title: "Verify — "Are the claims true?"" source: "tasks/TFW-53__hl_contract_and_goal_defence/phase-d/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?" Min verify ratio: 0.42 (project_config.yaml → tfw.review.min_verify_ratio) RF files claimed: 33 (28 modified, 5 new; RF trace excluded, following prior TFW-53 review counting) Files to verify: ⌈33 × 0.42⌉ = 14 → escalated to 33 of 33 (100%) on discrepancy D1

Verification Log¶

V1: `.tfw/glossary.md`¶

RF claim: ten articles exist in the required locations, each body is 41–50 words, each has a governing-rule pointer, and the retired terminology is gone.
Actual: all ten headings and bodies are present. Independent section parsing reproduces body counts 48, 49, 50, 50, 45, 48, 48, 43, 41, 49; every section contains →. frozen baseline is absent outside CHANGELOG, non-negated committed baseline is absent, and the two former template-field occurrences now read Project North Star.
Match: ✅

V2: `.tfw/conventions.md`, `.tfw/templates/HL.md`, `.tfw/templates/review/judge.md`, `.tfw/workflows/review.md`¶

RF claim: canonical-term substitutions only, plus TD-164's command-copy removal; no workflow growth.
Actual: every changed line is either a Contract Baseline / Project North Star substitution or the named TD-164 pointer fix. plan.md is unchanged at 1,195 words; review.md remains 1,176 words. The HL template no longer contains the recovery command and points to conventions.md §3 rule 15.
Match: ✅

V3: `.tfw/compilable_contract.md`¶

RF claim: remove the stale KNOWLEDGE.md §0 source location and add PP{N} / NS{N} to the declared resolution rules, while filing the implementation gap separately.
Actual: both two-line changes are present. docs/scripts/gen_docs.py still resolves only D{N} and TD-{N} links; the wider mismatch is accurately registered as TD-170 rather than hidden.
Match: ✅

V4: fourteen changed full-copy adapters and all adapter pairs¶

RF claim: the parent tree had fourteen drifted copies; after the sync all twenty-two full-copy pairs are byte-identical, and source direction was checked before copying.
Actual: blob-ID comparison at ce30f3b^ reproduces exactly fourteen mismatches, naming the same seven workflows in both copy folders. Blob IDs at ce30f3b and current SHA-256 checks reproduce 0 mismatches across 22 pairs. The seven unique parent diffs were opened: every adapter-only line is an older form of a source-side line in the same hunk; no adapter-only mechanism was merged into the canonical source.
Match: ✅

V5: Codex routers¶

RF claim: all source/installed skill pairs are identical; only the false word approved was removed from the plan router, while the review router stayed unchanged.
Actual: all eleven source/installed Codex skill pairs have matching SHA-256 hashes. Commit ce30f3b changes only the two plan-router copies and removes exactly that word. The review router remains a thin, truthful pointer to the canonical workflow.
Match: ✅

V6: `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md`¶

RF claim: two purpose cells corrected and two explicitly authorized rows added to CLAUDE.md; AGENTS.md unchanged because its routing table contains no false description.
Actual: the commit contains exactly the four claimed CLAUDE.md edits and no new section. AGENTS.md has no Phase D diff and its table routes all eleven commands to the canonical workflows.
Match: ✅

V7: `.tfw/VERSION`, `.tfw/project_config.yaml`, `.tfw/CHANGELOG.md`¶

RF claim: release 1.2.0, lockstep version markers, one A–D changelog entry, corrected fourteen-copy statement, and a TFW-54 pointer.
Actual: both version carriers read 1.2.0; [TFW-54](../../../TFW-54__agent_team_mode/) occurs in the 1.2.0 entry; the stale 12 drifted copies text is absent and the entry says fourteen copies were repaired. Git history verifies 8 of 8 releases from 0.8.5 through 1.2.0 kept VERSION and tfw.version equal.
Match: ✅

V8: `TECH_DEBT.md`¶

RF claim: TD-157, TD-163, TD-164, TD-165 and TD-167 closed with reasons; TD-131 and TD-158 re-routed; TD-170 filed.
Actual: every row exists with the claimed disposition and reasoning. TD-163's pointer defect is closed, but its separate ~50-word duplication remains open only in prose inside the closed row and RF observation 1; it needs its own open registry row during review triage. TD-133 is now orphaned and its residual is subsumed by TD-170, as RF observation 4 states.
Match: ⚠️ implementation claims hold; registry follow-up required

V9: `README.md`¶

RF claim: the complete Phase D board row was written but left unstaged to preserve concurrent TFW-55 work.
Actual: the working-tree diff contains exactly the Phase D additions to the TFW-53 row plus the unrelated TFW-55 row change. Nothing is staged. The file must remain a path-specific edit.
Match: ✅

