magnus919_agent-skills/pace-plan/EVIDENCE-LEDGER.md

Evidence Ledger

Intent

Repair the issue #159 research defects and deliver a source-grounded, authority-safe pace-plan skill that passes the repository's actual packaging and eval contracts.

Authority

• Granted: modify local workspace files and run local validation; later, publish the exact approved replacement to GitHub comment 5086185139 with the stated backup and rollback path.
• Not granted: delete GitHub content, commit, push, merge, deploy, transmit, activate, or test a real communications system.

Inspected Artifacts

• GitHub issue magnus919/agent-skills#159 and existing issue comment 5086185139.
• AGENTS.md, agent-skills/SKILL.md, and skill-format references.
• spec-driven-development/SKILL.md, SPEC and VERIFICATION templates, and quality gates.
• neckbeard/SKILL.md, stage, authority, and evidence-ledger references.
• research-methodology/SKILL.md and original assets from HEAD.
• Directly extracted CISA/NCSWIC PACE PDF and its CISA publication page.
• Existing skill, README, eval, validator, and generated-catalog patterns in this repository.
• Independent issue/spec review and independent source/safety review, followed by targeted re-review.

Assumptions

• Local modify authority is implied by the instruction to execute the specification; publish authority is not.
• The issue's requested artifact set is sufficient without a CLI because no deterministic repeated computation was identified.
• The repository package, not real emergency-communications operation, is the declared verification target.

Alternatives Rejected

• Keep filled research-methodology assets: rejected because they are reusable templates shared by future investigations.
• Retain the broad seven-source synthesis: rejected because several sources were indirect and several claims exceeded the directly inspected evidence.
• Add a PACE validator CLI: rejected because plan quality depends on local facts, authority, and judgment rather than deterministic computation.
• Use one large SKILL.md: rejected because conditional planning, operation, troubleshooting, and exercise details support progressive disclosure.
• Correct the GitHub comment automatically: rejected because that crosses from modify to publish authority.

Files Changed

• Added the complete pace-plan/ skill package, delivery specification, verification report, and evidence ledger.
• Updated README.md with the alphabetized skill catalog entry.
• Updated .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, .codex-plugin/plugin.json, and llms.txt through repository generators.
• Restored research-methodology/assets/research-brief.md and research-methodology/assets/research-log.md to HEAD; they therefore do not appear in the final diff.
• Removed the superseded pace-planning/research/PACE-research-findings.md after direct evidence and exclusions were preserved.

Commands And Observed Outputs

Command or check	Observed output	Boundary
git diff --exit-code -- research-methodology/assets/research-brief.md research-methodology/assets/research-log.md	Exit 0, no diff	Component: shared asset restoration
python3 scripts/validate-evals.py	13 manifests validated	Integration: eval contracts
python3 scripts/test-eval-validation.py	27 tests passed	Component: validator behavior
ruby scripts/validate-skills.rb	112 canonical skills validated	Integration: repository skill contract
Three gen-*.rb --write commands	Generated catalogs for 102 public skills	Integration: generated packaging
Three gen-*.rb check commands	All generated catalogs current	Integration: generated packaging
skills-ref validate ./pace-plan	Command unavailable	Unverified external reference validator
Independent issue/spec review	Initial findings; targeted re-review resolved high and medium findings	Manual contract review
Independent safety/source review	Initial findings; targeted re-review resolved high and medium findings	Manual source and safety review
Approved gh api comment edit and fresh refetch	Stored body matched the approved replacement; comment updated at 2026-07-27T01:08:00Z	Published issue record

Verification Boundary

The exercised target is the local repository delivery boundary: skill structure, links, README requirements, eval schema, repository validator behavior, and generated catalogs. Direct source fidelity was checked against the extracted CISA document. See VERIFICATION.md for the per-criterion verdict.

Unverified Boundaries

• No executable grader ran the seven output-quality prompts against a model.
• skills-ref was unavailable.
• No live communications system or real organizational procedure was exercised.

Rollback And Follow-Up Triggers

• Remove the pace-plan catalog entry and package, then rerun all generators if the skill is rejected before delivery.
• Revisit path quality language if a retained primary source contradicts the current failure-domain interpretation.
• Revise eval assertions after real model runs expose false passes or false failures.
• Restore the original GitHub body from the operator-local pre-mutation JSON backup only if explicitly directed; no machine-local path is part of the portable skill package.

Status

done-with-gap: Local repository and approved GitHub correction targets passed. Model-run grading evidence is not part of repository eval contract v1, and skills-ref was unavailable.