# Validate SM Flow Standard Change Decisions

## Capability Source

- This is an ordinary engineering validation, not an explicit sm-flow invocation.
- External OpenSpec child commands are not directly callable in the current tool surface.
- Validation uses file-based OpenSpec fixtures and static/script checks.

## Scale Decision

- Scale: `standard`.
- Reason: this validation intentionally exercises the full normal artifact set: proposal, independent design, specs, tasks, and separate evidence.
- Interface impact: L1 internal documentation/protocol validation.

## Question Pool

| Question | Mode | Status | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Does standard require independent `design.md`? | evidence-driven | confirmed | `references/scales.md` defines independent `design.md` for standard. |
| Does standard require separate `evidence.md` in devflow? | evidence-driven | confirmed | `references/scales.md` defines `brief.md`, `evidence.md`, `decisions.md`, `acceptance.md`. |
| Are standard scale definitions duplicated outside `scales.md`? | evidence-driven | confirmed | Scale definition scan matched complete scale definitions only in `references/scales.md`. |
| Is user scope confirmation needed? | user-interview | not required | User asked to validate a regular change; no product scope choice is blocked. |

## Cross-Artifact Alignment

| Link | Status | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| proposal -> design | aligned | Proposal asks for standard artifact validation; design defines standard artifact model. |
| design -> specs | aligned | Specs require full OpenSpec artifacts, evidence archive, and centralized scale definitions. |
| specs -> tasks | aligned | Tasks include fixture creation, validation scans, commit gate, and devflow records. |

## Findings

- Standard OpenSpec artifact completeness passed: `proposal.md`, independent `design.md`, spec file, and `tasks.md` exist.
- Cross-artifact alignment passed: proposal -> design -> specs -> tasks.
- Scale duplication scan passed.
- Obsolete wording scan passed.
- Skill quick validation passed.
- Reference integrity scan passed.

## Commit Gate

- `.committed` created.
- Status: committed standard validation fixture.

## Archive Status

- Devflow standard records created.
- User confirmed OpenSpec archive.
- External `openspec-archive-change` was not directly callable in the current tool surface.
- Archived by moving the OpenSpec change to `openspec/archive/2026-07-05-validate-sm-flow-standard-change/`, matching existing repository archive convention.
- `devflow/index.md` status updated to `archived`.