acdl/.ciagent/PERSONAS.md

---
project: acdl
milestone: v1.16
generated_at: 2026-07-30
generator: lead-developer
verification_toolchain:
  typecheck: "terraform validate && python3 -m py_compile core/**/*.py && python3 -m jsonschema schemas/*.schema.json"
  test: "bash scripts/run_regression.sh   # 22-capability gate (D-091/D-118)"
  build: "bash scripts/run_ci.sh           # full local CI reproduction (lint+test+check-only)"
  note: |
    Nova (formerly ACDL) has no package.json. The execute/verify/ship
    workflows substitute `terraform validate` + `python -m py_compile` +
    JSON Schema validation for npm run typecheck, the regression gate
    (D-091, 22 capabilities) for npm test, and `bash scripts/run_ci.sh`
    for npm run build. v1.11 testing is pipeline-driven (D-102);
    v1.16 is NFR-only (no live apply by default; NOVA_LIFECYCLE_MODE=
    plan). Roster carries forward from v1.11/v1.14/v1.15 unchanged.
    frontend-engineer stays inactive (no frontend; decks are markdown =
    lead-developer territory). No custom personas needed (no new
    domains — onboarding is backend-engineer + data-engineer territory).
---

# ACDL — Persona Roster (project-level, v1.11 RESTART)

> v1.11 is a restart (D-097). The v1.9 roster is superseded. Three
> structural corrections: (1) stateless adapter (D-098), (2) terraform
> owns lifecycle (D-101), (3) pipeline-driven testing (D-102). The roster
> is simplified to the three active domains: data (terraform foundation),
> backend (adapter/resolver), general (pipelines/workflows).

## Active personas

### lead-developer
- **Domain:** coordination
- **Active:** true
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** Owns CIAgent metadata, cross-phase verification scripts, the v1.11 phase orchestration (D-107: P56a + P56b split), and arbitrates persona conflicts. Resolves the milestone decomposition and the STANDARDS.md §8 rewrite (the adapter extension pattern is replaced by the per-module terraform subdir pattern).

### backend-engineer
- **Domain:** backend
- **Active:** true
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** Owns the adapter rewrite (D-098: stateless assembler — deletes TYPE_MAP/INPUT_MAP/OUTPUT_MAP + 39 type-specific branches, becomes a ~80-line assembler that emits `module "x" { source = "..." ... }` blocks) and the contract resolver env-aware state keys (D-106: `spike/{id}/{env}/terraform.tfstate`). The adapter holds no module content; the engine binding lives in the per-module `terraform/` subdir. Co-authoring expected on the adapter + `run_platform.sh` boundary (general adds `--apply`/`--destroy` modes that invoke the adapter).
- **Territory:** `adapters/terraform/adapter.py` (rewrite to stateless assembler), `core/contract_resolver.py` (env-aware state keys, deterministic composition), `schemas/stack.schema.json` (if the stack instance shape changes), `tests/test_adapter*.py` (regression baseline — the s3 instance.json round-trip must still pass).

### data-engineer
- **Domain:** data
- **Active:** true
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** Reactivated for v1.11. Owns the heaviest territory: the per-module `terraform/` subdirs (D-098/D-099/D-100 — the engine binding) for all 12 L1 modules, plus the single platform VPC (D-105: `terraform/platform` owns ONE VPC; the microservice composition drops its `vpc` child and references the platform VPC via data source). Each L1 module ships a real terraform module dir (versions/variables/locals/main/outputs.tf) owning its resource shape, nested blocks, and defaults. `locals.tf` is used heavily to centralize default interpolation (D-099). Multi-resource modules get the full 5-file split; trivial single-resource modules may inline locals in main.tf. This is the binding constraint — the stateless adapter cannot be written until the reference s3 module exists (D-107: P56a proves the design with s3 first).
- **Territory:** `terraform/` (platform VPC, D-105), `modules/l1/*/terraform/` (per-module terraform subdirs — the engine binding), `modules/l1/*/interface.json` (defaults move from adapter to interface inputs), `modules/registry.json` (terraform_dir field), `modules/l2/microservice/composition.json` (drop the vpc child, D-105), `modules/STANDARDS.md` §8 (rewrite the adapter extension pattern → per-module terraform subdir pattern).

