Make the scaffold gates honest, then group the help

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
bash, python

Research direction

Start by reading run-gates.sh, the README drift table, and the code that produces okl --help; identify the real commands before grouping them. Add or locate the gate test for a missing registry and confirm it expects SKIP; done means that test passes, the drift table labels its scaffold rows and has the correct count, and help groups only real commands.

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Description

bug loop-review

Problem

  • run-gates.sh prints ✓ when the tombstone and retraction registries are missing. That is the case in okl's own CI, so a gate that ran nothing reads as passed.
  • The README's drift table is miscounted. It says "Five mechanisms" but lists seven, and it doesn't separate the scaffold rows.

Proposal

  • Make a missing registry say SKIP, not ✓.
  • Fix the drift table: label its scaffold rows and correct the count.
  • Group okl --help using real commands only.
  • Not proposed: an environment-to-config migration.

Acceptance

  • A missing registry prints SKIP, with a test.

From an unpublished 2026-10-10 multi-agent review of okl, in which two reviewer agents checked each recommendation, one against the code and one for value at its cost. R27, priority P2 (P0 highest). This issue describes the version they endorsed.

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