Unclaimed file, no overlap with any open fleet PR. Previous PR (#2756)
is merged, so this is my one open PR.
## Census
| | before | after |
|---|---|---|
| backlog | 447 | **441** |
| reviewed | 38 | 44 |
| this file | 6 | **0** |
`--strict` exit 0, baseline re-recorded in the same commit.
## Why marked, not converted
All six literals sit after a `??` or a `flags ? … :`. Each is reached
**only** when the caller supplied no trait flags and no enriched shape —
precisely the case `enrichRunningAgentTaskShape` (takes the IR) and
`enrichRunningAgentTaskShapeFromFlags` (takes board flags) exist to
remove. There is nothing to resolve from there, so the choice is not
convert-vs-literal; it is **known legacy answer vs a different guess.**
**And the guess is not neutral.** Running and Waiting are *complements*
over the same rows:
```ts
isWaitingAgentTask = !running && (columnIsIntakeOrHold ?? isLegacyPreImplementationColumn(column))
```
A card matching neither arm is reported as **neither running nor
waiting**, so the footer's queued total silently under-reports it.
Guessing "not WIP" or "not review" loses cards from the count; the
legacy id at least matches every pre-rename board. That is why this file
already carries a `DELIBERATE-LITERAL` marker above
`isLegacyPreImplementationColumn` with the same argument — this PR
extends it to the three functions holding the remaining fallbacks
(`enrichRunningAgentTaskShapeFromFlags`, `terminalKind`,
`isRunningAgentTask`).
**The fix for a renamed board is at the CALLER** — pass flags, or use
the IR-taking enricher. Noted at the site.
## Pattern note for the fleet
This is the third file I have taken where `N → 0` is reached by marking
rather than converting, and they share a shape worth naming: **a literal
after `??` or in the `else` of a `flags ?` ternary is a degraded-mode
answer, not an unconverted guard.** The trait path is already there and
already correct; the literal is what runs when the trait path has no
input. Deleting it does not remove a decision — it substitutes a
different one, silently, in exactly the states where nobody is looking
(first paint, un-enriched callers, pre-rename data).
## Verification
Core typecheck clean · `live-agent-count.test.ts` 11/11 · `--strict`
exit 0 · comments only, no behavior change.
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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