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