config: delete AppMode pretenders and VerifierVerdictPolicy

config.example.toml

@@ -994,11 +994,9 @@ max_subagents = 10 # optional (default 64, clamped to 1-128)
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Enables automatic claim-of-done verifier preview once the runtime trigger is
 # active. Manual `run_verifiers` remains available even when this is false.
-# The shipped policy maps pass/partial/fail to hunted/wounded/escaped.
 #
 # [verifier]
 # enabled = false
-# verdict_policy = "hunt"
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Advisor / Watcher (#3982)
@@ -1189,26 +1187,6 @@ exponential_base = 2.0
 # Bash = 2048          # shell output synthesised aggressively
 # Web  = 8192          # web results can be large; give them more room
 
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Harness Profiles (preview schema; runtime consumption follows later)
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Harness profiles let future Codewhale runtime slices select model-specific
-# prompt, context, tool, and subagent posture. v0.9 parses, validates, and can
-# resolve profiles for tests/status plumbing, but normal Agent and Workflow
-# runs do not silently promote or mutate behavior from these profiles yet.
-#
-# [[harness_profiles]]
-# provider_route = "deepseek"
-# model_pattern = "deepseek-v4.*"
-#
-# [harness_profiles.posture]
-# kind = "cache-heavy"          # standard | cache-heavy | lean | custom
-# max_subagents = 10            # 0 means runtime default
-# prefer_codebase_search = false
-# compaction_strategy = "prefix-cache" # default | prefix-cache | aggressive
-# tool_surface = "full"              # full | read-only | auto
-# safety_posture = "standard"        # standard | strict | permissive
-
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Profile Example (for multiple environments)
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

crates/cli/src/config_bundles.rs

@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ pub fn export_bundle(
     metadata: BundleMetadata,
 ) -> Result<PortableBundle> {
     let mut preferences = BundleTable::default();
-    let mut profiles = BundleTable::default();
+    let profiles = BundleTable::default();
     let mut global = BundleTable::default();
     let mut project = BundleTable::default();
 
@@ -855,9 +855,6 @@ pub fn export_bundle(
                 ExportSection::Preferences => {
                     preferences.entries.insert(key, value);
                 }
-                ExportSection::Profiles => {
-                    profiles.entries.insert(key, value);
-                }
                 ExportSection::Global => {
                     global.entries.insert(key, value);
                 }
@@ -918,16 +915,12 @@ const MACHINE_SPECIFIC_KEYS: [&str; 14] = [
 
 enum ExportSection {
     Preferences,
-    Profiles,
     Global,
     Project,
     Drop,
 }
 
 fn export_section_for(key: &str, scope: BundleScope) -> ExportSection {
-    if key.starts_with("harness") || key.contains("harness_profiles") {
-        return ExportSection::Profiles;
-    }
     if key.starts_with("skills") || key.starts_with("tools") || key.starts_with("snapshots") {
         return ExportSection::Preferences;
     }
@@ -2231,28 +2224,12 @@ max_age_days = 11
 [portable_table]
 enabled = true
 count = 4
-
-[[harness_profiles]]
-provider_route = "deepseek"
-model_pattern = "deepseek-v4-*"
-
-[harness_profiles.posture]
-kind = "custom"
-max_subagents = 3
-prefer_codebase_search = true
-compaction_strategy = "prefix-cache"
-tool_surface = "read-only"
-safety_posture = "strict"
 "#,
         )
         .expect("typed config parses");
 
         let bundle = export_bundle(&config, BundleScope::Global, BundleMetadata::default())
             .expect("typed export");
-        assert!(matches!(
-            bundle.profiles.entries.get("harness_profiles"),
-            Some(toml::Value::Array(_))
-        ));
         assert!(matches!(
             bundle.preferences.entries.get("skills"),
             Some(toml::Value::Table(_))

crates/command-contract/src/types.rs

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ pub enum CommandReasoningEffort {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum CommandMode {
     Agent,
-    Auto,
-    Yolo,
     Plan,
     Operate,
 }

crates/config/src/app_mode.rs

@@ -7,19 +7,13 @@
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum AppMode {
     Agent,
-    Auto,
-    /// Legacy compatibility alias; resolves to [`Self::Agent`] + bypass approvals.
-    Yolo,
     Plan,
     Operate,
 }
 
 impl AppMode {
     /// Productive keyboard cycle: Plan -> Act -> Operate -> Plan.
     ///
-    /// `Auto` remains an internal variant while the real implementation is
-    /// redesigned; do not expose it through user-facing mode selection (#3733).
-    /// `Yolo` is kept for parse/back-compat only and is not in the Tab cycle.
     /// Operate joins the visible cycle as the always-on pod operation:
     /// a lead plans slices, then workers execute against an optional burn rate.
     pub const CYCLE: [Self; 3] = [Self::Plan, Self::Agent, Self::Operate];
@@ -30,9 +24,12 @@ impl AppMode {
             "agent" | "act" | "work" | "auto" | "1" => Some(Self::Agent),
             "plan" | "2" => Some(Self::Plan),
             "operate" | "operation" | "ops" | "3" => Some(Self::Operate),
-            // Invisible one-way permission shorthand only — never a visible mode.
+            // Invisible one-way permission shorthand only — never a visible
+            // mode. These spellings resolve to Act; the bypass posture they
+            // imply is carried by the permission surface (settings load,
+            // CLI/runtime wire), not by a mode.
             "yolo" | "4" | "bypass" | "bypass-permissions" | "bypasspermissions" => {
-                Some(Self::Yolo)
+                Some(Self::Agent)
             }
             _ => None,
         }
@@ -51,9 +48,6 @@ impl AppMode {
     pub fn as_setting(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             Self::Agent => "agent",
-            Self::Auto => "agent",
-            // Write current permission vocabulary, not the legacy YOLO label.
-            Self::Yolo => "agent",
             Self::Plan => "plan",
             Self::Operate => "operate",
         }
@@ -63,8 +57,6 @@ impl AppMode {
     pub fn label(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             AppMode::Agent => "ACT",
-            AppMode::Auto => "ACT",
-            AppMode::Yolo => "ACT",
             AppMode::Plan => "PLAN",
             AppMode::Operate => "OPERATE",
         }
@@ -74,8 +66,6 @@ impl AppMode {
     pub fn display_name(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             AppMode::Agent => "Act",
-            AppMode::Auto => "Act",
-            AppMode::Yolo => "Act",
             AppMode::Plan => "Plan",
             AppMode::Operate => "Operate",
         }
@@ -84,15 +74,15 @@ impl AppMode {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn number(self) -> char {
         match self {
-            AppMode::Agent | AppMode::Auto | AppMode::Yolo => '1',
+            AppMode::Agent => '1',
             AppMode::Plan => '2',
             AppMode::Operate => '3',
         }
     }
 
     #[must_use]
     pub fn uses_agent_baseline(self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, Self::Agent | Self::Auto | Self::Operate)
+        matches!(self, Self::Agent | Self::Operate)
     }
 
     /// Operate gets a higher parallel launch floor so background fan-out is
@@ -108,10 +98,7 @@ impl AppMode {
     /// Description shown in help or onboarding text.
     pub fn description(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
-            AppMode::Agent | AppMode::Auto => {
-                "Act mode - direct work in the current session with tools"
-            }
-            AppMode::Yolo => "Act mode with Full Access (legacy compatibility setting)",
+            AppMode::Agent => "Act mode - direct work in the current session with tools",
             AppMode::Plan => "Plan mode - research and design before implementing",
             AppMode::Operate => {
                 "Operate mode - always-on pod operation: lead plans, optional $/time burn rate, workers follow the plan"