branch"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 32, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "The feat/18 branch built #18 directly on #8, skipping #15/#16/#17. Let me see what abstractions it introduced — useful reference since #17 needs executor+reviewer+loop.", "turn": 34, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git diff --stat main FETCH_HEAD", "description": "Files changed on feat/18 vs main"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 35, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "The #18 branch already has a `loop.go`. Let me read it plus the current main's gate/oath to align my #17 design with the established shapes.", "turn": 37, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git show FETCH_HEAD:spike/loop.go", "description": "Show loop.go from feat/18 branch"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 38, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/gate.go"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 39, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Now let me read `oath.go` to understand `Registry`, `Run`, and the failure shape.", "turn": 41, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/oath.go"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 42, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Now let me look at the existing gate_test.go for test patterns and the fixture.", "turn": 44, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/gate_test.go"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 45, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/issue-9-body.md"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 46, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Let me check SPIKE.md conventions and the go.mod so I match the repo's documentation pattern.", "turn": 48, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/SPIKE.md"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 49, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "I have full context. The repo is strict red-first TDD. Let me load the TDD skill as instructed before writing code.", "turn": 51, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"skill": "tdd"}, "name": "Skill", "turn": 52, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Red-first. Let me create a branch and write the failing test.", "turn": 54, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git checkout -b feat/17-anchored-repair-loop", "description": "Create feature branch for issue 17"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 55, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"content": "package spike\n\nimport (\n\t\"bytes\"\n\t\"testing\"\n)\n\n// --- Anchored-failure repair loop (swedsl#17).\n//\n// When the gate blocks, the ANCHORED failure (sentence, offset, expected/actual\n// from #8) is the ONLY structured signal fed back to the executor. The executor\n// produces a new candidate from it and the loop re-gates, bounded by a\n// max-attempts cap that fails closed: exhausted attempts ⇒ blocked, never a\n// tired pass.\n\n// candidateFor builds a candidate whose add is off by `skew`. skew==0 satisfies\n// the #9 oath (40+2==42); any other skew diverges, anchoring to `the total is 42`.\nfunc candidateFor(t *testing.T, skew int) Candidate {\n\tt.Helper()\n\treg := NewRegistry()\n\tmust(t, reg.Stimulus(\"I add {int} and {int}\", func(s State, a, b int) State {\n\t\treturn State{Total: s.Total + a + b + skew}\n\t}))\n\tmust(t, reg.Sensor(\"the total is {int}\", func(s State, expected int) int {\n\t\treturn s.Total\n\t}))\n\treturn Candidate{Registry: reg, Claim: \"done\"}\n}\n\n// repairingExecutor localizes its fix from the anchored failure alone: it reads\n// the gate's expected/actual off `prior` and closes the gap. On the first attempt\n// (prior==nil) it emits a deliberately buggy candidate; on a repair attempt it\n// uses ONLY the anchor to correct. It spies every `prior` it is handed so a test\n// can assert what signal the loop fed back.\ntype repairingExecutor struct {\n\tskew   int\n\tpriors []*GateFailure\n}\n\nfunc (e *repairingExecutor) Execute(issueBody []byte, prior *GateFailure) Candidate {\n\te.priors = append(e.priors, prior)\n\tif e.priors[0] == nil && len(e.priors) == 1 {\n\t\te.skew = -1 // first candidate: off-by-one, will fail the oath\n\t}\n\tif prior != nil {\n\t\t// The anchor localizes the repair: expected vs actual is the exact gap.\n\t\texp := prior.Expected.(int)\n\t\tact := prior.Actual.(int)\n\t\te.skew += exp - act\n\t}\n\treturn candidateFor(nil, e.skew) // nil t: candidateFor only uses t for Helper/must\n}\n\n// stubbornExecutor ignores the anchor and always emits the same buggy candidate,\n// so the oath is never satisfied — models non-convergence.\ntype stubbornExecutor struct {\n\tcalls int\n}\n\nfunc (e *stubbornExecutor) Execute(issueBody []byte, prior *GateFailure) Candidate {\n\te.calls++\n\treturn candidateFor(nil, -1)\n}\n\n// AC#1 + AC#4: the loop hands the executor the anchored failure (not just \"it\n// failed\"); a second candidate built from that anchor satisfies the oath and the\n// loop converges to pass.\nfunc TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor(t *testing.T) {\n\texec := &repairingExecutor{}\n\tloop := Loop{Executor: exec, MaxAttempts: 5}\n\n\tres := loop.Run(issue9Body)\n\n\tif !res.Pass {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"expected loop to converge to pass, got %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Blocked {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"converged run must not be blocked: %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Attempts != 2 {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"expected convergence on attempt 2, got %d\", res.Attempts)\n\t}\n\t// The first attempt got no prior; the second got the ANCHORED failure.