{
  "title": "Split meta/lint_python.sh under the 250-line cap",
  "objective": "Bring meta/lint_python.sh (353 lines) under the repo-wide 250-line cap by moving its output helpers and its full-mode linter block into two sourced libs, with the entry script keeping configuration, argument parsing, the quick-mode tools and the summary.",
  "acceptance_criteria": [
    "bash ~/utils/scripts/check_file_length.sh reports no violation for meta/lint_python.sh or either new lib.",
    "A full-mode run (no --quick) produces byte-identical output to the same run at the pre-split commit, with paths normalised -- and the run demonstrably enters the extracted block, evidenced by pylint, flake8 and pycodestyle appearing in the output.",
    "A --quick run produces identical output and exit 0.",
    "The failure path still exits 1: a deliberately unformatted Python file makes the script report failing tools and return non-zero, proving OVERALL_STATUS propagates out of the extracted function.",
    "shellcheck -x on the entry and shellcheck on both libs exit 0 with no suppression added.",
    "meta/lint_python.sh was shfmt-clean before the change and remains shfmt-clean after it."
  ],
  "out_of_scope": [
    "Adding, removing or reconfiguring any linter.",
    "Changing flag semantics or the default target paths.",
    "Reformatting the entry script's existing style.",
    "Installing the optional linters (bandit, vulture, pydocstyle, radon, interrogate, pyright) that are absent on this machine."
  ],
  "verifier": "bash meta/lint_python.sh scripts/check_requirements_sync.py (expects exit 0, 'All linting checks passed!', with pylint/flake8/pycodestyle among the passing tools), diffed against the same command run in a detached worktree at the pre-split commit; plus bash meta/lint_python.sh on an unformatted file expecting exit 1; plus shellcheck, shfmt -d and check_file_length.sh on all three files."
}