doc-chg-fixer

name	doc-chg-fixer
description	Apply fixes to a Change Management (CHG) record from the latest doc-chg-audit report - schema/required fields, change-level correctness, source-to-gate routing, impact/cascade completeness, conditional blocks, links, registry, and lens-validated content remediations. Use after an audit reports a FAIL.
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doc-chg-fixer

Purpose

Read the latest audit report and apply fixes to a CHG record, bridging ../doc-chg-audit/SKILL.md and a gate-ready CHG so the audit↔fix cycle can converge.

CHG is NOT a lifecycle layer in the BRD..IPLAN sense: no readiness score. The fixer drives the record to gate_ready: true (audit PASS); the actual approval is a human decision via ../gate-check/SKILL.md, never auto-granted here. For team-mode dispatch purposes the CHG layer is addressed as 09_CHG (the layer-id slot occupied by the change-management overlay).

Scope: a CHG can touch any artifact along BRD → PRD → EARS → BDD → ADR → SPEC → TDD → IPLAN → Code. Upstream: the CHG record + .aidoc/audit/09_CHG-audit.md. Downstream: the fixed CHG + CHG-NN.F_fix_report_vNNN.md.

When to Use

After doc-chg-audit returns FAIL, as part of an Audit → Fix → Audit loop. Do not use without an audit report (run the audit first), to author a new CHG (use ../doc-chg/SKILL.md / ../doc-chg-autopilot/SKILL.md), or to grant gate approval (that is a human decision via ../gate-check/SKILL.md).

Input Contract

Consume the .aidoc/audit/09_CHG-audit.md report. Back up the CHG before editing (tmp/backup/CHG-NN_<ts>/); on error, restore. Schema and routing rules come from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/chg/CHG-TEMPLATE.yaml and ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/chg/README.md; gate definitions from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/chg/gates/.

Remediate Mode

Resolve review_mode from .aidoc/profile.yaml; if unset, fall through to the framework default team per the precedence chain in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/ADAPTATION.md. Same fallback applies to other adaptation knobs (section_toggles).

team mode (per REVIEW_TEAM.md §Operations §Remediate)

1. Read the audit report at .aidoc/audit/09_CHG-audit.md AND, when present, the per-persona slots under .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/ (where <CHG-id> is the short artifact ID, e.g. CHG-01 or CHG-EMG-20260612-1430).

   • Prefer the per-persona slots for the structured findings — stable ids, priorities, locations, recommendations.
   • Slots are optional — when absent (e.g. single_pass run produced no synthesizer output), fall back to parsing the audit report's Findings sections directly.

2. Resolve responsible lenses per finding. Each blocking finding (P0 + P1) carries a personas array in the synthesizer's reduced form OR can be inferred from per-lens slot membership. Dispatch rules:

   • Single-lens finding (1 persona): dispatch that lens.
   • Multi-lens finding (2+ personas): dispatch all listed lenses in parallel. Each writes its own <persona>.fix_<N>.json slot. The fix is accepted only when every dispatched lens returns no new P0/P1 (any one lens regressing reverts the patch).
   • No-persona / orphan finding (empty or missing personas): dispatch the CHG crew's author lens (per REVIEW_CREWS.yaml: integration_lead for CHG) as the default responsible reviewer.

   Lens → agent map for CHG:

   Lens	Agent
   integration_lead	solutions-architect
   architect	solutions-architect
   chaos_engineer	chaos-engineer
   operator	devops-release-engineer
   auditor	traceability-auditor
   security_engineer	security-engineer

   CHG crew weights: {integration_lead: 30, architect: 20, chaos_engineer: 15, operator: 15, auditor: 10, security_engineer: 10}. Because solutions-architect carries two lens-roles at CHG (integration_lead + architect), each lens is dispatched as a separate Task subagent with its own lens brief; the validation slots for the two roles are kept separate (one file per lens-role, never merged).

   P2/P3 are advisory — apply deterministically without lens validation.

