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Summary

  • Adds FEATURES.md — a step-by-step checklist for adding configurable options to agents. Covers env var placement (sandbox vs runner), agent prompt updates, pre/post script changes, schema updates, skill impact, documentation, and tests.
  • Links to it from the top of CONTRIBUTING.md.
  • Motivated by Triage agent configuration for code fullsend#1754 as an example of the kind of change that touches multiple layers.
  • Also updates docs/triage.md's skill-override section to note the .fullsend/customized/skills/ overlay is deprecated by ADR 0064, so it matches the harness skills: guidance in FEATURES.md.

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  • Verify FEATURES.md renders correctly on GitHub
  • Verify the CONTRIBUTING.md link resolves to the new file
  • Verify the fullsend.sh link in section 5 resolves

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Docs: add configuration checklist for agent configuration work

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• Add a step-by-step checklist for introducing new agent configuration options.
• Link the new checklist prominently from the top of CONTRIBUTING.md.
• Document common integration points (harness env, scripts, schema, skills, tests) to prevent
 partial changes.
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High-Level Assessment

The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Fold checklist into CONTRIBUTING.md
  • ➕ Single entry point; fewer top-level docs to discover
  • ➕ Keeps onboarding and feature-work guidance together
  • ➖ Makes CONTRIBUTING.md longer and harder to scan
  • ➖ Checklist is likely to grow and becomes noisy for non-agent changes
2. Place under docs/ (e.g., docs/feature-configuration.md)
  • ➕ Keeps top-level repo cleaner
  • ➕ Aligns with other long-form documentation locations
  • ➖ Less discoverable unless multiple links are added
  • ➖ Contributors may not think to search docs/ for contributor workflow guidance

Recommendation: Current approach (dedicated top-level FEATURES.md with a prominent CONTRIBUTING.md link) is a good trade-off: highly discoverable, keeps CONTRIBUTING.md concise, and gives space for a detailed, evolving checklist.

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CONTRIBUTING.mdAdd link to new agent configuration checklist +2/-0

Add link to new agent configuration checklist

• Adds a prominent callout near the top directing contributors to FEATURES.md when adding new agent configuration options.

CONTRIBUTING.md

FEATURES.mdAdd comprehensive checklist for configurable agent feature work +158/-0

Add comprehensive checklist for configurable agent feature work

• Introduces a step-by-step checklist covering where configuration must be wired (sandbox vs runner env, agent prompt, pre/post scripts, harness YAML, schema, skills, docs, tests, and network policy). Includes guidance on choosing the right configuration surface and preserving default behavior.

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1. FEATURES.md misstates harness env keys ✓ Resolved 📜 Skill insight ≡ Correctness
Description
FEATURES.md instructs contributors to place env vars under env.sandbox/env.runner in
harness/<agent>.yaml (and frames forge.github.env.* as mainly for GitHub-vs-GitLab differences),
but multiple existing harness files instead use runner_env/forge.github.runner_env and also use
forge.github.env for GitHub-only wiring. This inconsistency can mislead contributors into putting
configuration under the wrong key so pre/post scripts, the runner, or the sandbox never receive the
vars, making new options silently ineffective and leaving the documented checklist inaccurate.
Code

FEATURES.md[R43-56]

+## 3. Env var placement — sandbox vs. runner vs. both
+
+The harness separates the sandbox (where the agent runs) from the
+runner (where pre/post scripts run). An env var must be in the right
+place:
+
+| Where the var is read | Where needs to declare it |
+|-----------------------|---------------------|
+| Agent prompt only (sandbox) | `env.sandbox` in `harness/<agent>.yaml` |
+| Pre/post script only (runner) | `env.runner` in `harness/<agent>.yaml` |
+| Both agent and scripts | Both `env.sandbox` and `env.runner` |
+
+Use `forge.github.env.sandbox` and `forge.github.env.runner` only if you need
+environment variables with different values between github and gitlab.
Relevance

●●● Strong

Team has recently accepted fixing docs to match actual harness YAML keys (env.runner → runner_env).

