linkedin-studio/docs/hardening/log.md

# LinkedIn Studio — Command Hardening Log

> Per-command audit trail for the hardening phase (`docs/hardening/brief.md` +
> `plan.md`). One **anchored** entry per command surface. The operator's parallel
> live-testing cross-references every change here.
>
> **Entry contract (SC-A…SC-E).** Each entry begins with the UNIQUE anchored header
> `### /linkedin:<command-name> — <one-line intent>` (coverage greps `^### /linkedin:<name>`,
> never the bare word). Every entry carries: **INTENT** · **SIMULATE** (persona + the
> CONCRETE before-output + friction log) · **EVALUATE** (4 axes, with the per-type
> **mechanical predicate** — never "N/A → judgment") · **HARDEN** (surgical diff +
> concrete after-output, or "no edit — passes") · **VERIFY** (lint `Failed: 0` + counts
> + the failing axis now passes). The cold `/trekreview` reviewer adjudicates every
> hardened command's before/after — the author does not self-certify.
>
> **Mechanical-predicate classes:** *post-emitting* (hook 110–140 · length band ·
> no body link · no banned buzzword · topic→5 pillars) · *routing* (every emitted
> target resolves to a real `commands/<x>.md`) · *analytics* (graceful-degradation
> present + saves/dwell honesty intact) · *guided/stateful* (primary promised artifact
> actually produced; promised `subagent_type` targets resolve).
>
> **Stopping rule (anti-gold-plating):** harden until every axis returns pass OR a
> recorded deferral; no NICE-only polish beyond axis-pass.
>
> **Method discipline (learned the hard way in the S1 calibration — three stumbles).**
> Write the HARDEN / after-output section **only from the applied + re-grepped diff**, and
> assert a gap **only after reading the actual file line**. Every number (char counts,
> edit counts) must come from a tool, not from memory. The S1 calibration produced three
> assert-before-verify errors — (1) a non-existent inline buzzword list in `quick`, (2) a
> non-existent "unused Task" in `quick`, (3) `onboarding`/`first-post` edits asserted as
> landed when the Edits had failed on wrong strings, plus a false "25 commands → stale"
> claim (the file already said 29). All were caught by failed Edits / empty greps / the
> git status, and corrected here. This is exactly the failure mode the independent
> `/trekreview` oracle exists to catch — verify-before-assert is part of the method, not optional.

---

## Session 1 — Method calibration (`quick`) + Start journey

> S1 status: calibration corrected + method locked (operator, 2026-05-31). onboarding /
> first-post / setup follow below under the same entry shape. Field-notes inbox:
> **absent** at S1 start → graceful no-op (SC-I).

### /linkedin:quick — 5-minute 3-line post from a topic, ≤1 question, clipboard-ready

**INTENT.** `quick` is the Create journey's speed path: a topic in → a publishable
150–500-char post out in ~5 minutes, max one question, auto-copied to clipboard. It must
honor the content-quality bar mechanically (hook **110–140**, length **150–500**, no body
links, no banned buzzword, topic maps to one of the 5 pillars, exactly one CTA) and the
algorithm bar (hook decisive before the mobile fold; links to first comment not body;
native; a CTA that invites comments without manufactured engagement-bait). Its defining
constraint is *speed* — "skip interrogation, generate immediately."

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; voice =
  direct/technical/low-formality, NO/EN mix, short sentences, contrarian openings
  (grounded in the state file + the gitignored `authentic-voice-samples.local.md` the
  command reads at runtime). `recent_posts: []` → no rotation conflict. *Fresh-adopter
  path (no voice samples) reasoned, not separately re-drafted: `quick` reads voice from
  SKILL.md and falls back to defaults; the personalization score is hidden < 3 posts and
  the voice guardian is suppressed < 5 samples — degrades cleanly, no block, no dead-end.*
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:quick AI-kodeassistenter i offentlig sektor`
  (pillars "AI-rådgivning i offentlig sektor" / "Claude Code / agentisk koding").
- **Walk:** topic from `$ARGUMENTS` (no question) → load voice + pillars → infer type
  (HOT TAKE — contrarian) → 3-line formula → auto-CTA → quality check →
  de-AI/differentiation gate (skip unless commodity) → clipboard → present.
- **CONCRETE before-output** (produced under `quick.md` **as written**, pre-fix):

  > Alle vil ha AI-kodeassistenter i staten. Men hvem tar ansvaret når koden tar feil i
  > produksjon?
  >
  > Verktøyet skriver koden på sekunder. Ansvaret for at den er riktig flyttes ikke — det
  > blir ditt, raskere enn før.
  >
  > Hvordan kvalitetssikrer dere AI-generert kode hos dere?

  *(Pillar: Claude Code / agentisk koding · type: HOT TAKE · **hook = 95 chars** (node-verified) ·
  body has 0 links / 0 buzzwords.)*
- **Friction log:** the **95-char hook passes `quick.md`'s own checks** — Step 2 said
  "Hook (under 140 characters)" and the Step 5 checklist asked "Hook works in 140 chars?",
  **both upper-bound only** — yet it breaks the canonical **110** floor (the PreToolUse gate:
  "under 110: wasting prime real estate"). Same one-sidedness on length ("Under 500?" vs
  the 150–500 band). The Step 5 checklist also had **no buzzword line**, and a quick post is
  auto-copied to clipboard (no file Write), so the PreToolUse *file* gate may not fire — the
  checklist is the load-bearing surface. No dead-ends.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** One-question speed path, 3-line formula, 8 templates,
  auto-CTA, clipboard, why-hook/reach tips, `/linkedin:post` upgrade path — delivers the promise.
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** No body link (links → first comment); native; CTA invites
  comments (comments > reactions) without bait; de-AI gate cites the confirmed low-substance
  down-rank. Consistent with `references/algorithm-signals-reference.md`.
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting) — GAP → fixed.** no body link ✓ · topic→pillar ✓
  · **hook band ✗** (spec + checklist enforced ≤140, omitted the 110 floor; the 95-char
  before-hook is the live proof) · **length band ✗** (checklist enforced <500, omitted the
  150 floor) · **buzzword ✗** (no checklist line; clipboard path bypasses the file gate).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS (verified).** `quick` **conditionally**
  delegates to `differentiation-checker` via `Task` (`quick.md:151`,
  `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:differentiation-checker`) — only when the take is commodity,
  preserving the 5-minute promise by default. `Task` in `allowed-tools` is therefore *used*,
  not vestigial. Fresh-adopter degradation works (defaults; guardian suppressed < 5 samples).

**HARDEN (surgical — 2 edits, axis-c only — both grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/quick.md:68` — `**Line 1: Hook (under 140 characters)**` → `**Line 1: Hook (110-140 characters)**`.
- `commands/quick.md` Step 5 checklist — hook check `"Hook works in 140 chars?"` →
  `"Hook in the 110-140 band (not just under 140)?"`; length check `"Under 500 characters?"` →
  `"In the 150-500 band (not just under 500)?"`; **added** `"No corporate buzzwords?"`; count
  `**All 6 = Yes?**` → `**All 7 = Yes?**`.
- **Deferrals:** none (the earlier "incomplete buzzword list" and "unused Task" findings were
  file-misreads, struck — see Method discipline).
- **CONCRETE after-output** (under the hardened spec — hook expanded into the 110–140 band):

  > Alle vil ha AI-kodeassistenter i staten. Få spør hvem som tar ansvaret når assistenten
  > foreslår noe ingen kan forklare etterpå.
  >
  > Verktøyet skriver koden på sekunder. Ansvaret for at den er riktig flyttes ikke — det
  > blir ditt, raskere enn før.
  >
  > Hvordan kvalitetssikrer dere AI-generert kode hos dere?

  *(**hook = 127 chars** (node-verified, in band) · 0 body links · 0 buzzwords · same pillar.)*

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Failed: 0` + exit 0 + counts 29/19/25/6 unchanged
  (re-run AFTER the real edits; recorded at the session gate).
- Before/after delta: axis (c) failing sub-checks (hook 110 floor, length 150 floor,
  buzzword) now pass — the 95-char before-hook slips `quick.md`'s old checks; the hardened
  checklist catches it and the after-hook is 127 chars, buzzword-clean. The two edits are the cause.
- Disposition: **HARDENED** (2 edits, axis-c) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/d PASS.

---

### /linkedin:onboarding — zero→published first post as one guided wizard (Start front-door)

**INTENT.** Multi-phase wizard taking a brand-new user from zero to a published first post
as one cohesive flow (profile → personalization → first-post), so they don't navigate the
full command surface alone. Primary artifacts: a saved profile + a drafted first post (the
S15-B1 inline-draft). Guided/stateful; inlines rather than spawning subagents.

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (fresh adopter — the right persona here):** just installed, no profile, no voice
  samples, `recent_posts: []`.
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:onboarding`.
- **Walk:** Phase 0 already-onboarded check → Phase 1 profile/topic-relevance checklist →
  Phase 2 personalization (voice + user profile, or defaults when < 3 posts) → Phase 3 first
  post (3.1 topic → 3.2 3-line draft → 3.3 quality check → 3.4 present+clipboard → 3.5 record)
  → Phase 4 summary. **CONCRETE artifact produced:** a refined first-post inline draft (S15-B1
  path — **spot-confirmed still delivers:** Phase 3.2 "Draft the post… Line 1/2/3", 3.4
  "present and copy").
- **Friction log:** Phase 3.2 said "Line 1 — Hook (**under 140** chars)" and the Phase 3.3
  check asked "Hook works in **140** chars?" — **both upper-bound only**, so a 95-char hook
  would pass while breaking the 110 floor. (Phase 3.2 line 204 already states "150-500
  characters" + "No external links in the post body", so length + links were **NOT** gaps —
  only the hook floor.) The description + Phase-4 tip hardcode "29 commands" — **accurate
  today, not stale** (an earlier "25 commands" claim was a misread, struck).

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Cohesive zero→post wizard; S15-B1 inline draft holds (Phase 3).
- **(b) algorithm bar — GAP → fixed.** Phase 3 emitted a post but enforced only the hook upper
  bound; now the full 110–140 band (length 150–500 + no-body-links were already present).
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (guided/stateful) — PASS; one post-emitting sub-check fixed.**
  Primary artifact (first-post draft) produced ✓; the one-sided hook bound in Phase 3.2 + 3.3 closed.
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** No `Task` in `allowed-tools` — onboarding
  inlines every step (Phase 2 "delegate to setup" = inline its logic; commands aren't subagents,
  so no broken `subagent_type`). Built for the no-profile path; degrades cleanly.

**HARDEN (surgical — 2 edits, hook floor — both grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/onboarding.md:200` — `**Line 1 — Hook (under 140 chars):**` → `**Line 1 — Hook (110-140 chars):**`.
- `commands/onboarding.md:209` (Phase 3.3 check) — `Hook works in 140 chars?` → `Hook in the 110-140 band (not just under 140)?`.
- **Deferred (NICE-only, stopping rule):** the hardcoded "29 commands" (description + Phase-4
  tip) is correct now; making it count-free is drift-proofing, not an axis fix → recorded, not edited.

**VERIFY.** lint `Failed: 0` + counts unchanged (recorded at gate); S15-B1 inline-draft
spot-confirmed; hook floor now enforced in Phase 3.2 + 3.3. Disposition: **HARDENED** (2 edits) ·
1 recorded deferral.

---

### /linkedin:first-post — zero→published in <10 min, maximum hand-holding

**INTENT.** First-post accelerator: from "never posted" to "just published" in <10 min,
breaking the blank-page barrier. Produces one published first post. Guided/stateful; inlines.

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (fresh adopter):** no profile (Step 2 offers a voice quick-setup or 5-question
  calibration; proceeds either way — momentum over completeness).
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:first-post`.
- **Walk:** Step 1 welcome → Step 2 voice setup (samples or 5 Qs; graceful if none) → Step 3
  topic (5 angles) → Step 4 write (3-line formula) → Step 5 simplified quality check → Step 6
  present + clipboard → Step 7 record → Step 8 first-hour engagement guidance.
- **CONCRETE before (the gap):** Step 4 "Line 1: Hook (**under 140** characters)" and the Step 5
  check "Hook works in **140** chars?" were **both upper-bound only** — a 95-char hook would pass.
  (Step 4 already states "Target: 150-500 characters" and "No external links in the post body",
  so length + links were **NOT** gaps — only the hook floor.)
- **Friction log:** the hook bound was one-sided in Step 4 + Step 5; length + no-links already covered.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Delivers zero→published with hand-holding; first-hour guidance present.
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** First-hour engagement window cited; no-body-links already in Step 4 tips.
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting) — GAP → fixed.** Hook bound was upper-only in Step 4 +
  Step 5; now the full 110–140 band (length 150–500 + no-body-links already present).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** No `Task`; inlines; no-profile/no-samples
  path graceful. Differentiation-checker deliberately skipped (a first post optimizes for momentum).

**HARDEN (surgical — 2 edits, hook floor — both grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/first-post.md:101` — `**Line 1: Hook (under 140 characters)**` → `**Line 1: Hook (110-140 characters)**`.
- `commands/first-post.md:125` (Step 5 check) — `Hook works in 140 chars?` → `Hook in the 110-140 band (not just under 140)?`.
- **Deferrals:** none.

**VERIFY.** lint `Failed: 0` + counts unchanged; Step 4 ↔ Step 5 hook bound now consistent (both 110-140).
Disposition: **HARDENED** (2 edits) · 0 deferrals.

---

### /linkedin:setup — guided personalization (5 pillars + voice profile + prefs)

**INTENT.** Build the user's voice profile, expertise pillars, and content preferences into
the state/asset files so every post sounds like them. Primary artifact: a populated voice
profile + populated asset templates (8-category personalization score). Guided/stateful;
delegates voice to an agent.

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (fresh adopter):** no existing data (all templates at placeholder).
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:setup`.
- **Walk:** Step 0 calculate score → Step 1 dashboard → Step 2 choose what to set up → Step 3a–3f
  sub-workflows (voice / case study / framework / post analysis / demographics / user profile) →
  Step 4 recalculate → Step 5 continue or exit. **CONCRETE artifact:** e.g. Step 3a writes a real
  voice profile to `assets/voice-samples/authentic-voice-samples.md` (placeholder sentinel removed).
- **Friction log:** none — no dead-ends, no ambiguous steps.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Delivers the personalization the description promises (score + 6 sub-flows).
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS (n/a-direct).** Emits no post; the expertise/pillar capture is the
  topic-relevance foundation the bar depends on.
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (guided/stateful) — PASS.** Primary artifact (populated profile/assets)
  produced ✓; the promised `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:voice-trainer` (`setup.md:86`) **resolves**
  to a real `agents/voice-trainer.md` (verified).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** voice-trainer invoked via `Task` (correct
  namespaced type); the placeholder-sentinel logic is explicit; samples optional → degrades if none.

**HARDEN.** **No edit — passes all four axes.** (Demonstrates a legitimate zero-edit pass; per the
plan, "command file modified" is not a coverage predicate — the `log.md` entry + `/trekreview` are.)

**VERIFY.** lint `Failed: 0` + counts unchanged; voice-trainer target resolves.
Disposition: **PASS, no edit** · 0 deferrals.

---

## Session 2 — Create I (`post`)

> S2 status: the v1 autonomous attempt fabricated and was reverted (→ v2 method; see `plan.md`
> header). This is the v2 re-run: parked at step 5 across a `/clear`, re-grounded from STATE.md's
> two P4 findings against the actual file lines before talking (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read).
> Field-notes inbox **absent** at S2 → graceful no-op (SC-I).

### /linkedin:post — interactive full-workflow post (angle→write→quality→refine→publish), 1200–1800 chars

**INTENT.** `post` is the Create journey's full path: from raw material (data / article / experience /
observation / opinion / question) to a publishable 1,200–1,800-char thought-leadership post via an
8-step workflow — angle → format → structure+write → quality check → present → refine → pre-publish
→ deterministic state update. Post-emitting, so it must honor the content bar mechanically (hook
**110–140**, length **1,200–1,800**, no body links, no banned buzzword, topic→5 pillars) and the
algorithm bar (hook decisive before the mobile fold, links→first comment, native, comment-inviting
CTA without bait, de-AI substance signals).

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; direct/technical NO/EN voice.
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:post about AI-kodeassistenter i offentlig sektor`.
- **Walk:** Step 0 load state/SKILL → Step 1 type=Opinion → Step 2 angle (contrarian) → Step 3 medium
  text → Step 4 structure (hook 110–140 ✓ internally) → **Step 5 quality check (the gap)** → Step 6
  present+clipboard → Step 7 refine → Step 8 pre-publish + state.
- **CONCRETE friction (spec-level, the live proof — anchored, not a generated post):** at **Step 5**
  the quality checklist (`post.md:127–135`, 9 items) had **no buzzword line**, so a draft opening
  *"How to leverage AI to drive synergy in the public sector…"* would pass Step 5 unflagged — the
  banned-list (content rule #4, `CLAUDE.md:124`) was never enforced at the gate. Step 5 also routes to
  `quality-scorecard.md` (`post.md:125`), which **self-contradicted on the hook bound**: l.32 "Works in
  **140** characters" + l.114 "Hook works in **140** chars?" (upper-only) vs l.128 "**110-140**" — the
  same one-sided bound S1 fixed in the command files, surviving in the shared asset.
- **Friction log:** `post.md` itself is internally consistent on the hook (110–140 at l.100/113/127);
  the only command-side gap is the missing Step-5 buzzword line. The shared scorecard carried both
  gaps (buzzword absent + two one-sided hook bounds). Scorecard is shared by 8 surfaces
  (`pipeline · video · post · react · batch` + 3 skills) — fixing it is high-leverage, operator-approved.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Full 8-step workflow delivers the description's promise.
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** No body link (`post.md:133/176`); comment-inviting CTA; de-AI gate
  cites the confirmed reach-suppression (`post.md:137–141`). Consistent with `algorithm-signals-reference.md`.
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting) — GAP → fixed.** hook band ✓ · length band ✓ · no-body-link
  ✓ · topic→pillars ✓ · subagent resolves ✓ · **buzzword ✗** (Step-5 checklist had no line; grep NONE).
  Shared scorecard added two sub-gaps: hook one-sided at l.32 + l.114.
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** `differentiation-checker` (`post.md:141`,
  conditional) + `content-optimizer` (`post.md:166`, conditional) both resolve, both correctly
  `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced. Voice→defaults; fresh-adopter path graceful.