3. Propose and apply a patch per blocking finding. Fix Phases 0–7 below describe the patch shapes; the catalogue is the same in both modes. Back up first per the existing Input Contract.

4. Validate non-regression. For each responsible lens identified in step 2, dispatch one Task subagent in patch-validation mode: subagent_type=<mapped agent>; brief = the patched region + the original finding + the patch diff; the lens MUST NOT read, cite, or weight any author self-assessment score (*_ready_score/*_score/ readiness_score/audit_score) when forming its lens_score (REVIEW_TEAM.md GD-05); output = a fresh persona-output record (lens_score for the patched region + any new findings). Persist each lens's output as .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/<persona>.fix_<N>.json (<N> = sequential fix-iteration counter, starting at 1). Multi-lens findings produce one slot file per responsible lens for the same <N>.

5. Revert regressions. If any lens returns new P0/P1 on the patch, revert that patch and flag manual_required for the original finding. Never silently keep a regressing fix.

6. Dispatch the synthesizer once, after all patches are validated, to emit the unified fix report. Persist CHG-NN.F_fix_report_vNNN.md with both the Fixes Applied table AND a Validation Slots index.

single_pass mode (fallback)

Apply Phase 0–7 directly, single-handed, no lens validation. Unchanged legacy behaviour — required when the profile says so, when Task subagent dispatch is unavailable, or when no slots are present.

In both modes, P2/P3 advisory findings are applied without lens validation; only blocking findings (P0/P1) go through the patch-validation loop in team mode.

Saga interaction

When invoked by doc-chg-autopilot (or directly), this skill reads and updates the saga journal at .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/saga.json per ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/REVIEW_SAGA.md. The fixer acts as the remediation stage of the saga: it transitions branches to BRANCH_COMPENSATING during patch validation, then back to BRANCH_COMPLETED (validated) or BRANCH_FAILED (regression detected).

On entry

At entry, write the fixer's start epoch:

Bash: mkdir -p .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/ && date +%s > .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/.skill-start.fixer

If .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/saga.json exists, read it. Validate that current saga status is FANIN_REDUCED (post-audit) or BRANCH_FAILED (re-entering after a prior fixer regression). If status is something else, log a warning and proceed.

During patch validation (team mode)

For each blocking finding (P0/P1) that requires lens validation:

1. Before dispatching the responsible lens validator(s): for each lens in the finding's personas[] list, append a transition: {"ts": "<now>", "from": "BRANCH_COMPLETED", "to": "BRANCH_COMPENSATING", "scope": "branch:<lens>"}. Update branches[<lens>].status to "BRANCH_COMPENSATING". Append an entry to compensation_actions[]: {"ts": "<now>", "branch": "<lens>", "reason": "<finding_id>: <message>", "action": "retry"}.
2. After the validation Task subagent returns:
   • If patch validated (no regression): transition back to BRANCH_COMPLETED. Update compensation_actions[] last entry with the validation result.
   • If patch regresses (lens flags new P0/P1 on patched region): transition to BRANCH_FAILED. Set compensation_actions[] last entry's action to "escalate". The finding becomes manual_required.

Before synthesizer dispatch

Per REVIEW_SAGA.md §"Break-circuit policy" — the fixer's checkpoint boundary is between multi-lens validation dispatches (each blocking finding's per-lens validation is one boundary). Before dispatching the next validation:

Bash: echo $(( $(date +%s) - $(cat .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/.skill-start.fixer) ))

If elapsed > SOFT_DEADLINE (1500s):

• Append transition: {"ts": "<now>", "from": "BRANCH_COMPENSATING", "to": "PARTIAL_TIMEOUT", "scope": "run"}.
• Set saga status: "PARTIAL_TIMEOUT". Preserve all completed validations (their fix_N.json slots remain durable). Set current_phase: "fixer" so the resume invocation knows to continue the remaining validations.
• Update updated_at. Write saga.json. Exit cleanly.

