Build Log · 2026-07-01

OS Engine Guard

Diagnosed rules drift across the workspace. Culled the trap table from 28 to 20. Built engine-guard.mjs — a real enforcement layer with hard fails, warn thresholds, and a scoped escape hatch.

  • OS
  • enforcement
  • engine-guard
traps culled
8

traps culled

files changed
6

files changed

new script
1

new script

hard fails added
3

hard fails added

What shipped

  • engine-guard.mjs — new script: trap counts (hard fail >20/>10), OS drift warn/fail thresholds, prevention artifact validation, archived trap loading evidence check

  • retro.mjs — engine-guard wired as step 0 with session JSON arg

  • package.json — npm run guard for mid-session standalone use

  • Extraction Gate — gates.md + triggers.md trigger map + build-session.mjs INFERRED_RULES

  • Structured prevention artifact fields in _SCHEMA.md (artifact_kind, target_path, target_anchor, verification_text)

  • os_debt escape hatch — scoped to os_drift_line_limit only, documented in _SCHEMA.md

  • OS Work Backlog in extraction-backlog.md — gates.md split and INFERRED_RULES extraction tracked

  • Trap table culled from 28 → 20 active, 5 archived (was empty)