[Cogitations] Quality improvement: 76.4 → 83.3 (Tier 2)#1
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… feature-dev Implements Karpathy autoresearch pattern for source code improvement with composite scoring (tests 50% + quality 25% + security 25%), git branch snapshots for keep/discard gating, and automatic convergence detection (perfect score, stuck, plateau, max iterations). New: convergence-reporter agent, code-reviewer Mode 5, scripts/ (git_snapshot.sh, score.sh, results_log.sh), algorithm reference, 6 eval cases, explanation + how-to docs.
- Fix README: version badge 3.1.0→4.0.0, agent count 7→8, add convergence-reporter to agent list, add autonomous mode to quick start/features/docs table - Add frontmatter to use-autonomous-mode.md and autonomous-convergence.md - Restructure use-autonomous-mode.md with overview/prerequisites/steps/ verification/related sections matching how-to pattern - Fix config reference: version default 3.1→4.0, remove duplicate CLI flags table, update stale version strings in examples - Add tutorial-autonomous.md filling the tutorial quadrant gap - Add v4.0.0 section to architecture.md explanation - Add 4 autonomous mode troubleshooting entries - Add cross-references between all autonomous mode docs - Fix tutorial agent count references and version strings - Update use-feature-dev.md version string and prerequisite
- Delete feature-dev-workspace/ iteration results and skill snapshots - Delete refactor-workspace/ iteration results and skill snapshots
- Add test-architect skill with 4 modes (full, plan, eval, coverage) - Add 4 specialist agents: test-planner, test-writer, test-rigor-reviewer, coverage-analyst - Add 3 commands: /test-gen, /test-plan, /test-eval - Add reference materials for property testing, boundary analysis, mutation testing - Add project detection and coverage report scripts - Add test-architect evals and hooks - Update plugin.json, CHANGELOG, and existing skill definitions
New documentation (4 files): - Tutorial: Your First Test Architecture - How-to: Generate and Evaluate Tests - How-to: Evaluate Test Quality - Explanation: Formal Test Design Techniques Updated documentation (8 files): - agents.md: add 4 test-architect agents (8->12 total) - quality-scores.md: add rigor score rubric and coverage verdicts - configuration.md: add test-architect config and --focus=testing - focus-refactoring.md: add testing focus area - troubleshooting.md: add 3 test-architect entries - architecture.md: add v4.1.0 section Structural: - Move tutorials from docs/ root to docs/tutorials/ - Update all cross-references across 18 files
- Create docs/README.md with full Diataxis index, coverage matrix, and directory structure - Update root README: 8->12 agents, add test-architect skill, fix tutorial paths to docs/tutorials/, add 4 new doc entries
…ments, pr-fix) - cp: stage, commit, push with conventional commits - ff: fast-forward merge only - fr: fetch and rebase onto remote - sync: full fetch, rebase, push cycle - prune: clean stale local branches (dry-run default) - pr: create/update/manage PRs (draft default) - review-comments: confidence-scored PR comment review - pr-fix: 10-phase PR remediation workflow - All use gh CLI exclusively - Includes autoresearch-compatible evals and trigger-evals
- cp, ff, fr, sync, prune, pr, review-comments, pr-fix - Positive and negative trigger tests per skill - Cross-skill routing accuracy tests (fr vs ff vs sync, pr vs pr-fix vs review-comments)
- cp: clarify individual file staging (0.975 → 1.00) - fr: add commit count reporting and stash pop warning (0.936 → 1.00) - pr: add natural language intent mapping table (0.98 → 1.00) - prune: structured counting, case handlers, force-mode messaging (0.681 → 1.00) - review-comments: --score-only mode, per-dimension flagging (0.88 → 1.00) - sync: argument parsing, conflict halt, force-push discipline (0.475 → 1.00)
- ff: execution policy, precise commit counting, divergence explanation (0.571 → 1.00) - pr-fix: push before thread resolution ordering (0.96 → 1.00)
- Add MANDATORY SWARM ORCHESTRATION blocks to refactor, feature-dev, test-architect - TeamCreate is now a blocking prerequisite with retry + stop on failure - team_name parameter documented as REQUIRED on every Agent spawn - SendMessage reminder after each spawn to prevent idle teammates - Prevents model from falling back to plain Agent subagents
Add explicit continuation directives to Phase 0.1 steps in SKILL.md to prevent agents from stalling between blackboard_create and TaskCreate. Add regression evals (IDs 7, 8) verifying the full initialization sequence completes without interruption.
Replace refactor-test with the full test-architect pipeline (test-planner → test-writer → test-rigor-reviewer → coverage-analyst) as a mandatory, non-optional part of the feature-dev workflow. Key changes: - New Phase 4.5: Test Architecture Planning — test-planner produces scientifically grounded test plans against chosen architecture - Phase 5: test-writer replaces refactor-test for plan-driven test generation with mutation-aware assertions - Phase 6: test-rigor-reviewer + coverage-analyst now mandatory (not conditional) with configurable quality gates (minimumRigorScore, minimumCoverage) that block feature completion - Autonomous mode: test plan is stable fitness function, not rewritten per iteration - Config: testArchitect section under featureDev with enabled flag and threshold defaults - Fix/Override/Abandon gate with max 2 re-validation loops - Error handling fallbacks for missing test plans or coverage tools
Update 7 documentation files to reflect the Phase 4.5 test architecture planning integration and mandatory quality gates in feature-dev: - tutorial-feature-dev.md: Add Phase 4.5 step, replace refactor-test with test-writer, add quality gate example, update learning goals - use-feature-dev.md: Add Phase 4.5 section, expand quality review with rigor/coverage gates, add testArchitect config documentation - agents.md: Update feature-dev agent list (8 agents), add /feature-dev invocation points for all 4 test-architect agents, fix multi-instance table, update autonomous test freeze behavior - configuration.md: Add testArchitect config section with enabled flag, minimumRigorScore, minimumCoverage fields and quality gate behavior - architecture.md: Add v4.2.0 section explaining the integration rationale, Phase 4.5 timing, stable test_plan contract, and gates - README.md: Cross-reference test-architect docs from Feature-Dev row - troubleshooting.md: Add feature-dev test plan and quality gate troubleshooting entries
Allow agents to inherit the model from the parent session instead of being pinned to sonnet across all 12 agent definitions.
