# Self-Coherence Report — CDD Canonical Rewrite (v3.15.2)

**Change:** CDD canonical spec rewrite + review/release skill hardening
**Mode:** MCA (governance — resolve authority split, harden review)
**Author:** Sigma (implementing usurobor's drafts)
**Retro-packaged:** Yes — this change landed direct-to-main; retro-snapshot per CDD §12.

## Pipeline Compliance

| Step | Status | Evidence |
|------|--------|----------|
| 0. Observe | done | CDD.md at v3.13.0, skill carrying newer §0/lifecycle/cycle-close |
| 1. Select | done | Authority split identified as β gap in review comparison |
| 2. Branch | **skipped** | Direct-to-main — governance/process work from live review session |
| 3. Bootstrap | **retro** | Frozen snapshot added after the fact (this artifact) |
| 4. Gap | done | Canonical doc lagged skill by 2 versions; authority was ambiguous |
| 5. Mode | done | MCA — rewrite canonical doc, demote skill, create rationale |
| 6. Artifacts | done | CDD.md, RATIONALE.md, SKILL.md, README.md, AGILE-PROCESS.md, review skill, release skill |
| 7. Self-coherence | this file | Retro-packaged per §12 |

## Triadic Assessment

- **α (PATTERN): A** — Clean authority split: canonical spec, executable summary, companion rationale, reference profile. No overlapping claims.
- **β (RELATION): A-** — All surfaces now agree. Bundle history lagged (fixed in this retro-package). One mild wrinkle: scope declaration lives in both CDD §4.3 and bootstrap practice.
- **γ (EXIT/PROCESS): B+** — Direct-to-main bypassed branch/bootstrap discipline. Retro-packaged to close the gap. §12 rule added to prevent recurrence.

## Known Debt

- CDD.md says v3.15.0 but lands in v3.15.2 snapshot (method version ≠ release version)
- Incremental §0 commits on main are historical sediment superseded by the rewrite commit
- No independent review of the CDD rewrite itself (reviewed by the authoring agent's counterpart session)
