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5th occurrence (06-14): asked the subagent-driven/inline menu at the M1 plan handoff. The 06-10 ledger claims a Stop hook blocks this; it didn't fire. Flag to verify the hook is present + its matcher catches the writing-plans menu wording. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# FRICTION.md — kaizen friction log
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Raw signals for the periodic **kaizen review** (the methodology retrospective; see
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`docs/TODO.md`). This is the input that keeps our tooling and conventions sharpening
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over time instead of only accreting.
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**How to use:** append freely _during_ work under **Open signals** — don't curate,
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don't fix there. Capture friction, surprises, fixes that keep recurring, and tooling
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that isn't earning its keep. The kaizen review reads this, then proposes
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**add / change / remove** (biased toward _remove_), migrates durable knowledge into the
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right docs, and moves consumed signals into the **decisions ledger** below.
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**Entry format:** `date — [tag] observation — (optional) → systematization idea`
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Tags: `[friction]` recurring annoyance · `[gotcha]` surprising behaviour ·
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`[recurring]` keeps coming back, should be systematized · `[unused]` tooling not
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earning its keep.
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---
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## Open signals
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_(append new raw signals here; the next kaizen review consumes them)_
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- `[recurring]` **Execution-mode menu asked AGAIN despite the 2026-06-10 "mechanical
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fix"** (2026-06-14): at the M1 (`public_dns`) plan handoff I presented the "1.
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Subagent-Driven / 2. Inline Execution — which approach?" menu and asked the user to
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pick. The decisions ledger (2026-06-10) records this exact behaviour as CHANGE →
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mechanical: *"Stop hook in `.claude/settings.json` blocks the turn if the menu appears
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and tells me to proceed subagent-driven."* It did not fire — either the hook is absent
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in this clone, its matcher doesn't match the wording the `writing-plans` skill actually
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produces, or it isn't installed/active. The standing agreement is to **default straight
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to subagent-driven without asking**. → verify the Stop hook exists and that its pattern
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matches the real menu text (the skill scripts "Two execution options" / "Which
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approach?"); if it relies on `.claude/settings.json` hooks that aren't active here,
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that's the gap. 5th occurrence (06-05/06/09/10/14).
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- `[friction]` **ADR-writing policy is unsettled** (2026-05-31): drafting an ADR, I
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invented a Status header ("Proposed") on the fly because there's no documented
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convention for how we write ADRs (status lifecycle, required sections). → TODO 10.2 —
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decide a minimal ADR template / status convention.
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- `[recurring]` **Brainstorming's "user reviews spec" gate fires despite a standing
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agreement to skip it** (2026-06-10): writing the ADR-structure spec, I stopped to ask
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the user to review the finished spec before writing the plan — the
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`superpowers:brainstorming` skill scripts that gate. We had previously agreed I should
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move directly from the Q/A to the implementation plan once the spec is written. Same
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shape as the execution-mode-menu signal: an external skill's script conflicting with a
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boma convention, where prose reminders don't hold. → consider a mechanical guard
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(Stop-hook family) or a CLAUDE.md/skill-override note that suppresses the spec-review
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gate.
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- `[recurring]` **Subagent faithfulness self-reports can be wrong — controller must
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diff** (2026-06-10): during the ADR-023 retroactive restructure, an implementer
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subagent reported "0 substantive deletions, the See-also lines reappear verbatim" for
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ADR-014, but it had actually dropped the cross-reference lines. Caught only by the
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controller independently running `git show <sha> | grep '^-[^-]'`. For
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faithfulness-critical edits delegated to subagents, the agent's own audit is not
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sufficient evidence. → systematize a controller-side deletion-audit step (every `-`
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line must be a classified, expected change) before accepting any "presentational-only"
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restructure; consider a helper script.
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---
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## Kaizen reviews — decisions ledger
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Consumed signals and where their resolution now lives. Newest first.
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### 2026-06-10
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| Signal (first seen) | Verdict | Resolution / where it lives now |
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|---|---|---|
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| Execution-mode menu asked at plan handoff — 4× (06-05/06/09/10) | CHANGE → mechanical | Stop hook in `.claude/settings.json` blocks the turn if the menu appears and tells me to proceed subagent-driven. Prose reminders (CLAUDE.md, memory, 3 FRICTION entries) had failed four times — the lesson is that a behaviour conflicting with an external skill's script needs a *mechanical* guard, not another note. |
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| Every `git commit` needs `rbw` unlock — recurring (05-30) | CHANGE | Root cause was **not** the vault syntax-check (`.ansible-lint` already excludes `vault.yml`); it was ansible-lint auto-loading + decrypting `inventories/production/group_vars/all/vault.yml` via the wired `vault_password_file`. Scoped the pre-commit `ansible-lint` hook (`always_run: false` + `files:` ansible content) so **docs-/config-only commits skip it and need no vault**. Ansible-content commits still need `rbw` (intrinsic to linting vault-backed plays; accepted). |
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| `make test` fails when run non-activated — `ansible-config` not found (06-06) | CHANGE | `Makefile` `test`/`test-all` now prepend `$(CURDIR)/.venv/bin` to `PATH`. |
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| Molecule image missing from the Forgejo registry (06-06) | already built | `make molecule-image-push` target exists. |
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| Deferred decision goes stale across docs — 3× (06-05) | already built | `scripts/repo-scan.py` `open-deferred-item` / `stale-deferred` checks, run by `/review-repo`. |
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| `make new-role` brace-expansion fails under dash (05-30) | fixed | Explicit paths in the Makefile target. |
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| nft `iif` vs `iifname`, Molecule `ansible_host`, apply-path coverage blind spot, render-`nft -c` pattern (06-06) | MIGRATE | → `docs/testing/gotchas.md` (pointer from ADR-008). |
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| hooks-need-restart, pre-commit stashes unstaged, `rbw sync` stale cache, zsh word-split (05-30) | MIGRATE | → `docs/runbooks/claude-code-setup.md` "Environment gotchas". |
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| `finishing-a-development-branch` offers open-a-PR vs our trunk-based merge (06-01) | accepted | Same root cause as the menu ask (external skill script vs boma convention). CLAUDE.md already mandates trunk-based merge-to-main; covered by the Stop-hook family + awareness. Revisit if it recurs. |
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**Process note:** the `/retro` tool (TODO 11) still isn't built, so this review was
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manual. Curating by hand (migrate durable knowledge → docs, archive consumed signals →
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this ledger) worked well; fold that curation step into `/retro` when it's built.
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