feat(unic-archon-dlc): complete plugin — all 16 slices (v0.1.0)

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Summary

• Complete implementation of the unic-archon-dlc Claude Code plugin (v0.1.0)
• Six Archon workflow DAGs: triage, explore, plan, build, qa, cleanup
• Self-contained /unic-dlc-review command (no dependency on pr-review-toolkit)
• 86 node:test tests covering all 13 lib modules
• README with Mermaid flowchart, node reference table, config reference, and docs/workflow/ layout

What was built (slice-by-slice)

Slice	What
01	Plugin scaffold, config-loader, setup-explorer, tracer install hook
02	Full install hook, label config, agent-docs-writer, CLAUDE.md marker block
03	Triage workflow, tracker adapter, handoff generator
04	Explore — parallel research + synthesize
05	Explore — prototype, spike verdicts, code-preserve gate
06	Plan — specs loop, to-prd, prd-gate, prd-writer
07	Plan — to-issues, nyquist-map, issues-schema (topological sort)
08	Plan — plan-checker loop, yaml-gen, plan-pr-gate, dag-builder
09	Build — slopcheck package gate, /unic-dlc-build command
10	Build — verification, goals-check, report, build-pr-gate, stub-detector
11	Self-contained /unic-dlc-review command
12	QA workflow — e2e, coverage-gate, uat-gate, merge
13	Cleanup workflow — arch-review, adr-consolidation, run-triage
14	README, node reference table, Mermaid flowchart, CHANGELOG 0.1.0
15	Fix: add fresh_context to prd-gate (interactive loop crash prevention)
16	Fix: verify-pr-base bash node in qa.yaml before merge

Test plan

• pnpm test — 86/86 pass
• pnpm typecheck — clean
• pnpm verify:changelog — ok
• All interactive nodes have fresh_context: true
• All command files use unic-dlc- prefix
• No circular dependencies in dag-builder (13 tests)
• Slopcheck defaults to [ASSUMED] when no registry available

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

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PR Review: feat(unic-archon-dlc) v0.1.0

Five specialized agents reviewed this PR. 86/86 tests pass throughout. Most findings have been auto-fixed in two commits already on this branch; the ones requiring a design decision or manual action are flagged below.

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Auto-fixed (already committed)

Commit	What
ee63b38	Type invariants: IssueType/IssuePriority literal unions, TrackerBackend/PrStrategy/BranchingStrategy on config, WorkflowPhase on handoff, duplicate Issue typedef removed from dag-builder, isConfigError() type guard, TOCTOU fix in agent-docs-writer, silent-failure guards in setup-explorer/slopcheck/install/spike-verdicts
b097f8d	Review fixes: Windows path bug in agent-docs-writer (relative() instead of replace()), coverage_thresholds → coverage_threshold in KNOWN_FIELDS + added @property to DlcConfig, @ts-ignore → @ts-expect-error (Biome gate), Prettier on README + 4 command files (Prettier gate)

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🔴 CRITICAL — Requires decision before merge

1. Slash commands not discoverable by Claude Code

All 7 slash commands are under .archon/commands/ but Claude Code auto-discovery expects them at commands/ (compare with apps/claude-code/pr-review/commands/). Users who install the plugin will have no slash commands.

Two options:

• (a) Move .archon/commands/*.md → commands/ (follows monorepo convention)
• (b) Add "commands": ".archon/commands" (or equivalent) to .claude-plugin/plugin.json

2. README documents /unic-dlc-install but no command file exists

README.md:136 Quick start tells users to run /unic-dlc-install. There is no unic-dlc-install.md. Either ship the command file or update the Quick start to use the correct install flow.

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🟠 HIGH — Manual fixes needed in docs

3. unic-dlc-explore.md workflow diagram omits 3 nodes

The diagram ends at synthesize — it omits prototype, code-preserve-gate (interactive), and create-spike-ticket. A user reading the command doc will be surprised when the workflow pauses at a gate they didn't know existed.

4. unic-dlc-plan.md workflow diagram omits 5 of 9 nodes

Only shows load-context → specs → to-prd → prd-gate. Missing: to-issues, nyquist-map, plan-checker, yaml-gen, plan-pr-gate.

