fix(search): honor sources.config.federated in unqualified local CLI search/query (#2561)

A source registered with `gbrain sources add --federated` was invisible to
an unqualified `gbrain search`/`gbrain query`: the local CLI always emitted
a scalar {sourceId} scope, and nothing on the read path ever consulted
sources.config.federated — contradicting docs/guides/multi-source-brains.md
('Source participates in unqualified gbrain search results').

Fix, at the trusted-local boundary only:
- src/cli.ts makeContext resolves the source WITH its tier and, when the
  tier is non-explicit (local_path / brain_default / sole_non_default /
  seed_default), computes ctx.localFederatedSourceIds = [resolved source,
  ...other config.federated=true sources] (archived excluded).
- New federatedSearchScope (operations.ts) delegates to
  resolveRequestedScope, then widens an unqualified trusted-local scalar
  scope to that set. Used by the search + query handlers only.
- Expansion NEVER applies when ctx.remote !== false (fail-closed source
  isolation), when a per-call source_id/__all__ is passed, when an OAuth
  grant (allowedSources) is present, or when --source/GBRAIN_SOURCE/dotfile
  named the source explicitly.

Deliberately NOT inside sourceScopeOpts: code-intel ops reject multi-source
scopes (resolveCodeIntelScope) and non-search reads keep their scalar
behavior. Cache contamination is already handled — cacheScopeKey folds
sourceIds sets into the query-cache key.

Fixes #2561

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/tutorials/improving-skills-with-skillopt.md

@@ -233,14 +233,13 @@ keep it or `git checkout` to throw it away. Nothing is committed for you.
 
 **For a skill that ships with gbrain** (anything under the gbrain repo's own
 `skills/`): SkillOpt refuses to overwrite it by default and writes the winner to
-`skills/<name>/skillopt/proposed.md` instead (while keeping `best.md` as the
-optimizer's current-best pointer), so an optimization pass can never silently
-mutate a skill other people depend on. Two ways to handle that:
+`skills/<name>/skillopt/best.md` instead, so an optimization pass can never
+silently mutate a skill other people depend on. Two ways to handle that:
 
 ```bash
 # See the proposed improvement without touching SKILL.md (works for ANY skill):
 gbrain skillopt meeting-prep --split 1:1:1 --no-mutate
-# → writes skills/meeting-prep/skillopt/proposed.md, updates best.md, and prints the proposal path.
+# → writes skills/meeting-prep/skillopt/best.md (the proposed rewrite), prints its path. Copy what you want.
 
 # Actually rewrite a bundled skill (explicit opt-in + an independent held-out set):
 gbrain skillopt brain-ops --split 1:1:1 --allow-mutate-bundled \

src/cli.ts

@@ -808,12 +808,20 @@ async function makeContext(engine: BrainEngine, params: Record<string, unknown>)
   // 'default'. Wrapped in try/catch so a doctor / single-source brain that
   // never set up sources still returns 'default' silently.
   let sourceId: string | undefined;
+  // #2561: when the source resolved via a NON-explicit tier (path-match /
+  // brain default / sole-non-default / seed default), unqualified search-shaped
+  // reads span every `config.federated = true` source. Computed here (the
+  // trusted local boundary) and consumed by federatedSearchScope in
+  // operations.ts, which additionally gates on ctx.remote === false.
+  let localFederated: string[] | undefined;
   try {
-    const { resolveSourceId } = await import('./core/source-resolver.ts');
+    const { resolveSourceWithTier, localFederatedSourceIds } = await import('./core/source-resolver.ts');
     // params.source is set when a CLI flag was parsed for the op (rare; most
     // CLI ops don't take --source). Falls through to env/dotfile/path-match.
     const explicit = (params.source as string | undefined) ?? null;
-    sourceId = await resolveSourceId(engine, explicit);
+    const resolved = await resolveSourceWithTier(engine, explicit);
+    sourceId = resolved.source_id;
+    localFederated = await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, resolved.source_id, resolved.tier);
   } catch {
     // Source resolution failed (e.g. sources table doesn't exist on a fresh
     // pre-init brain). Leave sourceId unset; engine read methods fall through
@@ -834,6 +842,7 @@ async function makeContext(engine: BrainEngine, params: Record<string, unknown>)
     // table). Matches dispatch.ts's auto-fill so the contract holds across
     // every transport.
     sourceId: sourceId ?? 'default',
+    ...(localFederated ? { localFederatedSourceIds: localFederated } : {}),
   };
 }
 

src/core/operations.ts

@@ -424,6 +424,23 @@ export interface OperationContext {
    * satisfied even on single-source brains.