V10: five new evidence files¶

RF claim: EV plus four supporting captures exist and contain the stated term, adapter, release and test outputs.
Actual: all five files exist and were opened. The before capture lists fourteen drift lines; the after capture is silent with exit 0; the direction file lists the same fourteen pairs; the gate file carries the term counts, body counts, word budgets, release gates and historical 68-test result.
Match: ✅ for existence and most claims; see D1–D2 for two overclaims inside EV

V11: scope-budget claim¶

RF claim: 28 modified, 5 new, “against 30 / 15”; EV E19 says one new artifact folder matches the TS estimate exactly.
Actual: excluding the RF trace, the phase changed 33 files: 28 modified + 5 new. Config carries three independent limits: total files 30, modified files 30, new files 15. Modified and new limits hold; total-file limit is exceeded by 3. The approved TS estimated 28 modified + 1 new = 29; the four additional evidence captures were not included and no explicit owner override was recorded.
Match: ❌ — D1

V12: AC-7 hunk ledger¶

RF claim: git diff -U0 yielded twelve hunks: eight substitutions, four named debt fixes, plus glossary additions.
Actual: the stated command yields 16 hunk headers; the default-context diff yields 14. The semantic line ledger contains eleven canonical-term substitutions, four named debt fixes and two glossary addition sites, with some adjacent changes sharing one hunk. All actual changes remain inside the permitted categories, but RF §3, RF §9 and EV E17 report false counts.
Match: ❌ — D2

V13: RF §7–§9 quality¶

RF claim: five Fact Candidates and four Strategic Insights are suitable knowledge inputs; diagrams explain the implementation.
Actual: the diagrams are relevant and accurate. In §7, only FC3 is human-sourced; FC1, FC2, FC4 and FC5 are discoverable from artifacts or commands and fail the RF template's Human-Only Test. All four §8 items derive from coordinator/executor analysis rather than user-provided domain knowledge and fail §8's Human-Only Test; they belong in observations/analysis or the section should state No strategic insights.
Match: ❌ — D3

Commands Executed¶

#	Command	Result
1	`python -m pytest docs/scripts/`	✅ 68 passed in 41.47s, exit 0
2	SHA-256 comparison of 22 canonical workflow/copy pairs	✅ 22 pairs, 0 mismatches
3	SHA-256 comparison of 11 Codex source/installed skill pairs	✅ 11 pairs, 0 mismatches
4	Parent/commit blob-ID comparison for all 22 full-copy pairs	✅ parent: 14 mismatches; `ce30f3b`: 0
5	Independent glossary term, body-word and pointer checks	✅ 10/10 present, 41–50 body words, 10/10 pointers
6	Retired-form sweep across `.tfw/*/.md`, excluding CHANGELOG	✅ `frozen baseline` 0; non-negated `committed baseline` 0; two genuine bare-capital forms removed
7	VERSION/config/changelog gates plus release-history comparison	✅ 1.2.0 in both carriers; TFW-54 present; 8/8 historical releases lockstep
8	`git diff --check ce30f3b^ ce30f3b` and secret-pattern scan	✅ no whitespace errors; no credential-like assignments
9	Phase file-count reconstruction from `ce30f3b` plus unstaged README	❌ 33 total against 30, although 28 modified and 5 new separately remain within their limits
10	`git diff -U0` hunk count on the six framework files	❌ 16, not the RF/EV claim of 12
11	Canonical Bash drift snippet through the available WSL `bash`	Not used — Windows stdin/line mediation produced a parse error; byte-hash and blob-ID comparisons above independently establish parity

Claim & Source Checks¶

#	Claim / citation checked	Where it appears	Traces to	Holds?
C1	“Ten articles, all at or below 50 words, each pointing to its rule”	RF §1/§3; EV E1–E4	`.tfw/glossary.md`, governing sections in conventions/judge	✅
C2	“14 drifted pairs before, 0 of 22 after; no copy was ahead”	RF §2 D5/§3/§4; EV E9–E11	parent and commit blob IDs; seven unique parent diffs; current SHA-256 hashes	✅
C3	“VERSION and `tfw.version` have moved in lockstep since 0.8.5”	TS AC-5; RF §2/§3; source `[RF TFW-56](../../../TFW-56__review_mode_removal/RF__TFW-56__review_mode_removal.md) FC2`	Git history for eight release commits, plus the cited RF row	✅
C4	“28 modified + 5 new is within 30 / 15”	RF §4; EV E19	commit diff, README working-tree diff, `project_config.yaml` scope budgets	❌ — ignores the independent 30-file total limit
C5	“Twelve `-U0` hunks, eight substitutions”	RF §3/§9; EV E17	`git diff -U0 ce30f3b^ ce30f3b`	❌ — 16 hunk headers; eleven canonical substitutions
C6	RF citations and task references	RF throughout	`KNOWLEDGE.md` D28/D48/D53/D61/D62; `[RF TFW-56](../../../TFW-56__review_mode_removal/RF__TFW-56__review_mode_removal.md)` FC2; TFW-42/C and TFW-46/C RFs; TFW-57 proposal; TD-131/133/157/158/163/164/165/167/170	✅ all resolve and support the nearby statements

