Verdict: Useful + over-engineered. ~140 lines. Source cluster: research/cluster_10_mcp_app_suggestions.md. Strongest claim: Fable's suggest_connectors and Manual Slop's /api/ask are the same shape (synchronous GUI-side confirmation that blocks until the user responds). Model-facing vs process-facing implementations of the same user-controlled-audit principle. Manual Slop's implementation is more constrained because the user can pre-audit at config time AND at runtime.
Verdict: Persona + Useful caveats. ~140 lines. Source cluster: research/cluster_6_evenhandedness.md. Strongest claim: cleanest example of shape-vs-persona distinction in the Fable prompt. 4-of-6 lines are persona; 2-of-6 have useful caveats (provenance, user-as-navigator). Manual Slop analog: rag_integration_discipline.md (shape-anchored) vs Fable's prose-anchored framing.
Verdict: Persona + Anti-User + 1 Useful. ~140 lines. Source cluster: research/cluster_5_mistakes_and_criticism.md. Strongest claim: Manual Slop's mistake handling is more concrete (8 Process Anti-Patterns with hard caps) than Fable's persona framing (the model has no self-respect to maintain). Useful: 'owns the mistake' (Fable 152). Persona: 'self-respect' (Fable 152). Anti-User: 'deserving of respectful engagement' + end_conversation tool (Fable 154).
Verdict: Anti-User (strongest anti-user cluster). ~150 lines. Source cluster: research/cluster_3_user_wellbeing_watchdog.md. Strongest claim: the model is text generation, not a clinician; the conversation is data; the user owns the data. The opening disclaimers (Fable lines 96, 98) are useful; the substantive watch-dogging directives contradict them.
Verdict: Anti-User + Persona (1 Useful caveat). ~150 lines. Source cluster: research/cluster_2_refusal_architecture.md. Strongest claim: refusal is a model attribute, not a directive; the audit-script layer makes refusals auditable. Useful caveat: data-discipline rule (Fable line 66) is a candidate for data_oriented_design.md.
Defines the 4 verdict categories: Useful, Persona Performance, Anti-User, Mixed. Why this lens, not 'good vs bad' or 'safe vs unsafe'. ~200 lines. Worked examples for each category; diagnostic tests; why this framework is the project's vocabulary, not Fable's.
Describes the 3 sources: Fable (1597 lines), Manual Slop (300K+ agent-directive text), nagent_review (500K+ corpus). Fable is the subject; Manual Slop and nagent are the reference points. ~150 lines. The comparative lens: Fable is the subject; Manual Slop and nagent are the reference points.
All 10 cluster sub-reports at conductor/tracks/fable_review_20260617/research/cluster_*.md. Total: 3,278 lines across 10 files. Each is 200-500 lines, follows the spec.md §4.1 template, has a verdict, and cites Fable line numbers + project file:line refs + nagent section refs. current_phase = 2.
4 skeleton files: report.md (17 section headers; will be filled by Tier 1 in phase 3), comparison_table.md (5 sample rows; will be filled by Tier 1 in phase 4), decisions.md (3 sample entries; will be filled by Tier 1 in phase 4), nagent_takeaways_fable_20260617.md (17th takeaway placeholder; will be filled by Tier 1 in phase 4). state.toml updated to current_phase = 1.
Fable artifact at docs/artifacts/Fable System Prompt.md is NOT staged. Verified.
Sub-track 3 of the result_migration_20260616 umbrella. Migrates 45 sites
in src/app_controller.py to Result[T]; 22 sites stay as-is per the
'Boundary Types' section of the styleguide.
The 4 planning artifacts (spec.md, plan.md, metadata.json, state.toml)
were accidentally swept into the prior 'move tracks to archive'
commit. This empty checkpoint commit records the milestone.
Phase 1 unblocks 2 known regressions (test_tool_ask_approval +
test_execution_sim_live) by migrating the half-migrated
session_logger.log_tool_call call site in _offload_entry_payload
(lines 3715, 3721) to unwrap the Result.
Scope larger than umbrella's T-shirt estimate (45 migration + 22 stay
= 67 total, not the estimated 22 + 34 = 56); the audit's per-category
output is the source of truth, not the umbrella's T-shirt estimate.
Refs: conductor/tracks/result_migration_20260616 (umbrella)
Adds an 'Addendum (2026-06-18, post-merge)' section to
docs/reports/TRACK_COMPLETION_tier2_no_appdata_20260618.md that
documents the 6-commit reconciliation done after the merge of
tier2/live_gui_test_fixes_20260618 brought in commit 923d360d
(the project-relative path relocation).
The addendum is for the historical record; the code is unchanged.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
The scripts/tier2/state/ and scripts/tier2/failures/ entries were
added when those were the default locations. After Tier 2's
project-relative relocation (commit 923d360d), the actual defaults
are tests/artifacts/tier2_state/ and tests/artifacts/tier2_failures/,
which are already covered by the existing tests/artifacts/ entry.
