Project Tiny Context Harness

Project Tiny Context Harness 0.7.3 is the current public release line under the renamed npm package:

npm install -D project-tiny-context-harness@latest
npx --yes --package project-tiny-context-harness@latest ty-context init
make validate-context

Update mode: sync-only. After updating the package, run:

npx --yes --package project-tiny-context-harness@latest ty-context upgrade --check
npx --yes --package project-tiny-context-harness@latest ty-context upgrade

This release mode means no new release migration is expected. Direct sync is an allowed shortcut only when you explicitly want managed-asset refresh without upgrade diagnostics:

npx --yes --package project-tiny-context-harness@latest ty-context sync

Sync does not run migrations. Upgrade plans report safe_pending, manual_required and blocked.

Publishing a new npm version does not automatically migrate existing repositories. Users receive new upgrade behavior only when they run the newly published CLI through ty-context upgrade, ty-context sync or another @latest package invocation.

What Changed

• Publishes [email protected] with the synchronized package assets and CLI build.
• Adds a conditional Design Authority Check before material production UI while keeping local style fixes and explicit prototypes on the lightweight path.
• Replaces the generic starter visual system with an explicitly unconfigured DESIGN.md scaffold that indexes one authored token source/generation direction and selected design references without pretending to be a production layout target.
• Classifies design references as exact-target, constraint or inspiration, and forbids an implementation screenshot from becoming the target it claims to match.
• Extends ty-context doctor with advisory DESIGN.md authority status, including recognition of the legacy starter as unconfigured.
• Aligns context_uiux_design, context_development_engineer, Source Plan authoring and Long-Task pre-Compile guidance so missing or conflicting visual authority is resolved before implementation or Authority Lock.
• Keeps verification honest across targets: browser evidence cannot substitute for a native runtime that can fail independently.
• Adds no visual Schema, lifecycle state, mandatory design directory, Figma dependency or universal pixel threshold; this remains a sync-only release with no user-project migration.

Boundary

This release does not claim benchmark-proven speedups, production adoption, awards, or replacement of tests, CI, review, specs or project management. It packages the smaller recovery surface: keep the memory, drop the ceremony.

Useful Links

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/project-tiny-context-harness
• README: https://github.com/Seven128/project-tiny-context-harness#readme
• Fresh-agent recovery walkthrough: https://github.com/Seven128/project-tiny-context-harness/blob/main/docs/examples/fresh-agent-recovery.md
• Minimal Context sample: https://github.com/Seven128/project-tiny-context-harness/blob/main/docs/examples/minimal-context-sample.md
• Comparison guide: https://github.com/Seven128/project-tiny-context-harness/blob/main/docs/comparison.md