rdr-finalize

rdr-finalize — Stage 7 (Finalize / Lock)

Confirm nothing regressed, run the Finalization Gate, and flip Status → Final. After this the RDR is immutable — the implementation prompt treats it as a contract. This stage is one gated prompt: the verdict is the gate, not a human pause — READY locks in the same pass, NOT READY flips nothing.

Usage

Codex: $rdr-finalize <NNNN>
Claude: /rdr-finalize <NNNN>

1. Read rdr-common.md; run §seam-bind + §rdr-resolve to bind $RDR_ENV, RDR_PATH, {EVIDENCE_DIR}.
2. Run 07-finalize.prompt.md. It runs the mechanical Tooling sweep, confirms no cluster re-entry note survives, writes the Finalization Gate's five responses, then acts on the verdict:
   • READY → set Status → Final, write the gate's five responses into the RDR, and flip this RDR's README index row to Final (seed created the row at Draft; finalize updates that same row in place — add it only if a pre-seed RDR has none). Then, if the autocommit gate is on (§commit), run §commit with subject docs(rdr): finalize cli/NNNN <slug> (Gate PASS) over $RDR_PATH + $RDR_RECORDS/README.md — a standalone commit, never a fixup! (RDR commits ARE the design history; per the no-fixup doctrine we record the lock as its own real subject, we do not defer-squash it).
   • NOT READY → flip nothing; report the named blockers and the return stage.
   • A single gate item genuinely in doubt → stop per §stop-packet, don't guess.
   • The Tooling sweep's checks live verbatim in tooling-pass.md (CHECK 1 template coverage, CHECK 2 Method-label vocabulary against the sanctioned set, CHECK 3 source-search self-reference, CHECK 4 Docs-Only on load-bearing). Run those CHECK blocks verbatim — do not re-derive them. This is where a paraphrased Method label or a placeholder gate response is caught.
   • If you lint the RDR .md, use the repo's .markdownlint.json from the repo root (it sets line_length: 120, tables: false) — running markdownlint from inside the engine repo (rdr/) floods spurious MD013. An RDR-.md-only status flip usually needs no lint at all.

Review gate (Stage 07.0-finalize.md)

• The mechanical sweep ran and PASSED (a BLOCK is a real regression — fix before locking).
• Any ## Refinement Context (cluster re-entry) note is gone.
• The five gate responses are written, not rubber-stamped.
• Readiness says READY, no open blockers; MVV genuinely in scope; the RDR's README index row flipped to Final (the row seed created). On NOT READY the prompt flips nothing — return to the named stage.

Next step (rdr-common §next-step)

• The lock commit (standalone docs(rdr): finalize …, never fixup!) is part of the READY action above — see Usage / rdr-common §commit.
• Locked → Next: /rdr-implement NNNN. (If ≥2 related RDRs are now Final and none implemented → /rdr-cluster-reconcile <cluster> first.)
• NOT READY → the named earlier stage (/rdr-reconcile NNNN for an open spike/assumption; /rdr-resolve / /rdr-refine / /rdr-propose per the blocker).
• /rdr-status NNNN to re-orient.