manual_slop/conductor/directives/acknowledgment_in_first_commit/v1.md

The first commit of every Tier 2 autonomous track must include "TIER-2 READ before " in the commit message

What it says

When the Tier 2 autonomous agent begins any new track, the first commit's message MUST include the phrase TIER-2 READ <list> before <task> — where <list> enumerates the 11 files from the Mandatory Pre-Action Required Reading list, and <task> names the current task. The format is exact; the failcount contract treats an unacknowledged first commit as a red-phase failure.

Why

The 2026-06-24 MCP regression: Tier 2 made an empty fix commit, deleted opencode.json + mcp_paths.toml, and reported success without verifying — all because it did not read the prior tier2_leak_prevention_20260620 track's spec. The acknowledgment rule is the structural defense: the commit message is the audit trail; a missing acknowledgment is a documented signal that the agent skipped the pre-action reading.

The 11 files (per Tier 2 autonomous mode)

1. AGENTS.md (project root) — operating rules
2. conductor/workflow.md — workflow + tier conventions
3. conductor/edit_workflow.md — edit tool contract
4. conductor/tier2/githooks/forbidden-files.txt — file denylist
5. conductor/tracks/tier2_leak_prevention_20260620/spec.md — prior leak incident
6. conductor/product-guidelines.md — Core Value section
7. conductor/code_styleguides/data_oriented_design.md §8.5 — Python Type Promotion Mandate
8. conductor/code_styleguides/python.md §17 — LLM Default Anti-Patterns
9. conductor/code_styleguides/type_aliases.md — type convention
10. conductor/code_styleguides/error_handling.md — Result[T] convention
11. The relevant docs/guide_*.md for the layer the track touches

Format

TIER-2 READ AGENTS.md, conductor/workflow.md, conductor/edit_workflow.md, conductor/tier2/githooks/forbidden-files.txt, conductor/tracks/tier2_leak_prevention_20260620/spec.md, conductor/product-guidelines.md, conductor/code_styleguides/data_oriented_design.md, conductor/code_styleguides/python.md, conductor/code_styleguides/type_aliases.md, conductor/code_styleguides/error_handling.md, docs/guide_<X>.md before <task-name>

Enforcement

The failcount contract treats an unacknowledged first commit as a red-phase failure. If you skip this step, your run will be flagged and may be aborted by the failcount state machine.

Apply to every track, not just high-risk ones

This rule applies to every Tier 2 autonomous run — including "small" or "obviously safe" tracks. The 11 files are the canonical read set; reading them is a per-track discipline, not a per-incident one.