fix(validate-a2ml): exempt canonical typed manifests + *file.a2ml from identity check#8
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…m identity check The identity check (`agent-id`/`name`/`project`) is appropriate for manifests that genuinely declare a subject, but two families of A2ML files carry identity by convention rather than by in-file field: 1. **Canonical typed manifests under `.machine_readable/6a2/`** — `AGENTIC.a2ml`, `META.a2ml`, `NEUROSYM.a2ml`, `PLAYBOOK.a2ml`. These hold typed *aspects* of the enclosing project (agent permissions, metadata, neurosymbolic invariants, playbook recipes). Identity is the parent directory; the filename indicates the aspect. Sibling files `ECOSYSTEM.a2ml` and `STATE.a2ml` already declare `[project] name` or `[metadata] project` and continue to be validated normally. 2. **Dockerfile-style top-level typed manifests** — `Intentfile.a2ml`, `Trustfile.a2ml`, etc. These use markdown-flavoured A2ML (`@abstract:` blocks, `## headers`) rather than TOML-style fields, so the identity-field regex cannot match by construction. Identity is the parent repo, exactly as with a `Dockerfile` or `Makefile`. Adds both patterns to the existing `*AI-MANIFEST*` exemption. The check remains active for any other `*.a2ml` filename, so genuinely-missing- identity bugs are still surfaced. Without this, `Validate A2ML manifests` reports 40+ errors across every estate consumer that ships a complete 6a2 manifest set. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
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Parallels hyperpolymath/k9-validate-action#6 for the A2ML validator. Same shape: a check that's correct in spirit but doesn't recognise the canonical filename conventions in use across the estate.
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Validate A2ML manifestsis red on every consumer with a complete 6a2 manifest set:…on each of the typed manifests (
AGENTIC.a2ml,META.a2ml,NEUROSYM.a2ml,PLAYBOOK.a2ml), and on everyIntentfile.a2ml/Trustfile.a2ml.Why those files don't have an identity field
.machine_readable/6a2/carry an aspect of the parent project — agent constraints, metadata, neurosymbolic invariants, playbook recipes. Identity is the parent directory; the filename is the aspect tag. Sibling filesECOSYSTEM.a2mlandSTATE.a2mldo declarename/projectbecause they describe the project itself — those continue to be validated.*file.a2mlfiles (Intentfile,Trustfile, …) use markdown-flavoured A2ML —@abstract:blocks,## headers— so thename = …/project = …regex cannot match by construction. Identity is the parent repo, like withDockerfile.Fix
Extend the existing
*AI-MANIFEST*exemption with these two patterns. Every other*.a2mlfilename remains subject to the identity check, so genuinely-missing-identity files are still surfaced.Test plan
hyperpolymath/stapeln/container-stack/svalinn/.machine_readable/6a2/.foo.a2mlwith no identity.