The documented `brief-validator.mjs <brief.md>` invocation (no flags) always
bailed to Usage/exit 2. Root cause: when --min-version is absent, minIdx is -1,
so the skip index minIdx+1 was 0 — excluding argv index 0, exactly where the
file positional sits in the no-flag case. Any leading flag (--soft, --json)
pushed the file to index >=1 and masked the bug, so the function-level tests
never caught it.
Guard the skip index to -1 when --min-version is absent. Add two CLI regression
tests (execFileSync, matching the next-session-prompt-validator pattern):
no-flag invocation reaches validation, and --min-version still skips its value
token to find the file. Suite 822 -> 824 (822/0/2).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WH1krHamUehZh6JqVqs85t
Closes devils-advocate audit #4–#6 (MAJOR×MED). Four additive, non-breaking
changes to the v5.5 framing-alignment machinery:
1. --min-brief-version <ver> gate (audit #4). Opt-in version floor on
/trekplan + /trekresearch, forwarded to brief-validator as --min-version.
New opts.minBriefVersion warns BRIEF_VERSION_BELOW_MINIMUM (never blocks)
when a brief declares a version below the floor; trekreview exempt; absent
opt = no check. CLI shim parses --min-version and skips its value token in
filePath detection.
2. memory_alignment.status field (audit #5). brief-reviewer now emits
status: verified | n_a | contradictions so a score-5 N/A (no memory) is
distinguishable from a score-5 verified-aligned brief — the score≥4 gate
passes in both, status reveals whether the wrong-premise defense ran.
3. Document pre-2.2 = zero framing enforcement (audit #4). HANDOVER-CONTRACTS
§Handover 1 now states the producer-elective hole + two remedies. Also
fixes a stale "current is 2.1" line (current is 2.2).
4. Soften flagship overselling (audit #6). CLAUDE.md Context-Engineering
principle now hedges that main-context relief is asserted-by-design, not
measured (T1 PoC found Δ≈0); README carried no false claim to fix.
TDD: 8 new tests written failing-first (5 validator, 1 trekbrief status pin,
2 doc-consistency cross-file pins). Suite 691→699 (697 pass / 2 skip / 0 fail).
No flagship prose-pin added (deliberate, per S19 anti-bloat).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LqBYc8Ltrk7LipyJmGxXiB
Implements the CLAUDE.md cross-cutting invariant "brief framing must match
operator intent" as a controlled brief_version 2.1->2.2 bump (operator option A1).
Three defense layers, version-gated at >=2.2 so existing 2.0/2.1 briefs stay
valid (forward + backward compatible), mirroring the phase_signals >=2.1 gate:
- L1 framing: enum field (preserve|refine|replace|new-direction). Enum-checked
on any version when present (BRIEF_INVALID_FRAMING); missing at >=2.2 ->
BRIEF_MISSING_FRAMING. /trekbrief Phase 2.5 collects it BEFORE any brief prose
(non-skippable, even in --quick).
- L2 memory alignment: new brief-reviewer dimension 6 comparing brief Intent/Goal
+ framing against operator memory for explicit contradictions; degrades to
score 5 (N/A) when no memory context is supplied. Wired into Phase 4e gate
(memory_alignment.score >= 4).
- L3 obligatory ## TL;DR (<=5 content lines) at >=2.2; soft cap ->
BRIEF_TLDR_TOO_LONG warning.
trekreview briefs are exempt from the framing/TL;DR gate. Handover 1 PUBLIC
CONTRACT doc, README "What's new", and the CLAUDE.md invariant + agents table
(brief-reviewer 5->6 dimensions) updated to 2.2 (schema axis only; plugin
version badge + CHANGELOG remain S10).
Iron Law followed: validator tests red->green first. Tests 586 -> 606
(+20, 604 pass / 2 skip). claude plugin validate passes (pre-existing
CLAUDE.md root-context warning unchanged).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LqBYc8Ltrk7LipyJmGxXiB
v5.1.0 shipped with an unquoted brief_version: 2.1 in trekbrief-template.md.
parseScalar coerced it to Number 2.1, and the sequencing gate guarded on
typeof === 'string', silently bypassing BRIEF_V51_MISSING_SIGNALS.
Three-part atomic fix:
- brief-validator.mjs:87+149 now accepts both string and number forms via
String(fm.brief_version) coercion.
- trekbrief-template.md quotes the value so new briefs parse as String.
- doc-consistency.test.mjs pins the QUOTED form going forward.
Three regression tests added in brief-validator.test.mjs.
