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REVIEW — TFW-29: Consistency Audit

Date: 2026-04-08 Author: Reviewer (AI) Verdict: ✅ APPROVE RF: RF TFW-29 TS: TS TFW-29

1. Review Checklist

# Check Status Notes
1 DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) ✅ All 10 acceptance criteria pass. See §1.1 below for item-by-item verification
2 Code quality (conventions, naming, type hints) ✅ gen_docs.py change is minimal (1 STATIC_SOURCES entry + docstring). All other changes are .md files — consistent formatting, correct markdown structure
3 Test coverage (tests written and passing) N/A No code logic changes. gen_docs.py addition is a static config entry — existing test infrastructure covers it
4 Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) ✅ HL §7 principles (Single Source of Truth, Glossary=vocabulary / Conventions=rules, No signal loss) are respected throughout. Every cut is either moved or already existed elsewhere
5 Tech debt (shortcuts documented?) ✅ Glossary 149 vs 130 target documented in RF §2 D1 with clear rationale. Concept Taxonomy retention documented in RF §2 D2. Three out-of-scope observations recorded in RF §5
6 Security (no secrets exposed, guards in place) N/A Documentation-only changes, no secrets or auth involved
7 Breaking changes (backward compat, migrations) ✅ §16 stub preserved — existing refs to "conventions.md §16" still land on a valid section. No workflow §-references broken (grep verified). compilable_contract.md self-reference (row 14) ensures docs pipeline picks it up
8 Style & standards (code style, conventions) ✅ Glossary 1-liners follow consistent pattern: short definition + → conventions.md §N. References use relative links. gen_docs.py tuple format matches existing entries
9 Observations collected (executor reported findings) ✅ 3 observations in RF §5, all typed and actionable. FC1 in RF §6 is well-formed

1.1 Acceptance Criteria Verification

# TS Criterion Status Evidence
AC1 conventions.md §16 → 3-line stub ✅ Lines 314-318: abstract + link to compilable_contract.md
AC2 .tfw/compilable_contract.md exists with full §16 content ✅ 115 lines. Source Manifest, Reference Format, Frontmatter, Output Nav all present. Self-reference row #14 added
AC3 conventions.md §10 numbering sequential ✅ §10 (line 208) → §10.1 (line 215) → §10.2 (line 233). Correct order
AC4 glossary.md: no duplicated full definitions ✅ All artifact types compressed to 1-liners + → conventions.md §3. Status Flow = 1-line diagram + ref. Task Naming = 1-liner + ref
AC5 glossary.md meta-only terms removed ✅ Removed: Workflow (canonical), .tfw/ Directory, Execution Engine, Progress Reporting, tfw-init/release/update descriptions. Concept Taxonomy kept per ONB §6 — justified
AC6 AGENTS.md lists all 11 workflows ✅ Lines 29-39: plan, research/base, handoff, review, resume, docs, knowledge, init, config, release, update
AC7 .agent/rules/agents.md synced, no handoff→REVIEW error ✅ Workflow list matches AGENTS.md. handoff = "ONB → develop → RF" (no "→ REVIEW")
AC8 .agent/rules/tfw.md references .tfw/ directly ✅ Lines 19-20: .tfw/conventions.md and .tfw/glossary.md (not non-existent .agent/rules copies)
AC9 .tfw/README.md anti-patterns = ref to §14 ✅ Line 107: > Full list → [conventions.md §14](conventions.md#14-anti-patterns-prohibited)
AC10 No workflow §-reference broken ✅ grep confirms: 0 §16 refs in workflows. All §10 refs in plan.md, research/base.md, knowledge.md, resume.md resolve correctly

2. Verdict

✅ APPROVE

The task delivers what it promised: conventions.md reduced 25% (426→318), glossary.md reduced 22% (191→149), all semantic duplications eliminated or compressed to refs, §16 cleanly extracted, adapter files corrected. The glossary 149-line result vs 130-line target is well-justified by research (RES D1: 15 unique terms used by 5+ workflows). ONB quality was high — Q1 (gen_docs.py) and all 4 recommendations were valuable catches.

Issues noted (non-blocking)

  1. Glossary structural issue: ### Fact Candidate and ### Strategic Insight (glossary lines 42-46) are placed under the ## Artifact Types heading. These are not artifact types — they are concepts that appear within artifacts (RF §6, HL §11). They were standalone ## entries in the old glossary. Should be their own ## sections. Minor, does not block approval.

  2. 8 template files still reference "conventions.md §16.2": HL.md, ONB.md, TS.md, RES.md, RF.md, REVIEW.md (×2), TOPIC_FILE.md. The refs are not broken (§16 stub exists and links forward), but they are now indirect. RF §5 obs. #3 noted only the RF template — the scope is wider. Follow-up needed.

  3. KNOWLEDGE.md has 4 stale "§16" refs (lines 19, 39, 80, 108): RF §5 obs. #1 correctly flagged this. Out of scope, deferred to next tfw-docs.

  4. TD-60 resolved, TD-61 not: The §10 numbering fix (TD-60) is done. But TD-61 (glossary RESEARCH entry still says "Optional — user can skip with confirmation" — duplicating plan.md logic) remains. The glossary RESEARCH entry was shortened but this specific duplication survived.

3. Tech Debt Collected

# Source Severity File(s) Description Status
TD-83 TFW-29 RF obs. #1 Low KNOWLEDGE.md L19, 39, 80, 108 References to "conventions.md §16" are now imprecise — §16 is a stub, full content in compilable_contract.md. Not broken, but indirect → next tfw-docs
TD-84 TFW-29 RF obs. #3 + REVIEW Med 7 template files Templates reference "conventions.md §16.2" — should point to compilable_contract.md §2. Files: HL.md L123, ONB.md L32, TS.md L49, RES.md L51, RF.md L67, REVIEW.md L39/L70, TOPIC_FILE.md L7 → backlog
TD-85 TFW-29 RF obs. #2 Low .tfw/conventions.md L198-203 §9 Tool Adapter Pattern example only shows CLAUDE.md and .cursor/rules — doesn't mention .agent/rules → backlog
TD-86 TFW-29 REVIEW Low .tfw/glossary.md L42-46 Fact Candidate and Strategic Insight placed under ## Artifact Types heading — they are not artifact types. Should be standalone ## sections → backlog

Resolved Tech Debt

# Resolution
TD-60 ✅ Fixed — §10 now before §10.1/§10.2

4. Traces Updated

  • [x] README Task Board — status updated to 🔍 REV (will become ✅ DONE)
  • [x] TECH_DEBT.md — TD-83, TD-84, TD-85, TD-86 appended; TD-60 marked resolved
  • [ ] tfw-docs: N/A (minor — no KNOWLEDGE.md or TECH_DEBT structural changes beyond new items)

5. Fact Candidates

# Category Candidate Source Confidence
FC1 process Glossary compression has a practical floor: ~104 content lines (149 with headers). Line count targets for documentation reduction should be research-informed, not aspirational. Research-before-targets pattern validated. RF TFW-29 §2 D1, RES TFW-29 D1 High
FC2 convention Template §16.2 references create a "reference chain" problem when content is extracted — 8 files reference a location that becomes a stub. Future extractions should grep all §N references across templates, not just workflows. REVIEW TFW-29 §2 issue #2 High

REVIEW — TFW-29: Consistency Audit | 2026-04-08