Retire idea.md / --idea operator-seed pathway#402
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The 2026-05-05 refactor reduced idea.md to an optional --idea FILE|- seed alongside the inputs/ evidence pack. The dual-path persisted but was rarely used in practice and added cognitive load: the eval rubric carried a clean-source dual-branch keyed off "idea.md contains reviewer comments," the orchestrator had a special --idea-was-passed scripted- seed flow at run start, idea-to-pdd scanned the idea.md body for Drive URLs in its permission pre-flight, and the artifact manifest carried two idea.md entries with corresponding test-side carve-outs. Operators now put any free-text seed directly into inputs/ as a regular source file. One canonical input pathway, one synthesis surface. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
The 2026-05-05 refactor reduced
idea.mdto an optional--idea FILE|-seed alongside theinputs/evidence pack. The dual-path persisted but was rarely used and added cognitive load (eval rubric branches, orchestrator scripted-seed flow, permission-scan URL extraction, two manifest entries with matching test carve-outs).Operators now put any free-text seed directly into
inputs/as a regular source file. One canonical input pathway, one synthesis surface.What changed
Removed:
--idea FILE|-from/ace:runargument-hint + processidea.mdwrite inagents/ace-orchestrator.mdidea.md=<present|absent>from the run-start log lineidea.mdrow inskills/idea-to-pdd § Inputsidea.md-URL extraction inidea-to-pddpermission pre-flightidea.mdentries fromlib/artifact-manifest.ts(run-root + legacy1-design/idea.md) + matchingRUN_LEVEL_EXEMPTcarve-outsruns/<run-id>/idea.mdrow inagents/orchestrator-reference.md1-design/idea.mdfixture filesPreserved:
clean_sourcedetection inidea-to-pdd-eval(still useful — keys off reviewer-comment presence across the source pack). Dual-branch scoring unchanged; language updated from "idea.md" to "the source pack."idea.md→ multi-doc → no-idea.mdevolution).scripts/migrate-drive-layout.tsmapping (back-compat for pre-2026-05-05 runs).Test plan
npm test— 4 pre-existing MCP coverage failures unchanged; no new failures from this PR.npx vitest run test/lib/artifact-manifest-lint.test.ts test/fixtures/artifact-manifest.test.ts— 38/38 pass after fixture cleanup.clean-installcheck🤖 Generated with Claude Code