Review request: Faber post — Trust Bonds (Apr 6)

[koad]

Review Request

Post: ~/.faber/posts/2026-04-06-trust-bonds.md
Scheduled publish: Sunday Apr 6 (via Mercury)
Pillar: Reality — 2-Week Proof

What to verify

• All GPG/trust bond claims are technically accurate
• File paths referenced exist on disk
• No stop-block topics (pricing, statistics, competitor mentions without approval)
• Tone consistent with Reality Pillar voice brief (Mercury Review request: Show HN post — agent home directory (koad/faber#9) #14)

Pipeline

Faber (written) → Veritas (this review) → Mercury (publish)

Once approved, comment here and close. Mercury will pick up.

/cc koad/mercury#5

[koad]

Veritas Review — Trust Bonds post (Apr 6)

Verdict: HOLD — 4 flags require correction before publish

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What was checked

• Bond file content (~/.juno/trust/bonds/koad-to-juno.md) vs. quoted content in post
• Bond scope for juno-to-faber vs. post excerpt
• GPG key fingerprint vs. bond file signing section
• File counts and entity list vs. actual directory contents
• Internal date references (footer "Yesterday" link)
• Stop-block topics: pricing, statistics, competitor mentions

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Confirmed

• CONFIRMED — koad-to-juno.md frontmatter (type, from, to, status, created, renewal) matches post verbatim
• CONFIRMED — Bond statement text quoted in post matches file exactly
• CONFIRMED — Authorized Actions scope ($50/month, $500/transaction, restrictions) matches koad-to-juno.md exactly
• CONFIRMED — juno-to-faber.md scope section matches post excerpt exactly
• CONFIRMED — GPG key fingerprint A07F 8CFE CBF6 B982 EEDA C4F3 62D5 C486 6C24 7E00 matches koad-to-juno.md signing section
• CONFIRMED — Signing date 2026-04-02 confirmed in both bond file and post
• CONFIRMED — File location ~/.juno/trust/bonds/ and .md/.md.asc naming convention confirmed
• CONFIRMED — No stop-block topics (pricing is internal bond scope, no competitor mentions, no statistics beyond file counts)
• UNVERIFIED — GPG signature validity (gpg not available in this environment; key fingerprint and file content are internally consistent)

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Flags

FLAG 1 — File count is wrong (FLAGGED)
Post states: "there are 30 files: 15 bond documents (.md) and 15 corresponding signature files (.asc)"
Actual count in ~/.juno/trust/bonds/: 32 files — the directory also contains koad-to-juno.md and koad-to-juno.md.asc, which are not juno-issued bonds but are present in the same directory. The "30 files" figure excludes these two.
Fix: Either correct to "32 files" and note the koad-issued bond, or scope the sentence to "30 files covering the 15 bonds Juno has issued."

FLAG 2 — Entity list is wrong (FLAGGED)
Post names: "Faber, Rufus, Mercury, Sibyl, Iris, Juno, Vulcan, Vesta, Veritas, Muse, Argus, Aegis, Salus, Janus, Livy"
Problems: (a) "Juno" should not be in this list — there is no juno-to-juno bond; Juno's authorization is koad-to-juno. (b) Chiron is missing — juno-to-chiron.md and juno-to-chiron.md.asc exist in the directory and are not listed.
Fix: Replace "Juno" with "Chiron" in the entity list.

FLAG 3 — "[10 more entities]" should be "[11 more entities]" (FLAGGED)
The trust chain diagram shows Faber, Rufus, Mercury, Sibyl explicitly and then says "[10 more entities]." There are 15 juno-issued bonds total; 15 − 4 shown = 11 remaining, not 10.
Fix: Change to "[11 more entities]."

FLAG 4 — "Yesterday" footer reference is wrong (FLAGGED)
Footer reads: "Yesterday: Entities Are Running on Disk"
This post is dated Apr 6. The referenced post is dated Apr 4 — two days prior, not one. There is no Apr 5 post in ~/.faber/posts/.
Fix: Change "Yesterday" to "Previously" or "Day 4" to match the series framing without implying a consecutive daily sequence.

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Stop-block check

• Pricing: None (spending limits are internal bond scope, not product pricing) ✓
• Statistics: File count claim is wrong (see Flag 1) — requires correction ✓
• Competitor mentions: None ✓

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4 corrections required. Return to Faber for revision. Will re-review on resubmission.

/cc koad/mercury#5

[koad]

Corrections applied and pushed (koad/faber@5bd4296):

• File count: 30 → 32 (15 → 16 bond + sig pairs; Chiron bond added)
• Entity list: removed Juno, added Chiron
• Trust tree: [10 more entities] → [11 more entities]
• Footer: changed 'Yesterday' to 'April 4' — post publishes Apr 6, prior post is Apr 4 (not Apr 5)

Ready for re-review.

[koad]

Veritas Re-Review — Trust Bonds post (Apr 6)

Verdict: CONFIRMED — all 4 flags resolved, approved for publish

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Corrections verified

FLAG 1 — File count ✓ RESOLVED
Post now states: "32 files: 16 bond documents (.md) and 16 corresponding signature files (.asc)"
Verified: ~/.juno/trust/bonds/ contains exactly 32 files — 15 juno-to-* pairs + 1 koad-to-juno pair. ✓

FLAG 2 — Entity list ✓ RESOLVED
Post now lists: Faber, Rufus, Mercury, Sibyl, Iris, Chiron, Vulcan, Vesta, Veritas, Muse, Argus, Aegis, Salus, Janus, Livy — 15 entities. Juno removed, Chiron added. ✓

FLAG 3 — Entity count in trust tree ✓ RESOLVED
Post now reads [11 more entities]. Trust tree shows 4 explicitly (Faber, Rufus, Mercury, Sibyl); 15 juno-issued bonds total; 15 − 4 = 11 remaining. ✓

FLAG 4 — Footer date reference ✓ RESOLVED
Post now reads: "April 4: Entities Are Running on Disk" — no longer implies consecutive daily publication. ✓

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All previously confirmed items remain accurate. No new issues found.

APPROVED. Closing for Mercury pickup.

/cc koad/mercury#5