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fix(ci): make the dogfood gate .deed-aware - #88

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This repo's Dogfood Gate enforced A2ML, a format that no longer exists. A2ML was
retired after a name clash with the ML community; the live s-expression format is
.deed, which has a grammar (DEED-GRAMMAR-SPEC) and is bound for IANA.

There are two defects here, and fixing only the first would have been a fake cure.

1. The validator was frozen before the rename

.githooks/validate-a2ml.sh was vendored at 13,737 bytes by commit d5f229d
(2026-07-27, "ci: vendor validation scripts and remove remote action pins") — six weeks
before the 09-03 DEED rename. It contains zero .deed references.

Replaced with the canonical dual-accept body from
hyperpolymath/deed-ecosystem/validate-action @ f9d999b6 (17,544 b), which dispatches on
the DEED s-expression head — (estate-deed|repo-deed|estate-atlas-deed|praxis-deed) on the
first form, per DEED-GRAMMAR-SPEC <<concrete-syntax>> — and keeps .a2ml passing as
legacy
. This repo's own SPDX-License-Identifier line is preserved, not overwritten.

2. 🚨 The step that gates that validator counted only *.a2ml

COUNT=$(find . -name '*.a2ml' -not -path './.git/*' | wc -l)
- name: Validate A2ML manifests
  if: steps.detect.outputs.count > 0      # <- the actual gate
  run: bash .githooks/validate-a2ml.sh

On a repo that had migrated to .deed, COUNT would be 0, the validate step would be
skipped, and the job would report green having validated nothing. Upgrading the
validator alone would have been invisible.

The selector now admits both extensions — the same shape the K9 job in this very file
already uses
(find . \( -name '*.k9' -o -name '*.k9.ncl' \)).

3. The gate was instructing maintainers to author the dead format

The warning and summary told every RSR repo to create 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml and to run
a2mliser init. Reworded to name .deed as the format to author, .a2ml as legacy.

Measured, one denominator

Census across the 75 repos carrying a vendored .githooks/validate-a2ml.sh
(75 unique repos; an earlier figure of 79 was a row count — 4 slugs were duplicated by
two local checkouts reaching one remote):

property count
detect step counts only *.a2ml 75 / 75
workflow mentions deed at all 0 / 75
carry any .deed file at origin/main 0 / 75
validator at 13,737 b / md5 8f61f8da / MPL-2.0 74
echidna — 13,747 b / c1769fc4 / AGPL-3.0-or-later 1

Why edit 2 is safe

It is behaviour-neutral today. find A -o B is a strict superset of find A, and
0 of 75 repos carry a .deed file, so COUNT is unchanged on every repo in the
population. The change is purely forward-correct: it stops the gate going silently green
the day a repo migrates.

Verification

  • bash -n on the new validator: clean.
  • python3 -c 'yaml.safe_load(...)' on the edited workflow: parses.
  • The sweep asserts its own precondition per repo — exact size and md5 and SPDX
    before any write — and refuses (skips + flags) on any mismatch rather than overwriting an
    unrecognised file. echidna is handled by the same assert, which is what prevented a
    blanket copy from silently relicensing it AGPL-3.0-or-later → MPL-2.0.
  • Post-edit asserts: the restored SPDX line is present, the widened selector is present, and
    no a2ml-only find survived.
  • Upstream regression evidence: the 17,544-byte body is already merged on origin/main in
    both a2ml-ecosystem and deed-ecosystem; 14 repos / 725 .a2ml files produced
    identical exit codes under old and new validators, with a planted positive and negative.

Not changed here

  • strict stays false. Flipping it is a separate, measured decision: 8 of 10 sampled
    repos go rc=0 → rc=1.
  • No .a2ml file is renamed. Extension migration is explicitly held pending a dry-run
    manifest (19,477 tracked .a2ml vs 15 .deed).
  • The canonical validator's own line 5 still reads
    # validate-a2ml.sh — A2ML manifest validation script. Left byte-identical to upstream
    on purpose, so "is this repo at canonical?" stays answerable by md5. Flagged for an
    upstream fix in deed-ecosystem
    , where it corrects once for every consumer.

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The dogfood gate enforced a format that no longer exists. Two defects, and
fixing only the first would have been a fake cure.

1. .githooks/validate-a2ml.sh was frozen at a pre-DEED revision (13,737 b) with
   zero .deed references. Replaced with the canonical dual-accept body from
   deed-ecosystem/validate-action (17,544 b), which dispatches on the DEED
   s-expression head and keeps .a2ml passing as legacy. This repo's own
   SPDX-License-Identifier line is preserved.

