Index the v3.1.1 release notes

.woodpecker/release.yml

@@ -1,25 +1,50 @@
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - GO_IMAGE: golang:1.26.8-bookworm
+
 when:
   - event: tag
+    ref: refs/tags/v*
 
 steps:
-  - name: build-release-assets
-    image: golang:1.25.5
-    commands:
-      - bash scripts/build-release.sh "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" dist
-
-  - name: publish-release
-    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-release
-    depends_on:
-      - build-release-assets
-    settings:
-      api_key:
+  - name: deliver
+    image: ${GO_IMAGE}
+    environment:
+      RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN:
         from_secret: GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN
-      files:
-        - dist/audita-*-linux-amd64
-        - dist/audita-*-linux-arm64
-      checksum: sha256
-      checksum-file: SHA256SUMS
-      checksum-flatten: true
-      file-exists: skip
-      overwrite: false
-      prerelease: false
+    commands:
+      - |
+        set -eu
+        test -n "$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
+        test -n "$${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+        git check-ref-format "refs/tags/$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
+        git fetch origin "refs/tags/$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}:refs/tags/$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
+        tag_commit=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}^{commit}")
+        expected_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$${CI_COMMIT_SHA}^{commit}")
+        test "$(printf '%s' "$${tag_commit}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "$${expected_commit}"
+        git checkout --detach "$${tag_commit}"
+        test "$(git rev-parse HEAD | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "$${expected_commit}"
+        test -z "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all)"
+
+        bootstrap_dir=$(mktemp -d "$${CI_WORKSPACE%/*}/.releasekit-bootstrap.XXXXXX")
+        trap 'rm -rf "$${bootstrap_dir}"' EXIT
+        cp go.mod "$${bootstrap_dir}/go.mod"
+        if [ -f go.sum ]; then
+          cp go.sum "$${bootstrap_dir}/go.sum"
+        else
+          : > "$${bootstrap_dir}/go.sum"
+        fi
+        cp "$${bootstrap_dir}/go.mod" "$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit.mod"
+        cp "$${bootstrap_dir}/go.sum" "$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit.sum"
+
+        export GOWORK=off
+        export GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+        releasekit_module=gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit
+        go list -mod=mod -modfile="$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit.mod" -m "$${releasekit_module}"
+        go build -mod=mod -modfile="$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit.mod" \
+          -o "$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit" "$${releasekit_module}/cmd/releasekit"
+        "$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit" ci-deliver \
+          --repo "$${CI_WORKSPACE}" \
+          --prepared \
+          --commit "$${expected_commit}" \
+          "$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"

AGENTS.md

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-Please review `docs/development.md` for initial orientation in this repository
-and follow its task-specific reading guide.
+Start with `docs/development.md` for orientation and use its policy reading guide
+to select the policies applicable to the task. Do not read the entire suite by
+default.
 
-Review and follow `docs/policy/agents.md` before recommending, planning, or implementing any changes to this repository.
+Read and follow `docs/policy/agents.md` before recommending, planning, or
+implementing repository changes.

COPYRIGHT

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+Audita
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
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+
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README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ reports for review and subprocess integration.
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-From a checkout, build with Go 1.25.5 or newer:
+From a checkout, build with Go 1.26.0 or newer:
 
 ```sh
 go build -o ./bin/audita ./cmd/audita
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ go build -o ./bin/audita ./cmd/audita
 Processing requires a reachable [compatible LLM endpoint](docs/integrations/openai-compatible-llm.md)
 and access to a model you select. The [minimal config](examples/minimal-config.yml)
 targets an unauthenticated local endpoint; edit its endpoint and
-[local profiles](examples/profiles/) to match your service and models. The
+[local profiles](examples/profiles/local/) to match your service and models. The
 [service example](examples/production-config.yml) demonstrates a named credential
 reference and a shared backend. Set its referenced environment variable before
 validating it. The [testing overlay](examples/overlays/testing.yml) selects both
@@ -56,3 +56,7 @@ See the [v2 migration guide](docs/migrations/v2.md) for old configurations.
 - [Subprocess integration](docs/integrations/subprocess.md)
 - [LLM endpoint contract](docs/integrations/openai-compatible-llm.md)
 - [Contributor guide](docs/development.md)
+
+Audita is licensed under the [GPL v3.0 or later](COPYRIGHT).
+
+[Open Source attribution notices](docs/oss/attribution.md) are available.

cmd/audita/main.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/cli"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/cli"
 )
 
 func main() {

cmd/audita/main_integration_test.go

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/cli"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/reporting"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/cli"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/reporting"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func newProcessFixture(t *testing.T, mode, modules string) processFixture {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	for _, id := range []string{"proposal", "validation"} {
-		profile := fmt.Sprintf("id: %s\nbackend: local\nmodel: local\ntimeout_seconds: 5\n", id)
+		profile := fmt.Sprintf("profiles:\n  %s:\n    backend: local\n    model: local\n    timeout_seconds: 5\n", id)
 		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", id+".yaml"), []byte(profile), 0600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -293,6 +293,25 @@ func (f processFixture) run(t *testing.T, includeOutput bool, extra ...string) (
 	return code, stdout.String(), stderr.String()
 }
 
+func (f processFixture) runConfigView(t *testing.T, view string) (int, string, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	command := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=^TestProcessSubprocessHelper$", "--", "config", "print-effective", "--config", f.config, "--view", view)
+	command.Dir = f.dir
+	command.Env = append(os.Environ(), "AUDITA_HELPER_PROCESS=1", "AUDITA_TEST_PROVIDER_KEY="+f.provider.secret)
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+	command.Stdout, command.Stderr = &stdout, &stderr
+	err := command.Run()
+	code := 0
+	if err != nil {
+		if exit, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+			code = exit.ExitCode()
+		} else {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	return code, stdout.String(), stderr.String()
+}
+
 func (f processFixture) errors(t *testing.T) reporting.ErrorsDocument {
 	t.Helper()
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(f.dir, "errors.yml"))
@@ -799,15 +818,70 @@ func TestSubprocessStdoutAndSelectedReportDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSubprocessUsesIndependentTranscriptReportAndDebugDestinations(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newProcessFixture(t, "normal", "[grammar]")
+	transcriptDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "transcripts")
+	reportDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "reports")
+	debugDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "debug")
+	for _, dir := range []string{transcriptDir, reportDir} {
+		if err := os.Mkdir(dir, 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	f.output = filepath.Join(transcriptDir, "corrected.json")
+	code, stdout, stderr := f.run(t, true, "--report-dir", reportDir, "--debug", "--work-dir", debugDir)
+	if code != 0 || stdout != "" || !strings.HasPrefix(stderr, "Completed:") {
+		t.Fatalf("code=%d stdout=%q stderr=%q", code, stdout, stderr)
+	}
+	if output, err := os.ReadFile(f.output); err != nil || !bytes.Contains(output, []byte("Hello world")) {
+		t.Fatalf("transcript: %s %v", output, err)
+	}
+	for _, name := range []string{"errors.yml", "recoveries.yml", "report.md"} {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(reportDir, name)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("report %s: %v", name, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(transcriptDir, name)); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Fatalf("report %s appeared beside transcript: %v", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	dirs, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(debugDir, "run-*"))
+	if err != nil || len(dirs) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("debug runs: %v %v", dirs, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dirs[0], "correction-ledger.json")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("debug capture: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSubprocessReportingAndDebugSelections(t *testing.T) {
 	var expectedOutput, expectedSummary string
 	for _, selection := range []struct{ reporting, debug bool }{
 		{false, false}, {false, true}, {true, false}, {true, true},
 	} {
 		f := newProcessFixture(t, "normal", "[grammar]")
-		extra := []string{"--reporting=false", "--report-dir", filepath.Join(f.dir, "missing")}
+		if selection.reporting && selection.debug {
+			original, err := os.ReadFile(f.config)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			old := fmt.Sprintf("backends:\n  local:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\n    credential: AUDITA_TEST_PROVIDER_KEY", f.server.URL)
+			inherited := fmt.Sprintf("backends:\n  local-base:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\n    credential: AUDITA_TEST_PROVIDER_KEY\n    concurrency: 2\n    queue_capacity: 0\n  local:\n    extends: local-base\n    concurrency: 1", f.server.URL)
+			updated := strings.Replace(string(original), old, inherited, 1)
+			if updated == string(original) {
+				t.Fatal("process fixture backend configuration was not found")
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(f.config, []byte(updated), 0600); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+		reportDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "missing")
+		extra := []string{"--reporting=false", "--report-dir", reportDir}
 		if selection.reporting {
-			extra = []string{"--reporting=true", "--report-dir", filepath.Join(f.dir, "missing")}
+			reportDir = filepath.Join(f.dir, "selected-reports")
+			if err := os.Mkdir(reportDir, 0700); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			extra = []string{"--reporting=true", "--report-dir", reportDir}
 		}
 		if selection.debug {
 			extra = append(extra, "--debug")
@@ -827,7 +901,7 @@ func TestSubprocessReportingAndDebugSelections(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("selection changed processing: %+v summary=%q output=%s", selection, summary, output)
 		}
 		for _, name := range []string{"errors.yml", "recoveries.yml", "report.md"} {
-			_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(f.dir, name))
+			_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(reportDir, name))
 			if selection.reporting && err != nil || !selection.reporting && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("selection=%+v report %s: %v", selection, name, err)
 			}
@@ -842,6 +916,31 @@ func TestSubprocessReportingAndDebugSelections(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
 			}
+			if selection.reporting {
+				effective, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dirs[0], "effective-config.redacted.yaml"))
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				if !strings.Contains(string(effective), f.server.URL+"/v1") || !strings.Contains(string(effective), "concurrency: 1") || !strings.Contains(string(effective), "queue_capacity: 0") || strings.Contains(string(effective), f.provider.secret) {
+					t.Fatalf("effective inherited settings: %s", effective)
+				}
+				origins, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dirs[0], "config-origins.yaml"))
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				for _, want := range []string{"from: /backends/local-base/endpoint", "to: /backends/local/endpoint", "reference: /backends/local/extends"} {
+					if !strings.Contains(string(origins), want) {
+						t.Fatalf("configuration origins missing %q: %s", want, origins)
+					}
+				}
+				if strings.Contains(string(origins), f.provider.secret) {
+					t.Fatal("configuration origins exposed the resolved inherited credential")
+				}
+				code, explain, stderr := f.runConfigView(t, "explain")
+				if code != 0 || stderr != "" || !strings.Contains(explain, "from: /backends/local-base/endpoint") || strings.Contains(explain, f.provider.secret) {
+					t.Fatalf("inheritance explanation: code=%d stdout=%s stderr=%s", code, explain, stderr)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1011,6 +1110,63 @@ func TestSubprocessInvalidInputLeavesFailedReports(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSubprocessMissingInheritanceParentFailsBeforeProviderDispatch(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newProcessFixture(t, "normal", "[grammar]")
+	original, err := os.ReadFile(f.config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	updated := strings.Replace(string(original), "  local:\n    endpoint:", "  local:\n    extends: missing\n    endpoint:", 1)
+	if updated == string(original) {
+		t.Fatal("process fixture backend configuration was not found")
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(f.config, []byte(updated), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	code, stdout, stderr := f.run(t, true)
+	if code != 2 || stdout != "" || f.provider.callCount() != 0 || !strings.Contains(stderr, "referenced sibling does not exist") {
+		t.Fatalf("missing parent handling: code=%d stdout=%q stderr=%q provider calls=%d", code, stdout, stderr, f.provider.callCount())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSubprocessInvalidInputWritesFailedReportsToSelectedDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newProcessFixture(t, "normal", "[grammar]")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(f.transcript, []byte("not JSON"), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	reportDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "failed-reports")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(reportDir, 0700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	code, _, _ := f.run(t, true, "--report-dir", reportDir)
+	if code != 1 || f.provider.callCount() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid input dispatched: code=%d calls=%d", code, f.provider.callCount())
+	}
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(reportDir, "errors.yml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var document reporting.ErrorsDocument
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &document); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if document.Status != reporting.StatusFailed || len(document.Errors) != 1 || document.Errors[0].Scope != "run" {
+		t.Fatalf("failed report: %+v", document)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(reportDir, "recoveries.yml")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(reportDir, "report.md")); err != nil || !bytes.Contains(raw, []byte("Status: failed")) {
+		t.Fatalf("Markdown status: %s %v", raw, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(f.dir, "errors.yml")); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("failed report appeared in default directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(f.output); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("failed transcript published: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSubprocessOutputFailureBeforeModelDispatch(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newProcessFixture(t, "normal", "[grammar]")
 	f.output = filepath.Join(f.dir, "missing", "output.json")
@@ -1243,4 +1399,47 @@ func TestSubprocessProfileSources(t *testing.T) {
 	if code != 2 || !bytes.Equal(before, after) || f.provider.callCount() != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("loaded profile not protected: %d %s", code, stderr)
 	}
+
+	parentDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "profiles", "catalog")
+	childDir := filepath.Join(f.dir, "profiles", "nested", "child")
+	for _, directory := range []string{parentDir, childDir} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(directory, 0700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	parent := filepath.Join(parentDir, "arbitrary-name.yaml")
+	child := filepath.Join(childDir, "override.yaml")
+	resource := filepath.Join(parentDir, "report.md")
+	for path, content := range map[string]string{
+		parent:   "prompts:\n  source:\n    release/1~draft:\n      messages:\n        - role: user\n          content_file: ./report.md\n      output:\n        format: text\n        validation_mode: basic\n",
+		child:    "prompts:\n  literal/~child:\n    extends: source\n",
+		resource: "Captured operator message.\n",
+	} {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0600); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	resourceBefore, err := os.ReadFile(resource)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	f.output = resource
+	code, _, stderr = f.run(t, true, "--reporting=false")
+	resourceAfter, err := os.ReadFile(resource)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if code != 2 || !bytes.Equal(resourceBefore, resourceAfter) || f.provider.callCount() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("consumed message file not protected as transcript output: %d %s", code, stderr)
+	}
+
+	f.output = filepath.Join(f.dir, "output.json")
+	code, _, stderr = f.run(t, true, "--report-dir", parentDir)
+	resourceAfter, err = os.ReadFile(resource)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if code != 2 || !bytes.Equal(resourceBefore, resourceAfter) || f.provider.callCount() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("consumed message file not protected as report output: %d %s", code, stderr)
+	}
 }

docs/adr/0001-releasekit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# ADR 0001: Adopt ReleaseKit for release management
+
+## Status
+
+Accepted.
+
+## Date
+
+2026-10-07
+
+## Context
+
+Audita maintains custom release scripts, build tooling, delivery configuration,
+and tests for mechanics shared across applications in the same suite.
+[ReleaseKit](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit) provides a common implementation and standard workflow for
+those responsibilities.
+
+## Decision
+
+Adopt ReleaseKit for shared release validation, source publication, binary
+builds, version information, and hosted delivery. Audita will follow its standard
+workflow and supply product identity, delivery targets, release notes, and
+necessary product-specific checks.
+
+Better maintainability and less locally owned release-focused code outweigh any
+small advantage from retaining Audita's custom release procedure. Changes to
+that procedure are an accepted consequence of standardization.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+Retaining the custom procedure would preserve its exact behavior and local
+control. It would also retain responsibility for duplicated mechanics, tests,
+and maintenance across projects. The shared implementation offers greater
+long-term value.
+
+## Consequences
+
+Audita's release integration becomes smaller, with common mechanics and their
+tests maintained upstream. Audita benefits from shared fixes and takes on
+ReleaseKit dependency maintenance.
+
+Adoption requires updates to release tooling, CI wiring, documentation, and
+runtime version reporting. The [release policy](../policy/release.md) continues
+to govern compatibility and release completion; the
+[release procedure](../release.md) will describe the adopted workflow.

docs/adr/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Architectural Decision Records
 
-No ADRs have been recorded here. Use the
+## Accepted
+
+- [ADR 0001: Adopt ReleaseKit for release management](0001-releasekit.md) —
+  accepted 2026-10-07.
+
+Use the
 [documentation policy's ADR lifecycle](../policy/documentation.md#architecture-decision-records)
 for significant decisions. Current architecture belongs in the
 [architecture policy](../policy/architecture.md); implementation status belongs in

docs/cli.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ the [migration guide](migrations/v2.md) maps retired inputs.
 audita process <transcript.json> --glossary <glossary.yml> [flags]
 audita config validate --config <config.yml> [flags]
 audita config print-effective [flags]
+audita version
 ```
 
