refactor: ponytail audit

modules/capabilities/_transcribe-recordings.sh

@@ -232,9 +232,7 @@ process_scope() {
   local source processing_target recording_status signature index scope_status=0
   local -a sources signatures
 
-  if ! mkdir -p "$inbox_dir" "$processing_dir" "$archive_dir" "$failed_dir" "$transcript_dir"; then
-    return 1
-  fi
+  mkdir -p "$inbox_dir" "$processing_dir" "$archive_dir" "$failed_dir" "$transcript_dir" || return 1
 
   while IFS= read -r -d '' source; do
     if is_recording "$source"; then
@@ -291,4 +289,3 @@ mkdir -p "$runtime_dir"
 
 set +o errexit
 process_scope "$TRANSCRIBE_SYNC_ROOT/recordings" "$TRANSCRIBE_SYNC_ROOT/notes/transcripts"
-exit $?