process.exit() terminates immediately, but Node writes stdout asynchronously
when stdout is a pipe — everything still buffered is dropped. scan-orchestrator
measured 246 854 bytes to a file against 65 536 to a pipe (131 072 on another
run; the cut point is a flush race), so every machine consumer that pipes the
envelope got truncated, unparseable JSON. The failure reads like a corrupt file,
not like a cut-off, which is what made it survive this long. Reported by
org-ops, whose census pipes our output.
Closes the class rather than the one CLI where it was visible. campaign-cli,
campaign-export-cli, campaign-write-cli, knowledge-refresh-cli, drift-cli and
fix-cli all exited the same way on their success paths and were green only
because their payloads fit the pipe buffer today; size is not correctness. All
38 sites across 14 files now set process.exitCode and return, which is the
pattern self-audit.mjs already used.
Two contracts needed care rather than substitution: fail() is a never-returns
guard at ~25 call sites, so it throws a CliUsageError the top-level catch
renders with the identical "Error: " prefix and exit code 3; the path guards
needed an explicit return so main() stops instead of running on. Exit codes and
stderr text are unchanged, and the frozen v5.0.0 snapshots are untouched.
The class sweep is landed as a test, not as fourteen edits — it caught one site
this commit had missed. Suite 1443/0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01B8sS1DuDV6bUJcyumLwbvj
DEL B chunk `interview` (+ discover/status/cleanup/help). Fasit written before
the run predicted 8 defects and refuted 4 candidates; all 8 confirmed, all 4
refutations held, and three predictions turned out too narrow.
- M-BUG-36: `drift --list` reached the command as 0 bytes. drift-cli accepted
--output-file but list mode ignored it, and the listing goes to stderr, which
the command discards per ux-rules rule 2. Fixing the caller alone would not
have helped.
- M-BUG-37: feature-gap's "Create backup" step ran fix-cli without --apply.
Dry-run is the default, so no backup existed (backupId: null) while the
command went on to edit config believing it could roll back.
- M-BUG-38: fix-cli told users to recover with scanners/rollback-cli.mjs, which
does not exist. Dead reference in the one message read after a bad fix.
- M-BUG-21 fourth arm: five templates carried literal [--global]/[--full-machine]
inside executable bash blocks. A bracketed placeholder does not start with a
dash, so every scanner's arg loop takes it as the scan target.
- interview and analyze never said which session they act on; interview could
rewind a finished session; cleanup interpolated an unvalidated id into rm -rf
(an empty id deletes every session); status advertised a `resume` command that
does not exist and documented an `all` argument it never parsed.
TDD: 9 red tests first, including a machine sweep for dead /config-audit
references and for bracketed flags in bash blocks. Suite 1432 -> 1441/0.
Frozen v5.0.0 snapshots untouched; --raw/--json contracts unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UGvA1uUQn2hPBPMaCKK6x3
Dogfooding `/config-audit plugin-health` against a fasit registered before the
run: 11 of 12 predictions confirmed, 1 refuted with evidence, 0 deviations.
The command's default path could not produce the report it documents.
M-BUG-21 (third arm): the argument loop ended in
`else if (!args[i].startsWith('-')) targetPath = args[i]` with no unknown-flag
branch, so `--output-file /tmp/x.json` was dropped and its value became the scan
target. Worse than in drift-cli: a non-existent path discovers no plugins, so the
scanner answered "No plugins found" (info) with exit 0 — a reassuring answer, not
an error. Unknown options and a value-less `--output-file` now exit 3.
M-BUG-33: the scanner had no `--output-file` and its default-mode report goes to
stderr, which `commands/plugin-health.md` discards with `2>/dev/null` before
telling the agent to read stdout. Zero bytes captured.
M-BUG-34: per-plugin rows and the grade formula never left `scan()` — the only
grade code, `formatPluginHealthReport`, had no caller — and cross-plugin findings
were flattened behind a `category` they share with per-plugin findings. The
mandated table and Cross-Plugin section were unbuildable, so the command had to
fabricate them. `scanDetailed()` now returns them; `scan()`'s frozen v5.0.0
envelope is unchanged by construction.
M-BUG-35: `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` was flagged as an unknown file. It is
the documented catalog location, and `"source": "./"` makes the repo root its own
plugin, so one `.claude-plugin/` legitimately holds both.
Also: `commands/posture.md` ran both optional scanners in default mode under
`2>/dev/null` and read stdout — the same class as feature-gap.md:133 in the fix
chunk. A CLI-side flag fix does not close its callers.
