Opus finding
Verdict priority drops WENT_COLD / DROPPED_FROM_POWER from any chance of being the lede
lowmaintainabilityhigh
- skills/fork-cohort/SKILL.md:140-146
WENT_COLD and DROPPED_FROM_POWER are tracked in step 6 but never surface as a verdict. If five POWER forks all go COLD in a week (worst-case operator signal), but one new fork hits LEVELED_UP, the verdict reads as a win. The notify gate in step 11 also only fires for LEVELED_UP/REVIVED/WENT_STALE/non-empty transitions — WENT_COLD-only weeks would notify (because transitions are non-empty) but with a `STEADY` verdict, which is misleading.
Recommendation
Insert a verdict tier for WENT_COLD between WENT_STALE and STEADY, and treat DROPPED_FROM_POWER as a tie-breaker against LEVELED_UP (net POWER delta should drive the lede, not gross count).