Gate JSDoc completeness on every package export

New doc-sync gate verify-export-jsdoc walks every module-level exported
name under packages/*/*/src and requires description prose everywhere,
plus @param per parameter and @returns on non-void annotated returns for
function-like exports, public class methods, properties, and accessors.
The parsing + check helpers move out of gen-cordis-catalog.ts into a
shared scripts/jsdoc.ts so 'documented' means one thing on both gated
surfaces.

Deliberate exemptions (documented in the RFC): heritage-declared class
members (the seam declaration is the doc's one home — the one checker
query in an otherwise pure-AST walk), cordis plugin-protocol slots
(name/inject/reusable/Config/apply, top-level and static), constructors,
overload implementations, declare-module augmentation bodies, and
re-export statements (checked at the defining module).

The 203 under-documented exports the gate found at adoption are filled
in this change, so the gate lands green; generated catalogs/graphs are
regenerated for the shifted line pointers.

RFC: docs/rfc/implemented/process/2026-07-06-export-surface-jsdoc-gate.md
This commit is contained in:
Tianyi Cui
2026-07-06 22:09:30 +08:00
parent 1c999804d8
commit cd9737d569
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ An agent was registered in the AgentRegistry and is ready to receive messages.
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:248`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:264`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/disposed` — emit
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ An agent was disposed and removed from the registry; its fiber and any in-flight
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:255`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:271`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/error` — emit
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ A step or turn errored. The loop reports a failure here (plus the logger) even w
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:404`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:420`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/pre-step` — serial
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Serial (awaited in registration order), not a waterfall: a listener mutates the
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:333`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:349`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/prompt-submit` — waterfall
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Waterfall: decide what happens to ONE drained queued message before it becomes a
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:346`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:362`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/queued` — emit
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ A message entered the agent's inbox (queued or steering). `source` is the resolv
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:273`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:289`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/request` — waterfall
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Waterfall: shape the step's call configuration — model switching, sampling ove
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmCallConfig](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:369`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:385`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/session-start` — emit
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ The agent's session lifecycle began, fired once before its first turn. `source`
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:288`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:304`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/status` — emit
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`, or → `disposed`). Drive lifecycle
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:264`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:280`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/step-result` — waterfall
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Waterfall: post-process the assembled assistant Message before tool dispatch (va
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Message](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:379`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:395`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
### `agent/turn-continuation` — waterfall
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Waterfall: override the turn-continuation decision via a typed ContinuationDecis
Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:392`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:408`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
## `fs/*`