Discrepancies Found¶

D1 — unapproved total-file budget overrun. Actual scope is 33 files against max_files_per_phase: 30; RF and EV compare only the modified/new sub-limits and call the result green.
D2 — false diff-ledger evidence. git diff -U0 returns 16 hunk headers, not 12, and the semantic substitution count is eleven, not eight. The underlying changes are compliant; the recorded gate is not.
D3 — knowledge sections fail their own admission test. Four of five Fact Candidates and all four Strategic Insights are agent-discoverable or agent-generated rather than human-sourced.

The first discrepancy triggered 100% verification of all 33 claimed files. No additional implementation discrepancy was found.

Evidence Verification¶

#	RF Evidence ref	Artifact exists?	Matches claim?
E1–E16	EV rows E1–E16 and four attachments	✅	✅ — independently reproduced or traced
E17	AC-7 hunk review	✅	❌ — actual `-U0` count is 16, not 12; classification result still holds
E18	Six-file diffstat	✅	✅ — `47 insertions, 15 deletions` reproduced
E19	Scope budget	✅	❌ — 33 total files exceed the 30-file limit by 3; new/modified sub-limits alone are not the whole budget

Total evidence items: 19; verified: 17; overclaimed: 2; missing: 0. The EV verdict 19/19 VERIFIED is not supported.

Knowledge Citations Verified¶

ONB §7 carries the 26 HL §7.2 items plus four new items N1–N4. Every referenced record was checked for existence and relevance in its named file.

#	Artifact	Citation	Link resolves?	Item exists?
1	HL §7.2 / ONB §7	`.tfw/README.md` § Structural Enforcement, § Naming Creates Behavior, § Candor Over Flattery	✅	✅ all three
2	HL §7.2 / ONB §7	`KNOWLEDGE.md` D19, D20, D23, D24, D31, D43, D46, D49, D54, D55	✅	✅ all ten
3	ONB §7 N1–N3	`KNOWLEDGE.md` D53, D62, D61	✅	✅ all three
4	HL §7.2 / ONB §7	`knowledge/philosophy.md` F4, F13, F21, F22, F25	✅	✅ all five
5	HL §7.2 / ONB §7	`knowledge/process.md` F4, F6, F11, F14, F20	✅	✅ all five
6	HL §7.2 / ONB §7	`knowledge/constraint.md` F2	✅	✅
7	HL §7.2 / ONB §7	`conventions.md` §7, §15	✅	✅ both
8	ONB §7 N4	`conventions.md` §14 review-vs-contract anti-pattern	✅	✅

Total unique citations: 30, verified: 30, hallucinations: 0.

KNOWLEDGE.md contradiction check. D28/D54 support the naming and behavioral-parity changes; D61 requires the separate evidence-sufficiency judgment that exposes E17/E19. No implementation decision contradicts KNOWLEDGE.md. The unresolved total-file overrun conflicts with conventions.md §6 and cannot be converted into compliance by the executor's own count.

Checkpoint¶

Self-check: - [x] Opened ≥ ⌈N × ratio⌉ files and recorded findings? — 33 of 33, escalated to 100% on D1 - [x] Ran at least 1 build/test command (or documented why not)? — pytest re-run, 68 passed; ten verification command groups logged - [x] Claim & Source Checks filled — three key claims independently tested, all cited references traced, two numeric overclaims flagged - [x] Each RF §3 (AC) checkmark verified against actual file? — all seven functional AC outcomes hold; scope-budget and RF-quality defects are separately recorded - [x] KNOWLEDGE.md checked — contradictions with changes documented? — none in implementation; budget conflict documented against conventions - [x] Knowledge Citations from HL §7.2 and ONB §7 verified (links resolve, items exist)? - Total unique citations: 30, verified: 30, hallucinations: 0 - [x] Evidence artifacts from RF §5 verified (files exist, claims match)? - Total evidence items: 19, verified: 17, overclaimed: 2, missing: 0

Stage complete: YES

Verify — second pass (corrective, 2026-08-18)¶

Corrective files: 5 across coordinator and executor commits (TS, CLAUDE.md, TECH_DEBT.md, RF, EV). Minimum at 0.42: 3. Opened: 5 of 5 (100%).

