Plan: Extract all unconsumed improvements (2026-02-24 snapshot)

Date: 2026-02-24 Source artifact: .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl (all consumed:false entries) Status: Extraction-only phase (no code changes applied yet)

Baseline Audit

Metric	Command	Result
Total extraction items	n/a	29
Unconsumed backlog items in next-work.jsonl	jq -R -s 'split("\n") | map(select(length>0) | fromjson | select(.consumed==false) as $e | .items[] | . + {source_epic: $e.source_epic}) | length' .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl	29
Unconsumed items by source epic	jq -R -s 'split("\n") | map(select(length>0) | fromjson | select(.consumed==false) as $e | .items[] | . + {source_epic: $e.source_epic}) | group_by(.source_epic) | map({source_epic: .[0].source_epic, count: length})' .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl	230413f-tdd-hardening: 6, ag-poz: 10, post-mortem-all-since-v2.17: 8, recent: 5
Included historical backlog additions	n/a	post-mortem-all-since-v2.17 (8)
Items by severity (combined)	n/a	high: 8, medium: 14, low: 7
Items by target_repo (combined)	n/a	agentops: 9, nami: 14, *: 6

Baseline constraints and scope

• This extract includes all unconsumed backlog items from .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl: 29 total (including the 8 requested historical items represented by post-mortem-all-since-v2.17).
• .agents is excluded from git; this plan is tracked in docs/plans for portability.
• No validation gates have been run in this extraction pass.

Extraction Scope: 29 improvements

Source epic: 230413f-tdd-hardening (6)

#	Title	Type	Severity	Source	Target	Evidence
1	Clean dead code in measure_test.go	tech-debt	medium	council-finding	agentops	Remove longOutput/order variables and fix byte-vs-rune assertion in TestMeasureOne_OutputTruncated.
2	Add goleak for goroutine leak detection	improvement	medium	retro-learning	agentops	Replace runtime.NumGoroutine+sleep heuristic in leak tests.
3	Assert AntiStars values in goals_init_test.go	tech-debt	low	council-finding	agentops	Add assertions for AntiStars[0] and AntiStars[1].
4	Fix ci-local-release.sh invocation inconsistency	tech-debt	low	council-finding	agentops	Use ./scripts/check-skill-flag-refs.sh for consistency.
5	Add MigrateV1ToV2 and killAllChildren package-level tests	improvement	medium	retro-learning	agentops	0% coverage functions in cli/internal/goals.
6	Audit signal.Notify sites for goroutine leak	improvement	medium	retro-pattern	agentops	Generalize cleanup pattern used by one confirmed leak fix.

Source epic: ag-poz (10)

#	Title	Type	Severity	Source	Target	Evidence
7	Create rust-cli.yaml embedded template	tech-debt	high	council-finding	nami	seed.go lists rust-cli as template but cli/embedded/templates/rust-cli.yaml is missing.
8	Fix context_assemble readIntelDir to read .json files	tech-debt	high	council-finding	nami	Curated artifacts written to .json are currently invisible to context assembly.
9	Fix curate verify GOALS.md fallback	tech-debt	high	council-finding	nami	runCurateVerify hardcodes GOALS.yaml, breaking fresh repos with GOALS.md.
10	Add wiring integration test seed->curate->assemble->verify	improvement	high	council-finding	nami	No end-to-end test validates full pipeline.
11	Extract shared detectTemplate function	tech-debt	medium	council-finding	nami	seed.go and goals_init.go diverge on detection semantics.
12	Fix shell injection in constraint-compiler.sh JSON construction	tech-debt	medium	council-finding	nami	Unescaped TITLE/SUMMARY interpolation in JSON literal.
13	Fix jq-less fallback data loss in constraint-compiler.sh	tech-debt	medium	council-finding	nami	Fallback overwrite path currently drops existing constraints index.
14	Migrate constraint.go to root-level GetOutput()	tech-debt	low	council-finding	nami	ao constraint list -o json does not use unified output mode.
15	Require test file in same commit as command file	process-improvement	medium	retro-learning	*	Add process rule to prevent command-file coverage gaps.
16	Formalize Wave 1 spec consistency checklist	process-improvement	low	retro-pattern	*	Wave 1 checklist is currently implicit and inconsistently enforced.

Source epic: post-mortem-all-since-v2.17 (8)

#	Title	Type	Severity	Source	Target	Evidence
17	Fix metrics_health computeLoopDominance stale threshold (30d->90d)	tech-debt	high	council-finding	nami	Stale threshold logic appears inverted in health metric retention handling.
18	Fix constraint.go file permissions to 0600	tech-debt	high	council-finding	nami	File permissions for generated constraints are inconsistent with policy.
19	Add curateParseFrontmatter YAML library parsing	tech-debt	medium	council-finding	nami	Current parser risks malformed data handling for frontmatter.
20	Add BATS tests for constraint-compiler.sh	improvement	medium	council-finding	nami	No test coverage for this shell script path.
21	Establish prior-findings resolution tracking across releases	process-improvement	medium	retro-learning	*	Current prior-findings resolution rate (17%) is unsustainable.
22	Add template-existence lint test for validTemplates maps	process-improvement	medium	retro-pattern	*	Template map mismatch anti-pattern can go undetected.
23	Fix readIntelDir I/O efficiency (single pass batch read)	improvement	low	council-finding	nami	Current approach scales poorly with large file sets.
24	Standardize JSON output flag across all commands	tech-debt	low	council-finding	nami	Inconsistent json output flag behavior across 5+ command paths.

