# Post-Release Assessment — Cycle #343

**Date:** 2026-05-11
**Cycle:** #343 (merge commit `dab628b1`, docs-only §2.5b disconnect)
**Mode:** docs-only
**Assessed by:** γ

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## §1. Coherence Measurement

- **Baseline:** #339 (docs) — α A-, β A-, γ A- (clean cycle; mechanical pre-merge gate introduced)
- **This cycle:** #343 (docs) — α A, β A, γ A
- **Delta:** All three axes hold at A or better. The prior A- on γ (issue-quality: non-existent Tier 3 skill path in #339) does not recur here — the issue body was precise, oracle-grounded, and design-complete. No agent timeout, no RC, no dispatch-note mismatch with consequence.
- **Coherence contract closed?** Yes. The namespace inversion in CDD role identity (`{role}@cdd.{project}` → `{role}@{project}.cdd.cnos`) is fully resolved: canonical form prescribed in `operator/SKILL.md`, deprecated form documented, migration note in `post-release/SKILL.md`, cross-references in `CDD.md`, `review/SKILL.md`, `alpha/SKILL.md`. Self-application on the cycle's own commit trail (AC5) confirms operability.

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## §2. Encoding Lag

| Issue | Title | Type | Design | Impl | Lag |
|-------|-------|------|--------|------|-----|
| #339 deferred | `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` pre-merge gate row | process | converged | not started | growing |
| — | CI workflow integration for pre-merge gate | process | converged (deferred) | not started | growing |

**MCI/MCA balance:** Balanced. The two open lag items are both process-level documentation/tooling carried forward from #339. No new design issues entered this cycle. No MCI freeze required.

**Rationale:** Docs-only cycle introducing a protocol convention. No feature design debt. The open items are the pre-merge gate's operator/SKILL.md §3.4 row (small-change) and CI workflow integration (separate future cycle).

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## §3. Process Learning

**What went wrong:** Nothing. This is the cleanest cycle in recent history — the issue resolved an open question before dispatch (cnos elision vs. literal three-level form), α required no ambiguity resolution, β approved R1 with zero findings. The one dispatch-note imprecision (`--allowedTools "Read,Write"` specified but not enforced) had no consequence; β self-regulated.

**What went right:**
- Issue design pre-resolved the key open question (cnos elision), shrinking α's decision surface to placement and form selection only.
- Single implementation commit (`0757c9be`) covering all five surfaces was the correct unit — no partial-application risk.
- Peer enumeration on first pass; β independently confirmed γ/SKILL.md and β/SKILL.md as non-prescriptive or already correct.
- Self-application (AC5) provided live operability evidence, not just claimed conformance.
- R1 APPROVED with zero findings — docs target (≤1 round) met exactly.

**Skill patches:** None needed. No skill gap identified.

**Active skill re-evaluation:**
- β obs #1 (AC1 oracle imprecision): oracle `rg '@cdd\.' cdd/` in the issue body was too broad. Underlying AC intent was met; α resolved the ambiguity. `issue/SKILL.md` oracle-precision guidance could be tightened, but single occurrence, no content consequence — below recurring-failure threshold. No patch.
- β obs #4 (`--allowedTools` not enforced): operator/dispatch execution gap. Spec is already correct. No skill patch.

**CDD improvement disposition:** No patch needed this cycle. No finding reached the recurring-failure threshold. No skill gap identified.

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## §4. Review Quality

**Cycles this release:** 1
**Avg review rounds:** 1.0 (target: ≤1 docs) ✅
**Superseded cycles:** 0

**Per-cycle round counts:**

| Cycle | Issue | Mode | Rounds | Binding findings (R1) | Notes |
|-------|-------|------|--------|----------------------|-------|
| #343 | Canonical `{role}@{project}.cdd.cnos` identity convention | docs-only | 1 | 0 | R1 APPROVED; 0 findings; 4 observations (not findings, not actionable on branch) |

**Finding-class breakdown:**

| Class | Definition | Count |
|---|---|---|
| **mechanical** | Caught by grep/diff/script | 0 |
| **wiring** | "X is wired into Y" but isn't | 0 |
| **honest-claim** | Doc claims something code/data doesn't back | 0 |
| **judgment** | Design/coherence assessment | 0 |
| **contract** | Work contract incoherent | 0 |

