John Blueprint Cost-Waiver Preflight — 2026-05-23

Blueprint MUST checklist — John fail-closed — 2026-05-23

Trigger / waiver

• CEO/user message: Nije mi vazan cost.
• Interpreted narrowly as: cost objection waived for continuing blueprint preflight/MUST work.
• Not interpreted as: CEO sign-off on specs, MC done approval, or permission to fabricate workflow state.

Inputs

• Project path: /Users/makinja/system
• MC #10599: John replacement plan
• MC #10570: John drift-prevention spec
• System BUILD-BLUEPRINT: /Users/makinja/system/BUILD-BLUEPRINT.md
• Persistent evidence base: /Users/makinja/system/evidence/john-fail-closed-20260523/

Deterministic checks run

1. Blueprint rubric wrapper:

   • Command: bash /Users/makinja/system/tools/run-blueprint-check.sh /Users/makinja/system --json
   • Evidence: blueprint-check-rubric.json
   • Result: READY, score 100, rc 0.

2. Blueprint inventory wrapper:

   • Command: bash /Users/makinja/system/tools/run-blueprint-check.sh /Users/makinja/system --inventory --json
   • Evidence: blueprint-check-inventory.json
   • Result: MISSING_FILES, compliance 3/6, rc 1.
   • Missing: DEPLOY-MAP.md, PIPELINE.md, RUNBOOK.md.
   • Context: /Users/makinja/system/BUILD-BLUEPRINT.md says ~/system/ is exempt from DEPLOY-MAP.md and RUNBOOK.md circuit breakers because it is not a product. The generic inventory checker is not system-exemption-aware.

3. Blueprint SHA registry verify:

   • Command: node /Users/makinja/system/tools/blueprint-sha256-registry.js verify /Users/makinja/system/BUILD-BLUEPRINT.md
   • Evidence: blueprint-sha256-verify.out, blueprint-sha256-verify.err
   • Result: NOT_REGISTERED, rc 2.
   • Context: /Users/makinja/.claude/agents/mehanik.md CB9 defines NOT_REGISTERED / exit 2 as WARN, not block.

4. MC lease/status checks:

   • Commands:
     • node /Users/makinja/system/tools/mc.js claim-status 10599
     • node /Users/makinja/system/tools/mc.js claim-status 10570
     • node /Users/makinja/system/tools/mc.js show 10599
     • node /Users/makinja/system/tools/mc.js show 10570
   • Evidence files: mc-10599-claim-status.json, mc-10570-claim-status.json, mc-10599-show.txt, mc-10570-show.txt
   • Result: both claim-status outputs show available: true, lease_holder: null.

5. Discover lookup:

   • Command: node /Users/makinja/system/tools/discover.js "john fail-closed claim gates system specs"
   • Evidence: discover-john-fail-closed.txt
   • Result: lookup ran; output is advisory/context, not completion evidence.

6. Attempted Claude Code /mehanik skill wrapper via local cc-api-server:

   • Tool: run_claude_skill(skill="mehanik", ...)
   • Result: BLOCKED by cc-api-server error 401: Unauthorized.
   • No mehanik marker was written from this attempt.

Verdict

PARTIAL / PRE-FLIGHT ONLY.

• Cost gate is waived by CEO/user statement.
• Deterministic local blueprint rubric passes.
• Inventory check fails generically but conflicts with documented ~/system/ exemption for non-product workspaces.
• SHA registry is WARN (NOT_REGISTERED), not block, under Mehanik CB9.
• Full Claude Code /mehanik wrapper did not run due cc-api-server 401.
• Therefore, do not claim full blueprint MUST completion.

Next required decision

Need explicit CEO decision on one of:

1. SIGN OFF SPECS — record sign-off, then move MC states via normal workflow.
2. RUN FULL MEHANIK/BLUEPRINT DESPITE 401 — use another authorized Claude Code path or manual operator run to generate /tmp/mehanik-cleared-* markers.
3. REGISTER SYSTEM BUILD-BLUEPRINT HASH — register /Users/makinja/system/BUILD-BLUEPRINT.md in SHA registry, then rerun preflight.
4. REQUEST CHANGES — edit specs/evidence before any status transition.