\n\tif len(exec.priors) != 2 {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"executor invoked %d times, want 2\", len(exec.priors))\n\t}\n\tif exec.priors[0] != nil {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"first attempt should receive no prior, got %+v\", exec.priors[0])\n\t}\n\tfed := exec.priors[1]\n\tif fed == nil {\n\t\tt.Fatal(\"second attempt received no anchored failure — loop fed back nothing\")\n\t}\n\t// Assert the executor received the ANCHOR detail, not a bare \"it failed\".\n\tif fed.Sentence != \"the total is 42\" {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"fed sentence = %q, want %q\", fed.Sentence, \"the total is 42\")\n\t}\n\twantOffset := bytes.Index(issue9Body, []byte(\"the total is 42\"))\n\tif fed.Offset != wantOffset {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"fed offset = %d, want %d (anchored into the issue body)\", fed.Offset, wantOffset)\n\t}\n\tif fed.Expected != 42 || fed.Actual != 41 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"fed expected/actual = %v/%v, want 42/41\", fed.Expected, fed.Actual)\n\t}\n}\n\n// AC#2: an executor that never satisfies the oath → the loop stops at the cap and\n// returns blocked (fail closed). No infinite loop, no giving-up-into-success.\nfunc TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed(t *testing.T) {\n\texec := &stubbornExecutor{}\n\tloop := Loop{Executor: exec, MaxAttempts: 3}\n\n\tres := loop.Run(issue9Body)\n\n\tif res.Pass {\n\t\tt.Fatal(\"non-converging loop must not pass\")\n\t}\n\tif !res.Blocked {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"cap exhaustion must block (fail closed), got %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Attempts != 3 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"expected exactly 3 attempts, got %d\", res.Attempts)\n\t}\n\tif exec.calls != 3 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"executor called %d times, want 3 (no infinite loop)\", exec.calls)\n\t}\n\t// The block carries the anchored failure so it is actionable, not opaque.\n\tif res.Gate.Failure == nil || res.Gate.Failure.Sentence != \"the total is 42\" {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"blocked verdict should carry the anchored failure, got %+v\", res.Gate)\n\t}\n}\n\n// AC#3: a candidate that succeeds on attempt 2 of 3 stops immediately — no wasted\n// attempts after convergence.\nfunc TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap(t *testing.T) {\n\texec := &repairingExecutor{}\n\tloop := Loop{Executor: exec, MaxAttempts: 3}\n\n\tres := loop.Run(issue9Body)\n\n\tif !res.Pass {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"expected convergence, got %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Attempts != 2 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"expected to stop at attempt 2, got %d\", res.Attempts)\n\t}\n\tif len(exec.priors) != 2 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"executor invoked %d times — wasted attempts after convergence\", len(exec.priors))\n\t}\n}\n", "file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/loop_test.go"}, "name": "Write", "turn": 56, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "I have a bug: `candidateFor(nil, ...)` would panic on `t.Helper()`. Let me have the executors hold their `*testing.T`.", "turn": 58, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"content": "package spike\n\nimport (\n\t\"bytes\"\n\t\"testing\"\n)\n\n// --- Anchored-failure repair loop (swedsl#17).\n//\n// When the gate blocks, the ANCHORED failure (sentence, offset, expected/actual\n// from #8) is the ONLY structured signal fed back to the executor. The executor\n// produces a new candidate from it and the loop re-gates, bounded by a\n// max-attempts cap that fails closed: exhausted attempts ⇒ blocked, never a\n// tired pass.\n\n// candidateFor builds a candidate whose add is off by `skew`. skew==0 satisfies\n// the #9 oath (40+2==42); any other skew diverges, anchoring to `the total is 42`.\nfunc candidateFor(t *testing.T, skew int) Candidate {\n\tt.Helper()\n\treg := NewRegistry()\n\tmust(t, reg.Stimulus(\"I add {int} and {int}\", func(s State, a, b int) State {\n\t\treturn State{Total: s.Total + a + b + skew}\n\t}))\n\tmust(t, reg.Sensor(\"the total is {int}\", func(s State, expected int) int {\n\t\treturn s.Total\n\t}))\n\treturn Candidate{Registry: reg, Claim: \"done\"}\n}\n\n// repairingExecutor localizes its fix from the anchored failure alone: it reads\n// the gate's expected/actual off `prior` and closes the gap. On the first attempt\n// (prior==nil) it emits a deliberately buggy candidate; on a repair attempt it\n// uses ONLY the anchor to correct. It spies every `prior` it is handed so a test\n// can assert what signal the loop fed back.\ntype repairingExecutor struct {\n\tt      *testing.T\n\tskew   int\n\tpriors []*GateFailure\n}\n\nfunc (e *repairingExecutor) Execute(issueBody []byte, prior *GateFailure) Candidate {\n\tif len(e.priors) == 0 {\n\t\te.skew = -1 // first candidate: off-by-one, will fail the oath\n\t}\n\te.priors = append(e.priors, prior)\n\tif prior != nil {\n\t\t// The anchor localizes the repair: expected vs actual is the exact gap.\n\t\texp := prior.Expected.(int)\n\t\tact := prior.Actual.(int)\n\t\te.skew += exp - act\n\t}\n\treturn candidateFor(e.t, e.skew)\n}\n\n// stubbornExecutor ignores the anchor and always emits the same buggy candidate,\n// so the oath is never satisfied — models non-convergence.\ntype stubbornExecutor struct {\n\tt     *testing.T\n\tcalls int\n}\n\nfunc (e *stubbornExecutor) Execute(issueBody []byte, prior *GateFailure) Candidate {\n\te.calls++\n\treturn candidateFor(e.t, -1)\n}\n\n// AC#1 + AC#4: the loop hands the executor the anchored failure (not just \"it\n// failed\"); a second candidate built from that anchor satisfies the oath and the\n// loop converges to pass.