PR-#487
PR-#389

ⓘ Recommendations generated based on similar findings in past PRs

Evidence
PR Compliance ID 1538375 requires technical documentation to be internally consistent and accurate
with current repository behavior; however, while FEATURES.md states env vars should be declared
under env.sandbox/env.runner and describes forge.github.env.* in a narrow
GitHub-vs-GitLab-differences sense, the repository’s harness configurations demonstrate additional,
actively used patterns: harness/fix.yaml uses env.runner and env.sandbox, harness/code.yaml
uses runner_env (and forge.github.runner_env) rather than env.runner, and other harnesses use
forge.github.runner_env and forge.github.env.runner/sandbox for GitHub wiring even without a
GitLab counterpart. These examples show the checklist does not fully match real configuration
conventions, so following it can cause vars to be placed where they are not read.

FEATURES.md[43-56]
harness/code.yaml[49-63]
harness/fix.yaml[48-60]
docs/code.md[35-45]
harness/review.yaml[44-52]
harness/triage.yaml[37-47]
harness/scribe.yaml[43-60]
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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Update `FEATURES.md` so its “Env var placement — sandbox vs. runner vs. both” guidance matches actual harness configuration patterns in this repo. Right now it presents `env.sandbox`/`env.runner` (and `forge.github.env.*` mainly for GitHub-vs-GitLab value differences) as the primary/only surfaces, but existing harness files also use `runner_env`, `forge.github.runner_env`, and `forge.github.env` for GitHub-only wiring; this can cause contributors to add env vars under the wrong keys so they are not propagated to the runner/sandbox or pre/post scripts, making new options silently ineffective.

## Issue Context
In-repo examples show multiple patterns in active use:
- `harness/fix.yaml` uses `env.runner` and `env.sandbox`.
- `harness/code.yaml` uses `runner_env:` for runner-only variables and also uses `forge.github.runner_env` rather than `env.runner`.
- `harness/review.yaml` / `harness/retro.yaml` use `forge.github.runner_env:`.
- `harness/triage.yaml` / `harness/prioritize.yaml` use `forge.github.env.runner/sandbox` for GitHub wiring even without any GitLab counterpart.
Decide whether the docs should (a) document both supported patterns and when to use each (including GitHub-only wiring), or (b) prescribe a single canonical pattern and provide explicit exception/migration guidance for harnesses still using legacy keys.

## Fix Focus Areas
- FEATURES.md[43-56]

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  • [stale reference] docs/review.md:72 — docs/review.md lines 72–74 still describe the customized/skills/ overlay as the current org-level override mechanism without any deprecation notice. This PR updated the identical paragraph in docs/triage.md to deprecate this pattern (ADR 0064) and recommend base: composition (ADR 0045), and the new FEATURES.md also marks the overlay as deprecated. docs/review.md now gives conflicting guidance compared to both of those files.
    Remediation: Update docs/review.md lines 72–74 to match the updated text in docs/triage.md: replace the customized/skills/ instruction with the base: composition approach and note the ADR 0064 deprecation.

Low

  • [stale reference] AGENTS.md:85 — AGENTS.md section 7 ('Skill resolution') lists fullsend-ai/.fullsend/customized/skills/ as an active skill resolution source without noting that ADR 0064 deprecates this overlay mechanism in favor of base: composition (ADR 0045). The section documents runtime resolution order, which is still factually correct — the path works — but lacks a deprecation annotation now that docs/triage.md and FEATURES.md explicitly deprecate it.
    Remediation: Add a parenthetical deprecation note to AGENTS.md section 7, or defer to a follow-up that updates all references atomically.
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Medium

  • [stale reference] docs/review.md:72 — docs/review.md lines 72–74 still describe the customized/skills/ overlay as the current org-level override mechanism without any deprecation notice. This PR updated the identical paragraph in docs/triage.md to deprecate this pattern (ADR 0064) and recommend base: composition (ADR 0045), and the new FEATURES.md also marks the overlay as deprecated. docs/review.md now gives conflicting guidance compared to both of those files.
    Remediation: Update docs/review.md lines 72–74 to match the updated text in docs/triage.md: replace the customized/skills/ instruction with the base: composition approach and note the ADR 0064 deprecation.

