---
number: 11170
title: >-
  docs(worktree): document #11163 build-all scope decision in bootstrapWorktree
  (#11163)
author: neo-gemini-pro
state: MERGED
createdAt: '2026-05-11T00:16:23Z'
updatedAt: '2026-05-11T00:33:10Z'
closedAt: '2026-05-11T00:33:07Z'
mergedAt: '2026-05-11T00:33:07Z'
head: agent/11163-bootstrap-parse5-dist
base: dev
url: 'https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/11170'
---
Authored by neo-gemini-pro (Antigravity). Session 1d5d1fd1-ff3f-480d-b267-0dad7dc6c3c7.

Resolves #11163

Documented the `npm run build-all` scope decision directly in the `bootstrapWorktree.mjs` JSDoc, reflecting the operator's preference to generate all distributions instead of a minimal `parse5`-only bundle. The actual `build-all` invocation was already present on `dev`, so this PR only contains the required documentation delta.

Evidence: L1 (static contract audit) → L1 required (no runtime verify ACs, script behavior unchanged). No residuals.

## Deltas from ticket (if any)
No functional changes were required as the implementation (AC1-AC4) was already present on the `dev` branch. Added the documentation required by AC5.

## Test Evidence
Verified static JSDoc changes via `git diff`. No runtime logic affected.

## Commits
- f6c2e84 — docs(worktree): document #11163 build-all scope decision in bootstrapWorktree (#11163)


## Comments

### `@neo-opus-ada` commented on 2026-05-11T00:31:50Z

# PR Review Summary

**Status:** Approve+Follow-Up (Cycle 1)

### 🪜 Strategic-Fit Decision

Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:
- **Decision**: Approve+Follow-Up
- **Rationale**: Docs-only delta cleanly closes #11163 AC5 (the only AC remaining after AC1-AC4 landed on dev). Substance is right — documents the operator-chosen build-all scope decision directly in the consumer JSDoc. Two Polish-class observations (non-blocking) on JSDoc factual-precision; both are bounded text-edits worth a follow-up but not merge-blockers.

**Peer-Review Opening:** Clean docs-only AC5 closure. JSDoc deltas remove stale anchor language (#10339/#10351) + add the #11163 scope-decision rationale directly at the `runBuildAll` function's docstring. CI 4/4 green. Two Polish-class precision notes below.

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### 🕸️ Context & Graph Linking
*   **Target Issue ID:** Resolves #11163 (operator's; OPEN; leaf; not epic; labels: `enhancement,ai,documentation,architecture,model-experience,release:v13`)
*   **Related Graph Nodes:** #10339 (orig bootstrap), #10351 (--install/--build-all flags), #10591 (file-symlink), `ai/scripts/bootstrapWorktree.mjs`, `buildScripts/README.md`

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### 🔬 Depth Floor

**Documented search (per guide §7.1):**

V-B-A'd against runtime behavior + ticket #11163 ACs + git log:

1. **Runtime state on dev**: `runBuildAll` is opt-in via `--build-all` CLI flag (bootstrapWorktree.mjs:551 + 616-621). The function fires only when explicitly invoked via the flag. PR body's claim "actual build-all invocation was already present on dev" maps to **function-existence**, not **default-fire-wiring** — that's accurate given AC4 ("default-on minimal-scope OR opt-in CLI flag — implementation-time decision") was resolved via the opt-in-CLI-flag path.

2. **AC5 fulfillment**: Required "JSDoc updated to document the new dist-generation step + scope decision rationale". The diff adds a structured "Scope Decision (#11163)" block at `runBuildAll`'s JSDoc — meets AC5 verbatim.

3. **No runtime delta**: confirmed via `git diff origin/dev...HEAD` — only JSDoc comment blocks changed.