**HARDEN (surgical — 4 edits across 2 files, all grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/post.md:134` — **added** Step-5 checklist line: `- [ ] No corporate buzzwords (leverage,
  synergy, paradigm shift, thought leader, disruptive, value proposition, ecosystem, holistic approach)`.
- `assets/checklists/quality-scorecard.md:32` — `Works in 140 characters` → `Works in 110-140
  characters` (Notes `Mobile threshold` → `Mobile band (floor + ceiling)`).
- `assets/checklists/quality-scorecard.md:114` — `Hook works in 140 chars?` → `Hook works in 110-140 chars?`.
- `assets/checklists/quality-scorecard.md:132` — **added** Pre-Publish Basic Checklist line:
  `- [ ] No corporate buzzwords (…)` (same banned list).
- **Deferrals:** none. **Scope note:** the 3 scorecard edits improve all 8 consumers; only `post` is
  hardened this session — `react/batch/video/pipeline` get their own EVALUATE in S3/S5/S6/S8.

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26/6** unchanged.
- Anti-check grep: no one-sided bare `140 char` hook bound remains in the scorecard (`110-140` at
  l.32/114/128). Buzzword line present in both files (`post.md:134`, `quality-scorecard.md:132`).
- Before/after delta: axis (c) buzzword sub-check now enforced at the load-bearing Step-5 gate; the
  scorecard hook self-contradiction is resolved (all three mentions banded). The 4 edits are the cause.
- Disposition: **HARDENED** (4 edits, axis-c + shared-asset consistency) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/d PASS.

---

## Session 3 — Create I (`react`)

> S3 status: re-grounded STATE's S3 predicate against the actual `react.md` lines BEFORE talk
> (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Field-notes inbox **absent** at S3 → graceful no-op (SC-I).
> All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL (post-edit) file.

### /linkedin:react — URL-to-post pipeline (single + comparison), your-take-as-hook, 1,200–1,800 chars

**INTENT.** `react` is the Create journey's **URL→post path**: fetch external content
(article / news / research / YouTube), extract the key points, pick an angle, and draft in the
author's voice. Post-emitting (medium **1,200–1,800**), two paths — single-URL (Steps 1–8) +
comparison/multi-URL (Steps 1b–8b). Must honor the content bar mechanically (hook **110–140**,
length **1,200–1,800**, no body link, no banned buzzword, topic→5 pillars) and the algorithm bar
(URL→first comment not body, post stands alone, *your reaction is the hook* not a summary,
comment-inviting CTA, de-AI substance). **Distinct from `post`/`quick`:** the value-add is YOUR
perspective *extending* the source, not echoing it — the commodity-reaction guard (differentiation-checker).

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; direct/technical NO/EN voice.
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:react <public-sector-AI news URL>`.
- **Walk:** Step 0 load → Step 1 single URL → Step 2 WebFetch extract → Step 3 classify (Product
  Launch) → Step 4 angle (First-Take Analysis) → Step 5 draft (hook 110–140 ✓) → **Step 6 quality
  check (the gap)** → Step 7 present+clipboard → Step 8 state.
- **CONCRETE friction (spec-level, anchored — not a generated post):** at **Step 6** the quality
  checklist (pre-edit `react.md:122–128`, 7 items) enforced hook/links/standalone/voice/charcount/
  topic/CTA but had **no buzzword line**, so a draft opening *"This launch lets agencies leverage AI
  to unlock synergy across the value proposition…"* passes unflagged — the banned-list (content rule
  #4, `CLAUDE.md:124`) was never enforced at the gate. **Step 6b** (`:237` "Same as Step 6, plus")
  inherits the hole. `react` auto-copies to clipboard (`:144–148`, no file Write) → the PreToolUse
  **file** gate may not fire → Step 6 is the load-bearing surface. **Same gap S2 fixed in `post`.**
- **Second friction (axis d, URL-pipeline-specific):** `grep` for fetch-failure/paywall/transcript/
  fallback → **NONE**. Step 2 (`:54`) "Use WebFetch to extract" had **no fallback** when extraction
  yields nothing (paywall / JS-heavy SPA / **YouTube-no-transcript** — an explicitly accepted input,
  `:37/:71`); Step 2b (`:185`) same. Risk: proceed on a thin/empty extraction or fabricate from the URL string.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Both paths, angle selection, your-take-not-summary, commodity
  guard, clipboard, URL→first comment — delivers the description's promise.
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** No body link (`react.md:115/125/235`); URL→first comment
  (`:116/:144/:253`); stands alone (`:118/:126`); take-as-hook (`:101/:118`); de-AI gate bans
  mechanical engagement-bait (`:135–137`). Consistent with `references/algorithm-signals-reference.md`.
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting) — GAP → fixed.** hook band ✓ (`:101/:124/:221`) ·
  length band ✓ (`:119/:128/:239`) · no-body-link ✓ (`:115/:125/:235`) · topic→pillars ✓ (`:129`) ·
  subagent resolves ✓ (`:137` → `agents/differentiation-checker.md`) · **buzzword ✗** (grep NONE; no
  inline line in Step 6/6b).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — wiring PASS; degradation GAP → fixed.** `differentiation-checker`
  resolves, namespaced, conditional (`:137`). **Graceful degradation:** no WebFetch-failure/empty-extraction
  fallback on EITHER path (grep NONE) — YouTube-no-transcript the sharpest, since it is a stated accepted input.
- **Shared asset:** `quality-scorecard.md` already clean post-S2 (`110-140` at `:32/:114/:128` +
  buzzword `:132`) — `react`'s referenced asset (`react.md:270`) is good; the gap was `react`'s OWN inline Step 6.

**HARDEN (surgical — 3 edits, 1 file, all grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/react.md:131` — **added** Step-6 checklist line: `- [ ] No corporate buzzwords (leverage,
  synergy, paradigm shift, thought leader, disruptive, value proposition, ecosystem, holistic approach)`.
  Covers Step 6b via "Same as Step 6".
- `commands/react.md:60` — **added** Step-2 WebFetch fallback: *"If WebFetch can't extract usable
  content (paywall / JS-heavy / YouTube-no-transcript): say so, ask the user to paste the key points
  or choose another URL; never fabricate from the URL string or title."*
- `commands/react.md:194` — **added** Step-2b pointer: *"If a source can't be extracted: apply the
  Step 2 fallback — drop it if 2+ usable sources remain, else ask the user; never fabricate."*
- **Deferrals:** none.
- **CONCRETE after:** the "leverage…synergy…value proposition" draft now trips the Step-6 buzzword
  line; a YouTube-no-transcript invocation now degrades to "paste the key points / pick another URL"
  instead of a fabricated reaction.

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26/6** unchanged
  (`ls commands/*.md | wc -l` == 29; `git diff --stat` = `react.md` only, +5 insertions, 0 deletions).
- Before/after delta: axis (c) buzzword sub-check now enforced at the load-bearing Step-6 gate (both
  paths via "Same as Step 6"); axis (d) WebFetch-failure now has a sensible fallback on both paths. The 3 edits are the cause.
- Disposition: **HARDENED** (3 edits, axis-c + axis-d) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b PASS.

---

## Session 4 — Create III (`multiplatform`)

> S4 status: re-grounded the proposed predicates against the actual `multiplatform.md` lines
> BEFORE talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Field-notes inbox **absent** at S4 → graceful
> no-op (SC-I). All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL (post-edit) file.
> **Class call (operator-agreed):** NOT post-emitting — output is Twitter/slides/YouTube, so the
> LinkedIn content predicates (hook 110–140, length band, no-body-link, topic→5 pillars) do **not**
> apply per platform; imposing them here would be the exact category error the Create-III brief warns
> against. Tested as **guided/cross-format with a routing sub-predicate**.

### /linkedin:multiplatform — adapt existing LinkedIn content to short-/cross-format (Twitter thread · slides · YouTube script)

**INTENT.** `multiplatform` is the Create journey's **cross-format adapter**: take existing LinkedIn
content and re-shape it for other platforms (Twitter/X thread, presentation slides, YouTube script) —
*write once, publish everywhere*. It explicitly does **not** own long-form (newsletters / blog / essays
→ `/linkedin:newsletter`, the single long-form entry point). It is an *adapter*, not a post-generator:
the value-add is adaptation fidelity (each platform's own rules) + correct routing of out-of-scope
(long-form) requests, not LinkedIn-feed quality gating.

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — a finished LinkedIn post in drafts, wants to reuse it as a Twitter thread.
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:multiplatform` → pick "Twitter/X thread".
- **Walk:** Step 0 (`:21`) load source from `drafts/` + state → Step 1 (`:31`) AskUserQuestion pick
  Twitter → Twitter template (`:53`, hook ≤**280** + 🧵 + one-idea tweets + CTA) → Step 2 (`:115`) save
  `drafts/multiplatform/twitter-[slug].md` (`:118`) + clipboard, "Copied" (`:123`). **Promised artifact
  produced.**
- **CONCRETE friction (axis d, adapter-specific — anchored, not a generated post):** `grep` for an
  empty-source / fabrication guard in Step 0 → only matched l.23 "Ask the user to provide … or read
  from drafts" — **no fallback** for the case where drafts is empty/absent, state has no recent posts,
  AND the user pasted nothing. Risk: the model **fabricates a LinkedIn post to adapt** rather than
  stopping. (Same failure class as S3's WebFetch-no-extraction gap.)
- **Second friction (axis c, voice hygiene):** the banned-buzzword list (content rule #4) is
  *platform-agnostic voice hygiene*, not a char rule — and adaptation **rewrites** the source
  (condense the hook to 280, expand to a script), which can introduce buzzwords absent from the
  clean source. Pre-edit the file mentioned buzzwords **nowhere** (full read). Operator-judged in
  scope (light line, not a full gate).

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Three adapters (Twitter/slides/YouTube), source-loading,
  save + clipboard, long-form correctly delegated — delivers the description's promise.
- **(b) algorithm/platform bar — PASS.** Per-platform rules correct, **no LinkedIn-rule leak**:
  Twitter "280 chars max" (`:53`); **no** `110`/`140` hook band anywhere in the file (grep NONE —
  the desired result for a non-LinkedIn surface). Long-form routing intact (see (c)).
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (routing sub-predicate) — PASS; voice-hygiene sub-gap fixed.** Every
  emitted `/linkedin:newsletter` (`:6/:34/:36/:132`) resolves to a real `commands/newsletter.md`
  (verified, ls) ✓; both reference files resolve — `references/linkedin-formats.md` (`:128`) +
  `engagement-frameworks.md` (`:129`) (verified, ls) ✓. **Buzzword voice-hygiene line absent** →
  added (`:45`).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — wiring N/A; degradation GAP → fixed.** No subagents
  invoked (`grep subagent_type` → NONE — nothing to resolve). **Graceful degradation:** no
  empty-source/fabrication guard in Step 0 (grep matched only the weak "ask … or read from drafts")
  → added a stop-and-ask-never-fabricate fallback (`:28`).

**HARDEN (surgical — 2 edits, 1 file, both grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/multiplatform.md:28` — **added** Step-0 empty-source fallback: *"If none of these yields
  source content (empty/absent drafts, no recent posts, and nothing pasted), **stop and ask the user
  to paste the LinkedIn post to adapt** — never fabricate source content to adapt."*
- `commands/multiplatform.md:45` — **added** an "Adaptation Templates" voice-hygiene blockquote:
  *"adaptation rewrites the source — keep the adapted copy free of the banned corporate buzzwords
  (content rule #4: leverage, synergy, paradigm shift, thought leader, disruptive, value proposition,
  ecosystem, holistic approach) on every platform; don't let the rewrite introduce them."*
- **Deferrals:** none. **Scope note (flagged, not touched):** Step 2's "Copied to clipboard." (`:123`)
  is unconditional, but `clipboard-helper.mjs` is shared, tested infra used identically by ~9 content
  commands — re-gating it here would be scope-creep into a shared pattern (surgical discipline).

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26/6**
  unchanged (`ls commands/*.md|wc -l` == 29, `ls agents/*.md|wc -l` == 19; `git diff --stat` =
  `multiplatform.md` only, +9 insertions, 0 deletions).
- Before/after delta: axis (d) empty-source now degrades to "paste the post / never fabricate"
  instead of an invented source; axis (c) the rewrite is now bound by the banned-buzzword list on
  every platform. The 2 edits are the cause.
- Disposition: **HARDENED** (2 edits, axis-c + axis-d) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b PASS · class
  confirmed non-post-emitting (no LinkedIn predicate imposed).

---

## Session 5 — Create II (`carousel`)

> S5 status: re-grounded the proposed predicates against the actual `carousel.md` lines BEFORE
> talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Field-notes inbox **absent** at S5 → graceful no-op (SC-I).
> All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL (post-edit) file.
> **Class call (operator-agreed):** hybrid **guided/stateful + post-emitting on the caption** — the
> deck/images are the guided artifact, but the caption IS LinkedIn feed text, so the post predicates
> apply *to the caption* (not to the slides). Slides are bound by mobile-readability rules, not the
> feed bar.

### /linkedin:carousel — template→slide-by-slide deck + caption + optional mcp-image, full deck to clipboard

**INTENT.** `carousel` is the Create journey's **document-post path**: from a chosen template
(How-To / Listicle / Story / Comparison / Framework) + a topic, produce a publish-ready carousel —
structured slide-by-slide copy (header + body + visual note per slide) + a feed caption + optional
slide images (mcp-image), all assembled into ONE clipboard payload. Carousels/documents are the
top organic format (~7%; `references/algorithm-signals-reference.md`). Hybrid class: the deck is the
guided/stateful artifact; the **caption is post-emitting** and must honor the content bar mechanically
on the caption (hook **110–140**, no banned buzzword, topic→5 pillars) + graceful mcp-image degradation.

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; direct/technical NO/EN voice.
  Builds a **How-To Guide** carousel on a pillar topic; tested both mcp-image-available and -unavailable.
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:carousel` → pick template 1 (How-To) → topic + audience.
- **Walk:** Step 0 (`:24`) load state/voice/recent → Step 1 (`:30`) AskUserQuestion template → Step 2
  (`:50`) topic+audience → Step 3 (`:58`) slide copy → Step 4 (`:94`) caption (hook 110–140 `:97`, band
  300–500 `:103`) → **Step 5 quality + De-AI gate (the gap)** → Step 5.5 (`:127`) mcp-image (graceful)
  → Step 6 (`:156`) present full deck → clipboard one-payload (`:191–213`) → Step 7 (`:218`) state.
- **CONCRETE friction (spec-level, anchored — not a generated deck):** at **Step 5** the De-AI /
  Differentiation gate (pre-edit `:121–123`) confirmed *personal substance · original thinking ·
  concrete specifics · genuine voice* and banned mechanical engagement-bait, but had **no buzzword
  line** — `grep -niE "buzzword|leverage|synergy|paradigm"` over the whole file = **NONE**. So a
  caption opening *"How to leverage AI to drive synergy across the public-sector ecosystem…"* would
  pass Step 5 unflagged; content rule #4 (`CLAUDE.md:124`) was never enforced at the caption gate.
  Same failure class S2/S3 fixed in `post`/`react`. (Caption generation in Step 4 is exactly where a
  rewrite can slip buzzwords in.)
- **No dead-ends:** all 5 referenced files exist (`agents/differentiation-checker.md`,
  `assets/templates/carousel-templates.md`, `references/algorithm-signals-reference.md`,
  `hooks/scripts/clipboard-helper.mjs`, `hooks/scripts/state-updater.mjs` — `[ -f ]` all FINNES).

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Template→slides→caption→full-deck-clipboard-as-one-payload
  (`:191–213`, explicitly "the whole carousel, not just the caption") + state — delivers the promise.
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** ~7% (`:37`) matches the ref exactly (`algorithm-signals-reference.md:55`,
  "Documents / carousels | Top organic format (~7%…)"); "document post" framing correct (`:170`, LinkedIn
  removed native carousels Dec 2023); caption hook 110–140 (`:97`).
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting, on the caption) — GAP → fixed.** hook band ✓ (`:97`) ·
  caption band 300–500 ✓ (`:103`) · topic→pillars ✓ (`:26/:56`) · subagent resolves ✓ (`:125`) ·
  **buzzword ✗** (grep NONE; De-AI gate had no rule-#4 line). *no-body-link not imposed: a carousel
  caption is not a typical link site and the command never asks for links — minor, deferred (matches
  S2–S4 which left it untouched).*
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** `differentiation-checker` resolves, namespaced,
  conditional (`:125`, `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:differentiation-checker`). **mcp-image graceful
  degradation solid:** "If mcp-image is unavailable or fails, skip… degrades to text-only" (`:129`),
  per-call failure logged + continue, all-fail → text-only Step-6 design-guide branch (`:154`, `:176`).
  `state-updater` exports `updatePostTracking` (`:55`) + `writeState` (`:346`) — Step-7 wiring correct.

**HARDEN (surgical — 1 edit, 1 file, grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/carousel.md:123` — **extended** the Step-5 De-AI gate with content rule #4:
  `**Strip corporate buzzwords** from the caption (Content Quality Rule #4: leverage, synergy,
  paradigm shift, thought leader, disruptive, value proposition, ecosystem, holistic approach) —
  caption generation can slip them in, and they trip the same low-substance signal.`
- **Deferrals:** *no-body-link on the caption* (low risk, command never emits links; S2–S4 precedent)
  + two cosmetic notes recorded, not edited (slide line-count 5 vs 7 between `:73–77` and `:87`; both
  are NICE-only, below the stopping-rule's axis-pass bar).
- **CONCRETE after:** the "leverage…synergy…ecosystem" caption now trips the Step-5 buzzword line
  before the deck is presented.

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26/6**
  unchanged (`ls commands/*.md|wc -l` == 29, `ls agents/*.md|wc -l` == 19; `git diff --stat` =
  `carousel.md` only, 1 line changed). Only `.md` touched → hooks/analytics `node --test` not needed.
- Before/after delta: axis (c) buzzword sub-check now enforced at the load-bearing Step-5 caption gate.
  The 1 edit is the cause.
- Disposition: **HARDENED** (1 edit, axis-c) · 2 recorded deferrals (no-body-link + cosmetic) · axes
  a/b/d PASS.

---

## Session 6 — Create II (`video`)

> S6 status: re-grounded the proposed predicates against the actual `video.md` lines BEFORE
> talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Field-notes inbox **absent** at S6 → graceful no-op (SC-I).
> All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL (post-edit) file.
> **Class call (operator-agreed):** hybrid **guided/stateful + post-emitting on the post caption** —
> the script / captions / thumbnail are the guided artifact (bound by video rules: muted-autoplay,
> 2.5 wps, completion-rate), but the **POST CAPTION (200–400) IS LinkedIn feed text**, so the post
> predicates apply *to the caption* (not the script). **Hook 110–140 deliberately NOT imposed on the
> caption (operator-agreed):** the caption accompanies the video; the primary hook discipline is the
> muted-autoplay opening (`:100`), not a standalone-post hook — imposing it would be S4's category error.