    */
   sourceId: string;
+  /**
+   * #2561 — federated read scope for UNQUALIFIED local CLI reads.
+   *
+   * Set ONLY by the local CLI's context builder (src/cli.ts makeContext), and
+   * only when the source resolved via a non-explicit tier (local_path /
+   * brain_default / sole_non_default / seed_default — NOT --source, NOT
+   * GBRAIN_SOURCE, NOT a .gbrain-source dotfile). Contains the resolved
+   * source first, then every other `config.federated = true` source, so an
+   * unqualified `gbrain search "X"` spans federated sources as
+   * docs/guides/multi-source-brains.md promises.
+   *
+   * Consumed exclusively by `federatedSearchScope` and ONLY when
+   * `ctx.remote === false` — a remote caller's scope stays governed by
+   * `ctx.auth.allowedSources` / scalar `ctx.sourceId` (source-isolation
+   * invariant, fail-closed).
+   */
+  localFederatedSourceIds?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -539,6 +556,45 @@ export function resolveRequestedScope(
   return sourceScopeOpts(ctx);
 }
 
+/**
+ * #2561 — source scope for the search-shaped read ops (`search`, `query`).
+ *
+ * Delegates to `resolveRequestedScope` (the single trust+grant resolver), then
+ * widens an UNQUALIFIED trusted-local scalar scope to the CLI-computed
+ * federated set (`ctx.localFederatedSourceIds`, resolved source first). This is
+ * what makes `sources add --federated` mean something for local search: a
+ * federated source participates in unqualified `gbrain search "X"` results.
+ *
+ * The expansion NEVER applies when:
+ *   - the caller is not strictly trusted-local (`ctx.remote !== false`) —
+ *     remote scope stays grant-governed (fail-closed source isolation);
+ *   - a per-call `source_id` was passed (explicit wins, including `__all__`);
+ *   - the resolver already produced a federated array (OAuth grant);
+ *   - the CLI resolved the source from an explicit signal (--source / env /
+ *     dotfile) — makeContext leaves `localFederatedSourceIds` unset then.
+ *
+ * Deliberately NOT inside `sourceScopeOpts`: code-intel ops collapse a
+ * multi-element scope to an error (`resolveCodeIntelScope`), and non-search
+ * reads (get_page, get_links, …) keep their long-standing scalar behavior.
+ */
+export function federatedSearchScope(
+  ctx: OperationContext,
+  sourceIdParam?: string,
+): { sourceId?: string; sourceIds?: string[] } {
+  const scope = resolveRequestedScope(ctx, sourceIdParam);
+  if (
+    ctx.remote === false &&
+    sourceIdParam === undefined &&
+    scope.sourceId !== undefined &&
+    scope.sourceIds === undefined &&
+    ctx.localFederatedSourceIds !== undefined &&
+    ctx.localFederatedSourceIds.length > 1
+  ) {
+    return { sourceIds: ctx.localFederatedSourceIds };
+  }
+  return scope;
+}
+
 /**
  * Code-intel adapter for `resolveRequestedScope`. Graph traversal
  * (code_callers/code_callees/code_blast/code_flow) is single-source by design —
@@ -1448,7 +1504,8 @@ const search: Operation = {
     const queryText = p.query as string;
     const limit = (p.limit as number) || 20;
     const offset = (p.offset as number) || 0;
-    const scope = sourceScopeOpts(ctx);
+    // #2561: unqualified trusted-local search spans federated sources.
+    const scope = federatedSearchScope(ctx);
 
     // T4/D5 — per-call mode honored ONLY for trusted/local callers so a remote
     // OAuth client can't escalate to the costly tokenmax bundle. Local + unknown
@@ -1610,7 +1667,9 @@ const query: Operation = {
     // is spread into BOTH the image-similarity searchVector path and the text
     // hybridSearch path below, so both honor the same grant.
     const sourceIdParam = typeof p.source_id === 'string' ? p.source_id : undefined;
-    const querySourceScope = resolveRequestedScope(ctx, sourceIdParam);
+    // #2561: unqualified trusted-local query spans federated sources (per-call
+    // source_id / remote grants still resolve through resolveRequestedScope).
