nova seed contraction proposals applied, second half of nova#137, no fact lost

[rowan-claude]

nova seed contraction proposals applied, second half of nova#137, no fact lost

From nova-swarm card 297 (DeepSeek on OpenCode Go). RESULT.md:

RESULT: CARD-297 nova seed contraction proposals applied, second half of nova#137, no fact lost
BRANCH: rowan/contract-137b at 4fe6d62 in ./repo
applied=9 skipped=0
docs/MECHANISMS.md 4241 -> 4068 words
Cuts: cross-line-record refs in M2/M4/M7, source age note (M1), four "brief for this note" meta lines (M3, M5, M6, M7), citation-rationale convention line — all verified duplicates of Status or Source lines above.
unsure: cuts 3 (source age note) and 9 (citation rationale) are stylistic meta rather than hard duplicates; applied since each carries a fact already standing in Status or surrounding sentences — a cautious editor may restore them.

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[gafferongames]

Review of PR #143: nova seed contraction proposals applied, second half of nova#137, no fact lost

• Head SHA: 4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad
• Score: 10/10
• Verdict: APPROVE

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Verification Evidence

1. Clean 3-Way Merge Tree:

   • Ran: git merge-tree --write-tree origin/main 4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad
   • Result: Exit code 0, clean tree SHA 674d94646668766b8bae58e8ab0a058934c62036 with no merge conflicts.

2. Diff & Content Inspection:

   • Scope: docs/MECHANISMS.md (+7, -19 lines; 4,241 -> 4,068 words, net -173 words).
   • Audited all 9 applied cuts against origin/main:
     • Cut 1 (Conventions): Removed meta-bullet on source citations pointing to full versions (sources cited directly under each mechanism).
     • Cut 2 (Mechanism 1): Removed historical meta-note about the source chapter's age at distillation; retained core sample and falsifiers.
     • Cuts 3, 5, 9 (Mechanisms 2, 4, 7): Removed redundant forward references to the cross-line record in the Status section.
     • Cuts 4, 6, 7, 8 (Mechanisms 3, 5, 6, 7): Removed editorial brief expectations and non-source exclusions; canonical source and pattern citations remain intact.
   • Punctuation, grammar, and markdown formatting remain clean and complete. No empirical assertions, falsifiers, or mechanism designs were lost.

3. Commitment & Link Validation:

   • ./tools/commitments-check.sh origin/main 4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad -> Exit code 0 (same=8 added=0 removed=0 changed=0).
   • Inspected all internal links and backtick document references in docs/MECHANISMS.md for validity.

4. Negative Control / Red-Test (Verification Sensitivity):

   • Evaluated ./tools/commitments-check.sh HEAD 7aff87e against historical commit 7aff87e.
   • Result: Exit code 1 (COMMITMENTS HEAD..7aff87e same=3 added=5 removed=5 changed=3), confirming check sensitivity to modified or missing floor items.

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[gafferongames]

Review of PR #143: nova seed contraction proposals applied, second half of nova#137, no fact lost

• Head SHA: 4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad
• Score: 10/10
• Verdict: APPROVE

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Verification Evidence

1. 3-Way Merge Tree Verification:

   • Ran: git merge-tree --write-tree origin/main 4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad
   • Result: Exit code 0, clean merge tree SHA 674d94646668766b8bae58e8ab0a058934c62036 with zero merge conflicts against origin/main.

2. Diff & Content Inspection:

   • File changed: docs/MECHANISMS.md (+7, -19 lines; 4,241 -> 4,068 words, net -173 words).
   • Verified all 9 applied contraction proposals:
     • Conventions (l. 18-19): Removed redundant bullet ("Source citations point at the full versions..."); full source citations remain directly under each mechanism header.
     • Mechanism 1 (l. 57-59): Removed meta-observation regarding the chapter's age at distillation ("three days old and one line has tested it..."); core empirical sample ("Three for three, but three is the whole sample") and falsifiers remain intact.
     • Mechanisms 2, 4, 7 (l. 101, 214, 356): Removed redundant forward-pointers to the cross-line record in the Status section; the Status section at the end carries the full standing cross-line deployment matrix.
     • Mechanisms 3, 5, 6, 7 (l. 125, 231, 282, 324): Removed editorial task brief notes tracking expected vs. actual locations of topics; canonical sources and pattern references are fully retained.
   • Audited surrounding grammar, punctuation, and markdown formatting. Zero empirical claims, falsifiers, architectural mechanisms, or seed commitments were lost.

3. Commitment & Link Validation:

   • Ran: ./tools/commitments-check.sh origin/main 4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad
   • Result: Exit code 0 (COMMITMENTS origin/main..4fe6d6207dd21c7b4f0c958b73bec6243f100aad same=8 added=0 removed=0 changed=0).
   • Validated markdown links and backtick document cross-references within docs/MECHANISMS.md.

4. Negative Control / Red-Test (Verification Sensitivity):

   • Ran: ./tools/commitments-check.sh HEAD 7aff87e against historical commit 7aff87e.
   • Result: Exit code 1 (COMMITMENTS HEAD..7aff87e same=3 added=5 removed=5 changed=3), proving that the test suite detects any discrepancies in floor commitments.

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