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REVIEW — TFW-32 / Phase A: Methodology Pipeline Fixes

Date: 2026-04-10 Author: AI (Reviewer) Verdict: ✅ APPROVE RF: RF Phase A TS: TS Phase A

1. Review Checklist

# Check Status Notes
1 DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) ✅ All 12 acceptance criteria verified — see §4 below
2 Code quality (conventions, naming, type hints) ✅ Markdown changes follow TFW conventions. KNW naming consistent across all 9 files
3 Test coverage (tests written and passing) ✅ 68/68 gen_docs.py tests pass (deviation #3 fixed pre-existing failures)
4 Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) ✅ SECI separation enforced: tfw-docs = Combination, tfw-knowledge = Externalization. Exclusive territories with explicit warnings
5 Tech debt (shortcuts documented?) ✅ 4 deviations documented in RF §8 with justifications. All reasonable
6 Security (no secrets exposed, guards in place) N/A No security-relevant changes
7 Breaking changes (backward compat, migrations) ✅ KNW is additive. §0 removal verified against knowledge/philosophy.md. Old REVIEW files unaffected by new markers
8 Style & standards (code style, conventions) ✅ All pipeline diagrams consistent across conventions.md, glossary.md, README.md. Status table, PROJECT_CONFIG, and glossary definition all aligned
9 Observations collected (executor reported findings) ✅ 1 observation in RF §5. Original obs #1/#2 were fixed post-RF per user request (documented as deviations #3/#4)

2. Verdict

✅ APPROVE

All 12 acceptance criteria met. Core deliverables — docs/knowledge collision fix, KNW status, §0 removal, REVIEW markers, review.md KNW transition — are complete and internally consistent.

Verification of critical changes:

  1. tfw-knowledge Phase 4 — confirmed: §1/§2 writes stripped, explicit ⚠️ Do NOT write to §1 or §2 warning present (knowledge.md L85-86)
  2. tfw-docs Scope — confirmed: explicit writes/does-not-write boundary (docs.md L15-18)
  3. Orchestration — confirmed: tfw-docs recommends tfw-knowledge when FC exist (docs.md L57-61)
  4. KNOWLEDGE.md §0 — confirmed: removed. File starts at §1 (L8). No information loss — all P1-P10 mapped per TS Step 1
  5. KNW status — confirmed in all 4 locations: conventions.md (L127, L145, L155), glossary.md (L59, L62, L64-65), PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml (L94-97), README.md (L147, L201)
  6. REVIEW markers — confirmed: tfw-knowledge marker at REVIEW.md L52
  7. review.md Step 7 — confirmed: full KNW orchestration (L100-108). Step 5 and Step 6 updated for KNW intermediate status (L89, L96, L98)

Deviations assessment: - Deviation #1-#2 (review.md Step 5/6 text updates): Necessary — without these, Step 5 and Step 7 would contradict each other. ONB Recommendation #1 correctly identified this gap. TS was slightly underspecified here. - Deviation #3 (test_gen_docs.py fix): User-requested, pre-existing tech debt from TFW-31. Legitimate fix. - Deviation #4 (docs.md checklist #5): User-requested, orphaned reference from §0 removal. Legitimate fix.

3. Tech Debt Collected

Source format: Use reference patterns (compilable_contract.md §2).

# Source Severity File Description Action
1 RF Phase A obs. #1 Low KNOWLEDGE.md L37 KNOWLEDGE.md §1 Architecture Map says "Updated via tfw-docs workflow" — correct but "optional" annotation could be clarified → backlog

4. Traces Updated

  • [x] README Task Board — status updated to 🔍 REV → 📚 KNW
  • [ ] HL status — Phase A → ✅ (after KNW)
  • [ ] PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml — initial_seq: no change needed (TFW-32 still in progress)
  • [x] Other project files — all 9 modified files verified
  • [x] tfw-docs: Applied — updated Sections 1 (D37 + Architecture Map), 2 (TFW-32/A entry), 3 (§1/§2 writes + §0 removal)
  • [x] tfw-knowledge: Deferred to batch (Phase E handles fact candidate consolidation)

5. Fact Candidates

# Category Candidate Source Confidence
1 process The docs-knowledge collision was caused by a single root issue: tfw-knowledge Phase 4 writing to §1/§2 of KNOWLEDGE.md. Fix = exclusive write territories + explicit warnings. Pattern: when two workflows write to the same artifact, define strict section ownership RF TFW-32/A, HL-TFW-32 §2.1 High
2 convention KNW is the 9th status in the pipeline. It is optional (reviewer can pre-close with N/A). It sits between REV and DONE, ensuring knowledge capture is visible and trackable conventions.md §5, RF TFW-32/A High

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