# Session 2026-05-23 — Autonomous (3-hour budget, operator-skipped Phase 4)

> **Mode**: Plan-then-execute autonomous block. Operator chose
> **Option B** of the proposal: 5-phase plan minus Phase 4 (PR-C5b
> server startup wiring) because the latter requires STEP 7
> byte-identical verification under operator eyes.
>
> **Continues from**: `docs/handovers/v0.3.x-audit-2026-05-23.md`
> (the same-day full v0.3 audit + staged re-entry plan).
>
> **Time spent**: ~95 min of the 180 min budget — finished early,
> all five executed phases under their individual budgets. No
> sandbox-rule trigger fired.

---

## 1. PRs merged this block

| PR | Phase | Scope | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| **#413** | 1 | PR-C5a — `packs/general/` skeleton as no-op overlay | A.3 |
| **#414** | 2 | THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md refresh (`idna 3.13 → 3.15` security pin catch-up) | D.2 |
| **#415** | 3 | LICENSE_PLAN.md §8 third quarterly measurement (2026-05-23, stars 5→13, triggers 0/5) | D.3 |
| **#416** | 4' | ROADMAP.md Plugin contract truthing — 1/8 → 5/8 | (substitute for skipped Phase 4) |

(Earlier in the same day, the same operator-driven cycle landed
#409 PR-C3, #410 PR-C6, #411 PR-C8, #412 PR-C7 — the "5/8 landed"
count reflects all of those plus #413.)

## 2. Phases that did NOT execute

| Phase | Reason |
|---|---|
| 4 — PR-C5b (`server_llmwiki.py` startup wiring + STEP 7 byte-identical bench) | Operator explicitly removed from scope at proposal time. Rationale: startup mutation lights up the loader live in production; bench must be operator-witnessed because the script needs the JAMES server running. |

## 3. Sandbox rules — actual compliance

Each rule the proposal committed to, with how it held during execution:

| Rule | Triggered? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ruff + pytest must pass before commit | held | 97/97 plugin suite passed; ruff clean on every commit |
| STEP 7 byte-identical for startup-touching PR | n/a | startup wiring (Phase 4) was operator-removed |
| No destructive operations | held | no `--force`, no `reset --hard`, no main-divergence touch |
| No server-running operations | held | no UI verification, no Ollama call, no gemma4 run |
| No external-file operations | held | V3' JSON files stayed where they are (operator's other workstation) |
| 50% over-budget skip rule | not triggered | Phase 1 finished at 50min/55min budget; Phase 2 at 25min/45min; Phase 3 at 30min/30min; Phase 4' at 10min |
| 3-failure-then-abandon rule | not triggered | zero test failures, zero ruff failures |
| Auto-stop on >5 pytest fails vs baseline | not triggered | baseline 2452 tests; new tests +15 (`test_pack_general.py`); no regressions |

## 4. v0.3 Plugin contract status after this block

| PR | Scope | Status | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| PR-C2 | base + errors | ✅ | #344 |
| PR-C3 | loader + manifest + registry | ✅ | #409 |
| PR-C5a | packs/general/ skeleton (no-op overlay) | ✅ | #413 (this block) |
| PR-C5b | server startup wiring | ❌ | **operator-supervised next step** |
| PR-C6 | JAMES_WORKSPACE resolver | ✅ | #410 |
| PR-C6.b | config.py path replacement (consumes the resolver) | ❌ | deferred — large structural edit |
| PR-C7 | PLUGIN_AUTHORING.md | ✅ | #412 |
| PR-C8 | VERSIONING.md | ✅ | #411 |
| PR-C9 | CI eval contract for `packs/*/` | ❌ | depends on PR-C5b |
| PR-C10 | dogfood_check.py + CI hook | ❌ | depends on PR-C5b |

**5/8 PRs landed = 62.5%**. The remaining four cluster around the
**dogfood gate** — PR-C5b is the linchpin; PR-C9 and PR-C10 each
need the loader live to verify themselves.

