Wrap overlay text instead of cutting it; the project check is a regression check, renamed check.sh; concrete Headroom steps; Mouse-1 measured

bin/lib/harness.py

@@ -126,9 +126,11 @@ def verify_command(issue, worktree):
     m = VERIFY_RE.search(issue.get("description") or "")
     if m:
         return m.group("cmd").strip(), "from the task description"
-    project_script = os.path.join(worktree, ".harness", "verify.sh")
-    if os.path.isfile(project_script):
-        return ".harness/verify.sh", "the project's .harness/verify.sh"
+    # The project's own check. check.sh is the current name; verify.sh is what
+    # the earlier project wrote, and is still honoured.
+    for name in (".harness/check.sh", ".harness/verify.sh"):
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(worktree, name)):
+            return name, "the project's " + name
     return None, "none"
 
 

bin/office

@@ -49,23 +49,27 @@ def scaffold(folder, name):
     harness = os.path.join(folder, ".harness")
     os.makedirs(harness, exist_ok=True)
 
-    verify = os.path.join(harness, "verify.sh")
-    if not os.path.exists(verify):
-        with open(verify, "w") as f:
+    check = os.path.join(harness, "check.sh")
+    if not os.path.exists(check):
+        with open(check, "w") as f:
             f.write("""#!/bin/sh
-# The command that decides a task in this project is finished.
+# This project's own check, run by bin/merge before and after it puts a task's
+# work on the base branch. Exit 0 means "the project still passes".
 #
-# Leave it as it is to accept that there is no agreed command: bin/merge will
-# say so and let the review decide. Replace the body with the real one when the
-# project has tests, for example:
+# It does not decide that a task is finished: an agent sets a task's status, and
+# the review decides whether the change is good. This is the regression check,
+# the same thing a CI pipeline would run.
+#
+# Leave it as it is while the project has no tests. bin/merge will say there is
+# no check and let the review decide. Replace the body when tests exist:
 #
 #   exec go test ./...
 #   exec make test
-echo "no verify command agreed for this project"
+echo "this project has no check yet"
 exit 0
 """)
-        os.chmod(verify, 0o755)
-        written.append(verify)
+        os.chmod(check, 0o755)
+        written.append(check)
 
     notes = os.path.join(harness, "NOTES.md")
     if not os.path.exists(notes):