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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ createAgent(options: CreateAgentOptions): AgentHandle
async resume(options: ResumeAgentOptions): Promise<AgentHandle>
```
Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:63`](../../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:67`](../../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
## `ctx.agents` — `AgentRegistry`
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ stream(options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk>
Types: [GenerateOptions](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [StreamChunk](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md)
Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:84`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:88`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
## `ctx.sessionPersistence` — `SessionPersistence` (abstract seam)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ abstract list(): Promise<SessionHeader[]>
Types: [SessionEvent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts:98`](../../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts)
Source: [`packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts:102`](../../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts)
## `ctx.sessions` — `SessionStore`
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ get(id: SessionId): Session | undefined
list(): Session[]
```
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:371`](../../packages/core/session/src/index.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:379`](../../packages/core/session/src/index.ts)
## `ctx.subagents` — `SubagentService`
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ variable(name: string, provider: (context: AssembleContext) => string | undefine
assemble(context: AssembleContext = {}): Promise<PromptAssembly>
```
Source: [`packages/core/system-prompt/src/index.ts:198`](../../packages/core/system-prompt/src/index.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/system-prompt/src/index.ts:203`](../../packages/core/system-prompt/src/index.ts)
## `ctx.tools` — `ToolRegistry`

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@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
# pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write
development.md: f032764fff29baaca007211db8b69d9a5129078f
development.zh.md: 3a650d03ce7cafd0e34290ae918e5a303c2ad8a9
development.md: 578fa619b8b3c7f5a306c8ad9cd880ab648b9b0c
development.zh.md: e0189ae9b4c42f3f61ccc30b9205ff11f64f1fec

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@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ pnpm run lint:fix # eslint . --fix
pnpm run doc-typecheck # compile checked TypeScript snippets in Markdown docs
pnpm run gen-cordis-catalog # regenerate docs/cordis-catalog/events.md + services.md from source
pnpm run verify-cordis-catalog # fail if either cordis catalog is stale
pnpm run verify-export-jsdoc # fail if a module-level package export lacks complete JSDoc
pnpm run gen-doc-graphs # regenerate generated relationship docs from source and curated graph definitions
pnpm run verify-doc-graphs # fail if generated relationship docs are stale
pnpm run gen-rfc-index # regenerate the docs/rfc/README.md index tables from the RFC tree

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@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ pnpm run lint:fix # eslint . --fix
pnpm run doc-typecheck # compile checked TypeScript snippets in Markdown docs
pnpm run gen-cordis-catalog # regenerate docs/cordis-catalog/events.md + services.md from source
pnpm run verify-cordis-catalog # fail if either cordis catalog is stale
pnpm run verify-export-jsdoc # fail if a module-level package export lacks complete JSDoc
pnpm run gen-doc-graphs # regenerate generated relationship docs from source and curated graph definitions
pnpm run verify-doc-graphs # fail if generated relationship docs are stale
pnpm run gen-rfc-index # regenerate the docs/rfc/README.md index tables from the RFC tree

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@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ This matrix shows which packages dispatch each harness-owned event and which pac
| Event | Mode | Declared in | Dispatchers | Listeners |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agent/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:248`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`emit`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
| `agent/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:255`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`emit`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
| `agent/error` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:404`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | - |
| `agent/pre-step` | `serial` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:333`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`serial`) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) |
| `agent/prompt-submit` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:346`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
| `agent/queued` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:273`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | - |
| `agent/request` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:369`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | - |
| `agent/session-start` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:288`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
| `agent/status` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:264`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`acp`](../packages/ui/acp), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
| `agent/step-result` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:379`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | - |
| `agent/turn-continuation` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:392`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
| `agent/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:264`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`emit`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
| `agent/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:271`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`emit`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
| `agent/error` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:420`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | - |
| `agent/pre-step` | `serial` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:349`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`serial`) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) |
| `agent/prompt-submit` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:362`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
| `agent/queued` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:289`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | - |
| `agent/request` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:385`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | - |
| `agent/session-start` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:304`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
| `agent/status` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:280`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`acp`](../packages/ui/acp), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
| `agent/step-result` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:395`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | - |
| `agent/turn-continuation` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:408`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
| `fs/edit-intent` | `waterfall` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:123`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`waterfall`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) |
| `fs/observed` | `emit` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:138`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`emit`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) |
| `fs/write-intent` | `waterfall` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:109`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`waterfall`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) |

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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Raw stream chunk — token-level replay fidelity.
Types: [StreamChunk](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:298`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:304`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
#### `assistant/message` — surface
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Assembled assistant message for one step (derived history uses this). Carries th
Types: [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [TokenUsage](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:305`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:311`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `compact/*`
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ In-session context injection (file-change notices, subdir AGENTS.md, skill conte
Types: [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:296`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:302`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `hook/*`
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ A queued prompt an `agent/prompt-submit` listener VETOED — the durable record
Types: [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:290`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:296`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `request/*`
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Full snapshot of the EpochHeader the NEXT request is built under, with the Reque
'request/header': { header: EpochHeader; reason: RequestHeaderReason }
```
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:350`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:356`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
#### `request/header-delta` — log-only
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Amendment to the folded EpochHeader: at least one of a SystemDelta, a ToolsDelta
