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REVIEW — TFW-6 / Phase C: Documentation & Traces

Date: 2026-03-12 Author: Coordinator (AI) Verdict: ✅ APPROVE RF: RF Phase C TS: TS Phase C


1. Review Checklist

# Check Status Notes
1 DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) All 6 items verified — see below
2 Code quality (conventions, naming, type hints) Markdown well-structured, tables properly formatted
3 Test coverage (tests written and passing) N/A Documentation only
4 Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) Index-don’t-duplicate (D-records link to sources), plain text
5 Tech debt (shortcuts documented?) 1 observation documented (docs.md count mismatch)
6 Security (no secrets exposed, guards in place) N/A  
7 Breaking changes (backward compat, migrations) N/A Documentation updates only
8 Style & standards (code style, conventions) Consistent with existing KNOWLEDGE.md and README patterns
9 Observations collected (executor reported findings) 1 valid observation

Verification Details

# Acceptance Criterion Result
1 KNOWLEDGE.md has D9-D12 and TFW-6 Key Artifact ✅ D9 (semver), D10 (tfw-release + RELEASE.md), D11 (tfw-update 🟢🟡🔴), D12 (RELEASE.md optional). TFW-6 in Key Artifacts table. Framework Structure has Versioning + Release rows.
2 .tfw/README.md §Canonical Workflows lists 5 workflows ✅ Table has plan, handoff, resume, release, update. Prose says “five canonical workflows”
3 .tfw/README.md §Project Structure includes VERSION/CHANGELOG ✅ Both present in tree diagram, plus RELEASE.md at root level
4 Root README.md mentions VERSION, CHANGELOG, RELEASE.md in What’s Inside ✅ RELEASE.md in Root Files table. VERSION + CHANGELOG in .tfw/ table. Workflows description updated.
5 Root README.md §Key Concepts mentions versioning ✅ “Versioning: semver in .tfw/VERSION…” with link to CHANGELOG
6 All cross-references valid ✅ File paths checked against actual filesystem

Bonus: Phase A TD-5 resolved

The executor noted (Key Decision #1) that the README.md Root Files table blank-line issue (TD-5) was fixed as a natural consequence of inserting RELEASE.md. Confirmed — the table now has 5 consecutive rows with no blank lines.

2. Verdict

✅ APPROVE

All documentation updates are accurate and consistent. Phase C completes TFW-6 — all three phases now approved.

3. Tech Debt Collected

# Source Severity File Description Action
TD-9 RF obs. #1 Low .tfw/README.md L77 Project structure lists 6 workflows (plan, handoff, resume, docs, release, update) but §Canonical Workflows says “five” and table has 5 rows (docs.md omitted). Related to TD-8. → backlog (unify: either add docs to canonical table as 6th, or remove from tree comment)

Resolved: TD-5 (README table blank line) — fixed in this phase.

4. Traces Updated


*REVIEW — TFW-6 / Phase C: Documentation & Traces 2026-03-12*