fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one - #493
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robot-repo-automaton/templates/skeleton/.machine_readable/6a2/AGENTIC.a2ml
instructed every agent that reads it:
# - Never use AGPL license (use PMPL-1.0-or-later)
Two defects in one line.
1. PMPL-1.0-or-later is RETIRED. LICENCE-POLICY.adoc Rule 2 keeps PMPL as
an explicit five-repo register; it is not a default and must not be
applied outside it. This template never received the 2026-05-22 PMPL to
MPL-2.0 sweep, so it is the last source still pointing new work at a
licence that no longer applies. 253 files estate-wide carry this wording.
2. "Never use AGPL" now contradicts THREE live rules - Rule 3
(co-developed), Rule 4 (network-deployed services) and Rule 5 (games).
An agent obeying it inside a games repo would relicense a deliberately
AGPL work to MPL-2.0.
The replacement hardcodes nothing beyond the Rule 1 default and names the
A2 prohibition on automated licence edits, so it cannot go stale again.
This emitter is currently DORMANT - grep finds zero references to
`skeleton` in any workflow here or in rsr-template-repo, despite
skeleton.rs's own doc comment claiming rsr-template-repo's drift-CI runs
`robot-repo-automaton skeleton check .`. That CI does not exist. Fixing it
anyway: a dormant emitter that is wrong is worse than one merely unused,
because whoever wires it up will not re-read it.
Sibling fix for the live propagator: rsr-template-repo#45.
standards/agentic-a2ml/examples/comprehensive.a2ml was checked and is
ALREADY correct - no change needed there.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughThe agent configuration now defines licence defaults and permitted exceptions. It prohibits licence changes to existing files and automated licence sweeps. It permits AGPL-3.0-or-later in specified cases and limits PMPL to its register. ChangesLicence policy
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The template’s licence guidance still does not clearly restrict AGPL-3.0-or-later to the three permitted cases, so generated repositories could be directed toward the wrong licence. This should be corrected before merge. Poem
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In `@robot-repo-automaton/templates/skeleton/.machine_readable/6a2/AGENTIC.a2ml`:
- Around line 26-29: Update the licensing guidance near the Rule 1 default to
state that AGPL-3.0-or-later is permitted exclusively under Rule 3, Rule 4, or
Rule 5; require the Rule 1 default for every other case, while preserving the
existing PMPL scope.
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GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / 0_scan _ shell-secrets.txt: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
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Conclusion: failure
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GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / scan _ shell-secrets: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
Post job cleanup.
[command]/usr/bin/git version
git version 2.55.0
Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/247c75bb-3553-4524-a492-c043c5797b7b' before making global git config changes
Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
[command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/gitbot-fleet/gitbot-fleet
Removing SSH command configuration
[command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
[command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
fatal: No url found for submodule path '.claude/worktrees/actions-policy' in .gitmodules
##[warning]The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128
GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / 1_scan _ gitleaks.txt: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
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GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / scan _ gitleaks: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
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GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / scan _ gitleaks: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
Post job cleanup.
[command]/usr/bin/git version
git version 2.55.0
Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/3e40a6ff-e9ae-44f9-876c-195f09440c1f' before making global git config changes
Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
[command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/gitbot-fleet/gitbot-fleet
Removing SSH command configuration
[command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
[command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
fatal: No url found for submodule path '.claude/worktrees/actions-policy' in .gitmodules
##[warning]The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128
GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / 2_scan _ rust-secrets.txt: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
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GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / scan _ rust-secrets: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
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GitHub Actions: Secret Scanner / scan _ rust-secrets: fix(skeleton): AGENTIC template names a retired licence and bans a required one
Conclusion: failure
Post job cleanup.
[command]/usr/bin/git version
git version 2.55.0
Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/2eb19584-e7ad-4cc2-b60d-3c99781844f9' before making global git config changes
Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
[command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/gitbot-fleet/gitbot-fleet
Removing SSH command configuration
[command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
[command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
fatal: No url found for submodule path '.claude/worktrees/actions-policy' in .gitmodules
##[warning]The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128
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robot-repo-automaton/templates/skeleton/.machine_readable/6a2/AGENTIC.a2ml (1)
24-25: 🎯 Functional CorrectnessClarify the scope of “licence sweep”.
