Major rework of both presentation decks based on leadership feedback.
Addresses: story arc, concept clarity, scope clarification, more visuals,
appendix for detail-heavy slides, and a complete Road to the North Star.
6 new mermaid diagrams:
- platform-works-03-scope-boundary (Upstream → Contract → ACDL → AWS)
- developer-experience-01b-scope-boundary (both consumer paths + scope)
- platform-works-04-confidence-signal (6 inputs → score → gate → decision)
- platform-works-05-attestation-flow (deploy → gate → approver → evidence)
- developer-experience-04-promotion-journey (dev → qa → prod → dr)
- road-to-north-star (v1.0 demo → v1.9 → v1.10 → v2.0 → North Star)
Both Marp decks restructured to 10 main + 6 appendix slides:
PW deck (17 slides):
1. Title
2. The Problem & The North Star (anti-goals moved to slide 3)
3. Where ACDL Sits in Your World (NEW — scope boundary, infra only)
4. The Contract-Driven Model (image: removed, infra inputs instead)
5. The End-to-End Flow
6. Zero-Trust by Default
7. Safety is Computed (NEW confidence signal diagram)
8. Security by Construction
9. Accountability & Audit (NEW attestation flow diagram, QA clarification,
badge reclassification: dev=Testing, qa/prod/dr=Planned)
10. Testing vs. Planned (summary, full inventory in appendix)
11. The Vision Realized
+ Appendix: TOC, Platform-Managed Environments, Observability, Road to
North Star, Full Inventory, Glossary
DX deck (16 slides):
1. Title
2. Where ACDL Sits in Your World (REPLACES Two Consumer Surfaces — scope
boundary with both consumer paths)
3. The Contract — The Entire Consumer Surface (image: removed)
4. The Developer Feedback Loop
5. Versioned, Predictable Releases
6. Friendly Onboarding
7. Safe Promotion Path (NEW promotion journey diagram, rising bar
annotated: dev=Testing, qa/prod/dr=Planned)
8. Safe Decommission
9. Self-Service Module Catalog
10. The Desired Outcomes
+ Appendix: TOC, Citizen Developer Experience, No Platform Code, Local
Reproducibility, Road to North Star, Glossary
Story arc: every slide has an italic 'Story beat' line connecting it to
the narrative progression.
Scope clarification: ACDL is infrastructure only. Upstream is anything
(IDE, agentic SDLC, citizen dev vibe coding). ACDL provisions and governs
AWS resources; application deployment is upstream. Contract examples now
show infrastructure inputs (cpu, memory, desired_count, port) not image:.
QA attestation reclassification: 'Design tested' → 'Planned'. QA attests
to infrastructure readiness (contract + Terraform plan + evidence), not
application code. Dev is autonomous (Testing); qa/prod/dr are Planned.
Road to the North Star: phased timeline (v1.0 → v1.9 → v1.10 → v2.0 →
North Star), annotated 'proposed phasing, not formally planned.'
Also: scripts/sync_to_gl.sh added (GitLab mirror sync utility).
---ci---
phase: 51
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 30
milestone: v1.8
status: execute
---/ci---
P1-8: run_platform.sh now emits adapter output to $WORK/tf (per-run temp
dir), not the committed terraform/spike/ directory. The committed
terraform/spike/*.tf files are removed — they were scratch artifacts.
Deploy workflow artifact upload path updated to /tmp/acdl_platform_run_v18/tf/.
P1-9: contract_ingestor.py now reads GITHUB_API_BASE env for forge-agnostic
API URLs. _forge_type() detects GitHub vs Gitea. Search URL is branched
(GitHub uses /search/issues, Gitea uses /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues).
S1: Deploy workflow configure-aws-credentials step restructured as a single
conditional step. OIDC when no static key (role-to-assume), static-key
when ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID present (access-key-id/secret-access-key inputs).
Both deploy workflows remain byte-identical.
Tests: +8 (292 -> 300). All pass. run_platform.sh --check-only green.
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 0
milestone: v1.7
status: audit
---/ci---
v1.7 audit: all checks pass.
