Delete orphaned code with zero references (templates/, compress/, reflector.md)

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Context

Our research independently identified several code artifacts with zero references anywhere in the codebase — not even in tests. These are the safest possible deletions.

What to delete

factory/templates/ directory

• Contains: factory_config.md, score.py, design_checks/
• Zero references anywhere in factory/, scripts/, or tests — not even as a bare filesystem path string
• Not caught by PR Dead-code pruning report — comprehensive analysis of ~7,800 removable lines #1302's analysis at all
• Fully orphaned

factory/compress/ directory (351 lines)

• Contains: evaluator.py, inner_loop.py, outer_loop.py
• Important: This is a third, unrelated "inner loop / outer loop" — a context-compression optimizer experiment. NOT the factory/outer_loop/ (workflow topology evolution) or factory/inner_loop.py (benchmark eval bridge) that we want to keep
• Zero external references outside its own directory

factory/agents/prompts/reflector.md

• Zero references: grep -rn "reflector.md|prompts.reflector|resolve_prompt(\"reflector\")" factory/ returns zero hits
• PR Dead-code pruning report — comprehensive analysis of ~7,800 removable lines #1302 missed this one (only caught evolver.md)

factory/agents/prompts/evolver.md (38 lines)

• Zero references anywhere (confirmed by PR Dead-code pruning report — comprehensive analysis of ~7,800 removable lines #1302 and our grep)

Verification

All items verified via grep to have zero external references. Lowest-risk deletion possible. Run pytest -m smoke after to confirm nothing broke.

Related

• Dead-code pruning report — comprehensive analysis of ~7,800 removable lines #1301 (dead-code pruning report)