LICENCE-POLICY.adocis absent, so the A2 contract does not establish whether read-only drift checks are prohibited.
| # - New code defaults to MPL-2.0 (code) / CC-BY-SA-4.0 (prose) per Rule 1, | ||
| # but AGPL-3.0-or-later is CORRECT under Rule 3 (co-developed), Rule 4 | ||
| # (network-deployed services) and Rule 5 (games). Rule 2 names the PMPL | ||
| # register explicitly - do not apply PMPL to anything outside it. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
rg --hidden -n -C 6 \
'AGPL-3\.0-or-later|Rule [1-5]|PMPL|default' \
-g '*.a2ml' \
-g '*.adoc' \
-g '!**/.git/**' \
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set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- target policy ---'
sed -n '1,55p' robot-repo-automaton/templates/skeleton/.machine_readable/6a2/AGENTIC.a2ml
printf '%s\n' '--- licence policy candidates ---'
fd -HI -t f 'LICEN|licen|POLICY|policy' . | head -80
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant policy text ---'
rg --hidden -n -C 4 \
'AGPL-3\.0-or-later|MPL-2\.0|CC-BY-SA-4\.0|Rule [1-5]|licen[cs]e' \
robot-repo-automaton/templates/skeleton .machine_readable \
-g '*.a2ml' -g '*.adoc' -g '*.md' -g '!**/.git/**' \
| head -240Repository: hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet
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printf '%s\n' '--- skeleton policy files ---'
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| rg '(^|/)(0-AI-MANIFEST|LICEN[CS]E-POLICY|AGENTIC|META|PLAYBOOK)([^/]*)$'
printf '%s\n' '--- skeleton licence rules and prohibitions ---'
rg --hidden -n -C 3 \
'AGPL-3\.0-or-later|Never use AGPL|Rule [1-5]|New (code|files)|default|PMPL register|licence sweep' \
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Make the AGPL exceptions exclusive.
State that AGPL-3.0-or-later is permitted only under Rule 3, Rule 4, or Rule 5. Use the Rule 1 default in all other cases.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@robot-repo-automaton/templates/skeleton/.machine_readable/6a2/AGENTIC.a2ml`
around lines 26 - 29, Update the licensing guidance near the Rule 1 default to
state that AGPL-3.0-or-later is permitted exclusively under Rule 3, Rule 4, or
Rule 5; require the Rule 1 default for every other case, while preserving the
existing PMPL scope.
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Pull Request Overview
The PR successfully updates the AGENTIC.a2ml template to reflect the current LICENCE-POLICY.adoc, specifically removing the retired PMPL license and correctly permitting AGPL for network services and games. Codacy analysis indicates the changes meet standards. However, the update lacks automated test scenarios to verify template content, and the documentation in skeleton.rs still references a non-existent CI system.
About this PR
- No automated test scenarios or CI checks are currently implemented to verify that the template content adheres to the licensing policy, which increases the risk of manual verification errors.
- The documentation in skeleton.rs refers to a non-existent CI system. Although this is a legacy documentation issue, it remains an inaccuracy within the template system that should be addressed.
Test suggestions
- Verify that the AGENTIC.a2ml template content correctly reflects the updated licensing policy
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1. Verify that the AGENTIC.a2ml template content correctly reflects the updated licensing policy
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The skeleton emitter ships an
AGENTIC.a2mltelling every agent that reads it:Two defects in one line.
1.
PMPL-1.0-or-lateris retiredLICENCE-POLICY.adocRule 2 keeps PMPL as an explicit five-repo register — not a default, and not to be applied to anything outside it. This template never received the 2026-05-22 PMPL → MPL-2.0 sweep, so it is the last source still pointing new work at a licence that no longer applies.Estate-wide, 253
AGENTIC.a2mlfiles still carry this PMPL wording (of 646 carrying any form of the line).2. "Never use AGPL" contradicts three live rules
An agent obeying this line inside a games repo would relicense a deliberately AGPL work to MPL-2.0 — the regression a bot in
scaffoldiawas caught scheduled to perform.The replacement hardcodes nothing beyond the Rule 1 default and names the A2 prohibition on automated licence edits, so it cannot go stale again.
Why fix a dormant emitter
grep -rn skeleton .github/workflows/*.ymlreturns zero hits here, and none inrsr-template-repoeither — despiteskeleton.rs's own doc comment claiming "rsr-template-repo's drift-CI runsrobot-repo-automaton skeleton check .". That CI does not exist.Fixing it anyway: a dormant emitter that is wrong is worse than one merely unused, because whoever wires it up will not re-read it.
Related
rsr-template-repo#45— the live propagator, same fixstandards/agentic-a2ml/examples/comprehensive.a2ml— checked, already correct, no change neededstandards#646— the estate-wide picture🤖 Generated with Claude Code