### /linkedin:video — type→length→angle→video-scripter script + captions + 200–400 post caption + first comment

**INTENT.** `video` is the Create journey's **video-script path**: from type (talking-head / screen-rec /
slideshow / convert-a-text-post) + length (30/60/90/120 s) produce a production-ready script via the
`video-scripter` agent — timing markers, visual/energy cues, captions, thumbnail, a 200–400-char post
caption, and a first comment — then save to drafts + deterministic state update. Hybrid class: the script
is the guided/stateful artifact; the **post caption is post-emitting** and must honor the content bar
mechanically on the caption (no banned buzzword, topic→5 pillars, no body link) + 2.5-wps pacing +
graceful degradation when voice samples are absent.

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; direct/technical NO/EN voice.
  Builds a 60-s talking-head on a pillar topic. **+ fresh-adopter path** (no voice samples) reasoned to
  exercise graceful degradation (relevant here because of the pre-edit "REQUIRED before scripting").
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:video` → talking-head → 60 s → pillar topic.
- **Walk:** Step 0 load state/voice/refs → Step 1 type → Step 2 length (2.5-wps budgets) → Step 3 angle
  (topic→pillars) → Step 4 `video-scripter` generates → **Step 5 quality + De-AI gate (the gap)** →
  Step 6 present + clipboard post caption → Step 7 refine → Step 8 save + state.
- **CONCRETE friction (spec-level, anchored — not a generated script):**
  - **(axis c)** at **Step 5** the only buzzword line (`:106`, pre-edit) sat under the **"Natural Speech
    Test"** = the *script's spoken language*; the **caption** De-AI gate (`:129`) carried **no rule-#4
    line** (`grep buzzword` → single hit at `:106`). A caption opening *"How to leverage AI to drive
    synergy across the public-sector ecosystem…"* would pass the caption gate unflagged. Same failure
    class S2/S3/S5 fixed in `post`/`react`/`carousel` (the caption is re-shaped from a text idea in
    Step 4 — exactly where a rewrite slips buzzwords in).
  - **(axis d)** `:42` (pre-edit) "voice-samples … **(REQUIRED before scripting)**" + `:90` "Match voice
    against voice-samples/" had **no fallback** for a fresh adopter with an empty/absent samples dir —
    "REQUIRED" reads as a hard block / dead-end. Same failure class as S3 (WebFetch-no-extraction) / S4
    (empty-source).

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** 8-step workflow delivers the description's promise (script + pacing +
  cues + captions + thumbnail + 200–400 caption + first comment + refine + save + state).
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** Muted-autoplay correctly de-mythologized (`:100`, "three-second hook =
  folklore; LinkedIn's only official 3 s = minimum length"); captions = the enforceable spec (`:120`);
  60 s sweet spot; 2.5-wps budgets exact (`:64/:66`, 75/30 = 150/60 = 225/90 = 300/120 = 2.5). *Honesty
  note (deferred, operator-agreed):* `:69` "LinkedIn requires 30 % completion or **zero distribution**"
  is more absolute than the declared SSOT `algorithm-signals-reference.md:56` (no 30 %, confidence
  *medium*); it is consistent with `linkedin-formats.md` (cited at `:39`, l.58). Inter-reference tension,
  NOT a video-command gap — deferred (brief Non-Goal: no re-litigation of the bar).
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting, on the caption) — GAP → fixed.** no-body-link ✓ (`:125`) ·
  topic→pillars ✓ (`:124` + Step 3) · caption band 200–400 ✓ (`:121`) · subagent resolves ✓ (`:83/:131`) ·
  **buzzword ✗** (grep: single hit `:106`, under Natural Speech = script not caption; caption De-AI gate
  had no rule-#4 line). **hook 110–140 deliberately not imposed** on the accompanying caption (class
  boundary, operator-agreed; primary hook = muted-autoplay `:100`).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — wiring PASS; degradation GAP → fixed.** `video-scripter`
  (`:83`) + `differentiation-checker` (`:131`, conditional) both resolve to real `agents/*.md`, both
  `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced. **Graceful degradation:** the "REQUIRED before scripting"
  voice-samples dead-end closed → fresh-adopter fallback to SKILL.md/defaults. (mcp-image n/a — video
  generates no images.)

**HARDEN (surgical — 2 edits, 1 file, both grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/video.md:129` — **extended** the Step-5 De-AI caption gate with Content Quality Rule #4:
  *"**Strip corporate buzzwords** from the post caption (… leverage, synergy, paradigm shift, thought
  leader, disruptive, value proposition, ecosystem, holistic approach) — re-shaping a text idea into a
  video caption can slip them in, and they trip the same low-substance signal."*
- `commands/video.md:42 + :45` — softened "(REQUIRED before scripting)" → "(read before scripting)" and
  **added** a Step-0 graceful-degradation line: *"if `voice-samples/` is empty or absent, don't block —
  fall back to the voice settings in SKILL.md (or neutral defaults) … the voice-guardian is suppressed
  under 5 samples, so there is no hard gate to satisfy."*
- **Deferrals (2, recorded):** (1) hook 110–140 on the caption — deliberate class boundary, not a gap
  (operator-agreed); (2) `:69` "zero distribution" honesty — inter-reference tension, brief Non-Goal (no
  re-litigation of the algorithm bar); leave to a future reference-consistency pass if desired.
- **CONCRETE after:** the "leverage…synergy…ecosystem" caption now trips the Step-5 buzzword line before
  the script is presented; a fresh adopter with no voice samples now degrades to SKILL.md/defaults instead
  of hitting a "REQUIRED" dead-end.

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, exit 0; counts **29/19/26/6**
  unchanged (`ls commands/*.md|wc -l` == 29, `ls agents/*.md|wc -l` == 19; `git diff --stat` =
  `video.md` only, +4/−2). Only `.md` touched → hooks/analytics `node --test` not needed.
- Before/after delta: axis (c) buzzword sub-check now enforced at the load-bearing Step-5 caption gate;
  axis (d) the voice-samples dead-end now degrades gracefully. The 2 edits are the cause.
- Disposition: **HARDENED** (2 edits, axis-c + axis-d) · 2 recorded deferrals (caption-hook boundary +
  :69 honesty) · axes a/b PASS.

---

## Session 7 — Create II (`batch`)

> S7 status: re-grounded the proposed predicates against the actual `batch.md` lines BEFORE
> talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Field-notes inbox **absent** at S7 → graceful no-op (SC-I).
> All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL (post-edit) file.
> **Class call (operator-agreed):** hybrid **guided/stateful + post-emitting per post** — each of
> the 3–5 drafts IS a feed post, so the post predicates apply *per post*; the orchestration around
> them (state-load, agent-delegation, scheduling, queue, `.ics`) is the guided/stateful layer.

### /linkedin:batch — one theme/pillar → 3–5 mixed-format feed posts, scheduled + queued + .ics

**INTENT.** `batch` is the Create journey's **volume path**: from one theme or pillar produce a full
week (3–5 posts) with varied angles + formats, each scheduled, queued (so it shows in
`/linkedin:calendar` + session-start reminders), and exported to a `.ics`. It is an **orchestrator** —
delegates angle discovery to `trend-spotter`, the balanced batch plan to `content-planner`, and owns
scheduling/queue/ical itself. Post-emitting per post, so each draft must honor the content bar
mechanically (hook **110–140**, format-appropriate length band, no body link, no banned buzzword,
topic→5 pillars); guided/stateful for the orchestration (subagent targets + node helpers resolve;
graceful degradation).

**SIMULATE.**
- **Persona (ICP):** the author — 1048 followers, "Validation", 5 pillars; direct/technical NO/EN voice.
  "Sunday prep": one theme → a week of **mixed-format** posts (standard → carousel → quick → video rotation).
- **Invocation:** `/linkedin:batch` → "One main theme" → 3–5 angles.
- **Walk:** Step 0 (`:23`) load state/SKILL/plan/templates → Step 1 (`:33`) theme/pillar (+ `trend-spotter`
  for timely angles) → Step 2 (`:45`) `content-planner` plan + schedule (slot template by `weekly_goal`,
  queue-conflict check `:58`) → **Step 3 per post: 3a draft (`:86`) → 3b Quick Quality Check (`:94`, the
  gap) → 3c save (`:101`) → 3d queueAdd (`:124`)** → Step 4 review (`:130`) → Step 5 finalize + `.ics` (`:172`).
- **CONCRETE friction (spec-level, anchored — not a generated batch):** at **Step 3b** the per-post check
  `:95` read **"Character count in range"** — **no band named** (range of *what?*), so it is unenforceable;
  and the Step 3a "standard structure" (`:88–92`: hook 110–140 + context 200–300 + insight 400–800 +
  implication 200–300 + CTA 50–100) **sums to 960–1640**, whose floor sits **below** the canonical standard
  band **1,200–1,800** (CLAUDE.md rule #2). A "standard" post drafted to the structure can land ~1,000 chars
  and pass `:95` "in range" unflagged. Complication: batch is **mixed-format**, so the band is
  format-dependent — imposing 1,200–1,800 on everything would wrongly fail a quick post (the S4 category
  error in miniature). **Buzzword + no-body-link were NOT gaps here** (`:98` + `:97` already present — the
  hole S2–S6 kept finding is already closed in `batch`).

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** Theme→plan→schedule→per-post draft/check/save/queue→review→finalize+
  `.ics` delivers the week-of-content promise. *Tension (deferred):* Step 3a imposes one "standard structure"
  though Step 2 (`:76`) promises format variety — `batch` is an orchestrator, so carousel/video inherit their
  own formats' rules; recorded, not edited.
- **(b) algorithm bar — PASS.** No body link (`:97`); buzzword-clean (`:98`); pillar-aligned scheduling
  (`scheduling-strategy.md`); 5x5x5 reminder (`:169`). `batch` uses a deliberately lighter "Quick Quality
  Check" (no per-post `differentiation-checker`) — breadth-over-depth by design for a week-at-once tool; *note,
  not a fix.*
- **(c) MECHANICAL predicate (post-emitting, per post) — GAP → fixed.** hook 110–140 ✓ (`:88`) · no-body-link
  ✓ (`:97`) · buzzword ✓ (`:98`) · topic→pillars ✓ (`:39/:77/:112`) · subagent resolves ✓ (`:43/:47`) ·
  **length band ✗** (`:95` "in range" named no band; 3a structure sums 960–1640, under the 1,200 standard floor).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — wiring PASS; PASS.** `trend-spotter` (`:43`) + `content-planner`
  (`:47`) both resolve to real `agents/*.md`, both `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced. All 5 node
  helpers resolve with matching signatures: `queueUpcoming(days=7)` / `queueAdd(…8 params)` (batch passes 8 args)
  / `queueFormatSummary(entries)` (queue-manager.mjs `:52/:63/:112`), `generateIcalFromQueue` / `writeIcalFile`
  (ical-generator.mjs `:183/:201`). Degradation: no-plan→`:31` "create one first"; empty queue→`:181` guard.
  *Minor (deferred):* no fallback if `weekly_goal` is unset (`:52` slot-template lookup) — micro, below axis-pass.

**HARDEN (surgical — 1 edit, 1 file, grep-confirmed landed).**
- `commands/batch.md:95` — `- Character count in range` → `- Character count in the band for this post's
  format (standard 1,200–1,800 · quick 150–500 · carousel/video caption per that format) — not just "in range"`.
- **Deferrals (3, recorded):** (1) Step 3a single-structure vs mixed-format promise (orchestrator inherits
  per-format rules); (2) no per-post differentiation gate (deliberate breadth-over-depth design); (3)
  `weekly_goal`-unset fallback (micro-degradation). All below the stopping-rule's axis-pass bar.
- **CONCRETE after:** a ~1,000-char "standard" draft now trips the format band (under the 1,200 floor) instead
  of passing the vague "in range"; a quick post is judged against 150–500, not wrongly against 1,200–1,800.

**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` = `batch.md` only,
  1 insertion / 1 deletion). Only `.md` touched → hooks/analytics `node --test` not needed.
- Anti-check grep: bare vague `^- Character count in range$` → NONE (gone); format-band line present (`:95`).
- Before/after delta: axis (c) length-band sub-check now enforced + format-aware at the load-bearing Step-3b
  gate. The 1 edit is the cause.
- 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.

---

## Session 9 — Longform orchestrator (`newsletter`)

> S9 status: re-grounded STATE's 7 S9 predicates against the actual `newsletter.md` (1594 lines, 16
> phases) BEFORE talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Class agreed S9 steps 1–2: **guided/stateful
> long-form orchestrator, NOT post-emitting** — the feed-post predicates (hook 110–140, 1,200–1,800
> band, no-body-link) do NOT apply; imposing them would be the S4/video category error the command
> itself already rejects (`:38–42`). All `file:line` below are tool-grounded against the FINAL file
> (no edits this session → final == 52e888a).

### /linkedin:newsletter — long-form edition end-to-end, 16-phase stateful pipeline, NOT post-emitting

**INTENT.** `newsletter` is the Longform orchestrator: take an edition (newsletter / essay / series
article) from load → calibration → verified research → skeleton+spine gates BEFORE prose → full draft
→ consistency/quality+voice-scrub → fact-check → editorial craft gate → persona sweep → headless
adversarial review → visual assets → LOCK (POST.html) → hook-gate → scheduling. Multi-session with a
maintained `edition-state.json`. Long-form quality is enforced by the **pipeline phases**, not
short-form hooks.

**SIMULATE (grounded persona-sim, anchored to Step 6.5 headless fan-out).**
- **Persona (operator):** KTG producing a series edition; primær reader chosen in Step 1.
- **Walk:** Step 0 load (voice/persona graceful `:258`) → … → Step 6 persona sweep PASS → **Step 6.5
  freeze → fan out 5 cold archetypes** (`:1062–1069`, single message, all `linkedin-studio:`-namespaced,
  foreground per principle 4; background loses Task `:79`) → **degradation gate** (`:1084–1086` "do not
  proceed with a missing reviewer `[GATE]`") → consolidate via `SendUserFile` → Step 7.5 visual assets
  (mcp-image not a hard dependency, external `cover-raw.png` fallback `:1222–1230`) → Step 8 LOCK
  (`build-linkedin.mjs` → `linkedin/NN/POST.html`, exit-code N3 `:1388`) → Step 10 `queueAdd` (`:1486`).
- **Friction sought (the S2–S8 pattern: a missing buzzword gate / a missing fallback):** **NONE found.**
  The category-correct equivalent of the short-form buzzword gate is the de-AI/voice-scrub + editorial +
  language-reviewer gates, all present and wired. Every fan-out has a structured-return degradation gate.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** The 16-phase pipeline delivers the description's promise; primær
  artifact `POST.html` is produced end-to-end at Step 8 lock (`:1379–1395`) with exit-code verification.
- **(b) algorithm/format bar (long-form honesty, NOT feed-post predicates) — PASS.** Native-newsletter §
  (`:1508–1569`) is nøktern: "sells nothing", notification dedup not oversold ("not three guaranteed
  touchpoints"), cold-start not inflated ("0→9K in 7 days were not cold starts"), downsides disclosed
  (non-exportable / no-canonical / no-analytics / decay), sourcing note (`:1564`) separates LinkedIn
  help-docs (high conf.) from practitioner ranges (medium) + flags the contested email-dedup; citation
  `docs/remediation/research/03-coverage-gap-specs.md` §D5 exists (225 lines, §D5 ×8 — not dangling).
- **(c) quality rules (category-appropriate) — PASS.** Long-form quality is enforced by the pipeline
  gates (skeleton 2.5 · spine 3a · consistency+voice-scrub 4 · fact-check 5 · editorial 5.5 · persona 6
  · headless 6.5 · hook 9), all present + wired. Short-form hooks correctly NOT imposed (`:38–42`); no
  hollow gate found.
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** All 8 invoked subagents resolve to real
  `agents/*.md`, all `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced (persona-reviewer ×5, fact-checker ×2,
  voice-scrubber, language-reviewer, fact-reviewer, editorial-reviewer, content-reviewer,
  content-repurposer). Render/queue helpers exist; `queueAdd(id, draftPath, schedDate, schedTime,
  pillar, format, hookPreview, charCount)` 8-arg signature (qm`:63`) matches the call (`:1486`). All 9
  plugin-root ref/template files (`:1575–1594`) exist. Phase strings: `_doc.phases` (16) ↔ resumption
  table (16) `diff` IDENTICAL. Degradation: voice/persona `:258` · mcp-image `:1222–1230` · exit-codes
  ×4 (`:443/580/1144/1388`) · optional config+delingstekst `:1373–1377` · fan-out gates ×3
  (`:340/789/1086`).

**HARDEN — NO CHANGE (verified clean).**
- 0 edits. `newsletter` is among the most iterated commands (v2.0→v4.1 hardened the long-form gates
  across multiple production runs: Seres, Del 4 / Endring 9), and it shows: every axis passes with no
  surgical opportunity at or below the axis-pass bar.
- **Deferrals:** none. **Anti-gold-plating:** no NICE-only polish pursued beyond axis-pass (stopping
  rule, brief §). The native-newsletter follow-up noted in S2 STATE (reference-consistency for the
  separate `video.md`/`linkedin-formats.md` 30 % surface) is NOT this command's surface — left in the
  open-follow-ups list, not touched here.

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26** (+6
  skills) unchanged; `git status --porcelain` empty → working tree byte-identical to `52e888a` (S8).
- Phase-string diff reproduced: `_doc.phases` ids vs resumption-table `currentPhase` ids → IDENTICAL,
  16↔16, in order.
- Disposition: **VERIFIED — NO CHANGE** (0 edits) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c/d all PASS.

---

## Session 10 — Longform companion (`headless-review`)

> S10 status: re-grounded STATE's predicates against the actual `headless-review.md` (248 lines, 13 KB)
> BEFORE talk (jerndisiplin: assert-after-read). Class agreed S10 steps 1–2: **cold adversarial
> review-orchestrator, NOT post-emitting** — it emits a consolidated review report + optional
> `edition-state` persistence, never a feed post and never drafts prose; the feed-post predicates
> (hook 110–140, 1,200–1,800 band, no-body-link) do NOT apply — imposing them would be the S4/video
> category error (even further from feed-post than `newsletter`). The four archetype agents are
> SHARED with `newsletter` Step 6.5 → S9 agent findings reused as baseline. All `file:line` below are
> tool-grounded against the FINAL file (no edits this session → final == 1c31644).

### /linkedin:headless-review — cold adversarial review package on a FROZEN long-form draft, NOT post-emitting

**INTENT.** `headless-review` is the standalone surface of `newsletter` Step 6.5: read a frozen,
publish-ready (or pivoted) long-form draft COLD — with NONE of the drafting session's framing-bias —
through five independent archetypes and return direction-only flags, consolidated into one
operator-gated report. Two isolation layers: fresh session (strongest, `:64–68`) + per-archetype
subagent context (`:69–74`). The adversarial-independence layer the in-session gates structurally
cannot be (`:30–48`).

