0.72.0-alpha · core 2026-10-03

Explicit run knobs replace the appetite ladder. Board defaults and card creation move from Lean/Core/Complete to quality (production/experimental), supervisor (low/med/high) and exploration breadth (1–5 directions + hybrid). Legacy appetite: lines map once to knobs — rigor always resolves to the strongest level — then are rewritten.
Architecture stage and skills. A new architecture stage between selection and planning, with architecture-alternatives (2–5 construction directions + hybrid) and architecture-contrast (invariants-first decision loop). The pipeline is now 18 stages; the skill inventory is 32 (17 workflow + 15 product).
Scope ceiling of 9. Mapping discovers the count (1–9, never a target); a narrow bugfix may record a one-scope plan with its reason.
Preselected opt-out asks. ask_user_question options accept selected (multi-select only); scope and IN/OUT confirms render every option checked with previews, unchecking removes. stelow ask learns --selected.
Draft scope preview at the product gate. Mapping runs once in preview mode ahead of the gate and renders read-only in draft tone; the scope stage promotes by reconciling, never blank-slate.
Per-scope coverage on interface contrast options. Each direction records served/friction scope IDs, mirroring the architecture contrast table.