# Playbook Macro Catalog Audit

ID: packet:20260515T214608Z-playbook-macro-catalog-audit
Type: Packet
Status: consumed
Created: 2026-05-15 21:46 UTC
Updated: 2026-05-15 21:48 UTC
Target: ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog
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 - ticket closure would unblock multiple adapter implementation tickets.
Review Lens: audit, acceptance, scope, evidence sufficiency, product-surface leakage
Change Class: Playbook package source/catalog seam review

## Mission

Perform an adversarial audit of `ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` against ACC-001 through ACC-005 and the implementation diff in `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`. Determine whether the ticket can honestly close, whether changes are needed, or whether risks must be dispositioned before downstream adapter tickets consume the catalog.

## Context Bundle

Records:

- `ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` - target ticket, acceptance criteria, current state, and implementation summary.
- `packet:20260515T213657Z-playbook-macro-catalog` - execution packet and worker output for the implementation run.
- `plan:20260515-playbook-explicit-macros` - explains downstream dependency and why closure unblocks adapter tickets.
- `spec:playbook-explicit-macros` - authoritative behavior contract for explicit Playbook macros.
- `research:20260515-playbook-command-surfaces` - harness constraints and Codex limiting case.
- `research:20260515-playbooks-core-activation-pressure` - activation-pressure failure mode motivating this ticket.
- `evidence:20260515-playbook-activation-stacking` - observed stacking and old validation gap.
- `AGENTS.md` - contributor constraints for product-surface leakage and package shape.

Evidence Or Artifacts:

- Worker output in `packet:20260515T213657Z-playbook-macro-catalog` reports smoke output, source inspection, macro set comparison, representative macro framing inspection, product-surface leakage grep, and `git diff --check`.

Files, Diffs, Or External References:

- `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs` - implementation diff to review.
- `loom-playbooks/skills/**/SKILL.md` - current Playbook corpus used by the derived macro catalog.
- `loom-playbooks/package.json` - package inclusion baseline; verify whether no changes are needed for the chosen seam.

## Read Scope

- `.loom/tickets/20260515-playbook-macro-catalog.md`
- `.loom/packets/ralph/20260515T213657Z-playbook-macro-catalog.md`
- `.loom/plans/20260515-playbook-explicit-macros.md`
- `.loom/specs/playbook-explicit-macros.md`
- `.loom/research/20260515-playbook-command-surfaces.md`
- `.loom/research/20260515-playbooks-core-activation-pressure.md`
- `.loom/evidence/20260515-playbook-activation-stacking.md`
- `AGENTS.md`
- `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`
- `loom-playbooks/package.json`
- `loom-playbooks/skills/**/SKILL.md`
- Current git diff for the ticket implementation.

## 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

The current worktree includes untracked Loom research/spec/plan/ticket records from the current shaping pass plus the implementation packet. The only source file changed by `ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` is `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`.

Implementation summary to challenge:

- Added `PLAYBOOK_MACRO_PREAMBLE` framing explicit optional macro invocation.
- Added `readSkillDocuments()` to keep parsed `SKILL.md` body content internal.
- Kept `readSkillFiles()` public return shape without content.
- Added `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()` returning `{ name, source, description, body }` for each Playbook.
- Added `inspectPlaybookMacroCatalog()` and smoke output for macro count, missing macros, and trigger-style description failures.
- Did not yet remove OpenCode skill path registration; that is intentionally deferred to `ticket:20260515-opencode-playbook-commands`.

## Task

Review the target ticket, implementation diff, and evidence. Focus on these questions:

- ACC-001: Does the derived catalog really represent every current Playbook with stable name, description, and body content usable by adapter tickets?
- ACC-002: Does catalog-facing metadata frame Playbooks as explicit optional workflow macros rather than automatic natural-language triggers?
- ACC-003: Does the macro body preserve Loom loop order and Core surface ownership without shortening ticket, evidence, audit, or Ralph requirements?
- ACC-004: Does the helper seam actually reduce adapter body drift enough for later tickets?
- ACC-005: Does new or changed product-visible content avoid contributor-only leakage?
- Scope: Did the implementation stay inside the ticket and avoid adapter command surfaces, native manifests, Gemini commands, docs, and tests?
- Evidence: Are the worker's reported observations sufficient for this ticket's closure claim, or is a specific command/source check still missing?

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

- Review `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs` source and current diff.
- Review target ticket acceptance and implementation packet output.
- Run narrow source-inspection or command checks if needed to validate the catalog claim, such as a Node import/introspection command or `npm --prefix loom-playbooks run smoke`.
- 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 package state changes under review and the packet no longer matches the diff.
- Stop instead of modifying source or records outside this packet.
- Stop and name the missing context if the target cannot be judged from the records and files in read scope.

