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+# Claude Kingdoms — CTO-Style Audit Against PRD v1.5
+
+**Date:** 2026-05-08
+**Reviewer:** claude-code
+**Repo HEAD:** `4b4b119` (PR #21 merged)
+**Test count on `main`:** 149 passing
+
+This is a hard-eyed alignment review against `ClaudeKingdomsPRD.md` v1.5.
+It calls out what's truly shipped, where the implementation diverges
+from the spec, and what's outstanding for V1 launch.
+
+## Executive summary
+
+The bridge is in genuinely good shape. The Unciv mod side is
+substantially shipped at the JSON level and a Lua runtime hook is now
+on `main`. Three milestones (M0, M1 core, M2 core) are landed.
+
+But there are two **P0 alignment gaps** between the implementation and
+the PRD's binding contracts that need to be closed before V1 launch:
+
+1. **`SessionStatus` enum is missing `Inactive` and `Redirected` as
+   distinct states** despite the PRD requiring all five (BR-1, TU-4).
+2. **The Bridge–TUI JSON schema as written on disk does not match the
+   "minimum required fields" defined in the PRD** §"Bridge–TUI
+   Interface Contract" (line 231). Eight per-session fields are
+   missing from the on-disk payload.
+
+There are also several **P1 gaps**: the README GIF (acceptance #11),
+the working tutorial flow at game-engine level (acceptance #9, #20),
+parchment tileset and illuminated UI skin as image assets (M3 gap),
+and most of M4 (full Operators civ, tutorial map, campaign map,
+fun-factor check).
+
+## A. Functional requirement scorecard
+
+Legend: ✅ done · 🟡 partial · ❌ missing · n/a
+
+### Bridge Layer (BR-1 → BR-11)
+
+| ID | Requirement | Status | Evidence / gap |
+|----|---|---|---|
+| BR-1 | Classify sessions: Inactive, Active, WaitingHuman, Completed, Redirected | ❌ | `SessionStatus` enum has only ACTIVE/WAITING/COMPLETED/SUSPENDED. **Missing Inactive AND Redirected as states.** |
+| BR-2 | Accumulate turn-value score between End Turn events | ✅ | `bridge_loop.process_turn` + `scoring.calculate_turn_rewards` |
+| BR-3 | Per-session payload fields | 🟡 | Internal scoring is correct, but on-disk per-session payload omits the breakdown (see §B Schema audit) |
+| BR-4 | Waiting/Inactive → zero contribution | ✅ | Verified by test (`test_waiting_session_yields_zero_contribution`) |
+| BR-5 | Redirect resets/reduces momentum, no negative balance | ✅ | `_handle_permission_denied` + `test_permission_denied_resets_momentum_only` |
+| BR-6 | Plan creation bonus (+15 default) | ✅ | `SimpleScoringStrategy` 15 prod/plan, capped at 2 |
+| BR-7 | Goal completion bonus (+40 default) | ✅ | 40 gold + 20 sci per goal in `SimpleScoringStrategy` |
+| BR-8 | Token bonus capped (+10/turn) | ✅ | `min(session.tokens, 10)` in scoring |
+| BR-9 | Audit log of events and turn outputs | 🟡 | TUI `EventLogPanel` shows recent changes; no persisted audit log file |
+| BR-10 | Local API or file exchange polled at End Turn | ✅ | `SaveExchange` writes `kingdom_save.json` per turn; mod.lua polls |
+| BR-11 | Manual event injection in TUI | ✅ | g/p/r/a/t/s bindings, Pilot-tested |
+
+### Bridge & Save-State (BS-1 → BS-7)
+
+| ID | Requirement | Status | Evidence / gap |
+|----|---|---|---|
+| BS-1 | Versioned exchange payload (per-session/city totals) | 🟡 | Versioned at top level; per-session totals NOT in the payload (see §B) |
+| BS-2 | Synchronizable with Unciv save-compatible state | ✅ | mod.lua reads kingdom_save.json |
+| BS-3 | No Kotlin fork in V1 | ✅ | Mod is pure JSON + Lua |
+| BS-4 | Future engine-integration ready | ✅ | Architecture is decoupled |
