---
cycle: 364
issue: "https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/364"
date: "2026-05-15"
reviewer: beta@cdd.cnos
---

# β Review — #364

## Round 1

**Base SHA observed (`git rev-parse origin/main`):** `d412a1e9dd17c5637e0318ea774bcc8fbff124fc`
**Cycle branch HEAD reviewed:** `4630fe7` (α's review-readiness commit) — α implementation at `b632fc3`
**Diff base for review:** `origin/main d412a1e9` (unchanged since cycle creation)
**Mode of artifact under review:** docs-only

### Contract integrity

- α identity on implementation commit `b632fc3`: `git log -1 b632fc3 --format='%ae'` → `alpha@cdd.cnos` ✓
- β identity asserted before review: `beta@cdd.cnos` ✓ (β ≠ α at actor level)
- Issue #364 body read at review time. The 17 ACs and forbidden-surfaces list match what α implemented against.

### Pre-merge gate

| # | Row | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identity truth | PASS — `git config user.email` returns `beta@cdd.cnos` |
| 2 | Canonical-skill freshness | PASS — `origin/main` at `d412a1e9` (same as cycle base SHA, no advance during cycle); CDD.md / beta/SKILL.md / review/SKILL.md / release/SKILL.md unchanged since session-start snapshot |
| 3 | Non-destructive merge-test | PASS — worktree merge against `origin/main`: automatic-merge clean; 0 unmerged paths; 4 files staged (COHERENCE-CELL.md, README.md, gamma-scaffold.md, self-coherence.md); no new validator findings on the merge tree (docs-only, no validator pipeline applies) |
| 4 | γ artifact completeness | PASS — `.cdd/unreleased/364/gamma-scaffold.md` exists on `origin/cycle/364` with §Gap, mode, ACs reference, acceptance posture, skills, and dispatch configuration recorded |

All four rows pass. No row-based RC findings.

### Issue contract: AC-by-AC re-run

β independently ran every AC oracle command from #364 against `COHERENCE-CELL.md` at HEAD. Results:

| AC | Oracle outcome | Verdict |
|----|----------------|---------|
| AC1 | `Status: Draft refactor doctrine` header (1 hit). Does-Not-Own clause names `CDD.md`, "does not replace", "does not supersede" (1 collapsed hit covering authority-boundary regex). | PASS |
| AC2 | Five greps all match: roles/functions (6), runtime substrate (15), validation/cell wall/trust boundary (4), release/boundary effection (11), separation language ("must not be fused", "separate surfaces") (3). Structural prediction stated explicitly in the AC2-invariant section. | PASS |
| AC3 | All nine positive greps match: contract (42), cell (51), receipt (68), evidence graph (3), validation verdict (2), V signature / V(contract...) (9), α produce (6), β review/discriminate (18), γ close (8). Full recursion equation in `## Recursion Equation` reads matter→review→closed_cell→receipt→verdict→ACCEPTED→α_{n+1}. | PASS |
| AC4 | All five greps match: not ζ / zeta (2), predicate/capability/typed judgment (9), δ invoke (6), trust-not-γ (1), `contract + evidence + valid receipt` (2). | PASS |
| AC5 | Override (12), "not validity / degraded boundary action / must be receipted" (3). | PASS |
| AC6 | cn-cdd-verify (7), artifact-presence/completeness (2), receipt/contract/evidence-graph (34), self-coherence.md (2), beta-review.md (4), gamma-closeout.md (3). | PASS |
| AC7 | Positives: schema name `cnos.cdd.receipt.example` (1), all six receipt sections present (contract/production/review/closure/validation/boundary each ≥1), illustrative/example/sketch (4), not normative / schema deferred (3). **NEGATIVE: zero hits for `schema: cnos.cdd.receipt.v1\b`** — v1 is not pinned. | PASS |
| AC8 | All five greps match: "α≠β is not bureaucracy" (1), contagion firebreak (2), "β is the cell's immune discrimination" (2), "without independent β review" (1), degraded matter / immunologically compromised (4). Operative immune doctrine stated, not loose mention. | PASS |
| AC9 | All five greps match: alpha_actor vs beta_actor (1), alpha_commit_authors / beta_review_authors (2), β verdict/finding disposition (3), reviewed artifact refs (1), verdict precedes merge (3). Validator framed as rejection of counterfeit, not proof of semantic independence — phrased explicitly. | PASS |
| AC10 | All seven greps match: membrane/boundary policy (6), transport (7), effector/irreversible/tag/deploy (28), harness/platform driver/substrate (22), **exclusion polarity (2)**, runtime mechanics names (claude -p, cn dispatch, etc., 16), **belong-below polarity (4)**. Substrate explicitly excluded from δ role doctrine. | PASS |
| AC11 | All four greps match: managerial residue/idiom/supervision (5), monitor/supervise/oversee/manage (5), `artifact, receipt, or boundary decision` (2), observe/discriminate/route/validate/close/transport/release/repair-dispatch (64). Sweep rule block present. | PASS |
| AC12 | All three greps match: ε/epsilon (19), protocol evolution/receipt stream/protocol gap (9), `not metabolism / not ordinary in-cell / outside the cell` (5). | PASS |
| AC13 | All four greps match: protocol_gap_count (5), protocol_gap_refs (5), cdd-iteration.md (3), `required only when protocol_gap_count > 0` (2). | PASS |
| AC14 | All six greps match: landing order / deferred (2), receipt.cue / contract.cue (5), refactor cn-cdd-verify (2), split δ / boundary complex (3), shrink γ (6), move ε (1). Sequence 1→6 listed in `## Practical Landing Order` with each item marked deferred. | PASS |
| AC15 | README.md grep `COHERENCE-CELL.md\|Coherence Cell\|coherence-cell` returns 1 hit. Pointer present in the `/skills/ — The Method` section. | PASS |
| AC16 | `git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD` returns 4 files: COHERENCE-CELL.md, README.md, gamma-scaffold.md, self-coherence.md (both evidence files under `.cdd/unreleased/364/` which AC16 explicitly allows). Forbidden-surfaces regex: zero hits. | PASS |
| AC17 | `## Open Questions` header (1). All five questions seeded: V firing (1), capability vs command (4), ε relocation (5), override receipting (7), closeouts as evidence (4). Section opens with "**not resolved** here. They are seeded for next-cycle inheritance." None of the five is closed. | PASS |

