vocabulary

cc-suite Domain Vocabulary

The canonical noun-and-verb set for cc-suite. Every artifact name, prose description, and rule wording should draw from this registry. Drift between canonical terms and declared deprecated synonyms is flagged by /nlpm:check and penalized by /nlpm:score when R51 is enabled.

Status: seeded by /nlpm:vocab-init on 2026-05-26 and pruned during the initial migration pass. Only deprecation pairs that can be cleanly enforced (no false positives in the current corpus) are in registry.yaml. Other observed drift is documented below as convention-only with the rationale for non-enforcement.

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Scopes

cc-suite has a single scope. Unlike NLPM (internal + auditor), cc-suite's artifacts all describe one system — the bridge between Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI.

Scope	Paths	Description
internal	commands/, skills/cc-suite/, templates/agents/, AGENTS.md	The cc-suite bridge subsystem itself.

Enforced deprecation pairs (R51 will flag these)

These are clean drifts: the canonical term has fully replaced the deprecated one in the corpus, and the deprecated term has no remaining legitimate uses.

Canonical	Deprecated synonym	Status
dimension	pillar	Fully migrated (Mar 2026). All 5 audit-family commands now use Dimension N: headings and (N dimensions) phrasing.
subagent	sub-agent	Fully migrated. The hyphenated form was a typo accident in agent-design SKILL.md and audit-agent.md.
refresh	freshen	Fully migrated. freshen-aware / freshen semantics in AGENTS.md rewritten to refresh-aware / refresh semantics.

Canonical-only verbs (no deprecation; just the canonical form)

Used to establish the cc-suite verb vocabulary so new artifacts pick from this set rather than coining synonyms. R51 doesn't penalize anything here because no observed drift exists.

Canonical	Definition
audit	Structured multi-dimension code/artifact scan with severity table (Codex-delegated).
bridge	Umbrella verb for making one tool's config visible to another.
update	User-side coupled re-render after claude plugin update cc-suite (slash command).
init	First-time project setup of all cc-suite bridge artifacts.
check	Lightweight prerequisite / connectivity probe.
consult	Invoke a cc-suite advisor and receive its judgment.
delegate	Forward a task to Claude Code via mcp__claude-code__claude_code.
fix	Code-level remediation of a specific reported defect (distinct from repair).
repair	Non-interactive re-run of all bridge / registration scripts (distinct from fix).
verify	Confirm a prior code-fix outcome via Claude MCP.
register	Persist an MCP server entry into .mcp.json or .codex/config.toml.
expose	Symlink-based sub-operation of bridge for cc-suite plugin skills.
mirror	One-directional copy sub-operation of bridge for hooks and MCP.
setup	Higher-level user activity composed of init + configure + verify.
review	Send a plan or PR to Codex for architectural review (distinct from consult).
cancel continue implement plan analyze result status add remove list preflight unbridge	Single-command verbs; one canonical, no competing synonyms observed.

Canonical-only nouns

Canonical	Definition
advisor	A project-scoped value-over-rules persona declared in .cc-suite/agents/, backed by claude-octopus as a separately-configured MCP server.
bridge	The cc-suite-managed subsystem that wires Claude/Codex/Gemini together.
finding	A single defect surfaced by an audit/review — file:line, severity, recommendation. Use in structured audit output (column headers, "Top Findings" sections, per-finding iteration in audit-fix/verify).
sentinel block	The cc-suite-owned section in .codex/config.toml or .gitignore, delimited by sentinel comments.
thread	The Codex execution-continuation handle (the threadId MCP parameter).
registration	The persisted MCP server entry produced by bridge.
preset	A starter advisor agent file shipped under templates/agents/.
pin	The version string for claude-octopus in scripts/lib/claude-octopus-pin.txt.
timeline	The per-advisor persistent consultation history at .cc-suite/agents/<name>/timeline/.
artifact	A file cc-suite owns — command, skill, agent, hook, manifest, config.
script	An executable under scripts/ — bash, python, or mjs.

Role-noun suffixes for advisor preset names (intentional sub-variants)

These are not drift — each suffix encodes the persona's stance.

