# Gemini Playbook Commands Audit

ID: packet:20260515T234251Z-gemini-playbook-commands-audit
Type: Packet
Status: consumed
Created: 2026-05-15 23:42 UTC
Updated: 2026-05-15 23:48 UTC
Target: ticket:20260515-gemini-playbook-commands
Packet Kind: Ralph
Mode: review
Context Style: live-reference
Worker: subagent
Branch: main
Worktree: /Users/alexanderbutler/code_projects/personal/agent-loom
Iteration: audit-1
Risk: medium - Gemini command surface is large and must avoid residual skill activation.
Review Lens: audit, acceptance, TOML shape, catalog drift, Gemini skill exposure, product-surface leakage
Change Class: Gemini command surface review

## Mission

Perform a bounded adversarial audit of `ticket:20260515-gemini-playbook-commands` against ACC-001 through ACC-005 after Gemini command TOML generation. Determine whether the ticket can honestly close or whether command shape, catalog alignment, skill exposure, or evidence gaps need changes.

## Context Bundle

Records:

- `ticket:20260515-gemini-playbook-commands` - target ticket, acceptance, current state, and implementation summary.
- `packet:20260515T233211Z-gemini-playbook-commands` - implementation packet and worker output.
- `ticket:20260515-playbook-skill-corpus-relocation` and `audit:20260515-playbook-skill-corpus-relocation` - prerequisite ensuring no top-level `skills/` root.
- `ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` and `audit:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` - macro catalog source and audit.
- `spec:playbook-explicit-macros` - behavior contract for Gemini command macros.
- `research:20260515-gemini-playbooks-skills-root` - Gemini extension command and skill discovery constraints.
- `plan:20260515-playbook-explicit-macros` - sequencing and final validation context.

Files:

- `loom-playbooks/gemini-extension.json`
- `loom-playbooks/commands/*.toml`
- `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`
- `loom-playbooks/playbooks/**/SKILL.md`
- `loom-playbooks/skills/**` - should be absent.

## Read Scope

- `.loom/tickets/20260515-gemini-playbook-commands.md`
- `.loom/packets/ralph/20260515T233211Z-gemini-playbook-commands.md`
- `.loom/tickets/20260515-playbook-skill-corpus-relocation.md`
- `.loom/audit/20260515-playbook-skill-corpus-relocation.md`
- `.loom/tickets/20260515-playbook-macro-catalog.md`
- `.loom/audit/20260515-playbook-macro-catalog.md`
- `.loom/specs/playbook-explicit-macros.md`
- `.loom/research/20260515-gemini-playbooks-skills-root.md`
- `.loom/plans/20260515-playbook-explicit-macros.md`
- `loom-playbooks/gemini-extension.json`
- `loom-playbooks/commands/*.toml`
- `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`
- `loom-playbooks/playbooks/**/SKILL.md`
- `loom-playbooks/skills/**` if present
- Current git diff for Gemini command files and generator changes.

## Write Scope

Records Or Artifacts:

- this packet - fill `## Worker Output`, update `Status:`, and include findings and verdict.

Source Paths:

- None - this is a review packet. Do not edit source or tickets. Return findings for the parent to record and disposition.

## Source Snapshot

Implementation summary to challenge:

- Added package-local Gemini command generation helpers and `--write-gemini-commands` to `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`.
- Added 25 `loom-playbooks/commands/*.toml` files with stable `loom-*` names.
- Each TOML file should use the macro catalog description and macro catalog body as prompt.
- `loom-playbooks/gemini-extension.json` now describes commands rather than skills.
- `loom-playbooks/skills/` remains absent after relocation.

## Task

Review the target ticket, diff, command files, generator, and evidence. Focus on:

- ACC-001: Are there command TOML files for all 25 macros, with stable names, descriptions, and prompt bodies aligned to `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()`?
- ACC-002: Is top-level `loom-playbooks/skills/` absent, and does Gemini extension metadata avoid skills framing?
- ACC-003: Did `gemini extensions validate "$PWD/loom-playbooks"` pass?
- ACC-004: Does command content preserve Core routing and avoid contributor-only leakage?
- ACC-005: Are TOML and Markdown diffs syntactically clean?
- Risk: Are TOML literal strings generated safely, and does the generator fail closed if catalog content cannot be encoded?

Do not fix issues. Return findings with file/line or record references when practical, plus a verdict.

## Launch

Launch transport: harness-native subagent. Thin wrapper: read this packet first, perform the bounded audit, update this packet output, and return the output contract.