+| BS-5 | Reward application turn-boundary based, not real-time | ✅ | `process_turn` is the only write path |
+| BS-6 | All state preserved on close, no decay | ✅ | E2E test `test_no_decay_on_close` |
+| BS-7 | Suspended (closed) vs Idle (open, no work) distinct | ❌ | Status enum has SUSPENDED but no IDLE/INACTIVE state. The distinction PRD requires is not implementable today. |
+
+### Claude Integration (CL-1 → CL-6)
+
+| ID | Requirement | Status | Evidence / gap |
+|----|---|---|---|
+| CL-1 | Detect Active vs WaitingHuman from hooks | ✅ | `_handle_user_prompt_submit` + `tick_idle_check` |
+| CL-2 | Detect redirect via PermissionDenied | ✅ | `_handle_permission_denied` |
+| CL-3 | Detect Stop → Completed | ❌ | Stop currently only sets the idle timer; never transitions to COMPLETED |
+| CL-4 | Hooks scoped, opt-in, reviewable | 🟡 | `docs/hooks-setup.md` documents but no per-hook opt-in toggle |
+| CL-5 | Hook installation reversible | 🟡 | Capture+replay path is documented; no one-command install/uninstall script |
+| CL-6 | Plan mode + ultraplan as plan signals | 🟡 | SubagentStart with type=Plan handled; ultraplan-specific signal not differentiated |
+
+### Game Layer (GM-1 → GM-10)
+
+| ID | Requirement | Status | Evidence / gap |
+|----|---|---|---|
+| GM-1 | Installable via Unciv mod manager, no fork | ✅ | mod/ClaudeKingdoms/ + mod README |
+| GM-2 | The Operators civ in JSON | ✅ | `mod/ClaudeKingdoms/jsons/Nations.json` |
+| GM-3 | Session Forge building | ✅ | `Buildings.json` |
+| GM-4 | Turn-boundary reward resolution from bridge | ✅ | `mod.lua` reads + applies + deletes file |
+| GM-5 | Plan/goal events trigger visible bonuses | 🟡 | Bonus is in scoring; mod.lua applies the per-city total but does NOT show a discrete "plan +15" UI feedback |
+| GM-6 | Custom parchment tileset | ❌ | Not present (image assets) |
+| GM-7 | Custom illuminated UI skin | ❌ | Not present (image assets) |
+| GM-8 | Per-tile session status indicator | ❌ | mod.lua does not emit tile annotations |
+| GM-9 | Standard Unciv save + multiplayer compatibility | 🟡 | Save format unmodified; multiplayer untested |
+| GM-10 | Long-running campaign, no forced end | 🟡 | No forced end is fine; campaign map itself not yet authored |
+
+### TUI Sidecar (TU-1 → TU-9)
+
+| ID | Requirement | Status | Evidence / gap |
+|----|---|---|---|
+| TU-1 | Terminal-first, Textual | ✅ | |
+| TU-2 | Slot panel per session: state, streak, estimate, recent events | 🟡 | Single combined view; no per-slot panel decomposition (works for 1 session, weak for many) |
+| TU-3 | Launch/attach Claude Code from a slot | ❌ | No "attach session" UI affordance |
+| TU-4 | State badges in plain English | 🟡 | KingdomView prints status, but as raw enum `[active]`/`[waiting]` not full English; missing Inactive/Redirected |
+| TU-5 | Next-turn estimate per slot | 🟡 | Single estimate panel for all sessions, not per-slot |
+| TU-6 | Manual controls labeled as dev instrumentation | 🟡 | Footer shows binding labels but no "DEV" disclaimer |
+| TU-7 | Standard terminal usable, degrades over SSH | ✅ | Textual handles this |
+| TU-8 | Keyboard-first, attractive, legible | ✅ | Parchment palette, footer hints |
+| TU-9 | TUI consumes only the versioned schema | ❌ | TUI reads `SessionState` directly, not via the JSON schema. Couples TUI to bridge internals. |
+
+## B. Schema audit — the binding contract drift
+
+PRD §"Bridge–TUI Interface Contract" line 231 specifies the **minimum
+required fields per session slot**:
+
