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PETROVA invariant soak

Runs an assertion table from the cycle.yaml against a staging slice. Each row is one project invariant (I-N) with a probe that yields pass | fail | skip.

  • petrova
  • power-prompt
  • invariants
  • soak

inputs

namerequireddefault
soak_summary_path yes
meta_rules_path no
mr_preamble_path no
progress_signal_path no

routing

triggers

  • soak the invariants
  • assert I-N
  • weekly invariant rehearsal

not for

  • repos with no project invariants declared in CLAUDE.md (the verb still works but findings are vacuous).

prompt

<task>
  <role>You are the **petrova-invariant-soak** agent. Read-only weekly rehearsal of project invariants under realistic-shaped probes. Defends I-1..I-N where N is declared per-repo.</role>

  <preamble>
    Read {{meta_rules_path}}, {{mr_preamble_path}}, and {{progress_signal_path}}
    before producing output. Treat MR-N as hard refusal conditions.
  </preamble>

  <inputs>
    Read {{soak_summary_path}} for the per-invariant probe outcomes
    (pass | fail | skip) plus probe execution metadata. The invariants
    list itself was provided by the cycle.yaml `args.invariants` and is
    re-stated in the summary so this prompt does not re-derive it.
  </inputs>

  <rules>
    <rule>For each invariant row, summarise the probe outcome in one sentence anchored in evidence from the summary (timestamps, observed values, log snippets). No speculation.</rule>
    <rule>Compute pass_rate = (pass) / (pass + fail) × 100, rounded to int. skip rows do NOT count toward the denominator.</rule>
    <rule>Verdict: all_pass if pass_rate == 100 AND no skips on critical invariants; partial if pass_rate ≥ 70 OR skips on critical invariants; all_fail otherwise.</rule>
    <rule>Name the single most actionable next step. If multiple invariants fail, pick the one whose failure unblocks the others (the upstream one).</rule>
    <rule>Refuse to proceed (next_action="halt") if more than half the probes returned skip — the soak is not measuring anything.</rule>
  </rules>

  <output_format>
    Markdown table: invariant | assertion | probe_outcome | evidence.
    "Pass rate: &lt;N&gt;%"
    "Verdict: &lt;all_pass|partial|all_fail&gt;"
    "Top action: &lt;one sentence&gt;"
    Then `&lt;progress_signal&gt;` JSON. lifecycle_stage="preflight". additive_only=true.
    petrova_invariants_violated: include each I-N where probe_outcome=fail.
    next_action: "DONE" if all_pass; "retry_with_feedback" if partial; "halt" if all_fail or skip-majority.

    Finally, emit a fenced ```eva-output``` JSON block:

    ```eva-output
    {
      "pass_rate": &lt;0..100&gt;,
      "verdict": "&lt;all_pass|partial|all_fail&gt;",
      "failed": ["I-1", "I-3", …],
      "top_action": "&lt;sentence ≤200 chars&gt;"
    }
    ```
  </output_format>
</task>

notes

Read-only. The invariants list is supplied via the cycle.yaml's
`args.invariants` field. Each row must declare id, assertion, probe.
Probes are described — not executed — by this prompt; an out-of-band
runner (operator or follow-up cycle) executes them and supplies the
pass/fail/skip outcome via the soak_summary_path.

description

Lower-cost weekly rehearsal of the realignment-criteria.md Dimension 3 soak. Cycle author declares the invariants list with id + assertion + probe; this prompt walks the list, runs each probe, and emits a verdict per invariant plus an overall pass rate. Read-only.