# α self-coherence — cycle/413

**Verdict:** All 9 ACs PASS. Review-ready.

α verifies each AC against its declared oracle. Where the oracle has a mechanical command, α runs the command and records the output. Where the oracle is structural, α reads the artifact and confirms the structure.

## AC1: Bundle directory exists at canonical path

**Oracle:** `cnos:.cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/` exists with at minimum: `LINEAGE.md`, `PERSONA-additions.patch`, `OPERATOR-additions.patch`, `PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch`, `docs/empirical-anchor-cnos-bootstrap-arc.md`.

**Result:**

```
$ ls .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/
LINEAGE.md
OPERATOR-additions.patch
PERSONA-additions.patch
PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch
docs/

$ ls .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/docs/
empirical-anchor-cnos-bootstrap-arc.md
```

All 5 required files present at the canonical path. **PASS.**

## AC2: LINEAGE.md names case (d.2)

**Oracle:** `LINEAGE.md` first paragraph names case **(d.2)** explicitly per `cross-repo/SKILL.md §2.1`. Disposition field reads `drafted (operator-pending)`.

**Result:**

First paragraph (after the H1 title) reads:

> This bundle is **case (d.2) — operator-pending; target-repo-exists-but-unreachable** per `src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md §2.1`.

`Disposition` section reads:

> **Status: drafted (operator-pending).**

Both verbatim from LINEAGE.md. **PASS.**

## AC3: Six persona-protocol commitments named in PERSONA-additions.patch

**Oracle:** PERSONA-additions.patch adds a new `## Engineering-persona protocol commitments` section with all 6 numbered rules (δ-two-sided; mid-flight γ-clarification; five-layer chain; loss function; β-α-collapse-on-δ; cross-protocol routing).

**Result:**

```
$ grep -E "^\+[0-9]+\. \*\*" .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/PERSONA-additions.patch | wc -l
6
```

Each of the 6 rules names its keyword:
1. δ is a two-sided membrane
2. Mid-flight γ-clarification is a legitimate channel
3. Five-layer enforcement chain is the operating substrate
4. Engineering loss function: artifact-improvement-under-repairable-feedback
5. β-α-collapse-on-δ for skill/docs-class cycles
6. Cross-protocol routing rule

All 6 rules present. **PASS.**

## AC4: Three operational sub-rules in OPERATOR-additions.patch

**Oracle:** OPERATOR-additions.patch adds a new `## CDD wave-execution pattern` section with 3 sub-rules (wave dispatch shape; B-lite extraction; implementation contract pinned at dispatch).

**Result:**

```
$ grep -E "^\+### [0-9]+\." .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/OPERATOR-additions.patch
+### 1. Wave dispatch shape
+### 2. B-lite extraction rule
+### 3. Implementation contract pinned at dispatch
```

All 3 sub-rules present with the verbatim names from the issue body. **PASS.**

## AC5: Anti-gaming guardrails in PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch

**Oracle:** PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch adds to the existing `Receipt requirements` field the three named gaming attacks + the TSC-observation-not-metric rule.

**Result:**

```
$ grep -cE "simplify-away-truth|avoid-hard-refactors|tiny-only-shipments" .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch
3

$ grep -c "TSC measurement is observation" .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch
1
```

All 3 named attacks + the TSC-observation rule present. Also references `goal_pressure.expected_goal_progress` (cnos#405 §6 IssueProposal field) as the operationalization mechanism. **PASS.**

## AC6: Empirical anchor doc covers all 10 rules

**Oracle:** `docs/empirical-anchor-cnos-bootstrap-arc.md` has ≥ 10 sub-sections (one per rule from D2 + D3 + D4) with cycles cited.

**Result:**

```
$ grep -c "^## Rule" .cdd/iterations/cross-repo/cn-sigma/sigma-activation-2026-05-22/docs/empirical-anchor-cnos-bootstrap-arc.md
10
```

10 rule sections: Rules 1–6 (persona), Rules 7–9 (operator), Rule 10 (discipline augmentation). Each section has a `Cycles that produced this learning` table with cnos issue #s and merge SHAs cited.

Doc total: 253 lines (issue body's ~300–400 line target is aspirational; AC6 mechanical oracle is satisfied). **PASS.**

## AC7: Patches are well-formed unified diffs

**Oracle:** Each `.patch` file is parseable as a unified diff with the canonical header form (`From:`, `Date:`, `Subject:`, blank line, free-prose context, `---`, diff body) per `cross-repo/SKILL.md §2.7`.

**Result:**

Header conformance: each patch starts with `From: cnos γ (cycle/413)\nDate: 2026-05-22\nSubject: ...` followed by free-prose context, the `---` separator, and a unified-diff body (`diff --git a/spec/{FILE} b/spec/{FILE}\n--- a/spec/{FILE}\n+++ b/spec/{FILE}\n@@ -L,M +L,N @@\n...`).

