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PR #1288 — Aligning Claude Baseline Roles with PM/Deploy Governance and Resolving Fleet Contradictions

The Broader Goal at the End of the Previous PR

With Agy headless parity landed in PR #1286, the final standing fleet contradiction was Anthropic Claude's programmatic classification as a "builder" in synlynk/_constants.py despite project governance strictly locking Claude into a PM/deployer role.

Strategic Shifts in This PR

Having Claude listed as a "builder" caused automated capability scoring to consider Claude an implementation candidate, conflicting directly with CLAUDE.md and docs/harness-capability-baseline.md. Aligning _constants.py with governance guarantees that autonomous routing respects the PM/implementer division of labor.

What This PR Shipped

  1. Updated Baseline Roles:
    • In synlynk/_constants.py, updated HARNESS_CAPABILITY_BASELINES["claude"]["roles"] from ["architect", "builder"] to ["architect", "pm"].
    • Preserved can_gh_write: True so Claude can execute PM, deploy, and PR review workflows.
  2. Capability Baseline Documentation:
    • Updated docs/harness-capability-baseline.md to formally document Claude's role alignment.
  3. Verification Tests:
    • Added test_claude_harness_alignment_update_baseline in tests/test_agent_cli.py.

What This Achieved on the Path to Autonomy

All four core harnesses (Codex, Grok, Agy, Claude) now possess fully aligned, verified baseline contracts and execution models.

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