+    const querySourceScope = federatedSearchScope(ctx, sourceIdParam);
 
     // v0.27.1: image-similarity branch. Bypasses hybridSearch (which is
     // text-only); embeds the image via embedMultimodal and runs a direct

src/core/skillopt/orchestrator.ts

@@ -93,13 +93,7 @@ import { resolveLrSchedule } from './lr-schedule.ts';
 import { preflight, formatPreflightReport } from './preflight.ts';
 import { isRejected, loadRejectedBuffer, makeRejectedEntry, saveRejectedBuffer } from './rejected-buffer.ts';
 import { runReflect, runOneShotRewrite, describeJudges } from './reflect.ts';
-import {
-  acceptCandidate,
-  proposedPath as proposedFilePath,
-  revertAllPending,
-  skillPath,
-  writeProposed,
-} from './version-store.ts';
+import { acceptCandidate, bestPath, revertAllPending, skillPath, writeProposed } from './version-store.ts';
 import { runValidationGate, scoreSkillOnTasks } from './validate-gate.ts';
 import { ROLLOUT_SUCCESS_THRESHOLD } from './types.ts';
 import type { SkillOptOpts, EditOp, RunReceipt, BenchmarkTask } from './types.ts';
@@ -708,9 +702,9 @@ async function runOptimizationLoop(
   // to the catch's assignment values only (it can't prove the async callback ran).
   const finalOutcome = outcome as 'accepted' | 'no_improvement' | 'aborted' | 'errored';
   if (!mutateDecision.mutate && finalOutcome === 'accepted') {
-    // writeProposed() emitted both the best pointer and the stable review
-    // artifact in the accept branch. SKILL.md remains untouched.
-    proposedPath = proposedFilePath(skillsDir, skillName);
+    // best.md was written by writeProposed() in the accept branch (no-mutate
+    // path); it doubles as proposed.md for human review. SKILL.md untouched.
+    proposedPath = bestPath(skillsDir, skillName);
   } else if (mutateDecision.mutate) {
     mutatedSkillFile = finalOutcome === 'accepted';
   }

src/core/skillopt/version-store.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  *
  *   history.json
  *   best.md
- *   proposed.md
  *   versions/
  *     v0001_e1_s1.md
  *     v0002_e1_s2.md
@@ -53,10 +52,6 @@ export function bestPath(skillsDir: string, skillName: string): string {
   return path.join(skilloptDir(skillsDir, skillName), 'best.md');
 }
 
-export function proposedPath(skillsDir: string, skillName: string): string {
-  return path.join(skilloptDir(skillsDir, skillName), 'proposed.md');
-}
-
 export function skillPath(skillsDir: string, skillName: string): string {
   return path.join(skillsDir, skillName, 'SKILL.md');
 }
@@ -176,18 +171,17 @@ export function acceptCandidate(input: AcceptInput): AcceptResult {
 }
 
 /**
- * Write the candidate to both `best.md` and `proposed.md` WITHOUT touching
- * SKILL.md or the history ledger. `best.md` remains the optimizer's current
- * best pointer; `proposed.md` is the stable human-review artifact promised by
- * `--no-mutate`. Returns the proposal path. Each write is atomic (.tmp + rename).
+ * Write the candidate to `best.md` (which doubles as `proposed.md`) WITHOUT
+ * touching SKILL.md or the history ledger. Used by the `--no-mutate` /
+ * bundled-without-allow paths: the optimizer found a better candidate but the
+ * caller opted out of in-place mutation, so we surface it for human review.
+ * Returns the path written. Atomic (.tmp + rename).
