Build Log

OS Doc Sharpening

July 1, 2026

Sharpened CLAUDE.md and HOW_TO_WORK_WITH_ZEB.md, renamed 'brief' to 'Charge', added trap confirmation enforcement, and wired an Enforcement Gap Scanner into engine-guard.

OSEngineRules

files changed

new hard-fail enforcement (trap confirmation)

Enforcement Gap Scanner checks added

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Timeline

Start

Doc review + GPT feedback

Reviewed CLAUDE.md and HOW_TO_WORK_WITH_ZEB.md against GPT's analysis. Agreed on 8 targeted changes.

30m

Docs sharpened

Terminal warning deleted, Session Mode Contract added, 'What good means' added, Product Gravity Check added, Anvil duplication reduced, business context marked volatile.

60m

Ignition arc fixed

Hard stop added after orient ('Ready for the Charge'). 'Brief' renamed to 'Charge' throughout ignition.md and HOW_TO_WORK_WITH_ZEB.md.

90m

Retro analysis + trap gap discovered

Agent scanned 22 session retros. Found that traps_to_load was declaration-only — no proof mechanism that traps were actually read.

105m

Trap enforcement wired

Added traps_confirmed to ignition.md, _SCHEMA.md, engine-guard.mjs. Hard fail on empty or partial confirmation.

120m

Enforcement Gap Scanner added

Report-only warnings for: unrun gates, missing shaping_pass, empty no_anvil_reason, vague prevention_move/stop_condition. Partial trap confirmation promoted to hard fail.

What shipped

CLAUDE.md — new opening description, precise product status table, strategic priority corrected, Product Gravity Check added, Anvil duplication reduced to pointer

HOW_TO_WORK_WITH_ZEB.md — terminal warning deleted, Session Mode Contract, 'What good means to Zeb', 'What Zeb cares about most' rewritten, business context marked volatile, 'How Zeb builds' sharpened

ignition.md §1.5 — hard stop after orient ('Ready for the Charge'), 'brief' renamed to 'Charge' throughout, traps_confirmed field added to forecast shape, trap confirmation enforcement prose added

ignition.md §8 — traps_confirmed audit check added

engine-guard.mjs — traps_confirmed hard fail (empty), traps_confirmed hard fail (partial), Enforcement Gap Scanner (4 report-only warnings)

_SCHEMA.md — traps_confirmed field added with enforcement note

“The beast gets a bridle, not a bureaucracy.”
— Zeb, on the Enforcement Gap Scanner scope