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REVIEW — TFW-46 / Phase A: Evidence Concept + Templates

Date: 2026-07-07 Author: Reviewer (Antigravity, Claude Opus 4.6) Verdict: ✅ APPROVE Review Mode: code RF: RF Phase A TS: TS Phase A Stage files: review/map.md, review/verify.md, review/judge.md This file is a synthesis of stage findings. Reference stage files for raw evidence.

1. Map

Phase A established Evidence as a first-class TFW concept across conventions (§3 definition, §12 honesty rules, §14 anti-patterns), three core templates (TS Evidence field, RF §5 Evidence section, judge.md check #7 + verify.md Evidence Verification), and renumbered RF §5-8 → §6-9 across 12 files. Key design decisions: Evidence as standalone §3 subsection following D39 per-template pattern; HL §11 cross-ref updated for semantic correctness; 2 out-of-scope files (compilable_contract.md, knowledge.md) updated to prevent stale build-tooling refs, documented as deviations.

2. Verify

# What was checked Result Evidence
1 conventions.md §3 Evidence Sections ✅ Table with 4 rows, cognitive modes, status vocabulary, role pipeline — V1
2 conventions.md §12 honesty rule ✅ VERIFIED requires artifact reference — V1
3 conventions.md §14 anti-patterns ✅ 5 anti-self-deception rules, all domain-agnostic — V1
4 TS template Evidence field ✅ Evidence: after Gate:, instruction block, MAY-deviate — V2
5 RF template §5 Evidence + renumbering ⚠️ §5 Evidence correct, §6-9 renumbered. One stale internal ref: line 68 §5 Observations should be §6 — V3
6 judge.md check #7 ✅ Evidence completeness check present — V4
7 verify.md Evidence Verification ✅ Section with table and N/A fallback — V5
8 REVIEW.md judge table ✅ §7-9 reference correct — V6
9 handoff.md references ✅ §6-9 references correct — V7
10 review.md Trust Protocol ✅ RF §6 reference correct — V8
11 HL.md Visual Sections ✅ §9 Diagrams reference correct — V9
12 compilable_contract.md deviation ✅ §7 FC reference correct — V10
13 knowledge.md deviation ✅ §8 SI reference correct — V11
14 README Task Board ✅ 🟢 RF status, ONB link present — V12
15 Knowledge Citations (K3, K4, K6, K11) ✅ 4/11 spot-checked, all resolve to real knowledge items — verify.md
16 Stale ref grep (§5 Obs/§6 FC/§7 SI/§8 Diag) ✅ 0 results in .tfw/ — verify.md

Raw verification log: see review/verify.md. 100% file verification performed (escalated from V3 discrepancy). 1 discrepancy found: RF.md line 68 stale §5 Observations ref.

3. Judge

# Check Status Evidence
1 DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) ✅ 6/6 ACs verified against files. 1 minor stale ref doesn't affect AC fulfillment
2 Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) ✅ All 7 principles checked — 6 enforced, 1 (P6 tooling proactivity) deferred to Phase B per TS §3
3 Tech debt documented ✅ RF §6 has 3 substantive observations
4 Style & standards ⚠️ RF.md line 68: §5 Observations stale within same block where line 69 §8 Strategic Insights was correctly updated
5 Observations collected ✅ 3 real issues, properly scoped
6 RF completeness (§7-9 present) ✅ All present with explicit N/A per F21
7 Evidence completeness ✅ All TS Evidence fields N/A (appropriate for template spec); RF §5 has 6/6 VERIFIED

4. Verdict

✅ APPROVE

Phase A delivers what the TS specified: Evidence is now a well-defined concept in conventions.md, the three core templates (TS, RF, REVIEW stages) have proper evidence sections, and the renumbering is clean across 12 files. The work follows all HL principles, with no domain-specific examples, proper proportionality support (N/A/DEFERRED/empty), and the three-role pipeline is structurally enforced.

One minor issue found (RF.md line 68 stale §5 Observations internal cross-ref) — not blocking because: 1. It's inside an instruction blockquote, not a section heading 2. The section heading itself reads ## 6. Observations correctly 3. Executor's line 69 §8 Strategic Insights was correctly updated in the same block, indicating an oversight not a systematic miss 4. This will be caught in Phase B or C when workflows/glossary are updated

Routing: Collected as TD item below → Phase B or standalone fix.

5. Tech Debt Collected

# Source Severity File Description Action
TD-1 Review V3 Low .tfw/templates/RF.md line 68 Stale internal cross-ref: §5 Observations should be §6 Observations in §7 FC instruction block → Phase B or standalone fix
TD-2 RF obs #1 Low .tfw/compilable_contract.md line 69 Pre-existing: REVIEW.md §5 FC Source column should be §7 FC Source column (REVIEW §5 = Tech Debt, §7 = FC) → backlog
TD-3 RF obs #2 Low .tfw/glossary.md line 48 Stale: RF §7 "Strategic Insights" should be RF §8 after renumbering → Phase C (glossary scope)

6. Traces Updated

  • [x] README Task Board — status updated (🟢 RF → 📚 KNW, REVIEW link added)
  • [x] HL status — Phase A in progress, no HL status change needed
  • [x] project_config.yaml — no seq change needed
  • [x] Other project files — checked for stale info
  • [x] tfw-docs: N/A (template changes — no architecture decisions to add to KNOWLEDGE.md)
  • [x] tfw-knowledge: N/A (no fact candidates in RF, no new human-sourced knowledge)

7. Fact Candidates

No fact candidates. This was a mechanical template-modification task with no human domain insights surfaced during review.

REVIEW — TFW-46 / Phase A: Evidence Concept + Templates | 2026-07-07