Reconstruction: PASS — 122 ---ci--- blocks parsed; v1.7 state
(specify → clarify D-048..D-059 → research → execute P22-27 → complete
REQ-62..75 → verify) matches .ciagent/ files exactly.
.ciagent/ File Discipline: PASS — config.json valid, PROJECT.md has
all required sections + D-048..D-060, ROADMAP.md has 6 phases marked
complete, REQUIREMENTS.md traceability complete (14/14 v1.7 reqs),
ARCHITECTURE.md components match code, PERSONAS.md has lambda-engineer.
Branch Hygiene: 2 stale branches (phase/21-docs-restructure from v1.6,
milestone/v1.0-initial from v1.0) — non-blocking prior-milestone
artifacts. All v1.7 work committed directly to main (v1.1-v1.6 precedent).
Commit Discipline: PASS — 18/18 v1.7 commits have ---ci--- blocks.
0 unresolved escalations (2 prior audit commits have 'escalation' in
subject but are resolved audit actions).
Stale References: 0 stale references outside .ciagent/ (historical
narrative in .ciagent/ records pre-v1.6 dir structure acdl_platform/
modules-ir/ — these are verbatim historical records, not stale in v1.7
scope). Fixed 1 cosmetic temp dir name (acdl_platform_run →
acdl_platform_run_v17 in run_platform.sh).
Tests: 275 passed. CI pipeline green.
The --check-only mode hardcoded static-assets-specific assertions
(stack name == 'static-assets', 'aws_s3_bucket' in main.tf, 'acdl-spike-bucket'
in main.tf). The platform-test.yml integration-test stage runs check-only for
every contracts/*.yaml, so contracts/microservice.yaml would fail the
AssertionError. Replace with generic structural checks valid for any contract.
verify(P0): code review — correctness
---ci---
phase: 26
milestone: v1.7
status: verify
lessons:
- P0 fix applied: run_platform.sh check-only hardcoded static-assets assertions broke for non-static-assets contracts (microservice); generalized to structural checks
---/ci---
Phase 26 — platform-pipelines-and-release-automation:
- platform-test.yml: PR pipeline (lint + unit-test + integration-test +
schema-validation) replacing ci.yml for PRs; integration-test runs
run_platform.sh --check-only for every contracts/*.yaml
- primitives-plan.yml: PR pipeline with matrix over all 9 L1 primitives
(s3, vpc, ecs-cluster, ecs-service, iam-role, alb, ecr, cloudfront, waf)
- patterns-plan.yml: PR pipeline with matrix over all 2 L2 modules
(static-assets, microservice)
- release.yml: push-to-main pipeline computing next semver tag (PATCH for
regular phases, MINOR for milestone completions), updating floating
MAJOR.MINOR + MAJOR tags, and creating GitHub releases
- run_primitive_plan.sh: plan-only/check-only runner for a single L1
primitive (adapter compile + structure validation offline)
- run_pattern_plan.sh: plan-only/check-only runner for a single L2 pattern
(environment check + contract validate + resolve + adapter + structure
validation offline)
- contracts/microservice.yaml: sample consumer contract for the
microservice L2 module (schema-compliant scalar inputs)
- instance.json for 8 L1 primitives (vpc, ecs-cluster, ecs-service,
iam-role, alb, ecr, cloudfront, waf) so the primitives-plan matrix can
run the adapter offline; s3 already had one
- tests/test_release_logic.py: unit test for semver computation
(PATCH bump, MINOR bump on milestone, floating tag format)
- tests/test_pipeline_contract.py: 19 new tests validating the 4 platform
workflows exist and conform (stages, matrices, triggers, permissions)
DEVIATION: The microservice pattern (run_pattern_plan.sh --check-only
microservice + run_platform.sh --check-only contracts/microservice.yaml)
fails at the adapter stage due to a pre-existing resolver ref-id mismatch
for multi-resource L1s (resolver emits ref:vpc.subnet_ids but the expanded
resource id is vpc-subnet). This predates Phase 26 and is out of scope for
pipeline automation; the static-assets pattern passes end-to-end. The
microservice contract is schema-valid and resolves correctly (11
resources); only the adapter compilation of multi-resource L1 refs fails.
