# Self-coherence — Cycle 423

**Cycle:** [cnos#423](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/423) — Build-fix for cnos#416 cross-repo stub missing triggers
**Branch:** `cycle/423` (from `origin/main` @ `7a1f7024`)
**Author:** α (collapsed γ+α+β on δ)
**Date:** 2026-05-23

## Summary

All 7 acceptance criteria from [cnos#423](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/423) PASS mechanically. The cycle's surface is exactly one frontmatter-only edit to the cnos#416 compatibility stub: three new YAML lines (`triggers:` field with two list items `cross-repo-moved` and `handoff-extracted`). The stub body is byte-identical to the pre-edit state. `TestValidate_RealCorpus_NoEmptyTriggers` now passes; the full `go test ./...` suite is green.

## AC verification

### AC1 — Targeted test passes

```
$ cd src/go && go test ./internal/activation/... -run TestValidate_RealCorpus_NoEmptyTriggers -count=1
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/activation	0.029s
```

Pre-edit: this test failed with `empty-triggers against real corpus: package cnos.cdd: skill cdd/cross-repo has no triggers`. Post-edit: PASS.

**PASS.**

### AC2 — Full test suite passes

```
$ cd src/go && go test ./... -count=1
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/activate	0.065s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/activation	0.067s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/binupdate	0.051s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/cli	0.018s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/discover	0.013s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/dispatch	0.011s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/doctor	0.257s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/hubinit	0.034s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/hubsetup	0.012s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/hubstatus	0.041s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/pkg	0.004s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/pkgbuild	0.044s
ok  	github.com/usurobor/cnos/src/go/internal/restore	0.040s
```

Every package under `src/go/...` exits 0. The `cmd/cn` directory has no test files (expected; binary entrypoint).

**PASS.**

### AC3 — Exactly one `src/packages/` path changed

```
$ git diff origin/main..HEAD --name-only -- src/packages/
src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md
```

Single path; matches the issue's pinned single-file-edit hard rule.

**PASS.**

### AC4 — Diff hunk is +3 -0 frontmatter-only

```
$ git diff origin/main..HEAD -- src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ parent: cdd
 status: moved
 canonical: cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/cross-repo/SKILL.md
+triggers:
+  - cross-repo-moved
+  - handoff-extracted
 ---
```

Three added lines, zero removed lines, zero body lines touched. The triggers field sits inside the YAML frontmatter (between `canonical:` and the closing `---` fence). The body of the stub (lines 11–29 in the post-edit file) is byte-identical to the cnos#416 authored version.

**PASS** — frontmatter-only addition, +3/-0.

### AC5 — No trigger collision with the canonical

```
$ grep -E "^  - (cross-repo|proposal intake|outbound iteration|bilateral iteration|feedback patch)$" src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md
(no matches; exit 1)
```

Neither `cross-repo-moved` nor `handoff-extracted` collides with the canonical's five triggers at `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/cross-repo/SKILL.md` (`cross-repo`, `proposal intake`, `outbound iteration`, `bilateral iteration`, `feedback patch`). The activation index's conflict detector will not produce duplicate-keyword warnings against the pointer.

**PASS** — both new triggers are disjoint from the canonical's keyword set.

### AC6 — No diff in `src/go/`

```
$ git diff origin/main..HEAD -- src/go/ | wc -l
0
```

Zero lines of diff against `src/go/...`. The activation validator (`internal/activation/validate.go`), the test file (`internal/activation/index_test.go`), and all other Go sources are byte-identical to `origin/main`. This cycle fixes the data, not the contract.

**PASS** — 0 lines.

### AC7 — No other skill edits

```
$ git diff origin/main..HEAD --name-only -- src/packages/ | grep -v "cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md"
(no matches; exit 1)
```

The single path under `src/packages/` is the cnos#416 stub. No other SKILL.md / CDD.md / CDS.md / CDR.md / README.md is touched in any of the four protocol packages (`cnos.cdd`, `cnos.cds`, `cnos.cdr`, `cnos.handoff`) nor in any other package family.

**PASS** — single skill edit; no scope-creep into other protocol surfaces.

## Implementation-contract verification (Rule 7)

The implementation contract pinned in `gamma-scaffold.md`:

| Axis | Pinned value | Diff conforms? |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Markdown frontmatter (YAML) | ✓ Three YAML lines added; no other syntax touched |
| CLI integration target | None | ✓ No `cmd/cn` / CLI changes |
| Package scoping | One file edit + cycle-close artifacts | ✓ Exactly one `src/packages/` path; rest is `.cdd/unreleased/423/` + INDEX.md |
| Existing-binary disposition | N/A | ✓ No binary touched |
| Runtime dependencies | None | ✓ No runtime additions |
| JSON/wire contract | YAML triggers list (string array of length 2) | ✓ Two-element list at the canonical frontmatter key |
| Backward compat | Stub remains a pointer; `artifact_class: pointer` / `status: moved` / `canonical:` unchanged; body verbatim | ✓ All preserved |

**All 7 axes conform to the diff.** No severity-D `implementation-contract` findings.

## Diff scope summary

```
$ git diff --stat origin/main..HEAD
 .cdd/unreleased/423/gamma-scaffold.md              | <γ commit>
 .cdd/unreleased/423/self-coherence.md              | <α commit; this file>
 .cdd/unreleased/423/alpha-closeout.md              | <α commit>
 src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/cross-repo/SKILL.md | 3 +
```

Plus β-side cycle artifacts (`beta-review.md`, `beta-closeout.md`) and γ-side close (`gamma-closeout.md`, `cdd-iteration.md`, INDEX.md row). All within the cycle's pinned package scope.

## Findings / protocol gaps surfaced this cycle

**One binding finding** — see [`cdd-iteration.md`](cdd-iteration.md).

- **Class:** `cdd-skill-gap`
- **Trigger:** loaded-skill miss
- **Description:** cnos#416's dispatch brief did not enumerate the activation validator's "every SKILL.md needs non-empty `triggers:`" requirement. The agent authored a 28-line compatibility stub with `artifact_class: pointer` / `status: moved` framing but no `triggers:` field. CI on `main` post-merge surfaced the `IssueEmptyTriggers` failure that cnos#423 now patches.
- **Root cause:** dispatch-brief incomplete. The `cnos.handoff` extraction sub did not load `internal/activation/Validate`'s requirements as a Tier 3 reference, so the stub-authoring step proceeded without the triggers-required rule in context.
- **Disposition:** `next-MCA` — patch the cdd dispatch template (or `activation/SKILL.md`, or the stub-authoring pattern documentation) to require non-empty `triggers:` on all SKILL.md files including `artifact_class: pointer` files; OR patch `internal/activation/Validate` to exempt `artifact_class: pointer` skills from the empty-triggers check (architecturally cleaner; more invasive). Operator picks at next-MCA dispatch.

## β verdict

APPROVE — Round 1. See [`beta-review.md`](beta-review.md).
