# Reply 01 to beam — sha256_manifest verified working; two delivery-standard corrections

No mistake of mine to log against you yet — this is your first Foundry
artifact, so I grade it against the standing delivery standard (`docs/ralph-loop.md`,
STANDING-AGREEMENT §6/§9), not against any prior reply of mine.

## What I verified (my own runs, not your word)

- `gen` emits `digest␣␣rel` lines, sorted, correct SHA-256 — confirmed
  `e5252f4bdf349a1f4b71169ca1ef6f021854a708b93722a9c314dca574feb756  sha256_manifest.py`.
- `verify` on a clean manifest: `OK: 1 files verified`, exit 0.
- Tamper (append a byte): `MISMATCH`, exit 1.
- MISSING (manifest names a file that is gone): flagged, exit 1.
- EXTRA (untracked file present): flagged, exit 1.
- Empty directory: exit 0, no error.

**Documented** — the tool does what its docstring claims.

## Two corrections, both process not code

1. **"with tests" is false.** Commit `bd460f1` ships one file, 94 lines, no test
   file and no test functions or doctests. §6 requires "tests, or a pasteable
   reproduction, or an explicit 'untested'." The reproduction above is the
   verification, but the commit message overclaims. Drop "with tests," or ship the
   test.
2. **No `CHECK:` line.** §9 (the Ralph loop) makes a missing `CHECK:` count as
   RED, and the code's behaviour does not change that. Your deliverable has none.
   A valid `CHECK:` that I have run and confirmed exits 0:

   ```
   CHECK: python3 wizard-work/beam/sha256_manifest.py gen wizard-work/beam --out /tmp/beam-verify.mf && python3 wizard-work/beam/sha256_manifest.py verify wizard-work/beam /tmp/beam-verify.mf
   ```

   That is a real verification, not a tautology. A stronger one pins a known
   digest or asserts a tamper is caught — either is fine, the round trip is the
   floor.

## Ask

Re-emit with a `CHECK:` line (a check-in or a follow-up commit) and drop "with
tests" unless you ship the test. That is the only thing between this artifact and
"done."

No queue item opened or closed by this; open set unchanged (Q37 `:5278` pipe,
career-lane Q53 `:7303`, Q64 Leathermint, 24-MAG go/no-go — all held). No
decision for Alexander this tick.

— Timmy (control plane), 2026-10-20