clarify when turn docs are actually required

.beads/issues.jsonl

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 {"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-ayo","title":"Drop stale backlog events from live fanout","description":"Follow-up to live freshness rollout: /ws/live was still fanning out stale backlog events for freshness-gated channels, which kept tape panes in Live feed behind despite active synthetic ingest. Gate fanout and cache ingest by freshness for options/nbbo/equities/flow.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-04-28T21:26:39Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-04-28T21:26:44Z","started_at":"2026-04-28T21:26:44Z","closed_at":"2026-04-28T21:26:44Z","close_reason":"Completed","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-0v6","title":"Fix tape freshness, NBBO coverage, pause controls, and filter popup","description":"Implement the tape fixes requested for synthetic options notional sizing, strict live freshness, live-mode pause/resume behavior, stronger NBBO snapshot coverage, and moving flow filters behind a popup. Includes server-side live cache changes, web terminal state/UI changes, and tests for synthetic pricing, live snapshot freshness/NBBO retention, and live pause/filter interactions.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-04-28T21:02:52Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-04-28T21:13:38Z","started_at":"2026-04-28T21:02:57Z","closed_at":"2026-04-28T21:13:38Z","close_reason":"Completed","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-e4r","title":"Implement smart-money flow filtering and synthetic firehose modes","description":"Implement the approved multi-surface plan for named synthetic market profiles, options raw-vs-signal filtering, live/API filter contracts, Tape page client-side flow filters, firehose-readiness improvements, tests, and README updates.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-04-28T20:10:49Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-04-28T20:29:29Z","started_at":"2026-04-28T20:10:53Z","closed_at":"2026-04-28T20:29:29Z","close_reason":"Implemented synthetic market profiles, options signal-path filtering, signal-aware API/replay contracts, Tape page filters, tests, and README updates. Follow-up tracked in islandflow-biq.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
+{"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-hoh","title":"clarify turn-doc exemptions and ambiguity rule","description":"Update AGENTS.md turn documentation rules so minor/trivial checklist takes precedence, ambiguous cases require user check-in, and completion rule applies only when turn docs are required.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-23T23:02:10Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-23T23:02:10Z","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-t8b","title":"Update GitHub Pages docs URL target","description":"Adjust the docs Pages publish workflow so the deployed landing behavior explicitly targets dirtydishes.github.io/islandflow/docs and keeps the docs payload path consistent.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-23T21:18:04Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-23T21:18:59Z","started_at":"2026-05-23T21:18:06Z","closed_at":"2026-05-23T21:18:59Z","close_reason":"Closed","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-kgu","title":"Reconcile PR #8 branch with current main","description":"Why this issue exists and what needs to be done: user requested reconciliation for PR #8. Identify the PR #8 branch, merge/rebase with current main, resolve conflicts, validate, and push the updated branch so the PR can merge cleanly.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-23T20:14:36Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-23T20:24:29Z","started_at":"2026-05-23T20:14:39Z","closed_at":"2026-05-23T20:24:29Z","close_reason":"Closed","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"islandflow-l9h","title":"stop persisting non-signal option prints in clickhouse","description":"Why: non-signal option prints are storage noise and should not be persisted by default.\\n\\nWhat: add OPTIONS_PERSIST_SIGNAL_ONLY env flag (default true), gate option_print inserts in ingest-options, add tests for persistence behavior, update env examples, and document one-off cleanup SQL for existing non-signal rows.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-23T03:02:32Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-23T03:06:34Z","started_at":"2026-05-23T03:02:35Z","closed_at":"2026-05-23T03:06:34Z","close_reason":"Closed","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}

AGENTS.md

@@ -90,17 +90,31 @@ At the end of every completed implementation task, before final handoff, create
 
 This documentation is mandatory whenever code, configuration, tests, or project files were changed.
 
+### Precedence and classification
+
+Use this decision order before creating a turn document:
+
+1. Check the minor/trivial exemption checklist below first.
+2. If the task clearly matches an exemption, do not create a turn document.
+3. If the task is a clearly substantive implementation change, create a turn document.
+4. If classification is ambiguous or mixed, ask the user before creating a turn document.
+
+The minor/trivial exemptions override the general mandatory turn-document rule.
+
 For diff content in turn documentation (including "Code diffs" and "Relevant Diff Snippets"), use `@pierre/diffs` output by default. If `@pierre/diffs` is unavailable because of a real tool or blocking error, use a clearly labeled plain diff/code block fallback and note why.
 
-### Do not produce this for minor or trivial changes, including but not limited to:
+### No turn document for minor/trivial checklist matches
 
-- Syntax fixes
+Do not create a turn document when the change is minor/trivial and cleanly matches one of these categories:
-- Code refactoring
-- Documentation updates
-- Reconciling PRs
-- Updating AGENTS.md or other documentation
 
-**Feel free to use your own judgement and always prompt the user if you are unsure if this change requires documentation or not.**
+- `AGENTS.md` changes or other documentation-only changes
+- Syntax-only fixes
+- Refactor-only changes with no behavior change
+- PR/conflict reconciliation work
+- Issue-tracker-only updates such as `beads/issues.json`
+- Support-file changes that only accompany one of the exempt categories above (for example lockfile or manifest updates required for docs-workflow changes)
+
+If a change does not cleanly fit either exempt or substantive buckets, ask the user before creating a turn document.
 
 ### When making a minor update to a previous change, update the existing documentation instead of creating a new file. Use the following format:
 
@@ -164,7 +178,7 @@ Each turn document must include these sections:
 
 ### Completion Rule
 
-A task is not complete until:
+A task that requires a turn document is not complete until:
 
 1. The Beads workflow is updated
 2. The turn document is created in `docs/turns`
@@ -174,7 +188,7 @@ A task is not complete until:
 6. `git push forgejo <branch>` succeeds
 7. `git status` shows the branch is up to date with `forgejo/<branch>`
 
-For trivial changes, the document may be brief, but it must still exist and clearly explain what changed and how it was validated.
+For tasks that do require turn documentation, the document may be brief when scope is small, but it must clearly explain what changed and how it was validated.
 
 ## Plan Mode Documentation