 Root invocation, `--help`, `-h`, and command help succeed without loading a config
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ Missing system candidates are skipped; inaccessible selected files are errors.
 No file means a configuration error. `AUDITA_CONFIG` is ignored. The selected
 overlay is loaded beside the main file, not used to locate profile files.
 
+`audita version` prints `audita <version>` and a newline to stdout, with no
+application configuration or provider setup. It returns `0` on success with
+empty stderr. `help version`, `version -h`, and `version --help` print command
+usage to stdout and return `0`. Help follows standard flag parsing and can
+short-circuit trailing arguments. Other invalid invocations return `2` with a
+usage error on stderr. The command uses ReleaseKit's public
+`buildinfo.Version()` accessor. It reports an injected release identifier when
+present, otherwise the executable's main-module version when available and not
+`(devel)`, and `dev` when neither source provides a release identifier.
+
 ## Setting overrides
 
 Only flags actually supplied override file or overlay settings. `--modules ''`
@@ -48,12 +59,17 @@ validation. The shared setting flags are:
 An omitted or empty output value selects stdout. Nonempty output filenames are
 used literally, including whitespace.
 Reporting defaults to enabled. `--reporting=false` disables all three ordinary
-reports; an explicit false overrides a true file or overlay setting. With file
-output, reports go beside the transcript and `--report-dir` has no effect. With
-stdout output, `--report-dir` selects the report directory, defaulting to the
-invocation working directory. `--debug` separately enables retained detailed
-artifacts under `--work-dir`. Configuration inspection does not create or probe
-these output directories.
+reports; an explicit false overrides a true file or overlay setting. For stdout
+output, reports use the effective `reporting.stdout_dir`, which defaults to the
+invocation working directory. For file output, they go beside the transcript
+unless `--report-dir` is explicitly supplied. The flag selects the report
+directory for either transcript destination; a config-file or overlay value for
+`reporting.stdout_dir` alone affects stdout output only. A selected report
+directory must be nonblank when reporting is enabled. With reporting disabled,
+the report destination is inactive and is not probed. `--debug` separately
+enables retained detailed artifacts under `--work-dir`; selecting `--work-dir`
+alone does not enable capture. Configuration inspection does not create or
+probe these output directories.
 Per-role model, base URL, key, timeout, retry, and concurrency flags have been
 removed. Models and generation controls belong to PromptKit profiles, backend
 credentials and capacity to configuration, and retry/deadline settings to the
@@ -69,9 +85,14 @@ YAML summary of selected ID, backend, model, sampling controls, per-attempt
 timeout, service tier, and reasoning effort for each role. It omits credentials,
 endpoints, and arbitrary extra provider parameters. Explain writes a YAML
 sequence of field paths, source origins, and recorded derivations without
-resolved setting values. These views share the same settings and profile
-validation path as `process`. Unknown views are usage errors. The effective
-settings YAML is for inspection and is not guaranteed reloadable.
+resolved setting values. An inherited field may also include an `inheritance`
+sequence; each step identifies `from`, `to`, and `reference` paths as JSON
+pointers. These fields describe the effective inheritance chain without
+including configuration values. A direct child override reports its own source
+instead. Debug configuration origins use the same explanation shape. These views
+share the same settings and profile validation path as `process`. Unknown views
+are usage errors. The effective settings YAML is for inspection and is not
+guaranteed reloadable.
 
 For `process`, `--output` writes the corrected transcript to a file and leaves
 stdout empty on success. Without it, stdout carries transcript JSON only on

docs/config.md

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 This reference describes the version-2 configuration loader in `internal/core/config`.
 Use the maintained [local](../examples/minimal-config.yml) and
-[service](../examples/production-config.yml) examples with their PromptKit
-[profiles](../examples/profiles/) and optional [testing overlay](../examples/overlays/testing.yml).
+[service](../examples/production-config.yml) examples with their separately
+selected [local profiles](../examples/profiles/local/) and
+[service profiles](../examples/profiles/service/), plus the optional
+[testing overlay](../examples/overlays/testing.yml).
+The [ConfigKit inheritance example](../examples/configkit-inheritance.yml)
+shows a local child backend reusing and overriding sibling settings.
 Choose real models for your endpoint; a testing profile makes no cost or quality
 guarantee. See the [migration guide](migrations/v2.md) for retired inputs.
 
@@ -20,26 +24,123 @@ and secret-directory bootstrap are disabled. Unknown fields and missing, null,
 or non-integer `version: 2` are errors. Version-1 files require migration; no
 compatibility loader or implicit environment configuration remains.
 
+After overlay and explicit CLI override precedence is applied, ConfigKit resolves
+native sibling inheritance before typed decoding. Any input mapping may use
+`extends: <sibling-name>`; the child keeps its key, inherits parent settings, and
+overrides them with its own settings. Selected overlay and CLI values therefore
+participate in inheritance at their normal precedence. The generic syntax and
+resolution rules are defined by ConfigKit v0.7.1's
+[sibling inheritance contract](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/tag/v0.7.1/docs/config.md#sibling-inheritance).
+
+`extends` is reserved structural input in base files, imports, overlays, and
+other application input mappings, including mapping values supplied by explicit
+CLI setting overrides. ConfigKit consumes it before typed decoding. A previously
+valid backend whose ID is literally `extends` cannot be represented under this
+rule. Rename that backend to a non-conflicting ID and update every PromptKit
+profile that selects it. This compatibility impact means the upgrade does not
+promise that every previously valid configuration remains valid.
+
+Inherited values count as explicit input, including zero, false, empty, and
+null. Existing field rules still apply: for example, inherited backend
+concurrency must be positive, while an inherited queue capacity of zero is
+valid. Parent backends undergo the same decoding and application validation as
+other backends, whether or not a selected profile uses them. A child
+`credential: null` removes the child's inherited credential; it does not remove
+the parent's credential reference, which remains subject to ordinary secret
+resolution.
+
 Validation runs after overlays, explicit overrides, and derived settings have
 resolved. An override can therefore repair an invalid lower-precedence setting
 when that setting can be decoded. ConfigKit retains field origins and derivations
 for effective-configuration inspection. Its effective YAML redacts resolved
 credentials.
 
-Profile files are resolved against the selected main file's directory, or may
-use an absolute `profiles_dir`. Both selected profiles must exist and select a
-registered backend. Their effective endpoints must match that backend's endpoint
-after surrounding whitespace and trailing slashes are removed. Profiles cannot
-supply a competing `api_key_env` lookup. The backend credential supplies the
-runtime key when required; inspection makes no provider call. The
-[CLI inspection views](cli.md#streams-and-exit-status) show selected controls and
-field provenance separately from ConfigKit's redacted settings YAML.
+### PromptKit profiles and operator prompts
+
+`profiles_dir` selects a PromptKit configuration root, resolved against the
+selected main file's directory unless it is absolute. The root may contain
+keyed `profiles`, `backends`, and `prompts` definitions; it is not limited to
+profile-only files. IDs come from literal YAML mapping keys, never filenames.
+Multiple definitions may share a document, and a document may contribute to any
+of the supported mappings. Directory discovery is recursive, but discovery
+order does not establish field precedence. Contributions within each source
+group must compose without conflicting values.
+
+PromptKit assembles sources in this order: its selected catalogs and owned
+defaults, Audita's embedded prompt/schema inputs, operator documents under
+`profiles_dir`, then the application backend mapping. The application mapping
+owns each configured endpoint, concurrency limit, queue capacity, and credential
+environment lookup. Other supported provider fields can be contributed by the
+operator documents. Imports remain disabled. The current maintained examples
+select separate roots: [local](../examples/profiles/local/) and
+[service](../examples/profiles/service/), so definitions for one backend do not
+enter the other example's final configuration.
+
+Both selected roles must resolve to an existing profile, registered backend,
+nonblank effective model, and nonblank endpoint. The normalized effective
+endpoint must match the application backend endpoint. A selected profile cannot
+introduce a competing `api_key_env` lookup; the application backend credential
+supplies the runtime key when required. Other unselected profiles may be
+partial, but every final backend, profile, and prompt definition is validated
+when the engine is constructed. A malformed or conflicting unused definition
+can therefore make the selected root invalid. A missing selected root is an
+operator configuration error; an empty root may contribute no definitions.
+
+Profile IDs and parent IDs are exact, literal keys. PromptKit profiles can use
+native `extends` inheritance; child fields override inherited fields, while
+unmentioned controls survive changes to model or backend. For example:
+
+```yaml
+profiles:
+  "shared~base":
+    backend: service
+    model: example-model
+    temperature: 0.4
+    top_p: 0.8
+  "proposal fast":
+    extends: "shared~base"
+    model: faster-model
+    temperature: 0
+```
+
+Presence matters. Explicit `temperature: 0` is sent as zero; omission leaves it
+unspecified; null suppresses an inherited temperature. Other fields have their
+own native null and omission rules. Provider `extra_params` maps merge
+recursively, and a null provider value is sent as JSON null. See the pinned
+[PromptKit format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.14.0/docs/formats.md)
+for the complete field semantics.
+
+Operator documents can also override an embedded prompt/version, including its
+messages and definition-level output settings. Shared variables supplied by the
+adapter are rendered only when an effective message references them; Audita does
+not append omitted shared text. Audita's per-call schemas, structural repair
+budget, and downstream domain validators remain in force. The engine captures
+effective definitions and message-file contents when constructed, so edits are
+observed only by a newly constructed runtime.
+
+### Migrating PromptKit profile documents
+
+For the PromptKit v0.11 format, wrap each profile's fields under
+`profiles: {<literal-id>: ...}`, remove inner `id`, and replace
+`base_profile` with `extends`. Profile and prompt IDs are mapping keys, so they
+need not match source filenames. Review zeros, omitted values, and nulls against
+the native presence rules before deploying. Select a root whose final
+definitions have valid backend references; eager validation applies even to
+unselected definitions. See the complete maintained [local](../examples/minimal-config.yml)
+and [service](../examples/production-config.yml) examples and the pinned
+[consumer migration guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.14.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md#migrate-from-the-previous-configuration-api).
+This incompatible profile-format migration is intended for an Audita major
+release; no automatic file conversion is provided.
+
+The [CLI inspection views](cli.md#streams-and-exit-status) show selected
+controls and field provenance separately from ConfigKit's redacted settings
+YAML. Inspection resolves both roles without provider calls.
 