\nfunc TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor(t *testing.T) {\n\texec := &repairingExecutor{t: t}\n\tloop := Loop{Executor: exec, MaxAttempts: 5}\n\n\tres := loop.Run(issue9Body)\n\n\tif !res.Pass {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"expected loop to converge to pass, got %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Blocked {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"converged run must not be blocked: %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Attempts != 2 {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"expected convergence on attempt 2, got %d\", res.Attempts)\n\t}\n\t// The first attempt got no prior; the second got the ANCHORED failure.\n\tif len(exec.priors) != 2 {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"executor invoked %d times, want 2\", len(exec.priors))\n\t}\n\tif exec.priors[0] != nil {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"first attempt should receive no prior, got %+v\", exec.priors[0])\n\t}\n\tfed := exec.priors[1]\n\tif fed == nil {\n\t\tt.Fatal(\"second attempt received no anchored failure — loop fed back nothing\")\n\t}\n\t// Assert the executor received the ANCHOR detail, not a bare \"it failed\".\n\tif fed.Sentence != \"the total is 42\" {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"fed sentence = %q, want %q\", fed.Sentence, \"the total is 42\")\n\t}\n\twantOffset := bytes.Index(issue9Body, []byte(\"the total is 42\"))\n\tif fed.Offset != wantOffset {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"fed offset = %d, want %d (anchored into the issue body)\", fed.Offset, wantOffset)\n\t}\n\tif fed.Expected != 42 || fed.Actual != 41 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"fed expected/actual = %v/%v, want 42/41\", fed.Expected, fed.Actual)\n\t}\n}\n\n// AC#2: an executor that never satisfies the oath → the loop stops at the cap and\n// returns blocked (fail closed). No infinite loop, no giving-up-into-success.\nfunc TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed(t *testing.T) {\n\texec := &stubbornExecutor{t: t}\n\tloop := Loop{Executor: exec, MaxAttempts: 3}\n\n\tres := loop.Run(issue9Body)\n\n\tif res.Pass {\n\t\tt.Fatal(\"non-converging loop must not pass\")\n\t}\n\tif !res.Blocked {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"cap exhaustion must block (fail closed), got %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Attempts != 3 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"expected exactly 3 attempts, got %d\", res.Attempts)\n\t}\n\tif exec.calls != 3 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"executor called %d times, want 3 (no infinite loop)\", exec.calls)\n\t}\n\t// The block carries the anchored failure so it is actionable, not opaque.\n\tif res.Gate.Failure == nil || res.Gate.Failure.Sentence != \"the total is 42\" {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"blocked verdict should carry the anchored failure, got %+v\", res.Gate)\n\t}\n}\n\n// AC#3: a candidate that succeeds on attempt 2 of 3 stops immediately — no wasted\n// attempts after convergence.\nfunc TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap(t *testing.T) {\n\texec := &repairingExecutor{t: t}\n\tloop := Loop{Executor: exec, MaxAttempts: 3}\n\n\tres := loop.Run(issue9Body)\n\n\tif !res.Pass {\n\t\tt.Fatalf(\"expected convergence, got %+v\", res)\n\t}\n\tif res.Attempts != 2 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"expected to stop at attempt 2, got %d\", res.Attempts)\n\t}\n\tif len(exec.priors) != 2 {\n\t\tt.Errorf(\"executor invoked %d times — wasted attempts after convergence\", len(exec.priors))\n\t}\n}\n", "file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/loop_test.go"}, "name": "Write", "turn": 59, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Now run the test to confirm it fails (RED) — `Loop`/`Candidate`/`Executor` don't exist yet.", "turn": 60, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "cd /proc/self/cwd/spike && go test ./... 2>&1 | head -30", "description": "Run spike tests to confirm red"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 61, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "One command, no pipe/cd. Use `go -C` to target the spike module.", "turn": 63, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "go -C /proc/self/cwd/spike test ./...", "description": "Run spike module tests (expect red)"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 64, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Red confirmed (types undefined). Now the minimal GREEN implementation.", "turn": 66, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"content": "package spike\n\nimport \"fmt\"\n\n// --- Anchored-failure repair loop (swedsl#17): a failing gate feeds the anchored\n// failure back to the executor for another attempt; the loop converges when\n// solvable and fails closed (blocked, never a tired pass) when the attempt cap is\n// exhausted. Wires the executor half (#15) around the #8 gate; the reviewer (#16)\n// and issue writeback (#18) compose on top of this seam.\n\n// Candidate is what an executor produces for an oath: a step registry var-go runs.\n// Claim carries NO authority — the gate decides, not the executor's self-report.\ntype Candidate struct {\n\tRegistry *Registry\n\tClaim    string\n}\n\n// Executor produces a candidate for an issue's oath. On a repair attempt, `prior`\n// is the anchored failure from the previous gate verdict (nil on the first\n// attempt) — the ONLY structured signal the executor gets. That anchor (sentence,\n// offset, expected/actual) is what makes the fix localizable; a bare \"it failed\"\n// would not tell the executor where or what to repair.\ntype Executor interface {\n\tExecute(issueBody []byte, prior *GateFailure) Candidate\n}\n\n// LoopResult is the outcome of one repair loop over an issue's oath. Either the\n// oath converged (Pass) or the loop failed closed (Blocked) — never both, never\n// neither.\ntype LoopResult struct {\n\tPass     bool    // the oath was satisfied within the cap\n\tBlocked  bool    // failed closed: cap exhausted or a structural gate error\n\tAttempts int     // executor attempts actually made (stops at convergence)\n\tGate     Verdict // the final gate verdict (carries the anchored failure on block)\n\tReason   string  // human-readable decision reason\n}\n\n// Loop drives the executor against the #8 gate, feeding each anchored failure back\n// as repair input, bounded by MaxAttempts. The executor is pluggable behind the\n// Executor interface: a real agent swaps in without touching this control flow.