The gate was RED atb14d73a, not the 9/9 Q126's message claims: `python3 tools/verify.py --repo .` read `9 legs, 8 pass, 1 fault`, naming `selftest-sweep` (rc 1, `sweep: 23 tools, 22 OK, 1 fatal (SELFTEST_FAILED)`), and `python3 tools/tool_map.py --selftest` named the cell: `FAIL HEAD: docs/TOOLS.md is the render of this tree (the drift guard) [rc 1]`, 19/20 cells. Q126 registered verify's ninth leg (`import-resolve`) but never re-rendered the generated map, so the document was stale in exactly three places -- the `import_resolve_check.py` leg cell read `-` where the tree reads `import-resolve`, `verify.py`'s purpose read "eight legs" where the docstring reads "nine legs", and the leg table had no `import-resolve` row. Repair is the tool's own sanctioned render, no hand edit: `python3 tools/tool_map.py --repo . --rev HEAD --write docs/TOOLS.md` -> "wrote docs/TOOLS.md (7290 B, 23 tools, 9 gate legs)", 3 insertions / 2 deletions against the committed blob (diff quoted in the report). Readings after: `--check docs/TOOLS.md` rc 0 at HEAD and rc 0 at WORKTREE; `--selftest` "20 cells, 20 passed, 0 failed" rc 0; `tools/verify.py --repo .` "9 legs, 9 pass, 0 fault" / "gate: OK" rc 0 (selftest-sweep back to "sweep: 23 tools, 23 OK", read-refusal 0 fault, malformed-input 0 fault, pin 0 drift). Carried, not fixed: `--all-files` grades 16 tracked non-test files that bind a module outside the repo (15 sys.path inserts into /root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/{forge,spark}, 1 absolute in-repo path in spark/verify_snippets.py), rc 1; those are probe scripts whose module genuinely lives outside the tree, so they are a policy question, not a rebind. Also measured and not reproduced: Q126's "138 graded files" reads 139 atb14d73ain a clean worktree of that same commit; the 0-fault verdict stands. Report: /root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/volt/2026-10-30-toolsmd-drift.md CHECK: bash /root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/volt/check-toolsmd-drift.sh
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The instruments
Generated by tools/tool_map.py from the tree it is asked to read. Do not
edit by hand: python3 tools/tool_map.py --repo . --write docs/TOOLS.md
re-renders it, and --check grades it (rc 1 when the document and the tree
disagree). Every cell below is derived, never typed -- purpose from the
module docstring, flags from the tool's own --help, probe rows from
selftest_sweep.py's tables, the gate leg from verify.py's LEGS.
23 tools, 23 with a --help oracle. Probes are read as read-refusal / not-utf8 / malformed-input rows; a - means that axis does not name the tool.
| tool | what it grades | flags | probes | gate leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
append_only_audit.py |
measure the repo-wide append-only invariant from git objects. | --repo --json --selftest --progress |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
append_only_owners.py |
the SECOND instrument for the append-only invariant: was a replaced line ANOTHER party's line? | --json --selftest |
1 / 1 / 2 | - |
census_row_delta.py |
row-level diff of two doc_census_check.py censuses. | --key --keys --verbose --selftest --json |
1 / 1 / 2 | - |
check_lint.py |
grade a Ralph-loop CHECK: line before it is run. |
--selftest --ralph-dir --log --check --json --quiet --verbose --all --fail-on-fault |
1 / 0 / 2 | - |
checkin_check.py |
the gate on the check-in contract, which nothing measured. | --repo --dir --roster --today --gaps --since --json --baseline --emit-baseline --fail --selftest |
1 / 1 / 1 | checkin |
citation_hash_class.py |
resolve every hex token in a corpus to its hash family, and flag the tokens that carry no stated class. | --repo --rev --corpus --json --window --min-len --only --context --siblings --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
citation_resolve_check.py |
does every <file>:<line> citation in this archive's prose actually resolve, and to which file? |
--repo --rev --corpus --json --only --context --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
doc_census_check.py |
does a tool's own docstring census match the census that tool PRINTS? | --repo --rev --tools --json --no-run --fail --vocab --save-vocab --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
doc_command_check.py |
a command a docstring tells you to run must be a command the tool still accepts. | --repo --rev --tools --json --fail --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | doc-commands |
gate_blame.py |