**SIMULATE (grounded persona-sim, anchored to the Step 3 cold fan-out).**
- **Persona (operator):** KTG in a FRESH session running `--type all` on `<serie>/NN-utkast.md`.
- **Walk:** Step 1 resolve-from-disk (draft → edition-state `currentArticle` fallback → ask-once
  `:103–104`; contract 3-tier fallback ending at always-present `longform-quality-rules.md` `:111–114`;
  personas = newsletter Step 1 chain `:116–118`) → Step 2 freeze (`cp` snapshot `:126`, live-draft
  fallback if `cp` unavailable `:130–131`) → **Step 3 fan out 5 archetypes** (single message,
  `:135–136`; 4 `linkedin-studio:`-namespaced types, persona-reviewer ×2 modes `:141–146`) →
  **degradation gate** (`:161–164` "re-run that one archetype — do not paper over a missing reviewer
  `[GATE]`") → Step 4 consolidate (operator gates, never auto-resolve flags `:168–169`/`:196–197`;
  convergence marked `:200–202`) → Step 5 surface via `SendUserFile` (else `file://` `:208–210`) +
  optional persist `articles.NN.headlessReview` (`:211–215`).
- **Friction sought (the S2–S8 pattern: a missing buzzword gate / a missing fallback):** **NONE found.**
  Not post-emitting → the category-correct quality bar is the reviewers grading against the writing
  contract + the structured-return degradation gate, both present. Every fan-out call has a degradation
  re-run path.

**EVALUATE (4 axes).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS.** The 5-step flow (resolve → freeze → parallel fan-out → consolidate
  → surface/persist) delivers the description's promise; primær artifact is the consolidated report
  (`:171–198`), surfaced + optionally persisted (`:204–215`). `allowed-tools` (`:18–26`) complete and
  fully used (Read/Glob/Grep · Bash freeze · AskUserQuestion ask-once · Task fan-out · Write report+state).
- **(b) algorithm/format bar (long-form honesty, NOT feed-post predicates) — PASS.** Cold contract
  (`:50–74`) nøktern: reviewers get a "deliberately starved context", exactly-what-they-get /
  exactly-what-they-don't enumerated; two-layer isolation with honest caveats (Layer 1 "recommended …
  strongest" not absolute; reload caveat for the v3.1.0 agents `:80–82`). Deliberate redundancy
  (`fact-reviewer`↔`fact-checker`, `language-reviewer`↔`editorial` prose axis) disclosed as
  on-purpose, not collapsed (`:234–237`). No feed-post predicate imposed.
- **(c) quality rules (category-appropriate) — PASS.** Review quality enforced by (1) reviewers judging
  against the writing contract (`:111–114`), (2) the degradation gate requiring structured/populated
  returns, not a hedged paragraph (`:161–164`), (3) operator-gates-the-fold-in — the command recommends,
  never rewrites/gates (`:168–169`/`:196–197`/`:210`), (4) convergence-as-signal (`:200–202`). No hollow
  gate found.
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** 4/4 invoked subagent types resolve to real
  `agents/*.md` with matching frontmatter `name:`, all `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced
  (content-reviewer · language-reviewer · fact-reviewer · persona-reviewer ×2 modes → "five
  archetypes" `:5–6`/`:30–31`). 8/8 Reference Files (`:241–248`) exist. `articles.NN.headlessReview`
  schema present + complete in `edition-state.template.json` (`:56–69`: frozenDraft · reviewers
  {content,language,fact,personaResonance,personaConversion} · consolidatedReport · foldedIn · waived ·
  status; ladder pending→run→folded `:29`). Degradation ×5: freeze `cp` fallback `:130` · draft-missing
  ask-once `:104` · persona fallback `:117` · `[GATE]` re-run `:163–164` · output-default `:93` +
  SendUserFile-else-`file://` `:208–210`.

**HARDEN — NO CHANGE (verified clean).**
- 0 edits. Borderline surfaced at talk: the freeze step (`:126`) assumes `review/` exists (no
  `mkdir -p`). **Operator chose Alt A (no change).** Rationale: the freeze block is **byte-identical to
  `newsletter` `:1050`** (S9-verified-clean), and `review/` is created by the render pipeline that
  produces the draft (`build-html.mjs` → `./review/` newsletter `:1136`; skeleton/draft render
  `:444`/`:580`); adding `mkdir -p` only here would drift from its S9-clean twin, and fixing both would
  re-open S9 (out of S10 scope). The `cp`-unavailable fallback (`:130`) covers the degraded path loosely.
- **Deferrals:** none. **Anti-gold-plating:** the `mkdir -p` robustness improvement is a NICE below the
  axis-pass bar — left as the operator's logged decision (Alt A), not pursued.

**VERIFY.**
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26** (+6
  skills) unchanged (count/version-consistency guards inside the lint passed); `git status --porcelain`
  empty → working tree byte-identical to `1c31644` (S9).
- Predicates re-grounded against the final file: 4 namespaced subagent types (frontmatter `name:`
  match) · 8/8 ref files exist · `headlessReview` schema `:56–69` · 5 degradation points · persona
  chain = newsletter `:179–183` · "five archetypes" (wrapped) = 5 modes from 4 agents.
- Disposition: **VERIFIED — NO CHANGE** (0 edits) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c/d all PASS.

---

## Session 11 — Longform companion (`pivot`)

> S11 status: re-grounded STATE's predicates against the actual `pivot.md` (162 lines) BEFORE talk.
> Class agreed steps 1–2: **pure state-mutation / orchestration command, NOT post-emitting, invokes NO
> agents, never drafts prose.** It re-opens a long-form edition after a late substantive change so the
> cleared gates re-run before lock — mutating `edition-state.json` (append `pivots[]`, reset
> `currentPhase`, un-lock, invalidate downstream verdicts), writing a next-step line to `<serie>/STATE.md`,
> and deferring the actual gate-runs to `/linkedin:newsletter` (`:144`). Feed-post predicates
> (hook 110–140, 1,200–1,800 band, no-body-link) do NOT apply — even further from feed-post than
> `headless-review` (this one does not even produce a review of prose). The pivot heuristic + `pivots[]`
> schema + gates-to-rerun chain are SHARED with `newsletter` (Step 8) and `headless-review` →
> S9/S10 findings reused as baseline. **Unlike S9/S10 this was NOT a no-change session — P4 surfaced a
> real cross-file off-by-one bug.**

### /linkedin:pivot — re-open a cleared edition for re-review, NOT post-emitting

**INTENT.** Make the post-lock re-open a NAMED RITUAL, not a manual scramble (the Del 4 Security
Champions case, `:33–38`): log the pivot, reset `currentPhase` so newsletter's deterministic resumption
re-runs the invalidated gates (fact-check 5 → editorial 5.5 → persona 6 → headless 6.5), un-lock if
needed, and invalidate the stale downstream verdicts so a pre-pivot PASS cannot be mistaken for current.

**SIMULATE (grounded persona-sim).**
- **Persona (operator):** KTG having made a late change to a LOCKED edition, running
  `/linkedin:pivot --article NN --reason "<...>"`.
- **Walk:** Step 1 load state + locate article (missing → stop+report `:75`) → Step 2 measure scope
  (`wc -w` current vs baseline `personaSweep.resonance.wordCount`; baseline-absent → ask/​default
  structural `:84–86`; ambiguous sections → confirm `:90`) → **Step 2 classify → default `--to-phase`**
  → Step 3 append `pivots[]` + reset `currentPhase` + un-lock + invalidate verdicts (`:100–131`) →
  Step 4 write next-step line to `<serie>/STATE.md`, defer gates to newsletter (`:133–155`).
- **Friction sought (the S2–S8 pattern):** **FOUND — a phase-reset off-by-one (P4).**

**EVALUATE (4 axes — re-tolket for a non-post-emitting orchestrator).**
- **(a) intention fidelity — PASS after fix.** The ritual (log → reset → un-lock → invalidate → point)
  delivers the promise; `allowed-tools` complete and used. The off-by-one (below) made the *moderate*
  branch silently betray the stated intent ("so the new claims get verified") → fixed.
- **(b) format bar (heuristic-consistency, NOT feed predicates) — PASS.** Three-way SSOT verified
  identical: pivot heuristic (>20 % words OR >2 sections, baseline = `personaSweep.resonance.wordCount`)
  == newsletter Step 8 lock-precondition (`:1348–1362`) == template `_doc.pivots` (`:30`). Newsletter
  Step 6 actually writes the baseline field (`:990–994`, `:1005`) → not a phantom. Cardinal rule
  ("never reopen a locked text", newsletter `:1034–1036`) honoured: pivot is the *sanctioned* exception
  — it loudly un-locks + flags POST.html stale (`:124`) + invalidates verdicts (`:126–130`).
- **(c) quality rules (state-integrity) — PASS.** `gatesToRerun` `:113` = the 4 real gate phase-names;
  invalidation targets (`personaSweep.resonance` · `editorialReview` · `headlessReview.status`) all
  exist in the schema; `factcheckLog` + `pivots[]` left intact (durable history `:130`).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation — PASS.** No agents (orchestrator). 3 degradation points
  enumerated (article-missing `:75` · baseline-absent `:84–86` · ambiguous-sections `:90`). 3/3 ref
  files exist.

**THE BUG (P4 — confirmed cross-file off-by-one).** Newsletter's resumption table is explicit
(`:196–198`, `:203–221`): `currentPhase` = the *last completed* phase, and the pipeline resumes at the
step **after** it (`draft`→Step 4, `consistency-quality`→Step 5, `factcheck-sweep`→Step 5.5). But
pivot.md set the **moderate** default to `to-phase: factcheck-sweep` "so the new claims get verified" —
which resumes at **Step 5.5 (editorial), SKIPPING the Step 5 fact-check** the moderate pivot exists to
run. Self-contradictory, and a violation of the command's own invariant that "a pivot always invalidates
the fact-check" (`:116–119`). The **structural** branch (`to-phase: draft`→Step 4→fact-check at 5) was
functionally safe but mis-labelled "(Step 3b)". Root cause: conflating "the phase to resume AT" with the
`currentPhase` (last-completed) value to write.

**THE FIX (4 surgical edits, confined to command-anatomy + Step 2).**
1. Moderate default `:96–97`: `factcheck-sweep` → **`consistency-quality`** (resumes Step 5, fact-check
   runs) — the bug.
2. Structural label `:92–95`: "(Step 3b) … full prose expansion" → "resumes **Step 4
   (consistency-quality)** … then fact-check (5) → editorial (5.5) → persona (6) → headless (6.5)".
3. Off-by-one guard callout `:102–108`: explains `to-phase` is a `currentPhase` (last-completed) value
   and newsletter resumes at the NEXT step → why a pivot never resets to `factcheck-sweep`.
4. Anatomy enum `:46`: dropped `factcheck-sweep` from the offered values (it skips fact-check, violating
   the always-invalidate-fact-check invariant) → `draft | consistency-quality`.
`gatesToRerun` `:113` and the worked example `:64–70` (structural, `draft`) left intact — both correct.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `factcheck-sweep` now only at `:106` (guard, as the forbidden value) + `:123`
  (gatesToRerun gate-name); to-phase defaults = `draft` (`:93`) / `consistency-quality` (`:97`); enum
  `:46` = two values; guard landed `:102`.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26** unchanged
  (count/version/model-consistency guards passed; .md-only edit, node/analytics tests not triggered).
- **One NICE left (anti-gold-plating):** template `:30` says "+~530 words" (sum of the 2 named sections)
  vs worked-example 1400→1992 = +592; both "~", both +42 % — cosmetic, below the axis-pass bar, left.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (4 edits, all in `commands/pivot.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c/d all PASS
  post-fix.

---

## Session 12 — Hardening (`firsthour`)

> S12 status: re-grounded STATE's predicates against the actual `firsthour.md` (119 lines) BEFORE talk.
> Class agreed steps 1–2: **post-publish engagement orchestrator — first-hour / reply-loop sprint.
> NOT post-emitting / feed-draft.** It builds a first-hour plan (target list + draft comments + timeline)
> by DELEGATING construction to `engagement-coach` (Step 2, `Task`), presents + auto-copies the draft
> comments (Step 3), persists via `recordFirstHourPlan` (Step 4), and hands off to `post-feedback-monitor`
> (Step 5). It emits COMMENT copy, not a feed post → the feed-format predicates (hook 110–140, 1,200–1,800
> band, no-body-link) do NOT apply; the inline comment band (25–50 words, voice, no bait, no generic
> praise) is its own surface. Axis-d heavy: 2 agents + a state-writer + a hand-off chain.

**WHAT VERIFIED CLEAN (no change).**
- Agent wiring (axis-d): both `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:`-namespaced. `engagement-coach` frontmatter
  = name / model:sonnet / color:magenta; `post-feedback-monitor` = name / model:opus / color:lime — both
  match the CLAUDE.md table exactly.
- State-writer (axis-d): `recordFirstHourPlan` exported (`state-updater.mjs:235`), additive, `$`-safe
  (function-replacements), stamps `last_firsthour_date` + `firsthour_active`, writes `## First-Hour Plans`
  — exactly as Step 4 claims. `writeState` / `clipboard-helper.mjs` / both ref files present.
- Delegation sound (axis-d): CEA / 5x5x5 / first-hour / target-selection genuinely owned by
  `engagement-coach.md` (whales / inner-circle, velocity table). Hand-off coach→monitor present (Step 5).
- Axis-c: the draft-comment band is consistent with the SSOT AI-slop suppression + the 15+-word floor.
- Principle 2 "comments rank above reactions" (`:111`) IS supported — SSOT `:38`
  `saves > shares > quality comments > reactions/likes` + `:160`. (My initial narrow grep was a false
  negative — withdrawn.)

**THE FIX (2 findings, 3 surgical edits, confined to prose + footer).**
1. [REWORK · axis-b] `~70%`-stat MISATTRIBUTED to "the first 60 min". The command (desc `:4`, body `:22`)
   said the first hour / "first 60 minutes" decide ~70% of reach. SSOT `algorithm-signals-reference.md:81`
   pins ~70% to the **first 15–30 min** sub-window (golden window = 60–90 min); the command even cites
   that SSOT (`:118`) → it contradicted its own source. Fix: desc + body re-attributed to "first 15–30
   minutes decide ~70%", framing the hour as the golden window you work. (Operational guidance was already
   front-loaded — the 5/15/30/60 velocity checkpoints were left unchanged.)
2. [REWORK-low · axis-a] Reference-label: `engagement-frameworks.md` does NOT contain CEA. The footer
   labelled it "hook types, CEA, engagement hierarchy" — but CEA lives in `algorithm-signals-reference.md:162`
   + `engagement-coach.md`; the ref carries hook types + "Engagement Quality Hierarchy" only. Fix: dropped
   "CEA" from the footer line (CEA already covered by the Step 2 coach-delegation + the SSOT pointer).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped the final file: `~70%` is now attributed to "15–30 minutes" at desc `:4` + body `:22`; no
  "first 60" / "60 minutes set" attribution remains (`:66` "5/15/30/60-minute" is the velocity-checkpoints
  table, unchanged). CEA now only at `:6 / :44 / :54 / :65 / :112` (desc + Step 2 + Step 3 + principle),
  GONE from the footer; footer `:118` = "hook types, engagement hierarchy".
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`; counts **29/19/26** unchanged
  (count / version / model / stat-consistency guards passed; .md-only edit, node/analytics tests not
  triggered).
- **One NICE left (anti-gold-plating):** no degradation note for an `engagement-coach`-Task failure /
  absent voice-samples (thin orchestrator, fully coach-dependent) — consistent with the suite's posture,
  below the axis-pass bar, left.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (3 edits, all in `commands/firsthour.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c/d all PASS
  post-fix.

---

## Session 13 — Hardening (`calendar`)

> S13 status: read-and-show of every mechanical dependency against the actual `queue-manager.mjs` +
> `state-updater.mjs` BEFORE talk. Class agreed steps 1–2: **stateful queue / publish command** —
> view + manage the scheduling queue + run the publish action. **NOT post-emitting / feed-draft.**
> It loads the queue (`queueToday/Upcoming/Overdue/Count/FormatSummary`), renders a 14-day view,
> offers actions (mark-published / reschedule / cancel / view-draft), and on publish does
> `queueUpdateStatus('published')` → `updatePostTracking` (state) → a quick first-hour plan that
> defers the full sprint to `/linkedin:firsthour` + `post-feedback-monitor`. It DISPLAYS hook previews
> of already-queued drafts → it emits no feed content → the feed-format predicates (hook 110–140,
> 1,200–1,800 band, no-body-link, buzzwords, rotation) do NOT apply. Axis-a/d heavy.

**WHAT VERIFIED CLEAN (no change).**
- Queue wiring (axis-a/d): Step 1 (`queueToday/Upcoming/Overdue/Count/FormatSummary`), 3c + Cancel
  (`queueUpdateStatus`) all match exports in `queue-manager.mjs:41–112` exactly.
- State-writer (axis-d): `updatePostTracking(stateContent, { postDate, postTopic, hookText, charCount,
  format })` (`state-updater.mjs:55`) + `writeState` (`:346`) — signature matches Step 3d's call verbatim.
- Agent wiring (axis-d): `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:post-feedback-monitor` (`:156`) namespaced,
  agent file present, `Task` in `allowed-tools`. Hand-off to `/linkedin:firsthour` (`:138`) = S12 chain.
- Graceful degradation (axis-d): missing/corrupt queue → `ensureQueue()` + `readQueue()` try/catch → `[]`
  (`queue-manager.mjs:12–27`); the "No posts scheduled" branch (`:106–111`) covers the empty case.
- Algorithm bar (axis-b): the quick first-hour plan (`:151` "15+ engagements in first 60 min", check at
  30/60) is deliberately light and delegates the full sprint to `/linkedin:firsthour`. No ~70%-reach
  misattribution (the S12 bug is absent here). SSOT `:81` golden window 60–90 min / first 15–30 min — not
  contradicted. PASS.
- Content-quality (axis-c): emits no feed content; the hook "preview" is a truncated display of an
  existing draft, not a generated hook → feed predicates N/A → PASS.