### Diff context

`git diff --stat origin/main...HEAD`:

```
 .cdd/unreleased/364/gamma-scaffold.md                  |  90 +++
 .cdd/unreleased/364/self-coherence.md                  | 191 +++++++++
 src/packages/cnos.cdd/README.md                        |   1 +
 src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/COHERENCE-CELL.md     | 245 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 527 insertions(+)
```

Surface containment exact. No drift into forbidden surfaces.

### Architecture

`design/SKILL.md` is the active Tier 3 constraint. β checks the doctrine doc against §1.3 (failure modes), §2.x (unfold principles), §3.x (rules):

- **§3.7 surface smearing** — The four-way separation (roles / runtime substrate / validation / release) is the explicit anti-smearing prediction. The doc names skills/commands/orchestrators/providers in the runtime-substrate section without smearing them with role doctrine. PASS.
- **§3.8 transition constraints honest** — Target-state architecture (validator as `V`, δ split, γ shrink, ε relocation, `cn-cdd-verify` refactor) is explicitly labelled deferred / target / illustrative throughout. Status header reads "Draft refactor doctrine" and Does-Not-Own clause names `CDD.md` as canonical. No premature canonicalization. PASS.
- **§3.2 one source of truth per fact** — `CDD.md` remains authoritative for the current executable algorithm. The doctrine doc is a separate proposal surface. The README pointer disambiguates. PASS.
- **§2.4 truthful interfaces** — `V`'s signature is stated precisely; the receipt sketch is labelled illustrative; the validator is framed as predicate, not new role. No overpromised substitutability. PASS.

No architecture findings.

### Findings

None.

The artifact:
1. satisfies all 17 ACs (each grep oracle ran and returned a result consistent with the AC's positive case);
2. respects all forbidden-surfaces constraints (AC16 confirmed);
3. holds its non-canonical posture explicitly (`CDD.md` remains authoritative);
4. seeds the five Open Questions intact (none resolved);
5. uses the unpinned illustrative schema name (`cnos.cdd.receipt.example`); AC7 negative oracle empty;
6. names the substrate exclusion polarity for δ (AC10);
7. carries the operative β immune/firebreak doctrine (AC8);
8. carries the γ/δ managerial-residue sweep rule (AC11);
9. records the deferred landing order (AC14) without smuggling future work into this cycle.

### Verdict

**APPROVED.**

### Merge

β proceeds to `git merge --ff-only` of `origin/cycle/364` into `main` after this commit lands on the cycle branch, per `beta/SKILL.md` §Phase map step 8 and `CDD.md` §1.4 β algorithm step 8.
