Publish FI briefs to origin or fail the day

FI-WP-0004 grants origin publication. Local commit without push no
longer posts fi_daily_brief (that cleared due while losing the file).
Prompt/context refuse re-announcing cataloged models and invented sizes.

Assistant: grok
Assistant-Session: 01a09c6a-1cfc-75b1-a78d-c13eaf22241d

docs/legacy-runtime-inventory.md

@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ constraint rather than a grant-bearing path.
 | Inputs | FI sources allowlist, daily playbook, reserve status, two fixed research baselines/plans, recent briefs, and recent git log |
 | Model/credential lane | HTTP `LLM_CONNECT_URL`; model from `FI_RESEARCH_BRIEF_MODEL`, then Binky-named `BRIEF_DAILY_MODEL` / `MAIL_TRIAGE_MODEL`; provider credential remains behind llm-connect |
 | Output | `briefs/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md`; model JSON is rendered deterministically |
-| Repository mutation | Stages only the brief path and creates one local commit |
+| Repository mutation | Stages the brief path, one local commit, then `git push origin` |
-| Publication | Local commit only. The former `FI_RESEARCH_BRIEF_PUSH` path was removed 2026-09-04; publication requires a separate owner/grant. |
+| Publication | Origin publication is a **FI-owned grant** (FI-WP-0004, 2026-09-13). The 2026-09-04 local-only commit was losing durable memory. |
-| Completion | Best-effort State Hub `fi_daily_brief` with path/date/candidate count; `fi_brief_status` uses it to clear due state |
+| Completion | State Hub `fi_daily_brief` only after `pushed=true` + `origin_sha`. Push failure posts `executor_run` and leaves `due=true`. |
 | Failure/retry | Normal generation/commit failure reopens; an existing daily path succeeds idempotently |
 | Current rollback material | Disable/pause the Activity Core definition. FI documents a disabled 07:35 host timer as break-glass, but its installer still enables that timer and must not be invoked casually |
 
-Publication, if still needed, must become a separately named and granted
+Origin publication is the named grant: FI-WP-0004-T04 in freedom-intelligence.
-capability with remote-ref and result evidence.
 The Binky-named fallback model environment variables must not survive in an FI
 owned declaration.
 

rein_aharness/approaches.py

@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ def _run_fi(target: Path, *, report_to_hub: bool, commit: bool) -> ApproachResul
             "path": r.path,
             "wrote": r.wrote,
             "committed": r.committed,
+            "pushed": r.pushed,
+            "origin_sha": r.origin_sha,
             "skipped_existing": r.skipped_existing,
             "collection_candidates": r.collection_candidates,
             "head_after": r.head_after,

rein_aharness/fi_research_brief.py

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 activity-core owns *when* (Temporal schedule + fi_brief_status).
 This rein command owns *execution*: draft brief from playbook context,
-commit under freedom-intelligence, post fi_daily_brief for idempotence.
+commit under freedom-intelligence, **push to origin**, then post
+fi_daily_brief. A local-only commit is a failed day (FI-WP-0004).
 
 No Claude Code / host coding agent — llm-connect only.
 """
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ class FiResearchBriefResult:
     model_meta: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     skipped_existing: bool = False
     collection_candidates: int = 0
+    pushed: bool = False
+    origin_sha: str = ""
 
 
 def _berlin_today() -> date:
@@ -93,6 +96,17 @@ def collect_context(repo: Path, day: date) -> str:
                 f"{_truncate(last.read_text(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'), 3500)}\n"
             )
 
