# γ closeout — cycle/428

**Issue:** [cnos#428](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/428) — `CELL-OF-CELLS.md` v0.1.0 → v0.2.0 (formalized composition law + consequences + anti-scope).
**Branch:** `cycle/428` from `origin/main` (`74697eea`).
**Mode:** docs-only; β-α-collapse-on-δ.

## Cycle outcome

**ACCEPTED.** All 11 ACs PASS per `self-coherence.md`; R1 APPROVED per `beta-review.md`; no override block populated; receipt crosses cell wall as `accepted`.

The cell closes clean.

## Surface delivered

Single-file substantive delta (matches the dispatch implementation contract exactly):

- `docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md` — 657 lines (v0.1.0) → 741 lines (v0.2.0). Frontmatter version v0.1.0 → v0.2.0; date 2026-05-23 → 2026-05-24; `related:` list extended to 17 entries.

Seven artifact files at `.cdd/unreleased/428/`:

- `gamma-scaffold.md`
- `self-coherence.md`
- `beta-review.md`
- `alpha-closeout.md`
- `beta-closeout.md`
- `gamma-closeout.md` (this file)
- `cdd-iteration.md` (courtesy stub; `protocol_gap_count: 0`)

One INDEX update at `.cdd/iterations/INDEX.md` (row appended for cycle 428).

## Commit lineage

Three commits per role, on `cycle/428`:

1. **α-428** — `α-428: replace CELL-OF-CELLS.md v0.1.0 with v0.2.0 (formalized composition law + consequences + anti-scope; mojibake-cleaned)`
2. **β-428** — `β-428: R1 APPROVED — AC1-AC11 PASS + role closeouts (α, β)`
3. **γ-428** — `γ-428: close-outs (γ + scaffold + self-coherence) + courtesy cdd-iteration stub + INDEX row`

## β-α-collapse-on-δ attribution

This cycle ran with the β and α stations collapsed onto a single actor under δ-authorization, per the breadth-2026-05-12 wave-manifest precedent for skill/docs-class cycles. The collapse is named explicitly rather than hidden. The mechanical AC oracle (grep + line count + file scope) stands in for the independent β discriminator, which is the immunology firebreak that makes the collapse structurally safe for docs-only work. The receipt carries the collapse as a known disposition with no degradation marker — the oracle returned PASS on every axis.

A future cycle that operationalizes V as the cell-wall validator may re-run essay cycles through an independent β-actor. Until then, the role-collapse posture matches the cycle/424 + cycle/414 + cycle/420 precedent for docs-class work.

## Push + merge instruction

After this commit set lands, push `cycle/428` to origin:

```
git push -u origin cycle/428
```

**Do not merge to main from this dispatch.** The operator owns the outermost δ at the system scope (per the essay this cycle just published, §14: "The operator is the enclosing cell at the highest practical scope").

Merge instruction for the operator (single command, no PR):

```
git merge cycle/428 --no-ff -m "Merge cycle/428: cnos#428 — CELL-OF-CELLS.md v0.1.0 → v0.2.0. Closes #428."
```

## Refusal conditions honored

All hard rules from the dispatch brief and the issue body held:

- **Docs-only.** No code, no schemas, no scripts, no .github/, no skill content. Verified by `git diff origin/main..HEAD -- src/ schemas/ scripts/ .github/` returning 0 lines.
- **Single-file substance.** Only `docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md` substantively changed; close-out artifacts and INDEX row are in-scope receipt-stream housekeeping, not docs/code surface.
- **Verbatim fidelity.** Operator's v0.2.0 seed copied as-is; mojibake substitutions applied per table; no redraft.
- **README untouched.** Existing pointer is version-agnostic ("DRAFT") and required no update.
- **No PR; no merge.** Pushed branch only.
- **No new issue dispatch.** No #405 work, no other follow-on issues filed.

## Protocol-gap signals

`protocol_gap_count: 0`. No `cdd-*-gap` findings. Courtesy stub at `cdd-iteration.md` per the receipt-stream convention authorized by `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/receipt-stream/SKILL.md` and inherited from cycles 396, 401, 406–427.

## Cycle close

Filed by γ@cnos (β-α-collapse-on-δ) on 2026-05-24.
