{
  "context": "Tests whether the agent follows the Node.js commit message style: correct subsystem-prefixed format, validation using core-validate-commit, and strict prohibition on AI co-authorship lines.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "subsystem prefix format",
      "description": "Every commit message in commit-messages.txt uses the format `subsystem: short imperative description` (e.g., `fs: fix race in readdir`) — the subsystem is a known Node.js module name followed by a colon and space",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Imperative description",
      "description": "Each commit message subject line uses an imperative verb (e.g., 'fix', 'add', 'update', 'remove') rather than past tense or gerund ('fixed', 'fixing')",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Fixes: footer with full URL",
      "description": "At least one commit message contains a `Fixes:` footer with a full GitHub issue URL (e.g., `Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/NNNNN`), not just an issue number",
      "max_score": 12
    },
    {
      "name": "core-validate-commit used",
      "description": "The validation-output.txt file exists and contains output from running core-validate-commit (the tool name or its output appears in the file)",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Validation passes",
      "description": "The validation-output.txt does NOT contain a failure or error message for any of the commit messages (i.e., the commit messages pass core-validate-commit validation)",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "No AI co-authorship lines",
      "description": "commit-messages.txt does NOT contain any of: 'Co-Authored-By: Claude', 'Co-Authored-By: Codex', 'Generated by ChatGPT', or any Signed-off-by line claiming an AI agent as author",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "No trailing AI attribution",
      "description": "commit-messages.txt does NOT contain lines like 'Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet', '🤖 Generated with', or similar AI tool footers",
      "max_score": 13
    }
  ]
}