The remaining validations resume on next invocation per doc-chg-autopilot's §3.4 resume logic.

After synthesizer reduce

• Append transition: {"ts": "<now>", "from": "BRANCH_COMPENSATING", "to": "BRANCH_COMPLETED", "scope": "run"} (run-level: fixer pass complete).
• Update saga status: "BRANCH_COMPLETED" (autopilot's next phase will be re-review). Increment saga iteration counter.
• Update updated_at. Write saga.json.

When invoked standalone (no saga.json on entry)

If .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/saga.json does NOT exist (user runs /aidoc-flow:doc-chg-fixer directly outside the autopilot loop), do NOT initialize the full saga schema. Log saga.json not present; running fixer without saga journal (standalone mode). Run the fix phases as usual; write the fix report; skip all saga.json transitions. Backward-compatible with direct skill invocation.

When invoked in single_pass mode

If review_mode: single_pass is active, the fixer applies patches deterministically without lens validation and without writing saga.json. Existing behavior preserved.

Break-circuit policy

Per ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/REVIEW_SAGA.md §"Break-circuit policy", this skill checks elapsed wall-clock at one checkpoint boundary: after all per-finding patches return and before invoking the synthesizer. The SOFT_DEADLINE is 1500s (ORCHESTRATOR_TIMEOUT=1800s minus 300s buffer).

If the soft deadline has been crossed, exit cleanly with saga status: "PARTIAL_TIMEOUT" per §"Before synthesizer dispatch" above. The fixer's partial progress (fix_N.json slots already written) is durable; resumed invocation continues from where the break-circuit fired.

When the saga is already at MAX_ITERATIONS=3 (per REVIEW_SAGA.md) with verdict still gate_ready: false, the fixer must NOT spawn another iteration. The saga driver transitions to PARTIAL_TIMEOUT; the fixer reports the unfixed findings, writes the fix report, and exits cleanly. The next invocation can resume from checkpoint via sdd-lifecycle resume. Change-level (C1/C2/C3/ Emergency) and gate-routing classifications do NOT relax this cap; Emergency CHGs likewise stop at MAX_ITERATIONS and wait for a human review per framework/governance/chg/README.md.

Fix Phases

Run in order; later phases assume the earlier ones succeeded.

Phase	Scope	Representative actions
0 — Schema	required sections/fields (CHG-E001)	insert missing template sections (change_description, impact_assessment, implementation, verification) from CHG-TEMPLATE.yaml; fill document_type: chg-document, purpose: governance
1 — Change level	level vs scope (CHG-E001)	correct change_level to match scope (typo→C1, section→C2, cross-layer→C3, P0/P1 prod→Emergency); when scope expands, escalate and flag the new conditional blocks
2 — Routing	source→gate (CHG-E002)	set/correct entry_gate per the source table (Upstream/External→GATE-01, Midstream→GATE-03, Design→GATE-06, Execution→GATE-08, Feedback→GATE-CODE, Spec→GATE-SPEC); set change_source if missing; for spec set semver_impact and ensure ≥C2
3 — Impact / cascade	completeness (CHG-E003)	re-trace the chain and add every affected artifact to impact_assessment.affected_layers; set cascade_direction (downstream / bubble-up / lateral); set risk_level
4 — Conditional blocks	level-required blocks (CHG-E004)	scaffold rollback_plan for C2/C3; gate_approval for C3; emergency_change for Emergency (emergency_id, incident_severity, fix_deployed, post_mortem_due = deploy + 48h)
5 — Links & registry	references	recompute relative paths; convert absolute → relative; add/update the entry in CHG-00_index.md; validate supersedes IDs
6 — IDs & metadata	ID form	normalize to dash CHG-NN (or CHG-EMG-YYYYMMDD-HHMM); drop any hierarchical 4-segment IDs; fix change_level/change_source enum values
7 — Style	STY01 banned phrases, STY02/03 oversized prose, FM01 frontmatter mismatch	substitute filler; replace flagged superlatives; collapse paragraph (≥ 3 banned phrases in one section) to bullets; reconcile frontmatter ↔ Document Control rows; STY02/03 — split oversized impact_assessment / rollback_plan blocks at the next list item, or mark manual_required. Authority: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/AUTHORING_STYLE.md

Routing re-derivation: entry_gate = f(change_source) per the README table; never invent a gate not in {GATE-01, GATE-03, GATE-06, GATE-08, GATE-CODE, GATE-SPEC, None (C1)}. Post-mortem due date: Emergency post_mortem_due = fix_deployed + 48h.

