Summary

This PR is a documentation maintenance update (version 9.14) that improves clarity by replacing the corporate jargon term "leverage" with concrete action verbs across 8 scratchpad specification files:

• Pattern: Systematic replacement of "leverage" → "use", "reuse", or "adopt" based on context
• Scope: 10 instances across 7 spec files + version bump in scratchpad/dev.md
• Impact: Low (documentation-only, no functional changes)
• Breaking: No

Changes by File

scratchpad/actions.md

• Replaced "Leverages existing bundler infrastructure" → "Reuses existing bundler infrastructure" (line 44)
• Replaced "Leverage existing workflow.GetJavaScriptSources()" → "Reuse existing workflow.GetJavaScriptSources()" (line 323)
• Replaced "Leverages the same script registry" → "Uses the same script registry" (line 915)

scratchpad/agents/hierarchical-agents.md

• Replaced heading "Leverage cross-campaign coordination:" → "Use cross-campaign coordination:" (line 246)

scratchpad/dev.md

• Bumped version from 9.13 to 9.14
• Updated date from 2026-05-21 to 2026-05-22
• Added document history entry describing maintenance tone scan fixing 10 "leverage" tone issues across 7 spec files

scratchpad/gastown.md

• Replaced "Leverage GitHub as communication layer" → "Use GitHub as the communication layer" (line 944)

scratchpad/github-mcp-access-control-specification.md

• Replaced "Both leverage MCP Gateway's extensible configuration format" → "Both use MCP Gateway's extensible configuration format" (line 108)

scratchpad/mdflow.md

• Replaced "Leverage mdflow's simplicity" → "Adopt mdflow's minimal-configuration approach" (line 1355)

scratchpad/mods/jsonschema-go.md

• Replaced "leveraging Go 1.18+ generics" → "using Go 1.18+ generics" (line 53)
• Replaced heading "Leverage Schema Descriptions" → "Use Schema Descriptions" (line 147)

scratchpad/serena-tools-analysis.md

• Replaced heading "### 3. Leverage Unused Capabilities" → "### 3. Use Unused Capabilities" (line 218)
• Replaced "doesn't fully leverage their language-aware capabilities" → "doesn't fully use their language-aware capabilities" (line 368)

Technical Details

• Change Type: Documentation maintenance (tone improvement)
• Files Modified: 8 scratchpad files
• Total Replacements: 10 instances of "leverage" → concrete verbs
• Version: 9.13 → 9.14
• Date: 2026-05-21 → 2026-05-22

Rationale

"Leverage" is corporate jargon that obscures meaning. This PR replaces it with concrete action verbs:

• "use" — when describing direct utilization
• "reuse" — when emphasizing existing component adoption
• "adopt" — when describing integration of external patterns

This follows the established tone improvement pattern from versions 9.11-9.13, which removed subjective intensifiers ("deep", "extensive", "enhanced") in favor of precise technical language.

Agentic Metadata

• Complexity: Trivial (find-and-replace with context-aware verb selection)
• Risk: None (documentation-only changes)
• Breaking Changes: No
• Automation-Safe: Yes (deterministic text replacements)
• Review Focus: Verify verb choice matches context ("use" vs "reuse" vs "adopt")

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