## 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.

Records changed:

- `.loom/packets/ralph/20260515T214608Z-playbook-macro-catalog-audit.md` - recorded bounded audit output and marked the packet consumed.

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

- Reviewed `ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` acceptance and current state. The ticket is scoped to a canonical macro catalog or generation seam, explicitly excludes adapter command surfaces and broader docs/tests, and requires Core routing preservation plus product-surface leakage checks.
- Reviewed `packet:20260515T213657Z-playbook-macro-catalog` implementation output. The prior worker reported `npm --prefix loom-playbooks run smoke`, package introspection, representative macro inspection, product-surface leakage grep, and `git diff --check`.
- Reviewed `spec:playbook-explicit-macros`, `plan:20260515-playbook-explicit-macros`, `research:20260515-playbook-command-surfaces`, `research:20260515-playbooks-core-activation-pressure`, `evidence:20260515-playbook-activation-stacking`, `AGENTS.md`, `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`, `loom-playbooks/package.json`, and the current Playbook skill corpus list.
- Reviewed the current diff for `loom-playbooks/loom-playbooks.mjs`. The diff adds `PLAYBOOK_MACRO_PREAMBLE`, derives macro bodies from `SKILL.md` content through `readSkillDocuments()`, keeps `readSkillFiles()` content-free, exposes `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()`, and adds smoke/introspection checks through `inspectPlaybookMacroCatalog()`.
- Ran `npm --prefix loom-playbooks run smoke`; it passed with `ok: true`, `skillCount: 25`, `macroCount: 25`, `macroChecks.ok: true`, no missing macros, and no automatic description failures.
- Ran a Node catalog invariant check comparing `readSkillFiles()` to `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()`; observed `skillCount: 25`, `macroCount: 25`, `sameOrderAndSet: true`, `missing: []`, `extra: []`, `badDescriptions: []`, `missingPreamble: []`, and `emptyBody: []`.
- Ran representative macro inspection for `loom-idea-refine`, `loom-debugging-and-error-recovery`, `loom-frontend-ui-engineering`, `loom-source-driven-development`, `loom-incremental-implementation`, `loom-security-and-hardening`, and `loom-shipping-and-launch`; each inspected macro had the explicit optional preamble and retained references to Core skill procedure completion, evidence, audit, and Ralph/packet discipline.
- Ran `git diff --check`; it passed with no output.
- Ran a targeted leakage search over `loom-playbooks/**/*.md` for `package smoke|adapter mechanics|test harness|dogfood|repository workflow|npm packaging|repo paths|skill-description policy`. The only match was `loom-playbooks/skills/loom-debugging-and-error-recovery/SKILL.md:127`, where `test harness to system under test` is a generic debugging boundary example, not contributor-only package/test-harness leakage.

Review findings:

- No material `FIND-*` findings within this packet's audit scope.

Verdict:

- `clear` - Within the bounded audit scope, ACC-001 through ACC-005 are supported by source inspection and narrow validation. The implementation represents all 25 current Playbooks through the derived macro catalog, frames catalog descriptions and bodies as explicit optional workflow macros, preserves Core surface ownership and evidence/audit/Ralph discipline in representative body checks, provides a shared exported seam that downstream adapter tickets can consume without copying bodies manually, and avoids material contributor-only leakage in the reviewed product-visible macro content.

What was not verified or reviewed:

- Did not verify downstream adapter command generation, native explicit-only packaging, Gemini TOML commands, docs, pack output, or activation tests; those are explicitly later tickets in the plan and outside this packet's scope.
- Did not perform exhaustive semantic review of every Playbook body beyond the catalog-wide invariant checks, targeted leakage search, and representative body inspection named above.
- Did not edit source or tickets.

Blockers, risks, or assumptions discovered:

- No blocker discovered.
- Residual risk: downstream adapter tickets must consume `readPlaybookMacroCatalog().body` rather than raw `SKILL.md` content, or they could omit the explicit macro preamble. This is already named by the implementation packet and should remain a downstream acceptance concern.
- Residual risk: `configureOpenCode()` still registers `skills/` through `config.skills.paths`; this matches the ticket's intentional deferral to `ticket:20260515-opencode-playbook-commands`, so it is not a finding against this catalog-only ticket.

Recommended next move for the consuming surface:

- Record this clear audit verdict in the consuming audit surface or ticket closure story, then close `ticket:20260515-playbook-macro-catalog` if the parent accepts the residual risks as downstream-ticket concerns. Unblock the adapter tickets to consume `readPlaybookMacroCatalog()` as the shared source.
