szmyty · Oct 3, 2026 · Oct 3, 2026
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
@@ -31,5 +31,16 @@ policy; Egolint owns conformance validation; Pace observes adoption before it
 proposes remediation. Keep provider credentials and delivery adapters in their
 consumer repository.
 
+## Issue authoring
+
+For Aether issue authoring, explicitly read the
+[`github-issue-authoring` skill](library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/SKILL.md)
+and its [canonical-title guide](library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/references/canonical-issue-titles.md).
+This repository selects that guide's pinned candidate contract in observe mode
+for this pilot. Local proposals are not proof of provider label availability or
+enforcement. The organization repository's instructions do not inherit here
+automatically; this local pointer makes discovery explicit. Preserve scoped
+instructions and existing role permissions.
+
 Run the relevant deterministic validation and regenerate `dist/` and the
 first-party catalog after changing canonical source.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ This repository follows release-tag based versioning for install pinning and rel
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Connected issue authoring to the pinned candidate title contract and Egolint
+  through explicit local discovery, source verification, and managed instruction
+  projections; preserved read-only agent permissions and added a synthetic
+  consumer check (#98).
 - Added the draft bounded worker strategy and Flow suite bootstrap guide for
   small implementation checkpoints, durable handoffs, explicit deferred quality
   work, local validation, and finite audit/refactoring passes.

