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Completion Audit

Date: 2026-06-08

This file records how the investigation satisfied the user's read-only audit request. It is not a code validation report because the task explicitly forbade source modifications.

Requirements From The Request#

Deeply audit architecture and code smells#

Evidence:

  • source-map.md maps the top-level source tree and main lifecycle flows.
  • smells.md records high-confidence and medium-confidence smells.
  • target-architecture.md states the overall verdict, boundaries to preserve, boundaries to fix, product decisions, and anti-recommendations.
  • refactor-roadmap.md turns the findings into implementation slices.

Status: satisfied.

Question whether current code shape is legitimate#

Evidence:

  • target-architecture.md separates boundaries to preserve from boundaries to fix.
  • smells.md explicitly records which odd structures look legitimate, such as capture ledger complexity, operation/process/harness split, config split, and Codex adapter module split.
  • Product decisions are called out separately from mechanical refactors.

Status: satisfied.

Use subagents for independent critical review#

Evidence:

  • Four subagent reports exist under reports/:
    • lifecycle-command-boundaries.md
    • provider-harness-boundaries.md
    • wiki-storage-query-boundaries.md
    • prior-art-patterns.md
  • subagent-briefs.md summarizes the independent findings and architecture implications.

Status: satisfied.

Use outside research when useful#

Evidence:

  • research-notes.md records local research notes.
  • reports/prior-art-patterns.md cites and applies prior art including Cockburn, Fowler, SQLite, launchd, CLI Guidelines, and local-first software.
  • target-architecture.md uses the research conclusion that CodeAlmanac should borrow dependency direction and use-case boundaries without importing enterprise folder vocabulary.

Status: satisfied.

Write durable notes frequently under docs/#

Evidence:

  • Audit directory: docs/architecture-audit-2026-06-08/.
  • Running notes and reports were written as the investigation progressed: worklog.md, source-map.md, smells.md, research-notes.md, four subagent reports, subagent-briefs.md, target-architecture.md, refactor-roadmap.md, and this file.

Status: satisfied.

Do not modify source code#

Evidence:

  • git status --short shows the new audit docs folder plus pre-existing unrelated .almanac changes.
  • git diff --name-only -- src test bin package.json tsup.config.ts MANUAL.md CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md produced no output.
  • git ls-files --others --exclude-standard src test bin package.json tsup.config.ts MANUAL.md CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md produced no output.
  • git diff --check -- docs/architecture-audit-2026-06-08 produced no output.
  • Scoped status for docs plus implementation paths shows only ?? docs/architecture-audit-2026-06-08/.

Status: satisfied.