Tests 1420 -> 1432, red first. Frozen v5.0.0 snapshots untouched.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XhhZ8zg1amR7YCAPqiZWdt
Dogfooding `/config-audit fix` against a throwaway repo copy. All eight
predictions registered in the fasit before the run were confirmed, and three
further defects surfaced that were not predicted.
- M-BUG-21, third arm: the argument loop ended in `!arg.startsWith('-') =>
targetPath`, so an unknown flag was dropped and its value became the target.
In `fix` that is the WRITE target under `--apply`. Unknown options and a
value-less `--output-file` now exit 3.
- `--dry-run` was documented in the command's argument-hint and never
implemented; `--output-file` did not exist, so `commands/fix.md` told the
agent to Read a file nothing produced. Both now exist.
- M-BUG-31: `file-rename` was excluded from the backup set, so a renamed rule
file had no backup entry while the command promised one and returned a
backupId that could not restore it.
- M-BUG-32: `verifyFixes` hardcoded `includeGlobal: false`, so after a
`--global` run every untouched user-scope finding was reported as verified.
Reproduced against an unmodified ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md.
- M-BUG-29: a rename was applied before other fixes on the same file, which
then failed with ENOENT while the run still exited 0. Renames sort last.
- M-BUG-30: `severityOrder[s] || 4` maps critical (0) to 4, so critical fixes
sorted last. The old test used the same falsy fallback and agreed with the
bug. Now `?? 4`.
- A failed fix exits 2 instead of 0, matching the other scanners' convention.
Frozen tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/ untouched; --json/--raw stdout byte-identical.
Suite 1420/0 (+10).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YJ3MCDCnyw7wZSPnUXVhYS
Dogfooding `/config-audit drift` against the machine. Fasit written before the
run; 6/6 predictions plus both F7 arms confirmed, 0 deviations.
M-BUG-21 (both arms):
The arg loop ended in `else if (!arg.startsWith('-')) targetPath = arg` with no
unknown-flag branch, so an unrecognised flag was dropped silently and its VALUE
became the scan target. `--output-file /tmp/x.json` scanned /tmp/x.json — a path
that does not exist — and reported the near-empty scan as drift, forever. The
same silence was destructive for `--save --name` with the value omitted: the
name stayed `default` and an existing baseline was overwritten. And the flag
ux-rules rule 2 requires did not exist at all: commands/drift.md ran the CLI
under `2>/dev/null` while telling the agent to read stdout, but the default
report, the --save confirmation and --list all write to stderr. All three modes
captured nothing.
M-BUG-27 (found during the run, not predicted):
diff-engine never compared the baseline's stored target_path against the current
target. The machine's `default` baseline is anchored to a test fixture, so
`/config-audit drift` diffed two unrelated trees, marked all 20 baseline
findings resolved and all 15 current ones new, and reported trend "improving".
A reassuring, entirely false signal — and the default path.
Root cause is one thing, not three: the CLI validated neither its flags nor its
anchor. Same class as the rollback chunk's "nothing agreed where a backup lives".
Fix: unknown options and value-less --name/--baseline/--output-file exit 3;
--output-file follows the posture.mjs pattern; `_baselineAnchor` rides in the
default-mode payload (stderr alone is invisible under `2>/dev/null`) while
--json/--raw stdout stays v5.0.0-shaped.
Suite 1410/0 (+12). Frozen snapshots untouched; raw/json/default backcompat green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015RGrL3noVdFSUhohaKTMSN
Batch release of everything since v5.12.5: one new lens mode and 14 real bugs,
all of them dogfooding finds — either from running the plugin against the
maintainer's real machine, or from walking analyze -> plan -> implement ->
rollback end-to-end on a throwaway repo copy.
Minor, not patch. STATE recorded this batch as "fix: only"; the log says
otherwise — e9921d3 ships `optimize --subtract`, a user-facing opt-in flag, so
semver requires a minor. Verified by reading `git log v5.12.5..HEAD` rather than
trusting the note: 11 fix, 1 feat, 8 docs.
Consequence: the planned v5.13 work (model routing, effort awareness, dead
references) now targets v5.14. docs/v5.13-model-routing-effort-deadref-plan.md
keeps its filename so existing references resolve, and says so at the top —
leaving a doc named for a version that shipped something else is exactly the
dead-reference class that plan is about.
