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Intake summary

Updated/verified existing Ticket as ready for Orchestrator routing. Intent: relax Intake/Planning/Orchestrator/Preflight workflow guidance so readiness is based on clear intent, reviewable acceptance criteria, explicit constraints, and escalation conditions, while preserving bounded coder implementation latitude. Acceptance criteria are observable across workflow wording, intent packet guidance, reviewer guidance, affected prompt/tests if any, and validation commands. needs_preflight: true because this changes workflow policy and orchestration semantics; risk_flags: workflow-policy, orchestration-semantics, reviewer-handoff, prompt-guidance. No duplicate Ticket was created.

State changed

Intake completed for existing Ticket. Requirements and acceptance criteria are sufficient for Orchestrator routing; implementation must not start until the user queues the ready Ticket and Orchestrator accepts it.

State changed

Ticket queued for Orchestrator routing.

Decision

Routing decision: preflight_needed

Reason:

  • This Ticket intentionally changes workflow policy and orchestration semantics for Intake, Orchestrator routing, Preflight, and multi-agent coder/reviewer handoff.
  • Intake explicitly marked needs_preflight: true with risk flags workflow-policy, orchestration-semantics, reviewer-handoff, and prompt-guidance.
  • The desired direction is clear, but implementation should first fix the policy boundary: when bounded coder implementation latitude is acceptable, what remains a binding design/authority decision, and how reviewers should judge deviations.

Evidence checked:

  • Ticket body requirements, non-goals, acceptance criteria, and affected workflow paths.
  • Intake summary and ready -> queued event.
  • Workspace state: no existing branch/worktree for this slug; an unrelated active child worktree/Pod exists for parse-ticket-frontmatter-as-yaml; unrelated untracked Ticket directories are present.
  • Visible Pods: intake peer for this Ticket is idle; no coder/reviewer Pods are active for this Ticket.

Next action:

  • Run ticket-preflight-workflow before implementation delegation.
  • Preflight should record a concise wording/design boundary for:
    • implementation latitude versus binding decisions/invariants;
    • when preflight_needed remains mandatory;
    • what Orchestrator must put in IntentPacket as latitude and escalation conditions;
    • how reviewer instructions should judge against intent/constraints/acceptance rather than unrecorded tactics.
  • Do not transition queued -> inprogress, create .worktree/relax-implementation-planning-readiness, or spawn coder/reviewer Pods until preflight records implementation readiness.

Escalate if:

  • The wording would weaken authority/product/API/design-boundary gates rather than only narrowing unnecessary preflight churn.
  • The change conflicts with current Ticket workflow state semantics or role-launch contracts.
  • Prompt/resource changes are required beyond workflow docs and need separate validation scope.

Decision

Human decision: human-provided intent can satisfy preflight boundary for this policy cleanup

This Ticket itself exists to relax over-eager preflight/planning gates. The current Orchestrator routed it as preflight_needed mainly because Intake recorded needs_preflight: true and risk flags such as workflow-policy, orchestration-semantics, reviewer-handoff, and prompt-guidance.

That reaction is useful evidence for the problem this Ticket should fix: current guidance can mechanically classify workflow-policy changes as preflight-needed even when the human has already provided the intended boundary.

For this Ticket, additional preflight is not required before implementation if the implementation follows this human decision:

  • Prioritize clarifying user/project intent over freezing implementation tactics early.
  • Leave bounded implementation-investigation latitude to the coder when the intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria are clear enough for review.
  • Reviewer should judge whether the implementation matches recorded intent, explicit constraints, acceptance criteria, and binding design decisions.
  • If a design approach/invariant is explicitly recorded by the human, Orchestrator, or Ticket thread, the coder must follow it or escalate/record a justified deviation.
  • Preflight remains mandatory when implementation would otherwise silently decide product/API/UX/authority-boundary questions or weaken explicit design constraints.
  • needs_preflight: true and risk flags should be treated as strong signals, not unconditional hard blockers, when a human decision has already supplied the missing policy boundary.

