All approved stories in this repository: id, title, epic, local status (todo|doing|review|done), and how many acceptance criteria each carries. The list IS the approved scope — nothing else is in spec.

One approved story in full: title, epic, and every acceptance criterion with its id, statement, and check type (build | tests | command | manual). Read this BEFORE implementing the story — the criteria are the approved definition of done.

The next approved story that is not yet done, per local story state. Use this to pick up work without guessing at priorities.

Record story progress: status is doing | review | done. Writes LOCAL story state only (the repo's tracker-sync artifact) — never a configured external tracker, and never the approved criteria.

Run this story's acceptance criteria against the working tree with the SAME engine as the merge gate (linebreak-gate check). Returns pass | fail | needs-signoff per criterion — verify your work here BEFORE pushing instead of discovering failures at the merge.

Is there an approved spec bundle: version, source phase, approver, story count, and the approval signature state (verified | invalid | signed-unverified | unsigned), verified entirely offline.