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@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Run the draft through optimization checks:
 - [ ] Hook 110-140 chars
 - [ ] Total 1,200-1,800 chars
 - [ ] No external links in body
-- [ ] No corporate buzzwords
+- [ ] No corporate buzzwords (leverage, synergy, paradigm shift, thought leader, disruptive, value proposition, ecosystem, holistic approach)
 - [ ] Topic aligns with expertise areas
 - [ ] Authentic voice (not AI-sounding)
 
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@@ -709,3 +709,79 @@ graceful degradation).
 - Disposition: **HARDENED** (1 edit, axis-c) · 3 recorded deferrals · axes a/b/d PASS.
 
 ---
+
+## Session 8 — Pipeline (`pipeline`)
+
+> S8 status: re-grounded the proposed predicates against the actual `pipeline.md` lines BEFORE
+> talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Field-notes inbox **absent** at S8 → graceful no-op (SC-I).
+> All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL (post-edit) file.
+> **Class call (operator-delegated → quality + precedent):** hybrid **guided/stateful + post-emitting
+> on the final post** — the 8-step idea→publish→analysis pipeline produces ONE feed post (Step 2 draft
+> `:57–62` → Step 3 gate `:66–86` → Step 6 publish `:135`), so the post predicates apply to that post;
+> the orchestration around it (Step 0 load · Step 1 agent-deleg · Step 4 schedule/queue · Step 5 5x5x5 ·
+> Step 7 first-hour · Step 8 analysis · state-update `:186–199`) is the guided/stateful layer.
+
+### /linkedin:pipeline — full idea→publish→analysis pipeline, one 1,200–1,800-char feed post, 8 steps
+
+**INTENT.** `pipeline` is the Create journey's **end-to-end path**: from idea (or `$ARGUMENTS` topic)
+through ideation → draft → optimize → schedule → 5x5x5 pre-engagement → publish → first-hour → 48h
+analysis, with a deterministic state update. Post-emitting on the final post (hook **110–140**, length
+**1,200–1,800**, no body link, no banned buzzword, topic→5 pillars); guided/stateful for the
+orchestration (subagent targets + 5 node helpers resolve; graceful degradation).
+
+**SIMULATE.**
+- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; direct/technical NO/EN voice.
+- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:pipeline about AI-kodeassistenter i offentlig sektor` (topic in `$ARGUMENTS`
+  → Step 1 ideation skipped, `:41`).
+- **Walk:** Step 0 load state/SKILL/voice → Step 1 skipped → Step 2 angle + draft to the structure
+  (`:57–62`) → **Step 3 optimize gate (`:66–86`, the gap)** → Step 4 schedule (+ Option-3 queue) →
+  Step 5 5x5x5 → Step 6 publish+clipboard → Step 7 first-hour → Step 8 analysis → state.
+- **CONCRETE friction (spec-level, anchored — not a generated post):** at **Step 3** the inline quality
+  scorecard (`:75–81`) carried the buzzword line (`:79`) but as a **bare** `- [ ] No corporate buzzwords`
+  — no inline enumeration; it leaned on the scorecard reference (`:75` → `quality-scorecard.md:132`). A
+  draft opening *"How to leverage AI to drive synergy across the public-sector ecosystem…"* relies on the
+  operator cross-referencing a long shared asset rather than the inline gate the AI actually executes.
+  **Unlike S2/S3/S5/S6 the line was PRESENT** — the gap was that it was not self-contained, making
+  pipeline the odd-one-out among post-emitting commands (post `:134` · react `:131` · carousel `:123` ·
+  video `:129` all enumerate inline).
+
+**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
+- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** 8-step idea→publish→analysis delivers the description's promise.
+- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** Step 3 signals (`:70–73`) cited to the SSOT (saves rank highest · a
+  15+-word comment ≈ 2× a like · dwell >30 s +25 %); no body link (`:78`); 5x5x5 (`:120–133`); first-hour
+  (`:158–169`). No 30 %-claim → untouched by the open reference-consistency follow-up.
+- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting, on the final post) — GAP → fixed.** hook 110–140 ✓
+  (`:58/:76`) · length band ✓ (`:77` names 1,200–1,800) · no-body-link ✓ (`:78`) · topic→pillars ✓
+  (`:80` + `:49` content-planner pillar-situating) · subagent resolves ✓ (`:49`) · **buzzword
+  present-but-not-self-contained ✗→fixed** (`:79` bare → enumerated inline).
+- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** `content-planner` + `trend-spotter` (`:49`) resolve
+  to real `agents/*.md`, both `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced. All 5 node helpers export with
+  matching signatures: `queueUpcoming(days=7)` (qm`:52`) · `queueAdd(…8 params)` (qm`:63`; pipeline passes
+  8 args `:116`) · `queueFormatSummary` (qm`:112`) · `writeState` (su`:346`) · `updatePostTracking`
+  (su`:55`). Degradation: Step 1 (`:43–47`) handles no-planned-topic/no-input via AskUserQuestion; Step 0
+  voice-samples is a soft read (no "REQUIRED" dead-end).
+
+**HARDEN (surgical — 1 edit, 1 file, grep-confirmed landed).**
+- `commands/pipeline.md:79` — `- [ ] No corporate buzzwords` → `- [ ] No corporate buzzwords (leverage,
+  synergy, paradigm shift, thought leader, disruptive, value proposition, ecosystem, holistic approach)`
+  (same banned list as the other post-emitting gates + the scorecard).
+- **Deferral (1, recorded):** the Step-2 component structure (`:58–62`: hook 110–140 + context 200–300 +
+  insight 400–800 + implication 200–300 + CTA 50–100) sums **960–1 640**, whose floor sits below the
+  Step-3 band floor 1,200 (`:77`) — **identical structure to batch's 3a (`:88–92`)**. NOT edited:
+  pipeline's Step-3 gate already NAMES the band (the S7 fix was naming the band on an *unenforceable* gate;
+  here it is already named), so a minimum-path draft is caught by the gate, not shipped — and S7 did not
+  edit the analogous 3a structure either. Editing Step 2 here would exceed precedent (over-engineering).
+  Below the axis-pass bar.
+- **CONCRETE after:** the "leverage…synergy…ecosystem" draft now trips the Step-3 buzzword line inline
+  before optimize completes, without the operator cross-referencing the shared scorecard.
+
+**VERIFY.**
+- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19** confirmed
+  (`ls commands/*.md|wc -l` == 29, `ls agents/*.md|wc -l` == 19; `git diff --stat` = `pipeline.md` only,
+  1 insertion / 1 deletion). Only `.md` touched → hooks/analytics `node --test` not needed.
+- Before/after delta: axis (c) buzzword sub-check is now self-contained at the load-bearing Step-3 gate
+  (was a bare, reference-dependent line). The 1 edit is the cause.
+- Disposition: **HARDENED** (1 edit, axis-c) · 1 recorded deferral (Step-2 component-sum, gate-caught) ·
+  axes a/b/d PASS.
+
+---