 ## Settings
 
 | Field | Default | Rule |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `profiles_dir` | `profiles` | Nonempty; profile files are resolved relative to the selected main file. |
+| `profiles_dir` | `profiles` | Nonempty PromptKit document root; resolved relative to the selected main file, or absolute. |
 | `backends.<id>.endpoint` | None | Required nonempty endpoint for each backend. At least one backend is required. |
 | `backends.<id>.concurrency` | `1` | Positive finite capacity; shared by both roles using that backend. |
 | `backends.<id>.queue_capacity` | `1024` | Nonnegative; zero disables waiting admission. |
@@ -62,17 +163,20 @@ field provenance separately from ConfigKit's redacted settings YAML.
 | `thresholds.glossary`, `.homophones`, `.spoken_word`, `.grammar` | `0.8` each | Confidence thresholds in `[0, 1]`. |
 | `context.description` | Empty | Trimmed prompt context, at most 500 bytes. |
 | `reporting.enabled` | `true` | Write the ordinary three-file report bundle when processing. |
-| `reporting.stdout_dir` | `.` | Report directory for stdout transcript output; ignored for file output or disabled reporting. |
+| `reporting.stdout_dir` | `.` | Report directory for stdout transcript output; a `--report-dir` flag can select reports for either transcript destination. |
 | `diagnostics.debug` | `false` | Persist detailed debug artifacts when processing. |
 | `diagnostics.work_dir` | `/tmp/audita` | Parent of the retained debug run directory; required only when debug is enabled. |
 
 Module keys select correction modules; validator chains remain built into them.
 The loader preserves module order and repetitions. Normalization time settings
 accept numeric seconds only. The operation timeout uses a duration string.
-`reporting.stdout_dir` must be nonblank only for reporting-enabled stdout runs;
-`diagnostics.work_dir` must be nonblank only with debug enabled. These path
-requirements are checked when choosing process destinations, not during
-configuration inspection.
+`reporting.stdout_dir` must be nonblank when it supplies the active report
+destination: for stdout output, or for file output when `--report-dir` is
+explicitly supplied. File output without that flag uses the transcript's parent,
+so the configured value is inactive. Reporting-disabled runs do not select a
+report directory. `diagnostics.work_dir` must be nonblank only with debug
+enabled. These path requirements are checked when choosing process destinations,
+not during configuration inspection.
 
 ## Credentials
 

docs/development.md

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ Audita is a Go CLI for transcript polishing. Start with the
 ## Before Changing the Repository
 
 Coding agents must read and follow the [agent policy](policy/agents.md) before
-recommending, planning, or implementing changes. Read the
-[architecture policy](policy/architecture.md) for boundaries and invariants,
-then use the task guide below rather than reading every reference indiscriminately.
+recommending, planning, or implementing changes. Use the policy reading guide
+below to select the policies applicable to the task.
 
 Confirm the requested scope and behavior contract, make focused changes in the
 owning component, and update the relevant tests and canonical documentation
@@ -18,9 +17,33 @@ sufficiency; the [documentation policy](policy/documentation.md) governs content
 ownership. Commit discipline and agent Git restrictions are in the
 [agent policy](policy/agents.md#git-commit-policy).
 
+## Policy Reading Guide
+
+| Policy | Read before… |
+| --- | --- |
+| [Policy set provenance](policy/meta.md) | Adopting policies, checking upstream revisions, or updating the adopted policy set. |
+| [Agents](policy/agents.md) | Recommending, planning, or implementing repository changes. |
+| [Architecture](policy/architecture.md) | Planning or changing application code or its structure. |
+| [Testing](policy/testing.md) | Selecting validation for code changes, or adding, changing, removing, or evaluating tests. |
+| [Documentation](policy/documentation.md) | Writing, revising, or reorganizing documentation. |
+| [OSS](policy/oss.md) | Adding or updating dependencies or incorporated third-party material, or changing licensing or attribution. |
+| [Release](policy/release.md) | Preparing or publishing a release, changing release procedures, or making versioning and compatibility decisions. |
+
+- Read applicable policies before making decisions they govern; multiple policies
+  may apply.
+- Select policies using the task triggers above. Follow cross-references to
+  relevant sections when needed to resolve a concrete question.
+- Reuse policies already available in context; reread when changed or no longer
+  available.
+- Expand reading when the task's scope expands.
+- When revising a policy itself, read that policy and any provisions elsewhere
+  affected by the revision.
+
 ## Baseline Validation
 
-Use Go 1.25.5 or newer. From the repository root:
+Use Go 1.26.0 or newer for source builds. The selected release toolchain is
+documented in the [release procedure](release.md#prerequisites). From the
+repository root:
 
 ```sh
 go build -o ./bin/audita ./cmd/audita

docs/integrations/openai-compatible-llm.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ failures; explicit zero makes one attempt. `llm.repair_attempts` counts
 additional generations for schema-invalid model output. The operation timeout
 covers preparation, capacity waiting, retries, generation, and repair. Caller
 cancellation or an earlier deadline also applies. See [configuration](../config.md#settings)
-for defaults and [PromptKit's consumer contract](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md)
+for defaults and [PromptKit v0.14.0's consumer contract](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.14.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md)
 for the pinned protocol and retry details.
 
 A model operation that exhausts structural repair, a live-parent local operation

docs/integrations/subprocess.md

@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ The [CLI reference](../cli.md) owns command syntax, streams, and exit semantics;
 Use an argument array with the transcript path and required glossary argument,
 following the [process examples](../cli.md#commands-and-help). For machine workflows,
 select an explicit transcript file destination and a configuration path. Reports
-then go beside the transcript. For stdout output, select `--report-dir` or use
-the invocation working directory. Debug is independent and off by default.
-Supplying a configuration path also
-makes file selection predictable; only explicitly referenced credential variables
-are read from the environment.
+go beside the transcript unless an explicit `--report-dir` selects another
+directory. For stdout output, reports use the effective `reporting.stdout_dir`
+(defaulting to the invocation working directory), including a `--report-dir`
+override. A config-file or overlay value for `reporting.stdout_dir` alone does
+not redirect file-output reports. `--work-dir` selects a debug root, while
+configuration or `--debug` enables capture; the path flag alone does not.
+Supplying a configuration path also makes file selection predictable; only
+explicitly referenced credential variables are read from the environment.
 
 Resolve the executable deliberately and set the child's working directory so
 relative input/output paths and reported artifact paths have a known base.
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ Consume transcript/report data through the
 [output-file contract](output-files.md), and treat stderr as human-readable detail.
 The three reports may be absent after early configuration or destination
 failures. After initialization, failed reports can describe invalid input or
-partial processing. Exit `0` can include recoverable model errors and applied
+partial processing and use the same selected report directory as successful
+runs. Exit `0` can include recoverable model errors and applied
 corrections; inspect `errors.yml` and `recoveries.yml` for those outcomes. A
 transcript may have been written before a later required report failure, so
 the file alone does not prove completion.

docs/internal/cli-config.md

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ CLI wiring, and maintained examples. Definitions of behavior belong to the
    for the changed behavior.
 4. Update the CLI reference and affected integration guidance.
 
+The `version` route uses ReleaseKit's public `buildinfo.Version()` accessor and
+stays independent of application runtime assembly. Preserve its behavior from
+the [CLI contract](../cli.md#commands-and-help) when changing the command; the
+adoption decision is recorded in [ADR 0001](../adr/0001-releasekit.md).
+
 ## Validating Examples
 
 Keep complete copyable files in [examples](../../examples/) and link to them from
@@ -35,11 +40,18 @@ From the repository root, validate the maintained configuration examples:
 
