# β closeout — Cycle 423

**Cycle:** [cnos#423](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/423) — Build-fix for cnos#416 cross-repo stub missing triggers
**Branch:** `cycle/423`
**Reviewer:** β (collapsed γ+α+β on δ)
**Verdict:** **APPROVE — Round 1**
**Date:** 2026-05-23

## What β verified

All 7 ACs from [cnos#423](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/423) mechanically passed at review time. See [`beta-review.md`](beta-review.md) for the substantive review and [`self-coherence.md`](self-coherence.md) for the mechanical pass-set.

## Implementation-contract verification (Rule 7)

Every pinned axis on `gamma-scaffold.md`'s implementation contract conforms to the diff:

- Language = Markdown frontmatter (YAML) — only YAML frontmatter lines added.
- CLI integration target = None — no CLI / `cmd/cn` changes; no `scripts/release.sh` change.
- Package scoping = one file edit + cycle-close artifacts — exactly that.
- Existing-binary disposition = N/A — no binary touched.
- Runtime dependencies = None — no runtime additions.
- JSON/wire contract = YAML triggers list (length 2) — two-element list at the canonical key.
- Backward compat = stub remains a pointer; `artifact_class: pointer` / `status: moved` / `canonical:` unchanged; body verbatim.

No severity-D `implementation-contract` findings.

## What β did NOT find

- No silent rule changes.
- No CCNF kernel edits.
- No test-contract modifications (`src/go/internal/activation/index_test.go` byte-identical to origin/main).
- No validator modifications (`src/go/internal/activation/validate.go` byte-identical).
- No other skill edits (no scope-creep into the 26 non-empty-triggers issues the corpus test logs for visibility).
- No #405 / Track A / Track B work.
- No new packages or new schemas.
- No tag-push action (left for operator post-merge).

## Release-readiness signal for δ

This cycle is a **P0 build-fix unblocking the v3.82.0 tag push**. The v3.82.0 release was merged at `7a1f7024` but CI went red on main because of the cnos#416 stub's missing triggers. After this cycle merges to main:

- `go test ./...` returns green on `main`.
- The `TestValidate_RealCorpus_NoEmptyTriggers` assertion holds across the live corpus.
- δ may push the `v3.82.0` tag per `cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/release/SKILL.md §2.6` via `scripts/release.sh`.

No additional release-artifact authoring is required from this cycle — the v3.82.0 RELEASE.md / VERSION / CHANGELOG were already filed in cycle/422. This cycle is purely build-fix.

## Cdd-iteration finding β endorses

β endorses the `cdd-skill-gap` finding (loaded-skill miss) recorded in `cdd-iteration.md` and its `next-MCA` disposition. The root cause is correctly named (dispatch-brief incomplete; activation/Validate requirements not loaded as a Tier 3 reference during cnos#416 stub-authoring). The two remediation paths (patch dispatch template vs patch Validate to exempt `artifact_class: pointer`) are both architecturally coherent; the operator picks at next-MCA dispatch. The first-AC formulation ("every SKILL.md frontmatter ships with non-empty `triggers:` OR `internal/activation/Validate` skips `artifact_class: pointer` skills") is concrete and falsifiable.

## Handoff to γ

α + β work complete. Handoff to γ for cycle close-out: `gamma-closeout.md`, `cdd-iteration.md`, INDEX.md row, then operator-side push and merge.
