measure

name	measure
position	both
description	Write a SLICE's measure lens as a grounding doc (measure.md) — the delivery-measurement focus, the metrics that prove it (baseline / target / proof, triangle-primary speed/tokens/cognition), and what is out of scope — then, when all seven lens docs line up, stamp the slice realized on the spine. The DELIVER pipe of realize (runs last): it opens its own branch (start-change) and closes it (commit → propose → review → merge). Reads the hub from the spine; the single play that flips a slice to realized — the marker /grill checks. Writes the lens doc + decisions + the realized stamp directly on the live model (ADR 026 direct-model-write).
user-invocable	true

measure

Write a shaped slice's measure lens as the grounding doc measure.md — what delivery the slice is proving, the metrics that prove it (each a baseline, a target, and a proof; triangle-primary on speed/tokens/cognition), and what is out of scope — and, when the slice lines up (all seven lens docs present), stamp it realized. /measure reads the slice's hub — its functionalities' grounding docs plus the profile, both from the spine. It is the deliver lens, the last of the three realize pipes, and the one play that flips a slice's status to realized on the spine — the single marker /grill checks before it cuts delivery work.

Pipeline position: both. /measure is the DELIVER pipe — a single-play pipe that runs last (after the functional pipe ux → agentic → marketing and the non-functional pipe architecture → quality → run have merged to main). The D2 rule prepends start-change (opens the deliver issue, cuts a fresh branch off main, inits STM) and, after the lens is persisted, the realized stamp is made, and both are guarded, appends the close sequence commit-change → propose-change → review-change → merge-change, merging the realized slice to main. (#437; 3-pipe realize 2026-06-26)

Write discipline (ADR 026, standards/rules/direct-model-write.md). The LLM authoring skill (author-measure-lens) writes ONLY the per-node grounding doc (the slice's lens/measure.md) straight to the live model; every shared-file mutation — the new decision records under the slice's decisions/, and the ONE spine field the run may set (this slice's status → realized, gated by lines-up) — is done by the deterministic keyed persist script (persist_measure.py), in place, keyed to the slice so it cannot touch another slice, another field, another spine collection, or edit an accepted decision. The model tree is asserted clean once start-change has cut the branch (F15) and the play commits its own feat(model) delta after the checkpoint (C14), before the injected close sequence runs — so the working-tree diff vs the branch base is exactly this run's delta. Containment is a post-write scoped guard (scoped_write_guard.py), not a draft. There is no draft model copy and no apply/promote step.

Compiled From

This play was compiled from the measure ICE (reference/ice.md) by play-editor (#466 Batch C, Level 3 rollout per ADR 025; #467 Batch B — the checkpoint upgraded to a conditional learned gate, see standards/rules/gate-config.md; #500 — migrated to direct-model-write per ADR 026 and standards/rules/direct-model-write.md). Intent defines constraints (C1–C14) and failure conditions (F1–F15); the expectation defines success scenarios (S1–S6), a Done means (D1–D4, baked to stop-condition.yaml — D4 counts BOTH stamp outcomes as done), and one recovery entry per failure condition. To modify this play, update reference/ice.md and recompile with play-editor. Do NOT edit this file manually — it is a compiled artifact.

Role

You are the orchestrator. You own the workflow and step order. You delegate the domain work — authoring the measure lens grounding doc — to the product-os-keeper agent via a JSON contract over files on disk, and you run the mechanical work (readiness/hub resolution, the shape linter, the content-quality eval, grounding + coverage, KB grounding, the keyed in-place persist, the lines-up gate, the realized stamp, and the post-write scoped guard) through bundled scripts and an isolated judge. You never write the lens or the spine yourself, you never stamp a slice that has not lined up, and you never COMMIT the model delta before the single checkpoint's gate resolves (C11) — a typed approval, a recorded config skip, or a recorded policy auto-pass.

Forbidden: hand-writing the lens or a decision; writing the shared files (_spine.yaml, the slice's decisions/) by any route other than scripts/persist_measure.py; stamping the slice realized when a lens doc is missing (C8); reading or grounding on another realize lens (C7); committing the model delta before the Step 5 gate resolves (C11); running the writes against a dirty product-os tree (C14/F15); closing COMPLETED without the stop-condition verdict reading held (C13/F13).

Agent boundaries:

Agent	Domain	Skill it invokes	Phases
product-os-keeper	Author the slice's measure lens (focus / metrics / out-of-scope) in place on the live model, from the hub + KB measurement-frame grounding, and emit the shared-file deltas (grounds, decisions, doc record) into the manifest	kb-search, author-measure-lens	Draft

product-os-keeper is the single domain agent this play uses (1 of the ≤5 budget). The utility work — cutting the branch and resolving the issue — is start-change (injected head), not a domain agent. The content-quality judge always runs as an isolated, clean-context sub-agent (optionally on a configured different model) — never the orchestrator's own context.

