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Add spec 020 (spec.md and requirements checklist) for the portable release-preparation MVP and standalone changelog MVP, plus a Draft catalog entry. issue-map.md and delivery-plan.md follow separately. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
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Specification Validation is red because of a numbering gap, not a defect in this change.
Number 019 is reserved on the unmerged Options for the maintainer: (1) merge the 019 Qodo spec first, after which this check should pass on re-run; (2) approve a separate change letting the audit script accept reserved numbers. Leaving the PR as a draft until one is chosen. Generated by Claude Code |
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Add plan.md, research.md (code audit against the spec, decisions, Linear GIT-1293 reconciliation), data-model.md, three Markdown contracts and a quickstart. issue-map.md, delivery-plan.md and tasks.md follow separately. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Map existing GitHub and Linear records to bounded roles with exact, unapplied change previews, and add per-slice branch, PR, stack and merge order profiles. No records were changed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Add tasks.md: 65 traceable tasks across setup, foundational, five user stories and polish, with release preparation first, changelog second and the blocking handoff depending on both. Design only; no implementation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Add a reviewer-owned requirements-quality checklist (37 items, all unchecked) covering release safety, the fail-closed handoff and delivery traceability, with three candidate findings noted for review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Sequence US3 after US2, add the release process contract section, split install behaviour out of FR-019 into roadmap FR-028, define FR-007's allowlist and recovery, state the changelog length rule, gate and narrow Phase 2, and add a locked-files verification task. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
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Clarify that edit approval is a digest of the exact proposed edit, rechecked before any write. Add FR-029, SC-011, an edge case, a data model and task update, research R-13 and a quickstart scenario. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Clarify that a copied changelog agent validates with a bundled copy of the shipped engine pinned to a recorded version and reports that version in every result. Update FR-010, add SC-012, rewrite T033, and resolve R-05. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Define a missing verification response as none returned within the same invocation, with no timer. Update FR-014, an edge case, the handoff contract, data model and tasks, and add research R-14. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
Define required checks as those named in the target's own instructions or CI configuration, with none named reporting not ready as missing-check. Update FR-005, an edge case, the readiness contract, tasks and quickstart, and add research R-15. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
…ation Recognise an enhancement only when the target's own instructions declare it and name its version fields, otherwise stop as component-unknown. Update FR-003, an edge case, the data model, readiness contract, tasks and quickstart, and add research R-16. Completes the clarification session. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
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@.github/specs/020-portable-changelog-release-agents/data-model.md:
- Line 36: Update the `ready` predicate in the data model to include
required-check status: readiness must be false when a `missing-check` blocker
exists, even if no checks are named. Preserve the existing readiness
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Review comments at @.github/specs/020-portable-changelog-release-agents/plan.md:
- Line 135: Update the changelog-engine layout entry to distinguish the
canonical source from the generated pinned copy included in the changelog-agent
package, and explicitly name the bundle’s location within that package so it can
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- Line 24: Change the R1 scenario in the quickstart readiness table to expect
not-ready when no US3 verification result or changelog evidence is recorded,
consistent with the fail-closed readiness contract.
Review comments at @.github/specs/020-portable-changelog-release-agents/spec.md:
- Line 101: Update the Independent Test statement in the spec to test success,
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- Line 62: Update the catalog entry for portable-changelog-release-agents so it
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| | 014 | agents-restructure-consolidate | Agent Structure Standardization & Skill Consolidation | Draft | 2026-09-18 | [./014-agents-restructure-consolidate/spec.md](./014-agents-restructure-consolidate/spec.md) | | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Resolve the 019 numbering gap before merging this entry.
The numbering rule at .github/specs/CATALOG.md Line 247 calls for the next available number. With 019 absent from this branch, adding 020 leaves the reported specification audit failing. Keep this entry out of a mergeable revision until 019 is present or the maintainer approves and lands a numbering exception.
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Update the catalog entry for portable-changelog-release-agents so it does not
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The finding is accurate, but it can't be fixed inside this PR, so I'm leaving it open for the maintainer.
Number 019 is deliberately absent: it is reserved for the unmerged aiops/qodo-pr-agent-integration spec, and this work was told not to allocate it. Renumbering 020 down would collide with that reservation, and removing only the catalog row would not clear the audit, because the 020-portable-changelog-release-agents/ directory itself is what leaves the gap.
Two ways to clear it, both for the maintainer: merge the 019 Qodo spec first, or approve a separate change letting audit-specs.sh accept reserved numbers. Until then the "Specification Validation" failure on this PR is expected.
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@ashleyshaw Thanks for the clarification. The finding remains open for the maintainer.
Renumbering 020 would conflict with the 019 reservation. Removing only the catalog row would not clear the directory-based audit failure. The maintainer must either merge the 019 specification first or approve a separate change to audit-specs.sh.
Would you like a follow-up GitHub issue for this blocker?
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Add the missing-check blocker to the readiness predicate, keep the R1 quickstart rows fail-closed until the handoff verifies, separate the canonical engine from the bundled pinned copy and name its location, and replace the timed-out case with the defined no-response case. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
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Specification Validation is failing on a new cause: duplicate spec number 020. The earlier 019 gap cleared when the Qodo spec merged. After the latest This is not caused by the content of this PR, and a content push cannot fix it. Resolving it means renumbering this spec to 021, which touches the spec folder name, about 56 mentions of "020" in it, the CATALOG row and Generated by Claude Code |
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@krugazul — Rename the release specification folder from |
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@ashleyshaw — heads-up on spec numbers: this PR files the spec as #3962 renumbers ours, so:
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The 019 Qodo spec merged and the duplicate 020 was cleared when the WordPress specs were renumbered to 023 and 024. The maintainer confirmed this specification keeps 020. Update research R-11, the spec assumption, plan gate risk, T006 and the delivery plan: the remaining audit failure is a gap at 021 and 022, reserved by specs not yet merged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XLxQdVHPM9myduXvRKyeDA
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@krugazul — thanks for the heads-up on the spec numbers. The maintainer has decided that this release/changelog spec keeps 020, so please don't renumber it to 022. With #3962 merged, The remaining Specification Validation failure on this PR is the audit gap ( If the specs holding 021 and 022 are yours, merging them is what turns this check green. Generated by Claude Code |
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Primary specification tracker: GitHub issue 1555, represented in Linear by GIT-1302.
Relates to GIT-1300
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All files are under .github/specs/020-portable-changelog-release-agents/ unless noted.
changelog-verification/v1handoff contract and the approval digest contract.Audience & placement
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developand is intended to be extended in place; this specification PR does not implement that extension.04a4b2ee9be666258a0da4eee67b8fb8dfc797a1, after specification 019 had merged. That result does not describe the current head.06f2675e8b9fe67b6a0a359fb110cf102e8e822d, Specification Validation failed on 22 October withGap detected: expected 21 but found 23. The remaining validation gap is unresolved; no renumbering, validation relaxation or workflow execution is included here.type:documentation, which conflicts with canonicaltype:docs; the locked template is left unchanged for maintainer resolution.Changelog
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