**THE FIX (1 finding, 1 surgical edit, confined to the Reschedule action).**
1. [REWORK · axis-a/d] The **Reschedule** action (`:164–170`) was under-determined vs its sibling actions:
   prose-only with NO bash snippet (unlike Cancel `:177–180` and publish 3c `:116–118`), and it referenced
   `queue_update_status + queue_add` — **snake_case that does not match the exports** `queueUpdateStatus` /
   `queueAdd` (`queue-manager.mjs:63,82`). An agent executing it had no concrete command and the names
   would not resolve if copied literally. Fix: replaced step 3 with a concrete `queueAdd` one-liner using
   the **same id** (since `queueAdd` filters out the prior id first, `:64`, re-adding moves the post in
   place — no duplicate), carrying the unchanged fields from the Step-2 entry. Mirrors the Cancel snippet
   pattern.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped the final file: no `queue_update_status` / `queue_add` remains; the `queueAdd` reschedule
  snippet is at `:174`; every `queue*` reference in the file is now camelCase and matches an export.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit, node/analytics tests not triggered — unchanged from S12).
- **One NICE left (anti-gold-plating):** the quick first-hour plan could name the SSOT "first 15–30 min"
  sub-window, but it deliberately defers to `/linkedin:firsthour`; duplicating it would be scope creep —
  left.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (1 edit in `commands/calendar.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c/d all PASS post-fix.

---

## Session 14 — Hardening (`import`)

> S14 status: read-and-show of the analytics CLI (`csv-parser.ts`, `cli.ts handleImport`,
> `storage.ts`, `alerts.ts`) BEFORE simulate, then a GROUNDED run against a throwaway fixture
> (`ANALYTICS_ROOT=/private/tmp/…`, 5-row CSV, discarded after). Class agreed steps 1–2:
> **analytics ingest** — CSV export → structured weekly JSON via `cli.ts import`, delegating all
> analysis to `/linkedin:report` (Step 6). **NOT post-emitting** → the feed-format predicates
> (hook 110–140, length band, no-body-link, buzzwords, rotation) do NOT apply. Axis-a/d heavy
> (path-seam consistency + graceful degradation + the over-promise).

### /linkedin:import — CSV export → structured weekly JSON, intra-batch anomaly surface, analysis delegated to report

**WHAT VERIFIED CLEAN (no change).**
- Path-seam (axis-a): `getAnalyticsRoot()` (`storage.ts:67–72`) → `getDataRoot("analytics")`
  (`:54–59`) = `${LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA:-$HOME/.claude/linkedin-studio}/analytics` = the exact path
  the prose tells the user to use (`import.md:37,62,91`); identical `LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA` override.
  `ANALYTICS_ROOT` back-compat override (`storage.ts:68`) confirmed (validates the throwaway isolation).
- saves/dwell honesty (axis-c): grounded run → EU `"5.234"`→5234, US `"8,710"`→8710;
  `parseOptionalCount` (`csv-parser.ts:71–85`) kept saves 42/128 on data rows, **blank → no `saves`
  field** (unknown, not 0); `engagementRate` excludes saves (`:203–208`); **0 dwell field** anywhere.
  README boundary blockquote (`import.md:26–30`) intact.
- Wiring (axis-d): `/linkedin:report` → `commands/report.md` present; **0** `subagent_type`
  (CLI-delegating, correct); state-file Step 6b = `~/.claude/linkedin-studio.local.md`.
- Degradation (axis-d): `npm install` pre-step (`:114–121`) covers fresh-clone `ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND`;
  file-not-found exit 1 (`cli.ts:67–71`) ↔ Error Handling; empty title (file line 5) + bad date
  (line 6) **skipped** in the run (`csv-parser.ts:186–195`).

**THE FIX (1 finding, 5 surgical edits, all in `commands/import.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-a/d] **Over-promise: baseline / metadata infrastructure the code never had.**
   import.md repeatedly promised baseline comparison + rolling 4-week averages + a `baselines.json` /
   `metadata.json` the importer "creates" + ">2 sigma from baseline" alerts. Grep over the whole repo
   (`scripts/analytics/src` + all `*.mjs/ts/py/js`) = **NONE writes either file**; `saveBatch` writes
   only `posts/*.json` (`storage.ts:157`); `detectAlerts` (`alerts.ts:18–69`) flags **intra-batch**
   std-dev from the batch's own mean, not a stored baseline. Concrete bug: Step 5b's
   `cat baselines.json 2>/dev/null` is always empty → the command falls forever to "first import —
   baselines will be established", on every import. Fix: rewrote 5 sections to the truth — Step 5
   (real CLI fields + `YYYY-MM-DD-<shortid>.json` filename; dropped "Duplicates skipped" / "340% above
   baseline" / "Viral threshold"), Step 5b (honest intra-batch surfacing; cross-week analysis deferred
   to `/linkedin:report`), Step 7 (Next-Steps conditioned on the report's trend, not a local baseline),
   State Tracking + Reference Files (no `baselines.json` / `metadata.json`; correct batch filename).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped the final file: `metadata.json` / `YYYY-WXX.json` (filename) / "Duplicates skipped" /
  "340%" / "Viral threshold" all GONE; the only `YYYY-WXX` left is `:226` (`last_import_week` ISO-week
  state field — legitimate); the 3 remaining "baseline" hits are the new honest negations ("keeps no
  baseline file", "no persisted baseline").
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit, node/analytics tests not triggered).
- Grounded simulation passes the failing axis: the rewritten prose matches the observed CLI output
  verbatim (filename `2026-06-02-batch-17.json`, "No anomalies detected in imported data.",
  "Saves entered: 170 across 2 post(s) (manual)").
- Disposition: **FIXED** (5 edits, all in `commands/import.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c/d all PASS
  post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:report — imported analytics → weekly/monthly/heatmap report, alerts surfaced, interpretation delegated to analytics-interpreter

**WHAT VERIFIED CLEAN (no change).**
- Path-seam (axis-a): `getAnalyticsRoot()` (`storage.ts:67–72`) → `getDataRoot("analytics")` (`:54–59`)
  = the exact `${LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA:-$HOME/.claude/linkedin-studio}/analytics` paths the prose reads;
  `ANALYTICS_ROOT` override confirmed (the grounded sim ran isolated in `/private/tmp`).
- CLI surface (axis-a): `report --week`/`--month`, `trends --period --metric`, `heatmap` all dispatch
  (`cli.ts:447–459`); grounded sim produced verbatim weekly report + trends + heatmap on a 3-row fixture.
- Wiring (axis-d): `subagent_type: linkedin-studio:analytics-interpreter` (`report.md:305`) resolves —
  `agents/analytics-interpreter.md` present with report-mode (`:10,40,295`); one namespaced `Task`.
- Degradation (axis-d): `trends`/`heatmap` "No posts found. Import some data first." exit 1
  (`cli.ts:245–248,397–400`); weekly report try/catch exit 1 (`:191–194`); Step 1 import-nudge;
  npm-install Step 1b for fresh-clone `ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND`.
- saves/dwell honesty (axis-c): `totalSaves` surfaced only when present, labelled "(manual entry — top
  engagement signal)" (`cli.ts:144–146,342–344`; `weekly.ts:172–173`); grounded run — FIXTURE B's blank
  Saves cell produced **no** saves suffix (unknown≠0); never folded into engagement. **dwell** absent,
  explicit "do not fabricate a dwell field" (`types.ts:26–28`).

**THE FIX (3 findings, 6 surgical edits, all in `commands/report.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-a/d] **Over-promise: `baselines.json` + `metadata.json` infrastructure the code never
   had** (the S14 import twin). Step 5c told the model to `cat baselines.json` and flag ">2 standard
   deviations above/below mean"; Reference Files listed both files. Grep over `scripts/analytics/src` =
   **NONE writes either**; `storage.ts` writes only `posts/<date>-<shortid>.json`,
   `weekly-reports/<week>.json`, `monthly-reports/<month>.json`; `ensureDirectories` (`:77–90`) makes no
   baselines dir; a full import+report cycle in the fixture created **NEITHER**. The real alerts are
   `detectAlerts` (intra-week) + `detectWeeklyAlerts` (WoW) surfaced in the report's own `alerts[]`
   (`weekly.ts:222–238`). Fix: Step 5c rewritten to read `alerts[]` straight from the generated
   weekly-report JSON; Reference Files dropped both phantoms, fixed the posts filename to
   `YYYY-MM-DD-<shortid>.json`, added the real `monthly-reports/` file.
2. [REWORK · axis-a] **Broken metric flag `engagement_rate` (snake_case, `:172`).** Grounded:
   `--metric engagement_rate` → exit 1 "Invalid metric"; the CLI accepts only camelCase `engagementRate`
   (`cli.ts:47,202–209`). Fix: `:172` snake→camel (the other call, old `:363`, was already correct).
3. [REWORK · axis-a] **Step 4 / Step 6 schema field names that don't exist.** Step 4 claimed JSON fields
   `dateRange`, `postCount`, `aggregateMetrics`; the real `WeeklyReport` (`weekly.ts:124–149`) top keys
   are `week, generatedAt, summary, topPerformers, underperformers, trends, alerts` (no dateRange, no
   aggregateMetrics, no top-level postCount — it is `summary.totalPosts`). Fix: Step 4 rewritten to the
   real schema; Step 6 template `({dateRange})` dropped, `{postCount}`→`{summary.totalPosts}`,
   eng-rate→`{summary.avgEngagementRate}`; Deep-Dive post-search fixed from the non-existent
   `posts/<YYYY-WXX>.json` to iterating the real per-batch `posts/*.json`.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped the final file: `engagement_rate` / `baselines.json` / `metadata.json` / `aggregateMetrics`
  / `({dateRange})` / `{postCount}` / `posts/<YYYY-WXX>.json` all GONE; corrected strings present
  (`metric engagementRate` `:171,366`; `get('alerts', [])` `:227`; `posts/YYYY-MM-DD-<shortid>.json`
  `:414`; `monthly-reports/YYYY-MM.json` `:416`; Step 4 `summary` schema `:143`; Step 6
  `{summary.totalPosts}`/`{summary.avgEngagementRate}` `:271–272`); no residual `dateRange`/`postCount`.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Grounded simulation (throwaway `ANALYTICS_ROOT=/private/tmp/claude-report-fixture`, discarded): import
  seeded 3 fake W25 posts → `report --week 2026-W25` printed "Total saves: 10 (manual entry…)", FIXTURE B
  (blank saves) showed no suffix, empty alerts (no baseline consulted); `trends --metric engagementRate`
  ok, `--metric engagement_rate` exit 1; heatmap rendered.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (6 edits, all in `commands/report.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/c/d all PASS
  post-fix (b N/A — not feed-emitting).

---

### /linkedin:analyze — diagnose why content underperforms (reach drop / low traction / low engagement) → recovery plan, analytics grounded via analytics-interpreter

**INTENT.** Prose-diagnosis + conditional agent-delegation — **NOT CLI-backed** (`allowed-tools: Read,
AskUserQuestion, Task`, no Bash, `analyze.md:9–12`). Measure-journey diagnostic. Steps 1–8 are a
faithful restatement of `references/troubleshooting-guide.md` (drop-% tiers, 14-day recovery protocol,
timeline table, prevention checklist).

**SIMULATE.** ICP author, scenario 1 (reach −50 %, 1 wk ago, 2 off-pillar posts, 1 body-link). Step 1
picks "Reach suddenly dropped" (`:32`); Step 2 analytics present → `Task
subagent_type: linkedin-studio:analytics-interpreter` interpret-mode (`:41`); Step 3 → pattern "Good
Content, Low Reach" (`:95–102`); Step 4 checklist flags external link + topic drift — **and, before fix,
asked "5+ hashtags?" (`:149`)**; Step 5 → "Algorithmic suppression likely" → 14-day recovery
(`:167–173`); Step 6 → `/linkedin:profile` (`:189`); Step 7 → "Moderate 50–70 %: 2–3 wks initial"
(`:231`). Friction: exactly one unsourced checklist item.

**EVALUATE (4 axes; analytics-class predicate = graceful degradation + saves/dwell honesty).**
- **axis-a (intent): PASS** — faithful render of the cited guide; AskUserQuestion → framework → recovery
  flow intact.
- **axis-b′ (algorithm-claim vs SSOT — feed-bar reframed since not feed-emitting): 1 FUNN.** `:149`
  "Did you use 5+ hashtags in posts?" is a penalty check absent from **both** the SSOT
  (`grep hashtag references/algorithm-signals-reference.md` = NONE — hashtags deliberately omitted) **and**
  the cited `references/troubleshooting-guide.md` (NONE; its own penalty checklist is 6 items `:101–106`).
  Command-only unsourced folklore carrying a concrete number ("5+").
- **axis-c (saves/dwell honesty): PASS** — no Bash; never claims to read analytics itself; delegates
  honestly; no saves/dwell mention anywhere → no over-promise.
- **axis-d (wiring + degradation): PASS** — `linkedin-studio:analytics-interpreter` resolves;
  interpret-mode is real/default (`agent:6,39,141`); shared seam `${LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA:-…}/analytics/`
  (`analyze:41` ↔ `agent:49`); `/linkedin:profile` resolves (`commands/profile.md`); "if analytics exists
  → delegate, else self-report" IF-branch (`:41`); all 4 referenced files exist.

**HARDEN (1 surgical edit, `commands/analyze.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-b′] Dropped `:149` "Did you use 5+ hashtags in posts?" — unsourced in both the SSOT and
   the cited guide. Step 4 checklist 8 → 7 items; **kept** `:150` "tag unrelated people for reach"
   (defensible — aligns with the SSOT bait/pod-suppression direction, no numeric claim).

**Out-of-scope (logged follow-up, NOT touched in S16).** `troubleshooting-guide.md:127` "External link
overuse — LinkedIn penalizes directing traffic away" contradicts the SSOT (`:69–75`: LinkedIn *denies* an
intentional penalty; soften to "body links correlate with lower reach"). `analyze.md:102` only echoes the
milder guide wording verbatim (`guide:15`) — softening the command alone would drift it from its own cited
source, so the real fix belongs to the reference-consistency pass.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `grep hashtag commands/analyze.md` → **NONE**; Step 4 checklist now 7 items
  (`:143–149`), `:149` = "tag unrelated people for reach" (survived).
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **1 deletion**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (1 edit, `commands/analyze.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/c/d PASS, b′ PASS post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:audit — quarterly content-strategy audit (top/bottom posts · topic & format mix · trends · milestone) → report + routes to strategy/profile

**INTENT.** Prose-heavy, self-contained quarterly audit — **NOT CLI-backed, NOT agent-delegated**
(`allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion` post-fix, no Bash, no Task, `audit.md:8–12`).
Measure-journey (reachable via `/linkedin:measure`). The 8 steps (0–8 + 5.5) faithfully cover the
description scope: top/bottom performers, topic distribution, format mix, engagement trends, milestone
progress, profile alignment — quarterly cadence. Names the gap; routes the fix to `/linkedin:strategy`
(trajectory) + `/linkedin:profile` (profile audit).

**SIMULATE.** ICP author, scenario A (partial data). Step 0 reads state + `plans/` + checks `analytics/`
+ audience-insights/examples, asks user for top-5/bottom-5 + screenshot; Steps 1–2 tabulate vs 7 factors
(`:41–49`); Step 3 topic-mix vs pillars (`:69–81`); Step 4 format mix → emits "Increase carousel content
(**highest save rate**)" (`:93`, before fix); Step 5 trends; Step 5.5 milestone if `follower_count>0`;
Step 6 routes to `/linkedin:profile` (`:151`); Step 7 report; Step 8 AskUserQuestion. Scenario B (fresh
adopter, no data): Step 0 `:26` "Check for any" = soft, audience files absent → degrades to user-provided
data; Step 5.5 `:141` `follower_count` not >0 → "Skip this step. Add note: …not configured" — no crash.
Friction: one orphan tool-grant + one unsourced format-claim.

**EVALUATE (4 axes; analytics-class predicate = graceful degradation + saves/dwell honesty).**
- **axis-a (intent): PASS** — 8 steps faithfully cover the description scope; routing-by-delegation (not
  agent delegation) is honest ("names the gap, strategy/profile prescribe the fix", `:145–156`).
- **axis-b′ (algorithm/format claim vs SSOT): 1 FUNN.** `:93` "(highest save rate)" — the specific
  metric-attribution is absent from the SSOT (which sources "carousels = **top organic format**",
  `algorithm-signals-reference.md:55`, and "**saves** = top engagement signal", `:42`, but never
  "carousels = highest *save rate*") AND from the cited refs (playbook `:248` "Carousels: 1.6x", `:192`
  "60–70 % reduced reach"; no save-rate superlative). Postulated mechanic embedded in an example block.
- **axis-c (quality rules): PASS** — emits no content; no format/length advice contradicting CLAUDE.md.
- **axis-d (wiring + degradation): 1 FUNN.** No Task → claims no agent delegation (`grep
  subagent_type|Task` = NONE) ✅; `/linkedin:strategy` + `/linkedin:profile` resolve ✅; graceful
  degradation present (Step 5.5 explicit skip + user-provided-data primary path) ✅; data-seam consistent
  (`${LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA:-…}/` data, `~/.claude/linkedin-studio.local.md` state, `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/`
  refs) ✅; saves/dwell not over-promised (no Bash; never claims auto-track) ✅. **FUNN: WebFetch orphan
  tool-grant** — `:12` granted it; body `:20–234` never fetches (grep = declaration line only).

**HARDEN (2 surgical edits, `commands/audit.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-d] Dropped `WebFetch` from allowed-tools — granted but never invoked; audit reads local
   files + asks user + routes, fetches no URL. Tool-surface now matches behavior (5 → 4 tools).
2. [REWORK · axis-b′] `:93` → `:92` "(highest save rate)" → "(top organic format)" — aligned to the SSOT's
   sourced framing; dropped the unsourced save-rate superlative.

**Out-of-scope (logged, NOT touched in S17).** `:61` "off-topic (topic-relevance penalty)" — SSOT frames
topic-relevance as a positive distribution driver (`:30,89`, high), not a named penalty; but off-topic →
weaker relevance match → less reach is defensible and "topic-relevance signal" is plugin convention
(CLAUDE.md rule #5). Left as-is (NICE, directionally correct diagnostic parenthesis).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `grep WebFetch commands/audit.md` → **NONE** (allowed-tools now
  Read/Glob/Grep/AskUserQuestion, `:9–12`); `grep "highest save rate"` → **NONE**; `:92` = "Increase
  carousel content (top organic format)".
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **+1 / −2**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (2 edits, `commands/audit.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/c PASS, b′ + d PASS post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:ab-test — design/log/analyze/history/suggest A/B experiments → managed test files, challenger rewrite delegated to content-optimizer

**INTENT.** Stateful analytics command — the most composite class in the queue so far. CLI-backed (Bash
`ls`/`cat`/`mkdir -p` + `Write` of `[test-name].md` test files under the data-dir), agent-delegated
(`content-optimizer` via `Task subagent_type: linkedin-studio:content-optimizer`, `:119`), AND routing
(`/linkedin:post` `:448`, `/linkedin:report` `:459`, `/linkedin:analyze` `:467`). Measure-journey
(reachable via `/linkedin:measure`). Five lifecycle modes (2a–2e) map 1:1 to the description: design ·
log · analyze · history · suggest. (STATE predicted `analytics-interpreter` delegation; actual is
`content-optimizer`.)