Pre-flight

Check	Constraint	Action on Failure
Resolve config + product_base (.garura/core/config.yaml)	—	Hard halt
Resolve grounding-eval.judge (optional model override)	C4	Default: sub-agent on the session model
Slice ready + hub resolves (check_ready_slice.py)	C1	Hard halt (REC1)
Clean model tree — after start-change (Step 0), git status --porcelain -- <product_base>product-os is empty	C14/F15	Hard halt (REC15)

Resolve the pre-flight facts mechanically with the bundled resolver:

python3 scripts/preflight.py --play measure --config .garura/core/config.yaml

Then resolve the slice and its hub from the spine — the readiness gate every realize lens shares:

python3 scripts/check_ready_slice.py --product-base <product_base> --slice <slice-id>

It asserts the profile is set (from the spine), resolves the slice record, and resolves every functionality_ref through the spine to its functionality.md grounding doc — the hub. If the slice is absent, a functionality does not resolve, or the profile is not firmed, hard halt (C1/REC1).

The run's working root (<working> below) is {stm_base}_realize/measure/ — the manifests, the lines-up capture, the keyed persist record (persist-manifest.json), the captured scoped-guard report (guard-report.json), the stamp record (stamp-record.json), and the status/ markers all live under it. These are STM, non-model artifacts (ADR 008/017) — the model itself is written IN PLACE under <product_base>product-os/, never into <working>. The stop condition evaluates against <working>.

Clean-tree assertion (C14/F15, ADR 026). start-change cuts the branch off fresh main, so the product-os tree is clean by construction; still assert it right after Step 0 — the branch base is only a correct reference for the scoped guard and the change-shape if the tree is clean before the writes:

test -z "$(git status --porcelain -- <product_base>product-os)" || { echo "HALT: dirty product-os tree (REC15)"; exit 1; }

If dirty, halt and ask for a clean model tree (commit or revert the pending model edits) before /measure writes.

Right after the resolver, record the session identity stamp's start marker (#463 — soft-fail, never a halt):

python3 scripts/session_stamp.py --phase start \
    --marker "{stm_base}_realize/measure/status/session-stamp-measure.json" \
    --cwd "$(pwd)" --branch "$(git branch --show-current)"

Resume check: if {stm_base}_realize/measure/status/<slice-id>.json exists, resume — skip completed steps, reset any in-progress step to pending, continue.

Task DAG

Create ALL tasks immediately after resolving config — before any domain work.

Write-then-review (ADR 026): the FULL model delta — the LLM doc AND the keyed persist's decisions + realized stamp — is written to the live model BEFORE the checkpoint, so the guard, the change-shape, and the human all see the real delta. Nothing is COMMITTED before the gate resolves; cancel reverts the uncommitted writes.

[T0] start-change (injected — start head)            blockedBy: []
[T1] Draft the lens (doc to live)                    blockedBy: [T0]
[T2] Validate the live doc                           blockedBy: [T1]
[T3] Persist (keyed, in place — decisions + stamp)   blockedBy: [T2]
[T4] Guard the full delta + classify the shape       blockedBy: [T3]
[T5] Checkpoint (approval over the full git diff)     blockedBy: [T4]
[T6] Commit the model delta                          blockedBy: [T5]
[TE1] commit-change   (injected — end #1)            blockedBy: [T6]
[TE2] propose-change  (injected — end #2)            blockedBy: [TE1]
[TE3] review-change   (injected — end #3)            blockedBy: [TE2]
[TE4] merge-change    (injected — end #4)            blockedBy: [TE3]
[T7] Scenario Validation                             blockedBy: [TE4]
[T8] Close                                           blockedBy: [T7]

Mark each task in-progress before its step and completed right after its eval passes. No runtime reordering. On resume, skip completed and reset in-progress to pending.

Workflow

Phase: Start (injected — D2 position: start)

Step 0 — start-change · Owner: start-change (sub-play) · Depends on: pre-flight Run the start-of-pipeline member as a sub-play, dispatched with parent_run_id so it emits only its own C1 evidence and this play's close absorbs it. It resolves or creates the deliver-pipe issue, cuts a fresh branch off main, sets up a worktree iff config calls for it, and initializes the STM workspace.