## Evidence, Review, Or Verification Expectations

- Compare command files to `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()` using source inspection or package helper output.
- Confirm `loom-playbooks/skills/` is absent.
- Run `gemini extensions validate "$PWD/loom-playbooks"` if available.
- Run `git diff --check`.
- Run targeted product-surface leakage search over `loom-playbooks/commands/*.toml` if useful.
- Findings should use `FIND-*` IDs for material issues, or say no material findings within scope.
- Verdict should be one of `clear`, `concerns`, `changes-needed`, or `inconclusive`, with limits.

## Stop Conditions

- Stop and return `inconclusive` if Gemini command files or generator change under review.
- Stop instead of modifying source or tickets.
- Stop and name missing context if command/catalog equivalence cannot be judged from local files and commands.

## Output Contract

The worker must update this packet or return output with:

- outcome: `continue`, `stop`, `blocked`, or `escalate`
- files changed
- records changed
- evidence, review findings, validation output, or observations gathered
- what was not verified or reviewed
- blockers, risks, or assumptions discovered
- recommended next move for the consuming surface

The review output must include any `FIND-*` findings and a bounded audit verdict that can be recorded under `.loom/audit/`.

## Worker Output

Outcome: stop

Files changed:

- None. This was a read-only audit packet.

Records changed:

- `.loom/packets/ralph/20260515T234251Z-gemini-playbook-commands-audit.md` - recorded this worker output and marked the packet consumed.

Evidence, review findings, validation output, or observations gathered:

- Catalog/file equivalence check passed: `readPlaybookMacroCatalog({ rootDir: "loom-playbooks" })` returned 25 macros; `loom-playbooks/commands/` contained 25 TOML files; no missing, extra, or mismatched command files were found when comparing each file to `toGeminiCommandToml(macro)`.
- `loom-playbooks/skills/**` glob returned no files, and a direct `stat` check reported `skillsExists: false`, supporting ACC-002 and the Gemini skill-exposure removal claim.
- `gemini extensions validate "$PWD/loom-playbooks"` passed with `Extension /Users/alexanderbutler/code_projects/personal/agent-loom/loom-playbooks has been successfully validated.`
- `git diff --check` passed with no output.
- Current Gemini diff inspection covered `loom-playbooks/gemini-extension.json`, `loom-playbooks/commands/`, and `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`. The manifest description now says Playbook commands rather than skills. The generator emits `description` and `prompt` from the macro catalog and fails closed if a body contains triple single quotes that cannot be represented as TOML literal strings.
- Product-surface leakage grep over `loom-playbooks/commands/*.toml` for package smoke, adapter mechanics, dogfood, npm packaging, repository workflow, source-repo/repo workflow, and test harness found only `loom-playbooks/commands/loom-debugging-and-error-recovery.toml:128` with the generic phrase `test harness to system under test`; this is workflow-domain language, not contributor/package/test leakage.
- Activation-framing grep found the explicit macro preamble in all 25 command prompts, including `The user explicitly invoked this Loom Playbook as an optional workflow macro` and `Do not treat this Playbook as automatic first-action activation from ordinary natural-language task text.`

Review findings:

- None. No material `FIND-*` findings within the packet scope.

Bounded audit verdict:

- `clear` - Within the reviewed scope, ACC-001 through ACC-005 are supported. The Gemini Playbooks extension has exactly one command TOML file per canonical Playbook macro, command descriptions and prompt bodies match `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()`, the top-level `loom-playbooks/skills/` directory is absent, Gemini extension metadata no longer frames the Playbooks surface as skills, Gemini extension validation and `git diff --check` passed, and reviewed command content preserves explicit macro/Core-routing framing without material contributor-only leakage.

What was not verified or reviewed:

- No live Gemini command invocation was performed; the audit relies on extension validation plus source/catalog equivalence inspection.
- Root and Core Gemini extension validation were not run because this ticket scope touched only `loom-playbooks/` Gemini command surfaces.
- This audit did not perform exhaustive semantic review of every Playbook body beyond catalog equivalence, explicit macro preamble checks, and targeted leakage search.
- This audit did not record a separate `.loom/audit/` file; it returns the bounded audit verdict for the parent/consuming surface to record.

Blockers, risks, or assumptions discovered:

- No blocker discovered.
- Residual risk: Gemini schema validation accepted the large embedded command prompts, but live invocation remains untested.
- Residual risk: command generation writes the current catalog files but does not delete stale command TOML files if the catalog later shrinks or renames entries. Current inspection found no stale extras.

Recommended next move for the consuming surface:

- Record a clear audit for `ticket:20260515-gemini-playbook-commands`, then close the ticket if the consuming surface accepts the residual limits above. The broader final docs/tests and activation validation should remain with `ticket:20260515-playbook-explicit-macro-docs-tests`.
