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Summary

The a2ml declared [soft-attach] and [error-visibility] contracts
but provided no reference implementations. Every downstream launcher
had to re-implement the "if-installed-then-invoke" pattern and the
GUI dialog ladder — guaranteed drift, and a common reason downstream
launchers either skip these features (silent failures stay silent) or
implement them inconsistently.

This adds two sourceable bash helpers in launcher/, mirroring the
contract semantics from the a2ml, plus prose with graceful-degradation
usage patterns.

launcher/gui-error.sh

hp_gui_error "title" "message":

Condition Behaviour
Always Write [title] message to stderr
stderr is TTY or NO_GUI_ERROR=1 stderr only, return 0
no \$DISPLAY and no \$WAYLAND_DISPLAY return 1 (cannot show GUI)
Else Try kdialog → zenity → notify-send → xmessage; first success wins

Mirrors [error-visibility].gui-dialog-chain exactly. Verified
locally: NO_GUI_ERROR=1 ./launcher/gui-error.sh "T" "M" → stderr
"[T] M", exit 0.

launcher/soft-attach.sh

Three primitives mirroring the three shapes in [soft-attach].tools:

```bash
hp_soft_attach_present "command" # 0 if on PATH
hp_soft_attach_run "command line" # run if first token present, silent no-op + 0 if missing
hp_soft_attach_event "tool" "event-name" [args] # tool emit event-name args if present, silent no-op if missing
```

All non-fatal — missing tools never break the launcher (per the
§soft-attach spec: "called if present, silently skipped if absent").
CLI mode for ad-hoc use:

```
./soft-attach.sh run "hypatia diagnose --app foo"
./soft-attach.sh event feedback-o-tron launcher:start_failed
./soft-attach.sh present hypatia
```

a2ml contract additions

[error-visibility]:

  • reference-impl = "launcher/gui-error.sh" (pointer)
  • suppress-env-var = "NO_GUI_ERROR" (formalises the override name)

[soft-attach]:

  • reference-impl = "launcher/soft-attach.sh" (pointer)
  • Each tools entry now carries explicit style
    ("event" | "command") and trigger (e.g. "on-start-failed") so
    launchers know WHEN to invoke each tool, not just HOW.
    Previously only feedback-o-tron had an explicit failure trigger.

Prose additions (launcher-standard.adoc)

  • §Error Handling: rewritten with hp_gui_error integration, graceful
    degradation pattern, and a NOTE on stderr-always behaviour
  • §Soft-Attach (new subsection): documents the three primitives, the
    graceful-degradation source pattern, and an example on_start_failed
    hook wiring all three default tools

Test plan

  • a2ml parses (python tomllib); new fields round-trip cleanly
  • Both helpers pass bash -n
  • hp_gui_error writes stderr + respects NO_GUI_ERROR
  • hp_soft_attach_present returns 0/1 correctly
  • hp_soft_attach_run runs installed, silently skips missing
  • hp_soft_attach_event silently skips missing tool
  • Manual dialog test (deferred — requires KDE/GNOME desktop;
    logic matches well-documented invocation conventions per each
    dialog's man page)
  • Lock-step gate (ci: add launcher-standard prose↔a2ml lock-step gate #172) goes green on first push (both files in diff)

Coordination

Independent of #170, #171, #172, #173, #175, #176, #177 — no file
overlap. Builds on the resolution ladder shipped in #171
(hp_resolve_desktop_tools is referenced in the prose examples) so
the new helpers are findable wherever .desktop-tools/ resolves.
Both work standalone or via the ladder.

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…-chain

The a2ml declared both `[soft-attach]` and `[error-visibility]`
contracts but provided no reference implementations. Every downstream
launcher had to re-implement the if-installed-then-invoke pattern and
the GUI dialog ladder — guaranteed drift, and a common reason
downstream launchers either skip these features (silent failures
become invisible) or implement them inconsistently.

This adds two sourceable bash helpers in `launcher/`, mirrors the
contract semantics from the a2ml, and updates the prose with usage
patterns that include graceful degradation when the helpers are not
on the resolution ladder.

## launcher/gui-error.sh

`hp_gui_error "title" "message"`:
- Always writes to stderr (per
  `[error-visibility].always-also-to-stderr = true`)
- If stderr is a TTY OR `NO_GUI_ERROR=1`: stderr only, return 0
- Else if no DISPLAY/WAYLAND_DISPLAY: return 1 (cannot show GUI)
- Else try `kdialog → zenity → notify-send → xmessage` (the
  declared `[error-visibility].gui-dialog-chain`); first success wins

Verified locally:
  NO_GUI_ERROR=1 ./launcher/gui-error.sh "T" "M"  →  stderr "[T] M", exit 0

## launcher/soft-attach.sh

Three primitives mirroring the three shapes in `[soft-attach].tools`:
- `hp_soft_attach_present "command"` → 0 if installed
- `hp_soft_attach_run "command line"` → run if first token present,
  silent no-op + exit 0 if missing (for `style = "command"` tools)
- `hp_soft_attach_event "tool" "event-name" [args]` → invoke
  `tool emit event-name args` if installed, silent no-op if missing
  (for `style = "event"` tools, e.g. feedback-o-tron)

All non-fatal; missing tools never break the launcher. CLI mode
provided for ad-hoc use:
  soft-attach.sh run "hypatia diagnose --app foo"
  soft-attach.sh event feedback-o-tron launcher:start_failed
  soft-attach.sh present hypatia

## a2ml contract additions

`[error-visibility]`:
- `reference-impl = "launcher/gui-error.sh"` (pointer)
- `suppress-env-var = "NO_GUI_ERROR"` (formalises the override name)

`[soft-attach]`:
- `reference-impl = "launcher/soft-attach.sh"` (pointer)
- Each `tools` entry now carries explicit `style`
  (`"event" | "command"`) and `trigger` (e.g. `"on-start-failed"`)
  so launchers know WHEN to invoke each tool, not just HOW.
  Previously only feedback-o-tron had an explicit failure trigger.

