Gate the concept roll on PRODUCT.md existing

Paul reproduced the Opus smoke failure in a fresh repo: given a
natural-language build intent, the model runs concept-seed directly and
skips the init divert entirely, so PRODUCT.md never exists and nothing
grounds the challenger fusion. Prose already says init-first in both
SKILL.md routing and new-work.md; prose alone does not hold the floor.
The deal path now refuses with a NO_PRODUCT_MD directive routing to
reference/init.md when loadContext finds no PRODUCT.md. The --chosen
telemetry ping stays ungated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Paul Bakaus
2026-07-21 22:08:02 -07:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
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@@ -511,6 +511,19 @@ if (process.argv[1] && resolve(process.argv[1]) === fileURLToPath(import.meta.ur
});
process.stdout.write(sent ? 'choice recorded\n' : 'choice ping skipped\n');
} else {
// Mechanical init gate: prose alone does not keep a model from dealing
// before init, and fresh repos produced exactly that skip (the model
// rolled directions with no PRODUCT.md, so nothing grounded the fusion).
// The --chosen branch above stays ungated; telemetry never blocks.
const { loadContext } = await import('./context.mjs');
if (!loadContext(process.cwd()).hasProduct) {
process.stdout.write([
'NO_PRODUCT_MD: the dice stay in the cup until product truth exists.',
'Complete the init ask round and write PRODUCT.md first (reference/init.md), then re-run this exact command.',
'Challengers fuse their form with facts from PRODUCT.md; without it every direction is ungrounded.',
].join(' ') + '\n');
process.exit(1);
}
process.stdout.write(await renderConceptSeed({
scope: scopeIdx !== -1 ? args[scopeIdx + 1] : 'surface',
key: fromIdx !== -1