5. README HANDOFF.md placement wrong

README shows HANDOFF.md under docs/workflow/, but triage.yaml and unic-dlc-triage.md both write it to the repo root. Fix the tree and table in README.

6. README config reference has three inaccuracies

Field	Problem
repo_layout	Default documented as single; install hook writes single-context
e2e_command	Default documented as ""; install hook sets null when blank
pr_strategy	Documents rebase as valid; qa.yaml merge node has no rebase branch (falls through to --squash)

7. create-spike-ticket node in explore.yaml wrong API call

Inline prompt tells the LLM to call loadConfig(projectDir), but the actual signature is loadConfig(configFilePath). Should be: loadConfig(join(projectDir, '.archon', 'unic-dlc.config.json')).

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🟡 MEDIUM — Informational, no block

Test coverage gaps (all tests pass, these are missing edge case coverage):

• config-loader: no test for non-existent file path (error branch)
• tracker-adapter.buildUpdateCommand: only github branch tested; ado/jira/local-markdown untested
• dag-builder.buildYaml: test_command conditional branch never hit
• spike-verdicts.appendSpikeVerdicts: "section after spike verdicts" branch not exercised
• setup-explorer: no test with a real git remote (positive path always skipped)

Other medium findings:

• tracker-adapter default case falls through to github format silently for unknown tracker strings — should warn
• config-loader: non-object JSON (e.g. []) produces misleading "missing fields" error
• Issue docs reference wrong node names: Agentic flow updates #15 says plan-gate/stall-gate (real: plan-pr-gate); pr-reviews rereviews specs #16 says merge-pr five times (real: merge)
• unic-archon-dlc is missing from CONTEXT-MAP.md and has no CONTEXT.md — breaks multi-context navigation for agents working in this repo

Dead code (low priority):

• dag-builder.mjs: (issue.blocked_by ?? []) is redundant since blocked_by: string[] is non-optional
• agent-docs-writer.mjs: const mainBranch = isGitflow ? 'main' : 'main' — both arms return 'main'

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✅ Confirmed working

• 86/86 tests pass (including 13 circular-dep tests in dag-builder)
• pnpm typecheck clean
• No external runtime deps (meets the auto-format-zero-deps bar)
• Plugin versions consistent: plugin.json, marketplace.json, CHANGELOG.md all say 0.1.0
• No duplicate primitives with pr-review toolkit
• All interactive workflow nodes have fresh_context: true
• Node reference table in README verified accurate against all 7 workflow YAMLs
• slopcheck correctly defaults to [ASSUMED] when no registry provided

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🤖 Reviewed by 5 parallel agents: code-quality, test-coverage, silent-failure-hunter, type-design, comment-accuracy

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🔍 Comprehensive PR Review

PR: #36 — feat(unic-archon-dlc): complete plugin — all 16 slices (v0.1.0)
Reviewed by: 5 specialized agents (code-review, error-handling, test-coverage, comment-quality, docs-impact)
Date: 2026-05-15

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Summary

unic-archon-dlc is a well-engineered, zero-external-dependency plugin that follows all project conventions (Biome, ESM, // @ts-check, tabs, cross-platform APIs). The 86-test suite uses real filesystem I/O throughout and the workflow YAML files are clearly structured. The CI failure is pre-existing from a previously merged PR — not caused by this PR's changes.

Verdict: REQUEST_CHANGES

Severity	Count
🔴 HIGH (must fix before merge)	7
🟠 MEDIUM (author decides)	7
🟢 LOW (optional / future)	8
Total	22

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🔴 HIGH Issues (Must Fix Before Merge)

H1: appendSpikeVerdicts crashes with raw ENOENT when findings.md is absent

📍 lib/spike-verdicts.mjs:38

readFileSync is called unconditionally. If called before writeFindingsMd, Node.js throws a raw ENOENT with no context. readFindingsMd in the same module guards correctly — this function doesn't.

View fix

export function appendSpikeVerdicts(findingsDir, verdicts) {
  const filePath = join(findingsDir, 'findings.md')
  if (!existsSync(filePath)) {
    throw new Error(
      `appendSpikeVerdicts: findings.md not found at ${filePath}. ` +
      `Run the explore workflow first to create it.`
    )
  }
  const existing = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
  // ... rest unchanged

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H2: Duplicate Issue typedef in dag-builder.mjs

📍 lib/dag-builder.mjs:8-14

Structurally identical to the canonical Issue typedef in issues-schema.mjs. Two places to update on any schema change; silent divergence risk.