 ```sh
 go run ./cmd/audita config validate --config examples/minimal-config.yml
+go run ./cmd/audita config validate --config examples/configkit-inheritance.yml
 AUDITA_SERVICE_KEY=synthetic-example go run ./cmd/audita config validate --config examples/production-config.yml
 AUDITA_SERVICE_KEY=synthetic-example go run ./cmd/audita config validate --config examples/production-config.yml --overlay testing
 go run ./cmd/audita config print-effective --config examples/minimal-config.yml --view profiles
+go run ./cmd/audita config print-effective --config examples/configkit-inheritance.yml --view explain
 ```
 
+The local and ConfigKit inheritance files select `profiles/local`; the service
+file selects `profiles/service`, including the service testing profiles. Keep
+these roots separate because PromptKit validates every final definition in a
+selected root, including definitions that are not selected for a role.
+
 Only referenced credentials read environment values; use a controlled synthetic
 value when validating the service example. Check affected CLI examples against the
 parser and use schema tests for maintained transcript/glossary inputs. Example

docs/internal/llm-runtime.md

@@ -2,11 +2,28 @@
 
 ## Client Boundary
 
-`llm.NewRuntime` assembles one PromptKit engine for both roles. It loads embedded
-prompt and schema assets, registers application backends, and inspects the
-selected proposal and validation profiles offline. A role-bound `llm.RoleClient`
-implements `structuredoutput.Client`; proposal and validator contracts alias that
-interface. Both roles share engine-local backend capacity.
+`llm.NewRuntime` assembles one PromptKit engine for both roles. PromptKit's
+catalogs and defaults are followed by Audita's embedded prompt and schema
+inputs, operator documents from `profiles_dir`, and the highest-priority
+application backend mapping. Audita owns backend endpoints, capacity settings,
+and resolved credentials; native PromptKit layering owns profile inheritance,
+prompt overrides, and provider-specific fields. Imports are disabled. The
+runtime inspects both selected roles offline, requiring complete model and
+endpoint values and rejecting competing profile credential lookups. A
+role-bound `llm.RoleClient` implements `structuredoutput.Client`; proposal and
+validator contracts alias that interface. Both roles share engine-local backend
+capacity.
+
+Successful construction captures the final definitions and referenced message
+contents. The runtime does not reload operator documents or message files during
+calls. If final engine construction fails, an embedded-only diagnostic
+construction distinguishes shipped asset failures from invalid operator input.
+An asset failure remains an asset error; when embedded construction succeeds,
+the original failure remains a configuration error. The diagnostic engine
+never replaces or executes the requested configuration, and caller cancellation
+skips this path. The captured inspection also supplies an internal source
+ledger: all loaded host YAML plus effective, source-relative host
+`content_file` resources are tracked for output-collision checks.
 
 For each logical call, the adapter starts an operation context and a diagnostic
 record before preparation. It supplies the reserved hardening text, the selected
@@ -24,6 +41,10 @@ Counts distinguish provider attempts, transient retries, and structural
 repairs, including on errors. Secrets from all configured backends, including unselected
 ones, are available to the diagnostics redaction boundary.
 
+CLI explain output and debug configuration origins share a value-free projection
+of effective field origins. The [CLI contract](../cli.md) defines its optional
+inheritance evidence fields.
+
 ## Orchestration
 
 CLI processing supplies two role clients from the same engine to the runner.

docs/internal/prompts.md

@@ -11,18 +11,27 @@
 - `validators.meaning_reversal_review` (`v1`)
 - `validators.editorial_review` (`v1`)
 
-PromptKit reads the embedded definitions and renders their system and user
-messages from named string variables. The role-bound adapter supplies
+PromptKit reads the embedded definitions as shipped defaults and renders their
+messages from named string variables. Operator documents in `profiles_dir` may
+contribute native keyed prompt definitions and override an embedded
+prompt/version, including its messages and definition-level output settings.
+The effective operator text is captured when the runtime is constructed; the
+embedded assets remain the source of Audita's shipped task instructions. The
+role-bound adapter supplies
 `HardeningPolicy` alongside `ProposalContract` and `ValidationContract` from
-embedded fragments under `assets/shared`, after caller variables so callers cannot replace those
-instructions. Common literal-span and identity guidance lives in the proposal
-fragment; shared candidate-reference, context, and confidence guidance lives in
-the validation fragment. Module-specific policies and examples remain in YAML.
-Proposal prompts receive the section JSON, glossary JSON where used, and transcript description block.
-Validator prompts receive the correction payload and description block.
-The prompt assets retain the prior task instructions and output-schema
-association. The role-bound runtime supplies the complete JSON Schema output contract
-and repair count; the definition does not own an operator-facing repair default.
+embedded fragments under `assets/shared`, after caller variables so callers
+cannot replace those instructions. Common literal-span and identity guidance
+lives in the proposal fragment; shared candidate-reference, context, and
+confidence guidance lives in the validation fragment. Module-specific policies
+and examples remain in YAML. Proposal prompts receive the section JSON, glossary
+JSON where used, and transcript description block. Validator prompts receive
+the correction payload and description block.
+The embedded prompt assets retain the shipped task instructions and
+output-schema association. An operator override controls which template
+variables its messages reference: supplying a shared variable does not append
+its text when the effective message omits that reference. The role-bound runtime
+supplies the complete JSON Schema output contract and repair count; the
+definition does not own an operator-facing repair default.
 The correction-set schema requires a string replacement and accepts an empty
 string. Proposal guidance uses it for eligible span deletion and permits literal
 spacing edits; validator guidance evaluates the full before/after segment under

docs/operations.md

@@ -17,23 +17,32 @@ settings, and the [output contract](integrations/output-files.md) owns schemas.
 ## Required Output Files
 
 Reporting is enabled by default. For file transcript output, `errors.yml`,
-`recoveries.yml`, and `report.md` go in the transcript output's parent directory.
-For stdout transcript output, they go in `reporting.stdout_dir` (default `.`),
-overridden by `--report-dir`. `--reporting=false` suppresses all three reports
-and removes their path requirements. It does not suppress the stderr summary or
+`recoveries.yml`, and `report.md` go in the transcript output's parent directory
+unless `--report-dir` is explicitly supplied. For stdout transcript output, they
+go in the effective `reporting.stdout_dir` (default `.`), including a
+`--report-dir` override. A config-file or overlay value for
+`reporting.stdout_dir` alone does not redirect file-output reports. An active
+selected report directory must be nonblank. `--reporting=false` suppresses all
+three reports and leaves their destination inactive, so it is not probed merely
+because `--report-dir` was supplied. It does not suppress the stderr summary or
 fatal errors. Stdout contains only transcript JSON; file output leaves it empty.
 
 Existing report directories and parents for regular transcript files must be
 writable. Audita prevents report writes from overwriting transcript, glossary,
-loaded configuration, or loaded profile sources, and rejects conflicting output
-destinations. The final transcript may intentionally replace its own input after
-successful processing; other input/configuration/profile sources remain protected.
+loaded application configuration, host YAML discovered under `profiles_dir`,
+or host message files referenced by effective PromptKit `content_file` fields,
+and rejects conflicting output destinations. Source paths come from the
+runtime's captured configuration; unrelated files in the selected directory
+remain eligible output destinations. The final transcript may intentionally
+replace its own input after successful processing; other input/configuration/
+profile sources remain protected.
 Preparation never truncates an existing transcript. Device and pipe destinations
 (such as `/dev/null` and named pipes) receive ordinary writes at publication time;
 they are not opened during preflight or replaced with regular files. A pipe write
 can wait for its reader, and stream write errors are fatal. With reporting enabled,
-reports still use the output path's parent; disable reporting when that placement
-is unsuitable for a stream destination.
+reports still use the output path's parent unless an explicit `--report-dir`
+selects another directory; disable reporting when that placement is unsuitable
+for a stream destination.
 
 With reporting enabled, all three reports are initialized as `in_progress` before
 input processing. Output is encoded fully before publication. Each regular output
@@ -48,10 +57,12 @@ finalized where possible. An uncatchable termination can leave `in_progress`.
 
 ## Diagnostics Directory
 
-`--debug` enables detailed evidence independently of reporting. One directory
-named `run-<id>` is created under `diagnostics.work_dir` (default `/tmp/audita`)
-and retained on success or failure. Without debug, no directory or payload
-files are created. The parent is created when needed only for debug. Failure to
+`--debug` or `diagnostics.debug` enables detailed evidence independently of
+reporting. One directory named `run-<id>` is created under
+`diagnostics.work_dir` (default `/tmp/audita`), which `--work-dir` can override,
+and retained on success or failure. Selecting `--work-dir` alone does not enable
+capture. Without debug, no directory or payload files are created. The parent
+is created when needed only for debug. Failure to
 write optional debug evidence prints a redacted stderr diagnostic but does not
 change correction decisions or the exit status.
 

docs/oss/attribution.md

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+# Open Source Attribution Notices
+
+## Standard Repository Policies
+
+Material: All documents under `docs/policy/`, root `AGENTS.md`, and the Policy
+Reading Guide in `docs/development.md`, adapted for this repository.
+`docs/policy/release.md` incorporates revision
+`e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348`; the remaining listed material
+incorporates revision `d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+License and notices: [CC BY-SA 4.0](licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/LICENSE) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348).
+
+## ConfigKit
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit` at `v0.7.1`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+License and notices: [LGPL v3](licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt) |
+[GPL v3](licenses/GPL-3.0.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/6fffde4af8f31f99d3ee295c426eb3234cb0fb77/COPYRIGHT).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/6fffde4af8f31f99d3ee295c426eb3234cb0fb77).
+
+## ReleaseKit
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit` at `v0.4.1`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+License and notices: [LGPL v3](licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt) |
+[GPL v3](licenses/GPL-3.0.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/src/commit/2d5a8110c61e31daf8698766114ae305d0e0e469/COPYRIGHT).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/src/commit/2d5a8110c61e31daf8698766114ae305d0e0e469).
+
+## Go runtime and standard library
+
+Selected toolchain: Go 1.26.8 for the distributed Linux binaries.
+
+Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Go.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e).
+
+## Go vendored golang.org/x/crypto
+
+Material: `golang.org/x/crypto` at `v0.46.1-0.20251210140736-7dacc380ba00` in the Go 1.26.8 standard library.
+
+Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Go.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/crypto/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/crypto/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e).
+
+## Go vendored golang.org/x/net
+
+Material: `golang.org/x/net` at `v0.47.1-0.20260731170545-cb1d721f7fb3` in the Go 1.26.8 standard library.
+
+Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Go.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/net/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/net/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e).
+
+## Go vendored golang.org/x/sys
+
+Material: `golang.org/x/sys` at `v0.39.0` in the Go 1.26.8 standard library.
+
+Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Go.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e).
+
+## Go vendored golang.org/x/text
+
+Material: `golang.org/x/text` at `v0.32.0` in the Go 1.26.8 standard library.
+
+Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Go.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/text/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e/src/vendor/golang.org/x/text/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c293dd49cbe25e1fe8d97d94a5cb618e7b6d831e).
+
+## go-yaml v4
+
+Selected module: `go.yaml.in/yaml/v4` at `v4.0.0-rc.6`.
+
+Copyright 2006-2010 Kirill Simonov
+
+Copyright 2011-2019 Canonical Ltd
+
+Copyright 2025 The go-yaml Project Contributors
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
+
+License and notices: [Apache 2.0](licenses/Apache-2.0.txt) |
+[MIT](licenses/MIT-libyaml-v4.txt) |
+[NOTICE](https://github.com/yaml/go-yaml/blob/1c17b9cee72bf81ae73a8be50fbd7dd3a9985125/NOTICE).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/yaml/go-yaml/commit/1c17b9cee72bf81ae73a8be50fbd7dd3a9985125).
+
+## golang.org/x/text
+
+Selected module: `golang.org/x/text` at `v0.14.0`.
+
+Copyright (c) 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause-x-text.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/text/blob/6c97a165dd661335ff7bce6104a008558123c353/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/text/blob/6c97a165dd661335ff7bce6104a008558123c353/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/text/commit/6c97a165dd661335ff7bce6104a008558123c353).
+
+## jsonschema/v6
+
+Selected module: `github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6` at `v6.0.2`.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+License and notices: [Apache 2.0](licenses/Apache-2.0.txt).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/commit/29cbed948d24a04700eb94436416b18a07953b71).
+
+## PromptKit
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit` at `v0.14.0`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+License and notices: [LGPL v3](licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt) |
+[GPL v3](licenses/GPL-3.0.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/commit/143c6e9b3a675872117b0471e2ff8bcb25055a54/COPYRIGHT).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/commit/143c6e9b3a675872117b0471e2ff8bcb25055a54).
+
+## Promptkit OpenRouter Catalog
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3` at `v3.20260930.0`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT-Catalogs.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/f17d208cb7ad1fb043cda2266cd3011d11b40aa0/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/f17d208cb7ad1fb043cda2266cd3011d11b40aa0/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/f17d208cb7ad1fb043cda2266cd3011d11b40aa0).
+
+## Promptkit Rakestrawhome Catalog
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3` at `v3.20260930.0`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT-Catalogs.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/993443d88c451901f4c917fa00c204fd3b54d28d/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/993443d88c451901f4c917fa00c204fd3b54d28d/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/993443d88c451901f4c917fa00c204fd3b54d28d).
+
+## yaml.v3
+
+Selected module: `gopkg.in/yaml.v3` at `v3.0.1`.
+
+Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Kirill Simonov
+
+Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Kirill Simonov
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2019 Canonical Ltd
+
+Copyright 2011-2016 Canonical Ltd.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
+
+License and notices: [Apache 2.0](licenses/Apache-2.0.txt) |
+[MIT](licenses/MIT-libyaml.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/blob/f6f7691b1fdeb513f56608cd2c32c51f8194bf51/LICENSE) |
+[NOTICE](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/blob/f6f7691b1fdeb513f56608cd2c32c51f8194bf51/NOTICE).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/commit/f6f7691b1fdeb513f56608cd2c32c51f8194bf51).

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+met:
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+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
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+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

docs/policy/agents.md

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Agent Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.0
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-23
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies agents](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/agents.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
-Agents working in this repository must read and adhere to the following house rules.
+Agents must read and follow these rules.
 
 ## Implementation Discipline
 
@@ -66,15 +67,15 @@ Examples:
 
 ## Git Commit Policy
 
-By default, create a commit after completing each coherent unit of work, using a
+By default, commit each completed, nonempty unit of work using a
 concise, plain-English message describing what changed. This policy is standing
 authorization to create those local commits; a separate user request is not
 required. An explicit user instruction to leave work uncommitted takes precedence.
 
 A unit of work is a focused, reviewable outcome, including its relevant tests and
-documentation. Do not commit after every intermediate edit or create empty commits.
+documentation.
 Complete the appropriate validation before committing. If work is incomplete or
-validation is blocked, report that state rather than presenting it as completed.
+validation is blocked, report that state accurately.
 
 Before committing:
 
@@ -82,10 +83,10 @@ Before committing:
    changes. Identify changes that predate the current unit of work.
 2. Exclude secrets, local environment files, generated junk, and unrelated changes.
 3. Stage only the files or hunks belonging to the completed unit. Use `git add .`
-   only when every included change belongs to that unit. Do not disturb unrelated
-   staged or unstaged work.
-4. Review `git diff --staged` and run appropriate checks for the change. Do not
-   repeat checks already passed for unchanged content merely to create a commit.
+   only when every included change belongs to that unit. Preserve unrelated
+   staged and unstaged work.
+4. Review `git diff --staged` and run appropriate checks for the change. Reuse
+   successful checks for unchanged content.
 5. Review `git log --oneline -n 10` and use
    `git commit -m "<concise plain-English commit message>"`.
 6. Report the commit identifier and any remaining uncommitted work.

docs/policy/architecture.md

@@ -1,10 +1,42 @@
 # Architecture Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.0
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-24
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies architecture](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/architecture.md)
 
-## Purpose and System Shape
+## Purpose And Ownership
+
+The adopted policy defines the application's purpose and the architectural
