# Product Surface Language Final Review

ID: packet:20260511T071542Z-product-surface-language-final-review
Type: Packet
Status: consumed
Created: 2026-05-11 07:15 UTC
Updated: 2026-05-11 07:19 UTC
Target: ticket:20260510-product-surface-language-cleanup
Packet Kind: Ralph
Mode: review
Context Style: live-reference
Worker: subagent
Branch: main
Worktree: /Users/alexanderbutler/code_projects/personal/agent-loom
Risk: medium - review concerns shipped instruction wording and public protocol docs.
Review Lens: final product surface leakage, finding disposition, evidence sufficiency

## Mission

Review the final patched state for `ticket:20260510-product-surface-language-cleanup` after the two prior public-doc wording findings were fixed.

## Context Bundle

Records:

- `ticket:20260510-product-surface-language-cleanup` - target ticket and acceptance.
- `evidence:20260510-product-surface-language-cleanup-checks` - current command and search evidence.
- `packet:20260511T070642Z-product-surface-language-review` - prior fresh review that returned `changes-needed` for two public-doc wording leaks, now patched.
- `audit:20260510-loop-hardening-review` - prior audit, superseded only for this language-leakage concern.

Files, Diffs, Or External References:

- Current git diff in the worktree - primary source for changed product-facing prose.
- `loom-core/skills/**` - shipped skill corpus.
- `loom-playbooks/skills/**` - shipped workflow skill corpus.
- `README.md`, `PROTOCOL.md`, `ARCHITECTURE.md`, `INSTALL.md`, `loom-core/README.md`, `loom-playbooks/README.md` - public docs that restate the route.

## Read Scope

- Read this packet and target ticket.
- Inspect the current git diff.
- Inspect changed shipped skill files and docs as needed.
- Inspect the evidence record and the consumed prior review packet.
- Treat `.loom/` and `evals/` records as dogfood/internal evidence, not shipped product doctrine.

## Write Scope

Records Or Artifacts:

- None - read-only review. Return output through launch transport.

Source Paths:

- None - do not edit files.

## Source Snapshot

- Branch: `main`.
- Worktree has modified shipped skills and docs plus dogfood Loom records.
- The prior review found two public-doc package-boundary wording leaks; both were patched.
- Package smoke/pack checks, `git diff --check`, shipped skill greps, public-doc package-boundary greps, and product-surface eval-term greps passed after the patches.

## Task

Review the current patched state and answer:

- Do shipped skill bodies avoid explaining workflow precedence through package-layer distinctions?
- Do shipped skill bodies use Loom surfaces and named skills instead of package names where workflow routing matters?
- Were eval-shaped examples removed from the shipped skill corpus?
- Do public docs avoid introducing package-boundary language into operational workflow guidance, while still allowing install/package facts where needed?
- Were the two prior review findings resolved without weakening the intended shaping, slicing, Ralph, evidence, and audit semantics?
- Is the ticket/evidence state honest about what was and was not verified?

Non-goals:

- Do not edit files.
- Do not require removing package names from install/package identity docs where they are factual installation surfaces.
- Do not review the eval app implementation.

## Evidence, Review, Or Verification Expectations

Return findings first with severity and file/line references when practical. Include residual risks and a bounded verdict: `clear`, `concerns`, `changes-needed`, or `inconclusive`.

## Stop Conditions

- Return `blocked` if the diff, target ticket, evidence, or prior review packet is unavailable.
- Return `escalate` if the correct boundary between install docs and skill-consumer prose needs operator judgment.

## Output Contract

The worker must return output with:

- outcome: `continue`, `stop`, `blocked`, or `escalate`
- files changed: expected `None`
- records changed: expected `None`
- findings, observations, and verdict
- what was not verified or reviewed
- blockers, risks, or assumptions discovered
- recommended next move for the consuming surface

## Worker Output

Outcome: `stop`

Files changed: None.

Records changed: None.

Findings, observations, and verdict:

- No material findings.
- Shipped skill bodies no longer contain the targeted package-boundary workflow phrases; scoped search over `loom-core/skills` and `loom-playbooks/skills` returned no output.
- Shipped skill bodies route through Loom surfaces and named skills rather than package-layer precedence, with examples inspected in `loom-core/skills/using-loom/SKILL.md` and playbook skills.
- Eval-shaped examples were not found in shipped skill bodies or scoped public docs by the targeted search terms from the evidence record.
- The two prior public-doc findings appear resolved: `loom-playbooks/README.md` now says results land in `Loom records`, and `ARCHITECTURE.md` says owning truth lives in `Loom records`.
- The shaping, slicing, Ralph, evidence, and audit semantics remain intact in the patched state.
- Evidence state is honest about limits, including that greps do not prove every synonym absent and do not prove live agent behavior improves.
- `git diff --check` passed with no output during this review.

Verdict: `clear`.

What was not verified or reviewed:

- Eval app implementation was not reviewed, per packet non-goal.
- Package smoke or pack checks were not rerun by the worker; the worker relied on recorded evidence for those command results.
- Absence of every possible package-boundary synonym beyond scoped diff inspection and targeted searches was not proven.
- Live agent behavior changes were not verified.

Blockers, risks, or assumptions discovered:

- No blockers.
- Residual risk: public docs still mention Core and Playbooks as package/install facts, which is allowed by the packet scope but remains a wording boundary to preserve in future edits.
- Assumption: install/package identity language is acceptable where it describes package exposure rather than workflow precedence.

Recommended next move:

- Proceed with ticket review or closure if the consuming surface agrees no further audit is needed.