Source epic: recent (5)

#	Title	Type	Severity	Source	Target	Evidence
25	Raise cmd/ao coverage floor and block regressions	tech-debt	high	council-finding	agentops	cmd/ao has ~961 zero-coverage functions and ~62.1% coverage.
26	Add handler tests for batch_forge and batch_promote command paths	improvement	high	retro-pattern	agentops	runForgeBatch, loadAndFilterTranscripts, runBatchPromote, tryPromoteEntry, processPromotionCandidate are untested.
27	Require command-surface parity completion checklist before closing cycles	process-improvement	medium	retro-learning	*	Coverage for command command-surface still broad despite narrowed closure check.
28	Add CI fallback mode for fork-sensitive Go suites	process-improvement	medium	retro-pattern	*	Parallel suite instability should auto-fallback to serial mode.
29	Add preflight existence checks for checkpoint-policy and metadata-verification docs	process-improvement	low	retro-learning	agentops	Post-mortem preflight references absent files in this repo.

Files likely touched (inventory)

File	Expected change
cli/internal/goals/measure.go	Review and harden signal.Notify lifecycle handling where applicable.
cli/internal/goals/measure_unix.go	Add package-level tests for killAllChildren, including nil-map guard.
cli/internal/goals/goals.go	Add MigrateV1ToV2 tests.
cli/internal/goals/goals_test.go	Add AntiStars value assertions.
cli/internal/goals/measure_test.go	Remove dead test code and migrate to goleak.
cli/cmd/ao/goals_init_test.go	Add explicit AntiStars value assertions.
scripts/ci-local-release.sh	Inconsistency fix for check-skill-flag-refs.sh invocation and related script checks.
scripts/check-skill-flag-refs.sh	Adjust path/call expectations if changed by the release gate.
cli/embedded/templates/rust-cli.yaml	Add missing rust template asset.
cli/cmd/ao/seed.go	Normalize template discovery and avoid cross-reference drift.
cli/cmd/ao/constraint.go	Template and output-mode harmonization for constraint command behaviors.
cli/cmd/ao/context_assemble.go	Include .json files and improve readIntelDir performance.
cli/cmd/ao/curate.go	Fix GOALS.md fallback and parse frontmatter via YAML library.
cli/cmd/ao/metrics_health.go	Fix computeLoopDominance stale threshold and JSON output consistency in metrics.
scripts/constraint-compiler.sh	Escape JSON-safe values and keep jq-less merge behavior.
tests/constraint-compiler.bats	Add BATS-backed coverage for constraint-compiler.sh behavior.
skills/post-mortem/SKILL.md	Add prior-findings resolution metadata checks.
scripts/pre-push-gate.sh	Add fork-safe fallback and command-surface completion checks.

Implementation waves (recommended)

Wave 1: Stability gates and immediate risk reduction

• Item 25 — cmd/ao coverage floor gate
• Item 26 — batch handler tests
• Item 4 — ci-local-release.sh path consistency
• Item 29 — post-mortem missing-doc preflight
• Item 15 — required test-file-in-command commit rule

Wave 2: Pipeline reliability and correctness

• Item 12, 13, 20 — constraint-compiler.sh hardening and test coverage
• Item 14 — constraint.go output mode normalization
• Item 10 — seed→curate→assemble→verify pipeline test
• Items 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 24 — template/context/verify/metrics/permissions/capability alignment in nami CLI flows

Wave 3: Coverage depth and process hardening

• Item 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 — goals package reliability and goroutine hygiene
• Item 27, 16, 21, 22 — closure + consistency + findings tracking gates

Dependency rationale

• Process gates (Wave 1) are prerequisites for claiming completion of surface-level items in Waves 2 and 3.
• nami corrections are grouped to avoid partial delivery on the template/curate/mutation pipeline.
• Coverage and leak hardening (Wave 3) can run in parallel once gating and pipeline consistency are established.

Suggested first commands to start execution

1. jq -R -s 'split("\n") | map(select(length>0) | fromjson | select(.consumed==false) as $e | .items[] | . + {source_epic: $e.source_epic}) | length' .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl
2. jq -R -s 'split("\n") | map(select(length>0) | fromjson | select(.consumed==false) | .items[] | {title}' .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl | sort
3. bash scripts/ci-local-release.sh

Tracking

• Source backlog is .agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl.
• consumed flags remain false for all 29 items until implementation closes them.
• Next transition: materialize each row above into actionable implementation tasks with acceptance checks.