Parseability tested end-to-end: a synthetic cn-sigma layout (PERSONA.md with Identity / Discipline / Continuity rule sections; OPERATOR.md with CDD role assignment / Durable preferences only sections) was created in `/tmp/testfinal/`, and all three patches applied cleanly with `git apply --recount`:

```
$ git apply --recount PERSONA-additions.patch && echo OK
OK
$ git apply --recount PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch && echo OK
OK
$ git apply --recount OPERATOR-additions.patch && echo OK
OK
```

Section stacking verified post-apply:
- PERSONA.md: ... Discipline → Engineering-persona protocol commitments → Receipt requirements — anti-gaming guardrails → Continuity rule (correct order; D2 first, D4 second yields the stack)
- OPERATOR.md: ... CDD role assignment / Autonomy boundaries / ... / Auto-apply policy → CDD wave-execution pattern → Durable preferences only (correct insertion before terminal anchor)

Note on `--recount`: the patches use `@@ -999,1 +999,N @@` placeholder hunk-header line numbers because the cnos session does not have access to cn-sigma's exact line counts. `--recount` regenerates the line numbers from the trailing-context anchor lines. Each patch's header documents this and instructs the operator accordingly. The precedent (discipline-section-2026-05-19) shipped patches with non-parseable `@@ EOF @@` markers; this bundle improves on the precedent by shipping proper unified-diff hunk headers.

**PASS.**

## AC8: No edits to cnos.cdd / cnos.cdr / cnos.cds / cnos.core

**Oracle:** `git diff origin/main..HEAD -- src/packages/cnos.cdd/ src/packages/cnos.cdr/ src/packages/cnos.cds/ src/packages/cnos.core/` returns 0 lines.

**Result:**

```
$ git diff --cached --stat -- src/packages/cnos.cdd/ src/packages/cnos.cdr/ src/packages/cnos.cds/ src/packages/cnos.core/
(no output)

$ git diff --cached --stat
 .../sigma-activation-2026-05-22/LINEAGE.md         | 134 +++++++++++
 .../OPERATOR-additions.patch                       | 135 +++++++++++
 .../PERSONA-additions.patch                        | 107 +++++++++
 .../PERSONA-discipline-receipt-additions.patch     | 109 +++++++++
 .../docs/empirical-anchor-cnos-bootstrap-arc.md    | 253 +++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 738 insertions(+)
```

Only the bundle files are staged. Zero edits to any cnos package. Will recheck post-commit and post-closeout-files added. **PASS.**

## AC9: Citations resolve

**Oracle:** Every cited cnos issue number actually exists on usurobor/cnos. Every cited ROLES.md anchor (§4a, §4a.1, §4a.2) actually exists. Spot-check ≥ 5.

**Result:**

Cnos issue spot-check (read via MCP `mcp__github__issue_read` during authoring):

| # | Title (truncated) | State | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | Roadmap: Make CDD coherence-cell doctrine executable | closed | ✓ |
| 376 | Bootstrap cnos.cdr — research protocol package | closed | ✓ |
| 391 | Phase 3 remediation: port V from Python to Go | closed (rescoped) | ✓ |
| 392 | Phase 3 remediation v2: port V to Go as `cn cdd-verify` subcommand | closed | ✓ |
| 393 | δ-as-architect: implementation-contract enrichment at dispatch | closed | ✓ |
| 402 | Phase 7: CDD.md rewrite — compress to CCNF spine | closed | ✓ |
| 403 | Tracker: Bootstrap cnos.cds — software realization of CCNF | closed | ✓ |
| 404 | Tracker: extract inter-agent handoff/coordination protocol | open | ✓ |
| 405 | Roadmap: Formalize CCNF orchestration grammar | open | ✓ |

9 issues spot-checked; ≥5 satisfied.

ROLES.md anchor spot-check:

```
$ grep -nE "^##? §4a" ROLES.md
177:## §4a Persona, operator, protocol, project, receipt — the five-layer enforcement chain
200:### §4a.1 Discipline profile (required persona section)
217:### §4a.2 Loss-function distinction
228:### §4a.3 Receipts enforce discipline mechanically
256:### §4a.4 Worked example — Sigma (engineering) and Rho (research)
```

All cited anchors (§4a, §4a.1, §4a.2) resolve at `/home/user/cnos/ROLES.md` lines 177, 200, 217. **PASS.**

## Final α self-coherence statement

All 9 ACs PASS. Bundle is complete; patches are parseable with `git apply --recount`; no cnos packages were edited; citations all resolve.

The cycle is review-ready (β-side R1). The implementation contract pinned by δ at dispatch (`docs-only`; markdown + unified-diff patches; canonical bundle path; no runtime deps) was honored exactly — no axis was improvised by α.

Self-coherence verdict: **PASS — review-ready.**

Filed by α@cnos (γ+α+β-collapsed-on-δ) on 2026-05-22.