## Prose additions (launcher-standard.adoc)

- §Error Handling: rewritten with `hp_gui_error` integration, graceful
  degradation pattern, and a NOTE on the stderr-always behaviour
- §Soft-Attach (new subsection): documents the three primitives, the
  graceful-degradation source pattern, and an example `on_start_failed`
  hook wiring all three default tools

Both files in the same commit per the lock-step requirement (PR #172).
Helpers pass `bash -n` syntax checks; primitives smoke-tested via
source.

## Coordination

Independent of #170, #171, #172, #173, #175, #176, #177. Builds on
the resolution ladder shipped in #171 via `hp_resolve_desktop_tools`
in the prose examples — the helpers are findable wherever
`.desktop-tools/` resolves. Will work standalone or via the ladder.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…ifest

Filed alongside the 8 launcher-standard PRs (#170, #171, #172, #173,
#175, #176, #177, #179) so reviewers landing on any individual PR
can find the full picture in one place.

Two files following the existing `docs/audits/` convention:

- launcher-standard-review-2026-05-26.adoc — prose narrative for
  humans. Headline findings table (class × finding × addressed-in PR),
  PR map (number, branch, files, class), what-this-campaign-produces
  summary, deferred follow-ups, method notes including the
  parallel-session amend incident and how recovery worked.

- launcher-standard-review-2026-05-26.a2ml — machine-readable manifest
  for tooling (PR-batching bots, change-impact analyzers,
  launch-scaffolder regenerators). Same PR set as parseable A2ML:
  per-PR file lists, addressed-issues, new-files lists, new-a2ml-keys
  lists, plus coordination notes (spec-version conflict resolution,
  lock-step gate trigger map) and deferred-followups with gating
  conditions. Includes a session-lessons-captured block pointing at
  the two memory entries written during this campaign.

Pattern matches existing gap-matrix-2026-04-17.a2ml (A2ML extension
syntax including @abstract: block). Pure tomllib does NOT parse A2ML;
the repo's A2ML tooling does.

Signing-key fingerprint deliberately NOT recorded inline — gitleaks's
generic-api-key rule misclassifies 40-char PGP fingerprints as
secrets. The all-prs-gpg-signed flag is the load-bearing assertion;
the fingerprint is recoverable from `git log --show-signature` if
anyone needs to verify against a specific key.

Independent of all 8 review PRs — touches only docs/audits/.

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…ifest (#182)

## Summary

Documentation companion to the 8 launcher-standard PRs filed today
(#170, #171, #172, #173, #175, #176, #177, #179). Two files following
the existing `docs/audits/` convention:

| File | Audience | Purpose |
|------|----------|---------|
| `launcher-standard-review-2026-05-26.adoc` | Humans | Prose narrative
— headline findings table (class × finding × addressed-in PR), full PR
map, what-this-campaign-produces summary, deferred follow-ups, method
notes |
| `launcher-standard-review-2026-05-26.a2ml` | Machines | Parseable
manifest — per-PR file lists, addressed-issues, new-files,
new-a2ml-keys, coordination notes (spec-version conflict resolution,
lock-step gate trigger map), deferred-followups with gating conditions |

Reviewers landing on any individual PR can find the full picture in
one place.

## Why this exists

After 8 PRs the campaign story is spread across 8 PR bodies and 8
commit messages. Without a single landing-page document:

- A reviewer landing on, say, PR #175 has no easy way to see that
  it's part of a larger coordinated change set, or that the
  `[spec].version` bump conflicts with PR #170's bump.
- Tooling (PR-batching bots, change-impact analyzers,
  launch-scaffolder regenerators) has nothing to introspect; each
  bot would have to re-parse 8 PR descriptions.
- Future audits need an entry point — `docs/audits/` already follows
  the dated-audit pattern (`dogfooding-matrix-2026-04-04.md`,
  `gap-matrix-2026-04-17.a2ml`); this matches.

## Pattern conformance

- Files in `docs/audits/` matches the existing convention.
- A2ML extension syntax (`@abstract:` block) matches
  `gap-matrix-2026-04-17.a2ml`. Pure `tomllib` does not parse A2ML;
  the repo's A2ML tooling does.
- SPDX headers on both files.

## Coordination

- Independent of the 8 review PRs — touches only `docs/audits/`,
  no overlap with `launcher/` or `docs/UX-standards/`.
- Lock-step gate (#172) does NOT fire on this PR (touches neither
  `launcher-standard.a2ml` nor `launcher-standard.adoc`).
- Final PR in the campaign. After this lands, the campaign is fully
  documented and merge-sequenceable purely from `main` artefacts.

## Test plan

- [x] adoc structure: 7 top-level sections (`==`) render under
      `asciidoctor` (visual)
- [x] a2ml structure: 8 `[[pr]]` array entries, `[campaign]`,
      `[coordination]`, `[deferred-followups]` with 2 `[[deferred]]`
      items, `[session-lessons-captured]`, `[provenance]` — all
      present and consistent
- [x] All 8 PR numbers in the manifest match the actually-filed PRs

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