Balance-backlog S33 (DOC, non-breaking). The D1–D3 forks resolved conservatively
(balance-backlog-plan.md), collapsing the model + observability work into a
documentation record. Three deliverables, all doc-only, no code/frontmatter change:
- V35 (doc half): the "24 agents" headline is reconciled to its honest split —
21 spawnable (one dormant: synthesis-agent, Δ≈0) + 3 orchestrator reference
docs (planning-/research-/review-orchestrator document the inline /trek*
workflow; not spawned). Each orchestrator header now declares itself a
"reference document, not a spawnable capability". README + CLAUDE.md state the
split; counts in the new pins are DERIVED from agents/ so they survive reword.
- D2 (V32 rationale): docs/observability.md gains a "Why direct export rather
than a native collector" section — direct export keeps the path / SSRF /
field-allowlist guards in audited in-process code (the S21 hardening) instead
of re-hosting a collector; textfile mode remains the collector escape hatch.
- D3 (kept-opus): docs/voyage-vs-cc-balance-analysis.md §10 decision record —
opus on V09 (glue), V35 (dormant), V11 (retrieval), V16 (mechanical), V08
(researchers) was reconsidered for sonnet and KEPT (pin 40d8742 firm).
No agent frontmatter changed — tests/lib/agent-frontmatter.test.mjs is the
structural model source-of-truth and is untouched (diff is description-only:
model: opus + tools lists unchanged, no Agent tool granted). No Handover-1
change; no exporter/gemini-bridge removal. Non-breaking, no version bump.
tests/lib/doc-consistency.test.mjs: +5 S33 pins (inventory split derived from
agents/; synthesis-agent dormant; orchestrator relabel; observability D2
rationale; analysis-doc D1–D3 record). Tests 739 (737 pass / 2 skip / 0 fail),
bar `node --test`; `claude plugin validate` green (1 accepted warning).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LqBYc8Ltrk7LipyJmGxXiB
Executes the charter (1fc0650) top-down. Substrate: Dynamic Workflow
(wf_41bb3936-e6d, 96 agents) in the mandated scout-inline -> pipeline ->
synthesize-inline hybrid + an over-keeping meta-critic.
Result across 35 canonical capabilities (post-adversarial):
KEEP 25 / THIN_WRAP 6 / SIMPLIFY 4 / DROP->NATIVE 0.
Headline: Voyage's existence is justified by typed structured-artifact
handovers + multi-session discipline (CC 2.1.183 has no native analog);
NOT by swarm-context-relief (measured d~0) and NOT by re-hosting CC engines.
Where CC ships the engine (research/exploration/reviewer swarms, the Gemini
bridge, observability) the only defensible role is a thin policy layer.
Zero-DROP is over-keeping at the edges: a meta-critic flags 4 downgrade
candidates (V09 gemini-bridge opus-on-glue; V15 pr/issue/markdown export
variants; V32 observability vs native OTLP collector [contested]; V35 dormant
synthesis-agent). Acting on all 4 trims edges, does not move the headline.
Post-2.1.181 delta run: latest CC = 2.1.183 (2.1.182 never shipped); bugfixes +
auto-mode git guards only, nothing balance-relevant. Verification #1-6 logged
(#5 deviation documented: 0 DROP produced -> meta-critic covered the DROP half).
Analysis only -> recommendations operator-gated before any impl. No change to
Handover 1; operator-pinned decisions flagged, never overridden.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LqBYc8Ltrk7LipyJmGxXiB
