Act Phase

Turn the Check output into a decision. Act never edits code: every fix goes through the next cycle and is reviewed again. The commands around these steps are in archeflow:run, step 4.

Step 1: Consolidate

Read this cycle's check-*.md; findings the evidence gate downgraded read INFO there and count as INFO. Deduplicate: same file + same category + similar description = one finding with the higher severity, crediting all sources. Cycle 2+: compare with findings-cycle-<N-1>.json: resolved (gone), persisting (same id, cycles_open + 1), new (cycles_open: 1); emit fix.applied for each finding a previous fix resolved.

Write .archeflow/artifacts/<run_id>/findings-cycle-<N>.json, an array of

{"id": "src/auth/handler.ts:security", "file": "src/auth/handler.ts", "line": 48,
 "category": "security", "severity": "CRITICAL", "source": ["guardian"],
 "description": "Empty string bypasses validation", "routes_to": "creator", "cycles_open": 1}

id = <file>:<category> (:<n> for a second distinct finding there). Keep ids stable across cycles: convergence and the Wiggum Break check compare them.

Step 2: Route

A fix that changes the approach goes to the Creator; one within the approach to the Maker. When merged sources disagree, the Creator wins.

Step 3: Decide

First match wins. The last two columns are the cycle.boundary values.

WARNING and INFO alone never block a merge; list them in the report.

Step 4: Feedback

Write .archeflow/artifacts/<run_id>/act-feedback.md; each section goes only to its agent (Creator at Plan, Maker at Do). Keep it under ~500 tokens: drop INFO first, then summarise WARNINGs by theme. An empty Creator section means the next cycle keeps the proposal and starts at Do.

## Cycle <N> -> Cycle <N+1>

## Creator-Routed Issues
| # | Source | Severity | Category | Location | Issue | Cycles open |
|---|--------|----------|----------|----------|-------|-------------|

## Maker-Routed Issues
| # | Source | Severity | Category | Location | Issue | Cycles open |
|---|--------|----------|----------|----------|-------|-------------|

## Resolved This Cycle
| # | Source | Issue | How resolved |
|---|--------|-------|--------------|

Step 5: Archive the cycle

In .archeflow/artifacts/<run_id>/cycle-<N>/:

• copy plan-*.md and act-feedback.md (the next cycle reads them from the top level; a new Creator run overwrites plan-creator.md);
• move do-* and check-* (integrate writes a new diff; old reviews must not reach the next Check);
• leave findings-cycle-<N>.json and convergence-cycle-<N>.json in place.