# Verify Report: Work Complete JSON + Proof Card Findings

**Result:** PASS
**Created by:** AnaVerify
**Date:** 2026-04-29
**Spec:** .ana/plans/active/work-complete-json-proof-card/spec.md
**Branch:** feature/work-complete-json-proof-card

## Pre-Check Results
```
=== CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ===
  Contract: .ana/plans/active/work-complete-json-proof-card/contract.yaml
  Seal: INTACT (hash sha256:a4e10906e29ae3ad08a92f75d34fb634554de96d6be1c954e24077a46a5921dd)

  A001  ✓ COVERED  "Work complete accepts a JSON output flag"
  A002  ✓ COVERED  "Completing work with JSON flag produces a structured envelope"
  A003  ✓ COVERED  "JSON output includes a timestamp for audit trails"
  A004  ✓ COVERED  "JSON output includes results with completion summary"
  A005  ✓ COVERED  "JSON output includes chain health metadata"
  A006  ✓ COVERED  "JSON results include the work item slug"
  A007  ✓ COVERED  "JSON results include the feature name"
  A008  ✓ COVERED  "JSON results include the verification result"
  A009  ✓ COVERED  "JSON results include contract satisfaction counts"
  A010  ✓ COVERED  "JSON results include new findings count"
  A011  ✓ COVERED  "JSON results include rejection cycle count"
  A012  ✓ COVERED  "Chain health metadata includes severity breakdowns from Phase B"
  A013  ✓ COVERED  "Chain health metadata includes action breakdowns from Phase B"
  A014  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery path produces the same JSON envelope as the main path"
  A015  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery path JSON includes chain health metadata"
  A016  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery path reports zero new findings since it replays a completed state"
  A017  ✓ COVERED  "Completing work without JSON flag produces the same console output as before"
  A018  ✓ COVERED  "Proof card shows findings with severity and action badges"
  A019  ✓ COVERED  "Proof card findings show the action in the badge"
  A020  ✓ COVERED  "Findings are sorted so risk items appear before debt and observation"
  A021  ✓ COVERED  "Only the top five findings are shown with a count of remaining"
  A022  ✓ COVERED  "Proof card shows build concerns with the same badge format"
  A023  ✓ COVERED  "Build concerns use severity and action badges"
  A024  ✓ COVERED  "Findings without severity display without crashing or showing undefined"
  A025  ✓ COVERED  "Findings without severity still show their summary text"
  A026  ✓ COVERED  "Proof card with no findings omits the Findings section entirely"
  A027  ✓ COVERED  "JSON contract object contains only the four expected fields"

  27 total · 27 covered · 0 uncovered
```

Seal: INTACT. All 27 assertions tagged.

Tests: 1657 passed, 2 skipped (97 files). Build: success. Lint: 0 errors, 14 warnings (pre-existing in ai-sdk-detection.test.ts and other test files).

## Contract Compliance
| ID   | Says                                           | Status       | Evidence |
|------|------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------|
| A001 | Work complete accepts a JSON output flag | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:1983` reads source, confirms `option('--json'` exists. Weak (source-read not behavioral) but satisfies the contract target `completeCommand.options` contains `--json`. |
| A002 | Completing work with JSON flag produces a structured envelope | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2001` parses stdout JSON, asserts `json.command === 'work complete'` |
| A003 | JSON output includes a timestamp for audit trails | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2002` asserts `json.timestamp` is defined |
| A004 | JSON output includes results with completion summary | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2003` asserts `json.results` is defined |
| A005 | JSON output includes chain health metadata | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2004` asserts `json.meta` is defined |
| A006 | JSON results include the work item slug | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2024` asserts `json.results.slug === 'fields-test'` |
| A007 | JSON results include the feature name | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2025` asserts `json.results.feature` is defined |
| A008 | JSON results include the verification result | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2026` asserts `expect(json.results.result).toContain('PASS')`. Contract: `matcher: "contains"`, `value: "PASS"`. Match. |
| A009 | JSON results include contract satisfaction counts | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2027-2030` asserts all four contract subfields defined |
| A010 | JSON results include new findings count | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2031-2032` asserts `new_findings` defined and is number |
| A011 | JSON results include rejection cycle count | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2033-2034` asserts `rejection_cycles` defined and is number |
| A012 | Chain health metadata includes severity breakdowns | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2057` asserts `json.meta.findings.by_severity` defined |
| A013 | Chain health metadata includes action breakdowns | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2058` asserts `json.meta.findings.by_action` defined |
| A014 | Recovery path produces the same JSON envelope | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2143` parses recovery JSON, asserts `json.command === 'work complete'` |
| A015 | Recovery path JSON includes chain health metadata | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2145` asserts `json.meta` defined, `:2146` asserts `json.meta.findings.by_severity` defined |
| A016 | Recovery path reports zero new findings | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2144` asserts `json.results.new_findings === 0` |
| A017 | Non-JSON output unchanged | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2165` asserts output does not contain `'"command"'`, contains `'PASS'` and `'satisfied'` |
| A018 | Proof card shows findings with severity and action badges | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:318` asserts stdout contains `[risk` |
| A019 | Proof card findings show the action in the badge | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:319` asserts stdout contains `promote]` |
| A020 | Findings sorted by severity | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:346-348` provides out-of-order findings, asserts risk index < debt < observation |
| A021 | Top five findings with truncation | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:371` asserts `... and 2 more` with 7 findings |
| A022 | Build concerns section with badge format | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:405` asserts stdout contains `Build Concerns` |
| A023 | Build concerns use severity and action badges | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:406-407` asserts stdout contains `[debt` and `[observation` |
| A024 | Findings without severity display without crash | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:424` asserts stdout does not contain `undefined` |
| A025 | Findings without severity show summary text | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:423` asserts stdout contains `Legacy finding without classification` |
| A026 | No findings omits section entirely | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/proof.test.ts:433` asserts stdout does not contain `Findings` using default sampleEntry (no findings) |
| A027 | Contract shape is clean | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2049` asserts contract does not have `covered` or `uncovered` properties |