2. The detect step that GATES that validator counted only *.a2ml:

       COUNT=$(find . -name '*.a2ml' ...)
     - name: Validate A2ML manifests
       if: steps.detect.outputs.count > 0

   So on a repo that had migrated to .deed, COUNT would be 0, the validate step
   would be SKIPPED, and the job would report green having validated nothing.
   The selector now admits both extensions -- the same shape the K9 job in this
   file already uses.

Edit 2 is behaviour-neutral today: this repo carries no .deed file, so COUNT is
unchanged. It is purely forward-correct.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0168Bgpez8mFBcAqYAj8VgEx
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289-289: Keep DEED files out of all A2ML exemptions.

is_contractile_shape is set for any extension. A .deed file containing @intent: can bypass the identity check at Line 279 and the schema-version warning here. Restrict both contractile and structural identity exemptions to legacy .a2ml files.


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  • New Features

    • Validation now supports both .deed and .a2ml manifest files.
    • .deed manifests are recognised as the canonical format, with required schema-version validation.
    • Identity fields and structural exemptions are supported across current and legacy layouts.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Registry-version values are no longer mistaken for schema versions.
    • Attestation warnings are suppressed for exempt AI manifests.
  • Chores

    • Workflow checks and status messages now report both formats and identify .a2ml as legacy.

Walkthrough

The validator now supports .deed and .a2ml files. It validates DEED identity and schema fields, applies updated exemptions, and reports both extensions. The Dogfood Gate workflow uses .deed as the canonical manifest format while retaining .a2ml detection.

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DEED manifest support

Layer / File(s) Summary
DEED validation rules
.githooks/validate-a2ml.sh
The validator recognises DEED heads and identity fields. It requires :schema-version, excludes :registry-version, limits AI manifest exemptions to .a2ml, supports both structural identity paths, and suppresses exempt-manifest attestation warnings.
Dual-extension discovery and reporting
.githooks/validate-a2ml.sh
File discovery and status messages now cover both .a2ml and .deed files.
Dogfood Gate integration
.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
The workflow detects both extensions and updates warnings, summaries, and scorecard labels to identify 0-AI-MANIFEST.deed as the canonical manifest.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to bdcee

A contractile DEED manifest can pass without its required schema version, weakening validation assurance; the fix is localized.

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🟡 Minor · Report both manifest extensions in the success summary. · .github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml:68-68

68-68: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report both manifest extensions in the success summary.

A2ML_COUNT now includes .deed files. A repository that contains only 0-AI-MANIFEST.deed is reported as having scanned an .a2ml file.

Change this text to .a2ml/.deed file(s).

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In @.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml at line 68, Update the success summary
text in the workflow step using A2ML_COUNT to report both manifest extensions as
“.a2ml/.deed file(s)” instead of only “.a2ml file(s)”.
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Inline comments:
In @.githooks/validate-a2ml.sh:
- Line 350: Restrict the structural-identity and contractile-shape exemptions in
the validation logic to .a2ml candidates, so .deed files always undergo
independent identity and :schema-version checks. Update the conditions using the
existing a2ml_candidates processing and
is_structural_identity/is_contractile_shape symbols while preserving the current
exemptions for A2ML files.

In @.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml:
- Line 36: Update both manifest-counting find commands in
.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml: lines 36-36 and 262-262. Add the
regular-file constraint so only actual .a2ml or .deed files are counted,
excluding directories.

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In @.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml:
- Line 68: Update the success summary text in the workflow step using A2ML_COUNT
to report both manifest extensions as “.a2ml/.deed file(s)” instead of only
“.a2ml file(s)”.

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CodeRabbit raised three findings on the first commit. All three are correct.

1. The step summary reported the combined .a2ml+.deed count as ".a2ml file(s)",
   and the scorecard row was renamed to "DEED manifest" while its status still
   came from a find matching .a2ml too - so a repo holding only legacy manifests
   scored a green DEED row. That is a label asserting one thing while its check
   asks another, which is the exact defect class this branch exists to cure.
   Fixed by aligning the LABELS to the check rather than narrowing the check:
   narrowing to .deed only would red-score essentially every repo in the estate
   today (19,477 tracked .a2ml against 15 .deed), and this branch is
   behaviour-neutral by design.

2. Both find sites now pass -type f. A directory named *.deed is not a manifest.

3. The validator's structural-identity exemption no longer waives the schema
   version for .deed. DEED is the live, grammar-bearing format; legacy .a2ml
   keeps the exemption. Proved by control: two files in one machine-readable
   directory differing only by extension now get different verdicts.

Severity is unchanged (warning, and the gate invokes strict:false), so no repo
can turn red on this.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0168Bgpez8mFBcAqYAj8VgEx
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