refactor!: introduce generic processors registry and remove normalize registry adapter

- add new `processors` package with canonical `Processor` interface
- add `processors.Registry` with Register/Build/BuildChain factory model
- switch `pipeline.Pipeline` to `[]processors.Processor`
- replace `normalize.Registry` + registry adapter with direct `normalize.Processor`
- remove `normalize/registry.go`
- update root docs to position normalize as one optional processing stage
- add tests for processors registry, normalize processor behavior, and pipeline flow

BREAKING CHANGE:
- `pipeline.Processor` removed; use `processors.Processor`
- `normalize.Registry` and old normalize processor adapter APIs removed
- downstream daemons must update processor wiring to new `processors.Registry`
  and `normalize.NewProcessor(...)`

pipeline/pipeline.go

@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/ejr/feedkit/event"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/ejr/feedkit/processors"
 )
 
-// Processor can mutate/drop events (dedupe, rate-limit, normalization tweaks).
-type Processor interface {
-	Process(ctx context.Context, in event.Event) (out *event.Event, err error)
-}
-
 type Pipeline struct {
-	Processors []Processor
+	Processors []processors.Processor
 }
 
 func (p *Pipeline) Process(ctx context.Context, e event.Event) (*event.Event, error) {

pipeline/pipeline_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package pipeline
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/ejr/feedkit/event"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/ejr/feedkit/processors"
+)
+
+type procFunc func(context.Context, event.Event) (*event.Event, error)
+
+func (f procFunc) Process(ctx context.Context, in event.Event) (*event.Event, error) {
+	return f(ctx, in)
+}
+
+func TestPipelineProcessSequentialOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotOrder []string
+
+	p := &Pipeline{
+		Processors: []processors.Processor{
+			procFunc(func(_ context.Context, in event.Event) (*event.Event, error) {
+				gotOrder = append(gotOrder, "first")
+				out := in
+				out.Schema = "stage.one.v1"
+				return &out, nil
+			}),
+			procFunc(func(_ context.Context, in event.Event) (*event.Event, error) {
+				gotOrder = append(gotOrder, "second")
+				if in.Schema != "stage.one.v1" {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected schema from first stage, got %q", in.Schema)
+				}
+				out := in
+				out.Schema = "stage.two.v1"
+				return &out, nil
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	out, err := p.Process(context.Background(), validEvent())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Process error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected output event, got nil")
+	}
+	if out.Schema != "stage.two.v1" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected output schema: %q", out.Schema)
+	}
+	if strings.Join(gotOrder, ",") != "first,second" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected processor order: %v", gotOrder)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPipelineProcessInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Pipeline{}
+	_, err := p.Process(context.Background(), event.Event{})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected input validation error")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid input event") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPipelineProcessDrop(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Pipeline{
+		Processors: []processors.Processor{
+			procFunc(func(context.Context, event.Event) (*event.Event, error) {
+				return nil, nil
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	out, err := p.Process(context.Background(), validEvent())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Process error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil output for dropped event, got %#v", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPipelineProcessInvalidOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Pipeline{
+		Processors: []processors.Processor{
+			procFunc(func(_ context.Context, in event.Event) (*event.Event, error) {
+				out := in
+				out.Payload = nil
+				return &out, nil
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := p.Process(context.Background(), validEvent())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected output validation error")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid output event") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func validEvent() event.Event {
+	return event.Event{
+		ID:        "evt-1",
+		Kind:      event.Kind("observation"),
+		Source:    "source-1",
+		EmittedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
+		Payload:   map[string]any{"ok": true},
+	}
+}