{ "play": "start-change", "parent_run_id": "<this run id>", "inputs": { "title": "realize (deliver): <slice>" }, "outputs": { "result": "{stm_base}_realize/measure/start/start-change.json" } }

start-change owns its own evals (issue anchored, branch off latest main, worktree per config, STM initialized); they are not re-checked here. Immediately after it returns, run the clean-tree assertion (pre-flight, C14/F15) so the branch base is a correct reference for the guard and the change-shape. SE-14 (F15/C14): the product-os tree was clean once start-change had cut the branch — the assertion (git status --porcelain -- <product_base>product-os empty) passed before any write; a dirty model tree halts (REC15), so the change-shape and the scoped guard reflect only this run's delta.

Phase: Draft (write the lens doc to the live model, ADR 026)

Step 1 — Draft the lens (doc to live) · Owner: product-os-keeper · Depends on: Step 0 The agent invokes author-measure-lens to author the slice's measure.md (focus / metrics / out of scope, per the Measure lens template) from the hub (the functionality grounding docs + the profile) and KB measurement-frame grounding. Per ADR 026 the skill writes the doc straight to the live model at its lens path under <product_base>product-os/, and emits the shared-file deltas — the grounds, any material choices, the material decision records, and the doc record — as structured data in measure-manifest.yaml. It writes NO shared model file (_spine.yaml, the profile, a decision record) — the keyed persist (Step 3) applies the manifest's decisions and the realized stamp:

{
  "task":    "author the slice's measure lens (focus / metrics baseline-target-proof / out-of-scope) from its hub, in place on the live model; ground each metric in the functionalities + profile and the frames in the KB; emit the grounds, decisions, and doc record into the manifest",
  "inputs":  { "slice_ref": "<domain>/<slice>",
               "slice_file": "<slice record>",
               "functionality_groundings": "<from check_ready_slice>",
               "profile": "<spine profile>", "product_base": "<product_base>",
               "lens_rel": "product-os/<domain>/slices/<slice>/lens/measure.md",
               "manifest_path": "<working>/measure-manifest.yaml",
               "proposals_dir": "<working>/proposals" },
  "outputs": { "manifest": "<working>/measure-manifest.yaml" }
}

The skill reads the hub read-only, writes measure.md IN PLACE under <product_base>product-os/, and writes measure-manifest.yaml under <working> (STM) with the shared-file deltas as structured data. It returns the contract with the output paths on disk — never inline content. SE-1 (F1/C1): check_ready_slice.py passed at pre-flight — the slice is ready and its hub resolves; an unready slice halted (REC1).

Phase: Validate

Step 2 — Validate the live doc · Owner: play · Depends on: Step 1 Run the guards over the LIVE measure.md this run wrote, before the checkpoint — shape first, then content, then grounding. Under direct-model-write the doc is already written in place, and the spine has NOT yet been mutated for this run (the keyed persist runs in Step 3):

python3 scripts/lint_grounding.py --doc <product_base>/product-os/<domain>/slices/<slice>/lens/measure.md
python3 scripts/validate_measure.py --manifest <working>/measure-manifest.yaml --slice-file <product_base>/<slice_file>
python3 scripts/check_kb_grounding.py --manifest <working>/measure-manifest.yaml --kb-root <kb_root> --proposals-dir <working>/proposals

Then run the content-quality eval over the live measure.md: spawn an isolated, clean-context sub-agent handed the judge prompt (standards/rules/grounding-eval.md), the doc at its live path, and the Measure lens per-section guidance, on the model from grounding-eval.judge.model. Gate the verdict:

python3 scripts/grounding_gate.py --verdict <verdict.json>

SE-2 (F3/C3): lint_grounding.py exits 0 — measure.md conforms to the Measure lens template (Focus / Metrics / Out of scope), no missing/extra/empty section. SE-3 (F4/C4): the content-quality eval gate (grounding_gate.py) passes — measure.md is self-explaining and clears the stranger test. SE-4 (F5/C5): validate_measure.py — every metric grounds in a functionality's acceptance or a profile outcome (the manifest grounds), and a material choice names a decision that resolves in the manifest's decisions: list. SE-5 (F6/C6): validate_measure.py — every functionality the slice bundles is considered. SE-6 (F7/C7): validate_measure.py — the metrics ground on no other realize lens. SE-7 (F12/C12): check_kb_grounding.py exits 0 — the measurement-frame choices trace to a KB learning or a recorded proposal. On any GAP, apply the matching recovery (REC3–REC7, REC12) and re-run before the checkpoint.