+    catalog = repo / "inventory" / "catalog"
+    if catalog.is_dir():
+        lines = [
+            "## Catalog (DO NOT re-announce these as new releases; "
+            "DO NOT invent sizes that contradict these entries)\n"
+        ]
+        for p in sorted(catalog.glob("*.yaml")):
+            text = p.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+            lines.append(f"### {p.name}\n{_truncate(text, 900)}\n")
+        chunks.append("\n".join(lines))
+
     try:
         log = _git(repo, "log", f"-{_MAX_GIT_LOG}", "--oneline")
         chunks.append(f"## Recent git log\n{log}\n")
@@ -114,6 +128,12 @@ Rules:
 - Cover axes when there is signal: A frontier/commercial, B open/local,
   C training/FT, D harness/fleet.
 - Flag collection candidates only when license/size/rationale are clear.
+- NEVER re-announce a model that already has a catalog YAML as a "new release".
+- NEVER invent parameter counts or file sizes. If the card is not in context,
+  write "unknown — verify card" rather than guessing. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731
+  is a ~304B / ~13B-active MIT MoE (~167 GiB), NOT a 12B dense model.
+- Every non-empty axis row needs a primary URL in "sources".
+- Scan axes C (training) and D (harness) even if the result is an empty array.
 - Prefer primary sources; mark unverified claims as "unverified".
 - "No material delta" is allowed **only** when you have considered the prior
   brief + allowlist + reserve status and still find nothing. Even then:
@@ -317,12 +337,12 @@ def _truncate(text: str, n: int) -> str:
     return text[: n - 20] + "\n…(truncated)…\n"
 
 
-def _git(repo: Path, *args: str) -> str:
+def _git(repo: Path, *args: str, timeout: int = 60) -> str:
     result = subprocess.run(
         ["git", "-C", str(repo), *args],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
-        timeout=60,
+        timeout=timeout,
     )
     if result.returncode != 0:
         raise FiResearchBriefError(
@@ -331,6 +351,15 @@ def _git(repo: Path, *args: str) -> str:
     return result.stdout.strip()
 
 
+def _publish_origin(repo: Path) -> str:
+    """Push HEAD to origin. FI-owned grant: origin is the durable brief store."""
+    branch = _git(repo, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD")
+    if not branch or branch == "HEAD":
+        branch = "main"
+    _git(repo, "push", "-u", "origin", f"HEAD:{branch}", timeout=120)
+    return _git(repo, "rev-parse", "HEAD")
+
+
 def run_fi_research_brief(
     target_repo: Path,
     *,
@@ -357,6 +386,7 @@ def run_fi_research_brief(
             result.head_after = _git(repo, "rev-parse", "HEAD")
         except FiResearchBriefError:
             pass
+        _finalize_publish(result, repo, commit=commit)
         _hub(result, report_to_hub, repo)
         return result
 
@@ -448,22 +478,41 @@ def run_fi_research_brief(
         model_meta=meta,
         collection_candidates=n_cands,
     )
+    _finalize_publish(result, repo, commit=commit)
     _hub(result, report_to_hub, repo)
     return result
 
 
+def _finalize_publish(
+    result: FiResearchBriefResult, repo: Path, *, commit: bool
+) -> None:
+    """Origin push is required for a successful brief day when we commit."""
+    if not commit or not result.ok:
+        return
+    try:
+        sha = _publish_origin(repo)
+        result.pushed = True
+        result.origin_sha = sha
+        result.head_after = sha
+    except FiResearchBriefError as exc:
+        result.ok = False
+        result.reason = f"origin publish failed: {exc}"[:300]
+
+
 def _hub(result: FiResearchBriefResult, report_to_hub: bool, repo: Path) -> None:
     if not report_to_hub:
         return
-    if result.ok:
+    # fi_daily_brief clears activity-core due. Only fire it when origin has
-        # Idempotence for activity-core fi_brief_status resolver
+    # the brief (FI-WP-0004). Local commit without push is a failed day.
+    published = result.ok and result.pushed
+    if published:
         event_type = "fi_daily_brief"
         summary = (
             f"FI daily brief {result.date}"
             + (
-                " (already present)"
+                " (already present, pushed)"
                 if result.skipped_existing
-                else f" wrote={result.wrote} committed={result.committed}"
+                else f" wrote={result.wrote} committed={result.committed} pushed={result.pushed}"
             )
         )
         detail = {
@@ -473,18 +522,23 @@ def _hub(result: FiResearchBriefResult, report_to_hub: bool, repo: Path) -> None
             "collection_candidates": result.collection_candidates,
             "wrote": result.wrote,
             "committed": result.committed,
+            "pushed": result.pushed,
+            "origin_sha": result.origin_sha,
             "skipped_existing": result.skipped_existing,
             "executor": "rein-aharness",
         }
     else:
         event_type = "executor_run"
-        summary = f"FI daily research brief failed: {result.reason}"
+        summary = f"FI daily research brief failed: {result.reason or 'not published to origin'}"
         detail = {
             "repo": "freedom-intelligence",
             "ok": False,
             "date": result.date,
             "reason": result.reason,
             "model_meta": result.model_meta,
+            "wrote": result.wrote,
+            "committed": result.committed,
+            "pushed": result.pushed,
             "executor": "rein-aharness",
         }
     hub.post_progress_event(summary=summary, event_type=event_type, detail=detail)

tests/test_fi_research_brief.py

@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from rein_aharness import fi_research_brief
 
