harden _always_on against missing blocks and pin skillgen baselines

R1: the 6 always-on blocks were read into module-level constants at import,
so a missing/corrupt always_on/*.md crashed `import graphify.__main__` and
bricked every CLI command, not just install. Make _always_on lazy + lru_cached,
raising a clear "reinstall" error only on the install path that needs the block;
a module __getattr__ keeps the legacy constant names importable for the tests.
Verified: deleting a block no longer crashes `graphify --version`.

skillgen baselines: the self-check guards pinned to the moving `origin/v8` ref,
which stops pointing at the pre-split state once the split lands on v8 (the
always-on-roundtrip guard then fails in CI and monolith-roundtrip goes vacuous).
Pin _v8_baseline_ref, ALWAYS_ON_BASELINE_REF, and the two monolith roundtrip_refs
to the immutable pre-split commit SHA, matching the stated "does not track HEAD"
intent; update the 4 tests that asserted the old ref string.

R2: add tests/test_wheel_packaging.py - build the wheel and assert every
references bundle and always-on block ships in it, so a package-data glob miss
can't pass the repo-tree guards yet hard-exit `graphify install` for real users.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

graphify/__main__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """graphify CLI - `graphify install` sets up the Claude Code skill."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
+import functools
 import json
 import os
 import platform
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ except Exception:
 _GRAPHIFY_OUT = os.environ.get("GRAPHIFY_OUT", "graphify-out")
 
 
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 def _always_on(basename: str) -> str:
     """Read a packaged always-on instruction block from graphify/always_on/.
 
@@ -32,7 +34,38 @@ def _always_on(basename: str) -> str:
     bytes here must match the former triple-quoted constant exactly — the
     always-on-roundtrip validator proves that.
     """
-    return (Path(__file__).parent / "always_on" / f"{basename}.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    path = Path(__file__).parent / "always_on" / f"{basename}.md"
+    try:
+        return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    except OSError as exc:
+        # Defer to use-time so a missing/corrupt packaged block can't crash module
+        # import (which would brick every CLI command, not just install). Reached
+        # only by an install/integration path that actually needs this block.
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"graphify install is incomplete: missing always-on block '{basename}' "
+            f"at {path}. Reinstall graphifyy (e.g. `uv tool install --reinstall graphifyy`)."
+        ) from exc
+
+
+_ALWAYS_ON_ALIASES = {
+    "_CLAUDE_MD_SECTION": "claude-md",
+    "_AGENTS_MD_SECTION": "agents-md",
+    "_GEMINI_MD_SECTION": "gemini-md",
+    "_VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_SECTION": "vscode-instructions",
+    "_ANTIGRAVITY_RULES": "antigravity-rules",
+    "_KIRO_STEERING": "kiro-steering",
+}
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str) -> str:
+    # PEP 562: lazily resolve the legacy always-on section constants for external
+    # importers (e.g. the install-string tests). In-module code calls _always_on()
+    # directly; nothing is read at import time, so a missing block can no longer
+    # brick the CLI on `import graphify.__main__` (#1121 follow-up).
+    base = _ALWAYS_ON_ALIASES.get(name)
+    if base is not None:
+        return _always_on(base)
+    raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
 
 
 def _default_graph_path() -> str:
@@ -587,17 +620,14 @@ def _print_install_usage() -> None:
 # generated by tools/skillgen and guarded by `skillgen --check`. Reading them at
 # load keeps the install-string / issue-#580 contract byte-for-byte while letting
 # a human edit one fragment instead of a triple-quoted literal here.
-_CLAUDE_MD_SECTION = _always_on("claude-md")
 
 _CLAUDE_MD_MARKER = "## graphify"
 
 # AGENTS.md section for Codex, OpenCode, and OpenClaw.
 # All three platforms read AGENTS.md in the project root for persistent instructions.
-_AGENTS_MD_SECTION = _always_on("agents-md")
 
 _AGENTS_MD_MARKER = "## graphify"
 
