# α self-coherence — cycle/415

**Issue:** [cnos#415](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/415) — Sub 1 of [#404](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/404): Bootstrap `cnos.handoff` package skeleton + extraction map
**Branch:** `cycle/415` (from `bc29c009`)
**Commit under review:** `cb40e282` (α-415: skeleton + extraction map)

## What α produced

- `src/packages/cnos.handoff/cn.package.json` (9 lines; verbatim schema/name/version/kind/engines per #415 D1)
- `src/packages/cnos.handoff/README.md` (77 lines; cnos.cds README section shape)
- `src/packages/cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/SKILL.md` (130 lines; cnos.cds + cnos.cdr loader-skill pattern)
- `src/packages/cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/.gitkeep` (0 bytes; HANDOFF.md omitted per J1)
- `src/packages/cnos.handoff/docs/extraction-map.md` (267 lines; 12 `##` sections; 6 required surface families + 2 discovered + close-out)

5 files; 483 insertions. No deletions; no modifications outside the new package directory.

## AC-by-AC verification

### AC1 — Package skeleton exists at canonical path

- `test -f src/packages/cnos.handoff/cn.package.json` → present (verbatim shape verified by `diff` against the spec body in #415 D1; identical except for the trailing newline which is conventional).
- `test -f src/packages/cnos.handoff/README.md` → present; `wc -l` = 77 (≥ 50).
- `test -f src/packages/cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/SKILL.md` → present; frontmatter has every required field (name, description, artifact_class, governing_question, triggers, calls; also kata_surface, visibility, scope, inputs, outputs, requires).
- `test -f src/packages/cnos.handoff/docs/extraction-map.md` → present.

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC2 — Package loads via existing cn discovery without error

Built `cn` from `src/go/cmd/cn` at HEAD; ran `cn build --check`:

```
✓ cnos.cdd: valid
✓ cnos.cdd.kata: valid
✓ cnos.cdr: valid
✓ cnos.cds: valid
✓ cnos.core: valid
✓ cnos.eng: valid
✓ cnos.handoff: valid
✓ cnos.kata: valid
✓ All packages valid.
```

`cnos.handoff: valid` confirms discovery. No changes to `cnos.core` discovery code were required; the filesystem-presence convention (`pkg.ContentClasses`) accepted the new package immediately.

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC3 — README declares cross-protocol relationship correctly

`README.md` declares (verified by read-check against the file):

- **handoff owns wire formats + handoff doctrine for inter-agent / inter-activation / inter-repo transport.** Stated in §"cnos.handoff" opening paragraph and §"What handoff Does" first paragraph.
- **cdd / cds / cdr are the three current consumers; future protocol packages can consume too.** Stated in §"Cross-protocol relationship" first paragraph ("Three current consumers — cnos.cdd, cnos.cdr, cnos.cds — and an open class of future c-d-X protocol packages").
- **Boundary vs CCNF-O (cnos#405 Track A): handoff transports work; CCNF-O composes cells. Different reasons to change.** Stated verbatim in §"Cross-protocol relationship" second paragraph.
- **Cites cnos#404 as parent tracker.** Six citations to cnos#404 in README; the opening sentence of §"Cross-protocol relationship" names it as parent tracker.
- **Cites cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md as primary surface being absorbed.** Stated in §"Forthcoming surfaces" (`skills/handoff/cross-repo/SKILL.md` row: "migrates from `cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md` (644 lines; the primary surface this package absorbs)").

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC4 — SKILL.md loader pattern mirrors cds/cdr

Verified by read-check against `cnos.cds/skills/cds/SKILL.md` and `cnos.cdr/skills/cdr/SKILL.md`:

- **Frontmatter structure:** name, description, artifact_class, kata_surface, governing_question, visibility, triggers, scope, inputs, outputs, requires, calls — all 12 fields present in the same order as cnos.cds.
- **calls names forthcoming sub-skill files as advisory targets:** `HANDOFF.md`, `cross-repo/SKILL.md`, `dispatch/SKILL.md`, `mid-flight/SKILL.md`, `artifact-channel/SKILL.md`, `receipt-stream/SKILL.md` — all five sub-skills plus the canonical HANDOFF.md per the cnos.cds + cnos.cdr precedent.
- **Section shape:** `## Load order` → `## Rule` → `## Sub-skills` → `## Cross-protocol relationship` → `## Conflict rule` → `## v0.1 caveat` — matches the cnos.cds 6-section shape (load order; rule; role overlays; cross-protocol; conflict rule; v0.1 caveat).
- **v0.1 caveat section explicitly names the forthcoming files as advisory and cites cds + cdr Sub 1 precedents.**