Low

  • [internal consistency] AGENTS.md:85 — AGENTS.md section 7 ('Skill resolution') lists fullsend-ai/.fullsend/customized/skills/ as an active skill resolution source without deprecation notice. This PR introduces deprecation language for the customized/skills/ overlay in docs/triage.md and FEATURES.md, creating a surface-level inconsistency. However, AGENTS.md describes the runtime resolution order, which still functions — the deprecation is about recommended practice, not runtime behavior.
    Remediation: Add a parenthetical deprecation note to AGENTS.md section 7, or defer the deprecation language to a follow-up that updates all references atomically.

  • [technical accuracy] FEATURES.md:100 — FEATURES.md step 5 ('Generated scripts') lists scripts/post-code.sh, scripts/post-fix.sh, and scripts/post-prioritize.sh as generated from .src.sh files, but omits scripts/pre-code.sh. The Makefile's BUNDLE_SRCS variable includes all four source files: pre-code.src.sh, post-code.src.sh, post-fix.src.sh, and post-prioritize.src.sh.
    Remediation: Add scripts/pre-code.sh to the list of generated scripts, or reword to reference the BUNDLE_SRCS list in the Makefile so the list stays current as new bundled scripts are added.

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  • [internal consistency] AGENTS.md:85 — AGENTS.md section 7 (‘Skill resolution’) lists fullsend-ai/.fullsend/customized/skills/ as an active skill resolution source without any deprecation note. This PR introduces deprecation language for that path in both docs/triage.md (via ADR 0064) and FEATURES.md, creating an internal inconsistency: AGENTS.md — designated by CLAUDE.md as the ‘single source of truth for all agent-facing guidance’ — still describes the path as active, while docs/triage.md and FEATURES.md now say it is deprecated. The runtime resolution path still functions, so the existing text is not technically wrong — it is merely incomplete.
    Remediation: Either update AGENTS.md section 7 to note the ADR 0064 deprecation of the .fullsend/customized/skills/ path, or defer the deprecation language in docs/triage.md and FEATURES.md to a follow-up that updates all references atomically.

  • [stale reference] docs/review.md:72 — docs/review.md lines 72–74 still describe the customized/skills/ overlay as the current org-level override mechanism. The PR updated the identical paragraph in docs/triage.md to note the ADR 0064 deprecation and recommend base: composition instead, but docs/review.md was not updated. This leaves docs/review.md actively directing readers to a deprecated (but still functional) mechanism.
    Remediation: Update docs/review.md lines 72–74 to match the updated text in docs/triage.md: replace the customized/skills/ instruction with the base: composition approach (ADR 0045) and note that the customized/skills/ overlay is deprecated by ADR 0064.

Low

  • [technical accuracy] FEATURES.md:100 — FEATURES.md step 5 (‘Generated scripts’) lists scripts/post-code.sh, scripts/post-fix.sh, and scripts/post-prioritize.sh as generated from .src.sh files, but omits scripts/pre-code.sh, which is also generated from scripts/pre-code.src.sh (confirmed by BUNDLE_SRCS in the Makefile). A contributor following this checklist for a pre-script change to the code agent would not realize that pre-code.sh is generated and must not be edited directly.
    Remediation: Add scripts/pre-code.sh to the list of generated scripts, or reword to reference the BUNDLE_SRCS list in the Makefile for the current set.
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  • [internal consistency] AGENTS.md:85 — AGENTS.md section 7 ('Skill resolution') lists fullsend-ai/.fullsend/customized/skills/ as an active skill resolution source. This PR introduces deprecation language for that path in docs/triage.md (via ADR 0064), creating an internal inconsistency: AGENTS.md — designated by CLAUDE.md as the 'single source of truth for all agent-facing guidance' — still describes the path as active, while docs/triage.md now says it is deprecated. Before this PR both files were consistent; after this PR they contradict each other.
    Remediation: Either update AGENTS.md section 7 to note the ADR 0064 deprecation of the .fullsend/customized/skills/ path, or defer the deprecation language in docs/triage.md to a follow-up that updates all references atomically.

  • [stale reference] docs/review.md:68 — docs/review.md lines 68–70 contain the pre-deprecation text about org-level skill overrides via .fullsend/customized/skills/issue-labels/SKILL.md. This PR updated the identical paragraph in docs/triage.md to note the ADR 0064 deprecation, but docs/review.md — which documents the same issue-labels skill for the review agent — was not updated. The two doc pages now give contradictory guidance for the same skill.
    Remediation: Apply the same deprecation update to docs/review.md lines 68–70 that was applied to docs/triage.md.

