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Closes docs/research/fallow.md under the corrected positioning from PR #58.

Why: PR #58 retracted the "codemap is structurally unique" claim after the cohort fact-check (srclight, Sverklo, ctxpp, KotaDB, codemogger, etc.). fallow is now correctly framed as one of many peers, not a yardstick. The research note's framing ("adoption candidates from fallow") is off-mission post-#58.

What this PR does

  • Adds Status: Closed (2026-05) header at the top of fallow.md.
  • Cohort positioning summarized + deep cross-ref to non-goals-reassessment-2026-05.md.
  • Outstanding open items lifted to canonical homes:
    • C.9 plugin layer → in-flight plan PR #59.
    • C.10 LSP → covered by non-goals-reassessment-2026-05.md § 2.5 (resolved as thin shim).
    • C.11 coverage → shipped.
    • Tier D defers (suppressions, fix engine, dupes, runtime intel) → aligned with the § 3 ergonomic floors.
  • Body preserved verbatim under "Original framing (preserved verbatim from before 2026-05 closure)" subsection — historical record. Status snapshot below stays as the authoritative "what actually landed" log.

Doc-governance compliance

  • Per docs/README.md Rule 8 closing-research lifecycle — slim research notes when adopt items have shipped; competitive-scan-2026-04.md is the precedent.
  • File stays in repo (not deleted) — historical context git log alone can't reconstruct (per Rule 8 existence-test criterion 4).

Test plan

  • bun run format:check passes
  • All cross-refs resolve to existing section anchors
  • CodeRabbit review

Out of scope

  1. docs/roadmap.md non-goals lockstep update — separate PR.
  2. Tier-2 plan-PR rule for inspiration discipline — separate PR.



PR #58 (just merged) corrected codemap's positioning: not unique, but
in a specific niche of a SQLite-backed-code-index cohort with multiple
peers (srclight, Sverklo, ctxpp, KotaDB, codemogger, etc.). fallow is
one of many, not a yardstick.

Under the new positioning, fallow.md's framing ("adoption candidates
from fallow") is off-mission. Per docs-governance closure pattern
(competitive-scan-2026-04.md precedent), close the doc with a status
header pointing at the new canonical home + lift open items.

Closure rationale captured at the top:

- Status: Closed (2026-05) header explicit
- Cohort positioning summarized + cross-ref to research note for full
  framing
- Body preserved verbatim as historical record (Status snapshot below
  is the authoritative "what actually landed" log)
- New adoption candidates (if any) get authored against open specs +
  primitive sources per non-goals-reassessment-2026-05 § 4, not
  against fallow source tree
- Outstanding open items lifted to canonical homes:
  - C.9 plugin layer → in-flight PR #59 plan
  - C.10 LSP → covered by § 2.5 of research note (thin shim resolved)
  - C.11 coverage → shipped
  - Tier D defers (suppressions, fix engine, dupes, runtime intel) →
    aligned with § 3 ergonomic floors

Original framing preserved verbatim under "Original framing (preserved
verbatim from before 2026-05 closure)" subsection so historical readers
can see what the doc said in its open phase.

Per docs/README.md Rule 8 closing-research lifecycle. fallow.md stays
in repo (not deleted) — historical context git log alone can't
reconstruct.
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…remaining surfaces (#64)

Audit of remaining `[Ff]allow` references after PRs #58, #61, #62
landed found 4 surfaces still treating fallow as a positioning peer
(off-mission under the cohort framing locked in by PR #58):

CLEANED UP:

- docs/why-codemap.md:23 — non-goal parenthetical "(those are different
  products — e.g. fallow, knip, jscpd)" still elevated fallow as the
  primary static-analysis exemplar. Mirrors the PR #62 roadmap.md fix
  (lockstep per docs/README.md Single source of truth — non-goals
  canonical home is roadmap.md; consumer-facing framing in
  why-codemap.md must follow).
  Now: "(those are different products — e.g. knip, jscpd)".

- docs/glossary.md:36 (audit definition) — "Distinct from `fallow
  audit` (that runs code-quality verdicts...)" singled out fallow as
  the comparator. Generalized to "Distinct from code-quality audit
  tools (e.g. knip for unused exports, jscpd for duplication, framework-
  specific complexity linters)". Same product-class point; no peer
  yardstick.

- .agents/rules/docs-governance.md:36 — "(fallow, future plugins)" as
  the canonical example of repo-wide tool adoption was stale (fallow.md
  closed in PR #61). Updated to "(oxlint, future plugins)" + added a
  closure-precedent note pointing at fallow.md's status header and
  non-goals-reassessment-2026-05.md for current positioning.

- .agents/skills/docs-governance/SKILL.md:86,88,136 — same staleness:
  "fallow" as ongoing-tracker example was stale; "fallow audit" in the
  re-derivable test list. Updated to oxlint + generic "static-analysis
  tooling"; preserved the fallow.md cross-ref as the CLOSED precedent
  (research notes that close with status header when peer framing goes
  off-mission).

LEFT ALONE (legitimate):

- docs/why-codemap.md:110-121 (comparison table) — different-product-
  classes consumer framing (Codemap vs fallow vs Aider RepoMap vs LSP).
  Not a peer yardstick under the cohort positioning; "agents can use
  Codemap AND fallow AND LSP" framing is honest about distinct slots.

- docs/research/fallow.md (closed historical) — body preserved per
  PR #61.

- docs/research/competitive-scan-2026-04.md (closed historical scan).

- .agents/lessons.md:16 — "Never commit absolute local user paths"
  lesson with PR #58 historical context referencing the fallow clone
  path. Historical record; preserve.

- .agents/skills/audit-pr-architecture/SKILL.md (5 mentions) —
  recommends `bunx fallow audit` as a static-analysis TOOL during
  PR audits. Different-product-class tool recommendation, not
  positioning. Borderline; left alone for now (could be genericized
  later as a separate concern).

Net effect: every remaining `[Ff]allow` reference in the repo is
either historical (closed research, lessons) or a different-product-
class acknowledgement (consumer comparison table, static-analysis
tool usage). Zero peer-yardstick framing remains in the load-bearing
positioning surfaces.
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