---
phase: 33-fresh-start-commune-auto-resume
verified: 2026-05-16T00:00:00Z
status: passed
score: 10/10 must-haves verified
overrides_applied: 0
---

# Phase 33: Fresh-Start Commune + Auto-Resume Verification Report

**Phase Goal:** A user invoking `/spt:live` against a known-new identity (or against an existing identity with empty psyche-download) is prompted with a first-commune summary BEFORE init; AND `/spt:live --auto` (plus a curated set of casual-language triggers) resumes the most-recently-active live agent with a confirmation hop and surfaces any clear next body of work.
**Verified:** 2026-05-16
**Status:** PASS
**Re-verification:** No — initial verification

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## Goal Achievement

### Observable Truths

| # | Truth | Status | Evidence |
|---|-------|--------|----------|
| 1 | FRESH-04 and FRESH-05 physically struck from REQUIREMENTS.md | VERIFIED | Grep returns 0 matches in requirement-list bullets or Traceability rows; only footer timestamp annotation `*Updated 2026-05-16 — FRESH-04 and FRESH-05 struck per Phase 33 CONTEXT D-03; FRESH-06 reworded per D-04.*` remains |
| 2 | FRESH-06 reworded to natural-bypass language ("bypass the first-commune branch naturally") | VERIFIED | `.planning/REQUIREMENTS.md:52` contains "bypass the first-commune branch naturally — both paths route through `$LIVE psyche-download` first" |
| 3 | ROADMAP.md Phase 33 SC#2 rewritten to natural-transition contract (no sentinel, no cleared_at) | VERIFIED | ROADMAP.md line 629 contains "natural-transition contract" and "echo-commune per Phase 29 AUTO-EC"; no "sentinel" or "cleared_at" appears in lines 622-641 |
| 4 | First-commune flow fires when psyche-download returns NO-CONTEXT (FRESH-02) | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:192` — skill checks for literal substring `NO-CONTEXT:<id>` (hyphen+colon, disjoint from fork's `NO_CONTEXT:`) and branches into first-commune flow |
| 5 | First-commune flow fires when pick-spec returns kind:"prompt-new" (FRESH-01) | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:265` — FRESH-01 sub-bullet under kind:"prompt-new" arm instructs the skill to fire first-commune flow BEFORE `$LIVE start` |
| 6 | FRESH-03 verbatim AskUserQuestion template wired ("Here is a summary of my first context as live agent...") | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:206` contains exact template; "Proceed to init" option present at line 207 |
| 7 | `/spt:live --auto` Auto-resume Step with 3 entry paths, uniform AUTO-07 confirmation hop, AUTO-02 next-work scan | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:68-135` — Auto-resume section covers all 4 kind variants; every launch arm fires AskUserQuestion; post-start H2 marker scan (## Current Focus / ## Next Up / ## Next Steps) with Claude synthesis fallback |
| 8 | description frontmatter lists all 8 D-08 accepted casual phrases + 3 explicit non-triggers | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:12-26` — 8 phrases listed under "AUTO-RESUME phrases"; "Does NOT route here" block names "keep going", "resume work", `"continue" (bare)` |
| 9 | argument-hint updated to include [--auto] | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:26` — `argument-hint: "<id> [--period <seconds>] | [--auto]"` (double-quoted per HINT-04) |
| 10 | SessionStart hook emits `<spt-live-auto-pick>` XML block on clean startup; rejects silently in subagent/wrapper contexts (AUTO-03, AUTO-04) | VERIFIED | `src/owl/plugin_session_start.rs:191-212` — `should_emit_auto_pick` pure predicate with 6 gates; `emit_auto_pick` uses `println!` only (zero stderr on reject); 40 unit tests + 4 integration tests all pass |

**Score:** 10/10 truths verified

---

## Required Artifacts

| Artifact | Expected | Status | Details |
|----------|----------|--------|---------|
| `.planning/REQUIREMENTS.md` | FRESH-04/05 struck, FRESH-06 reworded, count updated to 39 | VERIFIED | Footer timestamp present; Traceability table has no FRESH-04/05 rows; coverage line reads "FRESH 4" |
| `.planning/ROADMAP.md` | Phase 33 SC#2 natural-transition contract; 3/3 plans [x] | VERIFIED | SC#2 at line 629 contains "natural-transition contract"; all 9 Phase 33 commits in git log; 3/3 plans checked |
| `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md` | First-commune flow (FRESH-01/02/03) + Auto-resume Step (AUTO-01/02/05/06/07/08) | VERIFIED | All anchors present: "first commune", "NO-CONTEXT:", "Proceed to init", "Here is a summary", "Auto-resume", 8 casual phrases, argument-hint with --auto |
| `src/owl/plugin_session_start.rs` | `should_emit_auto_pick` predicate, `AutoPickEnvSnapshot`, `emit_auto_pick`, `auto_pick_predicate_tests` submodule | VERIFIED | All symbols present; 40 pure-predicate tests + source-order pin; wire site between `inject_reorientation_if_needed` and `super::resume::run_with_input` |
| `tests/auto_pick_integration.rs` | 4 subprocess integration tests for AUTO-03/04 | VERIFIED | Newly created; 4 tests pass (emits on clean startup; rejects on agent_type=psyche; rejects on OWL_HANDOFF_CHILD=1; disjoint with source=clear reorientation) |
| `src/live/context.rs` | `pub const NO_CONTEXT_PREFIX` + 3 contract-pin unit tests | VERIFIED | `NO_CONTEXT_PREFIX: &str = "NO-CONTEXT:"` at line 28; `no_context_prefix_constant_is_hyphen_colon_form`, `no_context_token_format_pin`, `download_payload_returns_none_for_unknown_id` all pass |
| `tests/skill_hints.rs` | `("live", "<id> [--period <seconds>] | [--auto]")` pinned entry + `live_skill_description_contains_casual_language_triggers` test | VERIFIED | Both additions confirmed; `argument_hint_keys_known_set` contains the live entry; new test asserts all 8 accepted phrases + 3 rejected + negative-example header |

