scratch: reviewer check (safe to close)

[mabry1985]

Temporary PR for a reviewer check. Will be closed automatically.

[mabry1985]

reviewer check

[protoreview]

QA panel review — PASS

code-review · head a5a6a36d1553 · formal

PR #34 is a two-line README.md addition (a blank line plus a scratch HTML comment) that the PR itself describes as temporary and auto-closing. The only finding is a nit-level convention violation: the scratch comment lives in a tracked file rather than the gitignored .proto/ directory that PROTO.md §8 prescribes. The verifier confirmed the finding as-is — no panel disagreement, no coverage gaps, no refutations. The fix-first item is trivial (move or delete the comment before merge), but given the PR's stated intent to auto-close, it may be acceptable to let the auto-close handle it.

Findings

	Severity	Location	Finding	Verified
⚪	nit	README.md:87	A scratch/debug HTML comment is committed to a tracked file (README.md), violating the repo's documented scratch discipline (PROTO.md §8: scratch belongs in gi…	confirmed

findings JSON (machine-readable)

[
  {
    "file": "README.md",
    "line": 87,
    "severity": "nit",
    "category": "conventions",
    "claim": "A scratch/debug HTML comment is committed to a tracked file (README.md), violating the repo's documented scratch discipline (PROTO.md \u00a78: scratch belongs in gitignored .proto/, never committed). Low-signal: the PR is explicitly temporary and auto-closing, so this is the intended mechanism rather than an oversight.",
    "evidence": "<!-- scratch check 2026-09-15T10:10:24Z: safe to close -->",
    "verdict": "confirmed",
    "note": "Diff shows the comment at line 87 of README.md; PROTO.md \u00a78 ('Agent-scratch') explicitly states '.proto/ is the coding agent's own scratch \u2014 gitignored, never commit.' The scratch comment in a tracked file is a literal violation of that rule."
  }
]