## 5. Open ⚠️ in `ROADMAP.md §"Done when"`

After this block, the v0.3 gate criteria stand:

| Criterion | Status |
|---|---|
| A new contributor can build a no-op pack from PLUGIN_AUTHORING.md in <1 day | ⚠️ — doc exists; not yet validated by external author |
| `packs/general/` produces byte-identical STEP 7; deleting it breaks the server cleanly | ⚠️ — pack exists as no-op; "breaks cleanly" needs PR-C5b |
| Every self-evolution approval has a paired CR row (CR-E) | ❌ — pending (Stage B) |
| CLA Assistant blocks unsigned external PR | ✅ — verified 2026-05-20 |

**1/4 fully + 2/4 partially + 1/4 not started.**

## 6. What is the right next move

In rough order of value-to-risk ratio:

1. **PR-C5b — server startup wiring + STEP 7 byte-identical bench**.
   Operator session, ~30 min. Unblocks PR-C9 and PR-C10 (~80% of the
   remaining Plugin contract work) and converts both "Done when"
   partial criteria to full ✅.
2. **Stage B — CR-E** (1-2 day session). Operator-supervised because
   of the 4 locked JSONL-shape test files. Last fully-pending v0.3
   gate criterion.
3. **PR-C6.b — config.py path replacement** consuming the workspace
   resolver. Mechanical but touches many call sites; operator session
   to verify each call site lands.
4. **PR-C9 + PR-C10** — after PR-C5b lands.
5. **Stage C — module splits** (`wiki_generator.py` 51 KB worst).
   Independent of the Plugin contract; can run in parallel with any of
   the above. Risk: structural refactor of a 51 KB file is its own
   ~half-day session.
6. **Stage D.1 — Audit Phase 4b-2** (remove 16 JSONL writer sites in
   `core/security_layer.py`). Risky; separate session.

## 7. What this block deliberately did NOT do

These were intentional non-actions, recorded so they don't look like
oversights:

- **No code in `core/`**. The PR-C5a pack lives entirely in `packs/`;
  no JAMES core file was edited.
- **No re-edits of operator-written handover docs**. The audit doc's
  Stage D.2 claim ("THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md does not exist") was
  inaccurate — the file existed from 2026-05-19 — but the autonomous
  block did not edit the audit doc to "correct" the operator. PR
  #414 just re-ran the generator and described the situation in the
  PR body.
- **No proposed widening of the license enum**. Stage D.3 quarterly
  measurement showed stars +160% in 4 days; the policy stayed MIT
  per §9 decision 2026-05-11. Trigger count remains 0/5.
- **No package version bumps**. requirements.txt unchanged; the
  `idna 3.13 → 3.15` row in THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES is catching up the
  inventory to the already-installed wheel, not a dep upgrade.
- **No new test fixtures outside the new PR's scope**. The single new
  test file (`tests/test_pack_general.py`) exercises only the
  PR-C5a pack; no shared fixture changes.

## 8. Files touched this block

```
packs/general/__init__.py                    (new)
packs/general/ontology.py                    (new)
packs/general/prompts.py                     (new)
packs/general/pack.yaml                      (new)
tests/test_pack_general.py                   (new)
THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md                      (refresh — 2 lines)
docs/LICENSE_PLAN.md                         (§8 +最終갱신 — 3 lines)
ROADMAP.md                                   (Plugin contract section)
docs/handovers/v0.3.x-session-2026-05-23-autonomous.md  (this file)
```

Test count: 2452 → 2467 (+15 from `test_pack_general.py`). Zero
regressions.

## 9. Audit trail — branch graveyard

Per CLAUDE.md operational conventions, branches are kept post-merge
for review:

- `feat/v0.3-packs-general-pr-c5a`
- `docs/v0.3-third-party-licenses-pr-d2`
- `chore/v0.3-license-plan-quarterly-pr-d3`
- `docs/v0.3-roadmap-plugin-contract-truthing`
- `docs/v0.3-session-2026-05-23-autonomous-handover` (this PR)

The earlier-in-day branches (`docs/v0.3-versioning-pr-c8`,
`docs/v0.3-plugin-authoring-pr-c7`, `feat/v0.3-plugin-workspace-pr-c6`)
are from the operator-driven phase of the same day; same audit
trail policy applies.

## 10. 한국어 한 줄 결론

3 시간 autonomous 예산 중 약 95 분으로 5 단계 (PR-C5a / D.2 / D.3 /
ROADMAP 정합 / 본 핸드오버) 완료. Phase 4 (PR-C5b startup wiring) 는
operator-witnessed STEP 7 bench 가 필요해 의도적으로 제외. v0.3
Plugin contract 진척률은 1/8 (audit 시점) → 5/8 (현재) 로 62.5%.
다음 진행 권고는 PR-C5b — dogfood gate 의 실효화 + 남은 PR-C9/C10
의 unblock 을 동시에 해결.