All 5 pushing skills (pr, cp, pr-fix, feature-dev, refactor) now fetch and rebase onto the target branch before pushing or creating PRs, guaranteeing branches are always current with upstream. Key changes: - pr: rebase before first push (no force-with-lease needed) - cp: sync with remote before push, conditional force-with-lease - pr-fix: rebase before remediation (phase reorder) - feature-dev/refactor: fetch/rebase before PR creation - sync: conditional force-with-lease after rebase - git_snapshot.sh: git clean -fd on restore for completeness - Secret exclusion added to feature-dev and refactor staging Autonomous convergence: 4 iterations, score 0.738 → 0.980 Quality: 4.0 → 9.7, Security: 5.5 → 9.5, Tests: 68/68 pass
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Addresses issues #2–#11 from /cog-discover assessment: - #2: Bootstrap pytest test suite (741 tests, 88% coverage) - #3: Bridge 27 eval JSON files to parametrized pytest assertions - #4: Configure ruff linter and formatter - #5: Add security scanning (pip-audit + bandit + dependabot pip) - #6: Structured error handling with custom exception hierarchy - #7: Test fixtures and data management (7 fixture files, factory pattern) - #8: Release automation (.github/workflows/release.yml) - #9: Regression tests for 6 past bug fixes - #10: Refactor long functions (extract 4 helpers) - #11: Property-based testing with Hypothesis (14 properties) Also fixes: - Agent reaping: shutdown timeout, guaranteed cleanup, stale detection - Bug: parse_json_output empty dict falsy-or (found by Hypothesis) - Bug: parse_coverage crash on non-dict JSON/NaN (found by Hypothesis) - Workspace cleanup: skills now rm -rf workspace dirs in finalization - COD-010: moved import re to module top in coverage_report.py
When --autonomous is set, both refactor and feature-dev skills now bypass ALL AskUserQuestion prompts and use highest-confidence best practices instead: - refactor: skip config setup (use defaults), skip scope confirmation, auto-fix findings >= 80 confidence, commit without confirmation - feature-dev: skip elicitation (use assumptions), skip clarification (use codebase patterns), auto-select architecture (convention-aligned), skip implementation approval, auto-resolve review findings Previously --autonomous only controlled the convergence loop while still blocking on 5+ interactive gates per run.
- ff: clarify pre-flight step with explicit clean/dirty branching - pr: show existing PR URL/number when duplicate detected (Step C.4) - pr-fix: move dry-run stop to Phase 3, reorder remediate-before-rebase, add Step 3.1 triage summary display - review-comments: fix "let me decide" intent detection to trigger interactive mode instead of score-only
Generated by autoresearch eval-doctor with 60%+ deterministic coverage: - feature-dev: 10 evals, 48 deterministic checks, 33 LLM expectations - refactor: 10 evals, 43 deterministic checks, ~47 LLM expectations - test-architect: 10 evals, 60 deterministic checks, 40 LLM expectations
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Autonomous convergence loop assessed 17 domains, disabled 6 N/A domains for CLI plugin profile, and improved quality across 6 iterations (3 kept, 1 reverted, 1 rebase). New files: - CONTRIBUTING.md — dev setup, testing, PR guidelines - Makefile — 11 self-documenting targets (lint, test, format, etc.) - SECURITY.md — security model, incident response, deprecation policy - docs/REQUIREMENTS.md — capabilities, NFRs, edge cases, non-goals - docs/adr/ — 3 ADRs (swarm orchestration, zero deps, hypothesis) - .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ — bug report + feature request forms - .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md — PR checklist - .vscode/launch.json — Python debug configurations - .cogitations/ — assessment config, results, fallback data Modified: - .github/CODEOWNERS — security-sensitive path annotations - .cogitations/config.yaml — 11 active domains, 8 item suppressions
Add eng-principles ontology covering 17 engineering domains, 6 entity types, scoring traits, and discovery patterns for automatic namespace suggestion during memory capture.
Consistent editor settings (4-space indent, utf-8, lf) and pre-commit hooks for ruff, mypy, and bandit matching the CI pipeline.
- Suppress 8 structurally N/A items (ARC-012, CCD-009/012/015, CFG-005/006/010/015) for CLI tool profile - Expand .gitignore with IDE, build, OS, and coverage patterns - Fix 2 mypy no-any-return errors in scripts/utils.py - Record assessment iteration 7 (70.5/100) in results.tsv
Profile changed from cli-tool to claude-plugin (tier 2 target). Reweighted domains favoring DX, coding, TDD, VCS. Composite 75.8 exceeds Tier 2 threshold; critical item floors still block tier advancement.
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Autonomous quality improvement loop completed via
/cog-loop.Improvements Applied
Fix-Dispatcher (Pre-loop)
Iteration 1: CI/CD Infrastructure (+5.9)
uv.locklockfile (48 packages pinned for reproducible builds)pip installtouv sync --frozenworkflow_calltrigger to CI for reuse by release workflowrollback.ymlwith one-click rollback via workflow_dispatchIteration 2: Release Automation (+1.0)
auto-release.yml: auto-creates release tag when pyproject.toml version changes on merge to mainDomain Scores
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