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fix(gates): gate on the DEED grammar, per the template and standards#837 - #55

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The guard in dogfood-gate.yml counted .a2ml files only:

COUNT=$(find . -name '*.a2ml' -not -path './.git/*' | wc -l)

so a repo whose manifest is written in the current grammar is reported as having none, and the
summary/compliance row is skipped by the same predicate (if find . -name '*.a2ml' ... | grep -q .).
The validator itself has scanned both grammars for a while -- the caller's predicate is the bug.

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  • rsr-template-repo/.github/workflows/deed-validate.yml (the mint source) is what this wording is
    copied from, byte for byte, including -type f-free find and the dual-accept stance.
  • standards#837 — "DEED conversion campaign", campaign step 4: *"flip ... RSR gates from .a2ml
    presence to .deed presence alongside". Gate predicates, not document contents.
  • deed-ecosystem/README.adoc: "The DEED format name and .deed extension are final, not A2ML."

Deliberately not done

  • No .a2ml file is translated or renamed. #837 makes classification into the four DEED forms and
    per-family mapping specs a prerequisite for mass translation; that is not this PR.
  • No gate that reads a retained file is touched (CLAIMS.a2ml, .machine_readable/Debtfile.a2ml,
    contractiles/INDEX.a2ml); rewriting those would fail gates that currently pass.
  • No job-id or shell-var renames (a2ml-validate, A2ML_COUNT): they are referenced from needs:
    and ${{ needs.*.outputs }}. The Checks-UI label is updated, as it has no references.

Estate-wide .deed gate convergence, 2026-09-21. Script: estate-audit/engine/deed_gate_migration.py.

The guard counted `.a2ml` files only, so a repo carrying just a `.deed` document was told it had
no manifest at all:

  - find \. -name '\*\.a2ml' -not -path '\./\.git/\*'
  + find . -type f \( -name '*.a2ml' -o -name '*.deed' \) -not -path './.git/*'

The validator already reads both grammars; the caller's predicate was the bug. Wording follows the
estate's own migrated copy and `deed-ecosystem/README.adoc`: `.deed` is final, `.a2ml` is legacy and
no longer authored, and the template bootstraps with `just repo-init` (so the `a2mliser init`
instruction is removed). Retained `.machine_readable/*.a2ml` inputs are untouched.
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  • Documentation
    • Updated DEED guidance for RSR repositories to require a repository-specific <repo>_chora.deed file.
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The workflow now requires a repository-specific <repo>_chora.deed filename in its warning, summary, and dogfooding scorecard. The warning also references standards#837.

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Update DEED workflow messages
.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
The warning, summary output, and dogfooding scorecard now identify <repo>_chora.deed as the required RSR manifest. The warning references standards#837.

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In @.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml:
- Line 309: Update the DEED repo-deed scorecard row to use the DEED_STATUS
variable assigned by the DEED check instead of A2ML_STATUS, so the status cell
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| Tool/Format | Status | Notes |
|-------------|--------|-------|
| DEED manifest (0-AI-MANIFEST.deed) | ${A2ML_STATUS} | Required for all RSR repos |
| DEED repo-deed (`<repo>_chora.deed`) | ${A2ML_STATUS} | Required for all RSR repos |

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use DEED_STATUS in the scorecard.

The DEED check assigns DEED_STATUS at Lines 265 and 267, but this row reads A2ML_STATUS. The status cell is therefore blank when the workflow runs. Replace it with ${DEED_STATUS}.

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-          | DEED repo-deed (`<repo>_chora.deed`) | ${A2ML_STATUS} | Required for all RSR repos |
+          | DEED repo-deed (`<repo>_chora.deed`) | ${DEED_STATUS} | Required for all RSR repos |
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| DEED repo-deed (`<repo>_chora.deed`) | ${A2ML_STATUS} | Required for all RSR repos |
| DEED repo-deed (`<repo>_chora.deed`) | ${DEED_STATUS} | Required for all RSR repos |
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In @.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml at line 309, Update the DEED repo-deed
scorecard row to use the DEED_STATUS variable assigned by the DEED check instead
of A2ML_STATUS, so the status cell receives the correct value.

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Mirrors `rsr-template-repo/.github/workflows/deed-validate.yml` and standards#837 step 4. No
`.a2ml` document is translated and no retained-input gate is touched.
@hyperpolymath hyperpolymath changed the title fix(gates): require .deed, not the deprecated .a2ml fix(gates): gate on the DEED grammar, per the template and standards#837 Sep 21, 2026
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hyperpolymath merged commit f475624 into main Sep 21, 2026
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hyperpolymath deleted the fix/deed-gate-grammar branch September 21, 2026 11:15
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