itd-199 has the comparative position refuse because it has no channel; the reading chapter has it derive its candidate set from a committed widening run

itd-199 has the comparative position refuse because it has no channel; the reading chapter has it derive its candidate set from a committed widening run

A premise contradiction (severity minor) found by the cross-document consistency pass.

• End A: .abcd/development/intents/shipped/itd-199-a-reading-is-about-something-narrower.md:55 — "The comparative position REFUSES, naming the channel it lacks"
• End B: .abcd/development/brief/04-surfaces/23-reading.md:61 — "The comparative position derives its candidate set from the record"

itd-199 rules that the comparative position refuses, naming the channel it lacks, because no repository material can be its object. 23-reading says the comparative position derives its candidate set from the record, selecting the one committed widening run at the target and handing its items to the reading. A comparative assembly either refuses or assembles; the two documents state the opposite outcome.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 648.

Grounds

• declined: Closed in the 2026-10-27 triage (dcn-2610271112330536): a later record already settles which end holds. The later intent says the comparative preset refusal is withdrawn and carries the derived run.