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+# Convention Drift Audit
+
+Date: 2026-03-23
+
+Baseline:
+- Audited at `e177418c90469c702eabef797a002f55c618fc66`.
+- `CLAUDE.md:51` requires command code to use `pkg/cli/output.go` helpers instead of raw `fmt.Print*`.
+- `CLAUDE.md:93` requires `_Good`, `_Bad`, `_Ugly` test suffixes.
+- `CODEX.md` was not present under `/workspace` or `/root`, so no repo-local Codex conventions were available to apply beyond `CLAUDE.md` and in-repo docs.
+
+## `stdlib` -> `core.*`
+
+No literal `stdlib` namespace references or obvious pre-`core.*` import-path leftovers were found.
+
+Actionable drift, based on `CLAUDE.md:51`: command code still writes directly with `fmt.Print*` instead of going through `pkg/cli/output.go` helpers.
+
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_get.go:23`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_list.go:29`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_path.go:16`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_doctor.go:35`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_environment.go:49`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_install.go:14`
+- `cmd/core/help/cmd.go:22`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_install.go:81`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_manage.go:51`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove.go:73`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_search.go:92`
+
+Notes:
+- The first line above is the first direct `fmt.Print*` hit in each file; several of these files contain multiple direct output calls.
+- Low-level output primitives such as `pkg/cli/output.go`, `pkg/cli/prompt.go`, `pkg/cli/stream.go`, `pkg/cli/tracker.go`, `pkg/cli/render.go`, and `pkg/cli/tree.go` were excluded from this list because they implement the output layer themselves.
+
+## UK English
+
+Mixed US and UK spellings remain in code comments, public API names, and user-facing docs.
+
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md:34`
+- `README.md:125`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_search.go:72`
+- `docs/cmd/ci/index.md:11`
+- `docs/cmd/ci/init/index.md:3`
+- `docs/cmd/dev/work/index.md:3`
+- `docs/cmd/go/work/index.md:10`
+- `docs/cmd/go/work/index.md:17`
+- `docs/cmd/go/work/init/index.md:3`
+- `docs/cmd/go/work/init/index.md:22`
+- `docs/cmd/go/work/sync/index.md:34`
+- `docs/cmd/go/work/use/index.md:45`
+- `docs/cmd/pkg/search/index.md:18`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:39`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:46`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:94`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:100`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:107`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:140`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:146`
+- `pkg/cli/glyph.go:28`
+- `docs/pkg/cli/output.md:263`
+
+Notes:
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go` and its related docs are the clearest persistent drift point because the public API is `ColorEnabled` / `SetColorEnabled` while `CLAUDE.md:56` and several docs already use `colour` / `colours`.
+- Legal text and schema keys that happen to use `license` were not counted unless they are repo-authored headings or prose.
+
+## Missing tests
+
+Packages with no tests in the package at all:
+
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd.go:9`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_get.go:9`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_list.go:11`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_path.go:9`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_set.go:7`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_checks.go:20`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_commands.go:19`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_doctor.go:34`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_environment.go:16`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_install.go:11`
+- `cmd/core/help/cmd.go:10`
+- `cmd/core/main.go:26`
+
+Partially tested package surfaces with no dedicated coverage:
+
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_install.go:26`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_manage.go:17`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_pkg.go:21`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_search.go:31`
+
+Existing coverage in `cmd/core/pkgcmd` is narrow and only exercises `checkRepoSafety`:
+
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:33`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:42`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:54`
+
+## SPDX headers
+
+`rg -n 'SPDX-License-Identifier|SPDX-FileCopyrightText' /workspace` returned no matches.
+
+In source/bootstrap scope, SPDX headers are missing at line 1 in all 61 tracked files below.
+
+Root and bootstrap files:
+
+- `Dockerfile:1`
+- `install.bat:1`
+- `install.sh:1`
+
+`cmd/` Go files:
+
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_get.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_list.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_path.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/config/cmd_set.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_checks.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_commands.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_doctor.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_environment.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/doctor/cmd_install.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/help/cmd.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/main.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_commands.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_install.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_manage.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_pkg.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:1`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_search.go:1`
+
+`pkg/` Go files:
+
+- `pkg/cli/ansi.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/app.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/app_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/check.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/check_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/command.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/commands.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/commands_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/daemon.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/daemon_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/errors.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/frame.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/frame_components.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/frame_model.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/frame_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/glyph.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/glyph_maps.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/glyph_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/i18n.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/layout.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/layout_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/log.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/output.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/output_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/prompt.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/prompt_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/render.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/runtime.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/stream.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/stream_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/strings.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/styles.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/styles_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/tracker.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/tracker_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/tree.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/tree_test.go:1`
+- `pkg/cli/utils.go:1`
+
+## Supplemental: CLAUDE Test Naming Drift
+
+Tests not following the `_Good`, `_Bad`, `_Ugly` suffix convention from `CLAUDE.md:93`:
+
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:33`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:42`
+- `cmd/core/pkgcmd/cmd_remove_test.go:54`
+- `pkg/cli/ansi_test.go:8`
+- `pkg/cli/app_test.go:129`
+- `pkg/cli/check_test.go:5`
+- `pkg/cli/daemon_test.go:9`
+- `pkg/cli/glyph_test.go:5`
+- `pkg/cli/glyph_test.go:17`
+- `pkg/cli/layout_test.go:5`
+- `pkg/cli/output_test.go:28`