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Summary

Adds a Code Comment Style section to the coding-agent rules: Go code follows go.dev/doc/comment, Python follows PEP 8 (comments) and PEP 257 (docstrings), plus the language-neutral rule that a comment states what the code cannot show.

Motivation / Context

Recent review rounds repeatedly trimmed comments whose verbosity traced to the same doc-comment convention violations (non-uniform const-group docs, cross-member comparisons on one member, restating already-documented concepts). Encoding the conventions in the canonical rules file prevents the next round.

Fixes: #2576
Related: N/A

Type of Change

  • Documentation update

Component(s) Affected

  • Other: coding-agent rules (.claude/CLAUDE.md, mirrored AGENTS.md)

Implementation Notes

  • Before adopting the Python rule, all repo Python (7 files, 2055 lines — .py plus the three shebang tools) was audited with pycodestyle: at the pinned 120-character limit the repo had exactly 3 violating lines, all in pkg/corroborate/testdata/bigdemo/gen.py (one multi-import, two long lines). This PR fixes them, so the rule lands on a conformant tree; the generator still runs and produces its fixtures.
  • The docstring rule is scoped to new/changed code — no retrofit of the ~29 existing undocumented helpers is implied.
  • AGENTS.md regenerated with the enforced sync (header preserved, body mirrored).

Testing

make lint   # green (includes the agents-sync gate)

Risk Assessment

  • Low — Isolated change, well-tested, easy to revert

Rollout notes: N/A

Checklist

  • Tests pass locally (make test with -race)
  • Linter passes (make lint)
  • I did not skip/disable tests to make CI green
  • I added/updated tests for new functionality
  • I updated docs if user-facing behavior changed
  • Changes follow existing patterns in the codebase
  • Commits are cryptographically signed (git commit -S)

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Added a Code Comment Style section to .claude/CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md. The section defines comment and documentation conventions for Go, Python, and language-independent code. Reformatted imports, OUT_ROOT, and CoreWeave signer fields in the Python testdata generator without changing behavior.

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This change adds comment-style guidance and formatting-only Python updates. The Python docstring guidance still excludes class docstrings, leaving the requested convention incomplete; address that wording before relying on the policy as comprehensive.

Suggested reviewers: almaslennikov

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: adding code comment style guidance to the coding-agent rules.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately explains the documentation updates, Python style fixes, linked issue, testing, and scope.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #2576 by adding and mirroring Code Comment Style guidance, covering Go comments, Python PEP 8 and PEP 257 rules, the 120-character check, and the related Python formatting fi…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The Python formatting changes in gen.py support the issue requirement to make repository Python pass the specified 120-character style check. No unrelated code or behavioral changes are identified.
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- Line 528: Remove the all-or-none comment restriction from the Go conventions
sections in .claude/CLAUDE.md at lines 528-528 and AGENTS.md at lines 528-528,
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Go code follows go.dev/doc/comment (with the specific violations that
most often produce verbose comments spelled out); Python follows PEP 8
for comments and PEP 257 for docstrings; and a language-neutral rule:
a comment states what the code cannot show.

Signed-off-by: Atif Mahmood <atif1996@users.noreply.github.com>
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In @.claude/CLAUDE.md:
- Line 533: Update the PEP 257 guidance to cover all new or changed Python
docstrings, including classes and methods, using identical wording in
.claude/CLAUDE.md at lines 533-533 and AGENTS.md at lines 533-533.

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Approve: no findings against fa5bef1. Required reviewed-SHA checks and the agent-instruction sync check pass.

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