/** * Enforce Agent Note headers, lifecycle-specific sections, alternatives, and retired * marker rules. Classification and filenames belong to the sibling tree gate; * translation structure belongs to the pairing gate. Exact format and * grandfathering rules live in `.agents/notes/README.md`. */ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs' import { resolve } from 'node:path' import { agentNoteRoot, walkAgentNoteTree } from './agent-note-tree.ts' /** The date the format contract landed; the grandfather comment is valid only before it. */ const FORMAT_ADOPTED = '2026-07-05' /** The exact comment a pre-format Agent Note carries in place of `## Alternatives considered`. */ const GRANDFATHER = '' /** The retired debt marker that flagged pre-format bodies; banned so it cannot creep back. */ const LEGACY_MARKERS = ['XXX: legacy ADR/RFC body format', 'XXX: legacy ADR/Agent Note body format'] /** Status-line grammar per lifecycle folder. */ const STATUS: Record = { proposed: /^Status: proposed$/, implemented: /^Status: implemented$/, rejected: /^Status: rejected — .+$/, } /** Required `##` headings per lifecycle, beyond the universal `## Problem` opener. */ const REQUIRED: Record = { proposed: ['## Proposal', '## Acceptance criteria', '## Risks'], implemented: ['## Decision', '## Consequences'], rejected: ['## Proposal'], } /** Headings banned in `implemented/` — proposal-era spec-speak per the slop checklist. */ const BANNED_IMPLEMENTED = /^## (?:Proposal\b|Plan\b|Migration plan\b|Acceptance criteria\b)/i const { notes, errors } = walkAgentNoteTree() for (const note of notes) { const fail = (msg: string): void => { errors.push(`format: ${note.rel} — ${msg}`) } const lines = readFileSync(resolve(agentNoteRoot, note.rel), 'utf8').split('\n') // Format tokens inside fenced examples are not document structure. let inFence = false const prose = lines.filter((l) => { if (l.startsWith('```')) { inFence = !inFence return false } return !inFence }) if (!/^# Agent Note: \S/.test(lines[0] ?? '')) fail('line 1 must be `# Agent Note: `') if (lines[1] !== '') fail('line 2 must be blank') const status = STATUS[note.lifecycle] if (status !== undefined && !status.test(lines[2] ?? '')) { fail(`line 3 must match the ${note.lifecycle} status grammar (${String(status)})`) } if (lines[3] !== '') fail('line 4 must be blank') const statusLines = prose.filter(l => l.startsWith('Status:') && l !== lines[2]) if (statusLines.length > 0 || prose.filter(l => l === lines[2]).length > 1) { fail('the line-3 `Status:` line must be the only one in the file') } const h2s = prose.filter(l => l.startsWith('## ')).map(l => l.trimEnd()) if (h2s[0] !== '## Problem') fail(`the first section must be \`## Problem\` (got ${JSON.stringify(h2s[0] ?? '<none>')})`) for (const required of REQUIRED[note.lifecycle] ?? []) { if (!h2s.includes(required)) fail(`missing the required \`${required}\` section`) } if (note.lifecycle === 'implemented') { for (const h2 of h2s.filter(h => BANNED_IMPLEMENTED.test(h))) { fail(`\`${h2}\` is a proposal-era heading; an implemented Agent Note states what is (fold it into Decision/Consequences/Testing)`) } } const hasSection = h2s.includes('## Alternatives considered') const hasGrandfather = prose.includes(GRANDFATHER) if (hasSection && hasGrandfather) fail('carries both `## Alternatives considered` and the grandfather comment — drop the comment') if (!hasSection && !hasGrandfather) fail('missing `## Alternatives considered` (a pre-format Agent Note whose alternatives are not reconstructible carries the grandfather comment instead — see .agents/notes/README.md § The file format)') if (hasGrandfather && note.date >= FORMAT_ADOPTED) fail(`the grandfather comment is only valid for Agent Notes dated before ${FORMAT_ADOPTED}`) if (prose.some(line => LEGACY_MARKERS.some(marker => line.includes(marker)))) fail('carries the retired legacy-format debt marker') } if (errors.length === 0) { console.log(`verify-agent-note-format: ${notes.length} Agent Note(s) checked, all conform to .agents/notes/README.md § The file format.`) process.exit(0) } console.error('verify-agent-note-format: violations found:') for (const e of errors) console.error(` ${e}`) process.exit(1)