/cook

Contract

cook(spec_ref, correction = false) -> handoff(next = age | mold | done).

Cook returns next: mold for a specification failure. A fan run also returns next: mold for a stalled remediation scope, a curd that does not pass, or partial coverage.

Cook does not require a failing test first and does not load a gate receipt. For behavior work, Cook owns first acceptance coverage before Press; see references/tdd-loop.md § Inner TDD. This is a reported obligation, not a gate. For documentation, refactor, test, or appearance work, change that surface and verify it directly. Use correction = true only for an active Press finding or coverage_gap; see references/press-loop.md. Do not weaken an existing test.

Phase entry