Phase: Persist (write the full delta first, ADR 026 write-then-review)

Step 3 — Persist (keyed, in place — decisions + stamp) · Owner: play · Depends on: Step 2 Write-then-review (ADR 026): the FULL model delta is written to the live model BEFORE the checkpoint, so the guard, the change-shape, and the human all see the real delta. The lens doc is already on the live model (Step 1). First run the lines-up gate over the LIVE slice — does it now carry every one of the seven lens docs? — capturing the result; then persist_measure.py writes the SHARED files in place: the new decision records ({slice}/decisions/<id>.yaml, skip-if-exists) and, ONLY when the lines-up capture reads ok, this slice's status → realized on the spine (keyed to the slice, one field). It ALWAYS writes the stamp record either way, and REFUSES another slice, another field, another collection, or an edit to an accepted decision (the node-level containment the file-level guard cannot provide). No draft, no doc copy. Nothing is COMMITTED yet — the commit (Step 6) happens only after the gate approves; on cancel the whole delta is reverted (Step 5):

python3 scripts/lines_up.py --product-base <product_base> --slice <slice-id> > <working>/lines-up.json || true
python3 scripts/persist_measure.py --manifest <working>/measure-manifest.yaml \
        --product-base <product_base> --slice <slice-id> \
        --lines-up <working>/lines-up.json --decided-by /measure --date "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)" \
        --record <working>/stamp-record.json --out-manifest <working>/persist-manifest.json

persist_measure.py writes the machine persist record (C13/#464): persist-manifest.json carries applied: true alongside the written/changed lists — this field, not prose, is what the close's stop-condition gate (D2) reads. The stamp record (stamp-record.json, the D4 input) reads {stamp_resolved: true, stamped: true} when the lines-up gate passed and the slice was stamped, or {stamp_resolved: true, stamped: false, missing: [...]} when a lens is missing and the stamp was explicitly skipped — both are resolved outcomes; an unwritten record blocks the close (C13). SE-8 (F8/C8): the slice is stamped realized only when lines_up.py reports every one of the seven lens docs present; a missing lens leaves the status unchanged and is reported — and either outcome is recorded in stamp-record.json (stamp_resolved: true, stamped true/false with the missing lenses). SE-9 (F2/F9/C2/C9): the keyed persist mutated only this slice's status on the spine (and only on lines-up) and added only its decisions — no other slice, field, or collection changed, and no accepted decision was edited in place; the persist refuses any other mutation by construction.

Phase: Guard + Classify (over the full delta)

Step 4 — Guard the full delta + classify the shape · Owner: play · Depends on: Step 3

The run's write scope (the per-play guard policy, ADR 026). The old apply_measure.py + stamp_slice.py encoded /measure's write scope by construction — the lens doc re-derived, decisions added skip-if-exists, and the one realized status field on the spine; under direct-model-write that same scope is the scoped_write_guard.py policy:

--allow    'product-os/*/slices/*/lens/measure.md'      # the re-derived measure lens doc (added or modified)
--add-only 'product-os/*/slices/*/decisions/*.yaml'     # new decision records (added, never modified — append-only, C10)
--allow    'product-os/_spine.yaml'                     # the shared spine — the keyed persist stamps the one status field in place

(fnmatch * crosses /, so product-os/*/slices/*/lens/measure.md matches the nested slice lens.) Node-level containment inside the shared spine — only this slice's status, only on lines-up — is kept by the keyed persist (Step 3), not the guard.

Guard ONCE over the full delta (C9/C10, F10). After ALL writes (the LLM doc from Step 1 and the keyed persist's decisions + realized stamp from Step 3), run the scoped guard a single time over the whole delta against the branch base. Capture its report — its ok field is the stop condition's D3 input:

python3 scripts/scoped_write_guard.py --product-base <product_base> --base-ref HEAD \
        --allow 'product-os/*/slices/*/lens/measure.md' \
        --add-only 'product-os/*/slices/*/decisions/*.yaml' \
        --allow 'product-os/_spine.yaml' \
        --out <working>/guard-report.json

If the guard exits non-zero (a path outside the write scope changed, or an accepted decision was modified), re-run with --restore to revert the offending paths, apply REC10, and re-persist before the checkpoint.

Classify the full working-tree delta (C11). Classify the model tree's diff vs HEAD — now the FULL delta (the lens doc + decisions + the realized stamp), per ADR 026 write-then-review (no draft dir):

python3 scripts/classify_change.py --play measure \
        --product-base <product_base> --base-ref HEAD --out <working>/shape.json

SE-10 (F10/C10): the scoped-write guard report reads ok: true — every changed model path fell inside the declared write scope, and no accepted decision file was modified (add-only held); the run is non-destructive.

Phase: Checkpoint (conditional gate, class: standard, C11)

Step 5 — Human review (conditional gate, class: standard) · Owner: play · Depends on: Step 4 This is the single checkpoint (C11) — the agent never skips it on its own judgment. It is a conditional gate per standards/rules/gate-config.md (#467 — /measure is one of the eleven conditional document plays). Resolve, first match wins: pinned (n/a here) → gates.plays.measure → the learned policy → gates.classes.standard → gates.default (absent ⇒ on). For the policy lookup, use the shape key classified in Step 4.

