Forge Operational Forensics

1. What We Found

Finding	Severity	Impact
5 dead LiteLLM model aliases	CRITICAL	claude-haiku, claude-sonnet, llama-3.2-3b, qwen-coder-32b, gemini-flash-lite silently failing
Gatekeeper 285 silent failures	CRITICAL	200 OK but fallback every time. All tasks auto-approved.
Guardian reverting fixes	HIGH	Direct edits reverted by auto-commit. deploy.sh only durable path.
9:1 planning-to-execution ratio	HIGH	~69 directories, ~6 with running code
Roadmap false COMPLETE claims	CRITICAL	Phase 4.6 perceive marked COMPLETE, not on main. Merged today.

Finding

Severity

Impact

5 dead LiteLLM model aliases

CRITICAL

claude-haiku, claude-sonnet, llama-3.2-3b, qwen-coder-32b, gemini-flash-lite silently failing

Gatekeeper 285 silent failures

CRITICAL

200 OK but fallback every time. All tasks auto-approved.

Guardian reverting fixes

HIGH

Direct edits reverted by auto-commit. deploy.sh only durable path.

9:1 planning-to-execution ratio

HIGH

~69 directories, ~6 with running code

Roadmap false COMPLETE claims

CRITICAL

Phase 4.6 perceive marked COMPLETE, not on main. Merged today.

2. What Was Fixed

Fix	Actual Change (verified against litellm.yaml)
`claude-haiku`	→ `groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant` (Anthropic credits depleted)
`claude-sonnet`	→ `gemini/gemini-2.5-flash` (Anthropic credits depleted)
`llama-3.2-3b`	→ `groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant` (Ollama model not loaded)
`qwen-coder-32b`	→ `openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324` (Qwen retired)
`gemini-flash-lite`	→ `gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-lite` (2.0 deprecated Apr 2026)

Fix

Actual Change (verified against litellm.yaml)

claude-haiku

→ groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant (Anthropic credits depleted)

claude-sonnet

→ gemini/gemini-2.5-flash (Anthropic credits depleted)

llama-3.2-3b

→ groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant (Ollama model not loaded)

qwen-coder-32b

→ openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 (Qwen retired)

gemini-flash-lite

→ gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-lite (2.0 deprecated Apr 2026)

All deployed via deploy.sh (commit 2617f1d25). Docker restarted. All 5 verified with live API calls.

Also fixed: Gatekeeper model (groq-llama-8b), heartbeat health probe (parses bodies), model-lint.sh, wiring-probe.sh (10/10 paths), perceive merge, stale run cleanup, /align Lens 6.

3. Meta-Lessons

Fix the alias, not the scripts

One litellm.yaml change + docker restart fixes ALL scripts. Editing 8 files individually gets reverted by guardian. The abstraction layer is the fix.

200 OK is not healthy

Gatekeeper returned 200 with fallbacks: 285. Binary monitoring said healthy. Functional monitoring (parsing response bodies) catches this.

Vision-rewarding bias = hollowware

Rubric scored unbuilt platform 22-24/25. Added Lens 6: Execution Reality. Hard cap: unbuilt = max 3/5, broken prereqs = max 2/5. Rubric now /30.

4. Honest State

13/13 core services healthy. 21/21 LiteLLM models live. 10/10 wiring paths connected. But: 6 dashboard endpoints missing, roadmap 45 days stale, Phase 1 blocked.

5. Agent Clubhouse Findings

Agent Level	Share?	Why
Strategy (CEO, board)	ISOLATED	Context-specific judgment dilutes
Skill (writer, coder)	SHARED OK	Diversity enriches
Infrastructure (ops)	SHARED	Universal patterns

Agent Level

Share?

Why

Strategy (CEO, board)

ISOLATED

Context-specific judgment dilutes

Skill (writer, coder)

SHARED OK

Diversity enriches

Infrastructure (ops)

SHARED

Universal patterns

Forge is an agent ON the platform, not the platform itself. Build prerequisites: Ralph clean 7 days, Loom Phase 1 operational, one non-Ralph agent proven useful.

6. Next Priorities

1 Human Verification Loop (test guides + verify page) — closes "Ralph says done, nobody checks"