# Loom Driver Agent Audit Packet

ID: packet:20260515T060624Z-loom-driver-agent-audit
Type: Packet
Status: consumed
Created: 2026-05-15 06:06 UTC
Updated: 2026-05-15 06:12 UTC
Target: ticket:20260515-loom-driver-agent
Packet Kind: Ralph
Mode: review
Context Style: live-reference
Worker: subagent
Branch: main
Worktree: /Users/alexanderbutler/code_projects/personal/agent-loom
Risk: high - reviews a new model-visible agent persona and cross-harness exposure.
Review Lens: audit, prompt safety, surface boundary, evidence sufficiency, package inclusion, product-surface leakage
Change Class: Core named agent prompt surface

## Mission

Perform a bounded adversarial audit of the Loom Driver implementation before `ticket:20260515-loom-driver-agent` can close.

Challenge whether the implementation satisfies `spec:loom-driver-agent` and ticket acceptance without overclaiming evidence, leaking contributor-only product-surface details, or weakening existing Loom Weaver behavior.

## Context Bundle

Records:

- `spec:loom-driver-agent` - intended behavior contract for Driver.
- `ticket:20260515-loom-driver-agent` - acceptance criteria and current closure story.
- `evidence:20260515-loom-driver-agent-validation` - validation observations gathered after implementation.
- `packet:20260515T054840Z-loom-driver-agent-implementation` - implementation packet and worker output.
- `spec:loom-weaver-agent` and `ticket:20260514-loom-weaver-agent` - precedent for named agent behavior and exposure.
- `research:20260514-direct-interactive-agent-surfaces` - harness invocation constraints.

Evidence Or Artifacts:

- Command outputs summarized in `evidence:20260515-loom-driver-agent-validation`: Core smoke, Core pack dry-run, `git diff --check`, Claude plugin validation, and prompt grep scans.

Files, Diffs, Or External References:

- `loom-core/agents/loom-driver.md`
- `loom-core/codex/agents/loom-driver.toml`
- `loom-core/loom-core.mjs`
- `loom-core/.claude-plugin/plugin.json`
- `loom-core/.codex-plugin/plugin.json`
- `INSTALL.md`
- `README.md`
- `loom-core/README.md`
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`
- Current `git diff` for the working tree.

## Read Scope

- Read the whole records listed in Context Bundle.
- Inspect the changed files listed above.
- Inspect current `git diff` enough to understand all implementation changes.
- Inspect no unrelated files unless needed to verify a cited claim from the ticket, spec, or evidence.

## Write Scope

Records Or Artifacts:

- This packet - parent will preserve returned output in `## Worker Output`.
- No other records or artifacts.

Source Paths:

- None - review only. Do not edit source, docs, or Loom records.

## Source Snapshot

Implementation validation has passed in the parent session: Core smoke, Core pack dry-run, `git diff --check`, and Claude plugin validation all succeeded. The working tree contains uncommitted Driver implementation changes plus Loom dogfood records for this ticket.

## Task

Review the implementation and records as an adversarial auditor.

Focus on:

- whether `loom-core/agents/loom-driver.md` actually expresses an inner-loop agent and not a generic coder or second copy of `using-loom`
- whether Driver creates or consumes Ralph packets before execution/review and treats high-authority Loom records as read-only
- whether safe parallelization, worker output reconciliation, evidence, audit, and ticket closure boundaries are clear
- whether OpenCode registration and smoke checks cover both Weaver and Driver without regressing Weaver
- whether Codex TOML instructions match the canonical Markdown prompt and docs explain Codex installation honestly
- whether Claude/Cursor/Gemini exposure claims follow the existing Weaver harness constraints and do not overclaim unsupported `@` semantics
- whether the evidence supports the exact ticket acceptance claims and names its limits
- whether model-visible prompts leak contributor-only repo process, package smoke, dogfood state, adapter self-justification, or repository workflow prose

Do not fix findings. Return them.