+constraints contributors must follow. It owns system boundaries, responsibility
+and dependency rules, established invariants, and explicit non-goals.
+
+Describe the concrete package inventory and implementation mechanics in internal
+documentation. Link to canonical public contracts for their exact behavior and
+to ADRs for decision rationale.
+
+## Architectural Approach
+
+Hexagonal architecture is strongly recommended, including encapsulating external
+integrations and APIs within internal adapters. Keep domain and application
+logic independent of external integration details, and make dependency direction
+clear in the adopted policy.
+
+Implement that separation with proportionate, idiomatic code. Choose interfaces
+and package layout to serve the application's actual boundaries. Use adapters
+for collaborators with external integration responsibilities.
+
+## Adopted Constraints And Implemented Structure
+
+Architectural constraints govern current and future development. Record
+implemented structure accurately, proposals and implementation status in the
+roadmap, and significant decisions and rationale in ADRs. Describe a target
+structure as implemented when its changes land.
+
+Constraints must reflect deliberately selected requirements and decisions.
+Do not promote incidental implementation choices into architectural invariants.
+
+## Application-Specific Topics
 
 Audita is a single-process Go CLI for transcript polishing. Its architecture
 separates deterministic transcript processing from external LLM effects through
@@ -74,7 +106,7 @@ future changes should treat those current contracts deliberately. Current implem
 limits are documented in the [internal overview](../internal/overview.md#current-scope);
 they are not additional prohibitions on future development.
 
-## Errors and Secret Handling
+## Trust Boundaries And Threat Scope
 
 Errors should identify the failed processing phase sufficiently for users and
 subprocess callers. Preserve the stream and exit behavior defined by the

docs/policy/documentation.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Documentation Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.1
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.11
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-23
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies documentation](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/documentation.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ to drift for users, operators, developers, integrators, and LLM coding agents.
 
 Each authoritative fact belongs in one document. A non-owning document may give
 a short, stable summary for orientation, but it must link to the canonical owner
-instead of repeating volatile details.
+for volatile details.
 
 Volatile details include commands, flags, configuration fields and defaults,
 module keys, schemas, file names, paths, status codes, retry behavior, and
@@ -28,24 +29,26 @@ contract, maintain it only in the owning document.
 Outside `docs/roadmap/`, documentation describes implemented behavior only.
 Partial features may be described only to their implemented boundary.
 
-ADRs are the narrow exception: an ADR may record an accepted architectural
-decision before implementation, but acceptance must not be presented as proof
-that the behavior exists. The roadmap owns implementation status and sequencing
-until the decision is implemented. Current architecture, user, operator,
-integration, and internal documentation are updated when the behavior lands.
+Architectural constraints may govern future changes. Describe current structure
+from implemented behavior.
+
+ADRs may record an accepted architectural decision before implementation. The
+roadmap owns implementation status and sequencing until the decision is
+implemented. Current architecture, user, operator, integration, and internal
+documentation are updated when the behavior lands.
 
 ### Audience And Detail
 
 Write for the document's stated audience and include only the detail needed for
-its owned topic. User and operator docs should not expose implementation detail.
-Developer docs should link to user-facing and external contracts rather than
-restate them.
+its owned topic. Keep user and operator docs focused on using and operating the
+application. Developer docs should link to user-facing and external contracts
+for their definitions.
 
 ### Examples
 
 Complete copyable files belong in `examples/`. Documentation may use the
 smallest illustrative snippet needed to explain its owned topic, but should link
-to maintained examples instead of embedding a second complete copy.
+to maintained examples for complete copyable files.
 
 Examples must be valid, secret-free, and tested where practical. Commands and
 configuration used in documentation should match the application.
@@ -61,40 +64,43 @@ secret values.
 
 | Topic | Canonical owner | Owned content | Content owned elsewhere |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Product orientation and minimal end-to-end quickstart | `README.md` | What this application is, why it is useful, one shortest successful invocation, and links onward. | Complete command reference, configuration reference, operational procedures, implementation detail. |
-| Contributor entry point | `docs/development.md` | Task-oriented reading guide, minimal contributor orientation, baseline validation commands, and links to canonical docs. | Package inventory, architecture rules, subsystem behavior, detailed change recipes. |
-| Application architecture policy | `docs/policy/architecture.md` | System shape, normative ownership, dependency direction, architectural boundaries, invariants, safety properties, and non-goals. | Concrete package inventory, implementation mechanics, contributor procedures, decision history, future work. |
-| Agent policy | `docs/policy/agents.md` | Implementation discipline for coding agents, including proportionality, idiomatic simplicity, code discovery, Git commit restrictions, and rules against inventing requirements, restrictions, guarantees, or repository policy. | Application contracts, architecture, testing policy, and contributor procedures. |
+| Product orientation and minimal end-to-end quickstart | `README.md` | Purpose, value, shortest successful invocation, and navigation, including licensing and attribution. | Complete command reference, configuration reference, operational procedures, implementation detail. |
+| Contributor entry point | `docs/development.md` | Task-oriented reading guide, contributor orientation, baseline validation commands, and canonical links. | Package inventory, architecture rules, subsystem behavior, detailed change recipes. |
+| Application architecture policy | `docs/policy/architecture.md` | System shape, normative ownership, dependency direction, boundaries, invariants, safety properties, and non-goals. | Concrete package inventory, implementation mechanics, contributor procedures, decision history, future work. |
+| Policy-set provenance and upstream navigation | `docs/policy/meta.md` | Policy-set origin, local authority, adoption baselines, and upstream adoption and update links. | Task-specific reading triggers, detailed adoption procedures, and formal attribution notices. |
+| Agent policy | `docs/policy/agents.md` | Proportionate, idiomatic implementation; graph-first code discovery, commit discipline, and rules against inventing requirements, restrictions, guarantees, or policy. | Application contracts, architecture, testing policy, and contributor procedures. |
 | Documentation policy | `docs/policy/documentation.md` | Documentation ownership, audience boundaries, maintenance rules, and ADR/document lifecycle. | Application architecture or product behavior. |
-| Testing policy | `docs/policy/testing.md` | Test philosophy, risk-based sufficiency, test boundaries, doubles, coverage guidance, regression-test policy, and criteria for adding, rewriting, or deleting tests. | Subsystem behavior, application contracts, subsystem-specific test inventories, and implementation plans. |
-| Release policy | `docs/policy/release.md` | Versioning and compatibility rules, release integrity and immutability requirements, release-documentation policy, required gates, publication controls, verification requirements, and exception policy. | Repository-specific commands, product installation guidance, CLI version semantics, historical release summaries, and CI implementation detail. |
-| Repository-specific release procedure | `docs/release.md` | Maintainer prerequisites, candidate preparation, concrete validation and publication commands, repository and registry guards, deliverable publication, consumer-facing verification, and failure recovery. | General release requirements, product installation guidance, historical release summaries, and current compatibility contracts. |
-| CLI contract | `docs/cli.md` | Commands, arguments, flags, invocation semantics, and exit codes. | End-to-end operating procedures, configuration field definitions, runtime filesystem layout, module implementation details. |
-| Configuration contract | `docs/config.md` | Discovery and precedence, file schema, fields, defaults, environment overrides, validation rules, and user-selectable module or validator keys. | Complete example files, CLI syntax, runtime state lifecycle, module implementation details. |
-| Operations | `docs/operations.md` | Runtime workflows, physical filesystem and state layout, output, cache, and debug handling, cleanup, permissions, recovery, and operational limits. | CLI flag syntax, configuration field definitions, logical output schemas, implementation mechanics. |
-| Integration contracts for external components | `docs/integrations/`, including `docs/integrations/output-files.md` for serialized outputs | External file formats and protocols, upstream and downstream contracts, logical output bundle paths and schemas, media types, and compatibility behavior. | Physical runtime placement and lifecycle, internal transformations, CLI syntax, configuration defaults. |
-| Inventory of implemented internal packages | `docs/internal/overview.md` | Current packages and components, their implemented responsibilities, and links to focused internal docs. | Normative architecture, contributor reading policy, external contracts. |
-| Behavior and architecture of internal packages | Other files under `docs/internal/` | Implementation flow, internal collaborators and state transitions, package-local guarantees and failures, and relevant tests. | Global architecture invariants, configuration definitions and defaults, external schemas, operator procedures. |
+| Testing policy | `docs/policy/testing.md` | Test philosophy, risk sufficiency, boundaries, doubles, coverage, regressions, and test maintenance. | Subsystem behavior, application contracts, subsystem-specific test inventories, and implementation plans. |
+| Release policy | `docs/policy/release.md` | Versioning, compatibility, release integrity and immutability, release documentation, proportionate gates, publication controls, completion, and required versus optional checks. | Repository-specific commands, product installation guidance, CLI version semantics, historical release summaries, and CI implementation detail. |
+| Open source licensing and attribution policy | `docs/policy/oss.md` | License defaults and author choices, COPYRIGHT and attribution formats, license/notice links, discoverability, maintenance, and concrete exceptions. | Component entries, license texts, release commands, and dependency security review. |
+| Project copyright and license grant | `COPYRIGHT` | Project identity, copyright holders and years, SPDX expression, grant, warranty disclaimer, and third-party statement. | Complete license texts and upstream component attribution. |
+| Project license texts | `LICENSE` | Complete project and incorporated companion license texts, with required project-specific fields. | General licensing policy and upstream component attribution. |
+| Upstream component attribution | `docs/oss/attribution.md` | House Format component entries: identity, material scope and modifications where applicable, copyright, license, required notices, and license, notice, and source links. | General attribution policy, exception reasoning, research narratives, compliance commentary, and complete standard license texts. |
+| Standard dependency license texts | `docs/oss/licenses/` | Complete, verbatim standard license texts shared by applicable entries. | Project-specific upstream notices, attribution prose, and policy interpretation. |
+| Repository-specific release procedure | `docs/release.md` | Maintainer prerequisites, candidate preparation, validation and publication commands and automated guards, asynchronous deliverables, delivery status, optional consumer verification, and recovery. | General release requirements, product installation guidance, historical release summaries, and current compatibility contracts. |
+| CLI contract (if applicable) | `docs/cli.md` | Commands, arguments, flags, invocation semantics, and exit codes. | End-to-end operating procedures, configuration field definitions, runtime filesystem layout, module implementation details. |
+| Configuration contract (if applicable) | `docs/config.md` | Discovery, precedence, schema, fields, defaults, environment overrides, validation, and selectable module and validator keys. | Complete example files, CLI syntax, runtime state lifecycle, module implementation details. |
+| Operations (if applicable) | `docs/operations.md` | Runtime workflows, physical filesystem and state layout, output, cache and debug handling, resume, cleanup, permissions, recovery, and limits. | CLI flag syntax, configuration field definitions, logical output schemas, implementation mechanics. |
+| Integration contracts for external components (if applicable) | `docs/integrations/`, including `docs/integrations/output-files.md` for serialized outputs | External formats and protocols, upstream and downstream contracts, logical output paths and schemas, media types, and compatibility. | Physical runtime placement and lifecycle, internal transformations, CLI syntax, configuration defaults. |
+| Inventory of implemented internal packages | `docs/internal/overview.md` | Implemented packages and components, responsibilities, and links to focused internal docs. | Normative architecture, contributor reading policy, external contracts. |
+| Behavior and architecture of internal packages | Other files under `docs/internal/` | Implementation flow, collaborators, state transitions, package-local guarantees and failures, and relevant tests. | Global architecture invariants, configuration definitions and defaults, external schemas, operator procedures. |
 | Contributor change recipes | Relevant files under `docs/internal/`, including `docs/internal/cli-config.md`, `docs/internal/modules.md`, and `docs/internal/validators.md` | Concrete editing and validation steps for each component. | Contributor orientation, global policy, and definitions of external contracts. |
 | Architectural decision records | `docs/adr/` | Significant decisions, context, alternatives, rationale, consequences, and supersession history. | Current behavior reference, implementation status, task sequencing. |
-| Future work and implementation status | `docs/roadmap/` | Proposed, accepted, deferred, or rejected work; implementation status; sequencing; and task breakdowns. | Implemented behavior reference and architectural decision rationale. |
-| Release-note history | `docs/releases/` | One checked-in historical summary for each source release made under the procedure. The note at the immutable tag is that release's record. | Current commands, behavior, contracts, and compatibility definitions. |
-| Complete copyable artifacts | `examples/` | Maintained configuration, inputs, and other files intended to be copied or run. | Field-by-field reference, command reference, prose explanation. |
+| Future work and implementation status | `docs/roadmap/` | Proposed, accepted, deferred, or rejected work; implementation status, sequencing, and task breakdowns. | Implemented behavior reference and architectural decision rationale. |
+| Release-note history | `docs/releases/` | One checked-in summary per source release under the procedure; the note at its immutable tag is the release record. | Current commands, behavior, contracts, and compatibility definitions. |
+| Complete copyable artifacts | `examples/` | Maintained configuration, inputs, and other copyable or runnable files. | Field-by-field reference, command reference, prose explanation. |
 
-Documents that do not exist are required only when the corresponding interface
-or responsibility exists. Do not create placeholder API, consumer, integration,
-or operations documents for behavior the application does not have. Audita has
-retired its standalone troubleshooting guide; concrete operating and recovery
-procedures belong in `docs/operations.md`.
+Create supporting documents for existing interfaces and responsibilities when
+substantive content is available.
+Audita has retired its standalone troubleshooting guide; concrete operating and
+recovery procedures belong in `docs/operations.md`.
 
 ## Boundary Rules
 
 ### Orientation
 
-The README owns product orientation. The developer guide routes contributors.
-Architecture owns normative structure. Internal overview owns the current
-concrete component map. These documents may link to one another but should not
-maintain parallel package or behavior descriptions.
+Link among orientation, architecture, and internal documents; maintain each
+package or behavior description in its canonical owner.
 
 ### Commands, Configuration, And Operations
 
@@ -108,12 +114,16 @@ other contracts.
 
 The release policy defines requirements and invariants that every release must
 satisfy. The repository-specific release procedure defines the commands and
-workflow maintainers use to satisfy that policy. Release notes are immutable
-historical summaries, not current-state contract owners: the checked-in note at
-an immutable tag records that release, while current canonical documentation
-must change with the behavior it describes. Do not use a release procedure or
-release note to weaken policy, redefine current behavior, or defer required
-documentation updates.
+workflow maintainers use to satisfy that policy. Release notes record history
+at immutable tags. Maintain current behavior in its canonical documentation,
+update it with the corresponding behavior changes, and keep release procedures
+consistent with adopted policy.
+
+### Project Licensing And Upstream Attribution
+
+README and release documents link to the canonical licensing and attribution
+materials under the [OSS policy](oss.md). The release procedure owns URL
+construction and publication mechanics.
 
 ### Contracts And Implementation
 

docs/policy/meta.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Policy Set Provenance
+
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.0
+
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies meta](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/meta.md)
+
+## Origin And Local Authority
+
+This repository's policy set is adapted from
+[Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy).
+The adopted local policies govern work in this repository. Upstream revisions
+become local policy through deliberate adoption, preserving local decisions.
+Each policy's `Upstream Source` identifies its adopted baseline.
+
+## Adoption And Updates
+
+For policy adoption, upstream revision reviews, and updates, consult the
+[upstream adoption and update guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/branch/main/docs/adoption.md).
+That guide and the reference example collection are maintained upstream and
+accessed through links. Keep discovery links pointed at the current upstream
+project and guide; keep adopted-source and example links pinned to commits.
+
+The local [developer guide](../development.md) routes tasks to applicable
+policies. Formal credit and licensing notices for the copied policy material
+belong in the local [attribution document](../oss/attribution.md).

docs/policy/oss.md

@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+# Open Source Licensing And Attribution Policy