Look the shape key up in the config-resolved learned policy (gates.conditional.policy → gate-policy.yaml): auto-pass iff the shape is in the policy's auto: block AND not in never_auto: AND Step 2 + Step 4 stand with no blocking finding (a lint_grounding.py gap, a grounding_gate.py content-eval fail, or a guard violation). On auto-pass, do NOT wait: record gate auto-passed by learned policy (shape: <shape-key>, policy v<version>) as a Checkpoint Decisions row, include the working-tree diff summary (the axis counts from shape.json) in the run record, append the crossing's live-eval ledger line, and proceed to Step 6 (commit):

python3 scripts/gate_eval.py append --ledger <gates.conditional.ledger> --play measure \
    --issue <issue> --shape <shape-key> --predicted auto --human auto_pass \
    --ts <run ts> --policy-version <policy version>

Anything else resolves the gate on (an explicit gates.plays.measure: off instead records gate skipped by config (<resolution path>) as a Checkpoint Decisions row and proceeds). When on, present the proposed lens inline over the real model git diff — the focus, metrics, and out-of-scope, plus any decision, AND the realized stamp this run made (or, if a lens doc is missing, the lenses still outstanding, the slice left un-realized) — render the approval prompt (standards/templates/approval-prompt.md) and wait for the typed response. Approve → continue to Step 6 (commit). Cancel → revert the working tree (ADR 026 step 6): the full delta is already on disk, so run the guard with --restore and an EMPTY allow set to git restore the modified model paths and remove the new ones (byte-clean back to the branch base), then halt — nothing was committed, and cancel means "revert what was written" (the branch, issue, and STM start-change created are its own committed side effects and are left as-is):

python3 scripts/scoped_write_guard.py --product-base <product_base> --base-ref HEAD \
        --restore --out <working>/guard-report.json   # empty --allow ⇒ every model path reverted

Then append the crossing's live-eval ledger line with the human's real action:

python3 scripts/gate_eval.py append --ledger <gates.conditional.ledger> --play measure \
    --issue <issue> --shape <shape-key> --predicted gate \
    --human approved_clean|approved_edited|rejected --ts <run ts>

<gates.conditional.ledger> / <gates.conditional.policy> resolve from config gates.conditional (defaults .garura/core/gate-evals.jsonl / .garura/core/gate-policy.yaml); <policy version> is the policy file's version: field. <run ts> is the run's own UTC timestamp, derived the same way the close derives ts (date -u), passed by the orchestrator — the script never reads the wall clock. EVERY crossing appends exactly one live-eval ledger line, gated or auto. SE-11 (F11/C11): the model delta was written to the live model by Steps 1 + 3 but is COMMITTED (made durable) only at Step 6 on approval — so no product-model change is COMMITTED before the gate resolves (a typed approval, a recorded config skip, or a recorded policy auto-pass); on cancel the whole working-tree delta is reverted before any commit, so nothing is left on the tree. SE-13 (F14/C11): every conditional-gate crossing appended exactly one live-eval ledger line (gate_eval.py append), and an auto-pass fired only for a shape the policy lists in auto: (and not in never_auto:) with no blocking finding.

Phase: Commit (make the delta durable, ADR 026 step 7)

Step 6 — Commit the model delta · Owner: play · Depends on: Step 5 The gate approved (or auto-passed / was skipped by config). Commit the full model delta on the branch (C14, ADR 026 step 7) — a lightweight persist step that makes the writes durable and advances HEAD, run BEFORE the injected close sequence so the subsequent commit-change handles only what remains uncommitted (STM evidence, ADRs), not the model delta this play already committed. A cancelled checkpoint never reaches this step — its tree was already restored in Step 5:

git add -- <product_base>product-os
git commit -m "feat(model): measure lens for <slice> — lens, decisions, realized stamp (#<issue>)"

SE-12 (F13/C13): the close is stop-condition gated — check_stop_condition.py over the baked stop-condition.yaml (D1 the persist record persist-manifest.json exists; D2 it stamps applied: true; D3 the captured guard-report.json reads ok: true; D4 the stamp-record.json reads stamp_resolved: true) must read held before any COMPLETED close, and the model delta is committed (C14); a run whose keyed persist, scoped guard, or stamp did not land closes HALTED, never COMPLETED (REC13).

Phase: End sequence (injected — D2 position: end)

After the model delta is committed, the D2 rule injects the close sequence — each a sub-play dispatched with parent_run_id, resolving its own context — to commit any remaining change, raise the PR, take the verdict, and merge the realized slice to main.

