The pipeline bullet's "(push to `main` / tag)" read like a local push hook.
State plainly that `compat` has no local tier — it is not in `check`, `verify`,
`test:ci` or any hook — and is run manually with `build && test:compat`.
Add a `compat` job that type-checks the whole suite and a consumer fixture
against the minimum supported TypeScript (5.9), reusing the `dist/` artifact
`build` produced and gating `publish`. The compiler is resolved by npx, so it
never enters `devDependencies` or the local `check`/`verify` loop.
The fixture imports the package by name, resolving the emitted declarations
through the `exports` map; `expectTypeOf` / `.not.toBeAny()` make it reject an
`any`-typed declaration, which a bare compile would accept.
Correct the README consumer floor from >= 5.0 to >= 5.9 (set by `type-fest`)
and drop the `node10` resolution claim, which the exports-only entry never
satisfied.
test:ci now runs c8 with --all --include "src/**/*.ts" --100, so the
build job fails when any runtime file under src/ is untested. --all is
what makes the gate non-vacuous: without it c8 counts only the files the
suite happened to load, and a new untested module stays invisible.
Add src/index.test.ts to load the public barrel, which was previously
never imported at runtime and so read as 0% under --all. matcher-shared.ts
is types-only (an empty runtime image) and carries a file-level c8 ignore
with the reason.
Why 100% and the rejected alternatives: development/ci.md § Coverage
threshold.
Same decisions, rationale, rejected alternatives and known issues, said with
less padding: ~5,530 -> ~4,730 words (-15%). Every fact from the first draft is
kept; only the wording, duplicated lead-ins and restated context are cut.
Category files under development/ replace the decision prose that was
scattered through README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md. Each decision is a block with
Decision (YYYY-MM) / Why / Rejected / Known issue; the new library.md records
the public API contract and its limitations. AGENTS.md and backlog.tasks now
point at the new home.
tmu