Gates, all re-run against ground truth before writing anything:
- node --test 'tests/**/*.test.mjs' -> 1398 pass / 0 fail
- scanners/self-audit.mjs --check-readme -> passed (tests badge 1344 -> 1398;
the path in STATE said scripts/, which does not exist)
- catalog check-versions.mjs -> 0 ERROR
Counts unchanged: scanners 16, agents 7, commands 21, hooks 4.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AA5LT1UaDzctNkMi414qzA
Version-sync for the M-BUG-9 fix (code already in 18af5a2):
- plugin.json 5.12.3 -> 5.12.4
- README version badge -> 5.12.4, tests badge 1305 -> 1307, new version-history row
- CHANGELOG [5.12.4] section
checkReadmeBadges: passed:true (tests 1307, scanners 16, commands 21, agents 7, hooks 4 — all
match filesystem). Full suite 1307/0. Frozen v5.0.0 + default-output snapshots byte-stable
(the fix is a no-op when projectRoot === targetPath; RUL appears in no snapshot).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EnUvKEqyEa1m9gy6Aqhdqq
Releases commit 7f097d5. enumerateAgents now counts only the agents Claude Code
actually registers: recurse into agent subdirs (M-BUG-3), dedupe project==user
path when the scope root is $HOME (M-BUG-4, root cause — also fixed rules and
output-styles), and require valid name+description frontmatter before counting a
file (M-BUG-5). Real-machine verify: user-agent count 13->0 (all 12 user agents
plus REMEMBER.md are frontmatter-less, so CC registers none), HOME project-dup
13->0; corrected always-loaded baseline is ~53, not 66. No count change (scanners
16, agents 7, commands 21); agent enumeration is machine-dependent and absent
from the frozen snapshots, so v5.0.0 + SC-5 + default-output stay byte-stable.
1305 tests.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EnUvKEqyEa1m9gy6Aqhdqq
enumeratePlugins now honors enabledPlugins (disabled plugins no longer
contribute phantom agents/skills/commands) and enumerates polyrepo plugins
from their active installPath in installed_plugins.json, not only
marketplaces/<mkt>/plugins/. Fixes manifest/whats-active/AGT/token-hotspots
for any user with disabled plugins or a polyrepo marketplace. No count change
(scanners 16, agents 7, commands 21); --json/--raw byte-stable, frozen v5.0.0
+ SC-5 + default-output snapshots untouched. 1301 tests.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XYFipiVaRtbimkDjDnnKvY
Version-sync for the Pattern H recommendation fix shipped in 45efed3:
- plugin.json 5.12.0 -> 5.12.1
- README version badge + version-history row (1297 tests)
- CHANGELOG [5.12.1] entry
Recommendation string only — no new finding ID or scanner (count stays 16,
agents 7, commands 21), no token figures changed, so --json/--raw stay
byte-stable and frozen v5.0.0 + SC-5 + default-output snapshots are untouched.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Version-sync for the B8b model→window auto-probe shipped in cf75249:
- plugin.json 5.11.0 -> 5.12.0
- README version badge + version-history row (1296 tests)
- CHANGELOG [5.12.0] entry
Scanner count stays 16, agents 7, commands 21. No new finding ID or scanner.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Cuts the v5.9.0 release bundling the three hardening gaps shipped since v5.8.0:
B1 (agent-listing budget — new orchestrated scanner AGT, count 15→16),
B2 (machine-wide always-loaded token roll-up in the campaign ledger), and
B3 (cache-aware filtering + stale plugin-cache disk-cleanup finding).
Version sync: plugin.json 5.8.0→5.9.0; README badges version 5.9.0 /
scanners 15→16 / tests 1168→1215; README intro + Health prose + scanner
table (new AGT row, TOK 7th pattern) + self-audit prose 15→16; new
version-history row; CHANGELOG [5.9.0]; CLAUDE.md finding-ID example (+CA-AGT)
and test count 1168→1215 / 67→68 files (scanner dir 35→36).
Gate: `self-audit --json --check-readme` -> readmeCheck.passed:true,
mismatches:[]. Full suite green (1215, 0 fail). Tag + catalog ref-bump follow.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bump plugin.json 5.7.0 -> 5.8.0, README version badge + version-history row,
and CHANGELOG [5.8.0]. Covers the full Fase 2 campaign motor (durable ledger,
read-only campaign-cli, human-approved campaign-write-cli + /config-audit
campaign, cross-repo backlog, per-repo plan export with execution-by-reuse)
plus the pre-release cleanup (knowledge-refresh wiring, CLAUDE.md trim).
Scanner count 15, agents 7, commands 20 -> 21, tests 1091 -> 1168. All counts
verified green via self-audit --check-readme.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bundles the v5.6 work already on main into a release:
- Foundation (62d910e): active-config-reader enumerates rules/agents/output
styles with a loadPattern/survivesCompaction/derivationConfidence triple;
frontmatter parser reads YAML block sequences.
