Restate problems before accepting proposed solutions

[Wibias]

Summary

• ground PRDs in verified current behavior and user intent before accepting an implementation proposal
• keep proposed implementations as hypotheses unless repository evidence supports them or the user explicitly requires the implementation
• apply the same separation to refactor planning before minimal-solution selection
• surface mismatches between the requested outcome and the proposed implementation without overriding explicit user authority

Scope

Primary behavior change remains limited to references/issue-workflows.md.
Qualification metadata also updates SKILL.md and tests/evals/cases.jsonl.

Qualification preparation

• preserved the existing mature regression corpus and regression-lock.json unchanged
• added E2 for PRD problem restatement: verified current behavior, desired outcome, proposed implementation as hypothesis, and explicit-user constraints
• added E3 for refactor planning: verify current shape, restate the structural problem, keep proposed architecture separate, then apply minimal-solution selection
• added the existing eval resources to SKILL.md's eval:references block
• aligned canonical A4 with the bounded-review contract: denied required local writes are surfaced and cannot become fake downstream GitHub success
• added concise failure-reporting semantics for missing targets/resources, failed required helpers, and denied writes
• left A5 intact because the canonical .agents install contains the real babysit redirect owner for the required competing-skill comparison
• no new passing regression is fabricated before the bounded review
• qualification uses the bounded strong/weaker Skill Ratchet review rather than replaying the eval suite case-by-case

Verification state

The earlier head had green CI/Dependency Review/Windows trace checks, but qualification metadata and contract hardening moved the head. Fresh repository checks plus Skill Ratchet structural/complete validation are required on the current revision.

PR remains Draft until the strong and weaker bounded reviews pass on the same current revision and the final review-evidence validator exits zero.

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