## Evidence, Review, Or Verification Expectations

Return audit output with:

- reviewed context
- findings with `FIND-*` IDs for material issues, or `None - no material findings within audited scope`
- verdict label: `clear`, `concerns`, `changes-needed`, or `inconclusive`
- required follow-up before ticket closure
- residual risks and unreviewed areas

## Stop Conditions

- Return `blocked` if required records or files are missing.
- Return `inconclusive` if the diff or evidence cannot be inspected enough to judge acceptance.
- Do not edit files or records.
- Do not expand the review beyond this ticket's named files and records.

## Output Contract

The worker must return output with:

- outcome: `stop`, `blocked`, or `escalate`
- files reviewed
- records reviewed
- evidence or validation output reviewed
- findings with `FIND-*` IDs or no-findings statement
- verdict and rationale
- what was not verified or reviewed
- required follow-up and residual risks

## Worker Output

Outcome: `stop`

Files reviewed:

- `loom-core/agents/loom-driver.md`
- `loom-core/codex/agents/loom-driver.toml`
- `loom-core/loom-core.mjs`
- `loom-core/.claude-plugin/plugin.json`
- `loom-core/.codex-plugin/plugin.json`
- `INSTALL.md`
- `README.md`
- `loom-core/README.md`
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`
- current `git diff`
- additionally inspected for package and exposure claims: `loom-core/package.json`, `loom-core/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json`, `loom-core/gemini-extension.json`, and root `gemini-extension.json`

Records reviewed:

- `spec:loom-driver-agent`
- `ticket:20260515-loom-driver-agent`
- `evidence:20260515-loom-driver-agent-validation`
- `packet:20260515T054840Z-loom-driver-agent-implementation`
- this audit packet
- `spec:loom-weaver-agent`
- `ticket:20260514-loom-weaver-agent`
- `research:20260514-direct-interactive-agent-surfaces`

Evidence or validation output reviewed:

- Reviewed `evidence:20260515-loom-driver-agent-validation`.
- Reran `npm --prefix loom-core run smoke`: passed.
- Reran `npm --prefix loom-core run pack:check`: passed; dry-run tarball includes `agents/loom-driver.md` and `codex/agents/loom-driver.toml`.
- Reran `git diff --check`: passed with no output.
- Reran `claude plugin validate "$PWD/loom-core"`: passed.
- Ran prompt leakage grep over Core agent Markdown and Codex TOML surfaces; Driver matches were limited to generic `worktree` and `package` wording, not contributor/process leakage.

Findings:

- None - no material findings within audited scope.

Verdict and rationale:

- `clear` - Within the bounded audit scope, the Driver implementation satisfies the spec and ticket acceptance story. The prompt is inner-loop focused, packet-first, audit/evidence-aware, and does not read like a generic coder or duplicate `using-loom`. OpenCode registration, Codex TOML parity, Claude manifest exposure, package inclusion, and documentation language are consistent with the Weaver precedent and do not overclaim unsupported universal `@` semantics.

What was not verified or reviewed:

- Live runtime invocation was not tested in OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or Gemini.
- OpenCode runtime permission matching was not tested beyond source inspection and smoke output.
- Cursor and Gemini runtime/plugin validation was not rerun because their manifests were not changed in this ticket.
- Playbooks package checks were not run because no Playbooks files were in scope.

Required follow-up:

- Preserve this audit output in an audit record before closing `ticket:20260515-loom-driver-agent`.
- Ticket closure can proceed if the parent records this audit result and keeps the existing residual runtime-validation limits explicit.

Residual risks:

- Harness runtime behavior may differ from manifest/source inspection, especially delegated subagent invocation paths.
- Codex Driver support remains an explicit custom-agent TOML install and natural-language spawn path, not plugin-shipped automatic activation.
- High-authority record protection for Driver is prompt-level outside OpenCode and only source/smoke-inspected in OpenCode.
