Remove duplicate TypeScript checks and validation instructions

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -25,8 +25,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
 
-      - name: Typecheck
-        run: npm run typecheck
-
       - name: Pack dry run
         run: npm run pack:check

AGENTS.md

@@ -59,12 +59,3 @@ This folder is for architecture and refactoring design. Do not treat it as the p
 - For factual, current, or external claims, provide source links or file references when possible.
 - If a statement cannot be sourced, label it as an inference or estimate instead of presenting it as a fact.
 - Do not expose internal tool logs, file-search traces, or process commentary in the researcher-facing answer.
-
-## Scope
-
-- Project: LongTable
-- Current goal: Review LongTable checkpoint behavior, version alignment, and workspace policy.
-- Current blocker: Verify whether Researcher Checkpoints trigger correctly after the latest version update.
-- Requested perspectives: reviewer, theory_critic, methods_critic, measurement_auditor, ethics_reviewer, voice_keeper.
-- Disagreement visibility: show_on_conflict.
-- These instructions apply to this directory and its children.

README.md

@@ -226,12 +226,14 @@ with explicit assumptions instead of interrupting.
 
 ```bash
 npm ci
-npm run build
 npm run test
-npm run release:check
 ```
 
-Useful smoke checks:
+`test` builds the workspaces (including TypeScript checks) and runs the smoke
+checks. For a focused change, run the affected workspace build and smoke check.
+Use `release:check` once for a release; it includes `test` and the pack dry run.
+
+Focused smoke checks:
 
 ```bash
 npm run smoke:setup

docs/PANEL-WORKER-BRIDGE-VERIFICATION.md

@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ This note records the verification lane for the visible writable panel worker br
 Run from the repository root after implementation lanes are integrated:
 
 ```bash
-npm run build
-npm run smoke:panel-workers
-npm run smoke:panel-handoff
-npm run typecheck
-npm run test
-npm run pack:check
+npm run release:check
 ```
 
 ## Evidence expectations
@@ -41,7 +36,7 @@ npm run pack:check
   - panel skills retain the normalized `PanelResult` contract;
   - hidden reasoning and raw tool log fields are stripped from recorded state;
   - generated handoff includes provider-neutral continuation guidance and unincorporated evidence.
-- `build`, `typecheck`, `test`, and `pack:check` must pass before the bridge is considered integration-ready.
+- `release:check` includes the build, panel smoke checks, and pack dry run required for integration.
 
 ## Worker-4 run result
 

docs/RELEASE-PROCESS.md

@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ npm run release:check
 
 `release:check` runs:
 
-- workspace typecheck
-- workspace build
+- workspace build, including TypeScript checks
+- behavioral smoke checks
 - npm pack dry-run for publishable workspaces
 
-The root build and typecheck scripts intentionally run workspaces in dependency
-order. Do not switch them back to generic `--workspaces` ordering unless package
-references are changed to source-level project references.
+The root build runs workspaces in dependency order. Do not switch it to generic
+`--workspaces` ordering unless package references are changed to source-level
+project references. `typecheck` is an alternative when emitted output is not
+needed; do not run it again after a successful build of the same source.
 
 After publishing a version manually, run `npm ci` again before merging or
 tagging. This catches lockfile entries whose `integrity` values were generated

package.json

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "smoke:grilling-interview": "node scripts/e2e-grilling-interview-flow.mjs",
     "smoke:search": "node scripts/smoke-search.mjs",
     "smoke:scholar-research": "node scripts/smoke-scholar-research.mjs",
-    "test": "npm run build && npm run smoke:setup && npm run smoke:checkpoints && npm run smoke:hooks && npm run smoke:panel-handoff && npm run smoke:panel-workers && npm run smoke:research-spec-audit && npm run smoke:question-audit && npm run smoke:role-audit && npm run smoke:human-persona && npm run smoke:grilling-interview && npm run smoke:search && npm run smoke:scholar-research && npm run smoke:research && npm run typecheck",
+    "test": "npm run build && npm run smoke:setup && npm run smoke:checkpoints && npm run smoke:hooks && npm run smoke:panel-handoff && npm run smoke:panel-workers && npm run smoke:research-spec-audit && npm run smoke:question-audit && npm run smoke:role-audit && npm run smoke:human-persona && npm run smoke:grilling-interview && npm run smoke:search && npm run smoke:scholar-research && npm run smoke:research",
     "pack:check": "npm pack --workspaces --dry-run",
     "release:check": "npm run test && npm run pack:check",
     "smoke:research": "node scripts/smoke-research.mjs",