**Mechanical ratio:** 0% (0 findings total; threshold not applicable)
**Honest-claim ratio:** 0%
**Action:** None.

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## §4a. CDD Self-Coherence

- **CDD α:** 4/4 — All required artifacts present (self-coherence.md, alpha-closeout.md). CDD Trace through step 7a. AC-by-AC evidence with file+line citations. Peer enumeration complete on first pass. No debt. Self-application (AC5) demonstrated.
- **CDD β:** 4/4 — All review surfaces covered (contract integrity, implementation, verdict). Pre-merge gate row results explicit. Merge evidence complete (commit SHAs, push confirmed). Four observations precisely categorized as non-findings. Independent verification of γ/SKILL.md and β/SKILL.md documented.
- **CDD γ:** 4/4 — Issue quality high: design complete, open question pre-resolved, ACs numbered and oracle-grounded, non-goals stated. No Tier 3 skill path issues. Dispatch prompt included correct `Branch: cycle/343`. No post-dispatch unblocking required.
- **Weakest axis:** none; all at 4/4 this cycle.
- **Action:** None.

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## §4b. Cycle Iteration

**No §9.1 trigger fired.**

- Review rounds = 1 → no review-churn trigger (target ≤1 docs) ✅
- Mechanical findings = 0 of 0 total → no mechanical-overload trigger ✅
- No avoidable tooling/environment failure blocked the cycle (`--allowedTools` mismatch did not block; β self-regulated) ✅
- No loaded skill failed to prevent a finding (0 findings) ✅

**Independent γ process-gap check:** This cycle was a clean execution of a well-specified docs-only convention patch. No recurring friction identified. The pattern (pre-resolving design open questions in the issue body) is already established and implicitly captured in `issue/SKILL.md` AC quality requirements. No gate was too weak. No mechanization opportunity surfaces from this data. No patch or committed MCA warranted from this cycle's data alone.

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## §5. Production Verification

**Scenario:** Verify new identity convention is operable and no prescriptive use of deprecated form survives.

**Before this release:** `{role}@cdd.{project}` form used in `review/SKILL.md` §Review identity, `alpha/SKILL.md` pre-review gate row 14, and across `CDD.md` identity lines.

**After this release:** `{role}@{project}.cdd.cnos` canonical; `{role}@cdd.cnos` for cnos-side actors; deprecated form marked in `operator/SKILL.md` worked-example table and `post-release/SKILL.md` migration note.

**How to verify:**
1. `rg 'beta@cdd\.\{project\}' src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/review/SKILL.md` → 0 hits (old doctrine removed)
2. `rg '\.cdd\.cnos' src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/operator/SKILL.md` → prescription site present
3. `git log --format='%ae' cycle/343` → only `alpha@cdd.cnos`, `gamma@cdd.cnos`, `beta@cdd.cnos` — no old form

**Result:** PASS — β verified all three checks during R1 pass 2. α verified AC-by-AC before signaling review-readiness. Self-application on the cycle's own commit trail confirmed.

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## §6. CDD Closeout

| Step | Artifact | Skills loaded | Decision |
|------|----------|--------------|----------|
| 11 Observe | `.cdd/unreleased/343/{self-coherence,alpha-closeout,beta-review,beta-closeout}.md` | post-release/SKILL.md, gamma/SKILL.md | Cycle shipped identity convention patch; 1 review round; 0 findings; 4 non-actionable observations |
| 12 Assess | `docs/gamma/cdd/docs/2026-05-11/POST-RELEASE-ASSESSMENT.md` | post-release/SKILL.md | Assessment complete; α A, β A, γ A; C_Σ A |
| 13 Close | operator/SKILL.md §3.4 → next-MCA (carried); cycle/343 branch cleanup | post-release/SKILL.md | Cycle closed; no immediate outputs warranted; deferred outputs carried |

### §6a. Invariants Check

No architectural invariants document is touched by this cycle. Docs-only; no runtime behavior or package contracts affected.