### general (lead-developer + backend-engineer pipeline work)
- **Domain:** coordination + pipelines
- **Active:** true
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** Owns the pipeline-driven testing (D-102/D-103/D-104) and the terraform lifecycle modes (D-101). The modules-lifecycle pipeline (Gitea + GitHub, byte-identical) matrix-runs each L1 module's `examples/{simple,complex}.yml` contracts through apply→modify→destroy against live AWS. `run_platform.sh` gains `--apply` and `--destroy` modes; Python never runs terraform. `verify_deploy_microservice.py` is deleted (D-101). Co-authoring expected on the `run_platform.sh` boundary (backend-engineer rewrites the adapter that `run_platform.sh` invokes).
- **Territory:** `pipelines/modules-lifecycle.yml`, `.gitea/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml` + `.github/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml` (byte-identical, D-102), `scripts/run_platform.sh` (`--apply`/`--destroy` modes, D-101), `scripts/run_primitive_plan.sh` (if extended for lifecycle), `scripts/run_pattern_plan.sh` (if extended), `pipelines/README.md` (document the new pipeline), `schemas/deploy-pipeline.schema.json` (if the lifecycle stages are added to the contract).

## Deactivated personas

### lambda-engineer (custom, v1.9 — deactivated for v1.11)
- **Domain:** serverless
- **Active:** false
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** No per-module Python this milestone (D-102: testing is pipeline-driven, not pytest). The v1.9 Lambda (`core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py`) and the `terraform/platform/main.tf` Lambda/DynamoDB/KMS/Secrets definitions persist from v1.9 but are not touched in v1.11. The `acdl-sod-halt` SNS topic and the attestation matrix are out of scope. Removed from the roster for v1.11; reactivates if a future milestone touches the Lambda.

### platform-engineer (custom, v1.9 — folded into data-engineer for v1.11)
- **Domain:** infra
- **Active:** false
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** The v1.11 scope (D-097..D-107) is terraform module authoring + adapter rewrite + pipelines — not the v1.9-era L1/L2 IR-typed module authoring or the AWS OIDC bootstrap. The platform-engineer's v1.9 territory (`adapters/terraform/**`, `modules/**`, `terraform/**`) is split: the adapter goes to backend-engineer (rewrite), the per-module terraform subdirs + platform VPC go to data-engineer (the heaviest v1.11 work). Folded into data-engineer for v1.11; reactivates if a future milestone does IR-shaped module authoring or OIDC bootstrap work.

### security-engineer (custom, v1.9 — deactivated for v1.11)
- **Domain:** security
- **Active:** false
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** The v1.11 scope does not touch Wiz/Kyverno/Checkov adapters, the HITL matrix, separation-of-duties, or the audit ledger. The security-engineer's v1.9 territory persists but is not touched. Removed from the roster for v1.11; reactivates if a future milestone touches security adapters or HITL gates.

### frontend-engineer
- **Domain:** frontend
- **Active:** false
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** The evidence timeline UI (`evidence-ui/**`) is unchanged from v1.0 and not touched in v1.11. Removed from the active roster; reactivates if a future milestone touches the timeline UI.

### data-engineer (v1.9 — was deactivated, reactivated for v1.11)
- **Domain:** data
- **Active:** true (reactivated)
- **Phase-specific:** false
- **Reason:** See the active `data-engineer` entry above. The v1.9 deactivation rationale ("No ORM/persistence framework") no longer applies — v1.11's data-engineer owns terraform module authoring, not a data persistence layer.

### infra-stub-engineer (custom, v1.0 only)
- **Domain:** backend
- **Active:** false
- **Reason:** Owned L1 stub modules in the v1.0 demo. The demo is archived to `demo/`; real L1 modules are owned by data-engineer (v1.11). Not reactivated.

