John Fail-Closed CEO Review Packet — 2026-05-23

CEO review packet — John fail-closed reconstruction — 2026-05-23 
 Decision requested 
 Please review and either sign off or request changes for these reconstructed current specs: 
 
 /Users/makinja/system/specs/john-replacement-plan.md 
 
 Status inside document: CURRENT_RECONSTRUCTED_PLAN_PENDING_CEO_SIGNOFF 
 
 
 /Users/makinja/system/specs/john-drift-prevention-spec.md 
 
 Status inside document: CURRENT_RECONSTRUCTED_SPEC_PENDING_CEO_SIGNOFF 
 
 
 
 What is already persisted 
 
 Git repo: /Users/makinja/system 
 Spec commit: 1a7b94a88 docs: reconstruct John fail-closed specs 
 Persistent evidence directory: /Users/makinja/system/evidence/john-fail-closed-20260523/ 
 Hash manifest for active gate files: /Users/makinja/system/evidence/john-fail-closed-20260523/john-fail-closed-file-manifest-20260523.json 
 
 Evidence to review 
 
 Fresh Claude Code claim-gate evidence: /tmp/claude-code-fresh-claim-gate-final-20260523.md 
 Reconstructed spec evidence: /tmp/john-reconstructed-specs-20260523.md 
 MC review note: /tmp/john-mc-review-notes-10599-10570-20260523.md 
 Memory memo: /Users/makinja/.claude/projects/-Users-makinja/memory/project_john_fail_closed_claim_gates_2026-05-23.md 
 
 MC state observed in this continuation 
 
 MC #10599: open ; follow-up evidence comment added; not marked ready/done. 
 MC #10570: paused ; follow-up evidence comment added; not marked ready/done. 
 
 BookStack sync status 
 
 Attempted: node /Users/makinja/system/tools/bookstack-sync.js sync 
 Result in this harness: PARTIAL / timed out after 120s. 
 Do not treat BookStack as fully synced from this run. 
 
 Explicit non-claims 
 
 Blueprint MUST workflow has not been started. 
 MC #10599 and MC #10570 are not complete. 
 CEO sign-off is not recorded yet. 
 BookStack full sync is not confirmed. 
 
 If CEO signs off 
 Recommended next action after sign-off: 
 
 Record explicit sign-off in MC #10599 and #10570. 
 Decide whether to transition MC #10599 from open and MC #10570 from paused into normal workflow before ready . 
 Only run blueprint MUST wrapper/checklist if cost/risk approval is explicit. 
 
 Cost note 
 Last local cost probe in this continuation reported today: $52.7932 across 58 Claude CLI requests.