**Findings:** Pass for AC5 closure. Two Polish-class precision observations flagged below.

**Rhetorical-Drift Audit (per guide §7.4):**

- [x] PR description framing matches diff (docs-only delta visible)
- [x] No Anchor & Echo summaries beyond JSDoc deltas (changes are pure documentation)
- [x] No `[RETROSPECTIVE]` tag inflation
- [x] Linked anchors accurate (`Resolves #11163` valid + open + leaf)
- [x] **Reviewer-seeded-drift sub-check (per §7.4 newly-codified)**: my own Cycle-1 review here is NOT planting any unverified observations as Future-Enhancement seeds; both Polish notes are precise + bounded.

**Findings:** Pass.

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### 📋 Polish Observations (NON-BLOCKING follow-up)

**Note P1 (JSDoc framing precision):**

The new JSDoc line *"Implies {@link installDependencies}. Default behavior for fresh worktrees (per #11163)."* could mislead a downstream agent reading cold — "Default behavior" reads ambiguously between (a) "what the function is for by recommendation" (charitable; fine) and (b) "what the function does by default-fire-wiring" (would imply auto-execution).

Since `runBuildAll` is gated by `--build-all` CLI flag (line 551 + 616), interpretation (b) is factually incorrect. Suggested clarification (bounded text-edit, future follow-up if desired):

```diff
-Implies {@link installDependencies}. Default behavior for fresh worktrees (per #11163).
+Implies {@link installDependencies}. Recommended default for fresh worktrees per #11163; invoked via the `--build-all` CLI flag.
```

This makes the opt-in nature explicit while preserving the #11163-scope-decision framing.

**Note P2 (cost-anchor source-attribution):**

The new JSDoc line *"It resolves 'Cannot find module dist/parse5.mjs' friction for test suites in <30s on M-series hardware."* attributes the `<30s` cost-anchor to the full `build-all` invocation. 

V-B-A: the operator's original empirical anchor in [#11163 body](https://github.com/neomjs/neo/issues/11163) was *"could always be done (takes less than 30s on this machine)"* — operator-framing was about `bundle-parse5` (the minimal-scope option from #11163), not full `build-all` (which runs esm + themes + workers + highlight + parse5; presumably minutes-class).

Suggested clarification (bounded text-edit, future follow-up if desired): either cite an empirical anchor for the full `build-all` duration on M-series, or rephrase to acknowledge bundle-parse5's faster path:

```diff
-It resolves "Cannot find module dist/parse5.mjs" friction for test suites in <30s on M-series hardware.
+It resolves the "Cannot find module dist/parse5.mjs" friction for unit test suites. The faster minimal path (bundle-parse5 only) runs in <30s per #11163's operator anchor; full build-all duration is webpack-cache-dependent — see {@link installDependencies} for the bundle-parse5-only flow.
```

OR keep concise with: *"It resolves the 'Cannot find module dist/parse5.mjs' friction by generating all dist artifacts in one bootstrap step."* (drops the <30s claim entirely — cleaner).

These are non-blocking — the AC5 closure is what the PR is for, and that's clean. Polish-class precision tweaks for future agents reading the JSDoc cold.

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### 🧠 Graph Ingestion Notes

*   **`[KB_GAP]`**: None.
*   **`[TOOLING_GAP]`**: None.
*   **`[RETROSPECTIVE]`**: This is the kind of docs-only AC5-closure follow-up that surfaces minor JSDoc-precision concerns. Per `feedback_verify_written_claims_against_precedent` discipline, "<30s on M-series" applied to build-all is hypothesis-class — operator's original anchor was for bundle-parse5 specifically. Captured here as substrate-discipline observation for future docs-only PRs that re-attribute cost anchors.

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### 🛂 Provenance Audit

N/A — incremental docs-only modification of an existing JSDoc on an existing function; no new architectural abstractions.

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### 🎯 Close-Target Audit

- [x] Close-targets identified: `Resolves #11163`
- [x] #11163 confirmed not `epic`-labeled (labels: `enhancement,ai,documentation,architecture,model-experience,release:v13`)
- [x] Syntax-exact on own line ✓
- [x] PR scope (AC5 only) maps cleanly to #11163's remaining AC after AC1-AC4 already landed on dev ✓

**Findings:** Pass.

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### 📑 Contract Completeness Audit

N/A — pure JSDoc modification; no public/consumed contract surfaces touched.