Corrective Verification Log¶

V14: corrective scope and role boundaries¶

Claim: only the trace and two entry-point links changed; the framework implementation was not reopened.
Actual: coordinator commit 3d89b59 changes only the TS. Executor commit 2e60934 changes only CLAUDE.md, TECH_DEBT.md, RF and EV. CLAUDE.md has exactly two case corrections; no workflow, adapter, glossary, template, version or changelog file changed after ce30f3b.
Match: ✅

V15: AC-8 budget under the owner's governing subject¶

Claim: the phase is within the 30-file product budget.
Actual: git diff --name-status ce30f3b^ ce30f3b gives 27 modified and 6 added files. The six additions are RF, EV and four captures. The owner clarified on 2026-08-18 that README.md is a TFW process artifact, not an executor-derived product file, and is not counted. Governing result: 27 product files of 30; 0 new product files; 6 trace files.
Match: ✅. RF/EV's 28 is a conservative overcount made before the clarification; it cannot hide an overrun because even that count is below 30. TD-173 correctly keeps the general rule-encoding work open.

V16: AC-9 reproducible ledger¶

Claim: 16 -U0 hunk headers, 11 substituted lines, 4 debt fixes and 2 addition sites.
Actual: independent per-file recount is 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 16. The two-line Judge hunk makes 10 substitution hunks carry 11 substituted lines. Default context gives 14, and --stat gives 47 insertions / 15 deletions.
Match: ✅; D2 discharged.

V17: AC-10 knowledge admission and re-homing¶

Claim: only the human-sourced FC remains; no agent analysis remains in Strategic Insights.
Actual: §7 has one owner-sourced row. §8 says No strategic insights. S3 is in §2 decision 11; S4, S2's operative half and FC5 are observations 8–10. S1/FC1/FC2/FC4 are removed with reasons. TD-174 reproduces the RF/REVIEW/RES template contradiction.
Match: ✅; D3 discharged.

V18: AC-11 entry-point compatibility¶

Claim: both retired uppercase links are fixed and no live counterpart remains.
Actual: PROJECT_CONFIG has 0 matches in CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md; both links resolve to the existing .tfw/project_config.yaml. Commit 2e60934 changes no other CLAUDE.md line. TD-172 records the closure and owner-authorized scope extension.
Match: ✅

V19: AC-12 evidence recomputation¶

Claim: evidence was recomputed rather than restored.
Actual: EV has 26 uniquely identified rows. E17 and E19 are replacements; E17b, E19b and E20–E24 are seven additions; 19 + 7 = 26. RF §5 and EV both state 26/26. E20's 28-file classification is superseded by the owner's later README ruling, but the row remains a conservative proof that the limit is not exceeded. RF §1's “19 rows” label and RF §3 AC-12's 19/19 / “five” are stale summaries, not the verdict source.
Match: ✅ for the acceptance claim and implementation evidence; two non-material summary labels retained under the owner's explicit materiality ruling.

V20: carried implementation gates¶

Tests: python -m pytest docs/scripts/ → 68 passed in 34.47s.
Full-copy parity: SHA-256 comparison → 22/22 match.
Codex source/installed parity: SHA-256 comparison → 11/11 match.
Whitespace: git diff --check ce30f3b..2e60934 and current git diff --check → clean.
Match: ✅

Second-pass Evidence Verification¶

Evidence set	Exists?	Establishes the material claim?
E1–E16, E18	✅	✅ — carried from the first pass and independently verified there
E17, E17b	✅	✅ — 16 headers / 11 substituted lines reproduce
E19, E19b	✅	✅ — even the conservative 28-file count is under 30; owner-governing count is 27
E20	✅	⚠️ superseded — its README classification predates the owner's clarification; not needed for the pass conclusion
E21–E24	✅	✅ — re-homing, template debt and link repair were opened and reproduced

Evidence rows present: 26. Material acceptance claims established: all. No missing artifact and no unverified implementation claim remains.

Residuals — explicitly non-blocking¶

TS §4's budget paragraph retains a duplicated 14 of the 28 tail after the corrected 27 count.
RF §1 calls the EV “19 rows”; RF §3 AC-12 says 19/19 and five additions, while RF §5/EV correctly state 26/26 and seven additions.
EV E20 predates the owner's clarification that the Task Board update is a TFW process artifact.

The owner directed this review to judge execution quality and not block on these accounting labels. None changes a file, behavior, test, adapter, release marker or evidence conclusion.

Checkpoint — second pass¶

[x] Opened 5/5 corrective files?
[x] Re-ran an executable test gate?
[x] Reproduced every first-pass failed claim independently?
[x] Re-checked evidence existence separately from sufficiency?
[x] Recorded the owner's current classification and materiality ruling?
[x] Confirmed no framework mechanism was reopened?