fix: render carry-forward findings as arrays

.claude/assets/sc-rust/quality-mgr/templates/rust-best-practices-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: rust-best-practices-assignment
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for rust-best-practices-agent.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ defaults:
   "round_limit": {% if round_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "findings_scope_locked": {% if carry_forward_findings_json != "[]" %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "notes": {{ notes ~ (" SCOPE LOCK: this is a fix-round verification dispatch. Report a disposition (fixed | open | regressed) for each id in carry_forward_findings ONLY. Do not add any new finding to the `findings` array beyond those ids, even if you notice something real and unrelated -- put anything else observed under `notes`, not `findings`." if carry_forward_findings_json != "[]" else "") }}
 }

.claude/assets/sc-rust/quality-mgr/templates/rust-qa-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: rust-qa-assignment
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for rust-qa-agent.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ defaults:
   "round_limit": {% if round_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "notes": {{ "Checklist: scan for infallible Result<T, E> shapes; check for Ok(x) as the sole return path in Result-returning functions; for deletion sprints, search the whole workspace for every removed legacy construct family named in the sprint doc, not just touched files." ~ (" " ~ notes if notes else "") }}
 }

.claude/assets/sc-rust/quality-mgr/templates/rust-service-hardening-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: rust-service-hardening-assignment
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for rust-service-hardening-agent.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ defaults:
   "round_limit": {% if round_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "notes": {{ notes }}
 }

.claude/skills/codex-orchestration/arch-qa-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: arch-qa-assignment
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for arch-qa.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ defaults:
   "round_limit": {% if round_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "notes": {{ notes }}
 }

.claude/skills/codex-orchestration/flaky-test-qa-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: flaky-test-qa-assignment
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for flaky-test-qa.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ defaults:
   "round_limit": {% if round_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "notes": {{ notes }}
 }

.claude/skills/codex-orchestration/req-qa-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: req-qa-assignment
-version: 1.1.0
+version: 1.1.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for req-qa.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ defaults:
   "round_limit": {% if round_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "notes": {{ notes }}
 }

.claude/skills/codex-orchestration/ruthless-boundary-qa-assignment.json.j2

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: ruthless-boundary-qa-assignment
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Render a fenced-JSON assignment for ruthless-boundary-qa.
 format: json
 required_variables:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ defaults:
   "changed_files": [{% for file in changed_files %}{{ file }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "duplicate_sweep_symbols": [{% for symbol in duplicate_sweep_symbols %}{{ symbol }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
   "triage_records": [{% for record in triage_records %}{{ record }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}],
-  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json }},
+  "carry_forward_findings": {{ carry_forward_findings_json | safe }},
   "findings_scope_locked": {% if carry_forward_findings_json != "[]" %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
   "notes": {{ notes ~ (" SCOPE LOCK: this is a fix-round verification dispatch. Report a disposition (fixed | open | regressed) for each id in carry_forward_findings ONLY. Do not add any new finding to the `findings` array beyond those ids, even if you notice something real and unrelated -- put anything else observed under `notes`, not `findings`." if carry_forward_findings_json != "[]" else "") }}
 }

bindings/sc-lint-py/python/sc_lint/tests/test_orchestration_contracts.py

@@ -267,3 +267,21 @@ def test_missing_sample_var_fails_composition(self) -> None:
             else:
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(Exception, "undefined|Undefined"):
                     self.compose(template, bad_vars)
+
+    def test_carry_forward_findings_render_as_json_arrays(self) -> None:
+        expected = [{"id": "F-1", "severity": "important"}]
+        for template_name in self.AGENT_CONTRACTS:
+            template = next(
+                directory / template_name
+                for directory in self.TEMPLATE_DIRS
+                if (directory / template_name).is_file()
+            )
+            sample_name = template.name.removesuffix(".j2")
+            sample = template.parent / "vars" / sample_name
+            variables = json.loads(sample.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            variables["carry_forward_findings_json"] = json.dumps(expected)
+            with self.subTest(template=template.name), tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+                vars_path = Path(directory) / "vars.json"
+                vars_path.write_text(json.dumps(variables), encoding="utf-8")
+                payload = json.loads(self.compose(template, vars_path))
+                self.assertEqual(payload["carry_forward_findings"], expected)