**Summary:** 27 SATISFIED, 0 UNSATISFIED, 0 UNCOVERED.

## Independent Findings

The implementation is clean and well-structured. Both work.ts and proof.ts changes follow existing patterns. The `--json` flag wiring in `registerWorkCommand` is identical to the `getWorkStatus` pattern. The proof card findings display correctly follows the section pattern (chalk.bold header, gray underline, indented content). The `wrapJsonResponse` + `computeChainHealth` delegation is correct.

**Over-building check:** No scope creep. All new code serves contract assertions. No unused exports — `completeWork` is the existing export with a backward-compatible signature change. No new utility functions or abstractions. The `SEVERITY_ORDER` constant is duplicated rather than extracted, which is under-building if anything.

**Step 3 predictions resolved:**
1. **Recovery stdout pollution still present** — Confirmed. Line 1078 prints `chalk.yellow('Recovering incomplete completion...')` before the JSON branch at line 1108. Not the builder's task to fix (only A008 was the ask), but still a real issue.
2. **SEVERITY_ORDER duplication still present** — Confirmed at proof.ts lines ~147 and ~176. Same as previous report.
3. **A001 still source-read test** — Confirmed. Same pattern as before.
4. **Recovery test still uses indexOf workaround** — Confirmed at work.test.ts, the test does `output.substring(output.indexOf('{'))` to skip non-JSON text.
5. **Main path chain re-read still present** — Confirmed at work.ts ~1318. Necessary due to `writeProofChain` return type.

**Nothing surprised me this round** — the builder made a targeted one-line fix to A008 and touched nothing else, which is the correct response to the previous rejection.

## Previous Findings Resolution

### Previously UNSATISFIED Assertions
| ID | Previous Issue | Current Status | Resolution |
|----|----------------|----------------|------------|
| A008 | Test used `toBeDefined()` instead of `toContain('PASS')` | ✅ SATISFIED | Builder changed assertion at `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2026` to `expect(json.results.result).toContain('PASS')` — matches contract `matcher: "contains"`, `value: "PASS"`. Verified by reading the line. |

### Previous Findings
| Finding | Status | Notes |
|---------|--------|-------|
| Test — A008 assertion checks existence not correctness | Fixed | Line 2026 now uses `toContain('PASS')` |
| Code — Recovery path leaks non-JSON text to stdout before JSON envelope | Still present | `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1078` — not in scope for this fix |
| Code — SEVERITY_ORDER constant duplicated | Still present | `packages/cli/src/commands/proof.ts:147` and `:176` — minor debt, monitor |
| Test — A001 uses source-code reading instead of behavioral test | Still present | Accepted pattern debt — contract target is literally `completeCommand.options` |
| Code — Main path re-reads proof_chain.json after writeProofChain | Still present | Necessary due to interface — `writeProofChain` returns stats not chain |
| Test — Recovery JSON test masks stdout pollution with indexOf | Still present | Coupled to the recovery stdout pollution issue |

