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`abcd audit` is the repo-conformance verb in itd-85 and the lifeboat-integrity verb in itd-35

issuewontfixminoriss-2610262043528869

abcd audit is the repo-conformance verb in itd-85 and the lifeboat-integrity verb in itd-35

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

End A: .abcd/development/intents/drafts/itd-85-audit-verb.md:26 — "A new read-only abcd audit verb, distinct from ahoy doctor (doctor = tool-setup health; audit = repo conformance)."
End B: .abcd/development/intents/drafts/itd-35-lifeboat-integrity-audit.md:24 — "abcd produces tamper-evident lifeboats via /abcd:audit lifeboat."

itd-85 defines abcd audit as the read-only repo-conformance check, separate from ahoy doctor. itd-35 uses /abcd:audit lifeboat <path> to re-verify a lifeboat's hash chain, which has nothing to do with repo conformance. Both drafts claim the same verb for unrelated jobs, and neither mentions the other.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 1167.

Grounds

declined: Closed in the 2026-10-27 triage (dcn-2610271112330536) as a duplicate of iss-2610262034151413. 04-naming.md and 16-lint.md keep /abcd:audit reserved for itd-16 and its staged lifeboat sub-verb, so itd-85 yields to itd-35 on the name.

Frontmatter

id	iss-2610262043528869
type	issue
lifecycle	wontfix
severity	minor

.abcd/work/issues/wontfix/iss-2610262043528869-abcd-audit-is-the-repo-conformance-verb.md
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References2

itd-35Lifeboats Carry Their Own Integrity Proofrelated
itd-85A Read-Only Repo-Conformance Auditrelated

mentions3

dcn-26102711123305362026-10-27 — The product thinker accepted on 2026-10-27 the triage of the 1301 records the 2026-10-26 consistency pass filed. The duplicates, the records a later record already settles, the ones that are no contradiction and the one already fixed are closed with each reader's reason. Every other record gets its fix as its remedy, the rulings' accepted answers included, so a drain can take it. The 45 major records left open are deferred past v0.15.1, because the brief's single-home rewrite rewrites or removes most of the passages they quote. The person ruled the major rulings one at a time; the minor rulings take their recommended answers.
iss-2610262034151413itd-85 names `abcd audit` as the repository-conformance check; the intent chapter says the conformance check is `abcd lint` and reserves `/abcd:audit` for hash-chain checks.
itd-16`/abcd:audit` Is the Umbrella; Conversation/Edit Chain Is Its Default Application