**SIMULATE.** ICP author → analyze an active hook experiment. Throwaway 2-experiment fixture in
`/private/tmp/claude-abtest-fixture/analytics/ab-tests/` (ACTIVE 6-post + COMPLETED), run via
`LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA=<fixture>` to exercise the real seam. Seam-discovery (`:37`,`:270`) found both
files; analyze arithmetic computed correct (eng-rate `:236` per-post 3.0%/5.0%; variant avg + %-diff
`:278–279` → eng +66.7%, comments +200%, impressions/reposts +0%); directional test (`:311`) cleared
20% AND consistent across all 3 paired posts → "Adopt B (directional)"; significance honesty (`:320–331`)
correctly flagged 3/variant << ~50 → directional, NOT significant. History-parse targets all present in
COMPLETED fixture. Empty `weekly-reports/` + `posts/` → graceful degradation (`:485–488`). Fixture
discarded (`find -delete`).

**EVALUATE (8 predicates across 4 axes; class = stateful + analytics + agent-wiring + routing).**
- **P1 (axis-d wiring): PASS** — `content-optimizer` resolves; `agents/content-optimizer.md` `name:`
  matches the namespaced invocation form.
- **P2 (routing): PASS** — `post`/`report`/`analyze`.md all resolve.
- **P3 (intent refs): PASS** — `ab-testing-framework.md` + `algorithm-signals-reference.md` exist.
- **P4 (axis-b′ SSOT): 1 FUNN.** ② 20%-threshold **verbatim** from framework SSOT (`fw:173` = `ab:311`)
  ✅; ③ significance honesty under-claims (a real significance test needs more than ~50/variant → the
  framing can only make the "directional not significant" verdict safer) ✅; **① `:128` "(Tue-Thu, 8-9 AM
  optimal)"** — sourced (cites the ref) but "optimal" over-claims precision against the SSOT's own `:23`
  "trust the *ordering*, test the *number*", and Thu is 9 AM–1 PM in SSOT (`alg:144`), not 8 AM; it is the
  default slot held constant while testing another variable, so "optimal" is the wrong word.
- **P5 (data-seam): PASS** — all data via `${LINKEDIN_STUDIO_DATA:-…}/`; `:44` = state file (correct), not
  a leak; refs via `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/`.
- **P6 (graceful degradation): PASS** — empty weekly-reports/posts → proceed test-only (`:485–488`); 4
  error modes (`:474–493`).
- **P7 (saves/dwell honesty): PASS** — no saves/dwell mention; eng-rate `:236` excludes saves (S16-consistent).
- **P8 (stateful artifact trace): PASS** — see SIMULATE; full analyze + history path sound against a
  realistic file.

**HARDEN (1 surgical edit, `commands/ab-test.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-b′] `:128` "(Tue-Thu, 8-9 AM optimal)" → "(Tue-Thu mornings)" — dropped the precision
   over-claim ("optimal" + the inaccurate 8 AM window); the line stem already cites
   `algorithm-signals-reference.md`, so source attribution is retained.

**Out-of-scope (logged, NOT touched in S18).** `:284` "baseline comparison" cross-ref vs `weekly-reports/`
— echoes the S15 "baselines/metadata phantom" vocabulary, but here it reads an existing artifact (the
report command's weekly reports), optional + graceful-degraded; legitimate soft context, not a phantom.
Left as-is (low, no-change).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `grep "8-9 AM optimal"` → **NONE**; `:128` = "...based on
  algorithm-signals-reference.md (Tue-Thu mornings)".
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **+1 / −1**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (1 edit, `commands/ab-test.md`) · 0 deferrals · P1–P3,P5–P8 PASS, P4 PASS post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:strategy — phase-aware growth + authority-building plan (S19)

**INTENT.** Grow-journey front-door (CLAUDE.md elevates `onboarding`/`strategy` as the Start/Grow
front-doors) **and** atomic command. Prose-heavy, **no Bash** (`allowed-tools`: Read·Glob·Grep·
WebFetch·AskUserQuestion·Task). Reads state (`follower_count` → phase auto-detect) + 8 local refs,
delegates the growth recommendation to `strategy-advisor`, routes the profile audit to
`/linkedin:profile`. Most composite non-CLI class: prose + state-read + agent-delegation + routing +
axis-b′.

**SIMULATE (ICP author, grounded prose-trace — no fixture; touches no real state/data).** "What should
I focus on at my level?" → Step 0.5 auto-detects phase from `follower_count` (graceful: `:43` falls
through to Step-1 questions if 0/missing) → AskUserQuestion → Step 3 delegates to
`linkedin-studio:strategy-advisor` (`:154`) → phase strategy + Step 3.5 trajectory overlay (graceful:
`:285` "Skip this step. Note: …" when no milestone data) → Step 3.6 authority-building (Phase 2+).
Friction: none surfaced; phase bands consistent between Step 0.5 (`:38–42`) and the Step 2 headers
(`:79/:93/:107/:122/:137`).

**EVALUATE (4 axes; mechanical predicate per axis).**
- **(a) intention: PASS** — body delivers exactly the description: phase-specific guidance 0–1K→10K+,
  trajectory overlay, Phase 2+ signature-content compounding.
- **(b) algorithm/format-bar (axis-b′): PASS** — topic-relevance is the SSOT signal (`:88/:175/:520`);
  growth rates / timelines are roadmap-sourced (command loads `growth-roadmaps.md` +
  `trajectory-strategy-adjustments.md`), not postulated in-command; saves-honesty intact (`:300/:408`
  "read from native LinkedIn analytics — not auto-tracked by this tool").
- **(c) quality rules: PASS** — no buzzwords, no body-links; prose-only command (no post emission).
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation: 1 FINDING** — P-checks: agent `linkedin-studio:strategy-advisor`
  (`:154`, namespaced) → `agents/strategy-advisor.md` **resolves**; routing `/linkedin:profile`
  (`:293/:361`) → `commands/profile.md` **resolves**; 8/8 referenced files exist; graceful degradation
  present (`:43/:285/:408`). **allowed-tools over-grant:** `:16` `WebFetch` is the ONLY occurrence in
  the file (`grep -n WebFetch` = `:16` only) — never used in the body (no URL fetch anywhere; body reads
  local refs + state, delegates, AskUserQuestion); delegate `strategy-advisor` is Read+Glob only, so it
  doesn't need it either. Exact S17 pattern (`62b7081`). Borderline Grep/Glob left as-is (local,
  low-risk, plausibly used for state/analytics reads) — only the external-network WebFetch trimmed.

**HARDEN (1 surgical edit, `commands/strategy.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-d] `:16` removed `- WebFetch` from `allowed-tools` — orphan grant (external-network
   capability, zero usage). allowed-tools now Read·Glob·Grep·AskUserQuestion·Task.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `grep -n WebFetch commands/strategy.md` → **NONE**; allowed-tools block =
  Read/Glob/Grep/AskUserQuestion/Task.
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **−1**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (1 edit, `commands/strategy.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c PASS, axis-d PASS post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:competitive — niche thought-leader analysis → landscape map · gap matrix · differentiation plan (S20)

**INTENT.** Grow-journey atomic command (with `monetize`/`outreach`/`profile`). Prose-heavy guided
analysis — **not** post-emitting, **not** routing (no `/linkedin:Y` emitted), **not** own-data
analytics. Six-step flow (Step 0–6) producing prose output (no persisted artifact: no `Write`/`Task`).
User names 3–5 competitor profiles (or asks for help finding them) → competitive map + gap analysis +
differentiation plan. Ethics Note (`:155-157`) steers toward inspiration, not copying.

**SIMULATE (ICP author, grounded prose-trace — no fixture; touches no real state/data).** Two branches
proved against Step 0–6 (`:19-153`): **A** (names 3 profiles, choice 1 `:30`) → reads SKILL.md+state
(`:21-23`) → per-competitor template Step 2 (`:46-76`, all fields are `[placeholders]` the user/observation
fills — no fabricated data) → landscape map Step 3 → gap matrix Step 4 → differentiation plan Step 5 →
takeaways Step 6 → Ethics Note. **B** (choice 2 "help me find", `:31`) → triggers WebSearch (`:34`) →
same analysis loop. **No branch invokes WebFetch.**

**EVALUATE (relevant axes; mechanical predicate each).**
- **(a) intention: PASS** — body delivers exactly the description: posting frequency, content types,
  hooks, engagement strategy, gaps → differentiation.
- **(b) algorithm/format-bar (axis-b′): PASS** — `grep -nE "[0-9]+ ?(%|x|times)"` = **NONE**; format fields
  (`:54` `text X%/carousel Y%/video Z%`) are letter-placeholders, not postulated stats; folklore grep hit
  only `:8`/`:116` (false positives). No unsourced algorithm claim.
- **(c) quality rules: PASS** — prose-only command (no post emission), Ethics Note present.
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation: 1 FINDING** — no agent delegation (selbständig prose,
  correct for class); 5/5 referenced files resolve (`:21,:161-163` + state PRESENT); graceful degradation
  present (Step 1 AskUserQuestion 3 branches + WebSearch fallback `:34`). **allowed-tools over-grant:**
  `:11` `WebFetch` was the ONLY occurrence (`grep -n WebFetch` = `:11` only) — never used in the body;
  WebSearch (`:12` grant + `:34` real use) covers the entire legitimate external need (finding thought
  leaders), and WebFetch against LinkedIn profile URLs cannot deliver the public feed content the grant
  implies (login/anti-bot). Exact S17/S19 pattern. Borderline Glob (`:10` grant, no body use) left as-is
  (local, low-risk read tool) — only external-network WebFetch trimmed.

**HARDEN (1 surgical edit, `commands/competitive.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-d] `:11` removed `- WebFetch` from `allowed-tools` — orphan grant (external-network
   capability, zero usage, not realizable for LinkedIn profiles). allowed-tools now
   Read·Glob·WebSearch·AskUserQuestion.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `grep -n WebFetch commands/competitive.md` → **NONE**; allowed-tools block =
  Read/Glob/WebSearch/AskUserQuestion.
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **−1**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (1 edit, `commands/competitive.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/b/c PASS, axis-d PASS post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:monetize — turn thought leadership into revenue (readiness → stage strategy → lead magnet → funnel → tracking)

**INTENT.** Prose-heavy guided monetization strategist (Grow-tier atomic, unlocks ~1K followers). 9-step flow
(Step 0–8 `:22-487`): load refs → readiness scorecard → stage-specific strategy → lead-magnet blueprint →
funnel content → CTA optimization → Featured section → revenue model worksheet → tracking dashboard. Output is
prose templates the user fills in; **persists nothing**.

**SIMULATE (aspiring monetizer, grounded prose-trace — no fixture; touches no real state/data).** Traced
Step 0–8 against the file. Step 1 collects follower count / engagement / offers / goals via **AskUserQuestion**
(`:37`) — does NOT read state, so it degrades gracefully (asks rather than depends). Stage-1 branch (0–1K,
score 0–30, `:94-112`) handles the sub-unlock case honestly ("Revenue is secondary… DO NOT sell aggressively").
All scorecards/blueprints/worksheets are `[placeholder]` fill-ins — no fabricated user data. **No branch
invokes WebFetch, Write, Glob, or Grep.**

**EVALUATE (relevant axes; mechanical predicate each).**
- **(a) intention: PASS** — body delivers the description (readiness scoring, stage strategy, lead magnets,
  CTA A/B, funnel, consulting-inquiry tracking). 7/7 referenced files resolve (Step 0 + Reference Files).
- **(b) algorithm/conversion-bar (axis-b′): 1 FINDING** — `:344-346` postulated a generic time-decay curve
  ("same-day ~half / next-day 20-30% / **3+ days <10%**"). SSOT (`opportunity-generation.md:302-310`) gives
  **per-channel** rates (speaking 30-50% same-day, consulting 20-30% within-24h, podcast 70-80%) + qualitative
  "speed matters", NOT a generic decay curve — and **`<10%` is invented**, no SSOT basis. Same over-precise
  -unsourced pattern as S18. (`:495` external-links claim was already SSOT-sourced + softened — clean.)
- **(c) quality rules: PASS** — prose-only (no post emission); no buzzwords; `:495` correctly sourced.
- **(d) agent-wiring + graceful degradation: 2 FINDINGS (allowed-tools over-grant)** — no agent delegation
  (selbständig prose, correct for class). **`:13` `WebFetch`** = orphan grant, ONLY occurrence (`grep -n
  WebFetch` = `:13` only), zero body use, WebSearch not even granted → pure dead external-capability grant,
  exact S17/S19/S20 pattern. **`:15` `Write`** = orphan grant, ONLY occurrence, zero body use — command
  never persists a file; unused **mutation** capability (stronger least-privilege case than read grants).
  Borderline `Glob`/`Grep` (`:11-12`, no body use) left as-is (local, low-risk read tools — S20 precedent).

**HARDEN (2 surgical edits, `commands/monetize.md`).**
1. [REWORK · axis-d] removed `- WebFetch` and `- Write` from `allowed-tools` — orphan grants (zero usage;
   external-fetch never realized, file never written). allowed-tools now Read·Glob·Grep·AskUserQuestion.
2. [REWORK · axis-b′] `:343-346` replaced the fabricated decay curve (incl. invented `<10%`) with the
   SSOT-supported qualitative claim ("speed compounds conversion — same-day converts far better than
   days-later") + cite to `references/opportunity-generation.md` for the real per-channel benchmarks.
   `:313/:323` "within 2 hours" left as-is (defensible tactical advice, not a fabricated statistic — operator OK).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file: `grep -n WebFetch` → **NONE**; `grep -n Write` → **NONE**; `grep -n "roughly
  half|<10%|3+ days|20-30% conversion"` → **NONE**; allowed-tools block = Read/Glob/Grep/AskUserQuestion.
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **+3 / −6**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (2 edits, `commands/monetize.md`) · 0 deferrals · axes a/c PASS, axes b′/d PASS post-fix.

---

### /linkedin:outreach — collab + speaking outreach orchestrator (track select → readiness → targets → format/pitch → production → pipeline persist) (S22)

**INTENT.** Grow-tier **orchestrator** (unlocks ~1K), prose-heavy **+ agent-delegating + state-persisting**.
Two tracks (collab + speaking) under one paradigm, 11 steps (Step 0–10 `:65-1252`). Absorbed
`collab`/`speaking`/`authority` (capability checklist `:36-63` maps each predecessor function). **First in
the queue to BOTH delegate to an agent AND mutate real state** — shifts the weight onto axis-d.

**SIMULATE (adversarial cold quality-reviewer; grounded prose-trace + throwaway state fixture — operator
chose the thorough path; touches no real state/data-dir).** Traced Step 0–10 against the file; verified every
mechanical claim (refs resolve, agent resolves, mutation exists, grants match body use, axis-b′ claims trace
to SSOT) with a tool, never by reasoning.

**EVALUATE (relevant axes; mechanical predicate each).**
- **(a) intention: PASS** — checklist maps both predecessors; all 5 refs + SKILL.md resolve (Step 0 +
  Reference Files); state path `~/.claude/linkedin-studio.local.md` correct post-M0 (per CLAUDE.md).
- **(b) algorithm/conversion-bar (axis-b′): 2 FINDINGS.** **B1** `:652` "DM amplification can boost
  first-hour engagement **2-3x**" — over-quantified: 2-3x is SSOT for *collab reach*
  (`collaborations-guide.md:32/165/187`), while the DM-loop's first-hour effect is held *qualitative* there
  (`:335`). **B2** `:921-946` Step 7 pod-warning fabricated magnitudes — "**30-55%** reach reduction",
  "shadow suppression", "account credibility score reduction", "penalizes", "**Post-March 2025** Update" +
  "low dwell" detection (dwell unmeasurable per CLAUDE.md). SSOT (`algorithm-signals-reference.md:98`) states
  ONLY: "auto-comments demoted out of 'Most Relevant', scoped to own network; repeat offenders restricted"
  (Sachdeva 2026-02-16, high) + design rule "do not quote a percentage / soften penalty". Same S18/S21 +
  follow-up-#1 pattern.
- **(c) quality rules: PASS** — prose templates only (no post emission); "thought leader"/"ecosystem"
  appear only in search-queries / internal *goals* (`:230/:813/:820`), not in published post-copy (Rule 4).
- **(d) agent-wiring + grants + state + graceful: 3 FINDINGS.** **D1 PASS** — `Task subagent_type:
  linkedin-studio:network-builder` (`:172`) resolves (`agents/network-builder.md`). **D2 PASS** —
  `recordOutreachContact` is **NOT fabricated** (`state-updater.mjs:294`, CLI `--record-outreach :394`,
  additive, `$`-safe). **D3 Bash MISSING** — Step 8c (`:1064`) runs `node …state-updater.mjs --record-outreach`
  (needs Bash) but frontmatter didn't grant it; `firsthour.md` grants Bash for the same `node`-mutation
  pattern → functional defect (command promised a mutation it couldn't execute). **D4 WebFetch orphan**
  (`:19`, zero body use). **D5 Write orphan** (`:21`; `:410/:1040` are prose "Write a post", not tool use).

**HARDEN (5 edits across 2 files — operator-approved scope extension to also fix the SSOT-diverging guide
source so the B2 rewrite can't be re-rendered from a stale reference).**
1. [REWORK · axis-d] `commands/outreach.md` frontmatter: dropped `- WebFetch` + `- Write` (orphans),
   added `- Bash` (Step 8c needs it). allowed-tools now Read·Glob·WebSearch·AskUserQuestion·Task·Bash
   (borderline Glob kept — S20 precedent).
2. [REWORK · axis-b′] `:652` (B1): re-attributed 2-3x to collab reach (where SSOT places it), kept the
   first-hour effect qualitative + cite to `collaborations-guide.md`.
3. [REWORK · axis-b′] Step 7 (B2): replaced "Post-March 2025 Update" header + the fabricated
   detection/penalties block with the SSOT crackdown statement (demote out of "Most Relevant" / scope to own
   network / restrict repeat offenders) + cite; softened "penalizes", dropped "low dwell".
4. [REWORK · axis-b′, scope-extension] `references/collaborations-guide.md:349-370` (B2 propagation): same
   SSOT rewrite of the "March 2025 Crackdown" section — dropped "shadow banning ALL future content / 90+ days
   / 6+ months / permanent reach penalty", the date, and the speculative detection methods (browser-extension
   tracking, linguistic fingerprinting).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final files. `commands/outreach.md`: `grep WebFetch` → **NONE**, `^  - Write$` → **NONE**,
  `^  - Bash$` → `:21`; B1 old form → **NONE** (new `:651`); B2 `30-55%|Post-March 2025|penalizes engagement
  pods|credibility score|Low dwell|Shadow suppression` → **NONE** (SSOT text `:928-929`).
  `references/collaborations-guide.md`: `90+ days|6+ months|never fully recover|permanent reach
  penalty|Shadow banning affects ALL|March 2025 Crackdown` → **NONE** (SSOT text `:349/:364`).
- **D2/D3 throwaway fixture** (`/private/tmp/claude-*`, fictional, deleted after): `recordOutreachContact`
  direct-call (no `writeState`), **10/10 assertions PASS** — additive insert after `last_post_date`,
  `outreach_active` untouched when undeclared, pre-existing fields + custom section intact, newest-first
  append, **`$`-safe** (`@kari$boss` preserved literally — S13 behavioral), section auto-created.
- `git diff --stat` = 2 files, **+20 / −28**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edits — node hook/analytics tests not triggered).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (5 edits, 2 files) · 0 deferrals · axes a/c PASS, axes b′/d PASS post-fix.
  Note: state-updater HTML-comment lands between newest+older rows on repeat append = cosmetic, logged as
  non-scope follow-up (the command calls the mutation correctly).