'request/header-delta': { system?: SystemDelta; tools?: ToolsDelta; config?: LlmCallConfig }
```
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:361`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:367`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `steering/*`
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Steering content injected between steps of a running turn.
Types: [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:323`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:329`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `step/*`
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Closes step `step` of turn `turn`.
'step/end': { turn: number; step: number }
```
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:277`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:283`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
#### `step/start` — log-only
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Opens step `step` of turn `turn` — one model call plus the tool executions it
'step/start': { turn: number; step: number }
```
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:275`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:281`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `todo/*`
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ NOT a SurfaceEventType: it produces no LLM message and never reaches `deriveMess
Types: [TodoItem](../core-data-structures/session.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:337`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:343`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `tool/*`
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ The model requested one tool invocation: `name` with the raw `arguments` JSON st
Types: [CallId](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:311`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:317`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
#### `tool/result` — surface
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ A completed tool call's model-facing result, plus an optional tool-private `meta
Types: [CallId](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:321`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:327`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `turn/*`
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Closes turn `turn` with the TurnEndReason that ended it. The loop fires the awai
Types: [TurnEndReason](../core-data-structures/session.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:273`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:279`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
#### `turn/start` — log-only
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Opens turn `turn`. `trigger` records what started it — a drained message batch
Types: [TurnTrigger](../core-data-structures/session.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:267`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:273`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
### `user/*`
@@ -259,4 +259,4 @@ A user-visible prompt (queued message drained at turn start).
Types: [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:279`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)
Source: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:285`](../../packages/core/session/src/types.ts)

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@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ Generated by `pnpm run gen-rfc-index` from the RFC tree — never edit by hand;
| [Generate the RFC index tables](implemented/process/2026-07-04-generate-rfc-index-tables.md) | 2026-07-04 |
| [Generated persistence log event catalog](implemented/process/2026-07-04-persistence-log-catalog.md) | 2026-07-04 |
| [One gated in-file format for RFCs](implemented/process/2026-07-05-uniform-rfc-format.md) | 2026-07-05 |
| [Export-surface JSDoc gate](implemented/process/2026-07-06-export-surface-jsdoc-gate.md) | 2026-07-06 |
### Testing

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@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
# RFC: Export-surface JSDoc gate
Status: implemented
## Problem
The [cordis JSDoc completeness gate](2026-07-04-cordis-jsdoc-completeness-gate.md) made undocumented parameters and results impossible on the cordis surface — `interface Events` members and `ctx.<key>` service classes — but that surface is a fraction of what a plugin author imports. The AGENTS.md rule "every export (and non-obvious method) has a JSDoc explaining semantics" stayed prose-checkable only by review everywhere else, and nothing at all asked for `@param`/`@returns` on ordinary exported functions. A survey at adoption found 203 under-documented module-level exports across 34 packages: seam-adjacent helpers (`runBash`, `readForEdit`, `htmlToMarkdown`), format codecs, whole undocumented interfaces and type aliases — exactly the names an IDE consumer hovers.
## Decision
A new gate, `scripts/verify-export-jsdoc.ts` (`pnpm run verify-export-jsdoc`, wired into `doc-sync` beside `verify-cordis-catalog`), walks every module-level exported name under each `packages/<group>/<pkg>/src/` tree. The parsing and check helpers moved from `gen-cordis-catalog.ts` into a shared `scripts/jsdoc.ts`, so "documented" means the same thing on both surfaces: description prose ends at the first block tag, every checkable parameter needs a non-empty `@param`, a non-void ANNOTATED return needs a non-empty `@returns`, a stale `@param` errors, and violations aggregate into one report.
The contract by declaration kind:
- Every exported name needs JSDoc with non-empty description prose.
- Function-like exports (function declarations; consts with function initializers) follow the full function contract. A const whose declarator is type-annotated (`export const f: Handler = …`) defers the return contract to the named type; `@returns` stays optional there.
- Exported classes need class-level prose; public methods (statics included — reachable on the exported name) follow the function contract; public properties and accessors need prose (a get/set pair is covered by the getter). Overload implementations are exempt — the signatures carry the docs.
- Exported interfaces, type aliases, and enums need prose on the declaration; member-level enforcement is deliberately deferred (the highest-value member surface — seam service classes — is already under the cordis gate).
- Exported namespaces recurse; the namespace itself needs prose only when it does not merge with a documented same-name declaration (the Config-namespace idiom documents the plugin once).
- `declare module` / `declare global` bodies and `export … from` re-export statements are skipped: an augmentation is not an export of the package, and a re-exported definition is checked where it is defined.
Three exemption families keep the gate from demanding boilerplate, in the spirit of the cordis gate's `this`/`next` exemptions (documenting an exempt name anyway is allowed; only absence goes unchecked):
- **Heritage members.** A class member whose name exists on an `extends`/`implements` heritage type is exempt: the seam declaration is the doc's one home, and the IDE inherits it on hover — re-documenting every `LocalBashExecutor.run` invites drift. This is the one question the walk asks the TYPE CHECKER (heritage types live across package boundaries, resolved through the repo `paths` map); everything else stays pure AST, and the annotated-return requirement is kept for symmetry with the cordis gate (it bound nothing at adoption — every exported function was already annotated).
- **Plugin-protocol slots.** Top-level `name` / `inject` / `reusable` / `Config` consts and the `apply` entry, plus the same slots as statics on a plugin class, are framework protocol: their shape is fixed by cordis, and the module doc comment plus the `interface Config` carry the plugin's real semantics.
- **Constructors**, mirroring the cordis gate: plugin classes are framework-constructed, and the class doc owns the story.
`collectExportJsdocViolations()` returns the violation list (the CLI exits 1 on non-empty) so the negative-path tests in `packages/core/agent/tests/verify-export-jsdoc.spec.ts` assert on findings directly, driving fixture packages through every rejection and every exemption.
## Alternatives considered
- **eslint-plugin-jsdoc** (`require-jsdoc`/`require-param`/`require-returns`) — covers the mechanical core but cannot express the repo's contract: the heritage-member exemption needs cross-package type resolution, the protocol-slot and namespace-merge idioms are cordis-specific, and the completeness semantics (prose-above-tags, stale-tag errors, aggregate reporting) already have one home in `scripts/jsdoc.ts` shared with the catalog generator. Two subtly different definitions of "documented" is the failure mode this repo's one-home rule exists to prevent.
- **Extending `gen-cordis-catalog.ts`** — the catalog generator renders a curated surface and gates its freshness; a repo-wide walk has no catalog to render. Sharing the helpers while keeping the walks separate keeps each gate's scope legible.
- **Enforcing interface/type-alias member docs** — deferred: it would multiply the checked surface for members that are largely self-describing fields, while the seam classes carrying the load-bearing member contracts are already gated. Revisit if member-doc drift shows up in review.
## Consequences
- A new export cannot land undocumented: `verify-export-jsdoc` fails `doc-sync`, which pre-push and CI already run. The 203 gaps found at adoption were filled in the same change, so the gate landed green.
- Exported functions must annotate return types (universal at adoption, now load-bearing) and use identifier parameters where `@param` must name them.
- Seam docs are canonical: an implementation inherits its heritage docs, and behavior notes worth keeping on the implementation are additions, not requirements.
- The gate builds a `ts.Program` (~6s) — the one doc gate that pays for type resolution; acceptable inside `doc-sync`, which already compiles doc snippets.
- The protocol-slot names are reserved by convention at module top level; a non-protocol export coincidentally named `apply` or `Config` would go unchecked — accepted, documented here.