-_GEMINI_MD_SECTION = _always_on("gemini-md")
 
 _GEMINI_MD_MARKER = "## graphify"
 
@@ -630,10 +660,10 @@ def gemini_install(project_dir: Path | None = None, *, project: bool = False) ->
     if target.exists():
         content = target.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         new_content = _replace_or_append_section(
-            content, _GEMINI_MD_MARKER, _GEMINI_MD_SECTION
+            content, _GEMINI_MD_MARKER, _always_on("gemini-md")
         )
     else:
-        new_content = _GEMINI_MD_SECTION
+        new_content = _always_on("gemini-md")
 
     if target.exists() and new_content == target.read_text(encoding="utf-8"):
         print(f"graphify already configured in {target.resolve()} (no change)")
@@ -714,7 +744,6 @@ def gemini_uninstall(project_dir: Path | None = None, *, project: bool = False)
 
 
 _VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_MARKER = "## graphify"
-_VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_SECTION = _always_on("vscode-instructions")
 
 
 def vscode_install(project_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
@@ -753,7 +782,7 @@ def vscode_install(project_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
     if instructions.exists():
         content = instructions.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         new_content = _replace_or_append_section(
-            content, _VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_MARKER, _VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_SECTION
+            content, _VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_MARKER, _always_on("vscode-instructions")
         )
         if new_content == content:
             print(f"  {instructions}  ->  already configured (no change)")
@@ -761,7 +790,7 @@ def vscode_install(project_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
             instructions.write_text(new_content, encoding="utf-8")
             print(f"  {instructions}  ->  graphify section {'updated' if _VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_MARKER in content else 'added'}")
     else:
-        instructions.write_text(_VSCODE_INSTRUCTIONS_SECTION, encoding="utf-8")
+        instructions.write_text(_always_on("vscode-instructions"), encoding="utf-8")
         print(f"  {instructions}  ->  created")
 
     print()
@@ -813,7 +842,6 @@ def vscode_uninstall(project_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
 _ANTIGRAVITY_RULES_PATH = Path(".agents") / "rules" / "graphify.md"
 _ANTIGRAVITY_WORKFLOW_PATH = Path(".agents") / "workflows" / "graphify.md"
 
-_ANTIGRAVITY_RULES = _always_on("antigravity-rules")
 
 _ANTIGRAVITY_WORKFLOW = """\
 ---
@@ -829,7 +857,6 @@ If no path argument is given, use `.` (current directory).
 """
 
 
-_KIRO_STEERING = _always_on("kiro-steering")
 
 _KIRO_STEERING_MARKER = "graphify: A knowledge graph of this project"
 
@@ -849,13 +876,13 @@ def _kiro_install(project_dir: Path) -> None:
     steering_dir = project_dir / ".kiro" / "steering"
     steering_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     steering_dst = steering_dir / "graphify.md"
-    if steering_dst.exists() and steering_dst.read_text(encoding="utf-8") == _KIRO_STEERING:
+    if steering_dst.exists() and steering_dst.read_text(encoding="utf-8") == _always_on("kiro-steering"):
         print(f"  .kiro/steering/graphify.md  ->  already configured (no change)")
     else:
         # File is wholly graphify-owned. Overwrite on upgrade so older
         # report-first wording does not silently linger (issue #580).
         action = "updated" if steering_dst.exists() else "written"
-        steering_dst.write_text(_KIRO_STEERING, encoding="utf-8")
+        steering_dst.write_text(_always_on("kiro-steering"), encoding="utf-8")
         print(f"  .kiro/steering/graphify.md  ->  always-on steering {action}")
 
     print()
@@ -904,13 +931,13 @@ def _antigravity_install(project_dir: Path) -> None:
     rules_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     if rules_path.exists():
         existing = rules_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-        if _ANTIGRAVITY_RULES.strip() != existing.strip():
+        if _always_on("antigravity-rules").strip() != existing.strip():
-            rules_path.write_text(_ANTIGRAVITY_RULES, encoding="utf-8")
+            rules_path.write_text(_always_on("antigravity-rules"), encoding="utf-8")
             print(f"graphify rule updated at {rules_path.resolve()}")
         else:
             print(f"graphify rule already configured at {rules_path.resolve()} (no change)")
     else:
-        rules_path.write_text(_ANTIGRAVITY_RULES, encoding="utf-8")
+        rules_path.write_text(_always_on("antigravity-rules"), encoding="utf-8")
         print(f"graphify rule written to {rules_path.resolve()}")
 