Confidence Classification

Tag every applied fix and surface counts in the report:

Confidence	Meaning
auto-safe	deterministic, low semantic risk (link/path, ID form, enum normalize, derived entry_gate/post_mortem_due)
auto-assisted	template insertion with partial assumptions (scaffolded rollback_plan/emergency_change, inferred affected layers from a diff)
manual-required	domain content cannot be inferred (business justification, root-cause layer, approver decision, true cascade scope)

Content-Preservation Rules

• Never delete recorded change history; insert template blocks only where a section is missing or below minimum structure.
• Never auto-fill approval/signature fields, date_approved, or gate_approval.approver — those are human decisions (defer to ../gate-check/SKILL.md).
• Mark superseded-but-retained artifacts [DEPRECATED] rather than removing them from impact_assessment or supersedes.

Fix Report Format

Table-pipe escape (MD056)

When emitting markdown table cells that contain code spans with shell pipes (e.g. `docker compose ps | grep 'Up'`), the unescaped | inside the code span is parsed by markdownlint as a column separator, tripping MD056 (column-count mismatch). Two fixes:

• Preferred: escape the pipe inside the code span as \| — renders as | in markdown viewers but doesn't break the table. Example row: | OP-02 | ... | `docker compose ps \| grep 'Up'` | ... |
• Alternative: move the code span out of the table cell and reference it as a footnote or paragraph below the table. The cell then carries plain prose like "shell readiness gate (see below)".

Apply to every report row that emits a shell-pipe code span inside a table cell. Cascade-output that trips MD056 is a SKILL bug, not a markdownlint over-strictness — fix here, not by lint-ignoring.

Write CHG-NN.F_fix_report_vNNN.md with: Summary (issues in / fixed / remaining; files created / modified) · Fixes Applied (code, issue, fix, field/section, confidence) · Manual-Review Queue · Gate-Readiness After Fix (gate_ready: true|false and remaining blocking codes before→after — no numeric score) · Validation Slots index — in team mode, list the per-lens patch-validation outputs persisted at .aidoc/review/09_CHG/<CHG-id>/<persona>.fix_<N>.json for each blocking finding, one row per (finding_id, persona, N) triple · Cleanup Summary (delete superseded fix reports) · Next Steps (re-run ../doc-chg-audit/SKILL.md; when gate-ready, hand to ../gate-check/SKILL.md for C3/Emergency). Loop until the audit PASSes or max iterations reached (MAX_ITERATIONS=3 per REVIEW_SAGA.md break-circuit policy).

Adaptation

Before applying fixes, read the project adaptation profile (.aidoc/profile.yaml). Honor section_toggles: do not reintroduce an optional section the project has toggled off. CHG's conditional blocks follow the change-level matrix, not section_toggles — never toggle off a block required by the artifact's change_level (rollback_plan for C2/C3, gate_approval for C3, emergency_change for Emergency). Ignore any unknown or out-of-surface key. Authority: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/ADAPTATION.md.

Related Resources

• Audit (input): ../doc-chg-audit/SKILL.md · Create: ../doc-chg/SKILL.md
• Orchestration: ../doc-chg-autopilot/SKILL.md · Gate: ../gate-check/SKILL.md
• Authority: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/chg/CHG-TEMPLATE.yaml, ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/chg/README.md, ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/chg/gates/, ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/AUTHORING_STYLE.md