Developer Documentation Consolidation Report - 2026-02-19

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Automated daily consolidation run for workflow §22205244598. Analyzed all 61 markdown files in scratchpad/, fixed 6 tone issues, added new documentation for the Gemini engine MCP config delivery pattern, and updated scratchpad/dev.md to v2.5.

Summary

• Files analyzed: 61 (no new files since 2026-02-18)
• Tone issues found: 15 | Fixed: 6 | Deferred: 9 (acceptable in technical context)
• Formatting issues: 0
• New Mermaid diagram: 1 (Engine-Specific MCP Config Delivery)
• dev.md: v2.4 → v2.5 (1757 → 1787 lines, 8 → 9 Mermaid diagrams)

Files Modified

File	Changes
scratchpad/dev.md	Version v2.5, new Engine-Specific MCP Config Delivery section + Mermaid diagram
scratchpad/engine-architecture-review.md	Fixed 3 marketing language instances
scratchpad/engine-review-summary.md	Fixed 2 marketing language instances
scratchpad/errors.md	Fixed "user-friendly" → "clear explanations for end users"

Tone Issues Fixed (6)

engine-architecture-review.md (3 fixes)

Location	Before	After
Line 9	well-designed and ready for extension / excellent flexibility	follows the Interface Segregation Principle (ISP) and is structured for extension / flexibility
Line 310	well-designed, secure, and ready for extension / excellent flexibility	follows ISP, implements security at multiple layers / flexibility
Line 342	well-organized / excellent extensibility	Removed / extensibility through interface composition

engine-review-summary.md (2 fixes)

Location	Before	After
Line 5	excellent and ready for extension	structured for extension and follows established ISP patterns
Line 276	production-ready and well-designed / excellent test coverage	production-ready / comprehensive test coverage

errors.md (1 fix)

Location	Before	After
Line 145	user-friendly explanations	clear explanations for end users

Tone Issues Deferred (9)

The following 9 instances were identified but deferred as acceptable technical usage:

File	Text	Reason deferred
github-actions-security-best-practices.md	more robust than ls	Technical comparison of reliability
pr-checkout-logic-explained.md	robust multi-signal approach	Technical descriptor for fault tolerance
actions.md	Cannot easily share	In description of a limitation
agents/hierarchical-agents-quickstart.md	quickly understand	Appropriate in quickstart context
code-organization.md	just moving code around	In a decision checklist item
debugging-action-pinning.md	Extract just the version tags	Code comment
go-type-patterns.md	not just any string	Code comment clarifying type constraints
mcp_logs_guardrails.md (×2)	just the aggregate metrics / just the essential fields	Technical field descriptions
mdflow.md	not just stdout	Technical comparison
string-sanitization-normalization.md	just normalizing	Code comment
workflow-refactoring-patterns.md	just because it's slightly different	Example of anti-pattern

New Documentation: Engine-Specific MCP Config Delivery

Added a new subsection to the MCP Integration section documenting a key pattern from PR #16938 (Gemini engine fix):

Problem: Some AI engine CLIs (e.g., Gemini CLI) do not support the --mcp-config flag used by other engines (Claude, Copilot, Codex).

Solution: Write MCP server configuration to the engine's native config file instead:

**Pattern: Standard CLI flag** (Claude, Copilot, Codex):
```go
args = append(args, "--mcp-config", "/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-config/mcp-servers.json")
```

**Pattern: Engine-native config file** (Gemini):
```bash
# Use a conversion script to write to .gemini/settings.json
actions/setup/sh/convert_gateway_config_gemini.sh
```

Added a Mermaid diagram showing the config routing flow. This brings dev.md to 9 total Mermaid diagrams.

Validation Results

✅ Markdown syntax valid
✅ All 80 code blocks have language tags
✅ 9 Mermaid diagrams (all valid syntax)
✅ Consistent technical tone throughout
✅ Logical structure maintained (14 sections)
✅ Line count: 1787 (30 lines added)

Historical Comparison

Metric	2026-02-18	2026-02-19	Change
Files analyzed	61	61	0
Tone issues found	0	15	+15 (found by deeper analysis)
Tone issues fixed	0	6	+6
Mermaid diagrams	8	9	+1
dev.md lines	1757	1787	+30
dev.md version	2.4	2.5	+0.1
Code blocks	77	80	+3

Note: The 15 issues found today were likely present in previous runs but not caught by the analysis. The deeper tone scan using explicit word pattern matching found issues that generic analysis missed.

Recommendations

1. The engine review documents (engine-architecture-review.md, engine-review-summary.md) contain architectural review language that tends toward subjective praise - consider using objective assessment criteria in future reviews
2. Monitor for new files when new engines are added (Gemini engine changes in PR fix: Gemini engine uses .gemini/settings.json instead of unsupported --mcp-config flag #16938 suggest active engine development)
3. The 9 deferred "just"/"robust" instances are acceptable but could be reviewed at lower priority

References:

• §22205244598 - Current workflow run
• §22162596622 - Previous run (2026-02-18)

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• expires on Feb 27, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC

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