     # 3. Write .agents/workflows/graphify.md
@@ -1406,10 +1433,10 @@ def _agents_install(project_dir: Path, platform: str) -> None:
     if target.exists():
         content = target.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         new_content = _replace_or_append_section(
-            content, _AGENTS_MD_MARKER, _AGENTS_MD_SECTION
+            content, _AGENTS_MD_MARKER, _always_on("agents-md")
         )
     else:
-        new_content = _AGENTS_MD_SECTION
+        new_content = _always_on("agents-md")
 
     if target.exists() and new_content == target.read_text(encoding="utf-8"):
         print(f"graphify already configured in {target.resolve()} (no change)")
@@ -1636,10 +1663,10 @@ def claude_install(project_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
     if target.exists():
         content = target.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         new_content = _replace_or_append_section(
-            content, _CLAUDE_MD_MARKER, _CLAUDE_MD_SECTION
+            content, _CLAUDE_MD_MARKER, _always_on("claude-md")
         )
     else:
-        new_content = _CLAUDE_MD_SECTION
+        new_content = _always_on("claude-md")
 
     if target.exists() and new_content == target.read_text(encoding="utf-8"):
         print(f"graphify already configured in {target.resolve()} (no change)")

tests/test_skillgen.py

@@ -593,9 +593,9 @@ def test_audit_reads_each_host_against_its_own_v8_body():
 
     This is the structural fix: a per-host body, so a drop on one host surfaces.
     """
-    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("claude") == "origin/v8:graphify/skill.md"
+    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("claude") == "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead:graphify/skill.md"
-    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("trae") == "origin/v8:graphify/skill-trae.md"
+    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("trae") == "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead:graphify/skill-trae.md"
-    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("vscode") == "origin/v8:graphify/skill-vscode.md"
+    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("vscode") == "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead:graphify/skill-vscode.md"
 
 
 def test_audit_catches_an_induced_per_host_drop():
@@ -783,6 +783,6 @@ def test_amp_audit_coverage_passes_against_its_own_v8():
     confirms every heading single-homes in amp's core + references.
     """
     platforms = gen.load_platforms()
-    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("amp") == "origin/v8:graphify/skill-amp.md"
+    assert gen._v8_baseline_ref("amp") == "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead:graphify/skill-amp.md"
     problems = gen.audit_coverage(platforms["amp"])
     assert problems == [], "\n".join(problems)

