The glossary says that in the build loop "step" names only a spec's piece; the agent catalog calls part of a lane's validate stage the implement loop's audit step.

The glossary says that in the build loop "step" names only a spec's piece; the agent catalog calls part of a lane's validate stage the implement loop's audit step.

A terminology drift (severity minor) found by the cross-document consistency pass.

• End A: .abcd/development/brief/glossary/core/step.md:18 — "In the build loop the word names the spec's piece and nothing else"
• End B: .abcd/development/brief/05-internals/01-agents.md:229 — "and to the implement loop's audit step on the"

step.md says that in the build loop the word names the spec's piece and nothing else, and a lane goes through stages. 01-agents calls the auditor's pass on the closing lane the implement loop's audit step, which is part of the validate stage and not one of a spec's steps.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 795.