View fix

// lib/dag-builder.mjs — replace the local typedef block with:
/** @typedef {import('./issues-schema.mjs').Issue} Issue */

Same pattern already used in tracker-adapter.mjs:12 for LabelMapping.

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H3: buildUpdateCommand — 4 of 5 tracker branches untested

📍 lib/tracker-adapter.mjs:69-88

Only the github branch is tested. ado, jira, local-markdown, and default have zero coverage. A swapped command string would be undetected.

View fix

test('ado: buildUpdateCommand produces a valid az boards CLI string', () => {
  const cmd = buildUpdateCommand('ado', '99', 'resolved', labels)
  assert.ok(cmd.startsWith('az boards work-item update'), `expected az boards, got: ${cmd}`)
  assert.ok(cmd.includes('99'))
})
test('jira: buildUpdateCommand produces a valid jira CLI string', () => {
  const cmd = buildUpdateCommand('jira', 'PROJ-42', 'ready-for-agent', labels)
  assert.ok(cmd.startsWith('jira issue edit'))
  assert.ok(cmd.includes('PROJ-42'))
})
test('local-markdown: buildUpdateCommand produces a human-readable instruction', () => {
  const cmd = buildUpdateCommand('local-markdown', 'fix-login', 'resolved', labels)
  assert.ok(cmd.includes('Status:'))
})
test('default tracker: buildUpdateCommand falls back to gh issue edit', () => {
  const cmd = buildUpdateCommand('unknown-tracker', '7', 'closed', labels)
  assert.ok(cmd.startsWith('gh issue edit'))
})

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H4: Inaccurate JSDoc — updateAgentSkillsBlock says "No-ops if CLAUDE.md does not exist"

📍 lib/agent-docs-writer.mjs:46-50

The code creates the file when absent. "No-ops" is the opposite of what happens. A future caller reading the JSDoc could be badly misled.

View fix

/**
 * Append or refresh the ## Agent skills block in CLAUDE.md using marker-delimited regions.
 * Does not destroy any content outside the marked block.
 * Creates CLAUDE.md with only the skills block if the file does not yet exist.
 * @param {string} projectDir
 */

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H5: Root README.md — new plugin missing from Plugins table and install commands

📍 README.md

Anyone browsing the repo or following the install flow cannot discover unic-archon-dlc from the docs.

View fix

Add one table row:

| [`unic-archon-dlc`](apps/claude-code/unic-archon-dlc/) | Claude Code | Archon-powered AI development lifecycle (explore → plan → build → qa → cleanup → triage) |

And one install line:

/plugin install unic-archon-dlc@unic-agent-plugins

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H6: CONTEXT-MAP.md — new plugin context missing; Archon relationship undocumented

📍 CONTEXT-MAP.md

Domain-aware agents (/grill-with-docs, /grill-me) use this as their navigation index. After H7 is done, add:

View fix

- [unic-archon-dlc](./apps/claude-code/unic-archon-dlc/CONTEXT.md) — Archon-powered AI development lifecycle DLC

And in Relationships:

- **unic-archon-dlc** requires the Archon workflow engine (version ≥ 0.10); no runtime dependencies on other plugins in this repo

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H7: Missing apps/claude-code/unic-archon-dlc/CONTEXT.md

📍 apps/claude-code/unic-archon-dlc/CONTEXT.md (does not exist)

Every existing plugin has a CONTEXT.md — CLAUDE.md explicitly requires it. This plugin introduces 15+ domain terms (Slug, Session, Findings, PRD, Slopcheck gate, Nyquist map, code-red/code-green, HANDOFF, ROADMAP, arch-review, ADR, yaml-gen, etc.) with no canonical vocabulary source. The docs-impact-findings.md artifact contains a complete skeleton.

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🟠 MEDIUM Issues (Author Decides: Fix Now | Create Issue | Skip)

M1: Dead ternary mainBranch = isGitflow ? 'main' : 'main'

📍 lib/agent-docs-writer.mjs:169
Both branches return 'main'. Looks incomplete. Recommendation: Fix now (one line).