Implementation should use this as the binding policy boundary and update workflow wording accordingly. Escalate only if the wording would weaken authority/product/API/design-boundary gates rather than narrowing unnecessary preflight churn.

Decision

Routing decision: implementation_ready

Reason:

  • Human recorded the missing policy boundary directly in the Ticket thread and explicitly authorized proceeding.
  • The human decision clarifies that needs_preflight: true and risk flags are strong signals, not unconditional blockers, when the missing design/policy boundary has already been supplied.
  • Intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, binding decisions, implementation latitude, and escalation conditions are now reviewable enough for coder/reviewer handoff.

Evidence checked:

  • Ticket body requirements, non-goals, acceptance criteria, and affected workflow paths.
  • Intake summary and prior preflight_needed routing decision.
  • Human decision at 2026-06-07T23:08:01Z supplying the binding policy boundary.
  • Workspace state: main workspace clean; no branch/worktree exists for this slug; separate parse-ticket-frontmatter-as-yaml worktree/Pod is active but isolated.
  • Visible Pods: intake peer for this Ticket is idle; no coder/reviewer Pods are active for this Ticket.

IntentPacket:

Intent:

  • Relax workflow wording so Ticket readiness and implementation handoff focus on clear intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, and reviewability rather than prematurely fixed implementation tactics.

Binding decisions / invariants:

  • Preflight is not removed; it remains mandatory when implementation would silently decide product/API/UX/authority-boundary questions or weaken explicit design constraints.
  • Human/Orchestrator/Ticket-recorded design decisions and invariants remain binding. A coder must follow them or escalate/record a justified deviation.
  • ready means ready for Orchestrator routing, not fully implementation-planned.
  • implementation_ready may include bounded implementation uncertainty when intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, reviewer judgment basis, and escalation conditions are clear.
  • needs_preflight: true and risk flags are strong signals, not unconditional hard blockers, if a human decision has already supplied the missing boundary.

Implementation latitude:

  • The coder may choose exact wording and file-local organization after inspecting the workflow docs/prompts/tests.
  • The coder may decide whether .yoi/workflow/multi-agent-workflow.md or role prompt/test wording needs updates, based on whether existing text over-demands pre-decided implementation plans.
  • The coder may keep the change docs/workflow-only if no runtime prompt/tests are affected.

Requirements:

  • Update .yoi/workflow/ticket-intake-workflow.md.
  • Update .yoi/workflow/ticket-orchestrator-routing.md.
  • Update .yoi/workflow/ticket-preflight-workflow.md.
  • Update .yoi/workflow/multi-agent-workflow.md if needed.
  • Adjust role prompt wording/tests if generated prompt guidance currently over-demands pre-decided implementation plans.
  • Intent packet guidance must distinguish binding decisions/invariants, implementation latitude, and escalation conditions.
  • Reviewer guidance must judge implementation against recorded intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, and explicit decisions—not unrecorded preferred tactics.
  • Example wording should make coder investigation acceptable when intent is clear and risks are bounded.

Non-goals:

  • Do not change Ticket state machine names.
  • Do not weaken product/API/authority/design-boundary gates.
  • Do not make coders silently decide product/API/authority questions.
  • Do not introduce scheduler/lease/workflow-state redesign.

Escalate if:

  • The wording would weaken authority/product/API/design-boundary gates rather than narrowing unnecessary preflight churn.
  • A runtime prompt/resource/test change is larger than wording alignment.
  • Existing workflow docs contain a contradictory policy that cannot be reconciled with this Ticket without broader redesign.

Validation:

  • target/debug/yoi ticket doctor or equivalent built binary doctor.
  • cargo fmt --check.
  • git diff --check.
  • If code, prompt runtime resources, or tests are changed, run focused tests and nix build .#yoi; if docs/workflow-only, report why Nix build was not needed.