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  • [technical accuracy] LOCAL.md:58 — The git clone command uses an invalid SSH URL: git@github:your-org/test-repo. The standard GitHub SSH URL format is git@github.com:your-org/test-repo — the .com is missing. While this is in a placeholder example, someone copy-pasting and substituting only the org/repo portion would get a DNS resolution failure with no obvious cause.
    Remediation: Change git clone git@github:your-org/test-repo /tmp/target-repo to git clone git@github.com:your-org/test-repo /tmp/target-repo.
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  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:57 — Step 3 documents env var placement using only the env: sandbox: / env: runner: nested structure, but the codebase also uses a distinct runner_env: top-level key (e.g., harness/code.yaml, harness/review.yaml, harness/retro.yaml). A contributor following this checklist would not know about the runner_env: alternative and might use env: runner: where runner_env: is the established pattern for that agent, or vice versa.
    Remediation: Add runner_env: to the placement table as a third row, or add a note explaining the relationship between env: runner: and runner_env: and when each is appropriate.
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  • [documentation-accuracy] FEATURES.md:51 — Step 3's table documents env var placement using only the env: sandbox: / env: runner: nested syntax, but several harness files use the alternative runner_env: flat key (e.g., harness/code.yaml, harness/review.yaml, harness/retro.yaml). A contributor following the guide would use the nested syntax in a file that currently uses the flat key, creating an inconsistency.
    Remediation: Add a note acknowledging that runner_env: is an equivalent flat-key alternative to env: runner:, and advise contributors to match the existing pattern in the harness file they are editing.
Low-severity observations

Low

  • [external-reference] FEATURES.md:70 — References ADR 0049, which is not stored in this repository. The ADR numbering system exists — multiple ADRs are referenced across the codebase — but the ADR documents themselves live externally. Not a broken reference, just an external one with no way for a contributor to verify the claim without access to the external ADR store.
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Low-severity observations

Low

  • [broken-reference] FEATURES.md:70 — References ADR 0049, which is not stored in this repository but is referenced elsewhere in the codebase (e.g., docs/scribe.md). The ADR numbering system exists — multiple ADRs are referenced across the codebase — but the ADR documents themselves live externally. Not a broken reference, just an external one.

  • [inaccurate-deprecation] FEATURES.md:56 — States runner_env: is deprecated. In the current codebase, runner_env: is used in 3 harness files (code.yaml, review.yaml, retro.yaml) while the newer env: runner: pattern is used in 4 files (fix.yaml, triage.yaml, prioritize.yaml, scribe.yaml). The guidance to prefer the newer pattern is directionally correct, but "deprecated" may be slightly strong since there is no formal deprecation notice elsewhere in the codebase. Consider softening to "legacy" or "older form."

  • [external-url] FEATURES.md:93 — References external documentation URL https://fullsend.sh/docs/normative/prescript-output/v1/ which cannot be verified from the repository alone. The underlying mechanism (skipped=true in pre-scripts) does exist in the codebase (scripts/pre-code.sh). External fullsend.sh URLs are referenced elsewhere in LOCAL.md, so this follows established patterns.

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  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:61 — The note says review.yaml uses the "top-level runner_env: key," but review.yaml has no top-level runner_env:. Its only runner_env: is nested under forge: github: (review.yaml line 48). A contributor looking at review.yaml as an example of top-level runner_env: placement will not find one. Only code.yaml actually has a top-level runner_env:.

  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:106 — Step 6 advises setting defaults with shell default syntax ${VAR:-default_value} in harness YAML files, but no existing harness YAML file in the codebase uses this syntax. All env var declarations in harness YAML use plain ${VAR}. Whether the harness engine expands :- syntax in YAML values is unverified from the codebase. A contributor following this advice may find it does not work as expected in a YAML context.