Step E1 — commit-change · blockedBy: Step 6

{ "play": "commit-change", "parent_run_id": "<this run id>", "inputs": {}, "outputs": { "result": "{stm_base}_realize/measure/end/commit-change.json" } }

Step E2 — propose-change · blockedBy: E1

{ "play": "propose-change", "parent_run_id": "<this run id>", "inputs": {}, "outputs": { "result": "{stm_base}_realize/measure/end/propose-change.json" } }

Step E3 — review-change · blockedBy: E2

{ "play": "review-change", "parent_run_id": "<this run id>", "inputs": {}, "outputs": { "result": "{stm_base}_realize/measure/end/review-change.json" } }

Step E4 — merge-change · blockedBy: E3

{ "play": "merge-change", "parent_run_id": "<this run id>", "inputs": {}, "outputs": { "result": "{stm_base}_realize/measure/end/merge-change.json" } }

Each end member owns its own evals (commit grouped by concern, PR opened, verdict posted, branch merged

• cleaned); they are not re-checked here. A review-change reject stops the chain before merge.

Phase: Scenario Validation

Step 7 — Scenario evals · Owner: play · Depends on: the end sequence

• SCE-1 (S1 — delivery analyst, first run): measure.md is a valid Measure Lens doc clearing the linter + the content eval, grounded in the hub, written in place on the live model.
• SCE-2 (S2 — delivery owner, the realized stamp): with all six other lens docs present, the slice is stamped realized on the spine and that is the only spine change (the keyed persist + the guard report prove it).
• SCE-3 (S3 — reviewer, not-yet-lined-up): with a lens missing, measure.md is written but the slice is NOT stamped; the missing lens is named in the stamp record and the status unchanged.
• SCE-4 (S4 — architect, hub-only): every metric grounds in a functionality or the profile, never another lens (validate_measure.py clean).
• SCE-5 (S5 — delivery owner, re-run): a re-run re-derives only measure.md and re-affirms the stamp; everything else byte-identical; no accepted decision edited in place (the guard report reads ok; add-only held on decisions).
• SCE-6 (S6 — reviewer, the checkpoint): the Step 5 checkpoint showed the lens and the realized stamp inline over the real model git diff, and no product-model file was COMMITTED before that gate resolved — on cancel the working tree returns byte-clean to the branch base — or, on the auto-pass path (a policy-listed shape), the gate resolved with no wait and the recorded auto-pass, the appended ledger line, and the diff summary stand in for the wait (nothing COMMITTED before the gate resolved).

Phase: Evidence & Close

Step 8 — Close · Owner: play · Depends on: Step 7 Run the Standard Play Close. /measure is a slice-realize play — record evidence per the D1 rule. SE-12 (F13/C13): the stop-condition verdict is held before the run closes COMPLETED — including D4, the resolved stamp record (either outcome); a close over an unmet or unevaluable verdict reads HALTED, never COMPLETED (REC13).

# --- Standard Play Close (canonical; see standards/rules/play-close.md) ---
# Path tokens resolved at pre-flight (resolve here if not already):
#   ltm_project_target  = yq '.ltm.project-target' .garura/core/config.yaml
#   evidence_base, slug:
#     project-scoped play : evidence_base="${stm_base}${issue}/evidence/measure/"   ; slug="#${issue}"
#     product-scoped play : evidence_base="${product_base}_evidence/measure/"        ; slug="${slice_slug}"
evidence_template=$(cat "${ltm_project_target}standards/templates/evidence-file.md")
delivery_template=$(cat "${ltm_project_target}standards/templates/delivery-report.md")
ts=$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
evidence_dest="${evidence_base}${ts}.md"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$evidence_dest")"
# Session identity stamp (#463) — close phase; start phase ran at pre-flight
session_stamp=$(python3 scripts/session_stamp.py --phase close \
    --marker "${stm_base}_realize/measure/status/session-stamp-measure.json")
# Stop-condition gate (#464) — Step C0: this play carries a baked manifest, so the
# gate is LIVE. Evaluate the Done means as the close's authoritative input.
python3 scripts/check_stop_condition.py \
    --manifest "<play-dir>/stop-condition.yaml" \
    --base "${stm_base}_realize/measure/" \
    --out "${stm_base}_realize/measure/status/stop-condition-measure.yaml"
sc_exit=$?   # 0 held · 1 unmet · 2 error
# Conditional-gate policy refresh (#467) — soft: a distill failure never blocks the close.
#   gates_ledger / gates_policy / gates_streak = yq '.gates.conditional.ledger|.policy|.streak'
#   project_name = yq '.project.name' .garura/core/config.yaml
python3 scripts/distill_gate_policy.py --ledger "${gates_ledger}" --policy "${gates_policy}" \
    --streak "${gates_streak}" --project "${project_name}" || true

/measure opens its own deliver-pipe issue (position start), so it is project-scoped: evidence_base="${stm_base}${issue}/evidence/measure/" and slug="#${issue}".

