Add a second axis to every RFC — its class (feature, bug-fix,
simplification, architecture, process, testing) — encoded in the path
as docs/rfc/{lifecycle}/{class}/file.md. The folder is the label, so
the closed set is enforced by structure rather than a parsed field.
Two new doc-sync gates back it:
- verify-rfc-classification: every RFC sits in a valid class folder and
the README index lists it under the matching lifecycle→class heading.
- verify-doc-refs: every docs/*.md path cited in a packages|examples TS
comment resolves — closes a drift class verify-md-links can't see, and
catches the four comment refs this reorg moved.
The README gains a Classification section explaining the taxonomy and
per-class index sub-sections. A self-referential process RFC records why
the scheme is path-encoded and gated.
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# RFC: Mechanical quality gates over prose guidelines
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Status: implemented (accepted 2026-06-11)
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<!-- XXX: legacy ADR/RFC body format, not yet normalized to a unified RFC template. -->
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## Context
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This codebase is developed primarily by coding agents. Agents follow enforced gates far more reliably than prose conventions, and "a lot of work" is not a cost argument when agents do the labor. Early evidence: tests that didn't typecheck shipped (vitest doesn't typecheck) and were only caught by a review.
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## Decision
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Every AGENTS.md promise gets a command that exits non-zero, wired into git hooks and CI both calling the same package.json scripts:
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- Max-strict TypeScript (`noUncheckedIndexedAccess`, `exactOptionalPropertyTypes`, …); tests and examples typecheck in CI via `tsconfig.typecheck.json` (vendored packages resolve as built declarations).
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- ESLint strict-type-checked + @stylistic (the house style, enforced); vendored code excluded.
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- Per-file 100% coverage on `packages/*/src` (v8); unreachable defensive guards carry `/* v8 ignore */ ` with stated reasons instead of deletion.
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- knip (dead code/deps), publint (package correctness), workspace constraints (workspace rules: private, cordis peer+dev, uniform version, ESM).
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- lefthook pre-commit (lint staged, typecheck, vendor-manifest guard) and pre-push (tests, hygiene); CI runs the full matrix on node 24/26 plus a demo smoke test driving the echo-agent end to end.
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## Consequences
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- Conventions survive agent turnover; violations fail fast and locally.
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- The gates themselves are code to maintain; config changes are reviewed like any change.
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- 100%-coverage pressure can produce assertion-free tests — mutation testing is the planned counterweight (see [the mutation-testing proposal](../../proposed/testing/2026-06-11-mutation-testing.md)).
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