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Low

  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:106 — Step 6 advises setting defaults with shell default syntax ${VAR:-default_value} in harness YAML files, but this pattern is not used anywhere in the existing harness YAML files. All current env var declarations use plain ${VAR} syntax. Whether the harness engine actually expands :- default syntax in YAML values is unverified from the codebase alone. A contributor following this advice might find it does not work as expected.
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Medium

  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:48 — The document states env vars go in env.sandbox and env.runner in harness/<agent>.yaml, but the actual harness files use two different patterns: env.runner/env.sandbox (fix.yaml, scribe.yaml, prioritize.yaml, triage.yaml) and runner_env (code.yaml, review.yaml, retro.yaml). The example env var CODE_ALLOWED_TARGET_BRANCHES referenced in step 2 is declared under runner_env: in harness/code.yaml, not env.runner: — the guide's own example contradicts its instructions.
    Remediation: Acknowledge both runner_env and env.runner/env.sandbox patterns in the table, or document which is canonical and note that some existing harness files use the alternate form. At minimum, add a note that contributors should check the existing pattern in the target agent's harness file before adding env vars.

  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:155 — Step 12 instructs contributors to verify make lint passes, but the project's Makefile has no lint target. The only available targets are help, script-build, check-bundle, script-test, and test. Running make lint would fail with a "No rule to make target" error.
    Remediation: Either remove the make lint instruction, replace it with the project's actual validation mechanism (e.g., make test or make check-bundle), or add a lint target to the Makefile.

Low

  • [technical documentation accuracy] FEATURES.md:67 — Step 4 instructs contributors to "Add the env var to the ## Inputs section of agents/<agent>.md", but not all agent definition files have an ## Inputs section. Specifically, agents/code.md and agents/fix.md lack this section. A contributor adding an env var to those agents would need to create the section, but the checklist does not mention this possibility.
    Remediation: Add a note such as "If no ## Inputs section exists, add one" or rephrase to "Add or create the ## Inputs section in agents/<agent>.md."

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- Document both env var patterns (env.runner/sandbox vs runner_env) in
  the harness placement table with guidance to match existing convention
- Replace nonexistent `make lint` with `make test` in review checklist
- Note that `## Inputs` may need to be created in agent definition files

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Review-only pass: 4 findings below, none overlapping the existing bot/human comment threads on this PR (checked by file, line proximity, and issue substance).

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Review-only pass; posted one additional finding not yet covered by prior threads.

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- Pin --output-dir /tmp/fullsend in LOCAL.md examples so the cat glob
  in step 4 works on macOS, where os.TempDir() differs from Linux.
- Note the pinned openshell version in Prerequisites to avoid an
  opaque sandbox pre-flight failure on older Homebrew builds.
- Cite ADR 0080/0081 in the env var guidance in FEATURES.md.
- Fix issue citation from fullsend-ai/fullsend#5408 (bug report) to
  #5409 (the merged fix) in FEATURES.md and docs/triage.md.

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Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
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Review-only pass: 3 new findings, verified against the current PR head (7452b23) and upstream fullsend-ai/fullsend source/ADRs, deduplicated against existing bot/human comment threads on this PR (checked by file, line proximity, and issue substance).

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ralphbean and others added 11 commits August 5, 2026 17:06
FEATURES.md provides a step-by-step checklist for adding configurable
options to agents, covering env var placement, agent prompt updates,
pre/post script changes, schema updates, skill impact, and
documentation. CONTRIBUTING.md links to it at the top.

Motivated by fullsend/fullsend#1754 (triage agent configuration for
code) as an example of the kind of change that touches multiple layers.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- Document both env var patterns (env.runner/sandbox vs runner_env) in
  the harness placement table with guidance to match existing convention
- Replace nonexistent `make lint` with `make test` in review checklist
- Note that `## Inputs` may need to be created in agent definition files

Addresses review feedback on #566
LOCAL.md covers setting up the sandbox infrastructure (podman socket,
openshell gateway), running agents with fullsend run, and testing new
configuration options. FEATURES.md gains a manual testing checkbox and
an optional functional eval section. CONTRIBUTING.md links to LOCAL.md.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- Clarify that runner_env: is deprecated; env: runner: / env: sandbox:
  is canonical
- Fix step 4 to reference ## Variables instead of ## Inputs
- Warn that harness YAML uses Go os.Expand which does not support shell
  default syntax like ${VAR:-default} — recommend setting defaults in
  pre/post scripts instead
- Remove incorrect review.yaml reference as top-level runner_env: example
- Update forge.github guidance to prefer forge.github.env.runner

Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- FEATURES.md step 4: follow ADR 0049 — no required section structure
  for env var references in agent prompts
- FEATURES.md step 5: replace deprecated docs link with normative
  contract doc URL
- LOCAL.md: replace Linux-only systemd instructions with link to
  upstream guide covering both platforms
- LOCAL.md: add required GCP/Vertex AI credentials to env var setup

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
Remove all runner_env mentions from the configuration checklist —
only document the canonical env.runner/env.sandbox pattern. Add
guidance that default values belong in the base harness YAML, where
users override them in base-derived harness files. Fix "overlay"
terminology.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
Per team discussion, config.yaml options should be global (no
agent-specific prefix, no env var override) and require a schema
update in fullsend-ai/fullsend plus a follow-up campaign for agents to
adopt them. Env var options are agent-specific, use the {AGENT}_
prefix per ADR 0049, and can be delivered entirely within this repo.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- FEATURES.md: point the skill-override row at harness `skills:` with
  paths/URLs (ADR 0038/0045), since `.fullsend/customized/skills/` is
  deprecated by ADR 0064.
- FEATURES.md: ADR 0049 doesn't say anything about config.yaml
  exclusivity — reword that as project convention instead.
- LOCAL.md: `--target-repo .` pointed at the harness repo itself
  instead of the target repo from the example issue URL. Add a step
  cloning the target repo to /tmp/target-repo and use that path.
- LOCAL.md: CLOUD_ML_REGION example used us-east5; switch to the
  documented default (global).

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- LOCAL.md: fix invalid SSH URL in git clone example (missing .com)
- FEATURES.md: soften "mutually exclusive" env-var/config.yaml claim,
  which had no traceable source, to a recommendation
- docs/triage.md: note that .fullsend/customized/skills/ overlay is
  deprecated by ADR 0064, matching the harness skills: guidance we
  already added to FEATURES.md's skill-override row

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- Skill override rows/paragraphs (FEATURES.md, docs/triage.md) now
  describe the actual `base:` composition + basename-dedup mechanism
  (ADR 0045) needed to replace a skill, instead of implying a bare
  `skills:` entry does it.
- Fix path confusion between the org-level `.fullsend` config repo
  overlay (`customized/skills/...`) and the per-repo overlay
  (`.fullsend/customized/skills/...`).
- FEATURES.md Section 5 now calls out that post-code.sh, post-fix.sh,
  and post-prioritize.sh are generated from .src.sh sources and must
  be rebuilt with `make script-build` / verified with `make check-bundle`.

Addresses review feedback from waynesun09.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
- Pin --output-dir /tmp/fullsend in LOCAL.md examples so the cat glob
  in step 4 works on macOS, where os.TempDir() differs from Linux.
- Note the pinned openshell version in Prerequisites to avoid an
  opaque sandbox pre-flight failure on older Homebrew builds.
- Cite ADR 0080/0081 in the env var guidance in FEATURES.md.
- Fix issue citation from fullsend-ai/fullsend#5408 (bug report) to
  #5409 (the merged fix) in FEATURES.md and docs/triage.md.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
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- LOCAL.md: drop the hardcoded per-agent "additional variables" list
  (it drifted out of sync with harness/code.yaml); point readers at
  the target agent's harness/<agent>.yaml instead.
- FEATURES.md: swap the env var Example from CODE_ALLOWED_TARGET_BRANCHES
  (a known non-conformant case per ADR 0081) to TRIAGE_AUTO_CODE.
- FEATURES.md: add scripts/pre-code.sh to the list of generated scripts,
  matching the Makefile's BUNDLE_SRCS.

Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
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Approving — both flagged issues confirmed fixed: LOCAL.md now points readers at the target agent's harness/.yaml instead of a hardcoded (and drift-prone) variable list, and FEATURES.md's Example column now cites a fully-conformant variable instead of the ADR-0081-flagged non-conformant one. PR diff is doc-only (CONTRIBUTING.md, FEATURES.md, LOCAL.md, docs/triage.md) — the large commit-range history is just upstream commits picked up in a rebase, not part of this PR's actual change. All 37 review threads resolved. Not gating on the CI run in progress.

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Retro: PR #566 — docs: add configuration checklist for agent feature work

Timeline

PR #566 was a human-authored documentation PR by ralphbean that added FEATURES.md (a 13-step checklist for adding configurable options to agents) and LOCAL.md (a guide for testing agent changes locally). It also updated docs/triage.md to reflect ADR 0064 deprecation of the customized/skills/ overlay.