+| PRD field | Present? | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `schema_version` | ❌ | We pin a top-level `version`; not embedded per session |
+| `session_id` | ✅ | |
+| `state` | ❌ | We have `status` (different name) AND wrong enum (see §A BR-1) |
+| `momentum_streak` | ❌ | We store `momentum` as a single int — PRD splits streak count from multiplier |
+| `momentum_multiplier` | ❌ | Not stored or computed as a separate float |
+| `base_value_this_turn` | ❌ | Computed inside scoring, not embedded in the per-session payload |
+| `token_bonus` | ❌ | Same |
+| `plan_bonus` | ❌ | Same |
+| `goal_bonus` | ❌ | Same |
+| `net_payout` | ❌ | Same |
+| `last_event` | ❌ | Not tracked |
+| `last_event_ts` | ❌ | Not tracked |
+| `is_manual_injection` | ❌ | Not tracked |
+
+**This is the largest single gap in the build.** The PRD is explicit
+that this schema is "the binding contract between bridge contributors
+and TUI contributors, enabling parallel work without blocking" — and
+it's drifted enough that a strict TUI-side contributor reading
+`docs/bridge-tui-schema.md` would not find these fields.
+
+`docs/bridge-tui-schema.md` itself appears to be the M0 placeholder
+schema, not the PRD-mandated one. Worth re-deriving from the PRD.
+
+## C. Acceptance criteria scorecard (V1 launch gates)
+
+| # | Criterion | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Player installs in 10 min | 🟡 README has install steps; not timed/measured |
+| 2 | Session activity drives next-turn rewards end-to-end | ✅ HookListener + ScoringEngine + SaveExchange + mod.lua |
+| 3 | WaitingHuman → zero turn value | ✅ |
+| 4 | Redirect resets momentum + log entry | ✅ scoring + listener; log entry in TUI EventLogPanel |
+| 5 | Plan creation triggers visible in-game bonus | 🟡 Bonus computed and persisted; **not visually distinguished in-game** (GM-5 partial) |
+| 6 | Goal completion triggers larger visible in-game bonus | 🟡 Same — bonus persisted, not visually distinguished |
+| 7 | Map and UI look medieval, parchment-like | 🟡 TUI: yes; Unciv mod: NOT YET — no tileset/skin |
+| 8 | Onboarding delivers emotional contract first | ✅ `OnboardingScreen` + Unciv tutorials |
+| 9 | Tutorial completes <10 min, transitions to campaign | ❌ Tutorial flow doesn't exist in-engine yet |
+| 10 | Bridge tests pass in CI on every PR with ownership matrix | ✅ 149 tests, CI green, ownership documented in PRD |
+| 11 | README has working GIF of session→reward loop | ❌ No GIF |
+| 12 | Documentation covers four contribution paths | 🟡 README + hooks-setup.md + ADRs; "four paths" not enumerated explicitly |
+| 13 | New contributor completes a `good first issue` unaided | ❌ No `good first issue` exists yet |
+| 14 | V1 architecture works without Kotlin fork | ✅ |
+| 15 | Reward application turn-boundary based | ✅ |
+| 16 | Empire state preserved on close, restored on reopen | ✅ |
+| 17 | Bridge distinguishes Suspended from Idle | ❌ Enum gap (BS-7 above) |
+| 18 | Long-running campaign, no forced end | 🟡 architecturally yes; no campaign map yet |
+| 19 | Every session ends with a visible unresolved frontier | ❌ Not designed/implemented in TUI or mod |
+| 20 | Tutorial→campaign handoff works in same session | ❌ Tutorial doesn't exist (see #9) |
+| 21 | Spike 1 + 2 ADRs published before M0 | ✅ ADR-001, ADR-002 on main |
+
+**Summary: 9/21 ✅, 6/21 🟡, 6/21 ❌.** The gap-to-launch is real but
+mostly concentrated in three buckets: schema/enum corrections (P0),
+in-engine visual feedback for events (P1), and content authoring for
+M4 (tutorial map, campaign map, fun-factor check, GIF, four
+contribution paths).
