M9 Build Validation¶

Reviewer: Quinn (Lead QA Engineer) Date: 2026-03-20 Scope: V2 spec delta sign-off + build QA for M1, M6, M9

TASK 1: V2 Spec Delta Review¶

Verifying all 3 previous blocking issues against the V2 revision appended to IMPLEMENTATION_SPEC.md.

Blocker 1 — intelligence-suite disposition (M10)¶

PASS ✅ M10 is explicitly added to the Medium tier as "intelligence-suite archive" with description "Archive to .archived-intelligence-suite/" and column "NEW — was missing from spec." It runs first in the updated Medium execution order. Disposition is clear and unambiguous.

Blocker 2 — skill-creator renamed to vv-skill-creator¶

PASS ✅ C3 is listed as vv-skill-creator throughout the V2 summary table with the note "RENAMED from skill-creator" and "builds FIRST in complex tier." The implementation order section also uses vv-skill-creator consistently.

Blocker 3 — Build order fixed (C3 before C1)¶

PASS ✅ Complex tier order is now explicitly: C3 → C1 → C2 → C4 → C5. Rationale is documented: validate-skill.sh from C3 is required by C1 AC11. Post-C3 retroactive check procedure is also specified.

V2 Delta Verdict: PASS — All 3 blockers resolved ✅¶

Non-blocking items from previous review are all addressed (M2 scaffold dir check, start-service.sh bash -c fix, C2 Playwright companion file, C3 check 9 narrowed, C4 date-stamp, C5 scenario/validation). No new issues introduced.

TASK 2: Build QA — M1, M6, M9¶

M1 — cost-estimation¶

File Existence¶

Check	Result
`skills/cost-estimation/references/MODEL_PRICING_REGISTRY.md` exists	✅ PASS
`skills/cost-estimation/scripts/estimate.py` exists	✅ PASS
Registry has pricing data (Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google)	✅ PASS

Script Execution Tests¶

Test	Expected	Result
`estimate.py --help`	No crash, show usage	✅ PASS — clean argparse output
`--model claude-sonnet-4-6 --input-tokens 1000000 --output-tokens 50000`	Formatted cost output	✅ PASS — returned `$3.75` with line-item breakdown
`--model fake-model --input-tokens 100 --output-tokens 100`	Exit 1 + error message	✅ PASS — "ERROR: Model 'fake-model' not found in registry" + list of available models, exit 1
`--model claude-sonnet-4-6 --input-tokens -100 --output-tokens 100`	Reject negative input	✅ PASS — "ERROR: --input-tokens cannot be negative", exit 1

SKILL.md Checks¶

Check	Result
References `references/MODEL_PRICING_REGISTRY.md` (not absolute path)	✅ PASS — two references, both relative
Has Examples section	✅ PASS — `## Examples` present at line 61

M1 Verdict: PASS ✅ — All acceptance criteria met¶

M6 — project-pipeline¶

File Existence¶

Check	Result
`skills/project-pipeline/references/evaluation-template.md` exists	✅ PASS
Template has content (headers, sections, form structure)	✅ PASS — `PROJECT_EVALUATION_TEMPLATE.md` with structured sections
`skills/project-pipeline/references/examples/` directory exists	✅ PASS
Examples directory contains at least one sample evaluation	✅ PASS — `apa-evaluation.md` present with complete evaluation content

SKILL.md Checks¶

Check	Result
No absolute paths (`/Users/viverevitalis/`) in SKILL.md	✅ PASS — no absolute paths found
Negative trigger present in description	✅ PASS — "Do NOT use for existing initiative status tracking — that is managed in initiative STATUS.md files."

M6 Verdict: PASS ✅ — All acceptance criteria met¶

M9 — openclaw-prime¶

Troubleshooting Section¶

Check	Result
Troubleshooting section exists	✅ PASS — `## Troubleshooting` at line 99
At least 5 scenarios covered	✅ PASS — 7 scenarios present (see list below)
References appropriate tools/commands	✅ PASS — uses `openclaw gateway`, `curl`, `lsof`, `ollama`, config commands

Troubleshooting scenarios present (7/5 required): 1. Gateway won't start 2. Node won't pair / QR code fails 3. Channel not receiving messages 4. Model routing sending to wrong model 5. Config changes not taking effect 6. "Unauthorized" errors from agents 7. Ollama / local model unavailable

SKILL.md Checks¶

Check	Result
Negative trigger present in description	✅ PASS — "Do NOT use for OpenClaw feature requests or bug reports — file those on GitHub."
Troubleshooting references tools/commands	✅ PASS — `openclaw gateway status/stop/start/restart/logs/config`, `curl`, `lsof`, `ollama list`, `ollama serve`, `ollama pull`

M9 Verdict: PASS ✅ — All acceptance criteria met¶

Summary¶

Item	Verdict
V2 Spec Delta (3 blockers)	✅ PASS
M1 — cost-estimation	✅ PASS
M6 — project-pipeline	✅ PASS
M9 — openclaw-prime	✅ PASS

Overall: CLEAN PASS — No issues found. All three builds meet spec. Ready to proceed.

Quinn sign-off. No defects filed. Melody may proceed with next items in the Medium tier queue (M2 → M3 → ...).