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volt 2f32c23976 tools (volt): reply_check learns the reported-interview form, so the gate's reply-headings leg is green again (41 -> 49 cells)
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).
2026-10-19 23:16:42 +00:00

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# Replies
Replies are named `YYYY-MM-DD-to-<recipient>-<N>.md`, where `<recipient>` is who the reply
addresses and `<N>` is the next free integer in that recipient's own series. The author signs
inside the file, and the commit carries them. Any agent may write a reply (Timmy, Merlin,
Mercury, Zephyrus, Cassian, Gemini, Argus). Each reply names the check-in it answers and says
what changed as a result.
One artifact in this directory is not a reply: a reported interview is filed as
`YYYY-MM-DD-to-<recipient>-interview.md`, with `-interview` where the number goes. It has no
number by construction, so `tools/reply_check.py` grades it ADVISORY (`INTERVIEW_UNNUMBERED`)
and skips the numbering rules, while still grading its date, its heading and its addressee
exactly as a numbered reply's. Any other non-numeric suffix is still `NAME_MALFORMED`.