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fix(guidance): add /clear hint to STOP messages, harden stop LLM tests#71

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fix(guidance): add /clear hint to STOP messages, harden stop LLM tests#71
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Summary

  • STOP messages now include actionable next-step guidance: after completing a bead, the agent tells the user to run /clear (or start a fresh agent), then mindspec next — instead of the generic "report completion and wait for instructions"
  • Hardened StopAfterComplete and StopDoesNotBlockApproveImpl LLM tests for Haiku reliability (dependency between beads, increased turn budget, tolerated wrong actions)
  • Fixed stale FormatResult_Review unit test that was checking for removed /ms-impl-approve text
  • Updated all 6 instruct templates lifecycle table with STOP hint on bead-done row

Test plan

  • TestLLM_StopAfterComplete — PASS (1664 events, 23 turns, 100% fwd ratio)
  • TestLLM_StopDoesNotBlockApproveImpl — PASS (4259 events, 38 turns, 81.6% fwd ratio)
  • TestLLM_SingleBead regression check — PASS (3054 events, 32 turns, 93.8% fwd ratio)
  • Deterministic tests (go test ./internal/harness/ -short) — all pass
  • Complete package tests (go test ./internal/complete/) — all pass

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mrmaxsteel and others added 3 commits March 11, 2026 12:14
…pproveImpl for Haiku

- complete.go: FormatResult review case uses non-prescriptive message
  (redirect to `mindspec instruct`) instead of explicit approve command
  that caused SingleBead overreach
- review.md: STOP gate in Next Action prevents auto-approve overreach
- SingleBead: MaxTurns 20→35, tolerate skip_next wrong action (Haiku
  review-mode overreach pattern)
- StopAfterComplete: Model opus→haiku, MaxTurns 25→35, add bead
  dependency (prevents Haiku distraction by bead-2 at session start)
- StopDoesNotBlockApproveImpl: Model opus→haiku, MaxTurns 25→35,
  relax assertion (accept bd close), tolerate bd_close_shortcut/skip_next,
  add "do not close beads directly" prompt constraint

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update all STOP guidance to tell the agent to prompt the user with
"/clear (or start a fresh agent), then mindspec next" instead of the
generic "report completion and wait for instructions". This makes the
handoff actionable for the user.

Changes:
- complete.go FormatResult: STOP message includes /clear hint
- implement.md: post-complete guidance + completion step 4
- All 6 instruct templates: lifecycle table bead-done row
- complete_test.go: fix stale assertion (/ms-impl-approve → mindspec instruct)

Verified: StopAfterComplete PASS (100% fwd), StopDoesNotBlockApproveImpl
PASS (81.6% fwd), SingleBead regression check PASS (93.8% fwd).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
StopAfterComplete: PASS (1664 events, 23 turns, 100% fwd)
StopDoesNotBlockApproveImpl: PASS (4259 events, 38 turns, 81.6% fwd)
SingleBead regression: PASS (3054 events, 32 turns, 93.8% fwd)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@mrmaxsteel mrmaxsteel merged commit a18b759 into main Mar 11, 2026
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@mrmaxsteel mrmaxsteel deleted the fix/llm-test-hardening branch March 11, 2026 14:32
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