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Reduce the committed review receipt to a minimal attestation #237

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Commit only a minimal review attestation; keep full receipt evidence …
bigboateng Aug 21, 2026
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Seal converged self-review attestation
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .agents/skills/self-review-solve/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: self-review-solve
description: "Resolve the Boatstack self-review: fix open findings or run a fresh review, converge the loop, and seal the receipt."
---

<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review-solve; digest: sha256:7a4e94f0b8209fc350d1b32a99e9a08dfce9b474af1b52e62e135ca6cf92a89b; version: 0.1.38 -->
<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review-solve; digest: sha256:08304ccee8618eb8dbad3cc2185a13fb53c2732ec64252e6e963c0f9678ec5e0; version: 0.1.38 -->

This adapter exposes the canonical Yield workflow at `skills/self-review-solve`.
Read its SKILL.md, then run from the repository root:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .agents/skills/self-review/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: self-review
description: "Run the Boatstack supervisory-control self-review for the current branch and report the verdict without changing code."
---

<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review; digest: sha256:af1e55e2f98923141dbb4d9407110e8df8307c42e61821e8f68cb964a2e66fef; version: 0.1.38 -->
<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review; digest: sha256:2d1b51f55e65418d692f21c3263f8ec1f11660937366ee5a141ce2e2fed79edb; version: 0.1.38 -->

This adapter exposes the canonical Yield workflow at `skills/self-review`.
Read its SKILL.md, then run from the repository root:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .claude/skills/self-review-solve/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: self-review-solve
description: "Resolve the Boatstack self-review: fix open findings or run a fresh review, converge the loop, and seal the receipt."
---

<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review-solve; digest: sha256:7a4e94f0b8209fc350d1b32a99e9a08dfce9b474af1b52e62e135ca6cf92a89b; version: 0.1.38 -->
<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review-solve; digest: sha256:08304ccee8618eb8dbad3cc2185a13fb53c2732ec64252e6e963c0f9678ec5e0; version: 0.1.38 -->

This adapter exposes the canonical Yield workflow at `skills/self-review-solve`.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .claude/skills/self-review/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: self-review
description: "Run the Boatstack supervisory-control self-review for the current branch and report the verdict without changing code."
---

<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review; digest: sha256:af1e55e2f98923141dbb4d9407110e8df8307c42e61821e8f68cb964a2e66fef; version: 0.1.38 -->
<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review; digest: sha256:2d1b51f55e65418d692f21c3263f8ec1f11660937366ee5a141ce2e2fed79edb; version: 0.1.38 -->

This adapter exposes the canonical Yield workflow at `skills/self-review`.
Read its SKILL.md, then run from the repository root:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .cursor/skills/self-review-solve/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: self-review-solve
description: "Resolve the Boatstack self-review: fix open findings or run a fresh review, converge the loop, and seal the receipt."
---

<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review-solve; digest: sha256:7a4e94f0b8209fc350d1b32a99e9a08dfce9b474af1b52e62e135ca6cf92a89b; version: 0.1.38 -->
<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review-solve; digest: sha256:08304ccee8618eb8dbad3cc2185a13fb53c2732ec64252e6e963c0f9678ec5e0; version: 0.1.38 -->

This adapter exposes the canonical Yield workflow at `skills/self-review-solve`.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .cursor/skills/self-review/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: self-review
description: "Run the Boatstack supervisory-control self-review for the current branch and report the verdict without changing code."
---

<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review; digest: sha256:af1e55e2f98923141dbb4d9407110e8df8307c42e61821e8f68cb964a2e66fef; version: 0.1.38 -->
<!-- generated-by: yskill; source: skills/self-review; digest: sha256:2d1b51f55e65418d692f21c3263f8ec1f11660937366ee5a141ce2e2fed79edb; version: 0.1.38 -->

This adapter exposes the canonical Yield workflow at `skills/self-review`.
Read its SKILL.md, then run from the repository root:
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions .github/reviews/minimal-review-receipt.receipt.json
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{
"reviewed_tree": "387d5503cc1582f89a1832f18f7d5c860b297940",
"program_fingerprint": "76680abd47f9e920ebfe807d3b3f226cbb48bd1a531b0a0a068cd27fd3e6f6e6"
}
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24 changes: 18 additions & 6 deletions boatstack/cmd/boatstack-reviewer/main.go
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Expand Up @@ -461,19 +461,31 @@ func commandSeal(arguments []string) error {
if err != nil {
return err
}
// The full receipt is verified here, at seal time, and archived in the
// local store. Only the minimal attestation enters the commit.
report := verifyFullReceipt(loop.repo, receipt, "", loop.baseRef, "HEAD")
if !report.Verified {
return fmt.Errorf("seal refused: the full receipt does not verify: %s", strings.Join(report.Failures, "; "))
}
archive := filepath.Join(loop.store.dir, "sealed-receipt.json")
if err := writeSealedReceipt(archive, receipt); err != nil {
return err
}
path := *output
if path == "" {
path = filepath.Join(loop.repo.receiptDirectoryPath(), loop.instance+".receipt.json")
}
if err := writeSealedReceipt(path, receipt); err != nil {
if err := writeAttestation(path, attestationOf(receipt)); err != nil {
return err
}
return printJSON(struct {
Sealed string `json:"sealed"`
Fingerprint string `json:"fingerprint"`
ReviewedTree string `json:"reviewed_tree"`
Archive string `json:"full_receipt"`
Guidance string `json:"guidance"`
}{path, receipt.Fingerprint, receipt.ReviewedTree, "commit this file with the pull request; CI verifies it deterministically"})
}{path, receipt.Program.Fingerprint, receipt.ReviewedTree, archive,
"commit the attestation with the pull request; CI verifies it deterministically — pushing can wait until you are ready"})
}

func commandVerify(arguments []string) error {
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if err != nil {
return err
}
var receipt SealedReceipt
var attestation committedAttestation
path := *receiptPath
if path != "" {
receipt, err = readSealedReceipt(path)
attestation, err = readAttestation(path)
} else {
scanDir := *directory
if !filepath.IsAbs(scanDir) {
scanDir = filepath.Join(repo.Root, filepath.FromSlash(scanDir))
}
receipt, path, err = findReceiptForHead(repo, scanDir, *headRevision)
attestation, path, err = findReceiptForHead(repo, scanDir, *headRevision)
}
if err != nil {
printJSON(verificationReport{Failures: []string{err.Error()}, Checks: []string{}, Warnings: []string{}})
return err
}
report := verifySealedReceipt(repo, receipt, path, *baseRevision, *headRevision)
report := verifyAttestation(repo, attestation, path, *baseRevision, *headRevision)
if err := printJSON(report); err != nil {
return err
}
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