+
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.8
+
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies oss](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/oss.md)
+
+## Purpose And Scope
+
+This policy defines project licensing conventions and a repeatable House Format
+for upstream attribution and license notices. It covers the project's own code
+and upstream components incorporated into or distributed with the application
+or library, including relevant transitive dependencies and copied code,
+documentation, or assets.
+Determine treatment from the component's terms and actual use.
+
+Consulting development guidance or using tooling alone does not require an
+attribution entry. Copying or adapting documentation for inclusion in the
+repository is different: preserve its applicable attribution and license terms.
+A material's role as development guidance does not exempt copied documents.
+Apply any express permissions for attribution-free reuse of example formatting.
+
+The baseline is a publicly available source repository with releases published
+alongside it. The format is independent of language, forge, and build system.
+It does not require attribution for every development tool, establish license
+compatibility, or resolve every obligation arising from use or distribution.
+
+Audita uses the existing GPL-3.0-or-later application grant in
+[`COPYRIGHT`](../../COPYRIGHT). The Gitea distribution and publication procedure
+are documented in the [release runbook](../release.md).
+
+## Canonical Locations
+
+The [documentation policy](documentation.md) assigns ownership:
+
+- `COPYRIGHT`: project name, copyright statements, SPDX expression, grant,
+  warranty disclaimer, and third-party statement.
+- `LICENSE` contains the complete, unmodified project license text, including
+  incorporated companion text. Dependency attribution does not relicense the project.
+- `docs/oss/attribution.md`: canonical component entries.
+- `docs/oss/licenses/`: complete, verbatim standard and applicable companion texts.
+
+Use recognizable license filenames, such as `Apache-2.0.txt` or `LGPL-3.0.txt`.
+A shared standard text may serve multiple entries. Keep explanations outside
+license texts and preserve distinct versions and exceptions.
+
+## Upstream Reference Examples
+
+Use the commit-pinned upstream examples to create actual project notices.
+Retain their links and keep the example collection upstream; keep applicable
+license texts locally as specified above.
+
+## Project Licensing
+
+Unless the author specifies otherwise, use **GPL version 3 or later**
+(`GPL-3.0-or-later`) for applications and **LGPL version 3 or later**
+(`LGPL-3.0-or-later`) for libraries. An author's explicit choice takes precedence:
+for example, a one-off script may use MIT. Such a choice requires no exception
+rationale, additional approval, or compensating controls under this policy.
+
+These defaults guide new license selection. Adopting this policy does not
+relicense existing code or override third-party terms. Preserve an existing
+license unless the author deliberately changes it. For mixed-purpose projects,
+follow the author's selected scope rather than inferring different licenses for
+individual packages.
+
+Use the upstream [application COPYRIGHT example](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/examples/licensing/application/COPYRIGHT)
+or [library COPYRIGHT example](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/examples/licensing/library/COPYRIGHT)
+to create the project’s root `COPYRIGHT` file.
+Use verified project names, contribution years, and copyright holders.
+For another selected license, adapt the grant, SPDX expression, disclaimer, and
+text references together to reflect the author's selected grant.
+
+For GPLv3 projects, copy the complete GPLv3 text into `LICENSE`. For LGPLv3
+projects, place the complete LGPLv3 text followed by the complete GPLv3 text in
+`LICENSE`; the LGPL incorporates the GPL terms. Keep the texts unmodified and
+place project-specific statements in `COPYRIGHT`. For the default grants, the
+grant and SPDX expression in `COPYRIGHT` must expressly identify `or-later`;
+follow the author’s choice if a different grant is selected.
+
+For other licenses, provide their complete text and any required project-specific
+fields; the standard reference collection remains unchanged. Keep `COPYRIGHT`,
+`LICENSE`, SPDX expressions, and README descriptions consistent with the actual
+grant. This convention introduces no blanket requirement for per-file headers;
+preserve notices or add them where the applicable terms require them.
+
+Identify separately licensed documentation or assets in the project grant, with
+links to their attribution and license information. An application's default
+code license does not override the terms of incorporated documentation.
+
+## Upstream Attribution House Format
+
+Begin `docs/oss/attribution.md` with `# Open Source Attribution Notices`,
+followed directly by component entries. These comprise the complete document.
+
+Each entry presents these five fields in order, with blank lines between them:
+
+1. **Project name** as a level-two heading. An optional identification paragraph
+   may follow, such as `Selected module: MODULE at VERSION.` with the module and
+   version in backticks. For copied documentation, a concise `Material:` sentence
+   may identify the affected files and whether they were adapted or copied
+   without modification. A factual qualifier such as `(transitive dependency)`
+   is permitted. Limit optional identification prose to factual component and
+   material scope.
+2. **Upstream copyright statement or statements**, preserving their wording.
+   Put multiple statements in separate paragraphs. Include this field when the
+   selected upstream source supplies an applicable statement; otherwise, omit it.
+3. **SPDX license identifier or expression**, when applicable, using
+   `SPDX-License-Identifier: EXPRESSION`.
+4. **License and notice links**, beginning `License and notices:`, separated
+   by ` | `, and ending with a period. Label local standard texts by license
+   name, such as `MIT` or `Apache 2.0`. Label upstream files by their actual
+   filenames, such as `COPYRIGHT`, `LICENSE`, `NOTICE`, or `PATENTS`.
+5. **Source repository link**, rendered exactly as `[Source](COMMIT_URL).`.
+
+Use the upstream [attribution example](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/examples/licensing/attribution.md)
+to create the project’s `docs/oss/attribution.md`.
+The example illustrates omitted fields and multiple copyrights and licenses.
+Replace the uppercase placeholders and illustrative URLs with actual component
+information. Local license links are relative to the destination
+`docs/oss/attribution.md`; copy the applicable texts into its `licenses/`
+directory. Do not copy example entries for components the project does not use.
+
+These are five fields, not a line limit. Omit the SPDX field when no applicable
+identifier exists; identify nonstandard terms through the linked text. Preserve
+licensing alternatives and exceptions, and record a selected option when
+relevant through the factual license identification. Do not invent an identifier
+or silently resolve an unsettled licensing choice.
+
+Keep entries factual. Do not add agent-authored explanations of license
+expressions, file-level license scope, research performed, retained source
+notices, or compliance conclusions. Avoid filler such as "none is invented
+here" and embellished link labels such as "upstream LICENSE", "additional
+patent grant", or "at the imported commit". Preserve actual required upstream
+content; this rule excludes editorial additions, not required notices. Policy
+interpretation and exception reasoning belong in the adopted OSS policy or an
+appropriate decision record, not the attribution document.
+
+## License Texts And Upstream Links
+
+Link standard license texts to their local copies. Link project-specific
+notices to their upstream copies. Every upstream repository or notice link must
+identify the exact commit corresponding to the
+imported version, including the selected source revision for copied material.
+
+Classify material according to its contents. An upstream `LICENSE`,
+`COPYING`, or similar file may contain project-specific notices or exceptions
+in addition to standard wording. Link both the local standard text and the
+commit-specific upstream file when needed. Make companion license texts directly
+reachable from the entry.
+
+For project-specific license and attribution material, this policy accepts
+direct links to the applicable upstream texts as satisfying reproduction,
+inclusion, or copy requirements. This is the adopted house interpretation.
+Agents must apply it without adding local-copy requirements or seeking repeated
+approval solely because a license uses those terms.
+
+This interpretation concerns notice reproduction. Concrete obligations such as
+marking modified files or supplying corresponding source receive their own
+applicable treatment. Preserve required notices already present in incorporated
+source files; the central attribution entry does not authorize stripping them.
+
+## Discoverability
+
+End the project's README with two friendly statements linking to its actual
+grant in `COPYRIGHT` and the attribution document. For example, for a project
+with the stated license:
+
+```markdown
+PROJECT_NAME is licensed under the [LGPL v3.0 or later](COPYRIGHT).
+
+[Open Source attribution notices](docs/oss/attribution.md) are available.
+```
+
+Each new checked-in release document and its hosted download page must end
+with links whose visible text is `COPYRIGHT | LICENSE | ATTRIBUTION`. Use absolute
+URLs to those files at the release's immutable tag or corresponding immutable source
+revision so the links work in both locations. This release navigation is distinct
+from upstream component links, which must use the imported commit.
+
+Reuse the checked-in release document as the hosted release body where supported.
+The release procedure owns concrete URLs and publication mechanics for delivering
+the links through the selected channel. Do not maintain duplicate notice lists.
+These conventions do not by themselves require separate downloadable license
+assets, source bundles, or a different binary package format.
+
+## Maintenance And Exceptions
+
+Update project licensing statements together when the author changes the grant
+or its scope. Update upstream notices in the change that adds, removes, upgrades,
+copies, or changes the distribution of a relevant component. Check the selected source's license
+and notices rather than assuming they are unchanged. Update affected entries,
+commit links, and texts; retain historical versions through Git.
+
+When the toolchain used for distributed binaries changes, check the Go runtime
+and standard-library entries against that toolchain's exact source revision,
+including any vendored packages incorporated into those binaries.
+
+Check affected statements, faithful standard-text copies, and link destinations
+as part of ordinary change review. For a future release tag, check intended file
+paths against the candidate source; the tag need not resolve remotely before
+publication. Do not add publication-time network checks, CI polling, recurring
+legal sign-offs, mandatory scanners, or a full software bill of materials merely
+to implement this policy.
+
+Use the House Format routinely. Raise an exception only for a concrete obligation
+or unresolved rights question it does not address, including any arising from a
+particular distribution channel. Record the issue and selected treatment in the
+adopted OSS policy or an appropriate decision record. Attribution entries
+contain the resulting factual identification and required material, without
+repeating that reasoning. Resolve the issue before the affected use or
+distribution without reopening settled choices.
+Common ownership of projects is neither required nor a blanket exception.
+
+Apply the formatting convention prospectively. Do not rewrite published tags,
+notes, binaries, or checksums to retrofit it. Address actual omissions deliberately
+under the applicable terms and the [release correction policy](release.md#immutability-and-failure-recovery).
+Ordinary attribution maintenance and release links are preparation work, not new
+release approval gates.

docs/policy/release.md

@@ -1,40 +1,50 @@
 # Release Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.0
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.6
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-23
+**Last Updated**: 2026-10-08
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies release](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/docs/policy/release.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
-This policy defines the minimum requirements for selecting, validating,
-publishing, verifying, and correcting releases. Its goal is to make every
-release intentional, reproducible from an exact source revision, documented
-for consumers, and safe from retrospective replacement.
+This policy defines a proportionate workflow for validating and publishing an
+intended source revision under a fresh version. Releases should require little
+routine intervention, avoid repeated work, and preserve published contents.
 
-The repository-specific commands that implement these requirements belong in
-`docs/release.md`. Historical release summaries belong in `docs/releases/`.
-This is an Audita-specific adaptation of the base policy, not a requirement to
-implement the standard unchanged. Adapt it further when Audita's needs warrant;
-the canonical procedure must agree with the adopted policy.
+Adopt stronger verification or reproducibility requirements through an explicit
+project-specific decision justified by the intended audience and support needs.
 
-## Release Model
+The repository-specific commands belong in `docs/release.md`. Historical release
+summaries belong in `docs/releases/`. The procedure must agree with the adopted
+policy and link to it rather than introduce additional release requirements.
 
-A release identifies one exact source commit with an immutable version tag and
-its checked-in release note. The primary release branch is `main`.
+## Release Model And Completion
 
-Release success means that the intended version tag has been created and
-successfully pushed to the authoritative remote with its source commit. The
-release procedure ends at that point. It must never wait for CI to complete or
-require successful CI status, artifact publication, or consumer installation as
-a completion gate.
+A source release identifies one exact committed source revision through an
+immutable version tag and a version-matched, checked-in release note. The
+primary release branch is `main` unless the adopted policy specifies otherwise.
+The procedure must name the authoritative publication remote.
 
-CI builds and publishes binaries and checksums asynchronously from the tagged
-source. Delayed or failed automation does not reverse release success. Artifact
-availability is a separate status and must not be claimed merely because the tag
-was pushed. Published artifacts must be traceable to the tagged source.
+A successful push of the intended tag, with its source commit available on the
+authoritative primary branch, completes the release. The source commit may be
+pushed before the tag or published together with it through an atomic push.
+The procedure must choose and document the supported approach.
 
-Automation must not silently change the source candidate, move a published tag,
-or replace an existing published artifact.
+Release commands must finish at successful publication. They must not wait for
+or poll CI, require successful CI status, inspect downloadable artifacts, or
+check consumer installation or Go module availability as completion gates.
+A failed or ambiguous push requires resolving the authoritative remote state
+before declaring success or retrying; successful pushes do not require a
+separate remote read-back gate.
+
+Repositories may publish source only. Additional binaries, images, packages,
+checksums, or other declared deliverables may be published asynchronously from
+the tagged source. The procedure must identify those deliverables and the
+responsibility of their automation. Published deliverables must be traceable
+to that source and identify the same version.
+
+Track source-release completion and artifact delivery separately. Report delivery
+failures and optional investigations under artifact-delivery status.
 
 ## Supported Platforms
 
@@ -42,25 +52,34 @@ or replace an existing published artifact.
 | --- | --- |
 | Linux amd64 | Required production target |
 | Linux arm64 | Required production target |
-| macOS arm64 | Best effort for local development; failures do not block a release or Linux artifact publication |
+| macOS arm64 | Best effort for local development; development failures do not block a release or Linux artifact publication |
 
 Windows and macOS amd64 are unsupported. Neither their builds nor tests are
 release requirements. Native macOS testing and access to a Mac are not release
 prerequisites.
 
+Linux amd64 and arm64 remain the required production targets. Publication from
+a host outside the selected target set must pass ReleaseKit's temporary native
+version check. This check does not require access to a Mac or native tests on
+every delivery target.
+
 ## Versioning And Compatibility
 
 Stable releases use Semantic Versioning in the form `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`, with
-no leading zeroes. Each version must be unused locally and on the authoritative
-remote before publication begins.
+no leading zeroes. Prereleases require an explicit adopted policy defining
+their format and use.
 
-Unless an adopted policy explicitly supports and defines prereleases,
-prerelease versions are not permitted.
+The selected version must be unused locally and on the authoritative remote.
+Do not require queries to every configured remote or publication service.
+A version known to have already been published must not be reused, even if the
+normal guards do not inspect that channel. Adding a distribution channel
+requires a deliberate update to the policy and procedure where needed.
 
 For releases at or after `v1.0.0`:
 
 - a major release may make intentional incompatible changes;
-- a minor release may add backward-compatible behavior; and
+- a minor release may add backward-compatible behavior or raise the Go consumer
+  minimum as described below; and
 - a patch release may make backward-compatible fixes.
 
 Before `v1.0.0`, a minor release may change a documented public, operational,
@@ -68,101 +87,165 @@ configuration, data, integration, or compatibility contract when the release
 note explains the impact and required consumer action. A patch release must
 not intentionally break those contracts within its minor line.
 
-A repository with additional compatibility promises must define them in its
-adopted policy or canonical contract documentation. A release note may explain
-a compatibility change, but it must not redefine the current compatibility
-contract.
+Additional compatibility promises and deliberate exceptions belong in the
+adopted policy or canonical contract documentation. Release notes explain
+changes; they do not redefine current compatibility contracts.
 
-## Release Documentation
+## Consumer Minimum And Release Toolchain
 
-Every release made under this policy must include
-`docs/releases/<version>.md` in the tagged source tree. The filename must use
-the complete version tag, and the document must begin with a title containing
-the product name and that exact version.
+Distinguish the minimum toolchain supported for consumers from the toolchain
+maintainers use to build and validate a release. Record the consumer minimum in
+the language's standard metadata and explain its support meaning in canonical
+documentation. Define the selected release toolchain and its setup commands in
+`docs/release.md`. Toolchain selection and upgrade cadence are repository-specific
+choices.
 
-Release notes must contain a short summary and any relevant compatibility or
-upgrade instructions. Fixed sections and explicit no-action boilerplate are not