## Phase-specific overrides

| Phase | Personas active | Notes |
|-------|------------------|-------|
| 56a adapter-rewrite-and-s3-reference-module | data-engineer (lead: s3 reference terraform module — proves the design), backend-engineer (lead: stateless adapter rewrite — emits module blocks for s3), general (run_platform.sh --apply/--destroy skeleton) | security/lambda/frontend idle |
| 56b remaining-11-l1-module-terraform-subdirs | data-engineer (lead: author 11 L1 module terraform subdirs — vpc, ecs-cluster, ecs-service, iam-role, alb, ecr, cloudfront, waf, rds, kms-key, uptime), backend-engineer (adapter: confirm each module round-trips through the assembler), general (modules-lifecycle pipeline wiring) | security/lambda/frontend idle |
| (modules-lifecycle pipeline) | general (lead: byte-identical Gitea+GitHub workflow + matrix apply→modify→destroy), data-engineer (examples/{simple,complex}.yml contracts as the modify variants), backend-engineer (adapter confirms the lifecycle cells resolve) | security/lambda/frontend idle |
| (platform VPC + composition drop) | data-engineer (lead: terraform/platform VPC + microservice composition drops vpc child, D-105), backend-engineer (resolver: env-aware state keys, D-106) | general/security/lambda/frontend idle |
| verify | lead-developer (lead: 4-layer verification), all active personas (review their territory) | — |
| review-audit-complete | lead-developer (lead: review + audit + milestone completion), all active personas (review participation) | — |

## Domain priority (used by TaskDecomposer)

`data → backend → general`

Rationale: in v1.11, the terraform foundation (per-module `terraform/`
subdirs + platform VPC) is the binding constraint — the stateless adapter
cannot be written until the reference s3 module exists (D-107: P56a
proves the design with s3 first). Backend (adapter/resolver) follows once
the module shape is proven. General (pipelines/workflows) wires the
lifecycle modes last, once the adapter + modules produce valid terraform.

## Conflict resolutions (lead-developer arbitration)

- `backend-engineer` vs `data-engineer` over `modules/l1/*/interface.json`:
  data-engineer owns the interface defaults (defaults move from the
  adapter to the interface inputs, D-100); backend-engineer owns the
  adapter that reads them. Co-authoring is expected; conflict goes to
  lead-developer.
- `backend-engineer` vs `general` over `scripts/run_platform.sh`:
  backend-engineer rewrites the adapter that `run_platform.sh` invokes;
  general adds the `--apply`/`--destroy` modes. The interface (the CLI
  flags + the adapter invocation) is co-authored; conflicts go to
  lead-developer.
- `data-engineer` vs `general` over `modules/l1/*/examples/`:
  data-engineer owns the example contracts (the modify variants,
  D-103); general owns the pipeline that matrix-runs them. Co-authoring
  is expected; conflicts go to lead-developer.
- `lead-developer` vs any: lead-developer owns `.ciagent/**` + `docs/**`
  meta + verification scripts + `modules/STANDARDS.md` §8 rewrite; persona
  engineers do not edit CIAgent metadata or the vision/architecture
  source docs.

## Territory enforcement mode

`warn` — config.json has no `personas.territory_enforcement` field, so the
default per execute.md is `warn`. Cross-territory edits are logged in the
commit message but do not fail the task. v1.11's scope means co-authoring
across territories is likely (e.g. backend + general on the adapter +
`run_platform.sh` boundary; data + general on the examples + pipeline
boundary); `warn` keeps it frictionless.
---

## v1.15 Persona Addendum — Nova Rebrand (2026-07-30)

**Milestone:** v1.15-Nova. The roster carries forward from v1.11/v1.14
unchanged — the rebrand touches existing territories, no new domains.
**frontend-engineer** remains deactivated (no UI; decks are markdown =
lead-developer territory). No **security-engineer** persona is activated
— the ABAC session-policy + tag-key migration (REQ-162) is data-engineer
territory (terraform IAM) with lead-developer review.

