---
id: T-637
name: "Frictionless inception completion — Watchtower approval auto-completes inception
  tasks without second manual command"
description: >
  Frictionless inception completion — Watchtower approval auto-completes inception
  tasks without second manual command

status: work-completed
workflow_type: build
owner: agent
horizon:
tags: []
components: [lib/inception.sh]
related_tasks: []
created: 2026-03-27T10:23:36Z
last_update: '2026-06-11T22:24:26Z'
date_finished: 2026-03-27T10:25:09Z
bvp_scores_proposed:
  - ts: '2026-06-11T22:24:26Z'
    estimator: bvp-estimator-v1-heuristic
    scores:
      D1: 4
      D2: 0
      D3: 0
      D4: 0
      F-RECALL: 0
      F-ORCH: 0
      F3: 0
      F1: 0
      F2: 0
    rationale: D1=4 (body:structural-gate); D2=0 (no-signal); D3=0 (no-signal); 
      D4=0 (no-signal); F-RECALL=0 (no-signal); F-ORCH=0 (no-signal); F3=0 
      (no-signal); F1=0 (no-signal); F2=0 (no-signal)
    rubric_sha: e4a00f38e801
---

# T-637: Frictionless inception completion — Watchtower approval auto-completes inception tasks without second manual command

## Context

`fw inception decide T-XXX go` requires Tier 0 (human authority exercised via Watchtower or CLI). But after the decision is recorded, `inception.sh` calls `update-task.sh --status work-completed` WITHOUT `--force`, hitting the sovereignty gate (R-033) because inception tasks have `owner: human`. This requires a SECOND manual command — redundant since the human already approved. Fix: pass `--force` when the inception decide itself required Tier 0 approval.

## Acceptance Criteria

### Agent
- [x] `inception.sh` passes `--force` to `update-task.sh` when completing after go/no-go decision
- [x] Sovereignty gate (R-033) no longer blocks inception completion after human-approved decision
- [x] Audit trail preserved — `--force` usage logged with "inception-decision" reason

## Verification

grep -q '\-\-force' lib/inception.sh

## Decisions

<!-- Record decisions ONLY when choosing between alternatives.
     Skip for tasks with no meaningful choices.
     Format:
     ### [date] — [topic]
     - **Chose:** [what was decided]
     - **Why:** [rationale]
     - **Rejected:** [alternatives and why not]
-->

## Updates

### 2026-03-27T10:23:36Z — task-created [task-create-agent]
- **Action:** Created task via task-create agent
- **Output:** /opt/999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework/.tasks/active/T-637-frictionless-inception-completion--watch.md
- **Context:** Initial task creation

### 2026-03-27T10:25:09Z — status-update [task-update-agent]
- **Change:** status: started-work → work-completed

## Reviewer Verdict (v1.5)

- **Scan ID:** R-d3ba103c
- **Timestamp:** 2026-06-02T15:04:02Z
- **Catalogue:** v1.3-seed
- **Overall:** PASS
- **Needs Human:** no
- **Findings:** none
