trace-first-starter

REVIEW — TFW-12: Config Centralization

Date: 2026-03-30 Author: Reviewer (AI) Verdict: ✅ APPROVE RF: RF-TFW-12 TS: TS-TFW-12


1. Review Checklist

# Check Status Notes
1 DoD met? All 13 AC verified via grep/inspection
2 Code quality YAML well-structured. References consistent.
3 Test coverage All grep-based verifications pass
4 Philosophy aligned Single source of truth achieved for 4 categories
5 Tech debt TD-25/26 resolved. 4 new observations documented
6 Security N/A Config only
7 Breaking changes ⚠️ Pattern B (pure reference) removes budget values from conventions/plan. See §2
8 Style & standards {version} placeholder pattern is clean
9 Observations collected 4 observations — adapter README workflow commands, init.md commands, README evolution, CLAUDE.md key references

2. Verdict

✅ APPROVE — All 13 acceptance criteria verified. PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml is now the single source of truth for scope budgets, templates (8), workflows (8), and research limits (4). Version strings removed from all core titles and adapter templates use {version} placeholder.

Notable deviation: Executor used Pattern B (pure reference) instead of Pattern A (“defaults table”) that RES recommended. This means conventions.md §6 and plan.md no longer show the actual budget numbers inline — readers must open PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml. The user approved this approach during execution, overriding the RESEARCH recommendation R3. This is the more aggressive centralization approach — stricter single source of truth.

3. Tech Debt Collected

# Source Severity File Description Action
1 RF Obs #1 Low .tfw/adapters/antigravity/README.md Workflow copy commands list only plan/handoff/review/resume — missing research/docs/release/update → TD-27
2 RF Obs #2 Low .tfw/init.md L98-104 Same: Antigravity workflow copy commands incomplete → TD-28
3 RF Obs #4 Low CLAUDE.md L48 Key References description doesn’t mention new config sections Accepted — description is generic

4. Traces Updated

tfw-docs: Applied — KNOWLEDGE.md updated: +Config component, +D16 (centralize to YAML), +D17 (Pattern B pure reference), +TFW-12 key artifact, 3 deprecation entries (inline budgets, version titles, hardcoded lists)


*REVIEW — TFW-12: Config Centralization 2026-03-30*