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Dogfood — intent-engineering v0.8.0 (plugin on itself)

Date: 2026-07-30
Branch: feat/ie-init-wizard-0.8
Scope: new setup surface (ie-init wizard, conventions.auto, severity_align, patterns.preferred, ie-from-pr-learnings) + release docs/site
Method: contract suite + IE self-review (predictability/convention/simplicity) + compound-engineering style doc review (coherence / feasibility / product)

Results

Check	Result
`ruby scripts/check-contracts.rb`	PASS — 141 checks, 0 failures
Defaults vs wizard promises (keys, evals, versions)	DOGFOOD_OK
IE dogfood (explore subagent)	Fixes applied for P1/P2
CE doc review (headless)	Fixes applied for P1/P2

Findings fixed before PR

severity_align over-broad match — require smell match when a theme lists smells; drop bare architecture promote on callback/migration gates alone.
Product-specific default exclude globs — replaced with generic labeler/dependabot/deploy/terraform-style noise only.
Preferred + blocked double findings — init sets preferred-only for interactor stance; architecture agent emits one finding when both would fire.
Init required vs optional — plugin README states defaults work without /ie-init.
Non-interactive multi-repo — tokens multi-repo and roots:a,b.
Doc drift — six skills in layout/maps; framework doc count 15; calibrate not re-credited as new; dogfood report path real; convention authority order clarified.
Site copy — six skills framed as four review contexts + setup + PR learnings.

Residual / post-merge

GitHub release tag v0.8.0 and site release links go live after merge + tag.
STATUS may say release candidate until the tag exists; version numbers already 0.8.0.
Full interactive /ie-init on a throwaway multi-repo sandbox is still useful after install.

Verdict

Ready for PR on the 0.8.0 feature set after the fixes above. Contract suite green; setup path is documented for monolith, multi-repo, and upgrade.

Source: docs/intent-engineering/2026-07-30-v0.8.0-dogfood.md