---

### /linkedin:profile — profile/topic-relevance + profile-SEO audit walkthrough (7 sections → prioritized action plan); self-contained, no agent/routing/state (S23)

**INTENT.** Grow-tier **atomic execution command**, prose-heavy + guided (`AskUserQuestion`).
**Self-contained** — no agent delegation, no `/linkedin:Y` routing, no state mutation. Audits the
profile for the topic-relevance ranking signal + profile search-SEO.

**SIMULATE (adversarial cold quality-reviewer; grounded prose-trace — pure prose, NO fixture: command
reads/mutates no state).** Headline section (`:79-96`) traced against operator input
`"AI-rådgiver | KI-transformasjon | Innholdsprodusent"` → checklist `:85-88` yields NO audience / NO
outcome / vague titles → concrete non-generic rewrite direction. Every mechanical claim (grant grep, SSOT
read, pattern greps) from a tool, never by reasoning.

**EVALUATE (relevant axes; mechanical predicate each).**
- **(a) intention: PASS** — desc + Grow-journey role coherent; 3 refs (`algorithm-signals-reference.md`,
  `troubleshooting-guide.md`, `SKILL.md`) resolve.
- **(b) algorithm-bar (axis-b′): 1 systemic FINDING (B1) + 1 minor (B2).** **B1 — "profile-as-validated-object"
  overclaim, 9 sites:** the file repeatedly asserts the relevance model **reads & validates your profile**
  and gates distribution on it — `:5` "validates your profile BEFORE distributing content"; `:31` "the model
  **evaluates five criteria** (see SSOT)" (**false SSOT attribution** — SSOT has no such breakdown); `:35-39`
  "Impact if Missing: **HIGH/HIGH/MEDIUM…**" (postulated coefficients SSOT forbids, `:14/:23`); `:99` "first
  signal telling … what you're **qualified** to discuss"; `:161` "relevance **validation**"; `:173` "**checks
  if** you're connected"; `:230` "if LinkedIn's AI **read my profile**, would it **believe**"; `:51/:67` SEO
  conflation ("**tell the relevance model** what you're expert in" / "the **relevance model's expertise
  signal**"). SSOT (`algorithm-signals-reference.md:25-30/:85-90`) confirms ONLY: topic/interest relevance is a
  ranking input — content matched to a **viewer's interests** is distributed incl. beyond your network (Jurka,
  high); **no off-topic magnitude figure; no weighted profile criteria**. File was **internally inconsistent** —
  its own soft, SSOT-true framing already at `:17/:25/:27`. Same class as follow-up #1 (`audit.md:61`) +
  v4.0.0 "reconcile to one sourced statement". **B2** `:24` "Goes to **10% of audience**" — postulated
  old-model number (`:131` "40%" is an illustrative impact-bullet example → PASS).
- **(c) quality rules: PASS** — no post emission (audit prose only); buzzword list cited correctly (`:73`
  steers away from "thought leader/guru/ninja").
- **(d) grants + graceful + wiring: PASS.** **Grant-hygiene REN (two-way):** `allowed-tools` = `Read` +
  `AskUserQuestion` (`:11-13`), both used (`:21/:27/:31/:236` Read; `:77` AskUserQuestion); WebFetch / Write /
  Bash / Task / subagent_type / .mjs → **NONE** (no orphans, no missing node/Bash grant). No agent/routing.
  Graceful degradation OK (Q&A runs regardless of ref availability).
- **P3 — profile-SEO honesty (`:41-73`): largely defensible** (about LinkedIn *search*, not the ranking
  model; correctly does NOT cite SSOT). One practitioner-claim-as-fact: "**highest-weight** search field"
  (`:52` prose + `:61` table) — self-justified mechanically, softened not removed.

**HARDEN (12 edits, 1 file — `commands/profile.md`; all surgical re-source to SSOT framing).**
1. [REWORK · b′] `:5` desc — "validates your profile BEFORE distributing content" → "a coherent, on-topic
   profile reinforces the topic-relevance signal LinkedIn uses to decide how widely your content is distributed".
2. [REWORK · b′] `:24` (B2) — "Goes to 10% of audience" → "a slice of your network sees it".
3. [REWORK · b′] `:25/:27` — "content matched to **your demonstrated expertise**" → "**a viewer's interests**"
   (SSOT wording) + added "LinkedIn confirms no off-topic reach-reduction figure — not a quantified penalty".
4. [REWORK · b′] `:31` + table `:33-39` — dropped "the model evaluates five criteria (see SSOT)" + HIGH/MEDIUM
   "Impact if Missing" weights → "LinkedIn does **not** publish a profile-scoring breakdown … practitioner
   heuristics", column → "Priority (heuristic)", High/Medium relabeled directional.
5. [REWORK · b′] `:99` — "first signal telling … qualified to discuss" → "the clearest place to state … the
   strongest single contribution to a coherent topic signal".
6. [REWORK · b′] `:161` — "Critical for profile/topic-relevance validation" → "Your top skills are a strong,
   searchable topic signal".
7. [REWORK · b′] `:173` — "relevance checks if you're connected" → "a network concentrated in your expertise
   area reinforces your topic signal and social proof (heuristic — LinkedIn doesn't publish network as a
   profile-ranking factor)".
8. [REWORK · b′] `:230` — "If LinkedIn's AI read my profile, would it believe I'm an expert" → "Does my
   profile make it obvious — to a human and to LinkedIn's topic-matching".
9. [REWORK · b′] `:51/:67` SEO conflation — "tell the relevance model what you're expert in" → "make your
   topic legible … to topic-relevance distribution"; "the relevance model's expertise signal" → "carry your
   strongest on-topic signal".
10. [NICE · P3] `:52/:61` — "highest-weight search field" → "highest-leverage" (×2; rest self-justified, kept).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grepped final file. All overclaim/conflation patterns (`validates your profile before | evaluates five
  criteria | first signal telling | qualified to discuss | checks if you're connected | relevance validation |
  if linkedin's ai read | 10% of audience | highest-weight | demonstrated expertise | Impact if Missing | tell
  the relevance model | relevance model's expertise signal`) → **NONE**. New SSOT text present (`:26/:28/:33/
  :38/:54/:178/:235`).
- Grant-hygiene unchanged: `allowed-tools` = Read + AskUserQuestion (`:11-13`); WebFetch/Write/Bash/Task/.mjs → **NONE**.
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **+28 / −22**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edits — node hook/analytics tests not triggered).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (12 edits, 1 file) · 0 deferrals · axis-b′ **FIXED**, axes a/c/d **PASS** · no
  fixture needed (pure prose, no state).

---

### /linkedin:create — content-creation front-door (guided "what to make?" → routes to the owning creation command); delegates only, no drafting (S24)

**CLASS: routing front-door** (Create-journey, v4.1). Predicate: every emitted `/linkedin:Y` resolves to
`commands/Y.md`; bidirectional grant-hygiene; "delegates only" (never drafts).

**TEST (tool-grounded).**
- Routing (main axis): **8/8 targets resolve** — `commands/{post,quick,react,carousel,video,multiplatform,
  batch,newsletter}.md` all present (menu `:38-45` / table `:54-63`).
- Grant-hygiene (bidirectional): `Read` (`:13`) used at `:26` (fixed-path state read); `AskUserQuestion`
  (`:15`) used at `:36`; **`Glob` (`:14`) ORPHAN** — zero body usage, only file access is the fixed-path
  Read (`:26`; Read handles the "if exists" itself — no pattern-matching). No missing grants (routing =
  narrative handoff, no tool).
- Delegates-only: all 4 "draft" hits are the no-draft promise (`:7/:22`, long-form lock `:66`) or
  target-description (`:38` = what `/linkedin:post` does); no drafting leak.
- Persona (ICP author, no format named): Step 0 `:24-28` state glance → Step 1 `:30-45` AskUserQuestion
  (8 opts) → Step 2 `:47-63` route into target workflow, steps not inlined; URL fast-path `:32-34` →
  `/linkedin:react`. ✓

**HARDEN (1 edit, 1 file — `commands/create.md`).**
1. [REWORK · grant-hygiene] dropped orphan `Glob` from `allowed-tools` (`:14`); net = {Read, AskUserQuestion}.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final: `Glob` → **NONE**; `allowed-tools` = Read + AskUserQuestion (`:13-14`).
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **−1**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (1 edit, 1 file) · 0 deferrals · routing axis **PASS**, delegates-only **PASS**,
  grant-hygiene **FIXED** · no fixture (pure routing prose).
- Scope note: `Glob`-orphan may be systemic in sibling front-doors (`measure` S25, `linkedin` S26) — not
  expanded (one command per session); each catches its own.

---

### /linkedin:measure — performance front-door (guided "how am I doing?" → routes to the owning analytics command); delegates only, no number-crunching (S25)

**CLASS: routing front-door** (Measure-journey, v4.1). Predicate: every emitted `/linkedin:Y` resolves to
`commands/Y.md`; bidirectional grant-hygiene; "delegates only" (never crunches numbers).

**TEST (tool-grounded).**
- Routing (main axis): **5/5 targets resolve** — `commands/{import,report,analyze,audit,ab-test}.md` all
  present (menu `:31-35` / table `:44-48` / order-note `:51`).
- Grant-hygiene (bidirectional): `AskUserQuestion` (`:13`) used at `:29`; `Glob` (`:12`) + `Read` (`:11`) —
  neither named a tool in body, both hung only on the **optional Step 0** filesystem glance (`:22-25`,
  pre-edit). UNLIKE `create` (Glob a pure orphan, no fs-check at all), measure HAS a Step 0 ("if
  `…/analytics/` holds imported data, note last import"), giving `Glob` a real home — but the grant↔use
  link was implicit (body named no tool).
- Delegates-only: 3 no-do promises (`:7`, `:20`, `:40`); all crunch/analysis hits are negations — no leak.
- Persona (ICP author, "how am I doing?"): Step 0 optional analytics glance → Step 1 AskUserQuestion (5
  opts) `:29` → Step 2 route into target workflow `:37-48`; order-note `:50-51` (no data → import first). ✓
- No fixture (pure routing prose).

**HARDEN (operator-chosen — explicit `Glob`, drop `Read`; 2 edits, 1 file — `commands/measure.md`).**
1. [REWORK · grant-hygiene] dropped `Read` from `allowed-tools` (`:11`, pre-edit) — redundant; the Step 0
   import-date need is met by a `Glob` listing of the analytics dir.
2. [REWORK · grant↔use traceability] made Step 0 explicit: "You may `Glob` `…/analytics/`; if it holds
   imported data, note last import" (`:23`), giving the retained `Glob` grant a named body home.
   Net grants = {Glob, AskUserQuestion}.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final: `Read` as a tool name → **NONE**; `allowed-tools` = Glob + AskUserQuestion (`:11-12`);
  `Glob` now in body `:23`.
- Routing unchanged: 5 distinct targets, all present.
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **+1/−2**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (2 edits, 1 file) · 0 deferrals · routing axis **PASS**, delegates-only **PASS**,
  grant-hygiene **FIXED** (Glob retained + made explicit, Read dropped).
- Scope note: the `Glob`-orphan question is now resolved for `measure` (it had a home via Step 0; `create`
  did not). `linkedin` (S26) still to check independently.

---

### /linkedin:linkedin — top router (five-journey menu + status line + queue glance); routes to every command/agent, executes nothing (S26)

**CLASS: routing** (the master router over the whole surface — the largest routing check: 28 command
pointers + 10 agent pointers). Predicate: every emitted `/linkedin:Y` resolves to `commands/Y.md`; every
"Suggest `X` agent" resolves to `agents/X.md`; bidirectional grant-hygiene; "delegates only" (shows
menu/status, never executes).

**TEST (tool-grounded).**
- Routing (main axis): **28/28 distinct `/linkedin:Y` targets resolve** to `commands/Y.md` (menu `:66-127`,
  ask-menu `:136-140`, direct-routing `:157-198`) — the full sub-command surface (+`linkedin` itself = 29).
- Agent pointers (axis d): **10/10** "Suggest `X` agent" resolve to `agents/X.md` (analytics-interpreter,
  content-optimizer, content-planner, content-repurposer, differentiation-checker, engagement-coach,
  network-builder, post-feedback-monitor, trend-spotter, voice-trainer).
- Grant-hygiene (bidirectional): `allowed-tools` = Read/Bash/AskUserQuestion (`:8-11`); each has a body home
  — Read→state status line (`:20`), Bash→node queue-manager block (`:34-42`), AskUserQuestion→sub-choice
  (`:145`); **no ungranted tool referenced, no Glob at all** — third front-door is clean (unlike create's
  Glob-orphan / measure's Glob-via-Step-0).
- Delegates-only: body routes/suggests; `:146` "invoke it directly" = hand-off to the command, not
  self-execution. No drafting / number-crunch. PASS.
- Graceful degrade (axis d): no-state fallback (`:28`) + empty-queue fallback (`:57`). PASS.
- Persona (ICP author types `/linkedin`): graceful-degrade path — no fixture (pure routing prose).

**FINDING (terminology — operator rule surfaced this session): "thought leadership" must not appear in the
plugin (it is named LinkedIn Studio).** linkedin.md used it at `:4` (frontmatter description) + `:16` (body).

**HARDEN (2 edits, 1 file — `commands/linkedin.md`).**
1. [REWORK · terminology] `:4` "Main router for LinkedIn **thought leadership** commands" → "Main router for
   **LinkedIn Studio** commands".
2. [REWORK · terminology] `:16` "You are a LinkedIn **thought leadership** assistant" → "You are the
   **LinkedIn Studio** assistant".

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final: "thought leadership" in linkedin.md → **NONE**; `:4`/`:16` show "LinkedIn Studio".
- Routing/agent axes unchanged: 28 + 10 targets all resolve.
- `git diff --stat` = 1 file, **+2/−2**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only prose edit).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (2 edits, 1 file) · 0 deferrals · routing **PASS**, agent-wiring **PASS**,
  grant-hygiene **PASS** (clean — no orphan; third front-door has no Glob), delegates-only **PASS**.

**SURFACED (out of scope → queued as S29).** "thought leadership" appears plugin-wide on **85 lines across
~45 files** (commands, agents, references incl. the filename `references/thought-leadership-angles.md`,
skills, plus historical CHANGELOG/docs). Promoted to a dedicated terminology-scrub pass **S29**
(`docs/hardening/plan.md`); the user-facing-vs-historical boundary + the file rename are open scoping
questions for that pass.

---

### S27 ref-consistency A — "penalty/penalizes" framing → SSOT (external links + topic-relevance)

**CLASS: reference-consistency** (NOT re-hardening of ✅ commands — surgical SSOT-reconciliation of a
documented divergence-class across multiple files; same tool-grounded discipline: read-and-show →
grep-confirm → re-grep final). Predicate: no surface frames external-link reach-loss or off-topic
reach-loss as a hard *named penalty* — SSOT (`references/algorithm-signals-reference.md:69-75`, `:89-90`)
says links **correlate with lower reach** (LinkedIn denies an *intentional* penalty) and topic relevance is
a **positive ranking input** with **no quantified off-topic figure**.

**TEST (tool-grounded).** Plugin-wide `grep -rniE "penaliz|penalty"` over commands/agents/references/skills.
The 3 plan-cited lines confirmed (line-nr drift ±1 since plan written: `analyze.md:101` not `:102`,
`audit.md:60` not `:61`). Catalog split into 4 buckets, operator-approved:
- **Bucket A (fix now):** 10 hard-penalty framings of link/topic-relevance in non-format files.
- **Bucket B (defer → S28):** 6 link-penalty lines in `references/linkedin-formats.md` (`:52,:91,:194,:198,:200,:432`) — S28 already opens that file for format magnitudes; reconcile link + format in one pass.
- **Bucket C (leave — already SSOT):** `first-comment-strategy.md:7`, `glossary.md:171` (def cites SSOT); glossary term `### Link Penalty :170` kept (def is correct).
- **Bucket D (surface → new S30):** other unsourced magnitudes (−68% hashtags, −25% short-post, −15-25% topic-gap, −30-50% bait, 55% AI-comment, −25%/post, poll-overuse) — a *different* class. Engagement-pod + AI-slop "penalized" left intact (officially confirmed, high confidence).

**HARDEN (10 edits, 6 files — Bucket A).**
1. `commands/audit.md:60` `(topic-relevance penalty)` → `(topic relevance is a ranking input — off-topic gets lower reach)`.
2. `agents/trend-spotter.md:338` `ranking will penalize off-topic content` → `Topic relevance is a ranking input — off-topic content gets lower reach`.
3. `agents/trend-spotter.md:353` `topic-relevance penalty, damages authority` → `off-topic content gets lower reach, damages authority`.
4. `references/troubleshooting-guide.md:15` `External link penalizing reach` → `External links correlate with lower reach`.
5. `references/troubleshooting-guide.md:127` `LinkedIn penalizes directing traffic away` → `body links correlate with lower reach (LinkedIn denies an intentional penalty; lead with value)`.
6. `commands/analyze.md:101` `External link penalizing reach` → `External links correlate with lower reach`.
7. `references/first-comment-strategy.md:3` `without triggering algorithm penalties` → `without the lower-reach correlation of body links`.
8. `references/first-comment-strategy.md:10` `Avoids link penalty` → `Avoids the body-link reach correlation`.
9. `references/first-comment-strategy.md:147` `Avoid link penalty` → `Avoid body-link reach hit`.
10. `references/url-processing-templates.md:396` `Reach penalty` → `Correlates with lower reach`.

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final: `topic-relevance penalty|will penalize off-topic` in audit/trend-spotter → **NONE**;
  `link penalty|penalizing reach|penalizes directing|triggering algorithm penalties|Reach penalty` in the
  4 link-files → **NONE**. All 10 new SSOT-framed lines present.
- `git diff --stat` = **6 files, +10/−10**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19**
  unchanged (.md-only prose edits).
- Disposition: **FIXED** (10 edits, 6 files) · Bucket A complete · Bucket B → S28 · Bucket D → S30.

