trace-first-starter

REVIEW — TFW-6 / Phase A: Core Versioning Infrastructure

Date: 2026-03-12 Author: Coordinator (AI) Verdict: 🔄 REVISE RF: RF Phase A TS: TS Phase A


1. Review Checklist

# Check Status Notes
1 DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) ⚠️ 6/7 met. One inconsistency in CHANGELOG wording — see §2
2 Code quality (conventions, naming, type hints) Pure Markdown/YAML, all well-structured
3 Test coverage (tests written and passing) N/A No code — Markdown/YAML artifacts only
4 Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) Plain text, no tooling, optional over mandatory, retroactive completeness
5 Tech debt (shortcuts documented?) Two observations properly documented in RF §5
6 Security (no secrets exposed, guards in place) N/A No secrets involved
7 Breaking changes (backward compat, migrations) New version field in PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml is additive, not breaking
8 Style & standards (code style, conventions) Follows Keep a Changelog, valid semver, consistent Markdown
9 Observations collected (executor reported findings) 2 observations: README table formatting, placeholder build commands

2. Verdict

🔄 REVISE

Items to fix:

  1. CHANGELOG.md line 16: Says added tfw_version field but the actual field name is version (under the tfw: namespace). The TS Step 3 explicitly clarified this, and the executor got it right in PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml — but the CHANGELOG text is inconsistent.

    Current: - PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml — added tfw_version field Should be: - PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml — added tfw.version field

    This is a one-word fix but matters because CHANGELOG is consumed by downstream projects via tfw-update — inaccurate field names would cause confusion during upgrades.

3. Tech Debt Collected

# Source Severity File Description Action
TD-5 RF obs. #1 Low README.md L53-54 Empty line splitting Root Files table rows (KNOWLEDGE.md / TECH_DEBT.md) → backlog
TD-6 RF obs. #2 Med .tfw/PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml L17-20 Build commands are placeholder echo — not configured for this project (meta-project has no build) → accepted (meta-project doesn’t build; placeholder is correct for template purposes)

4. Traces Updated


*REVIEW — TFW-6 / Phase A: Core Versioning Infrastructure 2026-03-12*