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Garry Tanandcapy-ai[bot] 568cd5aa56 v1.91.254.0 pregate: starter policy, benign-finding allowlist, environment vs diff failures, per-run scratch (#3480)
* pregate: starter policy, benign-finding allowlist, environment failures, per-run scratch

A repository with no .gstack/pregate.json now gets a warn (PREGATE_NO_POLICY)
with a starter policy printed, instead of PREGATE_NO_LANE on every touched
file; gstack-pregate init remains the explicit write. The policy gains an
allowlist for benign secrets/pii findings (env.value and secret never
allowlistable). Checks that cannot run because of the machine report
PREGATE_ENVIRONMENT (incomplete, with kind and evidence) apart from diff
failures. Every run writes its scratch under the state root, per run id.

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* pregate: rename run-scratch module (strays rule) and map starter.ts to its test

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* pregate literals: match a module as a path fragment, require the constant name for a one-character value

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* fix: pre-landing review fixes

guards: an exited guard is the machine's only on exit 127, never from its output;
secrets: clear an interrupted run's added-line copies before scanning;
environment: one fix table per kind, one ANSI strip, hoisted not-found vocabulary;
starter returns its lines; allowlistDigest reuses sha256; stale headers and the
PREGATE_INCOMPLETE fix clause updated; tests for the mixed verify branch, disk
precedence, allowlist boundaries, a positionless finding, head-policy strictness,
run-id edges and the unwritable state root.

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* pregate: count a module's full file name without a directory as a consumer

consumersOf anchored both the stem and the full basename on a path
separator, so run('install.sh') or bash install.sh without a directory
stopped counting for a multi-character old value. Only the bare stem
needs the separator; the full file name is specific on its own.

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* pregate: a diff cannot clear itself as an environment failure; a taken --run id gets its own directory

Adversarial review of the environment classifier and the scratch layout:

- exit 127 and 'command not found' are missing-binary only when the
  command's own binary is off PATH (runner, guard and remote gate alike);
  a script the diff controls that exits 127 is the diff's failure
- a local lane with no test summary is classified from its output only
  when the runner was not seen starting a test file; a remote gate only
  from its first 40 lines, before any test output could stream
- environment.proof records launch (certain) or output (inferred); an
  output-inferred cause never says 'the diff is not at fault', its line
  says '(inferred from output)', and verify names such checks
- a runner killed by a signal is PREGATE_INCOMPLETE, not missing-binary
- a --run id whose directory exists takes <id>-2 .. -9 instead of
  sharing (and truncating) a live run's logs
- engine.* findings are never allowlistable; a pattern entry the scanner
  gave no position for is reported as not tested instead of silently inert
- docs: synopsis --run, no-policy lanes wording, verify's code list,
  guard exit 127 carve-out, PREGATE_SECRETS allowlist pointer, scratch

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* docs(pregate): PREGATE_INCOMPLETE names a signal-killed runner; CHANGELOG lists every doc edit

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gstack digest v1.91.254.0 — regenerate/re-copy after upgrading gstack

Behavioral rules from gstack (https://github.com/garrytan/gstack), compressed for agent hosts without a full skill install. The full skills add workflows, reviews, and evals on top of these rules.

Ethos

  • Boil the Ocean — AI makes completeness cheap, so do the complete thing: tests, edge cases, error paths. Shortcuts need an explicit, recorded decision.
  • Search Before Building — know what exists before deciding what to build. Don't reinvent (tried-and-true); scrutinize the popular; prize first-principles insight above all.
  • User Sovereignty — models recommend, the user decides. Cross-model agreement is signal, never permission. Ask before changing the user's stated direction.
  • Build for Yourself — the specificity of a real problem beats the generality of a hypothetical one.

The reuse ladder

Before writing new code, stop at the first rung that holds:

  1. A helper, util, or pattern already in this repo.
  2. The standard library.
  3. A native platform feature (CSS over JS, DB constraint over app code).
  4. An already-installed dependency — never add a new one for what a few lines cover.

Then build the complete version of what remains. Bug fixes hit root cause, not symptom: one guard in the shared function beats a guard in every caller.

Voice

Direct, concrete, builder-to-builder. Name the file, function, command, and user-visible impact. Short paragraphs; end with what to do. No filler, no corporate tone, no AI vocabulary.

Full gstack

Clone https://github.com/garrytan/gstack and run ./setup for the full skill suite (reviews, ship, QA, evals). This digest is generated — edit scripts/gen-agents-digest.ts, not this file.