-required. Keep notes proportionate to the change.
+For Go repositories, normally declare the initial stable release of the selected
+series as the consumer minimum, such as `go 1.26.0`. Use a higher patch minimum
+when a dependency or an identified correctness fix requires it, and document
+the reason.
 
-Release notes are immutable historical summaries. They should link to current
-canonical documentation for exact behavior. Every affected canonical document
-must be updated in the same candidate; a release note must not substitute for
-current documentation or defer required documentation changes.
+For release-policy purposes, successful build and release validation on the
+selected Go patch release are sufficient to presume support across that Go
+series, subject to the declared consumer minimum and concrete evidence of
+incompatibility. Investigate specific compatibility concerns as they arise.
 
-## Candidate Preparation And Validation
+Use the selected release toolchain for candidate validation and release builds,
+including CI jobs performing those tasks. A newer validation patch version alone
+leaves the consumer minimum unchanged.
 
-Use the minimum gates needed for confidence in Audita's release. Provide one
-local command for the selected automated checks, following the
-[testing policy](testing.md). Run the deterministic, offline default test suite
-once for the candidate and verify that both required Linux targets build.
-Avoid duplicate test runs solely to satisfy separate release phases.
+A minor release may raise the Go consumer minimum, including from one Go series
+to the next, both before and after `v1.0.0`. This is an explicit exception to the
+backward-compatibility requirement for minor releases. Patch releases preserve
+the consumer minimum. Explain an increase's impact and required consumer action
+in the release note. Other incompatible changes remain subject to the versioning
+rules above.
 
-Additional checks must address a concrete risk not already covered. Do not
-inherit a mandatory linting, documentation audit, platform matrix, or live-service
-checklist solely from the base policy. Documentation migration validation is
-separate work, not automatically a recurring release gate.
+## Release Documentation And Preparation
 
-Automate mechanical guards. Do not require manual approvals, sign-offs, laptop
-testing, or post-publication inspection as release gates. Version selection and
-a concise release summary remain preparation inputs, not separate approval rounds.
+Every new release must include `docs/releases/<version>.md` in the tagged
+source tree. Use the complete version tag as the filename and begin with a
+title containing the product name and that exact version.
+
+Include a short summary and any relevant compatibility impact or upgrade
+instructions. Choose sections suited to the release and keep the note
+proportionate to the change.
+
+Keep exact current contracts in their canonical documents and update affected
+documentation with the behavior change. Link to those documents from the note
+where useful. If annotated tags are used, derive their summary from the
+checked-in note.
+
+Include the release footer defined by the [OSS policy](oss.md#discoverability)
+in each new release document and preserve it on the hosted download page. The
+release procedure defines the concrete URLs and publication mechanics. Prepare
+these links with the release note; they do not add a network check or approval
+gate.
+
+Handle version selection, release-note content, and retirement of completed
+roadmaps during preparation. Preserve planned and deferred work and repair
+affected links when retiring roadmaps. Reuse ordinary change review for
+unintended files, credentials, and private data. Scope release-content review
+to the tagged source.
+
+## Candidate Validation
+
+Provide one publication command that validates the final committed candidate,
+checks publication state, and publishes the intended refs. A validation-only
+mode or command may be provided for diagnosis, but must not be a required step
+before publication repeats the same checks.
+
+Run the complete deterministic, offline default test suite once for the final
+candidate, following the [testing policy](testing.md). For repositories that
+publish builds, verify the required build targets. Select those targets for
+the application's actual support commitments; native testing on each platform
+and access to particular hardware are not default release prerequisites.
+
+Additional gates must address a concrete risk that the existing checks do not
+adequately cover. Do not automatically require linting, race testing, module
+hygiene audits, documentation audits, credential scans, example validation, or
+expanded platform matrices solely because they are possible. Retain such
+checks when their distinct protection justifies their cost. A one-time migration
+check must not silently become a permanent release requirement.
+
+Release tests must not require real credentials, mutable application services,
+paid APIs, provider probes, or inference calls. The procedure may describe dependency
+preparation separately from offline validation.
+
+Avoid duplicate validation across release phases. Successful checks for the
+same final candidate need not be repeated solely to satisfy another phase;
+any reuse must clearly apply to that exact candidate. Persistent validation
+caches are not required. If the candidate changes, validate the new candidate.
+Cheap publication-state checks may be repeated immediately before pushing
+because local or remote state may have changed during validation.
+
+Automate mechanical guards. Human review gates are strongly disfavored: add one
+only through an explicit project-specific policy decision explaining the
+concrete risk and why ordinary change review or automation is insufficient.
+Do not add routine confirmations for checks the command can perform itself.
 
 ## Publication Guards
 
-The procedure must automate the small set of checks needed to publish the
-intended source under a fresh version:
+Automate the checks needed to publish the intended source under a fresh version:
 
-- valid, unused version on the authoritative remote;
-- clean worktree and index on the primary release branch;
-- the exact candidate that passed the local checks, including its matching note;
-- publication of that source commit and the exact intended tag.
+- the version has the adopted format and is unused locally and on the
+  authoritative remote;
+- the worktree and index are clean on the primary release branch;
+- the source being published is the exact candidate that passed validation,
+  including its matching release note;
+- the remote primary branch already identifies that candidate, or an atomic
+  source/tag push will advance it to that candidate without discarding remote
+  history; and
+- the tag identifies the validated candidate and only the intended refs are
+  published.
 
-Do not require remote CI success. Avoid an additional manual confirmation for
-each mechanical guard. Publish explicit refs rather than all local tags.
-A successful push is the completion signal; a failed or ambiguous push must be
-resolved against remote ref state before declaring success or retrying.
+Fetch the authoritative branch and tag state as needed for these checks.
+Do not force branch or tag updates to bypass a failed guard. Publish explicit
+refs rather than all local tags. Do not require CI success, publication-service
+availability checks, or a separate manual confirmation for each guard.
 
-## Immutability And Correction
+## Immutability And Failure Recovery
 
-Published version tags and published deliverables are immutable. Do not move,
-overwrite, recreate, or delete a published tag. Do not replace an artifact,
-image, package, checksum, signature, provenance statement, or release note
-under an already published version.
+Published version tags and published contents are immutable. Do not move,
+overwrite, recreate, or delete a published tag, or replace a published artifact,
+checksum, signature, provenance statement, or release note under that version.
+The checked-in note at the immutable tag is that release's historical record.
 
-If validation fails before publication, correct and commit the candidate, then
-rerun the release command. Validation must apply to the exact candidate. An
-unpublished local tag may be removed after confirming that it was never published
-or used by a release channel.
+If validation fails before publication, correct and commit the candidate and
+rerun the publication command. If a push fails or its outcome is ambiguous,
+inspect the authoritative remote before retrying. Remove an unpublished local
+tag only after confirming it was never published or used by a release channel.
+An unavailable remote leaves publication status unknown; do not overwrite a tag
+to resolve uncertainty.
 
-If a defect is discovered after publication, leave the published release intact. Correct the defect on the primary branch, choose a
-new patch version or other semantically appropriate new version, write a new
-matching release note, and perform the complete release procedure again.
+Transient network, authentication, CI, or consumer-availability failures do not
+by themselves require a new version. Asynchronous delivery may be retried from
+the same immutable tag. Missing artifacts may be published later, provided
+existing published contents are not replaced and the additions remain consistent
+with the tagged source and any already-published checksum manifest. If that
+cannot be achieved, publish a new version.
 
-A distribution channel's supported yank, deprecation, or advisory mechanism
-may warn consumers away from a defective release, but it must not replace that
-release's contents or reuse its version.
+A defect requiring changes to published source or contents requires a corrected
+commit, a new semantically appropriate version, a matching release note, and
+the release procedure again. Leave the original release intact. A channel's
+yank, deprecation, or advisory mechanism may warn consumers away from a defective
+release without replacing its contents or reusing its version.
 
 ## Repository Release Procedure
 
-Maintain [docs/release.md](../release.md) as a short, executable maintainer runbook.
-It must identify prerequisites, authoritative remote, version and note preparation,
-one local validation command, automated source/tag guards, exact publication
-commands, and failure handling. It must name the asynchronous automation and link
-to this policy for supported platforms and release-success semantics.
+Maintain `docs/release.md` as a short, executable maintainer runbook. It must
+identify:
 
-Describe how to diagnose or retry failed artifact delivery separately from release
-completion. Missing artifacts may be published later from the same immutable tag;
-existing published artifacts must not be overwritten. A source defect requires a
-new version. No polling or CI waiting belongs in the release command.
+1. prerequisites, selected release toolchain, primary branch, and authoritative
+   remote;
+2. version and release-note preparation;
+3. one publication command with its selected local checks and automated guards;
+4. declared deliverables, required build targets, and automation responsibilities;
+5. the successful-push completion point and separately reported delivery status;
+   and
+6. failure handling, ambiguous-push recovery, and asynchronous delivery retries.
 
-## Audita Adaptations
-
-The maintainer approved these deviations from the base policy on 2026-09-23:
-
-- Audita's needs govern policy adaptation rather than strict template compliance.
-- Only Linux amd64 and arm64 are required; macOS arm64 is best effort.
-- A successful tag push completes the release; asynchronous CI cannot block it.
-- Gates are minimal, automated where practical, and avoid redundant validation
-  and human intervention.
-
-The [release procedure](../release.md) and its linked scripts implement these
-requirements. CI delivery remains asynchronous.
+Use copyable commands where practical. Keep optional diagnostics and consumer
+verification clearly optional. The procedure must not turn preparation work,
+ordinary change review, or post-publication investigation into additional
+release gates.

docs/policy/testing.md

@@ -1,43 +1,31 @@
 # Testing Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.0
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-23
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies testing](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/testing.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
 Our tests exist to make **incorrect changes expensive and correct changes cheap**.
 
-We do not optimize for test count, line coverage, exhaustive isolation, or the fewest possible tests. We optimize for sufficient confidence in important behavior while imposing as little unnecessary friction as possible on future development.
+We optimize for sufficient confidence in important behavior while minimizing friction on future development.
 
 ## Every test has a cost
 
-Testing is not an unqualified good. Every test imposes both an immediate cost and a continuing lifetime cost.
-
-A test must be:
-
-- written and reviewed;
-- understood by future maintainers and coding agents;
-- executed in local and CI workflows;
-- diagnosed when it fails;
-- updated when legitimate behavior changes;
-- maintained as fixtures, APIs, and dependencies evolve; and
-- removed or rewritten when it becomes redundant, brittle, misleading, or obsolete.
-
-Tests also create cognitive and architectural friction. They can constrain refactoring, duplicate policy, slow feedback loops, add noise to failures, and cause harmless implementation changes to require unrelated edits across the suite.
+Every test has an immediate and continuing cost: writing, review, execution,
+diagnosis, fixture maintenance, and updates when legitimate behavior changes.
+Tests can also constrain refactoring, duplicate policy, and add failure noise.
 
 A test is warranted only when the confidence it provides justifies these costs.
-
-Apply this cost-benefit analysis at two levels:
+Evaluate that tradeoff at two levels:
 
 1. **Per test:** What realistic defect does this test detect, how consequential would that defect be, and is that protection worth the test's lifetime cost?
 2. **Across the suite:** Does this collection provide materially more confidence than a smaller, simpler suite would?
 
-The preferred test suite is a **lean suite that provides sufficient confidence in the risks that matter, without redundant or low-value tests**. We seek sufficient confidence with the least unnecessary testing friction, not the fewest possible tests.
+Some friction is intentional. Tests should make dangerous changes—such as breaking compatibility, corrupting data, violating security boundaries, or reintroducing subtle bugs—require deliberate review. Keep ordinary internal changes inexpensive.
 
-Some friction is intentional. Tests should make dangerous changes—such as breaking compatibility, corrupting data, violating security boundaries, or reintroducing subtle bugs—require deliberate review. They should not make ordinary internal changes needlessly expensive.
-
-The cost of a test is not a reason to omit testing by default. Do not cite maintenance cost abstractly. When omitting a plausible test, be able to state why the protected failure is low-risk, already covered, obvious, reversible, or cheaper to detect elsewhere. For consequential, subtle, or difficult-to-observe behavior, the presumption should favor testing.
+Evaluate maintenance cost against the specific failure being protected. When omitting a plausible test, be able to state why the protected failure is low-risk, already covered, obvious, reversible, or cheaper to detect elsewhere. For consequential, subtle, or difficult-to-observe behavior, the presumption should favor testing.
 
 ## Default testing style
 
@@ -69,15 +57,27 @@ To the extent the following features are present in the application, prioritize
 6. Previously observed or plausible regressions.
 7. Representative integration and end-to-end workflows.
 
-A package-level contract is behavior relied upon by another package or major collaborator, not every observable detail of a package implementation.
+A package-level contract comprises behavior relied upon by another package or major collaborator.
 
-For behavior involving **data integrity, destructive operations, compatibility, security, concurrency, idempotency, or recovery**, presume that durable tests are required unless the behavior is already credibly protected at another layer.
+Choose tests for requested behavior and established contracts. Tests must not
+introduce new restrictions, guarantees, or threat scenarios merely because they
+could be asserted. Follow the [agent policy](agents.md) when deciding whether a
+behavior belongs to the contract; current implementation behavior alone is not
+sufficient authority.
+
+For established behavior involving **data integrity, destructive operations,
+compatibility, security, concurrency, idempotency, or recovery**, favor durable
+tests for realistic failures whose consequences warrant protection. Identify
+the failure and the existing contract it would violate. These categories call
+for attention, not an automatic test inventory or permission to strengthen the
+application's guarantees. Account for protection already provided at other layers.
 
 Do not add tests merely because a function, branch, or line exists. Do not add a test when the same meaningful risk is already adequately protected elsewhere.
 
 ## Choose the right test boundary
 
-Test through the narrowest stable boundary that expresses the behavior clearly.
+Choose the narrowest stable boundary that expresses the behavior clearly and
+provides durable confidence with minimal incidental coupling.
 
 This is often the package API, but it may instead be:
 
@@ -85,28 +85,15 @@ This is often the package API, but it may instead be:
 - a package-level operation when several internal collaborators jointly produce the behavior; or
 - a larger integration boundary when correctness emerges from interaction with a real dependency.
 
-Do not force all behavior through oversized end-to-end tests. Do not test every private helper merely because it exists. Choose the boundary that gives durable confidence with the least incidental coupling.
-
 ## Test behavior, not implementation
 
-A test should protect a decision, contract, or invariant. A test must not memorialize the current implementation.
+A test should protect a selected decision, contract, or invariant.
 
-Before adding or retaining a test, ask:
+A test is suspect when it primarily detects changes to private constants or
+helpers, equivalent operation ordering, incidental formatting, equivalent
+algorithms, or internal structure that preserves behavior.
 
-> What realistic defect would this test catch?
-
-A test is suspect when its main purpose is to detect that someone:
-
-- changed an internal constant;
-- renamed or split a private helper;
-- reordered equivalent internal operations;
-- changed incidental formatting;
-- replaced one correct algorithm with another; or
-- refactored internal object structure without changing behavior.
-
-Refactoring should normally require no test edits unless the refactored structure is itself part of the contract.
-
-A test can be factually correct and still have negative value. Accurately describing current behavior is not sufficient; the protected behavior must be important enough to justify the future friction.
+Behavioral tests should normally remain stable through internal refactoring that preserves the contract.
 
 ## Expected effects of different changes
 
@@ -123,12 +110,13 @@ A test failing is not the same as a test needing to be edited. Many tests may co
 
 ## Separate mechanism from policy
 
-Configurable thresholds and defaults must not be duplicated throughout the test suite.
+Derive expectations from test-controlled configuration and relationships.
 
-For example, do not encode an internal concurrency limit indirectly:
+For this example, assume the selected contract rejects a request to start more
+processes than a configured limit. Do not encode its production default indirectly:
 