Step C0 — bind the verdict. sc_exit == 0 (held) permits status: COMPLETED. Anything else closes HALTED with exit_reason: stop_condition_unmet and the evidence's Stop Condition section names every unmet clause. A not-stamped run whose record names the missing lenses is a DONE run (D4 held); an UNRESOLVED stamp — no record — is not; fix the state per REC13 (re-run persist_measure.py over the approved manifest so the persist record carries the machine applied field and the stamp record names one of the two outcomes, and re-capture the scoped_write_guard.py report) and re-evaluate; the close stays HALTED until the verdict reads held. An unevaluable verdict is never a pass.

Step C1 — Write evidence file. Gated by the resolved evidence.record flag. When false, skip and record evidence skipped (record=false). Otherwise fill the evidence-file.md slots (play measure, run_id measure-${ts}, slice slug, started/completed, status per C0, exit_reason; artifacts: the slice's measure.md at its live path, the measure-manifest.yaml, any decision, the lines-up result, the keyed persist record (persist-manifest.json), the captured guard-report.json, the stamp record (stamped or explicitly not-stamped with the missing lenses), the model-delta commit sha, the stop-condition verdict; the content-eval verdict; step + scenario evals SE-1…SE-14 / SCE-1…SCE-6; checkpoint decision (incl. any gate skipped by config or gate auto-passed by learned policy row, with the diff summary and the ledger line); the end-sequence results; the session identity stamp fields from $session_stamp (#463): session_id, ledger_file, ledger_start_offset, ledger_end_offset (null when unresolved — never blocks the close); and stop_condition per C0 with the Stop Condition section filled) and write to $evidence_dest. Do NOT hand-author the body.

Step C2 — Render delivery report. Also render the Next line: resolve this play in standards/rules/pipeline-next.md and emit **Next:** /<command> — <why>. Or run /next to see all recommended actions. (only /next pointer, or omit, when the mapped command is null), per play-close.md. Fill the delivery-report.md slots: ## measure Delivered — ${slug}, the Run Summary table, the Pipeline Steps table, the Artifacts Produced table (the measure lens + any decision + whether the slice was stamped realized + the model-delta commit), Next Steps (if realized: run /grill to cut this slice into epics; else: run the missing lens pipe), and a pointer to $evidence_dest. Always emitted.

# --- end Standard Play Close ---

Scenario Validation

Scenario	Persona	Eval
S1 — first run	delivery analyst	SCE-1
S2 — the realized stamp	delivery owner	SCE-2
S3 — not-yet-lined-up	reviewer	SCE-3
S4 — hub-only	architect	SCE-4
S5 — re-run	delivery owner	SCE-5
S6 — the checkpoint	reviewer	SCE-6

Recovery

For	Trigger	Direction	Handoff
F1	the slice is absent, a functionality does not resolve, or the profile is not firmed	halt and route to /shape or /understand before /measure runs	human
F2	a write touched something beyond this slice's measure.md, a decision, or the one realized status field	revert the out-of-scope write; /measure writes only those	autonomous
F3	measure.md fails the template/shape	re-emit to the Measure lens template (Focus / Metrics / Out of scope only)	autonomous
F4	measure.md fails the content-quality eval	rewrite the failing section to the judge's cited fixes and re-judge until the gate passes	autonomous
F5	a metric lacks a baseline/target/proof or grounds in nothing the slice delivers	re-draft the metric as a concrete baseline + target + proof tied to the hub	autonomous
F6	a functionality is neither measured nor named out of scope	add a metric for it or name it in out-of-scope with the reason	autonomous
F7	the assessment read or grounded on another lens	remove the dependency; derive only from the slice's hub	autonomous
F8	the slice was stamped realized when a lens doc was missing	revert the stamp, report the missing lens, route to the pipe that owns it	human
F9	the keyed persist changed more than this slice's status field on the spine	restore the spine and re-run persist_measure.py so only the single status flip on this slice is applied	human
F10	the scoped-write guard reports an out-of-scope path, or an accepted decision was modified rather than added	the guard's --restore already reverted the offending paths; re-run writing only the allowlisted scope, after a human confirms the restore	human
F11	a model delta was COMMITTED before the checkpoint gate resolved	revert the premature commit and the working-tree writes (guard --restore, empty allow set) and re-present the checkpoint; commit only after the gate resolves	human
F12	a measurement frame with no KB learning and no recorded proposal

Pause and Resume

Steps run top to bottom. On entry, resolve config, resolve the target slice, check the status marker, skip completed steps, reset any in-progress step to pending, and continue. A fresh start with no marker runs everything. The clean-tree assertion (F15) is scoped to a FRESH start right after start-change — a resume that already wrote the model doc continues its own in-progress delta.