\ntype Loop struct {\n\tExecutor    Executor\n\tMaxAttempts int\n}\n\n// Run executes the repair loop for one issue body. It never returns an error:\n// every terminal state is a LoopResult. A satisfying candidate within the cap ⇒\n// Pass; an exhausted cap or a structural gate problem ⇒ Blocked (fail closed).\nfunc (l Loop) Run(issueBody []byte) LoopResult {\n\tmaxN := l.MaxAttempts\n\tif maxN < 1 {\n\t\tmaxN = 1\n\t}\n\n\tvar (\n\t\tverdict Verdict\n\t\tprior   *GateFailure\n\t)\n\tres := LoopResult{}\n\tfor attempt := 1; attempt <= maxN; attempt++ {\n\t\tres.Attempts = attempt\n\n\t\tcandidate := l.Executor.Execute(issueBody, prior)\n\n\t\tv, err := Gate(issueBody, candidate.Registry)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t// No/multiple oaths (#8) or a structural runner error: fail closed,\n\t\t\t// never a silent pass, and never retried (retrying cannot fix a\n\t\t\t// malformed oath).\n\t\t\tres.Blocked = true\n\t\t\tres.Reason = \"fail closed: \" + err.Error()\n\t\t\treturn res\n\t\t}\n\t\tverdict = v\n\n\t\tif v.Pass {\n\t\t\tres.Pass = true\n\t\t\tres.Gate = v\n\t\t\tres.Reason = \"oath satisfied on attempt \" + itoa(attempt)\n\t\t\treturn res\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t// Anchored failure is the ONLY thing fed back to the executor.\n\t\tprior = v.Failure\n\t}\n\n\t// Cap exhausted without satisfying the oath: block. No giving-up-into-success.\n\tres.Blocked = true\n\tres.Gate = verdict\n\tres.Reason = fmt.Sprintf(\"oath not satisfied after %d attempt(s) — blocked (fail closed)\", res.Attempts)\n\treturn res\n}\n\nfunc itoa(n int) string { return fmt.Sprintf(\"%d\", n) }\n", "file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/loop.go"}, "name": "Write", "turn": 67, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "go -C /proc/self/cwd/spike test ./...", "description": "Run spike tests (expect green)"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 68, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Green. Let me refactor away the pointless `itoa` helper.", "turn": 70, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/loop.go", "new_string": "\t\t\tres.Pass = true\n\t\t\tres.Gate = v\n\t\t\tres.Reason = fmt.Sprintf(\"oath satisfied on attempt %d\", attempt)\n\t\t\treturn res", "old_string": "\t\t\tres.Pass = true\n\t\t\tres.Gate = v\n\t\t\tres.Reason = \"oath satisfied on attempt \" + itoa(attempt)\n\t\t\treturn res", "replace_all": false}, "name": "Edit", "turn": 71, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/loop.go", "new_string": "\tres.Reason = fmt.Sprintf(\"oath not satisfied after %d attempt(s) — blocked (fail closed)\", res.Attempts)\n\treturn res\n}", "old_string": "\tres.Reason = fmt.Sprintf(\"oath not satisfied after %d attempt(s) — blocked (fail closed)\", res.Attempts)\n\treturn res\n}\n\nfunc itoa(n int) string { return fmt.Sprintf(\"%d\", n) }", "replace_all": false}, "name": "Edit", "turn": 72, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Now vet, race, and full test as separate calls.", "turn": 73, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "go -C /proc/self/cwd/spike vet ./...", "description": "go vet spike module"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 74, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "go -C /proc/self/cwd/spike test -race ./...", "description": "race test spike module"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 75, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Vet and race clean. Let me confirm the root module still passes too (separate module).", "turn": 77, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "go -C /proc/self/cwd test ./...", "description": "Run root module tests"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 78, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Both modules green. Now document the #17 verdict in SPIKE.md, following the established follow-up convention.", "turn": 80, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/spike/SPIKE.md", "new_string": "## Follow-up #17: anchored-failure repair loop (converge or fail closed)\n\n#8 proved a single gate verdict. #17 closes the loop: a failing gate feeds the\n**anchored failure** back to the executor as structured repair input, the executor\nproduces a new candidate, and the loop re-gates — bounded by a max-attempts cap.\nHolds.\n\n- **The anchor is the only repair signal.** `Executor.Execute(issueBody, prior\n  *GateFailure)` takes exactly one structured input on a retry: the previous\n  verdict's `GateFailure` (sentence, offset, expected/actual, in issue-body\n  coordinates). `Loop.Run` feeds back `v.Failure` and nothing else. The test\n  executor repairs by reading `prior.Expected - prior.Actual` — it localizes the\n  fix from the anchor alone. A bare boolean \"it failed\" carries no location or\n  gap, so it could not drive the repair; the source-anchoring from #3/#8 is what\n  makes the loop possible, not incidental to it.\n- **Converges when solvable, stops immediately.** A candidate that satisfies the\n  oath on attempt 2 of 3 returns `Pass` with `Attempts == 2` — the loop breaks on\n  the first passing gate, no wasted attempts.\n- **Fails closed when not (the load-bearing invariant).** An executor that never\n  satisfies the oath runs exactly `MaxAttempts` times, then returns\n  `Blocked`/`!Pass` — never a tired pass, never an infinite loop. The blocked\n  `LoopResult` still carries the final anchored `Gate.Failure`, so an exhausted\n  loop is as actionable as a single failure. A structural gate error (no/many oath\n  blocks) blocks immediately and is not retried — retrying cannot fix a malformed\n  oath.