M2: validateIssue accepts empty strings for mandatory fields

📍 lib/issues-schema.mjs:47-49
An empty id produces invalid YAML node identifiers (code-red-). Recommendation: Fix now (4-line extension of existing loop).

M3: exploreProject unnecessarily declared async

📍 lib/setup-explorer.mjs:41
All I/O inside is synchronous. Forces callers to await for no reason. Recommendation: Fix now (remove keyword + update one caller).

M4: checkArchon() maps all errors to misleading "not found" message

📍 hooks/install.mjs:57-61
A corrupt or non-executable binary produces "archon binary not found on PATH". Recommendation: Fix now (branch on err.code === 'ENOENT').

M5: classifyPackages() — registry failures silently become assumed: true

📍 lib/slopcheck.mjs:39
A network timeout makes all packages appear [ASSUMED]. Caller can't distinguish "package missing" from "connectivity problem". Recommendation: Create issue — non-breaking checkError?: boolean extension, good for a dedicated PR.

M6: Private helpers in install.mjs contain untestable business logic

📍 hooks/install.mjs:29-70
detectTracker, deducePrStrategy, detectRepoLayout are not exported. A visualstudio.com → ADO mapping regression would be silent. Recommendation: Fix now — export + 7 unit tests, low effort.

M7: CLAUDE.md workspace layout missing unic-archon-dlc

📍 CLAUDE.md — workspace layout tree
AI agents using CLAUDE.md for orientation will miss the fourth plugin. Recommendation: Fix now (one line).

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🟢 LOW Issues

View 8 low-priority suggestions

#	Issue	Location	Agent	Suggestion
L1	Unescaped " in CLI command strings	lib/tracker-adapter.mjs:39-43	code-review	Add escapeShellArg(s) helper; apply to title
L2	main().catch() may print undefined	hooks/install.mjs:171-174	error-handling	err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
L3	readOptional() treats EACCES as absent	lib/setup-explorer.mjs:30-33	error-handling	Only suppress ENOENT; rethrow EACCES, EMFILE
L4	agent-docs-writer github-flow/multi-context untested	lib/agent-docs-writer.mjs:167-221	test-coverage	Add test with branching: 'github-flow' + repo_layout: 'multi-context'
L5	config-loader file-not-found path untested	lib/config-loader.mjs:54-57	test-coverage	Pass non-existent path; assert error: true, missing: []
L6	labels-config ado/jira backends untested	lib/labels-config.mjs	test-coverage	Assert all canonical keys present for ado and jira
L7	deducePrStrategy missing @returns + rationale	hooks/install.mjs:37-40	comment-quality	Add @returns {'squash' | 'merge'} + one-line rationale
L8	readOptional missing description	lib/setup-explorer.mjs:27-33	comment-quality	Add: "absent or unreadable → both return present: false"

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✅ What's Good

• Zero runtime dependencies — all 13 lib modules use only node: APIs. The auto-format bar is met.
• 86 real-fs tests across 14 files — no mocks, DAMP style, idempotency verified across all file-update utilities.
• Typed error returns — config-loader.mjs DlcConfig | ConfigError union avoids exceptions for recoverable errors.
• Algorithmic annotations — DFS three-colour and Kahn's BFS documented inline with named algorithm references.
• Idempotent file operations — initFindingsDir, updateRoadmap, updateAgentSkillsBlock all tested with multiple-run assertions.
• Workflow YAML quality — 7 well-structured DAGs with explicit depends_on edges and fresh_context: true on interactive gates.
• Excellent plugin README — Mermaid flowchart, node reference table, config reference, docs-layout table, dependency map.
• CLAUDE.md compliance — 11/11 rules verified.

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⚠️ CI Note

The CI failure is not caused by this PR:

1. @ts-ignore at apps/claude-code/pr-review/tests/notices.test.mjs:134 — pre-existing. Fix: change to @ts-expect-error in a separate PR on develop.
2. Prettier warnings on .claude/worktrees/**/*.md — local worktree artifacts, not in this diff. Fix: add .claude/worktrees/ to .prettierignore.