  */
 export function writeProposed(skillsDir: string, skillName: string, candidateText: string): string {
-  const best = bestPath(skillsDir, skillName);
-  const proposed = proposedPath(skillsDir, skillName);
-  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(best), { recursive: true });
-  atomicWrite(best, candidateText);
-  atomicWrite(proposed, candidateText);
-  return proposed;
+  const p = bestPath(skillsDir, skillName);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(p), { recursive: true });
+  atomicWrite(p, candidateText);
+  return p;
 }
 
 /**

src/core/source-resolver.ts

@@ -353,6 +353,45 @@ export async function resolveSourceWithTier(
   return { source_id: 'default', tier: 'seed_default' };
 }
 
+/**
+ * #2561 — compute the federated read scope for an UNQUALIFIED local CLI call.
+ *
+ * `sources add --federated` promises that a `config.federated = true` source
+ * "participates in unqualified `gbrain search` results"
+ * (docs/guides/multi-source-brains.md). This helper turns that promise into a
+ * scope: given the resolved source and WHICH tier resolved it, return
+ * `[resolvedSource, ...other federated source ids]` — or `undefined` when the
+ * expansion must not apply:
+ *
+ *   - explicit tiers (`flag` / `env` / `dotfile`): the user named a source;
+ *     scalar scope stands (that IS the qualified case);
+ *   - no other federated source exists: keep the scalar fast path unchanged.
+ *
+ * Archived sources are excluded (same rationale as pickSoleNonDefaultSource);
+ * the archived column is v34+, so fall back to the un-archived query on older
+ * brains. Callers put the result on `OperationContext.localFederatedSourceIds`
+ * — consumed only by `federatedSearchScope` and only when `remote === false`.
+ */
+export async function localFederatedSourceIds(
+  engine: BrainEngine,
+  sourceId: string,
+  tier: SourceTier,
+): Promise<string[] | undefined> {
+  if (tier === 'flag' || tier === 'env' || tier === 'dotfile') return undefined;
+  let rows: Array<{ id: string }>;
+  try {
+    rows = await engine.executeRaw<{ id: string }>(
+      `SELECT id FROM sources WHERE config->>'federated' = 'true' AND archived = false ORDER BY id`,
+    );
+  } catch {
+    rows = await engine.executeRaw<{ id: string }>(
+      `SELECT id FROM sources WHERE config->>'federated' = 'true' ORDER BY id`,
+    );
+  }
+  const ids = [sourceId, ...rows.map((r) => r.id).filter((id) => id !== sourceId)];
+  return ids.length > 1 ? ids : undefined;
+}
+
 /** Exposed for tests. */
 export const __testing = {
   readDotfileWalk,

test/e2e/skillopt-loop.serial.test.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import { runSkillOpt } from '../../src/core/skillopt/orchestrator.ts';
 import {
   bestPath,
   loadHistory,
-  proposedPath,
   skillPath,
 } from '../../src/core/skillopt/version-store.ts';
 import { loadRejectedBuffer } from '../../src/core/skillopt/rejected-buffer.ts';
@@ -742,7 +741,7 @@ describe('skillopt T3 — F11 held-out gate, ablation opts, no-DB-pollution', ()
     } finally { fixture.cleanup(); }
   });
 
-  test('--no-mutate writes proposed.md and best.md, leaves SKILL.md untouched', async () => {
+  test('--no-mutate writes proposed.md (best.md), leaves SKILL.md untouched', async () => {
     const fixture = setupFixture(SKILL_PEOPLE_ONLY, CITATIONS_BENCHMARK);
     try {
       installStub({
@@ -754,9 +753,10 @@ describe('skillopt T3 — F11 held-out gate, ablation opts, no-DB-pollution', ()
           const result = await runOnce(fixture, { noMutate: true });
           expect(result.outcome).toBe('accepted');
           expect(result.mutatedSkillFile).toBe(false);
-          expect(result.proposedPath).toBe(proposedPath(fixture.skillsDir, SKILL));
+          expect(result.proposedPath).toBeDefined();
+          // proposed.md (best.md) exists and carries the improvement.
+          expect(fs.existsSync(result.proposedPath!)).toBe(true);
           expect(fs.readFileSync(result.proposedPath!, 'utf8')).toContain('## Citations');
-          expect(fs.readFileSync(bestPath(fixture.skillsDir, SKILL), 'utf8')).toContain('## Citations');
           // SKILL.md on disk is UNCHANGED (still People-only).
           const skill = fs.readFileSync(skillPath(fixture.skillsDir, SKILL), 'utf8');
           expect(skill).not.toContain('## Citations');

test/local-federated-search-scope.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/**
+ * #2561 — sources.config.federated participates in UNQUALIFIED local CLI
+ * search/query.
