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Cross-Code Review: C-1 Kanban Documentation Removal (Job 27b877f1)
- Reviewer: cline (session: herdr:canary-projects-multi-agent-mux-creator-cline)
- Task: C-1 — Delete all references to Kanban (Kanban worker, goal_mode, kanban status, etc.) across all SKILL.md documentation files; achieve 0 remaining references on the product surface.
- Change scope: 6 files, working-tree (uncommitted) modifications —
.agents/skills/multi-agent-mux-{create,monitor,status}/SKILL.md,README.md,README.ko.md,IMPROVEMENTS.md. 79 insertions, 94 deletions. Documentation-only — no.sh/.pycode was modified. - Date: 2026-08-06
1. Verification of Kanban Reference Removal
1.1 Product-surface grep (case-insensitive)
Searched all 5 product-surface files for kanban (case-insensitive):
| File | Kanban refs (before) | Kanban refs (after) |
|---|---|---|
.agents/skills/multi-agent-mux-monitor/SKILL.md |
~22 | 0 |
.agents/skills/multi-agent-mux-status/SKILL.md |
~5 | 0 |
.agents/skills/multi-agent-mux-create/SKILL.md |
~2 | 0 |
README.md |
1 | 0 |
README.ko.md |
1 | 0 |
grep -cniE 'kanban' on all 5 files returns exit code 1 (no matches) → 0 references remain on the product surface. ✅
1.2 Kanban function / flag / skill-name residue
Searched for specific Kanban API surface tokens across the same files:
kanban_block, kanban_comment, kanban_heartbeat, HERMES_KANBAN_TASK, goal_mode, goal-max-turns, kanban-worker, kanban-orchestrator.
→ NO LEFTOVER KANBAN FUNCTION/FLAG REFERENCES IN SKILL.md/README. ✅
1.3 G-C derived verification gate
python3 .mam/gates/gate_gc.py → G-C PASS — 0 Kanban CLI/API surface tokens ✅
The gate scans the codebase for the full Kanban surface (kanban, KANBAN, Kanban, kanban_comment, kanban_block, kanban_heartbeat, HERMES_KANBAN_TASK, goal_mode) and reports zero hits (excluding the gate file itself and the legitimate RECONCILE_POLL_INTERVAL env var, which is explicitly allow-listed).
1.4 Code files (.sh, .py)
grep -rni 'kanban' .agents/skills/ --include='*.sh' --include='*.py' → 0 hits. No code ever referenced Kanban; the docs were the only residue. ✅
1.5 Remaining "kanban" occurrences (out of scope, expected)
The only remaining kanban string occurrences in the repo are intentional and outside the product surface:
IMPROVEMENTS.md(lines 3, 108–113): The C-1 completion changelog entry. These are meta-references documenting that the removal was done. They live in the backlog tracker, not the product surface (README*.md/.agents/skills/). Intentional and correct..mam/gates/gate_gc.py: The gate that detects and blocks Kanban surface tokens. It contains the word "kanban" because it is the detection mechanism. Intentional and correct..mam/delegate_job_logs/*/meta.json: Internal job records/prompts. Out of scope.
The task target ("0 remaining references") is scoped to the product surface (.agents/skills/, README*.md), which is confirmed at 0.
