Shepherd Approve Design

Approve design

Record human approval of the design, success criteria, and review panel so implementation can begin.

1. Read .shepherd/2-design.md, .shepherd/3-success-criteria.md, and .shepherd/_panel.json; stop if any is missing. Approval covers all three.
2. Summarize the approach, success criteria, reviewers, final reviewers, limits, and panel reason in 3-5 lines.
3. Copy the approved panel into _state.json:

   python3 - <<'PY'
   import json
   from pathlib import Path
   state_path = Path(".shepherd/_state.json")
   panel = json.loads(Path(".shepherd/_panel.json").read_text())
   for key in ("reviewers", "final_reviewers", "inner_iterations", "final_review_rounds"):
       if key not in panel:
           raise SystemExit(f"_panel.json missing required key: {key}")
   state = json.loads(state_path.read_text()) if state_path.exists() else {}
   state["panel"] = panel
   state["phase"] = "inner-loop"
   state["iteration"] = 1
   state_path.write_text(json.dumps(state, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
   PY
   

4. Write the marker:

   mkdir -p .shepherd
   printf 'approved_at=%s\nbase_commit=%s\nnote=design approved by human via /shepherd-approve-design\n' \
     "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" "$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo none)" \
     > .shepherd/_design.approved
   

5. Confirm briefly, then invoke /shepherd so it resumes into implementation.

Do not edit source here.