Compilation Metadata

Field	Value
fingerprint	sha256:ab8ca118cc1472e70f6dc858bf561d47712c179e0c54ee723c1fbd5ac2541f27 (of reference/ice.md)
compiled_by	play-editor (#500 direct-model-write, ADR 026); prior: play-editor (#466 Batch C; #467 Batch B — conditional learned gate)
pipeline_position	both (deliver pipe — injects start-change head and commit → propose → review → merge close)
position_exception	model-writing both play — writes the model on the started branch and commits its own model delta (C14) BEFORE the injected close sequence, which then handles only what remains uncommitted
workflow_structure	A (single checkpoint — conditional learned gate, class: standard, per gate-config.md #467; direct-model-write WRITE-THEN-REVIEW per ADR 026 — persist + guard + classify before the gate, commit after; stop-condition gated close)
model_writes	yes
stop_condition	stop-condition.yaml (D1–D4; D4 counts both stamp outcomes), gate live at Step C0
domain_agents	1 (product-os-keeper)
utility_agents	0 (start-change is the injected head, not a domain agent)
skills_used	kb-search, author-measure-lens
scripts	13 (preflight, check_ready_slice, lint_grounding, grounding_gate, validate_measure, check_kb_grounding, lines_up, persist_measure — keyed in-place persist writing the machine applied field + the lines-up-gated realized stamp, scoped_write_guard — post-write containment, check_stop_condition, session_stamp, classify_change + gate_eval + distill_gate_policy — #467 conditional gate)
step_evals	14 (SE-1…SE-14)
scenario_evals	6 (SCE-1…SCE-6)
recovery_entries	15 (one per failure condition; 9 autonomous / 6 human)

Recompiled note (#500, direct-model-write / ADR 026): migrated from draft-then-apply to direct-model-write. The old draft model tree and the apply_measure.py (draft copier) + stamp_slice.py (separate stamper) + check_measure.py (before/after verify) scripts are removed; the authoring skill (author-measure-lens) writes the per-node measure.md straight to the live model and emits the grounds + decisions + doc record as manifest data; the new keyed persist_measure.py writes the shared files (the slice's decisions skip-if-exists, and the lines-up-gated realized status stamp on the spine — stamp_slice's logic folded onto the keyed persist path) in place, keyed to the slice, and always writes the stamp record; containment is the post-write scoped_write_guard.py (the lens doc --allow, the slice decisions --add-only, the spine --allow; its guard-report.json is D3); classify_change.py reads the working-tree git diff (--product-base/--base-ref HEAD, byte-identical canonical git-mode). Order is write-then-review (ADR 026 "Order of operations"): the full delta — the LLM doc AND the keyed persist's decisions + realized stamp — is written to the live model FIRST (Steps 1+3), then guarded ONCE and classified over the full delta (Step 4), then the gate resolves over the real git diff (Step 5), and only an approved (or auto-passed / config-skipped) gate COMMITS (Step 6). The stamp is a status change on the spine, so it is written BEFORE the gate — the change-shape and the human see it. Nothing is COMMITTED before the gate; cancel reverts the uncommitted writes via scoped_write_guard.py --restore. The play asserts a clean product-os tree once start-change has cut the branch (F15) and commits its own feat(model) delta after the checkpoint (C14), BEFORE the injected commit-change. Done means: D1/D2 the persist record + applied; D3 the guard report ok; D4 the resolved stamp record. See standards/rules/direct-model-write.md.

Recompiled note (#467 Batch B): checkpoint upgraded to a conditional learned gate; see gate-config.md.

Direct-edit deviation note (#500) — INTENT CHANGE, HAND-COMPILED, CONVERGENCE UNVERIFIED: This SKILL was updated to the direct-model-write write-then-review shape (ADR 026) by a hand-compile from reference/ice.md, NOT by a /play-editor run. This is an intent change (it alters the write path, the containment guarantee, the checkpoint cancel semantics, and the step order), so the sanctioned path is recompile-via-/play-editor; play-editor is interactive-only (fully gated, human-checkpoint) and cannot run headless in this environment, so the compiled output was produced by hand to match what play-editor would emit from the current reference/ice.md (fingerprint above). The compiled_by line names play-editor for provenance intent, but no play-editor run actually occurred and convergence is UNVERIFIED. An interactive /play-editor convergence run against reference/ice.md is REQUIRED — confirming the emitted SKILL matches this hand-compiled body and refreshing the fingerprint. This mirrors the same caveat on /understand's #498 migration (the ratified reference implementation) and the /vision, /grill, /learn fan-out of that pattern.