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title: "Verify — "Are the claims true?"" source: "tasks/TFW-42__research_cycle_restructure/phase-a/review/verify.md"

Verify — "Are the claims true?"

Mindset: Auditor. The RF is a declaration, not a fact. Open files. Run commands. Compare claims against reality. Test: "If I removed the RF, would the evidence alone prove the work was done?" Mode: docs Min verify ratio: 0.42 RF files claimed: 6 (conventions.md MODIFY, 4 template renames, RES.md MODIFY) Files to verify: ⌈6 × 0.42⌉ = 3

Verification Log

V1: .tfw/conventions.md §4 Research subfolder (lines 131-150)

  • RF claim: Complete rewrite — unified research/ container, research/iterN/ pattern, numbered stage files, co-located RES.md
  • Actual: Lines 131-150 show:
  • research/ described as single container (line 133)
  • research/iterations.yaml as control file location (line 137)
  • research/iterN/ pattern with 1_briefing.md through 4_challenge.md (lines 138-149)
  • RES.md co-located inside iterN/ (lines 143, 149)
  • Multi-iteration table shows research/iter1/, research/iter2/, research/iterN/ paths (lines 158-162)
  • Trace rule preserved at line 164
  • Match: ✅

V2: .tfw/conventions.md §4 iterations.yaml schema (lines 166-190)

  • RF claim: Enriched with agent + sources optional fields, res_file paths updated, no brief/notes/depends_on, "traceability, not dispatch" text
  • Actual:
  • agent: antigravity commented-out with # optional annotation (line 179)
  • sources: [external, codebase] commented-out with # optional annotation (line 180)
  • res_file: research/iter1/RES.md (line 178), res_file: research/iter2/RES.md (line 185)
  • No brief, notes, or depends_on fields (grep verified: 0 matches)
  • Line 188: "The agent field records which tool or agent conducted the iteration — for traceability, not dispatch."
  • Match: ✅

V3: .tfw/templates/research/ — numbered stage files

  • RF claim: 1_briefing.md, 2_gather.md, 3_extract.md, 4_challenge.md exist; old files deleted
  • Actual: Directory listing shows exactly 4 files:
  • 1_briefing.md (694 bytes)
  • 2_gather.md (1290 bytes)
  • 3_extract.md (1357 bytes)
  • 4_challenge.md (1508 bytes)
  • No files without numeric prefix present
  • Match: ✅

V4: .tfw/conventions.md §4 Agent selection guidance (lines 192-204)

  • RF claim: New subsection, 5-row capability table, no tool brand names, "guidance, not prescription" footer
  • Actual:
  • Subsection titled "Agent selection guidance" (line 192)
  • 5-row table: Web research, Code audit, Infrastructure recon, Architecture synthesis, Data analysis (lines 197-202)
  • Columns: Research Activity, Key Capability, When to consider (line 196)
  • No tool brand names (no "Antigravity", "Claude Code", "Codex", "Cursor" in section)
  • Footer: "This is guidance, not prescription — the coordinator decides agent assignment based on project context and available tools." (line 204)
  • Match: ✅

V5: .tfw/conventions.md §4 Phase folder naming (lines 113-125, 210-227)

  • RF claim: PhaseA → phase-a in filename table and multi-phase folder structure
  • Actual:
  • Filename table uses phase-{x} format and phase-a examples (lines 121-125)
  • Multi-phase example tree uses phase-a/, phase-b/ (lines 218-226)
  • Grep for PhaseA in conventions.md: 0 matches
  • Match: ✅

V6: .tfw/templates/RES.md line 15

  • RF claim: Updated from research/briefing.md to 1_briefing.md in iteration folder
  • Actual: Line 15 reads: {Copied from or reference to1_briefing.mdin iteration folder.}
  • Match: ✅

V7: .tfw/conventions.md Review subfolder reference (line 208)

  • RF claim: Updated parallel reference from research/gather.md to research/iterN/1_briefing.md
  • Actual: Line 208 reads: Parallels research stage files (research/iterN/1_briefing.md, etc.)
  • Match: ✅

Commands Executed

# Command Result
1 Grep PhaseA in conventions.md 0 matches ✅
2 Grep research2/ in conventions.md 0 matches ✅
3 Grep depends_on in conventions.md 0 matches ✅
4 ls .tfw/templates/research/ 4 numbered files, 0 unnumbered ✅

No test runner applicable — documentation changes only.

Discrepancies Found

No discrepancies. Escalation to 100% was performed proactively (7/6 files verified = >100%).

Knowledge Citations Verified

# Artifact Citation Link resolves? Item exists?
1 HL §7.2 KC1 philosophy.md F4 — Structural enforcement beats format enforcement ✅ ✅ (line 11)
2 HL §7.2 KC2 philosophy.md F24 — Instructions produce compliance, heuristics produce competence ✅ ✅ (line 31)
3 HL §7.2 KC3 convention.md F19 — Naming consistency is a design principle ✅ ✅ (line 26)
4 HL §7.2 KC4 KNOWLEDGE.md D48 — Naming normalization ✅ ✅ (line 79)
5 HL §7.2 KC5 KNOWLEDGE.md D38 — Multi-iteration research ✅ ✅ (line 69)
6 HL §7.2 KC6 process.md F14 — Without YAML control files, agents fast-run ✅ ✅ (line 21)
7 HL §7.2 KC7 convention.md F15 — Multi-phase uses PhaseX/ subfolders ✅ ✅ (line 22)

Total citations: 7, verified: 7, hallucinations: 0

Checkpoint

Self-check: - [x] Opened ≥ ⌈6 × 0.42⌉ = 3 files and recorded findings? (opened 7) - [x] Ran at least 1 build/test command (or documented why not)? (grep commands run, no test runner for docs) - [x] Each RF §3 (AC) checkmark verified against actual file? - [x] KNOWLEDGE.md checked — contradictions with changes documented? (D38 references researchN/ — will be updated by tfw-docs as "refactored by TFW-42") - [x] Knowledge Citations from HL §7.2 and ONB §7 verified (links resolve, items exist)? - Total citations: 7, verified: 7, hallucinations: 0

Stage complete: YES