Mode cards: autodev authored, autoresearch re-pointed, spine parity, deployment script

[aarontrowbridge]

Closes #501.

The two mode cards at packages/extension/agents/ with the shared DIRECTOR-SPINE v1 block (byte-identical in both — the parity test enforces it, and the ledger discovery rule is quoted verbatim from the merged director core, containment-checked). The parity suite (12 tests): marker-pair count, byte-identity, 200-byte floor, the nine-keyword content floor with ≥ 8-word sentences, verbatim containment against the director-core fixture (byte-checked against the live canonical mount), boot fields, blocklist. The deployment script (deploy-agents.mjs): manual operator action — copies to staging + global config with sha256 verification and a source-digest receipt; exercised against temp destinations only in this slice; the receipt of record comes from the parent's real deployment run.

Full suite 105 files green; typecheck clean. Part of #497 — the last code slice of the two-modes protocol layer before #502 (dual-harness suite).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added dedicated development and research automation modes with structured planning, experimentation, implementation, and integration workflows.
  • Added shared campaign guidance for reliable dispatching, progress recording, verification, and safe handling of failures.
• Deployment
  • Added a validated deployment process with dry-run support, configurable destinations, and deployment receipts.
• Tests
  • Added comprehensive checks for required mode-card content, consistency, safeguards, and prohibited strings.

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📒 Files selected for processing (5)

• packages/extension/agents/autodev.md
• packages/extension/agents/autoresearch.md
• packages/extension/test/fixtures/director-core/SKILL.md
• packages/extension/test/mode_cards.test.ts
• scripts/deploy-agents.mjs

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds the shared director-core skill, new autodev and updated autoresearch cards, parity tests, and a deployment script that verifies card copies and records source digests.

Changes

Director modes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Director-core contract packages/extension/test/fixtures/director-core/SKILL.md	Defines the shared campaign loop, gate-pack schema, ledger handling, posture rules, casting rules, compaction safety, and anti-gaming clauses.
Mode card implementation packages/extension/agents/autodev.md, packages/extension/agents/autoresearch.md	Adds the autodev development posture and binds autoresearch to the shared director spine. Both cards define ledger discipline, dispatch rules, verification, promotion limits, and failure states.
Mode card validation packages/extension/test/mode_cards.test.ts	Validates marker pairs, byte-identical spines, required content, ledger-rule containment, frontmatter, and blocklist exclusions.
Verified card deployment scripts/deploy-agents.mjs	Copies both cards to configured destinations, verifies byte equality, writes deployment receipts, and controls exit status for dry runs and verification failures.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

✨ Finishing Touches

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• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch 501-mode-cards

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