**SURFACED (out of scope → queued).** Bucket D unsourced-magnitude class promoted to **S30 magnitude-scrub**
(`docs/hardening/plan.md`). Bucket B link-penalty lines folded into **S28**'s pass over `linkedin-formats.md`.

---

### S28 ref-consistency B — format magnitudes + folded-in link lines → SSOT (`video.md` + `linkedin-formats.md`)

**CLASS: reference-consistency** (NOT re-hardening — surgical SSOT-reconciliation of format-magnitude
divergences across `commands/video.md` + `references/linkedin-formats.md`, incl. the 6 link-penalty lines
folded in from S27 Bucket B; one pass over the file). Predicate: no surface states an unsourced hard
format coefficient as fact — SSOT (`references/algorithm-signals-reference.md:51-63`, the "trust ordering,
test the number — never hard coefficients" rule `:12-23`) carries **no completion-rate gate**, no video ER,
no poll/Live multiplier; native video = "captions are the enforceable spec, no hard gate".

**TEST (tool-grounded).** Full read of `linkedin-formats.md` (674 l.) + `video.md:69` context. Plugin grep
`[0-9]+%|zero.distribution|penaliz|penalty|punish|multiplier|aspect ratio`. The "30% zero-distribution"
gate recurs **7×** (`video.md:69`; `formats:58,:291,:478,:543,:644,:662`). Catalog bucketed,
operator-approved (run buckets A+B+C+E now; D → S30):
- **A — "30% zero-distribution" hard-gate (7):** the named S28 divergence.
- **B — S27-folded link-penalty lines (6):** `formats:52,:91,:194,:198,:200,:432`.
- **C — other unsourced FORMAT magnitudes (6):** video 5.60% ER (`:56`), Live 12-24x (`:59,:594`), polls 1.64x (`:81`), 3x shares (`:273`), Creator-Mode 35% (`:674`). `:49` 24.42% left (already hedged + reconciled `:50`).
- **E — internal contradiction (1):** `:356` "3 seconds determine 70% of retention" contradicted the already-reconciled `:62/:100` folklore note → reframed.
- **D — S30-class in this file (deferred, operator's call):** `:6` 47-50% reach-decline, `:7` 15%→31%, `:176` AI-comment −30%/−55%, `:231/:279` hashtags −68%. **Left intact**; S30 re-scoped to cover them + the other files.

**HARDEN (20 edits, 2 files — Buckets A+B+C+E).**
- **A:** `video.md:69` + `formats:58,:291,:478,:543,:644,:662` → "completion/dwell is a ranking input; shorter completes better; no published hard completion gate".
- **B:** `formats:52,:91,:198,:200,:432` → "correlate with lower reach" framing; `formats:194` heading `### The External Link Penalty` → `### External Links and Lower Reach`.
- **C:** `formats:56` `5.60% ER` → "engagement varies (no reliable single rate)"; `:59,:594` `12-24x` → "strong … (multiplier unverified)"; `:81` `1.64x` → "declining; audience research only (no reliable multiplier)"; `:273` `3x more shares` → "tend to earn more shares"; `:674` `35% more reach` → "tend to see more reach (figure unverified)".
- **E:** `formats:356` `3 seconds determine 70% of retention` → "opening seconds carry the most weight … three-second hook is folklore".

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final: assertive 30%-gate forms (`requires 30%|30% minimum completion rate or|video gets zero distribution|…`) → **NONE** (remaining "completion gate" hits are the *negated* SSOT form "no hard completion gate"); link penalty/penalized/punished in `formats` → **NONE**; stray magnitudes (`5.60%|12-24x|1.64x|3x more shares|35% more reach`) → **NONE**; `:356` old → **NONE**.
- Bucket D preserved: `47-50%`, `15% to 31%`, `−68% reach`, AI-comment `30%/55%` still present (S30).
- `git diff --stat` = **2 files, +20/−20**.
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts **29/19** unchanged.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (20 edits, 2 files) · Buckets A+B+C+E complete · Bucket D → S30.

**SURFACED (out of scope → queued).** Bucket D (this file's non-format coefficients) deferred to **S30
magnitude-scrub**, which is re-scoped to: `linkedin-formats.md` D-lines (`:6,:7,:176,:231,:279`) + the other
files (`linkedin-growth-playbook`, `glossary`, `engagement-coach`, `firsthour`, `post-feedback-monitor`,
`ab-testing-framework`, `poll-strategy-guide`). Pod/AI-slop "penalized" stays intact (officially confirmed).

---

### S29a terminology-scrub — "thought leadership" → neutral (`commands/`)

**CLASS: terminology-scrub** (NOT re-hardening — surgical removal of the operator-banned brand phrase
"thought leadership", FORM A, from the user-facing command surface; memory `no-thought-leadership-phrase`).
First sub-pass of the plugin-wide S29 scrub. Predicate: no command surface uses the phrase "thought
leadership"; the plugin is named **LinkedIn Studio**.

**SCOPE (operator-locked for ALL S29 sub-passes a–e).**
- **FORM A only** ("thought leadership"). **FORM B** ("thought leader(s)" as role — 38 plugin-wide,
  incl. the buzzword denylist `post.md:134`) = **untouched**.
- **Layers = user-facing surface + forward-looking docs.** Pure history (CHANGELOG, `hardening/log.md`+
  `plan.md`, `voyage-build/*`, `remediation/*`) = untouched ("history → git"). Forward docs =
  `docs/integration-test-guide.md` + `docs/expert-review/plan.md`.
- **Per-directory sub-passes, one per session.** Replacement map approved BEFORE edit.
- FORM A baseline = **140 in `.md`** (99 surface + 41 history) + 1 test-`.mjs`.

**TEST (tool-grounded).** Plugin grep `thought.leadership` (case-insensitive). `commands/` = 26 hits;
split: **11 filename pointers** to `references/thought-leadership-angles.md` (`post×3, video×2, batch×2,
react×1, pipeline×2, competitive×1`) → deferred to **S29e** (atomic rename + pointer update);
`competitive.md`/`pipeline.md` carry only pointers → untouched here. **15 in-file phrase occurrences** in
9 files = S29a scope. Read-and-show of all 15 in context before proposing the map.

**HARDEN (15 edits, 9 files — 1:1).**
- `post.md` (4): `:21` "LinkedIn thought leadership content creator" → "LinkedIn content creator";
  `:64` "Select Thought Leadership Angle" → "Select Content Angle"; `:98` "Standard Thought Leadership
  Structure" → "Standard Post Structure"; `:136` "thought leadership test" → "the insight test".
- `video.md` (1): `:146` "8 thought leadership angles" → "8 content angles".
- `strategy.md` (3): `:67` "thought leadership & authority" → "authority & influence"; `:234` table row
  "Thought leadership pieces" → "Signature pieces"; `:395` "[Thought leadership milestone]" → "[Authority
  milestone]".
- `batch.md` (1): `:113` "[thought leadership angle]" → "[content angle]".
- `setup.md` (2): `:256` "Which thought leadership angle" → "Which content angle"; `:323` "thought
  leadership & authority" → "authority & influence".
- `react.md` (1): `:22` "into thought leadership posts" → "into insightful posts".
- `outreach.md` (1): `:813` "Demonstrate thought leadership depth" → "Demonstrate subject-matter depth".
- `onboarding.md` (1): `:18` "a LinkedIn thought leadership onboarding guide" → "the LinkedIn Studio
  onboarding guide".
- `monetize.md` (1): `:18` "turn their thought leadership into revenue" → "turn their LinkedIn authority
  into revenue".

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final, assertive non-filename FORM-A in `commands/` (`grep -v thought-leadership-angles`) →
  **NONE**. Remaining `commands/` hits = 11, all filename pointers (S29e).
- FORM B in `commands/` count = **15**, unchanged (incl. `post.md:134` denylist).
- `git diff --stat` = **9 files, +15/−15** (1:1, no collateral).
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts
  **29/19/26/6** + v0.5.0 unchanged.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (15 edits, 9 files). Commit `e6db0dd`; pushed 2026-06-19 22:38 (operator OK, in
  window).

**SURFACED (queued, not swept).** S29 remaining sub-passes: **S29b** `agents/` ← next · **S29c**
`references/` (in-file phrase; `thought-leadership-angles.md` body scrubbed but FILE renamed in S29e) ·
**S29d** `skills/`+`config/`+`assets/`+`README.md`+`CLAUDE.md`+`hooks/prompts/`+forward-docs+test-`.mjs` ·
**S29e** rename `references/thought-leadership-angles.md` + all 20 pointers atomically (new filename TBD).

---

### S29b terminology-scrub — "thought leadership" → neutral (`agents/`)

**CLASS: terminology-scrub** (NOT re-hardening — surgical removal of the operator-banned brand phrase
"thought leadership", FORM A, from the agent surface; memory `no-thought-leadership-phrase`). Second
sub-pass of the plugin-wide S29 scrub. SCOPE inherits the S29a operator-lock verbatim (FORM A only;
FORM B untouched; per-directory sub-pass, map approved before edit).

**TEST (tool-grounded).** `grep -in "thought leadership"` (space) in `agents/` = **15 in-file phrase
occurrences / 7 files**; the 11 `thought-leadership-angles.md` filename pointers (hyphenated) are invisible
to the space-grep and deferred to S29e. Read-and-show of all 15 in context before proposing the map.
**Discovery during the header anchor-check (`grep "Value Test"`):** 2 same-class instances the phrase-grep
missed because abbreviated — `trend-spotter.md:192/:257` "TL Value Test" (TL = Thought Leadership).
Surfaced as an addendum (#16–#17), operator-approved BEFORE edit; scope not expanded silently.

**HARDEN (17 edits, 6 files — 1:1).** Vocabulary consistent with S29a: "thought leadership angle(s)" →
"content angle(s)"; "thought leadership" (positioning/practice) → "authority …"; the whole "Value Test"
family → "Authority Value Test".
- `strategy-advisor.md` (1): `:219` "Thought leadership and cross-platform visibility" → "Authority
  building and …".
- `content-planner.md` (1): `:24` "sustainable thought leadership growth" → "sustainable authority
  building".
- `voice-trainer.md` (1): `:24` "voice for LinkedIn thought leadership" → "… for LinkedIn authority
  building".
- `network-builder.md` (1): `:26` "compound their thought leadership reach and influence" → "compound
  their authority, reach, and influence".
- `differentiation-checker.md` (4): `:47` search query `"[topic]" thought leadership 2025 2026` →
  `"[topic]" expert insights 2025 2026` (functional-keyword judgment-call, operator chose option b);
  `:147` "marketing as thought leadership" → "marketing posing as expertise"; `:203` header "## Thought
  Leadership Value Test" → "## Authority Value Test"; `:327` in-file "thought leadership test" → "authority
  value test" (filename pointer `thought-leadership-angles.md` left for S29e).
- `trend-spotter.md` (9): `:5` frontmatter desc "suggest thought leadership angles" → "suggest content
  angles"; `:24` "establish thought leadership positioning" → "establish authority positioning"; `:33`
  "strongest thought leadership angle per trend" → "strongest content angle …"; `:156` "map to the
  strongest thought leadership angle" → "… content angle"; `:179` "Future Implication for thought
  leadership" → "… for authority positioning"; `:334` "create thought leadership value" → "create
  authority value"; `:344` "is the thought leadership" → "is the expertise"; `:192` header "### TL Value
  Test" → "### Authority Value Test"; `:257` "Run TL Value Test" → "Run Authority Value Test".

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final FORM A `thought leadership` (space) in `agents/` → **NONE**; `\bTL\b` → **NONE**.
- FORM B in `agents/` = **2**, unchanged (`analytics-interpreter.md:419` "(thought leader)",
  `network-builder.md:562` "Thought Leader" search term).
- Filename pointers `thought-leadership-angles.md` in `agents/` = **11**, unchanged (S29e).
- 17 new replacement strings present (1:1 with edits).
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts
  **29/19/26/6** + v0.5.0 unchanged.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (17 edits, 6 files). Commit `ebe56c5` (local; push parked per policy until operator OK).

**SURFACED (queued, not swept).** `references/glossary.md:229` "### Thought Leadership Value Test" → its
own directory pass **S29c** (temporary cross-directory naming gap until then — inherent to the
per-directory design). `differentiation-checker.md:278` "### Value Test: [X]/3 passed" is already neutral
(no FORM A / TL) and stays — consistent with the renamed header. Remaining S29 queue unchanged: **S29c**
`references/` · **S29d** misc · **S29e** rename + 20 pointers.

---

### S29c terminology-scrub — "thought leadership" → neutral (`references/`)

**CLASS: terminology-scrub** (NOT re-hardening — surgical removal of the operator-banned brand phrase
"thought leadership", FORM A, from the reference-doc surface; memory `no-thought-leadership-phrase`).
Third and largest sub-pass of the plugin-wide S29 scrub (~2× the S29a/S29b volume). SCOPE inherits the
S29a/S29b operator-lock verbatim (FORM A only; FORM B untouched; per-directory sub-pass, map approved
before edit).

**TEST (tool-grounded).** `grep -in "thought leadership"` (space) in `references/` = **35 phrase lines /
15 files** — 29 single-line across 14 files + the canonical `thought-leadership-angles.md` = 6 lines / 7
instances (line 7 ×2) ≈ **36 FORM A instances**. The 3 hyphenated `thought-leadership-angles.md` filename
pointers are invisible to the space-grep and deferred to S29e. Read-and-show of every occurrence in
context before proposing the 34-row map. Anchor-check (`grep "Value Test"` / `#thought-leadership` /
`#the-standard-thought`): **no anchor links** to the changed headers anywhere in the plugin, and the only
"Value Test" / "Standard Thought Leadership Structure" term-hits were the two SSOT spots being edited — no
hidden same-class instances.

**S29e filename locked (operator, this session): `thought-leadership-angles.md` → `content-angles.md`.**
The canonical file's in-file title/headers were therefore scrubbed now for consistency (H1 →
"# Content Angles"; "## The Authority Value Test"; "### Step 3: Test For Authority Value"); the file
rename + all 20 pointers remain S29e (atomic).

**HARDEN (34 edits, 15 files — 1:1).** Vocabulary consistent with S29a/S29b: "thought leadership
angle(s)" → "content angle(s)"; "thought leadership" (positioning/practice) → "authority …"; content-type
labels (lists/tables) → "authority content / authority posts"; the "Value Test" family → "Authority Value
Test".
- Established cross-pass equivalents closed: `glossary.md:229` "### Thought Leadership Value Test" →
  "### Authority Value Test" (closes the S29b cross-directory naming gap); `glossary.md:29` "8 universal
  thought leadership angles" → "content angles"; `engagement-frameworks.md:137` "Standard Thought
  Leadership Structure" → "Standard Post Structure" (matches S29a `post:98`).
- `thought-leadership-angles.md` (6 edits / 7 instances): H1 → "# Content Angles"; :3 "identifying
  thought leadership angles" → "content angles"; :7 (×2) "Thought leadership isn't about…/can become
  thought leadership" → "Authority isn't about…/can build authority"; :92 "Test For Thought Leadership
  Value" → "Test For Authority Value"; :212 "Marketing disguised as thought leadership" → "expertise";
  :215 "## The Thought Leadership Test" → "## The Authority Value Test".
- `linkedin-formats.md` (5): :24/:79/:272/:309 content-type labels → "authority content/posts"; :295
  "Text-based thought leadership often outperforms…" → "Text-based content …" (avoids authority…authority
  echo).
- `linkedin-visual-style.md` (4): :3 "For thought leadership," → "For building authority,"; :7 "thought
  leadership niche" → "authority niche"; :82 label → "authority content"; :123 "myth for thought
  leadership content" → "authority content".
- `trajectory-strategy-adjustments.md` (3): :167 "Shift to thought leadership" → "authority content";
  :202 "100% thought leadership and signature content" → "100% authority and signature content"; :217
  "thought leadership deepening" → "authority deepening".
- `linkedin-monetization-strategies.md` (3): :285 "Inbound from thought leadership" → "authority
  building"; :624 "80% thought leadership" → "authority content"; :658 "Breaks the thought leadership
  positioning" → "authority positioning".
- `ai-content-framework.md` (2): :3 "build thought leadership in the AI space" → "authority"; :380 "main
  LinkedIn thought leadership skill" → "content skill" (judgment-call; avoids awkward "authority skill").
- Single-edit files (8 edits / 8 files): `ab-testing-framework.md:9` → "authority building";
  `growth-roadmaps.md:222` "Thought leadership pieces" → "Authority pieces";
  `linkedin-growth-playbook-2025-2026.md:822` → "Reflective authority content";
  `algorithm-signals-reference.md:158` (SSOT) "Text for thought leadership" → "Text for authority"
  (phrase only; magnitudes = S30); `scheduling-strategy.md:35` → "Mid-week authority content";
  `poll-strategy-guide.md:179` "thought leadership angle" → "content angle"; `video-strategy-guide.md:3`
  → "authority content"; `video-strategy-guide.md:580` "8 thought leadership angles" → "8 content
  angles".

**KEPT BY DESIGN (operator-approved).** `video-strategy-guide.md:429` ironic quote "Your 'thought
leadership' content isn't leading anyone's thoughts." — scrubbing destroys the point.
`video-strategy-guide.md:532` "TL;DW" = false positive (too long, didn't watch).

**VERIFY.**
- Re-grep final FORM A `thought leadership` (space) in `references/` → only the kept ironic quote
  (`video-strategy-guide.md:429`); canonical-file in-file FORM A → **NONE**.
- FORM B in `references/` = **4**, unchanged (`collaborations-guide.md:211`, `analytics-tools-guide.md:227`,
  `opportunity-generation.md:81`, `linkedin-visual-style.md:134`).
- Filename pointers `thought-leadership-angles.md` in `references/` = **3**, unchanged (S29e).
- New terms present: "Authority Value Test" (`glossary.md:229` + `thought-leadership-angles.md:215`,
  consistent), "Standard Post Structure" (`engagement-frameworks.md:137`).
- `bash scripts/test-runner.sh` → `Passed: 81 · Failed: 0 · Warnings: 0`, **exit 0**; counts
  **29/19/26/6** + v0.5.0 unchanged.
- Disposition: **FIXED** (34 edits, 15 files). Commit `b9b769c` (local; push parked per policy until
  operator OK).

**SURFACED (queued, not swept).** Remaining S29 queue: **S29d** `skills/` + `config/` + `assets/` +
`README.md` + `CLAUDE.md` + `hooks/prompts/` + forward-looking docs + test `.mjs` · **S29e** rename
`thought-leadership-angles.md` → `content-angles.md` + all 20 pointers (atomic; filename locked). The
canonical file's in-file phrase scrub is done, so S29e is now a pure rename + pointer-update with no
remaining FORM A inside the file.

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