VERIFICATION:
- bash scripts/run_ci.sh: PASS (lint + test + check-only)
- python3 -m pytest tests/ -v: 266 passed
- bash scripts/run_primitive_plan.sh --check-only s3: PASS
- bash scripts/run_pattern_plan.sh --check-only static-assets: PASS
- All 9 primitives pass run_primitive_plan.sh --check-only
- All instance.json validate against stack.schema.json
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 26
milestone: v1.7
status: execute
---/ci---
Phase 24 — platform-lambda-and-contract-ingestion.
- core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py: AWS Lambda handler invoked via Function
URL (IAM auth). Parses JSON body, validates required fields, writes the
contract to DynamoDB table acdl-contracts (PK consumerRepo, SK
contractId#submittedAt, status submitted, ISO-8601 submittedAt). report_error
action is a stub returning "error_report_prepared"; GitHub issue creation is
wired in Phase 25. Returns 400 on missing fields / unknown action, 500 on
error. Table name + GitHub-token secret ID come from env (set by Terraform).
- core/lambda/__init__.py: empty package marker.
- terraform/platform/main.tf: DynamoDB acdl-contracts (PITR, SSE via CMK),
KMS customer-managed key with alias/acdl-platform, Secrets Manager secret
acdl/github-token, IAM execution role (DynamoDB write + Secrets Manager read +
KMS decrypt + CloudWatch logs), Lambda acdl-contract-ingestor (Python 3.12,
handler contract_ingestor.lambda_handler), Function URL with AWS_IAM auth.
State key platform/terraform.tfstate (distinct from spike/microservice).
- terraform/platform/README.md: documents what it deploys, the state key, how
to apply, and the cross-account invocation model.
- terraform/platform/consumer_invoke_policy.json: ABAC-scoped policy template
applied to consumer deploy roles during onboarding; grants
lambda:InvokeFunctionUrl conditioned on aws:PrincipalTag/acdl:owner ==
consumerRepo.
- tests/test_contract_ingestor.py: 11 tests (moto-backed DynamoDB mock) covering
submit_contract put_item shape, report_error stub, missing-field 400, unknown
action 400, the lambda_handler wrapper with a Function-URL-style event, dict
body, default action, and internal-error 500.
- docs/environments/index.md: new section documenting the cross-account
contract-ingestion grant (one-way consumer→platform, D-051) and that
onboarding now also grants the consumer deploy role InvokeFunctionUrl.
- scripts/run_ci.sh, pipelines/ci.yaml, .gitea/workflows/ci.yml,
.github/workflows/ci.yml: add core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py to the lint
py_compile list. The two workflow YAMLs remain byte-identical.
Verification: scripts/run_ci.sh passes all 3 stages (lint/test/check-only);
python3 -m pytest tests/ -v passes all 213 tests (11 new + 202 existing).
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 24
milestone: v1.7
status: execute
---/ci---
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 21
milestone: v1.6
status: execute
---/ci---
Introduce platform-managed environments: a consumer does not provide an
AWS account, VPC, subnet, S3 state bucket, or runner key. A named
environment is a platform-owned bundle of account + network + state
backend + IAM role (surfaced via ABAC), selected by name in the contract.
Scaffold:
- core/environments/dev.json (sample dev env definition)
- core/environments/README.md (how envs are used + how to add one)
- core/environment_check.py (reads a contract's environment field,
looks up core/environments/<name>.json, prints a friendly onboarding
prompt when none exists, exits non-zero)
- scripts/run_platform.sh: Step 0 calls environment_check.py before
contract validation; a missing env halts the pipeline with the
onboarding prompt
- tests/test_environment_check.py: 12 tests (dev bound, missing env ->
onboarding prompt, onboarding message lists provisions, contract
paths, wire-in, check-only still passes)
Tests: 166 pass (154 + 12 new).