+
+## D. Critical issues to fix before V1 launch
+
+### P0 — must close before any further milestone work
+
+1. **Add `INACTIVE` and `REDIRECTED` to `SessionStatus`** (BR-1, TU-4).
+   Today's PR-merge cadence has been moving so fast that this enum
+   gap has propagated through the listener, scoring, TUI, mod.lua,
+   and tests. Each callsite assumes 4 states; PRD requires 5+.
+
+2. **Realign the Bridge–TUI JSON schema with the PRD-mandated minimum
+   fields** (Schema audit above). Either the PRD's schema needs an
+   update, or the bridge's payload does — pick one and converge.
+   Currently the binding contract is broken on paper.
+
+3. **Implement `Stop → COMPLETED` transition** (CL-3). Today Stop only
+   starts the idle timer; the spec requires it can also flip the
+   session to COMPLETED in the right context.
+
+### P1 — needed for V1 launch but not blocking M2/M3
+
+4. **Visual feedback for plan/goal events in the Unciv mod** (GM-5,
+   acceptance #5/#6). The bonus lands as gold/production but the
+   player can't see "+15 from plan" — just a higher resource total.
+   Without this the emotional contract from M3 onboarding rings
+   hollow.
+
+5. **Per-tile session status indicator** (GM-8). The mod.lua hook
+   doesn't emit per-tile annotations.
+
+6. **Author the tutorial flow + tutorial map in-engine** (acceptance
+   #9, #20). Right now there's an OnboardingScreen in the TUI but no
+   tutorial map / mode in Unciv.
+
+7. **README GIF** (acceptance #11). Mechanical.
+
+8. **Four contribution paths documented** (acceptance #12). Pick
+   four (bridge / TUI / mod-content / docs) and add stubs.
+
+### P2 — quality issues and tech debt
+
+9. The `default` profile keeps showing up as the assignee on tasks
+   that should be claude-code. Hermes's dispatcher behavior here is
+   inconsistent.
+
+10. The TUI `KingdomView` reads `SessionState` directly, violating
+    TU-9 ("TUI must consume only via the schema").
+
+11. `audit log` (BR-9) — only an in-memory rolling log exists. PRD
+    expects a persisted, structured, human-readable log file.
+
+12. `gemini-cli` MCP keeps re-adding itself via `hermes setup` and
+    failing to load. Either fix the upstream `mcp-gemini-cli` package
+    or pin it as `enabled: false` in the Hermes config.
+
+## E. Recommended next-priority order
+
+1. P0 #1 (enum) — small change, blast radius is contained, unblocks
+   every PRD-spec audit downstream.
+2. P0 #2 (schema) — write the proper schema doc + adapter that emits
+   the PRD's minimum fields. Probably 1–2 PRs.
+3. P0 #3 (Stop → COMPLETED).
+4. P1 #4 (per-event visual feedback in mod).
+5. M4 content (Operators civ flesh-out, tutorial + campaign maps,
+   fun-factor check) — substantial work.
+6. The remaining acceptance-criterion shores (GIF, contributor
+   docs, `good first issue`).
+
+## F. What I would not stress about
+
+- Test coverage is genuinely strong (149 tests, CI green, Pilot
+  integration tests for the TUI bindings).
+- The bridge architecture is clean and decoupled — no Kotlin fork,
+  schema-versioned save exchange, no-decay invariant verified end to
+  end.
+- The kanban board is now a faithful record after today's
+  reconciliation work; ghost-done patterns have been called out and
+  Hermes's memory has the discipline rules.
+- Mod installs cleanly per `mod/ClaudeKingdoms/README.md`. JSON
+  schema test coverage will catch breakage in CI.
+
+The build is V1-ready in **bones**; the V1 contract requires the P0
+fixes plus M4 content work to ship.