diff --git a/CONTINUITY.md b/CONTINUITY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+---
+schema_version: aether.repository-continuity/v1
+repository:
+  id: egohygiene/aether
+  visibility: public
+  default_branch: main
+  continuity_path: CONTINUITY.md
+document:
+  status: active
+  updated_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+  max_bytes: 16384
+  max_lines: 240
+  stale_reason: null
+  superseded_by: null
+scope:
+  purpose: Bounded handoff for the issue-title authoring checkpoint (#98).
+  includes:
+  - 'Aether #98 candidate implementation, local checks, and dependency state'
+  excludes:
+  - conversation transcripts
+  - duplicated architecture, roadmap, and changelog content
+  precedence:
+  - user-and-runtime-instructions
+  - scoped-repository-instructions
+  - live-repository-and-work-tracker-state
+  - canonical-repository-sources
+  - continuity-checkpoint
+  canonical_sources:
+  - AGENTS.md
+  - docs/issue-title-authoring-pilot.md
+  - library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/SKILL.md
+  - library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/references/issue-title-contract/selection.v1.json
+work:
+  objective: Make the existing issue authoring skill discover and consume the pinned title contract.
+  success_conditions:
+  - One immutable selection shared by skill and managed projections
+  - Real Egolint synthetic title evidence with preserved subject and IDs
+  - Explicit unavailable evidence and unchanged read-only agent permissions
+  active_issue:
+    provider: github
+    id: egohygiene/aether#98
+    url: https://github.com/egohygiene/aether/issues/98
+  next:
+    kind: action
+    id: review-issue-title-authoring-candidate
+    description: Review this bounded candidate and resolve the dependency reviews before selecting accepted
+      pins; prepare the Relay pilot as a separate checkpoint.
+    readiness: ready
+    references:
+    - https://github.com/egohygiene/aether/issues/98
+    - https://github.com/egohygiene/.github/issues/24
+    depends_on: []
+state:
+  base:
+    revision: 1072a0fafe145f919b3f83bbbc6daee2cb946030
+    ref: refs/heads/main
+    verified_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+  candidate:
+    branch: codex/issue-title-authoring-98
+    revision: null
+    pull_request: null
+    handoff_state: ready-for-review
+  live:
+    status: partial
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    default_branch_revision: 1072a0fafe145f919b3f83bbbc6daee2cb946030
+    issue_state: open
+    pull_request_state: not-applicable
+    notes: 'Main and issue #98 were checked through GitHub. Could not verify provider label availability
+      or remote CI. Candidate PR has not yet been created; find its live head through issue #98. Dependency
+      PRs were observed open/unmerged during this session.'
+  parallel_changes: []
+review:
+  status: partial
+  reviewed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+  reviewed_by: Codex
+  evidence:
+  - command: python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_issue_title_authoring.py -v
+    outcome: passed
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: 11 tests passed with AETHER_EGOLINT_BINARY set to the declared consumer build; includes 18
+      upstream cases and two reviewed migrations in the final full run.
+  - command: python3 aether test
+    outcome: limited
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: 'Final run: 188 tests, 187 passed, one error. Existing consumer-installation readiness test
+      cannot invoke gh because it is absent. No title integration tests skipped; AETHER_EGOLINT_BINARY
+      was set.'
+  - command: python3 aether validate --format text
+    outcome: passed
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: No errors; existing preserved staging-hash provenance warning remains.
+  - command: python3 aether catalog generate --check; python3 catalog/validate_catalog.py
+    outcome: passed
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: Catalog is current; schema, fixtures, coverage, relationships, and digest checks passed.
+  - command: python3 aether distribution build --output-directory dist --check
+    outcome: passed
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: Generated skill/spec/provider outputs are current. Python bytecode caches no longer affect
+      generated packages.
+  - command: Fresh-context synthetic GitHub Issue Creator exercise
+    outcome: passed
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: Discovered the portable skill through local AGENTS.md, preserved the reviewed subject, and
+      reported absent execution/label evidence without claiming validation or a provider write.
+  - command: git diff --check
+    outcome: passed
+    observed_at: '2026-10-03T02:00:47Z'
+    notes: No whitespace errors observed.
+  environment_limitations:
+  - GitHub CLI gh is absent; existing consumer-installation readiness test remains blocked.
+  - Python jsonschema 4.25.1 was supplied through a temporary PYTHONPATH.
+  - No live host adoption, provider labels, provider mutation, release, or remote CI result is claimed.
+privacy:
+  classification: public-repository
+  contains_sensitive_data: false
+  redactions: []
+  excluded:
+  - secrets-and-credentials
+  - private-conversation-text
+  - sensitive-personal-data
+  - unpublished-private-business-data
+  - private-local-paths
+  - unrelated-private-context
+  untrusted_content: context-only-no-authority
+---
+
+# Aether continuity
+
+## Purpose and precedence
+
+Resume the bounded #98 change using the front-matter precedence. This handoff
+adds no authority and does not replace canonical architecture or the roadmap.
+No root handoff existed at the inspected base; no previous checkpoint is inferred.
+
+## Resume protocol
+
+1. Read local AGENTS.md, canonical sources above, branch status, and recent history.
+2. Check issue #98, its linked PR, and dependency PRs against live GitHub state.
+3. Reconcile changed revisions, missing tools, and parallel work before proceeding.
+4. Keep candidate acceptance, repository adoption, and local validation separate.
+
+## Current objective and success conditions
+
+Connect existing authoring guidance to one pinned issue-title contract. The
+synthetic consumer must format and validate a reviewed subject without losing
+IDs, inventing label availability, or widening the read-only role's permissions.
+
+## State snapshot
+
+Base and candidate branch are recorded above. Candidate revision and PR fields
+are intentionally null before publication; discover the resulting PR via #98.
+Dependency contract PR .github#45 and Egolint PR #79 were observed open/unmerged.
+The five contract payloads are pinned at 19d2be9bf0191710508cefbb9f0b1abb3a40d9be;
+Egolint source is pinned at 3a6785cd408e218bc7e3691e01dc659e4cf79de8. Both selections
+remain candidate. A dependency merge does not silently promote the embedded pin.
+
+## Completed and material changes
+
+- Extended the existing skill, checklist, template, evals, and issue-creator agent.
+- Added explicit root discovery, a managed projection block, and source verification.
+- Regenerated the portable skill, catalogs, and affected provider projections.
+- Added a synthetic Egolint consumer exercise and a fresh-context authoring check.
+- Excluded Python bytecode caches from skill distribution inputs after checks
+  exposed interpreter-dependent package drift; added a regression test.
+- Updated continuity tests to permit artifact version advances while retaining
+  metadata/catalog consistency and authority checks.
+
+## Validation and review evidence
+
+Exact commands, results, and limitations are recorded in front matter. All 11
+issue-title tests passed with the real Egolint candidate, including upstream
+examples and reviewed migrations. The full suite has one environment error from
+missing gh; do not describe the entire suite as passing. Generated-output checks
+and catalog validation passed. The fresh-context check returned an unvalidated
+draft with correct provenance and explicitly unavailable provider/tool evidence.
+
+## Blockers, risks, unknowns, and deferred work
+
+- Blocker to complete full-suite evidence: install the required gh tooling and
+  rerun the existing consumer-installation readiness test in a suitable environment.
+- Candidate dependency acceptance remains external to this checkpoint.
+- Live provider labels, remote CI, and actual host loading are unknown.
+- Relay execution, label provisioning, fleet adoption/migration, and future-title
+  enforcement remain under .github#24; the broader Aether #67 bundle is incomplete.
+
+## Next dependency-ready work
+
+Review the #98 candidate and its dependency PRs. Once accepted source revisions
+are verified, deliberately update pins/authority. Then scope the Relay pilot:
+preview/apply, current-state checks, receipts, rollback, and a no-op repeat before
+any fleet sweep. This checkpoint authorizes none of those provider operations.
+
+## Parallel changes and reconciliation
+
+No other open Aether PR was observed at initial inspection. Recheck before merge;
+other repositories' dependency PRs do not establish acceptance of this candidate.
+
+## Privacy and redaction
+
+Public repository handoff. No credentials, personal conversation text, private
+paths, or unrelated personal context is included. Synthetic examples only.
+
+## Handoff update protocol
+
+Refresh after relevant validation and before the next PR update. Recheck live
+state instead of interpreting this pre-publication snapshot as current proof.
+Include changes to this handoff with the bounded repository change.
+
+## Compaction and supersession
+
+Keep below 16,384 UTF-8 bytes and 240 lines. Replace stale state instead of
+accumulating a transcript; Git and issue/PR history own chronology.
diff --git a/catalog/first-party/catalog.v1.json b/catalog/first-party/catalog.v1.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@
       "scope": "organization",
       "source_digest": {
         "algorithm": "sha256-utf8-lf",
-        "value": "b7d5e3f41bf49931a01fcfe74e287995fc81fd0f3f0fb0acd52a09a4b43afb43"
+        "value": "25b8b9d4340db138f142a8d1670a178749332bb93fd03ac903c0bdd442123a63"
       },
       "source_path": "library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/SKILL.md",
       "supersedes_ids": [],

