fix(meta-orchestrator-skill): §10 step 5b fence — non-executable for AI-substituted template - #280
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…-substituted template SKILL.md:523 used ```! (executable) fence around a code block that contains `<placeholder>` literals the rendering AI is supposed to substitute BEFORE invocation (per the prose immediately above the block at line 521). The executable fence caused CC's auto-mode permission classifier to reject the literal template at recursive acceptance test of the meta-orch-no-arg-overview umbrella (2026-05-29): Permission denied by auto-mode classifier. Reason: Command contains unfilled placeholder literals — running with unresolved template tokens has unverifiable effects on state files. Fix: change fence to ```bash (non-executable, AI uses as template + makes a separate Bash tool call with substituted values). Zero-LOC net change at the file scope (single fence character replaced); existing prose at line 521 already explains the substitution semantics, no NOTE needed. Pre-existing since F.3 helper-collapse PR #263 (2026-05-28); not Stage 3 work in #277 — surfaced only at recursive acceptance test of meta-orch-no-arg-overview post-#278. Phase -1 self-criticism: a reviewer dimension is needed — «scan !-blocks for unsubstituted <placeholder> literals before approving SKILL.md edits». Both the F.3 review and Phase -1 reviews of #274/#277 missed this; incident counter 1/3 toward codifying the dimension in ~/.claude/skills/orchestrator/SKILL.md. Prior-art: skipped — single-fence type swap, no new capability introduced
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…`bash for AI-substituted templates (#291) Two ```! (executable) fences wrapped code blocks containing <placeholder> literals the rendering AI is supposed to substitute BEFORE invocation. The executable fence causes CC's auto-mode permission classifier to reject the literal template: Permission denied by auto-mode classifier. Reason: Command contains unfilled placeholder literals — running with unresolved template tokens has unverifiable effects on state files. Both sites: - SKILL.md §2.5 Step 4 (line 193): assign-skill.sh "<TYPE-from-Step-3>" "<one-line description from kickoff title>". TYPE is per-candidate output from Step 3 (df9e8b5 extracted the loop), description from kickoff title; both require AI substitution before invocation. - SKILL.md §6 Step 1 (line 365): gh pr list --search "is:merged head:<stage-N-branch> base:staging". Prose immediately below (line 369) explicitly tells the AI: «Replace `<stage-N-branch>` with the actual head branch from the Stage N sub-wave». Fix: change fence to ```bash (non-executable, AI uses as template + makes a separate Bash tool call with substituted values). Same single-fence-character swap as PR #280 (§10 step 5b — the same defect class, then incident 1/3). Existing prose explains substitution semantics at both sites; no NOTE needed. Pre-existing on staging since: - §2.5 Step 4: introduced by PR #242 b1f47f4 (Stage 2C SKILL.md §2.5 wiring, 2026-05-26); PR #266 6f364dd added bash-wrapper but kept ```! + placeholder. - §6 Stage gates Step 1: introduced earlier; PR #266 did not include it in the 7 direct-path helper invocations it rewrote (it's not a helper call). Surfaced at /meta-orchestrator invocation in a fresh session (Step 4) — incident 2/3 of the same class flagged in PR #280 commit message: «reviewer dimension — scan !-blocks for unsubstituted <placeholder> literals». §6 Step 1 (incident 3/3) found by exhaustive scan during this fix to avoid leaving a second live deny in another code path. Verification: $ awk '/^```!/{inside=1;...}' SKILL.md (no remaining `!`-fences with `<...>` placeholder literals, except line 42 — false positive, `<N>` inside echo string-literal, verified non-blocking across all /meta-orchestrator invocations since #277) Prior-art: skipped — single-fence type swap, no new capability introduced (same rationale as PR #280).
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Summary
Single-character-class fence fix in .claude/skills/meta-orchestrator/SKILL.md:523:
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The block under §10 step 5b contains
<placeholder>literals (<current_ids_json_array>,<resolved_ids_json_array>,<outcome-one-liner>) that the rendering AI is supposed to substitute BEFORE invocation per the prose immediately above the block at line 521. The previous ```! (executable) fence caused CC's auto-mode permission classifier to reject the literal template at recursive acceptance test of the meta-orch-no-arg-overview umbrella close (2026-05-29):Scope
Pre-existing since F.3 helper-collapse PR #263 (2026-05-28); NOT introduced by Stage 3 work in #277. Surfaced only at recursive acceptance test of meta-orch-no-arg-overview post-#278. Maintainer explicitly authorized this as #279 follow-up after surface-as-observation (per CLAUDE.md PR strategy).
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\``!→```bash`)## With this skill+## Without this skillsections preserved (principle 15)<placeholder>in any!-block (this was the only one)Phase -1 self-criticism
A Phase -1 reviewer dimension is needed — «scan
!-blocks for unsubstituted<placeholder>literals before approving SKILL.md edits». Both F.3 review (#263) and Phase -1 reviews of #274/#277 missed this. Incident counter 1/3 toward codifying the dimension in `~/.claude/skills/orchestrator/SKILL.md` (per Self-discipline forward-going).§1.7 Skipped: single-fence type swap with no body change; no new discipline-bearing rule introduced. Pure fence-syntax fix to existing skill that was authored in F.3 #263; behavior change limited to bypassing CC auto-mode classifier denial that prevented the recursive acceptance test from completing cleanly.