 
+def _git(cwd: Path, *args: str) -> None:
+    subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(cwd), *args], check=True, capture_output=True)
+
+
 def _repo(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
     repo = tmp_path / "freedom-intelligence"
     repo.mkdir()
-    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q"], cwd=repo, check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q", "-b", "main"], cwd=repo, check=True)
     (repo / "README.md").write_text("baseline\n", encoding="utf-8")
     subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], cwd=repo, check=True)
     subprocess.run(
@@ -31,25 +35,16 @@ def _repo(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
     return repo
 
 
-def test_fi_brief_never_pushes_even_when_legacy_env_requests_it(
+def _with_origin(tmp_path: Path, repo: Path) -> Path:
-    tmp_path: Path,
+    remote = tmp_path / "origin.git"
-    monkeypatch,
+    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "--bare", "-q", "-b", "main", str(remote)], check=True)
-) -> None:
+    _git(repo, "remote", "add", "origin", str(remote))
-    repo = _repo(tmp_path)
+    _git(repo, "push", "-u", "origin", "HEAD:main")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("FI_RESEARCH_BRIEF_PUSH", "1")
+    return remote
-    original_git = fi_research_brief._git
-    calls: list[tuple[str, ...]] = []
 
-    def observed_git(target: Path, *args: str) -> str:
-        calls.append(args)
-        return original_git(target, *args)
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr(fi_research_brief, "_git", observed_git)
+def _complete(_prompt: str) -> str:
-    result = fi_research_brief.run_fi_research_brief(
+    return json.dumps(
-        repo,
-        day=date(2026, 9, 4),
-        report_to_hub=False,
-        complete_fn=lambda _prompt: json.dumps(
         {
             "headline_deltas": ["No material delta after allowlist review."],
             "axis_a": [],
@@ -59,9 +54,53 @@ def test_fi_brief_never_pushes_even_when_legacy_env_requests_it(
             "collection_candidates": [],
             "lab_implications": ["Recheck tomorrow."],
         }
-        ),
     )
 
+
+def test_fi_brief_pushes_to_origin_and_records_sha(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    repo = _repo(tmp_path)
+    _with_origin(tmp_path, repo)
+    result = fi_research_brief.run_fi_research_brief(
+        repo,
+        day=date(2026, 9, 13),
+        report_to_hub=False,
+        complete_fn=_complete,
+    )
     assert result.ok is True
     assert result.committed is True
-    assert not any(args and args[0] == "push" for args in calls)
+    assert result.pushed is True
+    assert result.origin_sha
+    remote_head = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "-C", str(tmp_path / "origin.git"), "rev-parse", "HEAD"],
+        check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    ).stdout.strip()
+    assert remote_head == result.origin_sha
+    brief = repo / "briefs" / "2026" / "09" / "2026-09-13.md"
+    assert brief.is_file()
+
+
+def test_fi_brief_push_failure_is_not_a_completed_day(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch
+) -> None:
+    repo = _repo(tmp_path)
+    posted: list[dict] = []
+
+    def fake_post(**kwargs):
+        posted.append(kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(fi_research_brief.hub, "post_progress_event", fake_post)
+    result = fi_research_brief.run_fi_research_brief(
+        repo,
+        day=date(2026, 9, 13),
+        report_to_hub=True,
+        complete_fn=_complete,
+    )
+    assert result.ok is False
+    assert result.committed is True
+    assert result.pushed is False
+    assert "origin publish failed" in result.reason
+    assert posted
+    assert posted[-1]["event_type"] == "executor_run"
+    assert posted[-1]["detail"]["pushed"] is False