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 21
milestone: v1.6
status: execute
---/ci---
Rename the acdl_platform/ package to core/ across the directory, all
imports in tests/scripts/pipelines/workflows, and doc references. The
package is imported as core.confidence_signal / core.contract_resolver /
core.outbox_writer. The deploy workflow's platform-repo checkout dir is
renamed acdl-platform/ -> platform/ (workspace path, not the python
package). Both .gitea + .github workflows stay byte-identical.
Note: the original target name 'platform/' shadows Python's stdlib
platform module (pytest's import uuid -> platform.system() fails when
the repo root is on sys.path, which every test does). 'core/' avoids
the clash while honoring the intent (drop the verbose acdl_platform).
Tests: 154 pass. run_ci.sh green.
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 20
milestone: v1.5
status: review
verdict: READY TO SHIP
p0: 1 (fixed — contract path resolution in deploy workflow)
p1: 6 (flagged post-hoc)
---/ci---
Multi-persona review of v1.5 phase 20 (docs + reusable deploy workflow).
P0 (blocking) — AUTO-FIXED:
- C1: scripts/run_platform.sh contract path resolution broken in deploy
workflow. The reusable workflow invokes run_platform.sh from the consumer
workspace root with a relative contract path (.acdl/contract.yaml), but
run_platform.sh does `cd "$ROOT"` (platform repo) early, so the relative
path resolved against the platform repo and the pipeline could never run.
Fix (commit 75c2274): capture CALLER_CWD before cd "$ROOT"; resolve
caller-supplied relative paths against CALLER_CWD; default no-arg contract
stays relative to ROOT (preserves platform-local CI). Reproduced pre-fix;
verified post-fix.
P1 (important) — FLAGGED FOR POST-HOC REVIEW (do not block ship):
- C2: ref: v1.4 in the deploy workflow platform checkout — no v1.4 tag exists
(only v1.4.0 / v1.4.1). Operator must create a floating v1.4 tag or change
the ref to v1.4.1.
- C3: modules/l2/{static-asset,microservice}/README.md still use @v1 in their
Usage examples; missed by the v1.4 bump.
- S1: static-key override is not wired. ACDL_AWS_* env vars on the OIDC step
are not read by aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4 (it reads AWS_*
or its own access-key/secret-key inputs). The README/CONSUMER_GUIDE claim
a working override that doesn't function as written. Needs a conditional
step or renamed env vars + input wiring.
- S2: README overstates ABAC repo:org/repo:ref:... scoping. The workflow
constructs a numeric role name (github.repository_id); the actual claim
enforcement lives in the IAM trust policy, not in this workflow.
- T1: no deploy-workflow triggers conformance test (CI workflow has one;
deploy doesn't). Minor — reusable workflows use workflow_call, not push
triggers, but the contract's triggers field is then unenforced.
- A1: terraform/spike/terraform.tf uploaded as artifact leaks the AWS account
ID via the state-backend bucket name. Recommend excluding terraform.tf or
gating artifact upload to non-public repos.
P2 (nits) — listed for awareness: floating-tag terminology imprecision (M1),
header comment "Gitea Actions" in the GitHub copy (M2, intentional byte-
identical), pip install split (P1-perf), comment drift in pipelines/deploy.yaml
header (C4), module README internal inconsistency (C5).
Verdict: READY TO SHIP. The one P0 is fixed. The 6 P1s are post-hoc items —
the deploy workflow is a scaffold whose first real consumer run requires
operator setup (tag, IAM role, secrets) that gates go-live. The P1s should
be addressed before any consumer invokes uses: acdl/.gitea/workflows/
deploy.yml@v1.4 in earnest.
Tests: 154 pass (19 new). run_ci.sh green.
The reusable deploy workflow invokes run_platform.sh from the CONSUMER
repo's workspace root with a relative contract path (e.g.
.acdl/contract.yaml). run_platform.sh does `cd "$ROOT"` (the platform
repo) early in its lifecycle, which caused the relative contract path to
resolve against the platform repo (acdl-platform/) instead of the
consumer repo — the `[ -f "$CONTRACT" ]` check then failed with
"contract file missing" and the pipeline could never run.
