merge queue: checking #385 on main (d94bde8)

engine/skills/reflect/scripts/tests/test_token_audit.py

@@ -631,6 +631,45 @@ def test_repeated_same_class_complaints_flag_frustration_and_intervention(self):
         finally:
             os.unlink(path)
 
+    def test_cheap_way_out_twice_flags_intervention(self):
+        """The shape the detector used to score zero: no profanity, no
+        told-you, no accusation. The user names the shortcut the agent took,
+        then names it again about a different artifact, and types the
+        fix-the-process command."""
+        lines = [
+            codex_response_item("user", "since you took the cheap way out and needed a stop hook, add that hook and /reflect", ts="2026-09-09T04:40:47.000Z"),
+            codex_response_item("assistant", "Adding the hook now.", ts="2026-09-09T04:41:00.000Z"),
+            codex_response_item("user", "why would you submit a rule that would ignore files straight up??? thats wierd", ts="2026-09-09T05:46:08.000Z"),
+            codex_response_item("assistant", "Fixing the skip.", ts="2026-09-09T05:47:00.000Z"),
+        ]
+        path = write_jsonl(lines)
+        try:
+            with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()):
+                result = token_audit.audit_codex(path)
+            kinds = {k for f in result["frustration"]["flagged"] for k in f["kinds"]}
+            self.assertIn("cheap-way-out", kinds)
+            self.assertIn("explicit-invocation", kinds)
+            flags = {fl["name"]: fl for fl in result["flags"]}
+            self.assertEqual(flags["intervention-must-automate"]["value"], "yes")
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
+    def test_product_blame_and_plain_questions_do_not_flag_intervention(self):
+        lines = [
+            codex_response_item("user", "the UI is messed up on the workers page", ts="2026-09-09T04:40:47.000Z"),
+            codex_response_item("assistant", "Looking at the panel now.", ts="2026-09-09T04:41:00.000Z"),
+            codex_response_item("user", "what would you recommend for the deploy window?", ts="2026-09-09T05:46:08.000Z"),
+            codex_response_item("assistant", "Three options below.", ts="2026-09-09T05:47:00.000Z"),
+        ]
+        path = write_jsonl(lines)
+        try:
+            with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()):
+                result = token_audit.audit_codex(path)
+            flags = {fl["name"]: fl for fl in result["flags"]}
+            self.assertEqual(flags["intervention-must-automate"]["value"], "no")
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
     def test_committed_codex_fixture_hits_frustration_and_intervention(self):
         result = token_audit.audit_codex(fixture("codex_thrash_session.jsonl"))
         flags = {fl["name"]: fl for fl in result["flags"]}

engine/skills/reflect/scripts/token_audit.py

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ def _direct_run_targets(command):
         r"|\bis the proof att?ach?ed\b"
         r"|\bwhere'?s the proof\b"
         r"|\bprove (to me )?that (it|this|that|the|#?\d)", re.I)),
+    ("cheap-way-out", re.compile(r"\bcheap way out\b|\bwhy would you\b|\bthat'?s (weird|wierd)\b|\bstraight up\b", re.I)),
+    ("explicit-invocation", re.compile(r"(?:^|\s)/(?:automate-me|reflect|thrash)\b", re.I)),
 ]
 
 # Same-type user intervention. One correction can be cheap. Repeating the
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ def _direct_run_targets(command):
 # blame ("the ui is messed up") does not match agent-blame.
 INTERVENTION_KINDS = frozenset({
     "told-you", "accusation", "agent-blame", "restated-ask", "proof-challenge",
+    "cheap-way-out", "explicit-invocation",
 })
 
 # function_call_output / custom_tool_call_output payloads carry their exit