ζ-Q22 LOCKED σ̃.η ★ — Phase-1 gate sequence dependency (2026-05-05T07:35 BST)

Decision

Locked option: σ̃.η ★ — Tiered-DAG with parallel-within-tier + container isolation per gate + remote-cache (Cloudflare R2 + Worker) + wire-format-boundary alignment with Q-021 χ.η + per-substrate timing per Q-019 ε.ζ + per-gate fitness-function discipline-commitment + Phase-1.5+ Bazel-uplift trigger 5-metric composite.

Bundle composition (composes 6 production-grade patterns Day-1):

  1. Tiered-DAG via GitHub Actions needs: directive (Phase-1 native; no Bazel ramp-up burden)
  2. Container isolation per gate (Docker images pinned; reproducibility for acquirer-DD + partner-firm CI rerun fidelity; dev-mode bypass flag for Paul-time velocity)
  3. Cache infra: Cloudflare R2 + custom Worker per D2 spike (Turborepo-style adapter; OSS reference impls turborepo-remote-cache-cloudflare + Turbo-R2-Archive; TT already on Cloudflare → zero new vendor; Y1 £0.05-0.25K/yr; GitHub Actions cache REJECTED standalone)
  4. Wire-format-boundary alignment with Q-021 χ.η-locked T1→T2 LinkML 1.10 6-generator + T2↔T3 JSON-LD + outbound SD-JWT VC + AI-agent MCP Streamable HTTP + SSSOM 1.1 ext metadata
  5. Per-substrate timing per Q-019 ε.ζ-locked baseline (ELK on-edit + HermiT on-demand + pyshacl I3-I5 inline + I5 async + ROBOT sssom:inject Day-1 CI + Catala on-publish CI-time)
  6. Per-gate fitness-function discipline-commitment Phase-2 (specific manifesto YAML authoring Phase-5-deferred per Phase-FIT discipline)
  7. Phase-1.5+ Bazel-uplift trigger 5-metric composite per D1 spike (engineer count >5 / pre-merge p90 >5min / LoC >1M / service count >10 / local build time >20min sustained ≥2 quarters; quarterly Phase-1 review; Rich+Paul+acquirer-DD reviewer; master plan §15 amendment Phase-5-deferred)

Sub-clarifications locked (10)

  1. tiered_dag_via_github_actions — Phase-1 native CI orchestration
  2. container_isolation_per_gate — Docker pinned; reproducibility primary
  3. cache_infra_cloudflare_r2_plus_worker — D2-recommended; £0.05-0.25K/yr Y1 R3b
  4. wire_format_boundary_alignment_q_021 — gates fire AT Q-021 χ.η boundaries
  5. per_substrate_timing_q_019 — gates fire WHEN per Q-019 ε.ζ baseline
  6. phase_1_5_uplift_trigger_5_metric_composite — D1-derived trigger criteria
  7. phase_5_deferred_authoring — Phase-FIT discipline; master plan §15 + fitness-function manifesto authoring DEFERRED to Phase-5 (per /review-plan Concern #1)
  8. gate_inventory_verification_at_phase_1_build_time — gates 1-22 INFERRED in S1 spike; verify at Phase-1 Sprint S1 (per /review-plan Concern #3)
  9. reversal_cost_honest_band_1_2_weeks — σ̃.η → σ̃.γ degrade 1-2 weeks not 3-5 days (per /review-plan Concern #4)
  10. v3_11_substrate_research_compliance_caveat — Q-022 ran 2 web tracks + S1 codebase analysis below v3.11 mandatory 3-5 minimum; Tier-2 pgvector NOT run; ACCEPTED per intellectual-honesty addendum; v3.12 directive amendment QUEUED to enforce hard pre-flight halt

Numbers

  • Wsum: 4.71 ↑ from 4.64 (post-D2 c13 5y run-cost criterion uplifted 3 → 4)
  • Margin: 0.57 ROBUST over σ̃.δ 4.14 ↑ from 0.50 (above 0.20 robust threshold)
  • Sensitivity: 6/8 perturbations favour σ̃.η — #1 c8 ×2 Paul-time TIE σ̃.δ 4.43 = σ̃.η 4.43 borderline (was σ̃.δ-leading pre-D2 c13 uplift; widened post-D2); #7 c12 ×2 σ̃.γ tie preserved; #8 A-25 stress-test forces σ̃.θ
  • Phase-FIT counter-pattern check (per /review-plan): bold-synthesis genuinely warranted at THIRTEENTH consecutive; σ̃.γ insufficient because misses Q-019/Q-021 cascade-consistency at c10 5/5

Cost rows post-D2 revision

  • R1 Phase-1 build: £12-18K
  • R2 Phase-1 timeline: ~7mo
  • R3a Y1 build-amortised: £2-3K
  • R3b Y2+ steady-state run: £0.05-0.25K/yr (down 30-100× from £2.5K original)
  • R4 Y2+ uplift to acquirer-DD: £2-4K
  • R5 5y cum no-uplift: £14.25-21.25K (down ~£12K from £26.5-32.5K)
  • R6 5y cum acquirer-ready: £16.25-25.25K (down ~£12K from £28.5-36.5K)

Spike outcomes (3 spikes ran 2026-05-05T07:15-07:30 BST)

