feat(scripts): generate the RFC index tables from the tree
docs/rfc/README.md's per-lifecycle tables are now generated between gen-rfc-index marker comments from each RFC's path (lifecycle/class), H1 title (optional 'RFC: ' prefix stripped), and filename date, sorted by date then filename — the one docs region every proposal wave edits and every concurrent branch conflicts on becomes derived state. scripts/rfc-index.ts owns the shared walker (closed lifecycle/class sets, structure rules, parseable-H1 requirement) and the renderer; gen-rfc-index.ts is the writer CLI; verify-rfc-classification.ts keeps the structure check and asserts the committed regions byte-match a fresh render (freshness subsumes the index-completeness check, since a generated-from-disk table is definitionally complete and correctly headed). A malformed H1 is a hard error in both directions, so the H1 is now load-bearing as the title source — the one nonconforming H1 (a status suffix duplicating the path) is normalized. Implements docs/rfc/implemented/process/2026-07-04-generate-rfc-index-tables.md (moved from proposed/ and amended to the shipped mechanics); the classification RFC's verify-only stance carries the supersession cross-link per implemented/AGENTS.md.
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# RFC: Generate the RFC index tables
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Status: proposed
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## Problem
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`docs/rfc/README.md`'s per-lifecycle/per-class tables are hand-maintained even though every fact in them is derivable: an RFC's path encodes lifecycle and class, its filename encodes the first-proposed date, and its H1 carries the title. `scripts/verify-rfc-classification.ts` already walks the tree and cross-checks the index — the expensive parsing exists; it reports instead of writing.
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The tables are also the repo's highest-contention docs hotspot: every proposal wave appends rows to the same few lines, so concurrent RFC branches conflict precisely there while agreeing everywhere else, and each conflict is resolved by hand-merging rows whose content the filesystem already knows. [The classification RFC](../../implemented/process/2026-06-20-rfc-classification.md) records rejecting auto-generation to keep the file curated — but the curated part of the README is the prose, and the prose never conflicts; only the mechanical tables do.
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## Proposal
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Keep the curated prose; generate the tables. Add a `gen-rfc-index` mode (a `--write` flag on `verify-rfc-classification.ts`, or a sibling script sharing its walker) that scans the RFC tree, reads each H1, derives the date from the filename, and rewrites the table rows under stable generated markers per `## {Lifecycle}` / `### {Class}` section; `verify-rfc-classification` asserts freshness — the `gen-cordis-catalog`/`verify-cordis-catalog` pattern. The class and lifecycle sets stay closed in the script. The implementing PR amends the classification RFC's rejected-alternatives record per [implemented/AGENTS.md](../../implemented/AGENTS.md), since this supersedes that recorded choice.
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## Why not keep the verifier-only model?
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It catches mistakes but still makes every proposal edit a shared hotspot, and a failed verifier is strictly more annoying than a generator for a purely mechanical row: the author has already named and placed the file; the index copy adds no information. This is the same hand-list-versus-derivation judgment the [package-inventory proposal](2026-06-20-discover-package-inventory.md) applies to tsconfig references and knip stanzas — applied to the one list that demonstrably conflicts.
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## Acceptance criteria
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- `pnpm run gen-rfc-index` (or the chosen spelling) rewrites only the generated table regions; `verify-rfc-classification` fails when they are stale and passes after regeneration.
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- Adding, moving, or deleting an RFC requires editing only the RFC file itself; the rows are produced from path + H1 + filename date.
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- The prose outside the generated markers is untouched by the generator; `pnpm run doc-sync` passes.
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## Risks
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Generated regions inside a curated file need explicit markers so ownership is obvious to reviewers. Reading H1s makes a malformed header a generator error — useful pressure, and it should fail clearly. This supersedes an implemented process decision; amending that RFC's record is part of the change, not optional.
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