---
cycle: 346
role: alpha
type: alpha-closeout
provisional: true
---
# α Close-out — Cycle #346 [provisional — bounded-dispatch fallback per alpha/SKILL.md §2.8]

## Summary

Implemented epsilon/SKILL.md §1 harmonization with activation/SKILL.md §22. The core edit removed "Empty cycles produce no file; the signal stays high only when it carries signal." and replaced it with unconditional every-cycle language. β R1 surfaced a correct C finding: gamma/SKILL.md §2.10 row 14 had a parenthetical that contradicted the updated epsilon §1. Added gamma §2.10 fix in R2 round.

## Friction log

1. The gamma §2.10 row 14 parenthetical was a legitimate peer-enumeration miss at pre-review time. The epsilon §1 change affects every place in the CDD skill bundle that references "empty cycles produce no file" — gamma §2.10 row 14 was the one remaining instance. Per α/SKILL.md §2.3 (peer enumeration), a grep for the old phrase before signaling review-readiness would have caught it.

## Observations

- Pattern: single-file edit with ripple into one other skill file. The peer enumeration checklist (§2.3) is the right mitigation; it was not applied at pre-review time.
- Two review rounds for a ~10-line change. Acceptable but the peer enumeration miss was avoidable.