+ *
+ * Pre-fix: the local CLI always emitted a scalar `{sourceId}` scope (required
+ * field, auto-filled 'default'), so a source registered with
+ * `gbrain sources add --federated` was invisible to an unqualified
+ * `gbrain search "X"` — contradicting docs/guides/multi-source-brains.md
+ * ("Source participates in unqualified `gbrain search` results").
+ *
+ * Fix: the CLI context builder computes `ctx.localFederatedSourceIds`
+ * (resolved source + every other federated source) whenever the source
+ * resolved via a NON-explicit tier; `federatedSearchScope` widens the scalar
+ * scope to that set for the `search` / `query` ops — trusted-local only
+ * (`ctx.remote === false`), never for remote callers, never when a per-call
+ * `source_id` or an explicit --source/env/dotfile was given.
+ */
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'bun:test';
+import { PGLiteEngine } from '../src/core/pglite-engine.ts';
+import { localFederatedSourceIds } from '../src/core/source-resolver.ts';
+import {
+  federatedSearchScope,
+  operations,
+  type OperationContext,
+} from '../src/core/operations.ts';
+
+let engine: PGLiteEngine;
+const search = operations.find((o) => o.name === 'search')!;
+
+function ctxOf(overrides: Partial<OperationContext> = {}): OperationContext {
+  return {
+    engine: engine as any,
+    config: {} as any,
+    logger: console as any,
+    dryRun: false,
+    remote: false,
+    sourceId: 'default',
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  engine = new PGLiteEngine();
+  await engine.connect({});
+  await engine.initSchema();
+  // Seeded 'default' source is federated=true. Add:
+  //   wiki    — federated (must join unqualified search)
+  //   private — NOT federated (must stay invisible unless explicitly named)
+  //   oldnews — federated but archived (must stay excluded)
+  await engine.executeRaw(
+    `INSERT INTO sources (id, name, local_path, config) VALUES ('wiki', 'wiki', '/tmp/wiki', '{"federated": true}'::jsonb)`,
+  );
+  await engine.executeRaw(
+    `INSERT INTO sources (id, name, local_path, config) VALUES ('private', 'private', '/tmp/private', '{}'::jsonb)`,
+  );
+  await engine.executeRaw(
+    `INSERT INTO sources (id, name, local_path, config, archived) VALUES ('oldnews', 'oldnews', '/tmp/oldnews', '{"federated": true}'::jsonb, true)`,
+  );
+  const pages: Array<[slug: string, sourceId: string, where: string]> = [
+    ['notes/home', 'default', 'default'],
+    ['wiki/topic', 'wiki', 'wiki'],
+    ['private/topic', 'private', 'private'],
+    ['old/topic', 'oldnews', 'oldnews'],
+  ];
+  for (const [slug, sourceId, where] of pages) {
+    await engine.putPage(slug, {
+      type: 'note', title: `Topic in ${where}`, compiled_truth: `the zebra telescope in ${where}`, frontmatter: {},
+    }, { sourceId });
+    await engine.upsertChunks(slug, [
+      { chunk_index: 0, chunk_text: `the zebra telescope in ${where}`, chunk_source: 'compiled_truth' },
+    ], { sourceId });
+  }
+  // Keyword-only search path: no embedding provider needed in tests.