- B (bb647ce, 778b517): load-pattern accounting — manifest reports
component-level sources with an always-loaded subtotal; token-hotspots tags
each hotspot with its load pattern.
- C (e3b044a): new orchestrated OST scanner (CA-OST-001/002/003), scanner
count 13 -> 14, all claims doc-verified.
Version synced: plugin.json 5.5.0->5.6.0, README version badge +
version-history row, CHANGELOG [5.6.0] section. Frozen v5.0.0 snapshots
preserved via strip-helpers (--json/--raw byte-stable for the original 13
scanners); only SC-5 default-output regenerated. Suite 1023 pass, self-audit
A/A (config 93, plugin 100), readmeCheck passed, mismatches [].
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bundles the two v5.5.0 features already on main:
- A (f3aadb5): RUL/CML compaction-durability findings (both LOW) — a
large (>50-line) path-scoped rule and a nested CLAUDE.md are not
re-injected after compaction.
- E (f75ed56): PLH flags plugin-agent hooks/mcpServers/permissionMode
frontmatter Claude Code ignores for plugin subagents (permissionMode
MEDIUM false-security, rest LOW).
Additive — scanner count stays 13, --json/--raw byte-stable. Suite 961
pass. self-audit A/A (config 93, plugin 100), readmeCheck passed,
mismatches []. Version synced: plugin.json 5.4.1->5.5.0, README
version badge + version-history row, CHANGELOG [5.5.0] section.
Foundation (active-config-reader enumeration) + B deferred to v5.6.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ter3E2JSi1Khgmuf2kady8
Three additive findings extend existing PLH and SET scanners (scanner count
stays 13; --json/--raw byte-stable):
- CA-PLH-015 plugin-folder shadowing — a plugin.json component-path key in the
replaces-set (commands/agents/outputStyles) pointing at a custom path while
the default folder still exists; mirrors CC /doctor & claude plugin list.
- CA-PLH-016 skills:-array validation — each entry must resolve to a directory
inside the plugin root; flags non-string/escapes-root/not-found/not-a-directory;
mirrors claude plugin validate.
- CA-SET autoMode — structure (only environment/allow/soft_deny/hard_deny string
arrays; "$defaults" valid) = medium; dead-config (autoMode in shared
.claude/settings.json is not read by CC) = low.
Release mechanics: version 5.3.0 -> 5.4.0 (plugin.json); CHANGELOG [5.4.0];
README badge/TOC/What's-New/version-history; knowledge v5.4.0 scanner-backing
facts. Gates: suite 949/949, self-audit A/A + readmeCheck.passed (count 13),
SC-5 byte-equal, gitleaks clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ter3E2JSi1Khgmuf2kady8
New orchestrated scanner SKL (CA-SKL-001 1,536-char listing cap, CA-SKL-002
listing-budget sum) → 13 orchestrated scanners. Five validators refreshed for
the CC 2.1.114→181 settings/hook surface (xhigh effort, MessageDisplay +
post-session events). False positives eliminated in MCP and permissions
scanners. Hermetic HOME isolation across all CLI-spawning tests.
Version sync: plugin.json 5.1.0→5.2.0, README badges (version + tests-875+),
5 stale "12→13 scanners" prose fixes, What's New + version-history rewrite,
CHANGELOG [5.2.0] entry. 875/875 tests; self-audit configGrade A, pluginGrade A,
readmeCheck.passed:true.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ter3E2JSi1Khgmuf2kady8
Plain-language UX humanizer release. Default output of all 18 commands
now leads with prose; technical IDs surface at end-of-line as references
rather than headlines. Scanner internals are unchanged; humanization is
a pure output-time transform applied at the rendering layer.
Highlights:
- New scanner-lib modules: humanizer.mjs, humanizer-data.mjs (TRANSLATIONS
for 13 scanner prefixes)
- New --raw flag threaded through every CLI for byte-stable v5.0.0
verbatim output (--json unchanged from v5.0.0, also byte-stable)
- 5 user-impact categories, 5 action-language phrases, 3 relevance contexts
- Self-audit terminal output also humanized; --json path unchanged
- 21 command and agent templates updated for humanized rendering with
--raw passthrough
- 635 → 792 tests (+157) including SC-3 forbidden-words lint, SC-4
scenario read-test, SC-5/6/7 backwards-compat snapshots
Migration:
- Existing --json automation: zero changes required (envelope is
byte-stable with v5.0.0; humanizer fields are bypassed)
- stderr-scraping tooling: review default mode (now uses prose); pass
--raw for v5.0.0 verbatim
- No scanner-internal changes (IDs, severity ladders, scoring weights,
area scorecards all unchanged)
Verification:
- 792/792 tests pass
- self-audit configGrade A (97), pluginGrade A (100), readmeCheck passed
- README badge: tests-635+ → tests-792+
The v5.0.0-rc.1 N5 implementation looked up hotspot.path in
calibrateAgainstApi() but token-hotspots.mjs only emitted hotspot.source —
calibration silently produced 0 actual_tokens because every iteration hit
the `if (!hotspot?.path) continue` guard.