Fix: capture CALLER_CWD before `cd "$ROOT"` and resolve a caller-supplied
relative contract path against CALLER_CWD. The default contract
(contracts/static-asset.yaml, used only when no contract is supplied)
remains relative to ROOT, preserving platform-local CI behavior.
Reproduced pre-fix: bash acdl-platform/scripts/run_platform.sh --check-only
.acdl/contract.yaml (from a consumer workspace) -> "contract file missing".
Verified post-fix: same invocation reads the consumer contract correctly.
verify(P0): code review — correctness
---ci---
phase: 20
milestone: v1.5
status: verify
lessons:
- P0 fix applied: run_platform.sh now resolves relative contract path
against caller CWD (deploy workflow contract path was broken)
---/ci---
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 19
milestone: v1.4
status: execute
---
Add declarative pipeline contract (schemas/pipeline.schema.json +
pipelines/ci.yaml) as single source of truth for both Gitea Actions (dev)
and GitHub Actions (production) workflows. Both workflow files are
byte-identical and validated against the contract by 32 new tests.
Add scripts/run_ci.sh for shell reproducibility — mirrors the CI pipeline
locally (lint → test → check-only), exits 0 with 'CI PIPELINE OK'.
Update scripts/run_platform.sh to stream output by default: terraform
init/validate/plan via tee, Checkov compliance results with per-record
severity/rule/pass-fail, and emitted Terraform in --check-only. New
--quiet flag for log-only mode.
Requirements: REQ-43 (central pipeline contract), REQ-44 (shell
reproducibility), REQ-45 (output streaming). 122 tests pass (90 + 32).
The L2 thin-composition layer (composition.json + contract_resolver.py +
contract schema + sample contracts) has been removed completely. The
implementation was unsatisfactory and is deferred for a later redesign.
- Delete: composition.json x2, contract_resolver.py, contracts/ x2,
contract.schema.json
- Patch: run_platform.sh now loads a pre-existing IR instance instead of
resolving a contract (the downstream adapter/checkov/confidence/outbox
pipeline is unchanged)
- Prune: L2 entries removed from registry.json (L1 entries unchanged)
- Rewrite: all 7 L1 module READMEs in plain language (no jargon), each
with Resources/Inputs/Outputs/Usage/Compliance-extension-points/Versioning
sections derived from interface.json
- Add: 2 L2 placeholder READMEs noting the composition is under redesign
- Add: modules-ir/README.md catalog index + README-TEMPLATE.md
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 17
milestone: v1.3
status: execute
---/ci---
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 10
milestone: v1.1
status: plan-as-execute
persona: lead-developer
task: T-10.9
requirements.covered: [REQ-28]
---/ci---
Wave 4: scripts/verify_phase10.sh - the capstone gate (8 checks).
(a) composition.json shape (l2 depth=1 one child l1-s3@1.0.0)
(b) spike.yaml validates against contract schema
(c) resolver py_compiles + emits IR validating against ir.schema.json
(d) adapter py_compiles + emits main.tf with aws_s3_bucket
(e) run_spike_e2e.sh exits 0 (full pipeline end-to-end)
(f) confidence band is pass for dev
(g) outbox item present (query DynamoDB by PK)
(h) REQ-28: the adapter is the only substrate-specific code. acdl_platform/
Python has no aws_s3_bucket; modules-ir/ JSON has no aws_s3_bucket as a
resource-type value (docs/descriptions excluded — they reference the
mapping, which is allowed); adapters/terraform/ has aws_s3_bucket (it
should — it is the substrate-specific code). The IR commitments hold.
VERIFIED - Phase 10: L2 + contract-e2e; IR commitments hold (REQ-28).
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 9
milestone: v1.1
status: plan-as-execute
persona: platform-engineer
task: [T-9.5, T-9.6, T-9.7, T-9.9]
requirements.covered: [REQ-26]
---/ci---
Waves 2+3: Terraform adapter + generated spike TF + run script.
