policy: refuse new issues without Boundary, Scenarios, Requirements and Success Criteria #7498

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1. gHashTag commented on Oct 7, 2026

   

   gHashTag

   on Oct 7, 2026

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   The rule landed as t27 in #7505 (specs/policy/issue_shape.t27 + gen/c/policy/issue_shape.c). The workflow that applies it is a .yml, which the Only-t27 gate refuses from an agent, so it needs the owner: commit the file below as .github/workflows/issue-shape.yml (35 lines, inside the #7371 budget), or apply owner-approved-foreign to a PR carrying it.

   What it does on issues: opened, edited, reopened (epic/roadmap skipped): compiles the generated C, and when a check fails it comments the missing: lines, labels needs-shape and closes the issue as not planned. An edit that passes removes the label and reopens it. It only acts after #7505 merges (it compiles gen/c/policy/issue_shape.c).

   The 287 existing issues without Boundary are not touched by it; they only get judged when next edited.

   name: Issue shape (no issue without Boundary, Scenarios, Requirements, Success Criteria)
   # The rule is specs/policy/issue_shape.t27 (#7498), lowered to gen/c/policy/issue_shape.c. This file only feeds it.
   on:
     issues:
       types: [opened, edited, reopened]
   permissions:
     issues: write
   concurrency:
     group: issue-shape-${{ github.event.issue.number }}
   jobs:
     shape:
       if: ${{ !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'epic') && !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'roadmap') }}
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       timeout-minutes: 5
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v6
           with:
             sparse-checkout: gen/c/policy
         - name: Judge the body with the Queen's four checks
           env:
             GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
             N: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
             R: ${{ github.repository }}
             HELD: ${{ contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'needs-shape') }}
           run: |
             printf '#include "gen/c/policy/issue_shape.c"\n#include <stdio.h>\nint main(void){static char b[1<<20],o[1<<16];unsigned n=check_issue((uint8_t*)b,fread(b,1,sizeof b,stdin),(uint8_t*)o,sizeof o-1);fputs(o,stdout);return n!=0;}\n' | cc -w -I . -x c -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/gate" -
             gh label create needs-shape -R "$R" -c d93f0b -d "Closed by issue-shape: a section the Queen needs is missing" 2>/dev/null || true
             if gh issue view "$N" -R "$R" --json body -q .body | "$RUNNER_TEMP/gate" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/missing"; then
               [ "$HELD" = true ] && gh issue edit "$N" -R "$R" --remove-label needs-shape && gh issue reopen "$N" -R "$R"
               exit 0
             fi
             { echo "Closed: the Queen cannot dispatch this issue as written (rule: specs/policy/issue_shape.t27)."; echo; sed 's/^/- /' "$RUNNER_TEMP/missing"; echo; echo "Edit the body to add them; the issue reopens by itself."; } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/comment"
             [ "$HELD" = true ] || gh issue comment "$N" -R "$R" -F "$RUNNER_TEMP/comment"
             gh issue edit "$N" -R "$R" --add-label needs-shape
             gh issue close "$N" -R "$R" --reason "not planned"
2. gHashTag

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 7, 2026

   policy: the issue-shape rule in t27, twin of the Queen's judge (Refs #…

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3. gHashTag

   closed this as completedin #9066on Oct 11, 2026
4. dmitrii-f-t27

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 11, 2026

   policy: the issue-shape gate is wired -- only the template's shape ma…

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   This issue will close once commit dc2c8d8 is merged into the 'master' branch.

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5. gHashTag

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 17, 2026

   skill(issue-shape): how to file an issue the shape gate keeps open (C…

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