itd-130 names the staleness check abcd version --check; the update chapter makes the check a flag of abcd update

itd-130 names the staleness check abcd version --check; the update chapter makes the check a flag of abcd update

A naming conflict (severity minor) found by the cross-document consistency pass.

• End A: .abcd/development/intents/shipped/itd-130-abcd-update-completes-a-chosen-update-in.md:32 — "typed abcd version --check on the machine where they first installed the"
• End B: .abcd/development/brief/04-surfaces/21-update.md:51 — "The check is a flag of this verb (itd-2609212130136102): it prints the"

itd-130 describes the user typing abcd version --check and abcd update completing what that check reports. 21-update says the check is a flag of the update verb itself, printing the version report. The one network staleness check is given two different command spellings.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 659.

Grounds

• declined: Closed in the 2026-10-27 triage (dcn-2610271112330536): a later record already settles which end holds. 21-update.md cites itd-2609212130136102 for the check being a flag of update; the later shipped record decides.