Remove task frontmatter from output

[Copilot]

Task Complete: Fixed Task Frontmatter Printing Issue

Summary

Successfully fixed the issue where task frontmatter was being incorrectly printed in the output. Task frontmatter is now properly used for filtering and metadata purposes only, without being included in the generated context.

Changes Made

Code Changes

• main.go: Removed task frontmatter printing in normal mode
• main.go: Removed task frontmatter printing in writeRules mode
• main.go: Removed unused yaml import
• integration_test.go: Updated TestPrintTaskFrontmatter to verify frontmatter is NOT printed
• integration_test.go: Fixed TestExpanderSecurityIntegration to work without frontmatter delimiter
• context.go: Skills are included in the Prompt between rules and task content

Documentation Updates

• README.md: Updated diagram to show correct order (rules → skills → task)
• README.md: Rewrote "Task Frontmatter" section with correct behavior
• SPECIFICATION.md: Updated assembly order to reflect rules → skills → task
• SPECIFICATION.md: Updated output format examples to show correct order
• SPECIFICATION.md: Clarified frontmatter usage (metadata only)

Verification

• All unit tests pass (including updated TestPrintTaskFrontmatter)
• All integration tests pass (including fixed TestExpanderSecurityIntegration)
• Linter passes (make lint)
• Manual testing confirms correct behavior and ordering
• Code review passed (one minor nitpick about hardcoded text)
• Security scan (CodeQL) passed with no alerts

Output Order

Correct order (after fix):

1. Rules content (markdown)
2. Skills metadata (XML, optional - in Prompt)
3. Task content (markdown)

Skills are part of the result.Prompt field and appear between rules and task content as intended.

Security Summary

No security vulnerabilities were discovered or introduced by these changes.

Original prompt

I noted in the readme that task front matter is printed. This should not be true. Can you check the source code?

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[alexec]

@please check the ordering of rules and skills. I think skills are printed after rules.

[Copilot]

@please check the ordering of rules and skills. I think skills are printed after rules.

Fixed in b1c10e6. Skills were being printed twice - once in main.go and once inside the Prompt. Removed skills from the Prompt so they're only printed once, maintaining correct order: skills → rules → task.

[alexec]

@copilot the correct order is rules, skills, task. Keeps the skills in the resume.prompt field.

[Copilot]

@copilot the correct order is rules, skills, task. Keeps the skills in the resume.prompt field.

Fixed in 3fcddbe. Corrected the order to rules → skills → task. Skills are now in result.Prompt (between rules and task) as intended.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR fixes an issue where task frontmatter was incorrectly being printed in the output. Task frontmatter is now properly used only for filtering and metadata purposes, keeping the generated context focused on actionable content.

Key changes:

• Removed task frontmatter printing logic from both normal and writeRules modes in main.go
• Updated test to verify frontmatter is NOT printed instead of verifying it IS printed
• Updated documentation across README.md and SPECIFICATION.md to reflect correct behavior and ordering (rules → skills → task)

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
main.go	Removed YAML encoding and printing of task frontmatter, removed unused yaml import
integration_test.go	Updated TestPrintTaskFrontmatter to verify frontmatter is excluded from output
examples/.agents	Added new agents directory marker file
SPECIFICATION.md	Updated assembly order, output format examples, and frontmatter usage documentation
README.md	Updated diagram and Task Frontmatter section to reflect correct behavior

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[alexec]

@copilot The tests failed when run on GitHub actions. Please rerun the tests and fix the broken integration test.

[Copilot]

@copilot The tests failed when run on GitHub actions. Please rerun the tests and fix the broken integration test.

Fixed in fcdf06e. The test was looking for the frontmatter delimiter --- to identify stdout, but since task frontmatter is no longer printed, the test needed to be updated to filter out stderr log lines (starting with time=) instead. All tests now pass.