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verdict: APPROVAL
card_id: r783op
review_number: 1
commit: 2a0e43f
date: 2026-03-26
has_backlog_items: true
---

## Summary

This card adds documentation and discoverability for the structured debug logging feature introduced in prior HOOKLOG sprint cards. The changes are purely documentation plus a small `peon status --verbose` enhancement and a config.json duplicate-key fix. No behavioral code changes.

## Assessment

**Documentation quality is high.** The README Debugging section is well-structured with four clear subsections (enabling, reading, format, troubleshooting). The log format reference with example lines gives users concrete expectations. The common failure examples table is a practical troubleshooting aid. The Chinese translation in README_zh.md mirrors the English structure faithfully.

**Change enforcement rules satisfied:**
- README_zh.md updated alongside README.md
- docs/public/llms.txt updated with debug CLI, config keys, and log format
- No new CLI commands or config keys introduced in this commit (those were in prior cards)

**config.json fix is correct.** The parent commit had duplicate `debug` and `debug_retention_days` keys (lines 17-18 and lines 37-38). JSON parsers silently use the last occurrence, so the duplicates were harmless at runtime but were code smell. Removing the second pair is the right fix.

**peon.sh status --verbose addition is clean.** The debug logging block follows the established pattern of the surrounding status output (headphones, mobile notifications). The verbose gate correctly hides log directory and retention details behind `--verbose`, while the enabled/disabled line always shows. Variable names prefixed with underscore avoid collisions with the rest of the embedded Python block.

**TDD proportionality:** This is a documentation card. The only runtime change is three `print()` statements in the status output path. This does not require new tests -- the status output is informational and the pattern matches dozens of existing untested status lines in the same block.

## BLOCKERS

None.

## FOLLOW-UP

**L1 -- README_ja.md / README_ko.md debugging sections.** The card notes these exist but were not updated. CLAUDE.md enforcement rules only mandate zh, so this is not a blocker, but these translations will drift further out of sync. Worth a backlog card for the next language sync pass.

**L2 -- Debug status line always prints even when not verbose.** Every other "mode" line (headphones_only, meeting_detect) also prints unconditionally, so this is consistent with the existing pattern. However, as more features accumulate, the non-verbose status output grows long. A future card could gate informational lines behind `--verbose` for a cleaner default output.
