potiuk opened a new pull request, #99:
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow-steward/pull/99
## Summary
Two coupled changes — kickoff-thread feedback applied, mode names
de-letterised:
### 1. Pairing mode (Russell Spitzer's scope feedback)
Per the founding-PMC kickoff thread, extend project scope from
*"agent-assisted maintainership"* to *"agent-assisted
maintainership and development"*. New **Pairing** mode covers
developer-side dev-cycle skills:
- Multi-agent development-cycle workflows
- Self-review and pre-flight patterns
- Scoped agent-drafted patches under the developer's own
driver's seat
Mentorship is intrinsic — the agent handles implementation-detail
review (formatting, conventions, lint-grade nits) so the human
conversation between contributor and maintainer stays on design,
reasoning, and the ASF contributor → committer → PMC progression.
Pairing ships **before** Auto-merge in the project's automation
roadmap.
### 2. Mode A/B/C/D → single-word names
References were getting hard to follow without a lookup. Renamed:
| Old | New |
|---|---|
| Mode A | **Triage** |
| Mode B | **Mentoring** |
| Mode C | **Drafting** |
| *(new)* | **Pairing** |
| Mode D | **Auto-merge** |
Document order in `docs/modes.md` and the MISSION Technical
scope: Triage → Mentoring → Drafting → Pairing → Auto-merge.
## Files touched (23)
- `MISSION.md` — scope, Rationale, Initial Goals, Technical scope,
sequencing line
- `docs/modes.md` — full taxonomy rewrite, new Pairing section
- `docs/rfcs/RFC-AI-0004.md` — Principle-1 carve-out references updated
- `docs/security/threat-model.md` — Triage / Drafting references
- `docs/mentoring/README.md`, `docs/mentoring/spec.md` — Mentoring (was Mode
B) spec
- `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` — `mode:` frontmatter migrated (11 skills)
- `.asf.yaml` — repo description
- `tools/skill-validator/{src,tests}` — `ALLOWED_MODES` set + tests
- `projects/_template/mentoring-config.md` — adopter-config scaffold
## Test plan
- [x] `prek run --all-files` passes (markdownlint, typos, ruff, mypy,
pytest, skill-validate, doctoc all clean)
- [ ] Visual review of MISSION.md Rationale and Technical scope sections
- [ ] Visual review of `docs/modes.md` (canonical taxonomy doc)
- [ ] Confirm Pairing → Auto-merge sequencing reads as intended
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