# H4 fresh-agent workflow — 2026-06-10

**Status:** H4 bounded workflow passed · **Audience:** maintainers and agents

## Claim

A fresh agent completed one bounded `mcp_flutter` workflow using declared repository surfaces before raw exploration: prove the first Skill Steward dogfood scenario status. This is an H4 proof for the bounded contract-status workflow, not a claim that all product or runtime workflows are H4.

## Task

Prove the first Skill Steward dogfood scenario status for `mcp_flutter` using declared repository surfaces before raw exploration.

## Repo state

```bash
git status
# On branch codex/steward-adoption-h2
# nothing to commit, working tree clean

git status --short --branch
# ## codex/steward-adoption-h2
```

## Declared surfaces used first

1. `AGENTS.md` Governance & Skill Steward section.
2. `makefile` / `make check-contracts` native gate.
3. At proof time, `tool/steward/run.sh` was the temporary Skill Steward bridge named in `AGENTS.md`; current reusable guidance uses the released `steward` executable.

## Transcript

```bash
bash tool/steward/run.sh doctor --json
# Passed after selecting a compatible Steward command surface.
```

```bash
make check-contracts
# Passed.
# Existing warnings only: skill metadata warnings for missing license and references/sources.md.
```

```bash
bash tool/steward/run.sh doctor --json
# Passed: config valid, no diagnostics, one quick-eligible action.
```

```bash
bash tool/steward/run.sh actions list --json
# Passed: listed fmt.check.tool-prefix.
```

```bash
bash tool/steward/run.sh action inspect fmt.check.tool-prefix --json
# Passed: bounded_local, auto, no writes, no git, no network, no secrets, no destructive effects.
```

```bash
bash tool/steward/run.sh probe --json --profile quick
# Passed: executed fmt.check.tool-prefix, exit_code 0.
```

```bash
bash tool/steward/run.sh benchmark --scenario mcp_flutter.web-dogfood-warm --strict --json
# Passed: result=pass, proof.status=ready, durability.status=ready.
```

## Outcome

- Fresh-agent workflow: passed.
- Fallback needed at proof time: yes. The global `steward` binary was present but stale for the declared contract workflow, so the agent used the then-documented temporary wrapper and local Skill Steward override.
- Files edited by fresh agent: none.
- Outputs persisted by fresh agent: none.
- Review artifact added later: `docs/evidence/generated/mcp_flutter.web-dogfood-warm.strict.redacted.json`.
- Current adoption note: the temporary wrapper was not promoted. New adopters should install and run `steward` directly.

## Remaining gaps and non-claims

- This proves one bounded contract-status workflow, not the WebMCP runtime dogfood path.
- The scenario `source.commit` names the pre-proof subject commit. The benchmark treats a local HEAD mismatch as a warning rather than remote equivalence proof.
- Existing skill metadata/source warnings remain in `make check-contracts`; they do not fail the native gate.
- The original raw sibling-checkout command and temporary wrapper are local provenance only and are no longer reusable adopter guidance.
- H5 remains unclaimed because no repeated evidence has promoted a reusable diagnostic, action, eval, or harness capability with owner, risk, redaction, and validation.