---
phase: 01-installer-and-setup-architecture-simplification
plan: 04
subsystem: docs-and-verification
tags: [readme, tests, verification, planning-config]
requires: [01, 02, 03]
provides:
  - README aligned to the uv-first install/setup/runtime contract
  - Durable top-level regression coverage for setup, registration, and verification semantics
  - Warning-free GSD config for future phase work
affects: [reddit-mcp, shared-client-python, auth_gateway_for_mcp]
tech-stack:
  added: []
  patterns: [contract-docs, cross-repo-verification, config-noise-removal]
key-files:
  created: []
  modified:
    - reddit-mcp/README.md
    - reddit-mcp/tests/test_release_readiness.py
    - reddit-mcp/.planning/config.json
key-decisions:
  - "README now treats `uv tool install 5mghost-rover`, `reddit-mcp setup`, and `reddit-mcp serve` as the only supported contract."
  - "Top-level release-readiness tests now assert README contract text, register failure surfacing, and distinct verify failures for auth vs cookies."
  - "Obsolete `.planning/config.json` keys were removed instead of tolerated, so future warnings indicate real issues."
patterns-established:
  - "User-facing docs are checked by tests when they encode architectural contract, not left as unverifiable prose."
  - "Cross-repo verification combines Python tests, shared registration tests, installer tests, and GSD config validation."
requirements-completed: [VER-01, VER-02, VER-03]
duration: 20min
completed: 2026-04-14
---

# Phase 1: Installer And Setup Architecture Simplification - Plan 04 Summary

**The new installer/setup architecture is now backed by aligned docs, contract-level tests, and clean planning config, so the phase no longer depends on tribal knowledge or stale warnings.**

## Performance

- **Duration:** 20 min
- **Tasks:** 2
- **Files modified:** 3

## Accomplishments

- Rewrote the README to document the uv-first install path, canonical setup command, and canonical runtime command.
- Added release-readiness assertions for README contract text, fatal register-phase surfacing, and distinct verify failures for missing auth vs missing cookies.
- Removed deprecated `gates` and `safety` keys from `.planning/config.json`, eliminating the recurring GSD unknown-key noise.
- Re-ran Python, shared registration, installer, and GSD config verification to close the phase with one consistent contract.

## Task Commits

Execution for this plan was completed in one local pass and verified before summary creation. The branch commit after this summary captures the delivered state.

## Files Created/Modified

- `reddit-mcp/README.md` - User-facing install/setup/runtime docs now match the uv-first architecture.
- `reddit-mcp/tests/test_release_readiness.py` - Contract tests extended to README assertions, register failure surfacing, and distinct verify failure modes.
- `reddit-mcp/.planning/config.json` - Unsupported config keys removed so GSD warnings stop masking real issues.

## Decisions Made

- Kept the documentation centered on the supported path only; retired `uvx` and `pip` examples are no longer presented as peer options.
- Used release-readiness tests, not prose review alone, to lock the public contract.

## Deviations from Plan

- `tests/test_server_tools.py` did not require changes because the necessary auth/cookie/runtime contract coverage was satisfied in `tests/test_release_readiness.py` and the existing server-tool suite.

## Issues Encountered

- None in code. Verification ran clean once the README and config cleanup landed.

## User Setup Required

None.

## Next Phase Readiness

- Phase 1 can now be treated as a coherent architecture change rather than a partial cleanup.
- Remaining follow-up work, such as removing the dormant launcher module or tightening update/playwright guidance, can be scoped as separate cleanup phases instead of hidden inside the installer contract work.

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*Phase: 01-installer-and-setup-architecture-simplification*
*Completed: 2026-04-14*