\n- **Shape:** `Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}.Run(issueBody) LoopResult`. `Run` never\n  returns an `error` — every terminal state (converged or fail-closed) is a\n  `LoopResult`, so a caller cannot accidentally treat a block as an exception and\n  drop it. `Candidate`/`Executor` are the #15 executor seam; the #16 reviewer and\n  #18 issue-writeback compose on top of this loop.\n\nVerdict: the anchored-failure feedback loop converges when the oath is solvable and\nfails closed when it is not — and the anchor (not a bare failure flag) is precisely\nwhat makes the repair localizable.\n\n## Out of scope\n\nDrift detection, accept-as-prose ledger, LSP squiggles, async, doc strings,", "old_string": "## Out of scope\n\nDrift detection, accept-as-prose ledger, LSP squiggles, async, doc strings,", "replace_all": false}, "name": "Edit", "turn": 81, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Let me update the README status line too? No — README is high-level, not per-issue. Now stage and commit.", "turn": 83, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git add spike/loop.go spike/loop_test.go spike/SPIKE.md", "description": "Stage new files"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 84, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed (#17)\" -m \"When the gate blocks, the anchored failure (sentence, offset, expected/actual from #8) is the only structured signal fed back to the executor; it produces a new candidate and the loop re-gates, bounded by a max-attempts cap that fails closed.\" -m \"Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}.Run(issueBody) LoopResult: converges to Pass on the first satisfying gate (no wasted attempts), blocks after exhausting the cap (never a tired pass, no infinite loop), and blocks immediately on a structural gate error. The stub executor repairs by reading prior.Expected-prior.Actual, proving the source anchor is what localizes the fix.\" -m \"Tests (red-first): TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor, TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed, TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap. Both modules green; vet and -race clean.\"", "description": "Commit the loop implementation"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 85, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Likely the parentheses tripped the policy. Let me commit with plain messages, no shell-special characters.", "turn": 87, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed, issue 17\" -m \"When the gate blocks, the anchored failure -- sentence, offset, expected/actual from issue 8 -- is the only structured signal fed back to the executor. It produces a new candidate and the loop re-gates, bounded by a max-attempts cap that fails closed.\" -m \"Loop.Run drives the executor against the gate: converges to Pass on the first satisfying gate with no wasted attempts, blocks after exhausting the cap -- never a tired pass, no infinite loop -- and blocks immediately on a structural gate error. The stub executor repairs from prior.Expected minus prior.Actual, proving the source anchor is what localizes the fix.\" -m \"Red-first tests: TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor, TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed, TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap. Both modules green; vet and race clean.\"", "description": "Commit the loop implementation"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 88, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"file_path": "/proc/self/cwd/.dispatch-allow"}, "name": "Read", "turn": 90, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Let me isolate — try a minimal single-line commit message.", "turn": 92, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed, issue 17\"", "description": "Commit with minimal message"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 93, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Committed. Let me add a descriptive body via amend, avoiding `--` and `/`.", "turn": 95, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit --amend -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed, issue 17\" -m \"When the gate blocks, the anchored failure from issue 8 (sentence, offset, expected and actual) is the only structured signal fed back to the executor. It produces a new candidate and the loop re-gates, bounded by a max-attempts cap that fails closed.\" -m \"Loop.Run converges to Pass on the first satisfying gate with no wasted attempts, blocks after exhausting the cap so there is never a tired pass and no infinite loop, and blocks immediately on a structural gate error. The stub executor repairs from the expected minus actual gap on the anchor, proving the source anchor is what localizes the fix.\" -m \"Red-first tests: TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor, TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed, TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap. Both modules green; vet and race clean.\"", "description": "Amend commit with body"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 96, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Parentheses are the trigger. Let me amend with no parentheses at all.", "turn": 98, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit --amend -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed, issue 17\" -m \"When the gate blocks, the anchored failure from issue 8 -- sentence, offset, expected and actual -- is the only structured signal fed back to the executor. It produces a new candidate and the loop re-gates, bounded by a max-attempts cap that fails closed.\" -m \"Loop.Run converges to Pass on the first satisfying gate with no wasted attempts, blocks after exhausting the cap so there is never a tired pass and no infinite loop, and blocks immediately on a structural gate error. The stub executor repairs from the expected minus actual gap on the anchor, proving the source anchor is what localizes the fix.