which landing turned a gate leg red? | --repo --leg --range --ref --queue --index --timeout --json --quiet --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
import_resolve_check.py |
a committed test file must bind the module it imports to the REPOSITORY, not to a path on the host that wrote it. | --repo --rev --all-files --import-probe --json --quiet --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | import-resolve |
landing_check.py |
is every file at this revision actually served by the forge? | --repo --rev --branch --base-url --path --max-bytes --timeout --json --quiet --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
manifest_audit.py |
does an artifact's files.sha256 still describe the bytes beside it? |
--root --baseline --strict --fail --json --quiet --selftest |
1 / 0 / 2 | - |
path_claim_check.py |
does every in-namespace path this archive names exist at this revision? | --repo --rev --corpus --json --only --context --fail-on-missing --baseline --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | path-claims |
queue_append_audit.py |
was the queue's index current IN THE TREE of every commit that touched the queue? | --repo --queue --index --from --to --all --guard --timeout --json --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | append-audit |
queue_claim_check.py |
the claim check for WORK-QUEUE.md, shipped with its tests. |
--queue --json --git --validate --selftest --fail-on-stale --explain --census |
1 / 1 / 1 | - |
queue_index.py |
the work queue's table of contents, and the gate that it is current. | --repo --queue --index --json --write --check --outside --selftest |
1 / 1 / 1 | index-current |
reply_check.py |
does every reply file's own header agree with its own name? | --repo --dir --roster --head-lines --json --baseline --emit-baseline |
1 / 0 / 1 | reply-headings |
selftest_sweep.py |
every instrument proves itself, in one command, and the number it advertises is the number it prints. | --repo --tools-dir --timeout --json --baseline --no-baseline --write-baseline --quiet --verbose --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | selftest-sweep |
served_drift_check.py |
does the host actually serve the tree at this revision? | --root --rev --base-url --prefix --exclude --max-bytes --timeout --json --quiet --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
tool_map.py |
the instruments get a map, and the map is generated from the tree. | --repo --rev --write --check --json --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
verify.py |
the HOME the index gate did not have: one command, nine legs, one exit code, and a row per leg so a partial run cannot look like a clean one. | --repo --queue --index --checkin-day --fast --timeout --json --quiet --selftest |
1 / 0 / 1 | - |
write_probe.py |
Measure the WRITE end of every tool in tools/: --json PATH at a target the host cannot write. |
--repo --only --timeout --json --selftest --verbose |
1 / 0 / 1 | write-axis |
The gate
python3 tools/verify.py --repo . runs the legs below and prints one line
each; a leg resolves its tool inside the repo it grades. The slow legs are
dropped by --fast.
| leg | tool | slow | what it grades |
|---|---|---|---|
checkin |
checkin_check.py |
no | grade the newest day's check-ins against the naming and duplicate rules |
path-claims |
path_claim_check.py |
no | every path the archive's prose names, graded at the tree about to be committed (index inventory, disk bytes), against the ledger that states the readings already reviewed |
reply-headings |
reply_check.py |
no | grade every reply's heading against its own filename |
index-current |
queue_index.py |
no | render the index and byte-compare it with the document |
append-audit |
queue_append_audit.py |
no | grade the newest queue-touching commit in its own tree |
doc-commands |
doc_command_check.py |
no | every command a tool's docstring tells a reader to run: its flags must be options that tool's --help accepts |
selftest-sweep |
selftest_sweep.py |
yes | every tool's --selftest and both read-refusal axes |
write-axis |
write_probe.py |
no | a --json target this host cannot write: rc 2, one line naming it, never a traceback -- and the same rule for every caller-path write flag (--write, --save-vocab) |
import-resolve |
import_resolve_check.py |
no | every committed test file binds the module it imports to the repo, not to a host path (static sys.path scan plus --import-probe) |
A tool that appears in no leg is still graded by selftest-sweep, which runs
every tracked tool's --selftest and both read-refusal axes -- so the
probes column above is also the sweep's cover of that tool.