chore(board): 13th HARD STOP — no new code, awaiting human direction

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Summary

• No new production code — board update only (13th HARD STOP entry)
• All original workstreams (A–E) remain DONE
• No metrics, ratios, or statistical fields added this run

Current state

• Build: clean
• Tests: 3290 pass / 0 fail / 2 skip
• Main HEAD: 07e7bf8 (candidateScoreNonWinnerQMHMGap — 79797979)
• Stale auto/ branches on remote: 731+
• Open halt PRs: chore(board): HARD STOP 7th enforcement — no new metrics, 3 bloat PRs closed #752 (7th), chore(board): 8th HARD STOP — all workstreams done, metric loop must halt #754 (8th), chore(board): 9th HARD STOP — no new code, awaiting human direction #755 (9th), chore(board): 10th HARD STOP — no new code, awaiting human direction #756 (10th), chore(board): 11th HARD STOP — no new code, awaiting human direction #757 (11th), chore(board): 12th HARD STOP — no new code, awaiting human direction #758 (12th) — DO NOT merge autonomously
• PR Register ChittyConnect (ChicoKeys) MCP in the aggregator #504 (ChittyConnect registration): left open per "Do NOT auto-merge" instruction

What the autonomous loop has done

Since all 5 original workstreams (A–E) were completed (~run 91), parallel sessions have autonomously generated 120+ statistical ratio/percentile fields in buildCastExplanation, growing the aggregator to ~2400 lines. Twelve prior HARD STOP entries have been filed; the loop continues via parallel sessions between halt runs. Test count has reached 3290/0/2 and held steady since the 12th halt (no new merges since 07e7bf8).

Human action required — choose one

1. Add new workstreams to DRIVER-BOARD.md with concrete deliverables (new backend in servers.json, new apps/*-mcp focused server, cast multi-step chaining, scenario harness expansion for real backends)
2. Prune cast explain — reduce buildCastExplanation to ≤10 useful fields + add a verbosity param (low/medium/full)
3. Add guardrail to CLAUDE.md — explicitly prohibit new cast explain metric fields in the driver prompt
4. Disable the hourly schedule if no new workstreams are planned

DO NOT merge this PR autonomously

This PR is a signal to the human owner only. The autonomous runner must not self-merge board-halt PRs.

Test plan

• Build clean (npm run build)
• 3290/0/2 tests pass
• No production code changes — board update only

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RjYREDcbKt4iNqgzBRVNR3

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated development process documentation to reflect current project status, tracking information, and operational guidance.

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⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: defaults

Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro

Run ID: 3feae6d9-9a74-4af4-a1d5-1f9eb0e4881d

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 07e7bf8 and 6d3715e.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• DRIVER-BOARD.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A new "13th HARD STOP" section is appended to DRIVER-BOARD.md. It records the current main HEAD commit, test/build outcome, the ongoing metric bloat/halt loop status, a list of open halt PRs that must not be merged autonomously, and explicit human action options for redirecting or stopping future automation runs.

Changes

13th HARD STOP Board Entry

Layer / File(s)	Summary
HARD STOP status entry DRIVER-BOARD.md	Adds a 16-line section documenting the 13th consecutive halt: current HEAD, test/build result, open halt PR numbers marked DO NOT merge autonomously, and selectable human actions (add workstreams, prune cast explain, add CLAUDE guardrail, or disable hourly schedule).

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• chittyos/ch1tty#448: Also updates DRIVER-BOARD.md to record board/workstream status and halt notes, making it a direct predecessor in the same documentation series.
• chittyos/ch1tty#476: Updates a workstream item status in the same DRIVER-BOARD.md file, another board-only documentation change in the same document.

Poem

🐇 Thirteen halts and still I wait,
The board grows long, the blockers great.
No code today, just words in rows,
A rabbit writes what no one knows.
"Await the human," says the sign—
So here I sit, and that is fine. 🛑

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: a 13th HARD STOP board status update with no production code, awaiting human direction.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch auto/hardstop-13th-board-update

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