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC5 — Extraction map covers all 6 required surface families

`docs/extraction-map.md` contains tables for each of the 6 required surfaces per #415 D2:

1. §1 Cross-repo state machine + bundles — destination `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/cross-repo/SKILL.md` — Sub 2
2. §2 Dispatch-prompt template — destination `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/dispatch/SKILL.md` — Sub 3
3. §3 Implementation-contract schema — destination `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/dispatch/SKILL.md §"Implementation contract"` — Sub 3
4. §4 Mid-flight `gamma-clarification.md` mechanism — destination `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/mid-flight/SKILL.md` — Sub 4
5. §5 `.cdd/unreleased/{N}/` artifact channel rules — destination `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/artifact-channel/SKILL.md` — Sub 4
6. §6 `cdd-iteration.md` receipt-stream + INDEX.md aggregator — destination `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/receipt-stream/SKILL.md` — Sub 5

Each row's destination resolves to a path under `cnos.handoff/`. Each row's migration-sub field names Sub 2 / Sub 3 / Sub 4 / Sub 5.

Plus two additional discovered surfaces (§7 polling primitives — Sub 5 or deferred; §8 spec-staleness propagation — Sub 4 folded) and the close-out row (§9 — Sub 6).

Mechanical: `grep -c "^## " docs/extraction-map.md` = 12 (≥ 6).

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC6 — No content migrated yet

```
$ git diff --stat origin/main..HEAD -- src/packages/cnos.cdd/
(empty)
$ git diff --stat origin/main..HEAD -- src/packages/cnos.cdr/
(empty)
$ git diff --stat origin/main..HEAD -- src/packages/cnos.cds/
(empty)
```

All three packages untouched. `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/HANDOFF.md` does not exist (`.gitkeep` is the placeholder per J1).

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC7 — No CCNF-O typing

```
$ test -d schemas/ccnf-o/
(returns nonzero — directory does not exist)
```

No new files under `schemas/ccnf-o/`. No CUE schemas authored for orchestration grammar. Track A of cnos#405 remains gated on the cnos#404 wave closing.

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC8 — No cn-cdd-verify changes

```
$ git diff --stat origin/main..HEAD -- src/packages/cnos.cdd/commands/cdd-verify/
(empty)
```

**Verdict:** PASS.

### AC9 — No runtime/harness changes

```
$ git diff --stat origin/main..HEAD -- src/go/
(empty)
```

No changes to `src/go/` (cn binary, internal packages); no changes to harness scripts; no changes to release-effector mechanics.

**Verdict:** PASS.

## Summary

All 9 ACs PASS by mechanical or read-check verification. The package is loadable, the extraction map is credible, no content is migrated, and the load-bearing artifact (the extraction map) commits Subs 2–6 to specific destinations with sub assignments.

## Configuration-floor check

Per `cnos.cds/skills/cds/CDS.md §"Field 6: Actor collapse rule"`, the β-α-collapse-on-δ pattern is permitted for docs-class / skill-class cycles where the matter is documentation, structure, or skeleton; software-engineering substantive matter requires α≠β. This cycle's matter is **docs-only + package skeleton + extraction map** (Mode declared in #415: "docs-only + package skeleton + extraction map"); the collapse is permitted. The dispatch pattern declared in the cycle metadata ("γ+α+β collapsed on δ") matches the cycle's matter class.

## Cycle iteration triggers

Per `cnos.cds/skills/cds/CDS.md §"Assessment" → "Cycle iteration triggers"`:

- Review rounds: 1 expected (β R1 below).
- Mechanical-vs-judgment ratio: 100% mechanical (all 9 ACs are file-presence, grep-count, or git-diff-line-count checks; read-checks for AC3 and AC4 are structural — section presence and frontmatter presence).
- Avoidable tooling/environmental failure: none observed.
- Loaded skill failed to prevent a finding: none observed.

Expected `protocol_gap_count` = 0; courtesy stub `cdd-iteration.md` will be written.

## Hand-off to β

β reviews this self-coherence record + the commit `cb40e282` (skeleton + map) + the cycle branch `cycle/415` against the 9 ACs in #415. Expected verdict: APPROVE R1.