The PR went through 12 commits over 6 days (Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2026) with:

  • 14 review agent runs (12 successful reviews, 1 cancelled, 1 fix run that failed in post-script)
  • 6 human review passes by waynesun09 producing 22+ distinct findings
  • 76 inline review comments total
  • Final approval by waynesun09 after all 37 review threads were resolved
  • Merged Aug 10 by the author

Analysis

Review quality gap. The review agent found ~7 surface-level issues (env key naming mismatches, nonexistent make lint target, missing section headings, URL typos). These were real and valuable early catches. However, the human reviewer found ~22 issues, including 7 high-severity ones the agent never flagged — all requiring cross-repo knowledge or runtime verification:

  • Missing GCP/Vertex AI credentials in LOCAL.md (would cause fullsend run hard-fail)
  • --target-repo . pointing the agent at the wrong repository
  • ADR 0049 misattribution for config.yaml exclusivity rule
  • ADR 0064 deprecation not reflected in skill-override guidance
  • Generated-script warning omitted for bundled .src.sh files
  • ADRs 0080/0081 (accepted days before PR) making env-var guidance stale
  • Org-level vs per-repo overlay path confusion

The review agent issued 8+ APPROVED verdicts across the PR lifecycle while the human was still actively finding high-severity issues. The agent's approval tracked surface-level consistency, not the accuracy of claims about system behavior.

Agent confabulation. In one review cycle, the agent fabricated a claim that pre-code.sh is generated from pre-code.src.sh via BUNDLE_SRCS. No pre-code.src.sh exists. The author investigated and refuted this, wasting time.

Fix agent post-script failure. Run 30555954743 successfully fixed 3 review findings and pushed the branch, but failed when process-fix-result.py tried to resolve fix-result.schema.json via a relative __file__ path incompatible with the content-addressable resource cache. The fix (using FULLSEND_OUTPUT_SCHEMA env var) is already in the current codebase.

Token cost. 14 review runs on a 4-file documentation PR represents significant compute. The agent also re-raised already-resolved issues across review cycles (notably runner_env inconsistency and external ADR references flagged as broken), creating noise.

Existing issue evidence

All identified improvement areas map to existing open issues. New evidence from this PR:

  • agents#420 (verify technical assertions before posting): The agent fabricated the pre-code.src.sh / BUNDLE_SRCS claim on this PR. Direct evidence that unverified assertions reach authors.
  • agents#638 (follow ADR references during investigation): 7 of the human's high-severity findings required reading ADRs in an external repo. The agent could not access or verify any ADR-based claim.
  • agents#373 (skip irrelevant review dimensions for docs-only PRs): 14 review runs on a docs PR. Reducing dimension count or applying a docs-specific review profile would have cut cost significantly.
  • agents#551 (fix relative schema path in post-fix script): The exact failure observed in run 30555954743. Fix already merged.
  • agents#721 (content-based stable identifiers for cross-round dedup): The agent re-raised the runner_env finding across 5+ review cycles after the author had already resolved it.
  • agents#685 (resolve or persist prior-iteration findings on re-review): Same re-raised findings pattern — the agent does not track which findings were addressed between cycles.
  • fullsend#5030 (request changes for factual inaccuracies in docs): The agent approved while 22+ factual accuracy issues remained. Approval disposition needs calibration for docs PRs.
  • fullsend#1480 (shallow feedback on documentation PRs): The agent's review covered naming consistency and link validity but missed all claims about system behavior, ADR compliance, and runtime requirements.

Autonomy assessment

The review agent is not ready for approval autonomy on documentation PRs about system internals. The agent's value was in fast surface-level checks (naming, links, headings), but it systematically missed every issue requiring cross-repo verification, ADR compliance checking, or runtime behavior understanding. The requires-manual-review label on this PR was appropriate. Increasing autonomy for this PR class should wait until agents#638 (ADR following) and agents#420 (assertion verification) are addressed.

Conclusion

No new proposals are filed — all findings map to existing tracked issues. The PR's review history provides strong supporting evidence for the issues noted above, particularly agents#420 (confabulation) and agents#638 (cross-repo verification gap).

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