  • S1 lock-BLOCKING — VALIDATED-WITH-INFERENCE-NOTE: gate-DAG acyclic; 3-tier decomp clean (T1=6 / T2=16 / T3=5 = 27); gates 1-22 baseline names INFERRED → Phase-1 verification deferred per sub_clarification #8. In-process Explore agent (no T-file authored)
  • D1 lock-DEFERABLE — VALIDATED-WITH-NOTE: σ̃.θ £25-40K plausible-for-contractor / £40-60K-realistic-in-house; Catala custom-rules hidden cost; TT 0/5 trigger thresholds met → defer well-founded; T-file at ~/off-github/library/projects/inherit/T-spike-q022-d1-bazel-hermetic-build-cost-2026-05-05.md
  • D2 lock-DEFERABLE — VALIDATED: σ̃.η R3 £2.5K → £0.05-0.25K/yr; Cloudflare R2 + Worker recommended (TT already on Cloudflare); GitHub Actions cache REJECTED standalone (10GB cap thrashes vs 60GB working set); cache-hit rate honest 60-75% steady-state / 20-40% Phase-1 ramp-up; T-file at ~/off-github/library/projects/inherit/T-q022-d2-remote-cache-infra-cost-2026-05-05.md

/review-plan critique (ran inline 2026-05-05T07:30 BST) — 9 directive-improvement candidates

3 MEDIUM concerns FOLDED into sub_clarifications #7, #8, #9 (Phase-FIT leak / S1 inference / reversal-cost realism). 6 directive-improvement candidates QUEUED for v3.12 amendment in parallel session per fresh-session prompt authored 2026-05-05T07:33 BST:

  1. Step 6e WEB RESEARCH HARD PRE-FLIGHT CHECK enforcement
  2. Step 4b Phase-FIT HARD GUARD enhancement (DISCIPLINE-COMMITMENT vs CONCRETE-ARTEFACT-AUTHORING classification)
  3. Step 7 sensitivity perturbations — symmetric ÷2 perturbation on Claude-pick’s most-relied-on criterion
  4. Step 7 reversal cost realism instructions
  5. Step 7 SPIKE-CANDIDATE SCAN maturity vocabulary — NEW transient sub-mode outcome-VALIDATED-WITH-INFERENCE-NOTE
  6. Step 7 sub_clarifications_locked discipline formalisation
  7. Step 9 EXPLAIN intellectual-honesty addendum — bold-synthesis pattern saturation counter-pattern check
  8. Step 7 cost-of-ownership rows ramp-up vs steady-state split
  9. Step 7 Phase-N+1 uplift trigger codification (≥1 metric + threshold + reviewer + cadence + artefact)

Substrate context

  • THREE ORTHOGONAL ARCHITECTURAL AXES NOW LOCKED BACK-TO-BACK:
    • Q-019 ε.ζ TIMING (WHEN substrates fire) 2026-05-05T06:27
    • Q-021 χ.η WIRE FORMATS (WHAT crosses substrate boundaries) 2026-05-05T07:00
    • Q-022 σ̃.η GATE SEQUENCE (HOW gates orchestrate) 2026-05-05T07:35
  • THIRTEENTH consecutive bold-synthesis lock: Q-006..Q-019 + Q-021 + Q-022 — pattern reinforced 13× with explicit anti-bias counter-pattern check at /review-plan stage validating bold-synthesis genuinely warranted not pattern-matching
  • FOURTEENTH refined-prompt-era ζ.2 lock: Q-005 + Q-006..Q-015 + Q-019 + Q-021 + Q-022
  • THIRTEEN Q-locks in ~11.4h since 2026-05-04T20:10 BST σ.η-on-demand
  • THIRD v3.11 production use validated: Q-019 + Q-021 + Q-022; v3.12 amendment queued
  • Phase 2 18/18-30 = 60-100% complete entering closure mid-band

Cascade artefacts

  • arch-state v3.56 → v3.57 §4 lastmod-prose A-162 row landed
  • INDEX.md v2.23 → v2.24: asked 17 → 18 + answered 17 → 18 + placeholder stays 5
  • Q-022 cascade-Q file: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-04-29-multi-phase-audit/answered-questions/Q-022-zeta-phase-1-gate-sequence-locked.md v1.0 NEW
  • This memory file
  • D1 + D2 spike T-files at ~/off-github/library/projects/inherit/
  • v3.12 directive-amendment fresh-session prompt drafted (paste-ready by Rich into separate session)

Forward-traceability

This Q is load-bearing for:

  • Phase 3 ω.γ-W/P/A/T module-authoring (CI gate sequence affects per-module schema-validation)
  • Phase 1.5 stress-test execution per A-25 (gate sequence is stress-test substrate)
  • Phase 5 closure-prep §closeout — master plan v1.11 §15 amendment + per-gate fitness-function manifesto authoring (Phase-5-deferred per sub_clarification #7)
  • Phase-1 Sprint S1 CI bootstrap (this Q’s lock IS S1’s substrate)
  • Phase-1 Sprint S2 InheritKit SDK build
  • Phase-1 Sprint S3 IAS authoring surface
  • Acquirer-DD package §3.X CI/CD architecture evidence

Next

Q-023 — Catala Phase-1.5+ formal-verification activation trigger META-Q (highest knock-on next per dep-map; affects Q-002 ξ.+ aspirational uplift conditions + R-013/R-019 risks). Frame under refined-prompt v3.11 Harvard-depth uniform default + SPIKE-CANDIDATE SCAN sections (or v3.12 if parallel session lands amendment first).

Remaining queue (2 after Q-023): #5 Faith-tradition Phase-1.5+ wave-1 trigger META-Q on R-034 (faith-pillar-isolated; lower knock-on); #3 κ.θ AHP weights derivation (richard-task #205; externalised to Rich-time-bound AHP session; not lockable in Phase 2 without it).