A non-numeric MAM_READY_EMPTY_GIVEUP, SKS_EMPTY_GIVEUP, SKS_IDLE_RETRIES,
SKS_IDLE_RETRY_BACKOFF_S, MAM_LOCK_STEAL_RETRIES, MAM_DIFF_MAX_BYTES,
MAM_DIFF_MAX_LINES or RECONCILE_POLL_INTERVAL was a `[` error or a sleep
error at the point of use (PR #43 review claude R3). They now go through
mam_int_knob: decimal, a warning and the default for a bad value. Minimums
are in test_issue26_ints.py INT_KNOBS: 1 for the give-up counts (0 acts as
1), the diff caps (0 truncates every diff) and the poll interval (0 is a
busy loop); 0 for the retry counts (one attempt) and the retry backoff.
SKS_QUIESCENT_INTERVAL stays raw: its default is 0.5 s and sleep's
fraction is its meaning; NOT_ARITHMETIC says so.
loop_lock.sh and diff_collect.sh also run without lib.sh (the Python runner
and the tests source them alone), so mam_int / mam_int_knob move verbatim
to lib_int.sh, which lib.sh sources and those two source when the function
is missing. remove.sh's no-manifest fallback list names the new file
(install copies every file under .agents/skills). test_issue21_loop_b l15,
which builds a control root holding only diff_collect.sh, copies it too.
Tests: the table guard now reads every shell file; scripts sourced alone
read their knobs as decimal; _pane_quiescent with SKS_EMPTY_GIVEUP=abc
gives up with a warning and no `[` error (14 of the new cases fail at
0051fd6).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01HCGpJXhSZasJLU38ksDghe
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