# Self-coherence — cycle/428

Mechanical AC1–AC11 verification per the issue specification. All greps run against `docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md` on `cycle/428` (verbatim v0.2.0 applied; mojibake cleaned).

## Grid

| AC  | Verdict | Oracle | Result |
|-----|---------|--------|--------|
| AC1 | PASS    | line count 600–950; first line `---`; H1 `# Cell of Cells`; H2 `## Recursive Coherence as a System Model` | 741 lines; `---` at line 1; H1 at line 29; H2 at line 31 |
| AC2 | PASS    | `^version: v0.2.0` = 1 hit; `^date: 2026-05-24` = 1 hit; `related:` ≥ 15 entries | 1 / 1 / 17 entries |
| AC3 | PASS    | `^## [0-9]+\. ` returns 19 hits in order 1..19 | 19 hits, ordered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 |
| AC4 | PASS    | `^### 16\.` count = 6 | 6 |
| AC5 | PASS    | `^### 18\.` count = 6 | 6 |
| AC6 | PASS    | `Î[±²³´µ]|â¡|matterâ|Cellâ|âµ` count = 0 | 0 |
| AC7 | PASS    | greek ≥ 30; ₙ ≥ 5; → ≥ 10; C≡ ≥ 1 | 76 / 40 / 22 / 3 |
| AC8 | PASS    | `PASS|override|repair_dispatch` ≥ 3 in §8 pseudocode | 7 hits document-wide; §8 alone contains all three branches |
| AC9 | PASS    | three §11 reframings present | `"contractₙ is given"` = 1; `"receiptₙ is emitted"` = 1; `"generate next issue"` = 1 |
| AC10| PASS    | `git diff --name-only origin/main..HEAD -- docs/` returns exactly target file | only `docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md` |
| AC11| PASS    | `git diff origin/main..HEAD -- src/ schemas/ scripts/` = 0 lines; `.github/` = 0 lines | 0 / 0 |

## Exact grep transcript

```
$ F=docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md

# AC1
$ wc -l $F
741 docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md
$ head -1 $F
---
$ grep -n "^# Cell of Cells" $F
29:# Cell of Cells
$ grep -n "^## Recursive Coherence as a System Model" $F
31:## Recursive Coherence as a System Model

# AC2
$ grep -c "^version: v0.2.0" $F
1
$ grep -c "^date: 2026-05-24" $F
1
$ awk '/^related:/{f=1;next} f && /^[a-zA-Z]/{f=0} f && /^  - /{c++} END{print c}' $F
17

# AC3
$ grep -E "^## [0-9]+\. " $F | wc -l
19
$ grep -E "^## [0-9]+\. " $F
## 1. Why this document exists
## 2. Problem: tasks are the wrong primitive
## 3. Cell as recursive type
## 4. Message descends; receipt ascends
## 5. Triadic interior
## 6. Boundary: V and δ
## 7. Stream: ε
## 8. Cell-of-cells composition law
## 9. Relation to C≡
## 10. Relation to TSC
## 11. Relation to CCNF
## 12. Relation to handoff
## 13. Domain realizations: CDS and CDR
## 14. Human/operator as enclosing cell
## 15. Autonomy as next-message generation
## 16. Consequences for design
## 17. What this document does not change
## 18. Open questions
## 19. Summary

# AC4
$ grep -c "^### 16\." $F
6

# AC5
$ grep -c "^### 18\." $F
6

# AC6
$ grep -cE "Î[±²³´µ]|â¡|matterâ|Cellâ|âµ" $F
0

# AC7
$ grep -co "α\|β\|γ\|δ\|ε" $F
76
$ grep -co "ₙ" $F
40
$ grep -co "→" $F
22
$ grep -co "C≡" $F
3

# AC8
$ grep -cE "PASS|override|repair_dispatch" $F
7

# AC9
$ grep -c '"contractₙ is given"' $F
1
$ grep -c '"receiptₙ is emitted"' $F
1
$ grep -c '"generate next issue"' $F
1

# AC10
$ git diff --name-only origin/main..HEAD -- docs/
docs/gamma/essays/CELL-OF-CELLS.md
(plus close-out artifacts staged under .cdd/unreleased/428/ — non-docs)

# AC11
$ git diff origin/main..HEAD -- src/ schemas/ scripts/ | wc -l
0
$ git diff origin/main..HEAD -- .github/ | wc -l
0
```

## Verdict

**All 11 ACs PASS.** The cell closes clean.

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