Current code/docs map:

  • .yoi/workflow/ticket-intake-workflow.md
  • .yoi/workflow/ticket-orchestrator-routing.md
  • .yoi/workflow/ticket-preflight-workflow.md
  • .yoi/workflow/multi-agent-workflow.md
  • Search role prompts/tests only if workflow docs reveal generated guidance is out of sync.

Critical risks:

  • Replacing too-strict preflight churn with too-loose implementation authority.
  • Ambiguous reviewer instructions that evaluate against hidden preferences instead of recorded intent.
  • Over-editing workflow docs beyond this policy cleanup.

State changed

Orchestrator accepted the queued Ticket for implementation after the human decision supplied the policy boundary for bounded implementation latitude versus binding design/authority decisions. Worktree and sibling coder/reviewer routing may proceed from this accepted in-progress state.

Implementation report

Coder delegated:

  • Pod: coder-relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Worktree: .worktree/relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Branch: ticket/relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Scope: read access to main workspace only for startup/cwd; write access to the child worktree.
  • Instructions: update workflow guidance to distinguish ready-for-routing, implementation handoff with bounded implementation latitude, binding decisions/invariants, and escalation conditions; keep preflight mandatory for product/API/UX/authority-boundary uncertainty; update reviewer guidance to judge against recorded intent/constraints/acceptance/explicit decisions; run validation and commit locally. No merge, close, main workspace edits, or cleanup delegated.

Implementation report

Coder completed implementation:

  • Pod: coder-relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Branch/worktree: ticket/relax-implementation-planning-readiness at .worktree/relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Commit: 1e2d1d8 docs: relax implementation readiness wording
  • Child worktree status: clean

Files changed:

  • .yoi/workflow/ticket-intake-workflow.md
  • .yoi/workflow/ticket-orchestrator-routing.md
  • .yoi/workflow/ticket-preflight-workflow.md
  • .yoi/workflow/multi-agent-workflow.md
  • crates/client/src/ticket_role.rs

Implementation summary:

  • Clarified that ready means ready for Orchestrator routing, not fully implementation-planned.
  • Relaxed implementation_ready to allow bounded coder investigation/local tactic choice when intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, reviewer judgment basis, and escalation conditions are clear.
  • Preserved preflight as mandatory for product/API/UX/authority/design-boundary uncertainty or attempts to weaken explicit constraints.
  • Distinguished binding decisions/invariants, implementation latitude, and escalation conditions in IntentPacket guidance.
  • Clarified that needs_preflight: true and risk flags are strong signals, not unconditional blockers when a Ticket-recorded human/Orchestrator decision already supplies the missing boundary.
  • Updated reviewer guidance to judge against recorded intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, and explicit decisions rather than unrecorded preferred tactics.
  • Updated generated role guidance/tests in ticket_role.rs to align Orchestrator/Coder/Reviewer prompts.

Reported validation:

  • target/debug/yoi ticket doctor — unavailable in child
  • cargo fmt --check — passed
  • cargo test -p client generated_prompt_covers_intake_orchestrator_coder_and_reviewer_context -- --nocapture — passed
  • git diff --check — passed
  • nix build .#yoi — passed, run because generated runtime role guidance/tests changed

Next action:

  • Delegate independent read-only reviewer inspection of commit 1e2d1d8 against the Ticket intent and acceptance criteria before preparing a merge-ready dossier.

Implementation report

Reviewer delegated:

  • Pod: reviewer-relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Review target: commit 1e2d1d8 on branch ticket/relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Scope: read-only child worktree plus git metadata needed to inspect the branch.
  • Instructions: inspect workflow wording and generated role guidance/test alignment against the Ticket's binding policy boundary; return approve or request_changes with blocker/non-blocker separation. No file edits, Ticket writes, merge, close, or cleanup delegated.

Implementation report

Merge-ready dossier for orchestrator-merge-completion

Ticket:

  • Id: 20260607-230044-relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Slug: relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Workflow state: inprogress

Branch/worktree:

  • Branch: ticket/relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Worktree: .worktree/relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Child worktree status: clean (## ticket/relax-implementation-planning-readiness)

Commits:

  • 1e2d1d8 docs: relax implementation readiness wording
  • Diff vs develop: 5 files changed, 99 insertions, 60 deletions.