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## §7. Next Move

**Next MCA:** `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` pre-merge gate row — add a row specifying `scripts/validate-release-gate.sh --mode pre-merge` as a required δ step before authorizing merge. Carried from cycle #339.

**Owner:** γ / δ

**Branch:** pending (small-change path)

**First AC:** `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` contains a row explicitly requiring `scripts/validate-release-gate.sh --mode pre-merge` as part of the δ pre-merge checklist, with citation to `CDD.md §5.3b` and `gamma/SKILL.md §2.10`.

**MCI frozen until shipped?** No — the gate is callable today; the §3.4 update is documentation closure.

**Closure evidence (CDD §10):**
- Immediate outputs executed: none warranted (0 findings, 0 triggers)
- Deferred outputs carried: `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` update → next-MCA, γ/δ owner, first AC stated above
- `cycle/343` branch cleanup: completed (`git push origin --delete cycle/343`)

**Immediate fixes executed in this session:**
- `.cdd/unreleased/343/gamma-closeout.md` written
- `docs/gamma/cdd/docs/2026-05-11/POST-RELEASE-ASSESSMENT.md` written (this file)
- `.cdd/unreleased/343/` moved to `.cdd/releases/docs/2026-05-11/343/`

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## §8. Hub Memory

Hub memory is operator-owned. No hub repo is accessible in this γ session.

**Next-session checklist for hub memory:**
- **Daily reflection:** Cycle #343 closed (docs-only, A/A/A). Identity convention canonicalized: `{role}@{project}.cdd.cnos`; cnos elision `{role}@cdd.cnos`. Deprecated form `{role}@cdd.{project}` documented with migration note. Self-application on cycle's own commit trail (all three roles). Cleanest cycle in recent history — 0 findings, R1 single-pass approval. Next: `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` pre-merge gate row (small-change, carried from #339).
- **Adhoc thread (CDD identity convention):** Convention now canonical in `operator/SKILL.md §Git identity for role actors` (lines 52–76). Cross-referenced from `CDD.md §Parameters`, `review/SKILL.md §Review identity`, `alpha/SKILL.md` pre-review gate row 14, `post-release/SKILL.md §Identity migration`. Deprecated `{role}@cdd.{project}` form documented; no history rewrite expected; transition-window tolerance stated.
- **Adhoc thread (CDD self-improvement arc):** `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` pre-merge gate row still open (growing lag). CI workflow integration still open (growing lag). Both carried to next cycle.

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## Addendum — Cycle #342

**Cycle:** #342 — cdd/operator: Add §5 Dispatch configurations + release §3.8 floor
**Date:** 2026-05-11 (merge commit `5e1414b9`, docs-only §2.5b)
**Assessed by:** γ (post-merge, cycle #343 already closed)

**Coherence measurement:**
- Baseline: #343 (docs) — α A, β A, γ A
- This cycle: #342 (docs) — α A, β A, γ A
- Delta: Holds at A on all axes. Cycle ran under §5.1 (canonical multi-session dispatch) — no §3.8 A− floor applies. AC6 (recursive coherence) met post-merge in `gamma-closeout.md`.
- Coherence contract closed? Yes. The ungoverned δ-as-γ single-session configuration is now canonical in `operator/SKILL.md §5`. Grading discipline for §5.2 cycles is explicit in `release/SKILL.md §3.8`. Operators have escalation criteria (§5.3) to switch back to §5.1.

**Encoding lag:** No change from #343 assessment. The two open items (`operator/SKILL.md §3.4` pre-merge gate row, CI integration) carry forward. MCI/MCA balance: balanced.

**Process learning:** 0 findings, 1 below-coherence-bar observation (N1: character inconsistency "A-" vs "A−" in §3.8 — dropped; same grade meaning, same rendering, single occurrence). No skill patches. No CDD improvement warranted from this cycle's data.

**Review quality:** 1 round, 0 findings, R1 APPROVED. Target ≤1 for docs — met.

**§9.1 triggers:** None fired.

**Next move:** Unchanged from #343 — `operator/SKILL.md §3.4` pre-merge gate row (small-change, carried from #339).

**Assessment detail:** See `.cdd/releases/docs/2026-05-11/342/gamma-closeout.md`.
