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name: greenlit-form-is-the-delta-sequence-not-its-head
description: Golden-head intake must verify the milestone against the ACCUMULATED sequence of greenlit-form deltas, never against the first alone nor the latest alone — a later delta can supersede an earlier one's membership line.
metadata:
  type: project
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**Standing intake rule, doyle 2026-08-21 (he asked it be treated as the standing rule, not a courtesy
for one milestone).** The greenlit-form record a golden head is checked against is the ACCUMULATED
SEQUENCE of deltas on the milestone issue, not its head and not its first entry.

Concretely, from #212: delta 1 said "no member is added, dropped, or relocated" and was TRUE when
written; delta 2 cut #153 (my false filing, CUT the same day) and minted #213 into its slot. Reading
delta 1 alone would refuse a head that is correctly formed; reading delta 2 alone loses the baseline
it amends. Either single read produces a wrong intake verdict, in opposite directions.

**Why this is the shape it is:** intake compares the head against the form the operator greenlit, so
the question is always "what is the greenlit form NOW", and that is a running total. A delta does not
replace the record; it amends it. `state: CUT` on a member is a membership change like any other and
rides a delta — so a milestone can be correctly formed and still not match its own first delta.

**How to apply:**
- At intake, enumerate ALL deltas on the milestone issue and fold them in order before comparing to
  the head. Cite the pair (or triple) you folded, not just the one you read last.
- If a delta lands between hand-off and the run, re-fold. doyle commits to saying so at hand-off
  rather than assuming a re-read, but the fold is the driver's job.
- The drop rule still applies per member: a dropped request needs its reason comment AND
  relocation-or-back-to-eval BEFORE golden runs. A CUT recorded in a delta discharges the reason leg;
  check the disposition leg separately.

Related: [[shape-the-head-before-golden]] (the other intake leg that must be checked at the candidate
sha), [[registry-mints-ride-build-prs]].