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[deep-report] Introduce GuardPolicyMap / RawActionSteps named type aliases for repeated map[string]any / []any shapes

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, go
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with the five guard-policy field declarations in pkg/workflow/mcp_renderer_types.go, pkg/workflow/mcp_config_types.go and pkg/workflow/tools_types.go, and the step-slice fields in pkg/workflow/frontmatter_types.go. Confirm in compiler_main_job_helpers.go that the steps are still re-serialized as YAML. Done when the new GuardPolicyMap and RawActionSteps aliases replace the raw literals at every site, and go build ./... and go test ./pkg/workflow/... still pass.

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Description

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Description

The same map[string]any shape for guard-policy config is independently re-declared as a field type in 5 locations: pkg/workflow/mcp_renderer_types.go:21,94,131, pkg/workflow/mcp_config_types.go:54, and pkg/workflow/tools_types.go:530 — confirmed via direct grep of all 5 sites. Separately, raw GitHub Actions step passthrough (PreSteps/Steps/PreAgentSteps/PostSteps in frontmatter_types.go:413-416, plus 3 more sites) is independently typed as []any in 8 places; this one is correctly dynamic (confirmed via compiler_main_job_helpers.go's re-serialization to YAML) but the "this is intentional passthrough" intent isn't visible at the type level.

Expected Impact

A single named type documents each concept once; if guard-policy config ever grows real structure there's one declaration to change instead of five, and the step-passthrough alias makes the "intentionally untyped YAML" decision visible without relying solely on a comment on one of the eight fields.

Suggested Fix

Introduce type GuardPolicyMap map[string]any and type RawActionSteps []any type aliases and use them consistently in place of the repeated raw map/slice literals.

Suggested Agent

General Go-focused coding agent (mechanical, low-risk retype).

Estimated Effort

Quick (< 1 hour)

Data Source

Typist — Go Type Consistency Analysis, discussion #67180 (2026-10-09), Category 2 / Priority 3 item #7. Live-verified via direct grep of all declaration sites before filing.

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