fix(docs): the deep-research merge and engine condition are stated and the research prose is pinned exactly

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

tests/fix-round-4-5b-mutations.mjs

@@ -106,4 +106,48 @@ run_tagged "$TMP/base.jsonl" --test-timeout=300000 --test-force-exit $PATS`,
       },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    key: 'E17a',
+    id: 'E17a',
+    what: 'the two wave 2 sentences on outbound queries are deleted from /trekresearch',
+    spans: [
+      {
+        file: 'commands/trekresearch.md',
+        find: `It searches with the words it is given, so no
+  local file name or project term may be in them. `,
+        replace: '',
+      },
+      {
+        file: 'commands/trekresearch.md',
+        find: `When wave 1's external
+  findings hold no leading answer, say so and give it the research question
+  alone, stripped the same way. `,
+        replace: '',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'E18a',
+    id: 'E18a',
+    what: 'the summary-only triage row of /trekreview gains .claude/rules/**',
+    spans: [
+      {
+        file: 'commands/trekreview.md',
+        find: '| `summary-only` | `docs/**`, Markdown files at the repo root other than `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` (README, CHANGELOG), `tests/fixtures/**`. |',
+        replace: '| `summary-only` | `docs/**`, Markdown files at the repo root other than `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` (README, CHANGELOG), `tests/fixtures/**`, `.claude/rules/**`. |',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'Db',
+    id: 'Db',
+    what: 'a security-researcher* star is added to the README agent list, outside the diagram line',
+    spans: [
+      {
+        file: 'README.md',
+        find: '4 external agents (docs-researcher, community-researcher, security-researcher, contrarian-researcher)',
+        replace: '4 external agents (docs-researcher, community-researcher, security-researcher*, contrarian-researcher)',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
 ];

tests/fixtures/jsonl-schemas.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 | schema_id | fields | writer_path | line_ref | v4.1 additive | PII |
 |-----------|--------|-------------|----------|---------------|-----|
 | trekbrief-stats | ts, task, slug, mode, interview_turns, review_iterations, brief_quality, research_topics, auto_research, auto_result, intent_approved, project_dir, order_id, order_claimed_at, order_reason | commands/trekbrief.md (orchestrator-emit Phase 7; order_* added by lib/stats/stats-append.mjs) | trekbrief.md:1141-1165 | profile, phase_models, profile_source | none |
-| trekresearch-stats | ts, question, mode, scope, engine, slug, project_dir, brief_path, dimensions, dimensions_baseline, dimensions_baseline_preserved, effort, conv_turns, empty_turns, unique_sources, agents_local, agents_external, gemini_used, confidence, contradictions, open_questions | lib/stats/stats-append.mjs (trekresearch.md Stats tracking) | trekresearch.md:826-859 | profile, phase_models, parallel_agents, external_research_enabled, profile_source | none |
+| trekresearch-stats | ts, question, mode, scope, engine, slug, project_dir, brief_path, dimensions, dimensions_baseline, dimensions_baseline_preserved, effort, conv_turns, empty_turns, unique_sources, agents_local, agents_external, gemini_used, confidence, contradictions, open_questions | lib/stats/stats-append.mjs (trekresearch.md Stats tracking) | trekresearch.md:829-862 | profile, phase_models, parallel_agents, external_research_enabled, profile_source | none |
 | trekplan-stats | ts, task, mode, slug, brief_path, project_dir, codebase_size, codebase_files, agents_deployed, deep_dives, research_briefs_used, research_scout_used, critic_verdict, guardian_verdict, outcome | lib/stats/stats-append.mjs (trekplan.md Phase 12) | trekplan.md:1307-1335 | profile, phase_models, parallel_agents, profile_source | none |
 | trekexecute-stats (Phase 9 record) | ts, plan, plan_type, mode, result, steps_total, steps_passed, steps_failed, steps_skipped, failed_at_step | lib/stats/stats-append.mjs (trekexecute.md Phase 9) | trekexecute.md:2973-2995 | profile, phase_models, profile_source | none |
 | trekexecute-stats (autonomy events) | ts, event, known_event, payload | lib/stats/event-emit.mjs `emit()` | event-emit.mjs:78-99 | payload.profile, payload.phase_models, payload.profile_source | none |

tests/lib/fix-round-4-5a-prose.test.mjs

@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ test('[#113] no conditional trigger is left, and high effort keeps contrarian-re
 test('[#113] sibling: README.md', () => {
   const text = flat(read('README.md'));
   assert.doesNotMatch(text, /contrarian-researcher when a leading recommendation forms/);
-  assert.ok(text.includes('contrarian-researcher, when selected, runs in wave 2 after wave 1 returns, with the leading answer of wave 1\'s external findings to attack (with `--engine deep-research`, after the engine returns, from the leading answer of its report), always at `effort=high`;'),
+  assert.ok(text.includes('contrarian-researcher, when selected, runs in wave 2 after wave 1 returns, with the leading answer of wave 1\'s external findings to attack (with `--engine deep-research`, when the engine is active, after the engine returns, from the leading answer of its report), always at `effort=high`;'),
     'README.md does not describe wave 2');
 });
 