Suffix	Stance	Example preset
_advisor	General-purpose value advisor; broad-scope judgment.	north_star_advisor
_reviewer	Reviews finished work against a single quality dimension.	clarity_reviewer
_critic	Judges the output of an upstream process (typically docs).	documentation_critic
_advocate	Argues for one specific action over alternatives.	deletion_advocate, simplicity_advocate
_skeptic	Adversarial reviewer; assumes hostile inputs / worst case.	security_skeptic

When introducing a new preset, pick the suffix that best matches its stance. Default to _advisor when none fit.

Why some pairs are convention-only (not enforced by R51)

The /nlpm:vocab-drift scan surfaced several drift candidates that look like clean canonical/deprecated pairs but turn out to be polysemous in cc-suite. R51 is mechanical — it flags every occurrence of a deprecated term regardless of context — so declaring these would generate false-positive penalties on legitimate uses. They are conventions, not rules:

Concept pair	Why we don't enforce
finding ← issue	finding is canonical for audit-output rows (column headers, Top Findings sections, per-finding iteration in audit-fix.md / verify.md). But issue legitimately means a different thing elsewhere: infrastructure problem in diagnose.md ("Found N issues. Fix them?"), implementation hiccup in implement.md ("Issues encountered"), code-quality category in audit prose ("minor clarity issues"). A blanket deprecation would mis-rename all three contexts. Convention: structured rows say Finding; everything else stays issue.
advisor ← agent	advisor is canonical for cc-suite personas in prose. But agent is unavoidable in file paths (.cc-suite/agents/, templates/agents/), command names (add-agent, remove-agent, list-agents) — chosen to match Claude Code's .claude/agents/ convention — and refers to Claude Code's native subagent concept in design discussions. Convention: speak about "advisors" in prose; keep the file/dir/command layout using agent.
thread ← session	thread is canonical for the Codex execution-continuation handle. session appears in continue.md's description as user-facing language ("Continue a previous Codex session"). Convention: prefer thread in technical contexts; tolerate session in user-facing descriptions.
delegate ← ask / send	delegate is canonical in skill bodies. ask and send appear in description: frontmatter openings of the claude-* skills because they're more natural English for a one-line summary. Convention: skill body uses delegate; frontmatter description allows either.
preset ← template	preset is the user-facing concept. template is the directory name (templates/agents/) and appears in add-agent.md frontmatter where it accurately describes what gets copied. Convention: speak about "presets" in prose; the on-disk word is template.
verify ← check	verify is canonical for code-fix-outcome confirmation. check covers infrastructure probes (Step 2: Run additional deep checks in diagnose.md). Convention: don't conflate.

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How to extend

1. Re-run extraction:

   python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-~/.claude/plugins/cache/xiaolai/nlpm/1.0.0}/analysis/scripts/extract-vocabulary.py \
     --root . \
     --scopes analysis/vocab-init-scopes.json \
     --out analysis/vocabulary-extract/
   

2. New terms appear in analysis/vocabulary-extract/summary.md.

3. Add a row to the matching table above (Verbs or Nouns, in the correct scope). Cite at least one file as evidence.

4. To deprecate a synonym, add it to the canonical term's deprecated: list in registry.yaml AND update the "Enforced deprecation pairs" table above. Before doing this, run grep -r "<deprecated>" and confirm the term has no legitimate alternate meanings — if it does, document the pair in "Why some pairs are convention-only" instead.

Adopting R51

To turn on vocabulary drift detection on this project, add to .claude/nlpm.local.md:

rule_overrides:
  R51:
    enabled: true
    vocabulary_skill: skills/cc-suite/vocabulary/

The pruned registry should produce zero R51 findings on the current corpus.

See also

• The corpus extractor: ${NLPM_ROOT}/analysis/scripts/extract-vocabulary.py
• The six design principles: ${NLPM_ROOT}/analysis/vocabulary-design-principles.md
• Run /nlpm:vocab-drift periodically to surface new candidate pairs as the corpus grows.