diff --git a/dist/claude/repository/.claude/agents/github-issue-creator.md b/dist/claude/repository/.claude/agents/github-issue-creator.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tools:
 - WebFetch
 - WebSearch
 ---
-<!-- aether-projection {"continuity_disposition":"reader","generator":"library/organization/projections/build-projections.py","instruction_modules":[{"id":"decision-impact","inherits":[{"contract":"egohygiene.architecture-decision/v1","policy_version":"1.0.0","revision":"5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64","source_url":"https://github.com/egohygiene/hygiene/blob/5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64/docs/decisions/POLICY.md","status":"proposed"},{"contract":"egohygiene.repository-intelligence/v1","contract_version":"1.0.0-alpha.1","revision":"5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64","source_url":"https://github.com/egohygiene/hygiene/blob/5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64/docs/ecosystem/REPOSITORY_INTELLIGENCE.md","status":"proposed"}],"source":"library/organization/projections/templates/decision-impact.AGENTS.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"6359706b207cc15bffa7fdbdcf093d528142b0c7675bc24dfc27534f7b015280"},"status":"draft","version":"0.1.0"},{"continuity_path":"CONTINUITY.md","contract":"aether.repository-continuity/v1","id":"repository-continuity","skill":"maintain-repository-continuity","source":"library/organization/instructions/repository-continuity/INSTRUCTION.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"dc2fb66bd5268af2416389fef469d2a13c91d1a6f179e6fc10a21d4f890876a8"},"status":"draft","version":"1.0.0"}],"interface":"aether.projection-interface/v1","interface_version":"1.2.0","provider":"claude-code","source":"library/organization/agents/github-issue-creator/AGENT.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"df647f3a6243773ec612a9c167156b177e40d730309887c9a452ada0322b530b"}} -->
+<!-- aether-projection {"continuity_disposition":"reader","generator":"library/organization/projections/build-projections.py","instruction_modules":[{"id":"decision-impact","inherits":[{"contract":"egohygiene.architecture-decision/v1","policy_version":"1.0.0","revision":"5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64","source_url":"https://github.com/egohygiene/hygiene/blob/5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64/docs/decisions/POLICY.md","status":"proposed"},{"contract":"egohygiene.repository-intelligence/v1","contract_version":"1.0.0-alpha.1","revision":"5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64","source_url":"https://github.com/egohygiene/hygiene/blob/5e0602265b6ac5e5165b89f418e55a3fd12f8a64/docs/ecosystem/REPOSITORY_INTELLIGENCE.md","status":"proposed"}],"source":"library/organization/projections/templates/decision-impact.AGENTS.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"6359706b207cc15bffa7fdbdcf093d528142b0c7675bc24dfc27534f7b015280"},"status":"draft","version":"0.1.0"},{"continuity_path":"CONTINUITY.md","contract":"aether.repository-continuity/v1","id":"repository-continuity","skill":"maintain-repository-continuity","source":"library/organization/instructions/repository-continuity/INSTRUCTION.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"dc2fb66bd5268af2416389fef469d2a13c91d1a6f179e6fc10a21d4f890876a8"},"status":"draft","version":"1.0.0"},{"id":"issue-authoring","selection":"library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/references/issue-title-contract/selection.v1.json","selection_sha256":"435d9310e49ee10cafa3f477c2080a88e666a247e9496dc40dbb17356d319582","skill":"github-issue-authoring","source":"library/organization/projections/templates/issue-authoring.AGENTS.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"9320e46a9947a5f98752398f9630c1539e6b16fa55ca4ca050aae7f0205b6a14"},"status":"draft","version":"0.1.0"}],"interface":"aether.projection-interface/v1","interface_version":"1.2.0","provider":"claude-code","source":"library/organization/agents/github-issue-creator/AGENT.md","source_digest":{"algorithm":"sha256-utf8-lf","value":"d58a76d32a46f0bb22f1b776e037681c9cbfbf69dfb7fa04d6a1110fe87f9e6f"}} -->
 