### v1.15 territory assignments

| Phase | Lead | Contributors | Territory |
|-------|------|---------------|-----------|
| P1 docs-decks-prose | lead-developer | — | `README.md`, `docs/**`, `.ciagent/*.md`, deck `.md`/`-marp.md`/`-talking-points.md`/`.html`, `docs/presentations/assets/mmd/*.mmd` (+ PNG re-export), `pyproject.toml`, `schemas/*.schema.json` `$id` (D-110), `docs/NOVA_MIGRATION.md`, `.github/workflows/release.yml` title, `modules/STANDARDS.md` |
| P2 code-envvars-consumer-path | backend-engineer | lead-developer (docs/runbook) | `core/env.py` (NEW dual-read helper, D-108), `core/*.py` (call-site migration), `scripts/*.py` + `*.sh`, `adapters/**`, `tests/**`, `.gitea/workflows/**` + `.github/workflows/**`, `.env` + `.env.secrets` (key rename), `schemas/tagging-standard.json`, `adapters/terraform/policy/custom_rules/acdl_tagging.py` → `nova_tagging.py` (D-109: warn mode) |
| P3 ssm-tagkeys | data-engineer | backend-engineer (readers) | `core/output_publisher.py` (SSM path `/nova/`), `core/contract_resolver.py` (SSM reads), `scripts/migrate_ssm_paths.py` (NEW), `terraform/**` (tag keys `nova:*`), `adapters/terraform/policy/custom_rules/nova_tagging.py` (D-109: hard mode), ABAC session-policy terraform |
| P4 aws-resource-migration | data-engineer | lead-developer (runbook) | `terraform/platform/main.tf`, `terraform/microservice/main.tf`, `terraform/ci-vpc/main.tf`, `terraform/bootstrap/**`, `modules/l1/alb/instance.json`, `scripts/migrate_dynamodb_data.py` (NEW), `docs/NOVA_AWS_MIGRATION.md` (NEW runbook), `core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py` (default table names → `nova-*`, D-111) |
| P5 final-review-ship | lead-developer | all active (review) | `.ciagent/**` (REQUIREMENTS/ROADMAP/PROJECT complete), `core/env.py` (remove dual-read fallback), `nova_tagging.py` (hard-fail `acdl:*`), review + audit |

### v1.15 domain priority

`lead → backend → data` (inverted from v1.11)

Rationale: the rebrand is docs/prose-first (P1 establishes the
vocabulary, no runtime impact), then code/env-vars/consumer-path (P2),
then SSM/tag-keys (P3), then the heavy terraform/AWS migration (P4).
Lead-developer owns the docs + runbooks + verification + final ship;
backend-engineer owns the dual-read helper + call-site migration +
contract resolver; data-engineer owns the terraform resource/tag/SSM
migration (the heaviest terraform territory). Co-authoring expected at:
`core/env.py` + `core/*.py` boundary (backend + lead on the helper
design), `nova_tagging.py` + `schemas/tagging-standard.json` boundary
(backend authors the rule, data-engineer owns the tag-key schema),
`core/output_publisher.py` SSM path + `terraform` outputs boundary
(backend writes the reader, data-engineer owns the terraform that
produces the outputs).

### v1.15 verification toolchain (unchanged from v1.14)

```
typecheck: terraform validate && python3 -m py_compile core/**/*.py adapters/**/*.py
test:      bash scripts/run_regression.sh   # 16-capability gate
build:     bash scripts/run_ci.sh           # full local CI reproduction
```

The regression gate (CAP-001..CAP-016) must stay **16/16 Verified**
throughout the rebrand — the rebrand must not regress any capability.
P2/P3/P4 update test fixtures that reference `ACDL`/`acdl` so the gate
stays green.

## v1.16 Persona Addendum — Nova Simplification (2026-07-30)

**Milestone:** v1.16-Nova-Simplification (NFR). Roster carries forward
unchanged — NFR work touches existing territories, no new domains. The
onboarding request-path (P18–P20) is backend-engineer (Lambda action +
onboarding.py) + data-engineer (cross-account Terraform) territory.
**frontend-engineer** remains deactivated. No **security-engineer**
persona — the ingestor defense-in-depth (P10) is backend-engineer with
lead-developer review; IAM/ABAC (P20) is data-engineer territory.

