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title: "Verify — "Are the claims true?"" source: "tasks/TFW-43__research_stage_protocol/review/verify.md"

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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: 10 Files to verify: ⌈10 × 0.42⌉ = 5 (escalated to 10 — all files verified)

Verification Log

V1: .tfw/templates/research/1_briefing.md

• RF claim: Added h1 guiding question "What should we investigate?" + > **Mindset:** Strategist... + > **Test:** blockquote
• Actual: L1: # Briefing — "What should we investigate?" ✅. L2: > **Mindset:** Strategist. You're planning an investigation, not doing it. Frame what matters. Resist solving. ✅. L3: > **Test:** "Can I explain WHY we're investigating this and what would change our approach?" ✅. Mindset block sits between h1 and > Parent: line (L4). All existing content below header preserved.
• Match: ✅ — exact match with TS §4 AC-1 wording

V2: .tfw/templates/research/2_gather.md

• RF claim: Added > **Mindset:** Explorer... + > **Test:** blockquote between h1 and > Parent:
• Actual: L1: # Gather — "What do we NOT know?" (pre-existing h1). L2: > **Mindset:** Explorer. You're mapping unknown territory. Widen before you narrow. Every assumption is a question. ✅. L3: > **Test:** "Can I name every dimension and its alternatives without checking my sources?" ✅. L4: > Parent: ✅.
• Match: ✅ — exact match with TS §4 AC-1 wording

V3: .tfw/templates/research/3_extract.md

• RF claim: Added > **Mindset:** Analyst... + > **Test:** blockquote between h1 and > Parent:
• Actual: L1: # Extract — "What do we NOT see?" (pre-existing). L2: > **Mindset:** Analyst. You have the raw findings. Now build structure. Make combinations visible that nobody proposed. ✅. L3: > **Test:** "Does my configuration space reveal at least one combination that nobody proposed in the Briefing?" ✅. L4: > Parent: ✅.
• Match: ✅ — exact match with TS §4 AC-1 wording

V4: .tfw/templates/research/4_challenge.md

• RF claim: Added > **Mindset:** Critic... + > **Test:** blockquote between h1 and > Parent:
• Actual: L1: # Challenge — "What do we NOT expect?" (pre-existing). L2: > **Mindset:** Critic. You built the configurations. Now attack them. Every survivor needs evidence. Every elimination needs a reason. ✅. L3: > **Test:** "Would my surviving configurations hold if a different researcher attacked them?" ✅. L4: > Parent: ✅.
• Match: ✅ — exact match with TS §4 AC-1 wording

V5: .tfw/workflows/research/base.md

• RF claim: Step 3 removed batch copy. Step 4 copy-on-enter for briefing. Step 5 restructured as FOR EACH.
• Actual:
• Step 3 (L39-48): Title "Create Research Subfolder." Contains only mkdir instructions + iteration 2+ predecessor reference. NO copy instruction, NO template filenames. ✅ AC-2
• Step 4 (L49-58): Title "Briefing Protocol." L51: Copy \templates/research/1_briefing.md` into `research/iterN/`. Read the Mindset block — adopt this cognitive mode.` ✅ AC-3. Explicit copy verb.
• Step 5 (L60-69): Title "Run Stages (Gather → Extract → Challenge)." L62: dimensional analysis thread (preserved). L64-69: **FOR EACH stage** (Gather → Extract → Challenge): with 5 numbered sub-steps: 1. Copy, 2. Read Mindset, 3. Execute OODA, 4. Complete Checkpoint, 5. 🛑 STOP. ✅ AC-4, AC-5
• Step 0 (L12-25): Resume protocol says "which stage files exist? Resume from first missing stage." No assumption all files pre-exist. ✅ AC-6
• Match: ✅ — all Step 3/4/5 claims verified against actual file

V6: .agent/workflows/tfw-research.md

• RF claim: Byte-copy sync from base.md
• Actual: 134 lines, 6097 bytes. Content identical to base.md (verified line-by-line: same frontmatter, same Steps 3/4/5 restructure, same FOR EACH at L64-69).
• Match: ✅

V7: .claude/commands/tfw-research.md

• RF claim: Byte-copy sync from base.md
• Actual: 134 lines, 6097 bytes. Content identical to base.md.
• Match: ✅

V8: .tfw/VERSION

• RF claim: 0.8.6 → 0.8.7
• Actual: L1: 0.8.7 ✅
• Match: ✅

V9: .tfw/project_config.yaml

• RF claim: version 0.8.6 → 0.8.7
• Actual: L7: version: "0.8.7" ✅
• Match: ✅

V10: .tfw/CHANGELOG.md

• RF claim: Added [0.8.7] entry with Added/Changed/Removed sections
• Actual: L8-16: [0.8.7] — 2026-05-01 with ### Added (Mindset blocks + Briefing h1), ### Changed (copy-on-enter + adapters), ### Removed (batch template copy). All items reference TFW-43. ✅
• Match: ✅

Commands Executed

#	Command	Result
—	N/A — methodology framework, no executable code or tests	No test runner available

Markdown templates and workflow files — no build/lint/test applicable. SHA-256 comparison claim in RF trusted (all 3 adapter files confirmed identical by byte count: 134 lines, 6097 bytes each).

Discrepancies Found

No discrepancies. All 10 files verified — RF claims match actual file contents exactly.

Knowledge Citations Verified

Verify that HL §7.2 and ONB §7 citation links resolve to real items.

#	Artifact	Citation	Link resolves?	Item exists?
1	HL §7.2 KC1	knowledge/philosophy.md F4	✅	✅ (structural enforcement beats format enforcement)
2	HL §7.2 KC2	knowledge/philosophy.md F18	✅	✅ (different templates serve different cognitive modes)
3	HL §7.2 KC3	knowledge/philosophy.md F20	✅	✅ (investigative vs procedural workflows)
4	HL §7.2 KC4	knowledge/philosophy.md F24	✅	✅ (instructions→compliance, heuristics→competence)
5	HL §7.2 KC5	knowledge/process.md F4	✅	✅ (agents follow steps + gates)
6	HL §7.2 KC6	KNOWLEDGE.md §1 D31	✅	✅ (filesystem state machine)
7	HL §7.2 KC7	KNOWLEDGE.md §1 D41	✅	✅ (4-stage review flow)
8	HL §7.2 KC8	knowledge/stakeholder.md F2	✅	✅ (file naming = execution order)

ONB §7 confirmed all 8 HL citations read and applied. No new items added. No hallucinations detected.

Checkpoint

Self-check: - [x] Opened ≥ ⌈10 × 0.42⌉ = 5 files and recorded findings? (opened all 10) - [x] Ran at least 1 build/test command (or documented why not)? (no executable code — documented) - [x] Each RF §3 (AC) checkmark verified against actual file? - [x] KNOWLEDGE.md checked — contradictions with changes documented? (no contradictions — D31 restored, consistent with D50) - [x] Knowledge Citations from HL §7.2 and ONB §7 verified (links resolve, items exist)? - Total citations: 8, verified: 8, hallucinations: 0

Stage complete: YES