\" -m \"Red-first tests: TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor, TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed, TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap. Both modules green; vet and race clean.\"", "description": "Amend commit with parenthesis-free body"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 99, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "The ` -- ` sequence is likely read as an arg terminator. Let me use commas instead, multiple `-m`.", "turn": 101, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit --amend -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed, issue 17\" -m \"When the gate blocks, the anchored failure from issue 8, namely sentence, offset, expected and actual, is the only structured signal fed back to the executor. It produces a new candidate and the loop re-gates, bounded by a max-attempts cap that fails closed.\" -m \"Loop.Run converges to Pass on the first satisfying gate with no wasted attempts, blocks after exhausting the cap so there is never a tired pass and no infinite loop, and blocks immediately on a structural gate error. The stub executor repairs from the expected minus actual gap on the anchor, proving the source anchor is what localizes the fix.\" -m \"Red-first tests: TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor, TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed, TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap. Both modules green; vet and race clean.\"", "description": "Amend commit, no double-dash"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 102, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "The `;` in the last message is the trigger (compound separator). Let me replace it.", "turn": 104, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git commit --amend -m \"feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed, issue 17\" -m \"When the gate blocks, the anchored failure from issue 8, namely sentence, offset, expected and actual, is the only structured signal fed back to the executor. It produces a new candidate and the loop re-gates, bounded by a max-attempts cap that fails closed.\" -m \"Loop.Run converges to Pass on the first satisfying gate with no wasted attempts, blocks after exhausting the cap so there is never a tired pass and no infinite loop, and blocks immediately on a structural gate error. The stub executor repairs from the expected minus actual gap on the anchor, proving the source anchor is what localizes the fix.\" -m \"Red-first tests TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor, TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed, TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap. Both modules green. Vet and race clean.\"", "description": "Amend commit, no semicolon"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 105, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Confirmed: `;` was the trigger. Now push so CI runs.", "turn": 106, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git push -u origin feat/17-anchored-repair-loop", "description": "Push feature branch"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 107, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Pushed. Let me open a PR against main referencing #17.", "turn": 109, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"base": "main", "body": "Closes #17.\n\n## What\n\nAdds the anchored-failure repair loop on top of the #8 gate: a failing gate feeds the **anchored failure** (sentence, offset, expected/actual — in issue-body coordinates) back to the executor as the *only* structured repair signal, the executor produces a new candidate, and the loop re-gates — bounded by a `MaxAttempts` cap that fails closed.\n\n- `Executor.Execute(issueBody, prior *GateFailure) Candidate` — pluggable executor seam (#15 half); `prior` is nil on the first attempt, the previous verdict's anchored failure on a retry.\n- `Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}.Run(issueBody) LoopResult` — converges to `Pass` on the first satisfying gate (no wasted attempts), blocks after exhausting the cap (never a tired pass, no infinite loop), and blocks immediately on a structural gate error (no/many oath blocks are not retried). `Run` never returns an error — every terminal state is a `LoopResult`.\n\n## Why the anchor matters (AC#4)\n\nThe stub executor repairs by reading `prior.Expected - prior.Actual` — it localizes the fix from the anchor alone. A bare \"it failed\" boolean carries no location or gap, so it could not drive the repair. The source-anchoring from #3/#8 is what makes the loop possible.\n\n## Tests (red-first)\n\n- `TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor` — first candidate violates the oath; the loop feeds back the anchored failure; a second candidate built from it converges to pass. Asserts the executor *received* the anchor (sentence, offset, expected/actual).\n- `TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed` — an executor that never satisfies the oath stops at exactly N attempts and returns blocked, carrying the final anchored failure.\n- `TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap` — succeeds on attempt 2 of 3 and stops immediately.\n\nBoth modules green; `go vet` and `-race` clean.\n\n## Note on dependency ordering\n\n#17 declares depends-on #15/#16, which are not yet on `main`. This PR lands the executor↔gate repair loop (the #17 scope) self-contained on the #8 gate; the #16 reviewer and #18 issue-writeback compose on top of the `Candidate`/`Executor`/`Loop` seam introduced here.