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## Key Link Verification

| From | To | Via | Status | Details |
|------|----|-----|--------|---------|
| `SKILL.md` Step 2 NO-CONTEXT bullet | FRESH-02 first-commune AskUserQuestion flow | substring `NO-CONTEXT:<id>` check on psyche-download stderr | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:192` anchors on hyphen+colon form; HTML comment cites `src/live/context.rs run_download` as anchor |
| `SKILL.md` kind:"prompt-new" arm | FRESH-01 first-commune flow before $LIVE start | FRESH-01 sub-bullet at kind:"prompt-new" dispatch arm | VERIFIED | `plugin/spt/skills/live/SKILL.md:265` — explicit "FRESH-01: first-commune before start" instruction |
| `SKILL.md` description frontmatter (8 D-08 phrases) | Claude Code natural-language dispatcher routing to --auto | description-as-dispatcher-corpus (Pattern S4) | VERIFIED | Phrases present verbatim; `live_skill_description_contains_casual_language_triggers` regression guard passes |
| `plugin_session_start.rs::run()` | `<spt-live-auto-pick>` hookSpecificOutput emission | `should_emit_auto_pick` gate then `emit_auto_pick` envelope writer | VERIFIED | Wire site at lines 191-212; source-order pin test `auto_pick_call_site_lives_between_reorientation_and_resume` passes |
| `AutoPickEnvSnapshot::capture()` | `should_emit_auto_pick` (pure predicate) | factoring seam — env reads outside predicate | VERIFIED | Predicate body has zero `std::env::var` calls; 40 unit tests run in microseconds without env mutation |
| `tests/skill_hints.rs` pinned entry for live | AUTO-08 argument-hint regression guard | `cargo test --test skill_hints` | VERIFIED | `argument_hint_keys_known_set` asserts exact value `"<id> [--period <seconds>] | [--auto]"` |

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## Data-Flow Trace (Level 4)

Not applicable. Phase 33 artifacts are skill instructions (Markdown) and a Rust predicate function — no dynamic data rendering in a component/page sense. The binary's `emit_auto_pick` function calls `crate::live::pick_spec::build_spec(None)` which performs real owlery enumeration (not hardcoded). Integration test A confirms a real `hookSpecificOutput` JSON line is emitted to stdout on clean startup.

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## Behavioral Spot-Checks

| Behavior | Command | Result | Status |
|----------|---------|--------|--------|
| Auto-pick emits on clean startup | `cargo test --release --test auto_pick_integration -- emits_auto_pick_on_clean_startup` | 1 passed, 0 failed | PASS |
| Silent rejection on agent_type=psyche | `cargo test --release --test auto_pick_integration -- rejects_psyche_wrapper_agent_type` | 1 passed, 0 failed | PASS |
| Silent rejection on OWL_HANDOFF_CHILD | `cargo test --release --test auto_pick_integration -- rejects_silently_when_handoff_child` | 1 passed, 0 failed | PASS |
| Disjointness with source=clear | `cargo test --release --test auto_pick_integration -- coexists_with_spacetime_reorientation_on_clear` | 1 passed, 0 failed | PASS |
| skill_hints regression guards pass | `cargo test --release --test skill_hints` | 4/4 passed | PASS |
| Full suite no regressions | `cargo test --release -- --test-threads=1` | 0 failed across all crates (428 lib + integration) | PASS |

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## Probe Execution

No probe scripts defined or required for this phase (skill + predicate phase; no migration or tooling pipeline).