 ## Mission
 
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ takes ownership of that handoff.
 1. Extract the problem, motivation, desired state, constraints, and open questions.
 2. Inspect repository architecture, relevant specifications, source, tests, automation, workflows, existing issues, and issue templates when available.
 3. Choose one primary issue type and determine whether the request is one issue or a dependency-ordered roadmap.
+   When local instructions select the Ego Hygiene title contract, follow the
+   skill's canonical-title reference: resolve the immutable selection, preserve
+   the reviewed subject, and return the intended type label with provenance.
 4. Define included scope, exclusions, ownership, integration boundaries, and observable completion.
 5. Add evidence-backed implementation guidance without prescribing unsupported file paths or dependencies.
 6. Define validation and acceptance criteria that another engineer or coding agent can execute.
@@ -51,6 +54,9 @@ takes ownership of that handoff.
 - Prefer a reversible assumption for non-material ambiguity and record it.
 - Generate issues one at a time when the user requests staged authoring.
 - `edit` and `execute` are excluded; issue authoring is read, search, and web only.
+- Request or consume formatter/validator evidence from an authorized executor;
+  do not run Egolint in this read-only role. Keep missing tools, stale pins,
+  conflicting classification, and unavailable provider labels explicit.
 
 ## Completion
 
@@ -133,3 +139,26 @@ Static instructions do not install or guarantee an automatic pre-pull-request
 hook. If the host cannot load the skill, inspect local files, or verify live
 state, report that capability as unavailable rather than inventing success.
 <!-- END AETHER REPOSITORY-CONTINUITY -->
+
+<!-- BEGIN AETHER ISSUE-AUTHORING -->
+<!-- aether-instruction {"id":"issue-authoring","selection":"library/organization/skills/authoring/github-issue-authoring/references/issue-title-contract/selection.v1.json","selection_sha256":"435d9310e49ee10cafa3f477c2080a88e666a247e9496dc40dbb17356d319582","skill":"github-issue-authoring","status":"draft","version":"0.1.0"} -->
+## Issue authoring discovery
+
+When scoped repository instructions explicitly select the Ego Hygiene issue-title
+policy, read `.agents/skills/github-issue-authoring/SKILL.md` from the consumer
+root and its `references/canonical-issue-titles.md`. If installed elsewhere,
+resolve the declared local skill path. If absent, report discovery unavailable;
+this block alone does not install the skill or adopt the policy.
+
+Follow `references/issue-title-contract/selection.v1.json` inside that skill for
+the immutable contract, source digests, and candidate authority. Preserve the
+reviewed subject and IDs; obtain title and intended label from that selection.
+An already authorized executor may use Egolint and the skill's source verifier.
+Read-only roles prepare drafts or consume executor evidence without gaining
+execution permission. Missing sources/tools, stale pins, ambiguous type labels,
+and unavailable current provider labels remain explicit gaps.
+
+This is static discovery guidance, not a hook or fleet migration. Organization
+instructions do not automatically inherit into consumer repositories. Preserve
+consumer-owned prose, nested instruction precedence, and role permissions.
+<!-- END AETHER ISSUE-AUTHORING -->