Fix: file-backed hotspots now expose `path: h.absPath` in the JSON output.
MCP-server hotspots intentionally leave path unset — their tokens are
runtime tool-schema (formula-based: 500 + toolCount × 200), not file
content readable by count_tokens.
SC-6b release-gate verified against tests/fixtures/marketplace-large:
- Actual (count_tokens, claude-opus-4-7): 589 tokens for CLAUDE.md
- Estimated (4-bytes/token byte heuristic): 594 tokens
- Delta: -5 tokens / -0.85% — well within ±5% gate. PASS.
CHANGELOG: documented the fix + SC-6b result inline under [5.0.0].
All 635 tests still green. No estimateTokens tuning required for v5.0.0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
beta.1 wrap entry covering N1-N4 + N6 (Steps 18-22b). Includes
explicit Known breaking changes section on CA-TOK-* glob suppression
matching CA-TOK-005, and notes plugin-vs-built-in collision is
deferred to v5.0.1.
Tests: 586 → 625 (+39).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Summarizes F1-F5 scope: TOK ↔ readActiveConfig integration, 'mcp' kind
in estimateTokens (15 → ≥500), severity-weighted scoreByArea, dead-code
removal in TOK hotspots, Pattern D / CA-TOK-004 removal.
Includes migration notes for downstream consumers (CA-TOK-* globs still
suppress 001-003; scoringVersion field added for v4→v5 detection).
Document the Opus 4.7 era upgrade: TOK scanner, /config-audit tokens,
Token Efficiency 8th area, scanner/verifier agent migration to sonnet.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
New read-only command that shows everything Claude Code actually loads for a
given repo — plugins, skills, MCP servers, hooks, CLAUDE.md cascade — with
source attribution (user/project/plugin) and rough token estimates. Helps
identify candidates for disabling without guessing.
Added:
- scanners/lib/active-config-reader.mjs — pure async helper: readActiveConfig,
detectGitRoot, walkClaudeMdCascade, readClaudeJsonProjectSlice (longest-prefix
matching for .claude.json projects), enumeratePlugins, enumerateSkills,
readActiveHooks, readActiveMcpServers, estimateTokens (markdown 4 c/tok,
json 3.5 c/tok, frontmatter cap 150 tokens, item flat 15)
- scanners/whats-active.mjs — thin CLI shim: --json, --output-file, --verbose,
--suggest-disables
- commands/whats-active.md — renders tables via Read tool; honors UX rules
- tests/lib/active-config-reader.test.mjs — 36 tests, all green (integration
fixture built in tmpdir with fake HOME, .claude.json prefix matching,
plugin discovery, hook/MCP merge from all scopes)
Verified:
- Performance budget: <2s wall-clock (smoke test: 102ms on real repo)
- Token estimates within ±20% of hand-computed values
- Read-only: no writeFile/mkdir/unlink in production code
- Self-audit: Plugin Health scanner reports 0 findings (Grade A)
- Full test suite: 522 tests, 512 pass (10 pre-existing conflict-detector
failures on main — unrelated to this change, reproducible on clean HEAD)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add /ultraresearch-local for structured research combining local codebase
analysis with external knowledge via parallel agent swarms. Produces research
briefs with triangulation, confidence ratings, and source quality assessment.
New command: /ultraresearch-local with modes --quick, --local, --external, --fg.
New agents: research-orchestrator (opus), docs-researcher, community-researcher,
security-researcher, contrarian-researcher, gemini-bridge (all sonnet).
New template: research-brief-template.md.
Integration: --research flag in /ultraplan-local accepts pre-built research
briefs (up to 3), enriches the interview and exploration phases. Planning
orchestrator cross-references brief findings during synthesis.
Design principle: Context Engineering — right information to right agent at
right time. Research briefs are structured artifacts in the pipeline:
ultraresearch → brief → ultraplan --research → plan → ultraexecute.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