## AC Walkthrough

- **AC1:** `work complete` accepts `--json` flag — ✅ PASS. `registerWorkCommand` adds `.option('--json', ...)` at `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1370`. Verified in source.
- **AC2:** Main path outputs four-key JSON envelope — ✅ PASS. Lines 1326-1349 emit `{ command, timestamp, results, meta }` via `wrapJsonResponse`. Test at line 1997 verifies all four keys.
- **AC3:** `results` includes all expected fields — ✅ PASS. Fields present (slug, feature, result, contract, new_findings, rejection_cycles). A008 now correctly verifies `result` contains "PASS" at line 2026.
- **AC4:** `meta` uses `computeChainHealth` — ✅ PASS. Line 1349 calls `wrapJsonResponse` which delegates to `computeChainHealth`. Test at line 2057 verifies `by_severity` and `by_action`.
- **AC5:** Recovery path outputs same envelope — ✅ PASS. Lines 1108-1122 construct identical envelope structure. Test at line 2143 verifies.
- **AC6:** Recovery `new_findings` is 0 — ✅ PASS. Line 1119 hardcodes `new_findings: 0`. Test at line 2144 asserts `toBe(0)`.
- **AC7:** Non-JSON output unchanged — ✅ PASS. Lines 1350-1357 preserve original output in `else` branch. Test at line 2165 confirms no JSON keys in output.
- **AC8:** Proof card findings with badges — ✅ PASS. Lines 156-160 in proof.ts format `[severity · action]` badges. Test at line 318.
- **AC9:** Findings sorted by severity — ✅ PASS. Lines 148-152 sort by severity lookup. Test at line 346 verifies risk < debt < observation.
- **AC10:** Top 5 with truncation — ✅ PASS. Lines 154-166 slice to 5 and add `... and N more`. Tests at lines 371 and 388.
- **AC11:** Build concerns with badges — ✅ PASS. Lines 170-196 mirror findings section. Test at line 405.
- **AC12:** Pre-Phase B graceful degradation — ✅ PASS. Lines 157-161 guard on `severity && suggested_action`. Test at line 423 confirms no `undefined`.
- **AC13:** Tests pass — ✅ PASS. 1657 passed, 2 skipped, 0 failed.
- **AC14:** Lint passes — ✅ PASS. 0 errors, 14 warnings (pre-existing).

## Blockers

No blockers. All 27 contract assertions satisfied, all 14 ACs pass, no regressions. Checked for: unused exports in new code (none — `completeWork` is the existing export, signature change is backward-compatible), unhandled error paths in new code (recovery and main both have try/catch guards), sentinel test patterns (A008 was the only one and is now fixed), assumptions about external state (chain file absence is handled with empty default on both paths).

## Findings

- **Code — Recovery path leaks non-JSON text to stdout before JSON envelope:** `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1078` — `console.log(chalk.yellow('Recovering incomplete completion — retrying commit...'))` prints to stdout before the JSON check on line 1108. A CI consumer doing `JSON.parse(stdout)` on the recovery path will fail. The spec says `--json` suppresses ALL console output. No contract assertion covers stdout cleanliness on recovery, so not a blocker. Still present from previous verification — see proof context finding about recovery path counting mechanisms.

- **Code — SEVERITY_ORDER constant duplicated:** `packages/cli/src/commands/proof.ts:147` and `:176` — identical `{ risk: 0, debt: 1, observation: 2 }` map defined in both the Findings and Build Concerns blocks. Still present — see proof context finding about `SEVERITY_WEIGHT map is local to audit command block`. Extract when severity sort is needed in a third location.

- **Test — A001 uses source-code reading instead of behavioral test:** `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:1983` — reads `work.ts` source and checks for `option('--json'` string. Same anti-pattern flagged in proof context for A020 in work.test.ts. Passes even if the option registration is syntactically wrong. Accepted — the contract target is literally `completeCommand.options`.

- **Code — Main path re-reads proof_chain.json after writeProofChain:** `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1318` — `writeProofChain` returns `ProofChainStats` but not the chain object, so re-read is necessary for `computeChainHealth`. Matches known build concern about nudge re-read pattern.

- **Test — Recovery JSON test masks stdout pollution with indexOf:** `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2139` — `JSON.parse(output.substring(output.indexOf('{')))` explicitly skips non-JSON text. If the recovery path ever emits a `{` in its status message, this parsing breaks silently. Coupled to the recovery stdout pollution — when that's fixed, this workaround should be removed.

## Deployer Handoff

Clean merge. The A008 fix was a one-line change from `toBeDefined()` to `toContain('PASS')` — no other code was modified since the previous verification. All 27 assertions now satisfied. The recovery path stdout pollution (non-JSON text before JSON on recovery with `--json`) is a known issue — scope it as follow-up. The `SEVERITY_ORDER` duplication in proof.ts is minor debt — extract when a third usage appears.

## Verdict
**Shippable:** YES
27 of 27 assertions satisfied. All 14 ACs pass. Tests green. Build green. Lint clean. The A008 fix is correct and targeted — `toContain('PASS')` matches the contract's `contains "PASS"` matcher exactly. Previous findings (recovery stdout pollution, SEVERITY_ORDER duplication, source-read tests) are still present but none are blockers — they're documented for future cycles.