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## Requirements Coverage

| Requirement | Source Plan | Description | Status | Evidence |
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------|----------|
| FRESH-01 | 33-01 | kind:"prompt-new" first-commune flow before start | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:265 FRESH-01 sub-bullet |
| FRESH-02 | 33-01 | NO-CONTEXT psyche-download triggers first-commune flow | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:192 NO-CONTEXT: predicate + context.rs NO_CONTEXT_PREFIX contract |
| FRESH-03 | 33-01 | FRESH-03 verbatim AskUserQuestion template | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:206 exact template text |
| FRESH-04 | 33-01 (struck) | Single-fire sentinel — STRUCK per D-03 | SATISFIED (struck) | No FRESH-04 bullet in REQUIREMENTS.md requirement list |
| FRESH-05 | 33-01 (struck) | cleared_at metadata — STRUCK per D-03 | SATISFIED (struck) | No FRESH-05 bullet in REQUIREMENTS.md requirement list |
| FRESH-06 | 33-01 | Fork/revive bypass natural (not active suppression) | SATISFIED | REQUIREMENTS.md:52 reworded; SKILL.md does not handle fork/revive in first-commune path |
| AUTO-01 | 33-02 | --auto runs pick-spec; kind:auto launches; kind:pick presents options[0] | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:88-115 Auto-resume Step dispatch table |
| AUTO-02 | 33-02 | Post-start next-work surface from psyche-download H2 markers | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:117-135 H2 marker scan + synthesis fallback |
| AUTO-03 | 33-03 | SessionStart emits <spt-live-auto-pick> on clean startup | SATISFIED | plugin_session_start.rs:191-212; integration test A |
| AUTO-04 | 33-03 | Silent rejection (no stderr) in subagent/wrapper contexts | SATISFIED | Pattern S7 enforced by construction; integration tests B+C assert no "auto-pick" in stderr |
| AUTO-05 | 33-02 | description frontmatter lists casual-language triggers | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:12-20 eight D-08 phrases; regression test passes |
| AUTO-06 | 33-02 | Ambiguous phrases explicitly rejected in description | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:22-25 "Does NOT route here" block; regression test asserts all 3 rejected phrases |
| AUTO-07 | 33-02 | AskUserQuestion confirmation hop before every $LIVE start via --auto | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:90 "EVERY successful Auto-resume launch — including kind:'auto' — fires AskUserQuestion BEFORE any $LIVE start invocation" |
| AUTO-08 | 33-02 | argument-hint updated to include [--auto] | SATISFIED | SKILL.md:26 argument-hint value; skill_hints.rs pinned entry |

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## Anti-Patterns Found

Scanned files modified by Phase 33 commits (75e3b32, 534cab5, ee64ad4, f1958ab, eb6021f, ddf384c, c9df95b, db6d84d, db2fa49, 6c9696a):

| File | Pattern | Severity | Impact |
|------|---------|----------|--------|
| `src/owl/plugin_session_start.rs` | Pre-existing `dead_code` warning on `live::wrapper::echo_fire::should_fire` | Info | Carried over from prior phases; not introduced by Phase 33 |
| `src/owl/plugin_session_start.rs` | Pre-existing `unused field` on `resume.rs::HookInput::source` | Info | Carried over from prior phases; not introduced by Phase 33 |

No TBD, FIXME, or XXX markers introduced by Phase 33. No stubs. No placeholder returns. No hardcoded empty arrays in the new emission path.

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## Human Verification Required

None. All behavioral contracts are either verified by automated tests (unit + integration) or are skill-instruction surfaces (Markdown) whose correctness is verifiable by code reading.

The first-commune AskUserQuestion flow and the Auto-resume confirmation hop are skill instructions executed by Claude at runtime — their UX correctness (visual appearance, wording quality) does not require human testing for this phase's verification gate because the structural requirements (template text, option labels, trigger conditions) are all code-verified.

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## Gaps Summary

No gaps. All 10 observable truths verified. All 14 requirements satisfied (FRESH-04 and FRESH-05 correctly struck per D-03; remaining 12 implemented and test-backed). Full test suite passes: 428 lib tests + all integration binaries, zero failures.

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## Cross-Phase Note

Phase 33 deploy is deferred to Phase 34 end-of-milestone `DEPLOY.ps1 -Bump patch` per CLAUDE.md milestone cadence. No deploy commits in Phase 33. Phase 34 (Version-Change Changelog) and Phase 33 together comprise v1.7.1 "Seamlessification II"; the allow-list conditions for AUTO-03 (Phase 33) and VERS-04 (Phase 34) are designed to be non-overlapping per ROADMAP.md Phase 34 SC#5.

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## Test Run Summary

```
cargo test --release -- --test-threads=1

lib tests:       428 passed, 0 failed, 1 ignored
auto_pick_integration: 4 passed, 0 failed
skill_hints:     4 passed, 0 failed
handoff:         43 passed, 0 failed
hook_chain:      5 passed, 0 failed, 4 ignored
native_owl:      15 passed, 0 failed
pick_spec_integration: 9 passed, 0 failed
plugin_session_start_refresh: 16 passed, 0 failed, 1 ignored
plugin_session_start_psyche_context: 7 passed, 0 failed
golden_live / golden_owl: 7 passed, 0 failed (windows: 2 ignored each)
handoff_integration: 22 passed, 0 failed
stream_hook_race: 1 passed, 0 failed

TOTAL: 0 failures across all test crates
```

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_Verified: 2026-05-16_
_Verifier: Claude (gsd-verifier)_
