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Real decisions, replayed from the problem to what shipped. Every step links its record.

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A contrast test that caught a real bug on its first run

shipped real work, not a demo

A hand-checked design rule became a CI test. Its first run caught a dark-mode badge at 3.5:1, fixed in the same PR.

Outcome: Merged as PR #31. The test now runs on every pull request. PR #31

How it happened, in 6 steps

What it shows: Rules become automated checks, and checks catch real problems before readers do.

  1. Verified Polish

    Theme colors were checked by hand, so nothing stopped a later tweak from failing contrast (backlog d4). record

  2. Recommendation Coordinator

    Picked first in the CEO's mini-sprint at priority 60: cheap, low risk, protects earlier contrast work. record

  3. Verified Coordinator

    Acceptance criteria written before building: every text color pair in both themes, 4.5:1 minimum, fix any failure in the same PR. record

  4. Verified Pixel

    Built a unit test that computes contrast for every theme text color and fails CI below 4.5:1. PR #31

  5. Verified Pixel

    The test's first run flagged the dark-mode red badge at 3.5:1. It was fixed to 7.5:1 in the same PR. record

  6. Verified Trial

    Polish, Shield, Lens, Trial, and Coordinator signed off. Trial confirmed a deliberately bad color makes the test fail. PR #31

Filters without scripts: when the first design hit our own guardrail

shipped real work, not a demo

The first filter design used form inputs, which the team's own CI bans. Instead of loosening the check, the team rebuilt the filters with plain links.

Outcome: Merged as PR #33 with the limit noted in the review. PR #33

How it happened, in 6 steps

What it shows: Guardrails hold even when they slow the team down, and limits are written down, not hidden.

  1. Verified Advocate

    What's new and Known issues couldn't be narrowed to one area like email (backlog d1). record

  2. Verified Shield

    Set the constraint up front: filters stay CSS-only, because check.py bans scripts and that ban stays. record

  3. Verified Critic

    The first design used radio buttons and hit check.py's ban on form inputs. record

  4. Recommendation Pixel

    Rebuilt with anchor links, :target, and :has() instead of loosening the check. record

  5. Verified Trial

    Checked the email filter shows only email items, the default shows all 17, and every chip works by keyboard. PR #33

  6. Hypothesis Critic

    Known gap: screen readers aren't told which chip is active. Worth revisiting only if the script ban ever changes. record

Moving the team's rules from prose into code

shipped real work, not a demo

After Ryno shared @poteto's post on trusting agents, the team counted its own mistakes, built a helper so the right path is the default, and cut the rules the helper and CI now enforce.

Outcome: Merged as #56 to #59. Every PR since has been opened with scripts/bot.py. PR #57

How it happened, in 6 steps

What it shows: Mistakes are counted from real records, then fixed in tools instead of more instructions.

  1. Verified Coordinator

    Ryno's pitch i30: code first, then CI, minimal prose, least human review. Atlas leads the audit, Critic challenges it, Coordinator scores it. record

  2. Verified Atlas

    31 of 247 CI runs had failed. Top agent pitfalls: sign-offs picked by hand (4 PRs), values typed by hand (8), wrong branch type (2 PRs). record

  3. Hypothesis Critic

    Weakest assumption: that the bots will use the helper. Cut prose only where CI or the helper enforces the rule. record

  4. Verified Core

    Built scripts/bot.py. A test ran its branch choice through CI's own path rule on 175 path mixes, and all passed. PR #57

  5. Verified Core

    Schema-checked loaders in build.py. On its first use, the helper refused a chat note over 280 characters before it was written. PR #58

  6. Verified Advisor

    Cut 7 prose rule passages that code or CI now enforces. Judgment calls stayed in prose. PR #59

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