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+id: SHARD-WP-0008
+type: workplan
+title: "write path — overlay engine, writable adapter, apply-under-drift"
+domain: whynot
+repo: shard-wiki
+status: active
+owner: tegwick
+topic_slug: whynot
+created: "2026-06-15"
+updated: "2026-06-15"
+depends_on:
+  - SHARD-WP-0007
+---
+
+# SHARD-WP-0008 — Write path
+
+## Goal
+
+Implement the **write path** on top of the foundation slice (SHARD-WP-0007): the
+**overlay-before-mutation** lifecycle (draft → patch → apply-under-drift) plus write-through
+for capable shards, faithful to `FederationRequirements.md` ADR-05, `CoreArchitectureBlueprint`
+§8.2 (overlay engine) / §8.6 (apply-under-drift) / §8.1 (overlays are coordination-canonical
+events). Target capability: **edit a page → draft overlay recorded in the decision log →
+apply (fast-forward) to a writable shard, or refuse on drift, or keep as local truth on a
+read-only shard**, with `overlay_state` surfaced in provenance (union without erasure).
+
+**Non-goal (this slice):** three-way/auto merge (refuse-on-conflict is enough now), federation
+propagation, network API, lossy native-syntax overlays. Those are later.
+
+## Guiding rules
+
+- Overlay-before-mutation (I-5); no silent remote mutation. Detection is core, resolution is
+  policy (I-7). Overlays/decisions are coordination-canonical (the decision log, §8.1).
+- Honour the §11 dependency rule and capability-as-data: write only where the verified profile
+  supports `WRITE`; everything below write-through degrades to overlay (I-8).
+
+---
+
+## Writable file-store adapter + positive write conformance
+
+```task
+id: SHARD-WP-0008-T1
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Make `FolderAdapter` optionally **writable** (`writable=True`): declare `WRITE` +
+`write_granularity=PER_PAGE` in the profile, implement `write(key, body)` (write-through to
+disk, return the updated `Page` with a new rev), and `current_rev(key)` for drift detection.
+Extend the conformance suite with a **positive, non-destructive write probe** for adapters that
+claim `WRITE` (write a probe key, read back, clean up). Tests: writable round-trip; read-only
+folder still rejects write; conformance passes for both.
+
+## Overlay model + OverlayEngine.draft()
+
+```task
+id: SHARD-WP-0008-T2
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+`coordination/overlay.py`: an `Overlay` value type (id, target identity, base_rev, body, state)
+and `OverlayEngine.draft(identity, body, base_rev)` that records an `OVERLAY_CREATED` event in
+the decision log (coordination-canonical) and returns the draft. The log fold exposes open
+overlays. Tests: draft recorded + retrievable via fold; overlay id stable.
+
+## Patch rendering
+
+```task
+id: SHARD-WP-0008-T3
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+Render an overlay as a reviewable **patch** (a `Patch` with a unified diff of base→overlay body,
+Markdown/native). Pure function over (base body, overlay body). Tests: patch shows the change;
+empty patch when unchanged.
+
+## apply-under-drift
+
+```task
+id: SHARD-WP-0008-T4
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+`OverlayEngine.apply(overlay_id)` with §8.6 semantics: compare overlay `base_rev` to the
+shard's `current_rev`; **unchanged → fast-forward** (write-through via the adapter, record an
+applied/`MERGE_DECIDED` event, overlay state → APPLIED); **changed → refuse + re-present** as a
+conflict (no silent clobber); **read-only target → stays DRAFT** (local truth, fully attributed).
+Tests: ff apply mutates the shard; drift refuses; read-only keeps draft.
+
+## Overlay-aware union read
+
+```task
+id: SHARD-WP-0008-T5
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+When resolving a page that has an **open overlay**, surface it: the read reflects
+`overlay_state=DRAFT` in the provenance envelope and (where policy shows drafts) the overlaid
+body as a local projection over the canonical page — never hiding that it is an unapplied
+overlay. Tests: page with a draft reads with overlay_state DRAFT; applied/none reads clean.
+
+## Wiring into InformationSpace + integration
+
+```task
+id: SHARD-WP-0008-T6
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+Add `InformationSpace.edit(name, body)` (write-through if the resolved shard supports WRITE,
+else create an overlay), `overlay(name, body)`, and `apply_overlay(id)`. Integration test for
+the full path (write-through on a writable shard; overlay→apply fast-forward; drift refusal;
+read-only shard keeps a draft). Update SCOPE; `pytest` + pyflakes green.
+
+---
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- `pytest` green, pyflakes clean, no new runtime dependencies.
+- Overlay lifecycle works: draft (logged) → patch → apply (fast-forward) / refuse-on-drift /
+  stay-draft-on-read-only; write-through works for capable shards.
+- No silent remote mutation: applying against a drifted/read-only target never clobbers.
+- Overlays are coordination-canonical (in the decision log); `overlay_state` is surfaced in
+  provenance (union without erasure).
+- Each task committed; state-hub synced.
+
+## Suggested task order
+
+T1 writable adapter → T2 overlay/draft → T3 patch → T4 apply-under-drift → T5 overlay-aware
+read → T6 wiring + integration.