proof-of-work

# Proof of Work The Amdahl-shrink move from the Orchestration Tax: human review is the serial bottleneck, so don't spend it confirming what a machine can verify. An agent's diff is **review-ready** only when the machine-verifiable battery is green — types, tests, lint (and a screenshot for UI). What a machine can prove shouldn't cost a human's attention. ## The gate Run the battery on the current working tree: ```bash PROOF_RUNNER="${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/darkroom/source/src/scripts/proof.ts" [ -f "$PROOF_RUNNER" ] || PROOF_RUNNER="$HOME/.claude/src/scripts/proof.ts" bun "$PROOF_RUNNER" ``` This is the portable installed runner — it works in any repo. (`bun run proof` is a shortcut that only exists inside the cc-settings repo itself; don't reach for it in a consumer project.) It detects `typecheck` / `test` / `lint` from the project's `package.json`, runs them cheapest-first, and prints one verdict: - exit 0 → `review-ready ✓` - exit 1 → `NOT review-ready ✗` — fix the failing gate before a human looks Projects can opt into **advisory** probes by depending on the tool — the gate then runs the project's pinned binary: **react-doctor** (React render/quality score, telemetry off) and/or **deslop** (framework-agnostic cross-file dead-code count). Advisory results are reported but never flip the verdict — deterministic signals alongside the hard gates, not blockers. Silent for projects that don't depend on them. For UI changes, attach a screenshot (`/qa` or the chrome-d...