geointel/docs/M6_HANDOFF_SUMMARY.md

M6 Handoff Summary — Codex Autonomy Pack

What M6 adds

M6 adds the documents and prompts needed to let Codex execute the first build passes with minimal manual steering.

New capabilities in the repo preparation

• Codex autonomy boundaries.
• Quality gates per layer.
• Self-review checklist.
• Failure recovery playbook.
• Gap registry.
• Next-day execution checklist.
• Final handoff template.
• Sequential Codex prompt pack.
• GitHub issue and PR templates.
• CI smoke workflow.
• Codex preflight and pass-end scripts.

How to use tomorrow

1. Extract the full M6 zip.
2. Start a git repo if not already initialized.
3. Run bash scripts/codex_preflight.sh.
4. Give Codex prompts/codex/PASS_00_REPO_AUDIT.md.
5. Only after the audit, continue with PASS_01_BACKEND_FOUNDATION.md.
6. After every pass, require the handoff format in docs/M6_FINAL_HANDOFF_TEMPLATE.md.
7. Commit only after smoke checks pass.

Recommended first objective

Do not try to finish GeoIntel tomorrow. The ideal first Codex day should aim for:

• backend foundation;
• database foundation;
• project/area API;
• dataset upload foundation;
• first frontend shell if backend is stable.

That already creates a serious base without architecture drift.

Current maturity

Preparation maturity after M6: high for autonomous foundation building, medium for AI-heavy implementation, intentionally deferred for live external data providers and full training/LiDAR modules.