\n", "head": "feat/17-anchored-repair-loop", "owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl", "title": "feat(spike): anchored-failure repair loop converges or fails closed (#17)"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__pr_create", "turn": 110, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "PR #21 opened. Let me check CI status.", "turn": 111, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"owner": "mathias", "ref": "feat/17-anchored-repair-loop", "repo": "swedsl"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__repo_status", "turn": 112, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__workflow_run_list", "turn": 113, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "No workflow runs registered. Let me check whether the repo even has CI workflows configured.", "turn": 115, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"command": "git ls-files .gitea .github", "description": "Check for CI workflow files"}, "name": "Bash", "turn": 116, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "No CI workflows exist in this repo (Actions wiring is explicitly out of scope per #18). Local verification (tests, vet, race) is the ground truth and is green. The repo is trunk-based with 0 required approvals and prior features landed on `main`, so I'll merge PR #21 to resolve #17. Let me load the merge tool schema.", "turn": 118, "type": "assistant"}
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{"input": {"number": 21, "owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl", "style": "rebase"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__pr_merge", "turn": 121, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Merged to `main` (linear rebase). Now record the verdict on the issue, close it, and capture the brain notes. Let me batch these.", "turn": 123, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"body": "Resolved in #21 (merged to `main`, commit `e22a0d9`).\n\n**Verdict:** Yes — the anchored-failure feedback loop converges when the oath is solvable and fails closed when it is not, and the anchor is precisely what makes the repair localizable.\n\n- `Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}.Run(issueBody) LoopResult` feeds back only the previous verdict's `GateFailure` (sentence, offset, expected/actual, in issue-body coords) as repair input.\n- **Converges:** stub executor repairs from `prior.Expected - prior.Actual` and passes on attempt 2 of 3 — stops immediately, no wasted attempts (`TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap`, `TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor`).\n- **Fails closed:** a non-converging executor runs exactly `MaxAttempts` times then returns blocked (never a tired pass, no infinite loop), still carrying the anchored failure so the block is actionable (`TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed`).\n- **Anchor is load-bearing (AC#4):** the anchored failure is the *only* structured signal the executor receives; a bare \"it failed\" boolean carries no location or gap and could not drive the fix.\n- `Run` never returns an `error` — every terminal state is a `LoopResult`, so a block cannot be dropped as an exception. Structural gate errors (no/many oath blocks) block immediately and are not retried.\n\n`Candidate`/`Executor`/`Loop` are the executor seam #15 half; the #16 reviewer and #18 writeback compose on top. Both modules green; `go vet` and `-race` clean. (No CI workflows configured in-repo yet — Actions wiring is explicitly deferred per #18.)", "index": "17", "owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__issue_comment", "turn": 124, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"content": "---\nwing: agentsquad\nhall: facts\ncreated_at: 2026-07-11\n---\n# var-go CAD loop: anchored-failure repair loop converges when solvable, fails closed when not (swedsl#17)\n\nVerdict (swedsl#17, merged to main e22a0d9): the anchored-failure feedback loop\nconverges when the oath is solvable and fails closed when it is not — and the\n**source anchor is what makes the repair localizable**, not incidental to it.\n\n## Shape\n`Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}.Run(issueBody) LoopResult`, built on the #8 gate.\n- `Executor.Execute(issueBody, prior *GateFailure) Candidate` — the executor seam\n  (#15 half). `prior` is nil on the first attempt, the previous verdict's anchored\n  `GateFailure` (sentence, offset, expected/actual, in issue-body coordinates) on a\n  retry. It is the ONLY structured signal fed back.\n- Converges to `Pass` on the first satisfying gate (breaks the loop → no wasted\n  attempts). Blocks after exhausting `MaxAttempts` (never a tired pass, no infinite\n  loop). Blocks immediately on a structural gate error (no/many oath blocks) and\n  does NOT retry — retrying cannot fix a malformed oath.\n- `Run` returns NO error; every terminal state is a `LoopResult`. This is\n  deliberate: a block cannot be accidentally treated as an exception and dropped.\n  The blocked result still carries the final `Gate.Failure` so a fail-closed loop\n  is as actionable as a single failure.\n\n## Why the anchor is load-bearing (AC#4)\nThe stub executor repairs by reading `prior.Expected - prior.Actual` and closing\nthe gap. A bare boolean \"it failed\" carries no location and no gap, so it could not\ndrive a localized repair. This is the concrete payoff of the #3/#8 anchor-to-span\nwork: it turns a gate from pass/fail into a repair signal.\n\n## Reusable pattern for any gate→repair loop\n1. The repair signal must be the *anchored* failure, not a flag.\n2. Cap the attempts and fail closed on exhaustion — the loop must never\n   give-up-into-success.\n3. Structural/malformed-input errors fail closed immediately and are not retried.\n4. Return the terminal state as a value, not an error, so callers can't drop a block.\n", "filename": "swedsl-17-anchored-repair-loop-converges-or-fails-closed", "hall": "facts", "wing": "agentsquad"}, "name": "mcp__brain__brain_write", "turn": 125, "type": "tool_use"}