Intent/invariant check:

  • Intent satisfied: workflow and generated role guidance now frame readiness around clear intent, constraints, acceptance criteria, reviewer judgment basis, and escalation conditions rather than pre-decided implementation tactics.
  • Preflight boundary preserved: product/API/UX/authority/design-boundary uncertainty still requires preflight or an explicit recorded decision.
  • Human/Orchestrator/Ticket-recorded decisions and invariants remain binding; coder latitude is bounded to implementation investigation/local tactics within recorded constraints.
  • No scheduler/lease/workflow-state redesign or Ticket state machine change was introduced.

Implementation summary:

  • Updated .yoi/workflow/ticket-intake-workflow.md to distinguish ready-for-routing from fully implementation-planned.
  • Updated .yoi/workflow/ticket-orchestrator-routing.md to allow implementation_ready with bounded implementation uncertainty when reviewable intent/constraints/acceptance/escalation are clear.
  • Updated .yoi/workflow/ticket-preflight-workflow.md to keep preflight mandatory for design/authority uncertainty while allowing recorded decisions to satisfy missing boundaries.
  • Updated .yoi/workflow/multi-agent-workflow.md so coder/reviewer handoff distinguishes binding decisions/invariants, implementation latitude, and escalation conditions.
  • Updated crates/client/src/ticket_role.rs generated role guidance and prompt coverage test assertions to align Orchestrator/Coder/Reviewer behavior with the new wording.

Coder evidence:

  • Pod: coder-relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Commit: 1e2d1d8
  • Coder-reported status: child worktree clean.
  • Coder-reported validation:
    • target/debug/yoi ticket doctor — unavailable in child
    • cargo fmt --check — passed
    • cargo test -p client generated_prompt_covers_intake_orchestrator_coder_and_reviewer_context -- --nocapture — passed
    • git diff --check — passed
    • nix build .#yoi — passed, run because generated runtime role guidance/tests changed

Reviewer evidence:

  • Pod: reviewer-relax-implementation-planning-readiness
  • Branch-local verdict: approve.
  • Reviewer inspected Ticket records, human/orchestrator policy boundary, diff against develop...HEAD, workflow docs, generated guidance strings, and prompt test updates.
  • Reviewer independently ran:
    • cargo fmt --check — passed
    • git diff --check develop...HEAD — passed
    • ./result/bin/yoi ticket doctor — passed (doctor: ok) using the existing Nix build result
  • Reviewer did not independently rerun the focused client test or Nix build, judging coder evidence sufficient after direct diff/test inspection.

Blockers / findings:

  • No reviewer blockers.
  • No non-blocking change requests.

Validation performed by orchestrator:

  • Confirmed child branch HEAD, clean status, and diff stat/name-status against develop.
  • Main workspace is clean apart from being ahead of origin/develop.

Residual risks:

  • Prompt coverage tests are substring-based, so they verify key policy phrases rather than every nuance. Reviewer judged this acceptable because workflow docs carry the authoritative detailed guidance.
  • Relaxed wording must be applied with discipline: needs_preflight/risk flags are strong signals, not unconditional blockers only when the missing boundary is already explicitly recorded.

Current main workspace dirty state:

  • This dossier event modifies the Ticket record until committed.
  • No source-code changes are present in the main workspace outside child worktrees.

Pods / cleanup state:

  • Coder Pod is idle/reachable.
  • Reviewer Pod is idle/reachable.
  • Worktree and branch are retained for merge-completion.
  • No merge, final main-branch approval, close, or cleanup has been performed.

Parent/human decision needed:

  • Authorize merge-completion if desired. Without explicit merge authority, stop here with this dossier.
  • Merge-completion should independently verify branch/worktree/commit identity, main workspace safety, and validation requirements before merge/close/cleanup.