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📋 Suggested Follow-up Issues

Title	Priority
slopcheck: add checkError flag to PackageVerdict for registry failures	P2
tracker-adapter: escape double-quotes in tracker CLI title arguments	P3
setup-explorer: narrow readOptional catch to ENOENT only	P3
agent-docs-writer: add tests for github-flow + multi-context branches	P3

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Next Steps

1. Fix H1–H7 (required before merge)
2. Decide on M1–M7 (fix now, create issue, or skip)
3. Merge when ready — the code quality is solid

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Reviewed by Archon comprehensive-pr-review workflow
Full artifacts: /Users/oriol.torrent/.archon/workspaces/unic/unic-agents-plugins/artifacts/runs/4c1b7ca61e20c9b7072f8637556e430f/review/

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⚡ Auto-Fix Report

Status: COMPLETE ✅
Pushed: Changes pushed to feature/unic-archon-dlc (commit 08396b3)

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Fixes Applied

Severity	Fixed	Skipped
🔴 HIGH	7/7	0
🟠 MEDIUM (bonus)	2/7	5 (author decides)

What Was Fixed

• ✅ H1: appendSpikeVerdicts ENOENT crash (lib/spike-verdicts.mjs:38) — already fixed in prior commit b097f8d
• ✅ H2: Duplicate Issue typedef (lib/dag-builder.mjs:8-14) — already fixed in prior commit b097f8d
• ✅ H3: buildUpdateCommand 4 branches untested (test/tracker-adapter.test.mjs) — added 4 tests: ado, jira, local-markdown, default
• ✅ H4: Inaccurate JSDoc updateAgentSkillsBlock (lib/agent-docs-writer.mjs:50) — "No-ops if absent" → "Creates CLAUDE.md with only the skills block if absent"
• ✅ H5: README.md missing plugin entry (README.md) — added table row + install command
• ✅ H6: CONTEXT-MAP.md missing entry (CONTEXT-MAP.md) — added pointer + Archon relationship note
• ✅ H7: Missing CONTEXT.md (apps/claude-code/unic-archon-dlc/CONTEXT.md) — created with 15+ domain terms (Slug, Session, PRD, Findings, code-red/code-green, yaml-gen, Nyquist map, Slopcheck gate, arch-review, ADR, HANDOFF, ROADMAP, and more)
• ✅ M1: Dead ternary mainBranch (bonus) — isGitflow ? 'main' : 'main' → const mainBranch = 'main' + comment
• ✅ M7: AGENTS.md workspace layout (bonus) — added unic-archon-dlc/ to the tree

Tests Added

• test/tracker-adapter.test.mjs: 4 new buildUpdateCommand test cases (ado, jira, local-markdown, default)
• Suite: 90/90 tests pass (was 86)

Bonus Fix

• Removed stale @ts-expect-error in test/slopcheck.test.mjs:24 — became obsolete when parseNewPackages JSDoc was updated to accept null | undefined

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🟠 MEDIUM Issues — Your Decision

These were left for you to decide: fix now, create issue, or skip.

Issue	Location	Recommendation
M2: validateIssue accepts empty strings	lib/issues-schema.mjs:47-49	Fix now (LLM-generated empty id → broken yaml-gen)
M3: exploreProject unnecessary async	lib/setup-explorer.mjs:41	Fix now (trivial)
M4: checkArchon() misleading error	hooks/install.mjs:57-61	Fix now (branch on err.code === 'ENOENT')
M5: classifyPackages silent registry failure	lib/slopcheck.mjs:39	Create issue (API change, good for separate PR)
M6: Private helpers untestable	hooks/install.mjs:29-70	Fix now (export + 7 unit tests)

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📋 Suggested Follow-up Issues

1. slopcheck: add checkError flag to PackageVerdict (P2) — distinguish registry miss from connectivity failure
2. install: export detectTracker/deducePrStrategy/detectRepoLayout for unit testing (P2) — prevent silent tracker-detection regressions
3. tracker-adapter: escape double-quotes in tracker CLI title arguments (P3) — L1 from review
4. setup-explorer: narrow readOptional catch to ENOENT only (P3) — L3 from review
5. agent-docs-writer: add tests for github-flow + multi-context branches (P3) — L4 from review

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Validation

✅ Typecheck (tsc --noEmit) | ✅ Biome | ✅ Prettier | ✅ 90/90 tests

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Auto-fixed by Archon comprehensive-pr-review workflow
Fixes pushed to branch feature/unic-archon-dlc — commit 08396b3