Timmy's c46d7dd filed replies/2026-10-19-to-zephyrus-interview.md, whose name
carries no number by construction. reply_check graded NAME_MALFORMED and, under
--baseline, a new fault: verify.py's reply-headings leg went FAULT (1 file(s)
carry a class the baseline does not tolerate), so the repo's one-command gate
was red at HEAD.
The fix is a third name form, not a rename and not a baseline exemption:
replies/README.md's numbered contract is about replies, and an interview is not
one. INTERVIEW_RE accepts YYYY-MM-DD-to-<recipient>-interview.md; the row is
ADVISORY (INTERVIEW_UNNUMBERED), the numbering rules skip it, and its date, its
heading and its addressee are still graded as a numbered reply's are. A
misspelled slug stays NAME_MALFORMED.
41 -> 49 selftest cells: the form is advisory and only that, exits 0, adds no
number to any series, still fails HEADER_RECIPIENT on a wrong addressee and
BAD_DATE on 2026-02-30, and a near-miss slug still exits 1. Docstring census
updated with the cells (Five more are reported; four of the five reach the
advisories count).
--repo . --baseline tools/reply_baseline.tsv: 196 file(s), 0 new fault(s), 1
known-faulting, rc 0. Bare run rc 1 with faults: 1, advisories: 20 (194 + 6).
The control plane measured them at 16:52Z: the docstring said 'Five classes
are graded' over a seven-row enumeration and 'Three more are counted and
printed' over four, while FAULTS holds 7 and ADVISORIES holds 4. Prose is not
executed and doc_census_check.py reads only '<digits> <unit>', so a spelled
count has no reader at all.
Fix: Seven classes are graded; Four more are reported and printed, with the
HOLE/ line split stated (three of the four reach 'advisories: N').
Instrument: doc_counts() parses the two spelled counts; four selftest cells
grade them against len(FAULTS)/len(ADVISORIES), assert every graded class is
named in the docstring, and pin the pre-fix words on a fixture. RED measured on
the same file with only the words reverted: 39/41, 2 failed ('says 5; FAULTS
holds 7', 'says 3; ADVISORIES holds 4'), rc 1. GREEN: 41/41 rc 0.
Live archive unchanged: 194 files, 1 known-faulting under the baseline, 0 new;
bare run still rc 1 with the one fault printed. verify.py 5/5 rc 0 (sweep 15
tools, 15 OK). doc_census_check --fail: 0 STALE, rc 0. ruff F,E9 clean.
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