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ test('found in execution: README.md lists security-researcher as no conditional
 test('found in execution: README.md names the deep-research case of wave 2', () => {
   const text = conditionalLine();
   assert.ok(text.includes('contrarian-researcher, when selected, runs in wave 2'), `the conditional line does not name wave 2: ${text}`);
-  assert.ok(text.includes('contrarian-researcher, when selected, runs in wave 2 after wave 1 returns, with the leading answer of wave 1\'s external findings to attack (with `--engine deep-research`, after the engine returns, from the leading answer of its report), always at `effort=high`;'), `README.md does not name the deep-research case of wave 2: ${text}`);
+  assert.ok(text.includes('contrarian-researcher, when selected, runs in wave 2 after wave 1 returns, with the leading answer of wave 1\'s external findings to attack (with `--engine deep-research`, when the engine is active, after the engine returns, from the leading answer of its report), always at `effort=high`;'), `README.md does not name the deep-research case of wave 2: ${text}`);
 });
 
 test('found in execution: README.md runs contrarian-researcher after wave 1 returns', () => {

tests/lib/fix-round-4-5b-prose.test.mjs

@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 //        `auto_result: manual`.
 //   K2   /trekbrief's Step 6a "Cancel — do manual" row runs Phase 7 with
 //        `auto_result: cancelled`, like the sentence after the table.
+//   E17a The two /trekresearch wave 2 sentences on outbound queries are pinned
+//        exactly (red under the E17a mutation).
+//   E17b The deep-research adapter says where wave 2's contrarian findings merge.
+//   Da   The README deep-research parenthesis says "when the engine is active".
+//   E18a The F9 deep-review and summary-only rows are pinned exactly (red under
+//        the E18a mutation).
+//   Db   No README line stars security-researcher (red under the Db mutation).
 // No static import of a new export: the file must load at be0b631.
 // Fix the SOURCE a pin guards, not the pin.
 
@@ -349,3 +356,55 @@ test('[DJ2] the high-effort loop names the model for a turn that spawns', () =>
     `the per-turn protocol does not say a turn that spawns passes model: phase_signal_result.model, else opus: ${hits.join(' | ')}`);
   assert.doesNotMatch(loop, /model: "opus"/, 'the per-turn protocol pins a spawn to model: "opus"');
 });
+
+// --- E17a / E17b / Da / E18a / Db --------------------------------------------------
+// E17a, E18a and Db are already right at be0b631; their tests are proven red
+// under the E17a, E18a and Db entries of tests/fix-round-4-5b-mutations.mjs.
+
+const LAUNCH = () => between('commands/trekresearch.md', '### Launch rules', '- Inject the resolved model at every spawn');
+
+test('[E17a] the outbound-query sentence on local names is pinned', () => {
+  const hits = sentencesWith(LAUNCH(), 'It searches with the words it is given');
+  assert.deepEqual(hits, ['It searches with the words it is given, so no local file name or project term may be in them.'],
+    'the wave 2 rule no longer says the contrarian searches with the words it is given, so no local name may be in them');
+});
+
+test('[E17a] the no-leading-answer sentence is pinned', () => {
+  const hits = sentencesWith(LAUNCH(), 'no leading answer');
+  assert.deepEqual(hits, ['When wave 1\'s external findings hold no leading answer, say so and give it the research question alone, stripped the same way.'],
+    'the wave 2 rule no longer says what to give the contrarian when wave 1 holds no leading answer');
+});
+
+test('[E17b] the adapter says where wave 2\'s contrarian findings merge', () => {
+  const adapter = between('commands/trekresearch.md', '### Deep-research engine adapter (engine = deep-research only)', '### Output self-check');
+  const hits = sentencesWith(adapter, '`contrarian-researcher`');
+  assert.ok(hits.some((s) => /^Wave 2's `contrarian-researcher` findings\b/.test(s)
+      && /\bmerged in per dimension as \*\*External findings\*\*/.test(s)
+      && /\bthe dimension's \*\*Contradictions\*\* gives both sides\b/.test(s)),
+    `the deep-research adapter does not say wave 2's contrarian findings merge per dimension as External findings, with disputes under Contradictions: ${hits.join(' | ')}`);
+});
+
+test('[Da] the README parenthesis says when the engine is active', () => {
+  const text = oneLine('README.md', '`* = conditional`:', 'contrarian-researcher');
+  assert.ok(text.includes('(with `--engine deep-research`, when the engine is active, after the engine returns, from the leading answer of its report)'),
+    `the README deep-research parenthesis does not say "when the engine is active": ${text}`);
+});
+
+test('[E18a] the F9 deep row and summary-only row equal their text exactly', () => {
+  const p4 = between('commands/trekreview.md', '## Phase 4 — Triage gate', '## Phase 4.5 — ');
+  const row = (cell) => {
+    const rows = p4.split('\n').filter((l) => l.startsWith(`| ${cell} |`));
+    assert.equal(rows.length, 1, `Phase 4 must hold exactly one ${cell} row; found ${rows.length}`);
+    return rows[0];
+  };
+  assert.equal(row('`deep-review`'), '| `deep-review` | Default for every changed file not in the other two rows — code, tests, `commands/`, `agents/`, `skills/` Markdown, and the instruction files `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md` and `.claude/rules/**`. |',
+    'the deep-review triage row is not the F9 text');
+  assert.equal(row('`summary-only`'), '| `summary-only` | `docs/**`, Markdown files at the repo root other than `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` (README, CHANGELOG), `tests/fixtures/**`. |',
+    'the summary-only triage row is not the F9 text');
+});
+
+test('[Db] the README stars security-researcher nowhere', () => {
+  const readme = read('README.md');
+  assert.match(readme, /security-researcher/, 'README.md names security-researcher nowhere');
+  assert.doesNotMatch(readme, /security-researcher\*/, 'a README line stars security-researcher as conditional');
+});