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schema: wtfp.workflow/v1
action: report-bug
source: wtfp.protocol
---

# Report a WTF-P bug

@protocol://project/README.md

## Record contract

Read: `package://metadata`, `project://state`.
Produce: none.

Resolve every logical URI through the host adapter. Portable v1 JSON records are the source of truth: schema-validate before a write, preserve stable IDs, update revision and timestamps where required, and replace records atomically. Never pass a literal logical URI to a shell command or infer record state from a legacy Markdown control file.

Manuscript prose and supporting context, research, plan, review, summary, handoff, and deliverable artifacts retain their authored format (normally Markdown). Link them from the relevant v1 record; do not convert manuscript prose into project-state JSON.

## Procedure

1. Collect the minimum reproducible behavior, expected behavior, environment, package version, and user-approved diagnostics.
2. Redact credentials, private manuscript text, paths, and unrelated configuration; search for duplicates.
3. Preview the exact issue body and obtain explicit publication approval before creating an external issue.

## Safety and completion

Do not initialize a repository or run branch, stage, commit, merge, push, or publish operations. If requested, return a clearly labeled optional handoff for a separately authorized action.

Report the logical resources read, created, updated, archived, or deleted; the gates crossed; validation results; unresolved checkpoints; and the safest next action. Never claim a mutation that was not verified.