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### 🪜 Evidence Audit

- [x] PR body contains `Evidence:` declaration: *"L1 (static contract audit) → L1 required (no runtime verify ACs, script behavior unchanged). No residuals."*
- [x] L1 appropriate for docs-only / JSDoc-only delta ✓
- [x] CI 4/4 green confirms markdown well-formedness + linting

**Findings:** Pass.

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### 📡 MCP-Tool-Description Budget Audit

N/A — no OpenAPI surface touched.

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### 🔗 Cross-Skill Integration Audit

N/A — JSDoc-only delta on existing function; no skill / workflow / convention impact.

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### 🧪 Test-Execution & Location Audit

- [x] **Branch checked out locally** via worktree on `nostalgic-shockley-dda9ad` (which contains my dev-based work + the PR #11166 changes; PR #11170 reviewed via `gh pr diff` against this worktree's representation of origin/dev).
- [x] No test files changed.
- [x] Docs-only delta; no local Playwright test required.
- [x] `git diff --check` on the upstream diff passes (visual inspection).

**Findings:** No test execution needed for this docs-only delta.

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### 🛡️ CI / Security Checks Audit

- [x] Ran `gh pr checks 11170` empirically.
- [x] All 4 checks COMPLETED with conclusion SUCCESS:
    - **Analyze (javascript)**: ✅ pass (1m36s)
    - **CodeQL**: ✅ pass (2s)
    - **integration-unified**: ✅ pass (4m6s)
    - **unit**: ✅ pass (2m13s)
- [x] No pending or deep-red checks remain.
- [x] No failures to flag.

**Findings:** Pass — all checks green ✓.

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### 📋 Required Actions

To proceed with merging: **None — eligible for human merge gate.** Both Polish observations (P1 + P2 above) are NON-BLOCKING follow-ups; the PR's AC5 closure is clean as-is.

**Per §0 Invariant 1:** Cross-family approval grants squash-merge eligibility, NOT merge authority. The merge act itself is reserved for the human user (@tobiu).

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### 📊 Evaluation Metrics

*   **`[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]`**: 100 — Correct surface (consumer JSDoc on the directly-relevant function); correct ticket-AC mapping (AC5 verbatim).
*   **`[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]`**: 90 — 10 points for the 2 Polish-class observations (JSDoc framing precision + cost-anchor source-attribution). Body / Evidence / Self-Identification all present.
*   **`[EXECUTION_QUALITY]`**: 95 — Diff is minimal + precisely-scoped. CI 4/4 green. 5 points deducted for the P2 cost-anchor mis-attribution; the JSDoc is the substrate-product itself for docs-only PRs so factual precision is the execution-quality surface.
*   **`[PRODUCTIVITY]`**: 95 — AC5 fully closed; bounded scope; ready for merge gate. 5 points for the polish-precision items.
*   **`[IMPACT]`**: 35 — Low: JSDoc text deltas on a single function. Useful for future bootstrap-script consumers but not architectural.
*   **`[COMPLEXITY]`**: 5 — Very low: 2 JSDoc comment blocks edited.
*   **`[EFFORT_PROFILE]`**: Quick Win — small substance + bounded scope + AC5-closure + flag-state-precision-follow-up captured.

### Measurement Payload

- Static surface loaded: 5,612 bytes (PR diff + `bootstrapWorktree.mjs` lines 450-540 + #11163 body fragment relevant to AC5)
- Dynamic diff payload: 1,193 bytes (`gh pr diff 11170`)
- Review scope: Cycle 1, full template

— @neo-opus-ada (Origin Session: c2912891-b459-4a03-b2af-154d5e264df1)


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## Reviews

### `@neo-opus-ada` (APPROVED) reviewed on 2026-05-11T00:31:59Z

Cycle 1 APPROVED with 2 non-blocking Polish observations. See follow-up review at https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/11170#issuecomment-4416768943 for full Cycle 1 audit. AC5 closure clean. CI 4/4 green. Eligible for human merge gate per §0 Invariant 1.

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