- T-9.5: adapters/terraform/adapter.py - compiles an IR instance to a
Terraform root module. TYPE_MAP {aws:s3:bucket -> aws_s3_bucket}. Thin
layer; does not own L1 content. Emits main.tf (resource + outputs) +
terraform.tf (required_version/providers + S3 backend, NO
dynamodb_table per D-P09-1) + providers.tf (aws provider region from
the IR). CLI: adapter.py <ir_instance.json> <out_dir>.
- T-9.6: terraform/spike/{main.tf,terraform.tf,providers.tf} - generated
by running the adapter against modules-ir/l1/l1-s3/spike_instance.json.
Committed so verify_phase09.sh can validate/plan without regenerating
(D-P09-4); the verify script will regenerate + diff to prove
reproducibility.
- T-9.7: scripts/run_spike_plan.sh - loads rotated spike key from
gitignored .env.secrets, exports AWS env vars, cd terraform/spike,
terraform init -lock=false, terraform validate, terraform plan
-lock=false -out=tfplan. Plan-only; no apply.
- T-9.9: .gitignore - add terraform/spike/.terraform/ + tfplan +
*.tfstate*.
EXECUTE: ran scripts/run_spike_plan.sh against real AWS via the rotated
spike key (D-039). terraform plan succeeded: 1 to add (the S3 bucket),
outputs computed. One non-blocking deprecation warning (aws_s3_bucket
versioning block -> use aws_s3_bucket_versioning in v1.2). No long-lived
credential in the workflow (key loaded from .env.secrets at runtime).
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 8
milestone: v1.1
status: plan-as-execute
persona: lead-developer
task: T-8.8
requirements.covered: [REQ-23]
---/ci---
Wave 5: execute the bootstrap against real AWS + fix verify script.
- Created S3 bucket acdl-tfstate-581513795199-us-east-1 (versioning
enabled) + DynamoDB table acdl-outbox (PAY_PER_REQUEST, PK contractId,
SK eventType#eventTs) via create_state_backend.py.
- Created IAM user acdl-spike-runner + scoped inline policy
(DenyEverythingElse) + initial key via create_iam_user.py.
- Rotated the spike key via rotate_spike_key.sh: old key deleted, new
key in gitignored .env.secrets (chmod 600).
- verify_phase08.sh fixes: (a) heredoc python instead of -c to avoid
bash quoting issues; (b) Check 4 uses the bootstrap root key to
inspect IAM (the spike key is least-privilege and cannot iam:GetUser
- that itself confirms the policy denies non-granted actions); (c)
get_user_policy returns PolicyDocument as a dict, not a URL-encoded
string in this boto3 version - handle both.
- VERIFIED: caller identity is acdl-spike-runner (not root), S3 + DDB +
IAM user + Deny-everything-else policy all present, .env.secrets +
.bootstrap_state.json gitignored.
D-034 closure: user must manually rotate the root key in the AWS IAM
console now (the bootstrap root key has served its one-shot purpose).
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 6
milestone: v1.1
status: plan-as-execute
persona: lead-developer
tasks: [T-6.1, T-6.2, T-6.3, T-6.4]
---/ci---
Archive the v1.0 demo under demo/ (D-037) and reorient the repo to the
real platform. Wave 1 of the Phase 06 plan.
- T-6.1: git mv modules/, scripts/, evidence-ui/, contracts/,
contracts-repo/, .gitea/ -> demo/; mv ACDL_DEMO.md + runner-data/ -> demo/
- T-6.2: scaffold new v1.1 top-level dirs (platform/, schemas/, adapters/,
terraform/, modules-ir/) with .gitkeep
- T-6.3: create top-level scripts/verify_phase06.sh (v1.1 verify scripts
live at top-level, NOT demo/scripts/ which holds the v1.0 demo verify
scripts)
- T-6.4: rewrite README.md to reflect the real platform (vision +
architecture links, new layout, status v1.1 active); add runner-data/
to .gitignore
All moves via git mv (history preserved). Repo root now contains only
README.md, demo/, docs/, .ciagent/, and the new empty v1.1 dirs.
Squash merge of phase/05-evidence-ui-and-demo-dry-run; evidence-ui/index.html + run_demo.sh 4-act simulation + verify_phase05.sh; demo live at acdl-evidence raw URL.
Jon Chery
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