{"input": {"content": "---\nwing: homelab\nhall: failures\ncreated_at: 2026-07-11\n---\n# Dispatch headless bash policy silently denies `;` (and `$()`, backticks, pipes) inside git commit `-m` messages — burns turns\n\nEnv: automated headless dispatcher running Claude against a Gitea repo, restricted\nbash tool (dispatch#16 \"one command per Bash call\" policy).\n\n## Symptom\n`git commit -m \"subject\" -m \"body ... green; vet clean\"` was rejected with the\ngeneric error `dispatch policy: Bash is outside the headless safe set` — the SAME\nerror used for a genuinely-out-of-set tool. No indication that the *content* of a\n`-m` argument was the trigger. Cost ~4 wasted turns bisecting which character.\n\n## Root cause\nThe policy scans the WHOLE command string for shell metacharacters (`;`, `&&`,\n`||`, `|`, `$(...)`, backticks, `<`, `>`), including inside quoted `-m` message\nbodies. A `;` in prose (\"tests green; vet clean\") reads as a command separator and\nthe whole `git commit` is denied. Confirmed by bisection: identical commit\nsucceeded once the `;` was replaced with `.`.\n\n## Avoid\nWhen composing git commit messages under this policy:\n- No `;` — use `.` or `,` between clauses.\n- No parentheses were NOT the trigger here (an earlier hypothesis), but `$()` is —\n  avoid bare `()` anyway to be safe.\n- No `<`/`>` (already documented in dispatch#16 re: the Co-Authored-By trailer).\n- The denial message is generic, so if a `git`/`go` command that should be in-set\n  is denied, suspect a metacharacter in an argument before assuming the tool itself\n  is blocked.\n\nGeneralizes to every dispatched repo, not just swedsl.\n", "filename": "dispatch-bash-policy-semicolon-parens-denied-in-commit-messages", "hall": "failures", "wing": "homelab"}, "name": "mcp__brain__brain_write", "turn": 126, "type": "tool_use"}
{"text": "Brain notes written. The comment call used the wrong field name — it wants `number` (int). Let me retry, then close.", "turn": 128, "type": "assistant"}
{"input": {"body": "Resolved in #21 (merged to `main`, commit `e22a0d9`).\n\n**Verdict:** Yes — the anchored-failure feedback loop converges when the oath is solvable and fails closed when it is not, and the anchor is precisely what makes the repair localizable.\n\n- `Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}.Run(issueBody) LoopResult` feeds back only the previous verdict's `GateFailure` (sentence, offset, expected/actual, in issue-body coords) as repair input.\n- **Converges:** stub executor repairs from `prior.Expected - prior.Actual` and passes on attempt 2 of 3 — stops immediately, no wasted attempts (`TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap`, `TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor`).\n- **Fails closed:** a non-converging executor runs exactly `MaxAttempts` times then returns blocked (never a tired pass, no infinite loop), still carrying the anchored failure so the block is actionable (`TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed`).\n- **Anchor is load-bearing (AC#4):** the anchored failure is the *only* structured signal the executor receives; a bare \"it failed\" boolean carries no location or gap and could not drive the fix.\n- `Run` never returns an `error` — every terminal state is a `LoopResult`, so a block cannot be dropped as an exception. Structural gate errors (no/many oath blocks) block immediately and are not retried.\n\n`Candidate`/`Executor`/`Loop` are the executor seam #15 half; the #16 reviewer and #18 writeback compose on top. Both modules green; `go vet` and `-race` clean. (No CI workflows configured in-repo yet — Actions wiring is explicitly deferred per #18.)", "number": 17, "owner": "mathias", "repo": "swedsl"}, "name": "mcp__gitea__issue_comment", "turn": 129, "type": "tool_use"}
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{"text": "Done. Issue #17 resolved and closed.\n\n## Report\n\n**What I changed** (issue #17 — anchored-failure repair loop):\n- `spike/loop.go` (new) — `Candidate`, `Executor` interface, `Loop{Executor, MaxAttempts}`, and `LoopResult`. `Loop.Run(issueBody)` drives the executor against the #8 gate, feeding back **only** the previous verdict's anchored `GateFailure` as repair input. Converges to `Pass` on the first satisfying gate (no wasted attempts), blocks after exhausting the cap (never a tired pass, no infinite loop), and blocks immediately on a structural gate error without retrying. `Run` never returns an `error` — every terminal state is a `LoopResult`, so a block can't be dropped as an exception.\n- `spike/loop_test.go` (new) — the three red-first tests (`TestLoop_FailingGateFeedsAnchorBackToExecutor`, `TestLoop_CapExhaustionFailsClosed`, `TestLoop_ConvergesWithinCap`). The stub executor repairs from `prior.Expected - prior.Actual`, proving AC#4: the anchor is what localizes the fix.\n- `spike/SPIKE.md` — added the \"Follow-up #17\" verdict section.\n\n**Verification:** Both modules green (`go -C spike test ./...` and root), `go vet ./...` clean, `go test -race ./...` clean. Confirmed RED before implementing (types undefined → compile failure).\n\n**Branch/commit/PR:** Branch `feat/17-anchored-repair-loop`, commit `e22a0d9`, PR **#21** — merged to `main` (rebase, linear history). Issue **#17** commented with the verdict and closed. No CI/Actions workflows exist in the repo (deferred per #18), so local green tests are the ground truth.\n\n**Brain writes:**\n- `agentsquad/facts` — the #17 verdict + reusable gate→repair-loop pattern.\n- `homelab/failures` — **process finding (flagged):** the dispatch bash policy scans the *entire* command string, including quoted `-m` bodies, and denies any `;` (and `$()`/pipes/backticks) with the generic `Bash is outside the headless safe set` error. A `;` in a commit-message body (\"tests green; vet clean\") silently blocked `git commit` and cost ~4 turns to bisect. Recommend the dispatcher either surface *which* character tripped, or the guidance call out `;`-in-messages as explicitly as it already does `<>`.\n\n**Note on dependency ordering:** #17 declares depends-on #15/#16, which are not on `main` (a parallel `feat/18` branch built #18 directly on #8). I landed the executor↔gate repair loop self-contained on the #8 gate; the #16 reviewer and #18 writeback compose on top of the `Candidate`/`Executor`/`Loop` seam introduced here.", "turn": 132, "type": "assistant"}
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