+  await engine.setConfig('search.mcp_keyword_only', 'true');
+}, 60_000);
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  if (engine) await engine.disconnect();
+}, 60_000);
+
+describe('localFederatedSourceIds — CLI-side scope computation', () => {
+  test('non-explicit tier: resolved source first, then other federated, archived excluded', async () => {
+    expect(await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, 'default', 'seed_default')).toEqual(['default', 'wiki']);
+  });
+
+  test('non-federated resolved source still joins its own scope', async () => {
+    expect(await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, 'private', 'brain_default')).toEqual(['private', 'default', 'wiki']);
+  });
+
+  test('explicit tiers (--source / env / dotfile) never expand', async () => {
+    expect(await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, 'default', 'flag')).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, 'default', 'env')).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, 'default', 'dotfile')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test('single federated source (the resolved one) keeps the scalar fast path', async () => {
+    const solo = { executeRaw: async () => [{ id: 'default' }] } as any;
+    expect(await localFederatedSourceIds(solo, 'default', 'seed_default')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('federatedSearchScope — trust + explicitness matrix', () => {
+  test('trusted local + unqualified widens to the federated set', () => {
+    const ctx = ctxOf({ localFederatedSourceIds: ['default', 'wiki'] });
+    expect(federatedSearchScope(ctx)).toEqual({ sourceIds: ['default', 'wiki'] });
+  });
+
+  test('remote caller NEVER widens (fail-closed), even if the field is set', () => {
+    const ctx = ctxOf({ remote: true, localFederatedSourceIds: ['default', 'wiki'] });
+    expect(federatedSearchScope(ctx)).toEqual({ sourceId: 'default' });
+  });
+
+  test('per-call source_id wins over the federated set', () => {
+    const ctx = ctxOf({ localFederatedSourceIds: ['default', 'wiki'] });
+    expect(federatedSearchScope(ctx, 'wiki')).toEqual({ sourceId: 'wiki' });
+  });
+
+  test('per-call __all__ keeps the whole-brain semantics for trusted local', () => {
+    const ctx = ctxOf({ localFederatedSourceIds: ['default', 'wiki'] });
+    expect(federatedSearchScope(ctx, '__all__')).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  test('a federated OAuth grant wins over the local set', () => {
+    const ctx = ctxOf({
+      localFederatedSourceIds: ['default', 'wiki'],
+      auth: { allowedSources: ['a', 'b'] } as OperationContext['auth'],
+    });
+    expect(federatedSearchScope(ctx)).toEqual({ sourceIds: ['a', 'b'] });
+  });
+
+  test('no local federated set → unchanged scalar scope', () => {
+    expect(federatedSearchScope(ctxOf())).toEqual({ sourceId: 'default' });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('search op — unqualified local search spans federated sources', () => {
+  test('federated source results appear; non-federated + archived stay invisible', async () => {
+    const ctx = ctxOf({
+      localFederatedSourceIds: await localFederatedSourceIds(engine, 'default', 'seed_default'),
+    });
+    const results = (await search.handler(ctx, { query: 'zebra telescope' })) as Array<{ slug: string }>;
+    const slugs = results.map((r) => r.slug);
+    expect(slugs).toContain('notes/home');
+    expect(slugs).toContain('wiki/topic'); // pre-#2561 this was missing
+    expect(slugs).not.toContain('private/topic');
+    expect(slugs).not.toContain('old/topic');
+  });
+
+  test('explicit source resolution (no federated set on ctx) stays single-source', async () => {
+    const results = (await search.handler(ctxOf(), { query: 'zebra telescope' })) as Array<{ slug: string }>;
+    const slugs = results.map((r) => r.slug);
+    expect(slugs).toEqual(['notes/home']);
+  });
+});

test/skillopt/version-store.test.ts

@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ import {
   bestPath,
   historyPath,
   loadHistory,
-  proposedPath,
   revertAllPending,
   skillPath,
   versionsDir,
-  writeProposed,
 } from '../../src/core/skillopt/version-store.ts';
 
 let tmpDir: string;
@@ -81,19 +79,6 @@ describe('acceptCandidate (D8 two-phase commit)', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('writeProposed', () => {
-  test('writes distinct best and proposed artifacts without mutating SKILL.md (#2635)', () => {
-    const candidate = '---\nname: test\n---\nproposed body\n';
-
-    const written = writeProposed(tmpDir, SKILL, candidate);
-
-    expect(written).toBe(proposedPath(tmpDir, SKILL));
-    expect(fs.readFileSync(bestPath(tmpDir, SKILL), 'utf8')).toBe(candidate);
-    expect(fs.readFileSync(proposedPath(tmpDir, SKILL), 'utf8')).toBe(candidate);
-    expect(fs.readFileSync(skillPath(tmpDir, SKILL), 'utf8')).toContain('baseline body');
-  });
-});
-
 describe('revertAllPending (D8 crash recovery)', () => {
   test('no-op when no pending rows', () => {
     const reverted = revertAllPending(tmpDir, SKILL);