Session 2026-07-25, Chat design seat -> Code. Authored against bc9a2df, revised against 4ed29aa.
The previous version of this pack was a flat folder with no destinations. This version mirrors repo paths for the files that ARE repo artifacts, and quarantines the rest.
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docs/audit/... -> unzip over the repo root. Three NEW committed files. _handoff-not-committed/... -> DO NOT COMMIT. Working instructions whose CONTENT lands inside existing surfaces. Delete after use.
If _handoff-not-committed/ ends up in a commit, that is the bug this revision exists to prevent. Nothing in it is a repo artifact.
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docs/audit/operating-model-plan-20260725.md The NetBox -> approve -> apply operating model: recommendations, the agenda, and the research scope the operator asked for. PINNED for a planning session. Implement nothing from it.
docs/audit/sprygit-requirements-inputs-20260725.md Pinned inputs for the SpryGit dev-handover document. The document itself is the next Chat deliverable and is NOT in this pack.
docs/audit/skill-divergence-20260725.md The stale-Chat-skill divergence list, for the skill sweep at stage close.
WHY docs/audit/ and not docs/: docs/ top level is at 21 .md files against GA-R4's cap of <25 -- three slots of headroom, which dated advisory records should not consume. docs/audit/ is uncapped and is the established home for dated advisory and plan documents; precedents already there include phase5-sweep-plan.md, skill-additions-proposed.md, grounding-audit-charter.md and decision-recon-20260725.md. scripts/repo-lint.sh carries no file-count or naming rule that these would trip (checked).
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| Working file | Content lands in | Form |
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10-design-decisions-append.md |
docs/design-decisions.md |
append at register tail; replace every D-NNN with the ledger-scan number |
20-ruling-records.md |
distributes -- see below | three separate records |
30-current-state-update.md |
docs/CURRENT-STATE.md section 1, Stage-4 bullet |
edits in place, SAME COMMIT as item 10 (GA-R1/C1) |
40-session-changelog-items.md |
THIS session's changelog under docs/changelog-<date>-<label>.md |
append items; do NOT mint a per-topic changelog file (GA-R2/D1) |
50-ledger-bounded-summary.md |
docs/session-ledger.md tail |
append the 15-line block; never touch the machine-derived fence |
60-vault-vip-values.md |
splits -- see below | values + gates |
20-ruling-records.md distributesThere is no ruling-record file convention in this repo -- rulings attach to the surface they govern (precedent: D-134's amendment records its own question and utterance inline; D-131 sub-1 likewise). So:
Ruling 1, address family -> an amendment note under ## D-101 in docs/design-decisions.md (it CONFIRMS D-101 and changes nothing in it, so a dated note, not a rewrite)
+ the CURRENT-STATE bullet (b) rewrite in item 30
Ruling 2, keystone VERIFY-LIVE -> a gate row in docs/CURRENT-STATE.md (item 30)
+ a changelog line
Ruling 3, per-DC artifact shape -> already recorded inline in the new D-NNN entry's "Artifact shape (RULED 2026-07-25)" paragraph; the question and utterance travel with it
Each carries its question and the operator's exact utterance (GA-R5).
60-vault-vip-values.md splitsThe four confirm-before-write gates -> the phase-4 runbook step that performs the repair (runbooks/dc-dc-phase4-juju-bundle-per-dc.md), so the gates sit where the hand is The derivation and the values -> the changelog item for the repair, which is the review surface The VIP_COUNT_EXPECT 11 -> 12 change -> scripts/lib-net.sh:59, in the same commit as the vault VIP, or scripts/pre-flight-checks.sh:99-102 fails
If you want the derivation citable rather than buried in a changelog, the consistent home would be docs/audit/vault-vip-derivation-20260725.md. Operator's call -- I have not created it, because the changelog is the ruled review surface and a fourth audit file may not earn its place.
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docs/audit/decision-recon-20260725.md. This pack was revised against it: the scope boundary was CORRECTED (apex writes are IN, not out), the gap statement rewritten to the sub-prefix layer, and a sequencing prerequisite added.bash scripts/ledger-scan.sh -- assign the D number and all THREE DOCFIX numbers.Placeholders are non-numeric on purpose (D-NNN, DOCFIX-NNN): ledger-scan keys the high-water on ^## D-[0-9]+, and a digit-shaped placeholder inflates the counter -- the DOCFIX-174 hazard.
All files ASCII-only, LF-only, byte-verified by Python read before packaging.