tests/test_wheel_packaging.py

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+"""Packaging guard (#1121 follow-up): the 5 skillgen guards check the *repo tree*,
+not the *built wheel*. A host whose references bundle or always-on block fails to
+match the `package-data` globs would pass `--check`/`--audit-coverage` yet make
+`graphify install` hard-exit with "not found in package" for real users.
+
+This builds the wheel once and asserts every committed skill artifact ships in it.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+PKG = REPO / "graphify"
+
+
+def _has_build() -> bool:
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "-m", "build", "--version"],
+            check=True, capture_output=True,
+        )
+        return True
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
+        return False
+
+
+def _expected_artifacts() -> list[Path]:
+    """Every committed references/*.md (per host) + always_on/*.md block."""
+    refs = sorted((PKG / "skills").glob("*/references/*.md"))
+    always = sorted((PKG / "always_on").glob("*.md"))
+    # Sanity: if these are empty the test wiring is broken, not the wheel.
+    assert refs, "no skills/*/references/*.md found in repo — packaging test mis-wired"
+    assert always, "no always_on/*.md found in repo — packaging test mis-wired"
+    return refs + always
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def wheel_namelist(tmp_path_factory) -> set[str]:
+    if not _has_build():
+        pytest.skip("`python -m build` unavailable (dev extra not installed)")
+    out = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("wheel")
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-m", "build", "--wheel", "--no-isolation",
+         "--outdir", str(out), str(REPO)],
+        capture_output=True, text=True,
+    )
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        pytest.skip(f"wheel build failed in this env:\n{proc.stderr[-800:]}")
+    wheels = list(out.glob("graphifyy-*.whl"))
+    assert wheels, "no wheel produced"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(max(wheels, key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime)) as z:
+        return set(z.namelist())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "artifact",
+    _expected_artifacts(),
+    ids=lambda p: str(p.relative_to(PKG)),
+)
+def test_skill_artifact_ships_in_wheel(artifact: Path, wheel_namelist: set[str]) -> None:
+    rel = "graphify/" + artifact.relative_to(PKG).as_posix()
+    assert rel in wheel_namelist, (
+        f"{rel} is committed in the repo but NOT in the built wheel — "
+        f"`graphify install` would hard-exit for this host. Check the "
+        f"[tool.setuptools.package-data] globs in pyproject.toml."
+    )

tools/skillgen/gen.py

@@ -45,11 +45,19 @@ PLATFORMS_TOML = SKILLGEN_DIR / "platforms.toml"
 # against ITS OWN v8 body is the per-host guard: a drop that only hits one host
 # (e.g. trae losing its AGENTS.md integration section) is invisible when every
 # host is checked against claude's monolith, so the audit must be per-host.
+#
+# Baselines are pinned to the immutable pre-split commit SHA, NOT the moving
+# `origin/v8` ref: once the split lands on v8, `origin/v8` no longer holds the
+# original monolith bodies / inline constants, so a symbolic ref would compare
+# the split against itself (vacuous) or fail to find the old constants. The SHA
+# is an ancestor of origin/v8 and is fetched under the CI `fetch-depth: 0`.
+_V8_BASELINE_SHA = "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead"
+
 def _v8_baseline_ref(platform_key: str) -> str:
-    """The git ref for a split host's own v8 skill body."""
+    """The git ref for a split host's own pre-split skill body."""
     if platform_key == "claude":
-        return "origin/v8:graphify/skill.md"
+        return f"{_V8_BASELINE_SHA}:graphify/skill.md"
-    return f"origin/v8:graphify/skill-{platform_key}.md"
+    return f"{_V8_BASELINE_SHA}:graphify/skill-{platform_key}.md"
 
 # Immutable baseline for --always-on-roundtrip. The six always-on instruction
 # blocks used to be triple-quoted constants in graphify/__main__.py; they are now
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ def _v8_baseline_ref(platform_key: str) -> str:
 # constant byte for byte. It deliberately does NOT track HEAD: once the extraction
 # lands, HEAD's constants are _always_on(...) calls, not the literals the
 # validator needs to compare against.
-ALWAYS_ON_BASELINE_REF = "origin/v8:graphify/__main__.py"
+ALWAYS_ON_BASELINE_REF = f"{_V8_BASELINE_SHA}:graphify/__main__.py"
 
 # The always-on instruction blocks: rendered-file basename -> the __main__.py
 # constant it must reproduce. Rendered to graphify/always_on/<basename>.md from

tools/skillgen/platforms.toml

@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ extraction = "verbose"
 bucket = "monolith"
 skill_dst = "graphify/skill-aider.md"
 monolith = "aider"
-roundtrip_ref = "origin/v8:graphify/skill-aider.md"
+roundtrip_ref = "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead:graphify/skill-aider.md"
 
 [platform.devin]
 bucket = "monolith"
 skill_dst = "graphify/skill-devin.md"
 monolith = "devin"
-roundtrip_ref = "origin/v8:graphify/skill-devin.md"
+roundtrip_ref = "47042beb05d1f6dd2186c0c499ae2840ce604ead:graphify/skill-devin.md"