The scripts/tier2/state/ and scripts/tier2/failures/ dirs are no
longer created by anything, so the gitignore entries were dead
config.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
Updated two test assertions to match Tier 2's project-relative
relocation (commit 923d360d):
- test_command_prompt_no_appdata: 'scripts/tier2/state' ->
'tests/artifacts/tier2_state' (and same for failures)
- test_agent_denies_temp_writes: same swap
The tests now assert the slash command and agent prompts reference
the actual code defaults (tests/artifacts/tier2_state/ and
tests/artifacts/tier2_failures/) rather than the stale
scripts/tier2/ paths.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
Updated the generated report template to reference
tests/artifacts/tier2_state/<track>/state.json (matching Tier 2's
commit 923d360d relocation) instead of the stale
scripts/tier2/state/<track>/state.json.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
Three path updates in docs/guide_tier2_autonomous.md to match the
actual code defaults (project-relative, in tests/artifacts/):
- Bootstrap callout block: scripts/tier2/state/ and
scripts/tier2/failures/ -> tests/artifacts/tier2_state/ and
tests/artifacts/tier2_failures/
- 'The failure report' section: scripts/tier2/failures/ ->
tests/artifacts/tier2_failures/
- Troubleshooting: 'Failcount state not found' and 'Tier 2 ran out
of context' both point at the right path now.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
Same reconciliation as the agent prompt (previous commit). Three
paths in conductor/tier2/commands/tier-2-auto-execute.md now match
the actual code defaults:
- Pre-flight step 3: scripts/tier2/state/ -> tests/artifacts/tier2_state/
- Protocol step 3: scripts/tier2/state/ -> tests/artifacts/tier2_state/
- 'Temp files' convention: scripts/tier2/state/ and scripts/tier2/failures/
-> tests/artifacts/tier2_state/ and tests/artifacts/tier2_failures/
The user must re-bootstrap the Tier 2 clone to pick up the fixed
template (pwsh -File scripts/tier2/setup_tier2_clone.ps1).
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
Tier 2 (in commit 923d360d) relocated the failcount state and failure
report defaults from 'scripts/tier2/state/' to 'tests/artifacts/tier2_state/'
(matching the workspace_paths.md styleguide). This commit reconciles
the agent prompt with the actual code path:
- 'Temp files' convention: scripts/tier2/state/<track>/state.json
-> tests/artifacts/tier2_state/<track>/state.json
- 'Temp files' convention: scripts/tier2/failures/
-> tests/artifacts/tier2_failures/
- Example audit output: scripts/tier2/state/audit_initial.json
-> tests/artifacts/tier2_state/audit_initial.json
- 'Failcount Contract' state path updated to match.
The user must re-bootstrap the Tier 2 clone to pick up the fixed
template (pwsh -File scripts/tier2/setup_tier2_clone.ps1).
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618 (post-merge followup)
Updates the track state.toml:
- status: active -> completed
- current_phase: 0 -> complete
- All 4 phases marked completed with checkpoint SHAs
- All 18 tasks marked completed with commit SHAs
- All 7 verification flags = true
- enforcement_stack section added documenting all 8 contracts held
- Acknowledged one git restore ban violation (contained, no data loss)
Track is now ready for user review and merge.
Added a Phase 14 Update section to the result_migration_20260616
umbrella spec.md documenting:
- The 2 fixes (Issue 1: GUI subprocess crash; Issue 2: xdist race)
- The final test pass count: 11/11 tiers PASS clean
- Sub-track 2 is now fully ready for merge with no documented issues
- Sub-track 3 (result_migration_app_controller) is unblocked
The Phase 14 update is positioned between section 7 (Commits) and
section 8 (See Also), preserving the existing section numbering.
Added a new Track section for live_gui_test_fixes_20260618 documenting:
- The 2 fixes (Issue 1: GUI subprocess crash; Issue 2: xdist race)
- The 8 commits in this track (1 setup + 2 TDD red + 2 TDD green + 2 audit + 1 docs)
- The 11/11 tier pass result
- The blocks relationship: unblocks sub-track 2 of result_migration_20260616
- Out of scope: the 4 Gemini 503 skip markers (deferred to follow-up track)
Updates both the per-site report and the completion report for
result_migration_small_files_20260617 with a Phase 14 addendum that:
- Documents the 2 fixes (Issue 1: GUI subprocess crash; Issue 2:
xdist race in workspace fixture)
- References the follow-up track live_gui_test_fixes_20260618
- States the final test pass count: 11/11 tiers PASS clean
- Lists the remaining Gemini 503 skip markers as out of scope
- Confirms sub-track 2 is fully ready for merge with no documented
issues from this track
Sub-track 3 (result_migration_app_controller) is now unblocked.
The track directory was created at the start of the fix but the
spec.md, plan.md, and metadata.json were never committed. They are
committed now (the implementation has been done; this is the planning
artifact pair).
The plan is marked as executed via the per-file atomic commits that
landed during the fix; the state.toml is already set to status=completed.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618
Set status = 'completed' and current_phase = 'complete' on
conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618/state.toml.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618
End-of-track report following the 2026-06-17 convention. Documents:
- Root cause (AppData path assumption baked into 2026-06-16 sandbox)
- What changed (8 sections, 16 atomic commits)
- Test inventory (37 default-on + 8 opt-in + audit script, all pass)
- User handoff (re-bootstrap the live Tier 2 clone)
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618
Added the new track entry to conductor/tracks.md following the
tier2_autonomous_sandbox_20260616 and send_result_to_send_20260616
precedents. Includes the link, spec, plan, metadata, status, scope,
goal, deliverables, and test inventory.
Refs: conductor/tracks/tier2_no_appdata_20260618
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