rdr-resolve

name	rdr-resolve
metadata	{"argument-hint":"<NNNN> [--commit | --no-commit]"}
description	Use to verify critical RDR assumptions against source, spikes, prior art, and reuse audits. Runs Stage 4 before pre-lock review. Trigger for resolve assumptions, $rdr-resolve, or /rdr-resolve.

rdr-resolve — Stage 4 (Resolve Assumptions)

Verify every Critical Assumption against source, live spikes, prior art, and standards so the pre-lock rounds critique a true document. The load-bearing front-half stage. Running a pre-lock round before this one wastes the round.

Usage

Codex: $rdr-resolve <NNNN>
Claude: /rdr-resolve <NNNN>

1. Read rdr-common.md; run §seam-bind + §rdr-resolve to bind $RDR_ENV, $RDR_RESOURCES, RDR_PATH, RDR_SLUG, {SPIKE_DIR}.
2. Run the prompt 04-resolve.prompt.md with those bound. Have a live spike target reachable. The prompt is read-heavy — delegate corpus searches / reuse audits / dependency spelunks to a sub-agent that returns verdict + evidence pointer (§return-packet), not raw hits (rdr-common §delegation; spawn with the Task tool).
   • Fan-out heuristic (mined): group the Source-Search assumptions into one sub-agent (multi-pass, one verdict each) and give each Spike assumption its own sub-agent (it needs the live target). Don't spawn one agent per source-search claim — they share the same corpus/source reads. Hold only the verdicts in the main context; author the Status: Verified edits here, not in the sub-agent.
3. Self-detected re-entry (no flag). The prompt reads the RDR Status: line: a Draft [revised from Final …; re-verify <IDs>] qualifier scopes the run to the listed assumption IDs (+ anchors the demotion touched), carrying the rest forward as Verified; a bare Draft verifies every assumption cold. Do not pass a resume flag — the RDR's state drives it.

Review gate (what the human checks — Stage 04-resolve-assumptions.md)

• Every load-bearing assumption actually Verified, Evidence not self-reference and not bare Docs Only.
• Spikes actually ran (command + captured output under {SPIKE_DIR}).
• The reuse audit ran against the $RDR_ENV reuse-audit paths.
• No research finding contradicts the approach — if one does, that's not a citation fix.

Next step (rdr-common §next-step)

• If autocommit is on, run §commit for resolve first (+ a separate spike-evidence commit if a spike wrote; see the rdr-common table).
• Research refuted the approach or surfaced existing capability → back to /rdr-propose NNNN (or /rdr-refine NNNN); rework, then re-run this.
• Assumptions verified → forward. This stage sets the Profile Metadata field (the routing latch) from the contract count; the next pointer reads that field — it does not re-derive size ($RDR_HOME/stages/README.md matrix):
  • Profile: small → skip Pre-Lock: Next: /rdr-reconcile NNNN.
  • Profile: mid+ → the first lens of the profile's set (grounding runs first whenever present): mid/large → Next: /rdr-prelock NNNN grounding; foundational → Next: /rdr-prelock NNNN cove (cove subsumes grounding as its Step 0). Then the remaining lenses in matrix order ($RDR_HOME/stages/README.md).
• /rdr-status NNNN to re-orient.