### v1.16 territory assignments

| Phase | Lead | Contributors | Territory |
|-------|------|---------------|-----------|
| P1 state-bucket+kyverno fix | backend-engineer | data-engineer (kyverno policy) | `adapters/terraform/adapter.py:117`, `adapters/kyverno/policies/require-resource-labels.yml` |
| P2 user-facing brand sweep | lead-developer | backend-engineer | `core/environment_check.py`, `core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py`, `scripts/post_stage_comment.sh`, `scripts/run_ci.sh`, module docstrings, `adapters/README.md` |
| P3 dead-code+stale-prefix | lead-developer | — | `scripts/run_platform.sh`, `core/local_emulators.py`, `core/regression_verify.py`, lifecycle scripts |
| P4 migrate-ssm except | backend-engineer | — | `scripts/migrate_ssm_paths.py` |
| P5 regression-verify dedup | backend-engineer | — | `core/regression_verify.py` |
| P6 run-platform deadcode+hitl-fn | lead-developer | — | `scripts/run_platform.sh` |
| P7 contract-resolver envloader+kind | backend-engineer | — | `core/contract_resolver.py`, `modules/registry.json` |
| P8 workflow generator | lead-developer | backend-engineer (test) | `scripts/sync_workflows.py` (NEW), `tests/test_pipeline_contract.py`, `.gitea/workflows/**`, `.github/workflows/**` |
| P9 run-platform split | lead-developer | — | `scripts/run_platform.sh`, `scripts/run_decommission.sh` (NEW), `scripts/run_uptime.sh` (NEW) |
| P10 ingestor defense-in-depth | backend-engineer | lead-developer (review) | `core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py`, `core/environments/` |
| P11 ingestor payload validation | backend-engineer | — | `core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py` |
| P12 split contract-resolver | backend-engineer | — | `core/contract_resolver.py` → `core/contract_resolve.py` + `core/decommission_transform.py` + `core/contract_resolver_cli.py` |
| P13 split regression-verify | backend-engineer | — | `core/regression_verify.py` → split modules |
| P14 schema-driven outputs+cache | backend-engineer | data-engineer (interface.json) | `core/output_publisher.py`, `core/contract_resolver.py`, `modules/l1/*/interface.json` |
| P15 run-platform --help+flags | lead-developer | — | `scripts/run_platform.sh`, `README.md` |
| P16 workflows README catalog | lead-developer | — | `.github/workflows/README.md` (NEW) |
| P17 getting-started consolidation | lead-developer | — | `README.md` |
| P18 onboarding schema+lambda | backend-engineer | lead-developer (schema) | `schemas/onboarding.schema.json` (NEW), `core/lambda/contract_ingestor.py` |
| P19 onboarding envfile autogen | backend-engineer | lead-developer (docs) | `core/onboarding.py` (NEW), `core/environment_check.py`, `core/environments/README.md` |
| P20 cross-account role offline | data-engineer | backend-engineer (ABAC) | `terraform/onboarding/` (NEW), `terraform/platform/main.tf` |
| P21 final-review-ship | lead-developer | all active (review) | `.ciagent/**`, review + audit + ship |

### v1.16 domain priority

`backend → lead → data` (the simplification + security + ingestor work
is backend-heavy; lead-developer owns docs/DX/splits; data-engineer owns
the P20 cross-account Terraform only).

### v1.16 verification toolchain

```
typecheck: terraform validate && python3 -m py_compile core/**/*.py adapters/**/*.py
test:      bash scripts/run_regression.sh   # 22-capability gate (D-118: P9 + P21)
build:     bash scripts/run_ci.sh           # full local CI reproduction
```

The regression gate (22 capabilities) must stay **22/22 Verified**
throughout v1.16 — simplification must not regress any capability
(D-118). P9 (end of Wave 2) and P21 (milestone complete) run the gate;
P14 (end of Wave 3) is an offline mid-milestone checkpoint.