Release Archivist

Finish a spec-superflow change cleanly with verification evidence. This skill operates while the change state is executing; it is not an active skill after the final transition to closing.

Execution-State Guard

Before verification, ssf audit, any DP state write, or delta-spec merge, run ssf state get <change-dir> state. Continue only when the persisted state is exactly executing. If it is closing → STOP: "Closing is terminal; release, audit, and archival work were completed before this transition." For any other state, or if the state cannot be read → STOP and route through workflow-start; do not perform side effects.

Direct Short-Path Closure (run before the Full checklist)

For Quick, Tweak, or a valid direct incident Hotfix receipt, skip the Full verification, audit, delta merge, DP-6, and DP-7 sections below. Record changed files, the focused verification command and result, then persist test_result: pass and transition to closing. Quick requires a targeted test or syntax/static check; direct Hotfix requires an original-symptom regression. A legacy Hotfix stays on the Full checklist.