2. Documentation Accuracy (docs ↔ implementation cross-check)
The largest rewrite is multi-agent-mux-monitor/SKILL.md (133 lines changed). The new description changes the execution model from "Kanban worker that polls every ~30s" to "reconciler that runs reconcile.sh --subscribe (MQTT push + broker-down polling fallback)". I verified every flag/constant mentioned in the rewritten docs against the actual reconcile.sh source:
| SKILL.md claim | reconcile.sh source |
Match |
|---|---|---|
--subscribe (persistent loop) |
line 40: --subscribe) SUBSCRIBE=1 |
✅ |
--once (single pass) |
line 37: --once) ONCE=1 |
✅ |
--emit-diff (JSON drift output) |
line 38: --emit-diff) EMIT_DIFF=1 |
✅ |
--idle-timeout defaults to 3600s |
line 29: SUB_IDLE_TIMEOUT=3600 |
✅ |
--timeout (wall-clock) |
line 41: --timeout) SUB_TIMEOUT="$2" |
✅ |
RECONCILE_POLL_INTERVAL default 15 |
line 33: POLL_INTERVAL="${RECONCILE_POLL_INTERVAL:-15}" |
✅ |
--dry-run |
line 39: --dry-run) DRY_RUN=1 |
✅ |
| Broker-down fallback → poll | line 303: bash "$_self" --once --emit-diff (on exit code 3) |
✅ |
All documented flags and defaults are accurate. ✅
2.1 Replaced skill references are real
The monitor SKILL.md related_skills and prereq_skills now reference:
multi-agent-mux-status→ exists at.agents/skills/multi-agent-mux-status/✅multi-agent-mux-delegate-job→ exists at.agents/skills/multi-agent-mux-delegate-job/✅
The old non-existent references kanban-worker and kanban-orchestrator are gone, and no kanban-* skill directories exist. ✅
2.2 create/SKILL.md change
kanban_block(reason="...") (worker path) → "abort with a non-zero exit and report the reason (automated path)". This removes a reference to a Kanban-only API that was never implemented in the actual create_session.sh script. The replacement ("abort with non-zero exit") accurately describes the real script behavior. ✅
"Kanban workers" → "background workers" in the isolation section. Neutral, accurate. ✅
2.3 status/SKILL.md changes
Four Kanban references removed: description ("No Kanban" → removed; "Kanban monitor worker" → "the monitor loop"), pitfalls ("Kanban worker" → bare skill name), when-to-use ("long Kanban task" → "long-running job"), when-not-to-use ("Kanban worker" → bare skill name). All replacements are neutral and accurate. ✅
3. IMPROVEMENTS.md Consistency
The backlog tracker was updated to reflect C-1 completion:
- Header: total tracked open items 18 → 17 (legacy remnants 5 → 4); completed 3 → 4 (added C-1). ✅
- Section 4 heading: "레거시 잔재 (5건 → 4건)". The C-1 entry was removed from the open backlog. ✅
- Section 5: C-1 added under "완료된 과제" with a 5-line completion summary. ✅
- Section 6 (roadmap): legacy remnants count updated 5 → 4. ✅
Arithmetic is internally consistent: 17 = 2 (arch) + 8 (edge) + 3 (orch) + 4 (legacy). ✅
4. Validation
4.1 Syntax / structure
bash -n reconcile.sh→ OK (unchanged anyway; docs-only change). ✅- YAML frontmatter of all 3 modified SKILL.md files parses cleanly with
yaml.safe_load(name field present). ✅
4.2 Tests
This is a documentation-only change — no .sh/.py code was modified, so no code path can have regressed. For completeness, I ran the unit tests that do not require a live/mock herdr server:
| Test file | Result |
|---|---|
tests/test_workspace_scope.py |
2/2 PASS |
tests/test_b1_tier3_identity.py |
8/8 PASS |
tests/test_tier1_unit.py (-k create) |
7/7 PASS |
Tests that spawn herdr subprocesses (resume/stop/status/mock_herdr) hang — this is a pre-existing test-infra limitation (require a live/mock herdr server), identical to the prior reviews, and not a regression. Since no code changed in this diff, these tests are not exercising any modified path. ✅
4.3 Gate checklist
| Gate | Result |
|---|---|
| G-C (Kanban CLI/API surface) | PASS — 0 tokens |
| Product-surface Kanban refs | 0 across all 5 files |
| Documentation ↔ implementation accuracy | All flags/defaults verified |
| Replaced skill refs exist | multi-agent-mux-status, multi-agent-mux-delegate-job both real |
| YAML frontmatter validity | 3/3 OK |
| IMPROVEMENTS.md arithmetic | Consistent (17 = 2+8+3+4; 4 completed) |
5. Findings
K-1 (none) — No new issues found
The change cleanly and completely removes all Kanban references from the product surface (SKILL.md ×3, README ×2), replaces non-existent skill references with real ones, rewrites the monitor execution-model description to accurately match the actual reconcile.sh --subscribe implementation, and updates the IMPROVEMENTS.md backlog tracker consistently. The G-C gate confirms 0 Kanban CLI/API surface tokens remain.
The only residual kanban strings live in (a) the IMPROVEMENTS.md completion changelog — which legitimately records that C-1 was done, and (b) the G-C gate file itself — which is the detection mechanism. Both are intentional and out of the product-surface scope defined by the task.
6. Verdict
The C-1 task — "Delete all references to Kanban across all SKILL.md documentation files and achieve 0 remaining references on the product surface" — is fully achieved. Verification confirms 0 Kanban references across all 5 product-surface files, the G-C gate passes, the rewritten documentation accurately reflects the actual reconcile.sh implementation, and the IMPROVEMENTS.md tracker is consistent. No code was changed, so there is no regression risk.
No merge-blocking issues remain.
[VERDICT: PASS]