 ```go
-// Production policy:
+// Production default:
 const maxConcurrency = 4
 
 // Brittle test:
@@ -146,25 +134,30 @@ require.NoError(t, runner.Start(limit))
 require.ErrorIs(t, runner.Start(limit+1), ErrTooMuchConcurrency)
 ```
 
-The test should prove:
+For this selected contract, the test should prove:
 
 - the configured limit is accepted; and
 - one beyond the configured limit is rejected.
 
+Rejection is not a general requirement for concurrency control. If the selected
+contract queues excess work or limits active workers while accepting larger
+batches, test that behavior instead. Do not add rejection or a configurable
+limit solely to reproduce this example.
+
 The production default should be tested exactly only when its literal value is itself a public, operational, safety, protocol, or compatibility requirement.
 
-Apply the same rule to limits, timeouts, capacities, retry counts, and ranges: test relationships and behavior, not duplicated literals.
+Apply the same rule to limits, timeouts, capacities, retry counts, and ranges: test relationships and behavior.
 
-For concurrency limits, test both kinds of behavior when relevant:
+For established concurrency limits, distinguish these behaviors where the contract requires them:
 
-1. **Configuration enforcement:** invalid or excessive requested values are handled correctly.
+1. **Configuration handling:** values are accepted or rejected according to the selected contract.
 2. **Runtime enforcement:** observed peak concurrency never exceeds the configured limit.
 
-Use a test-controlled limit and measure the behavior relative to that limit. Do not merely assert today's default value.
+Use a test-controlled limit and measure the behavior relative to that limit.
 
-## Avoid semantic duplication across layers
+## Assign each behavior a test owner
 
-Each behavior should have a clear test owner.
+Where these layers exist, assign ownership as follows:
 
 - Parser tests own parsing cases.
 - Validator tests own validation rules.
@@ -174,9 +167,7 @@ Each behavior should have a clear test owner.
 - CLI tests own argument and configuration mapping.
 - End-to-end tests prove that representative assembled workflows work.
 
-Higher-level tests should not repeat every lower-level case. A single intentional policy change should not require unrelated edits across many test files.
-
-Tests that are individually reasonable may still be collectively redundant. Evaluate the marginal value of each additional test in light of the protection already provided by the rest of the suite.
+Give each layer its distinct responsibility and keep expectation updates localized to the contract being changed.
 
 ## Use test doubles deliberately
 
@@ -197,104 +188,76 @@ Mocks are appropriate when the contract includes facts such as:
 - an expensive API is called no more than once; or
 - a security audit event is emitted.
 
-Do not use mocks merely to isolate every object or reproduce the implementation's call graph.
-
 ## Go-specific guidance
 
-Use:
+Select techniques by behavior and risk:
 
 - table-driven tests for meaningful behavioral categories and boundaries;
 - `t.TempDir()` for real filesystem behavior;
 - `httptest.Server` for realistic HTTP interactions;
-- fuzz tests for parsers, normalization, path handling, and broad input spaces;
+- fuzz tests when exploring broad input spaces, such as parsers or path handling, adds useful protection beyond representative cases;
 - golden files only when the complete output is intentionally stable;
 - integration tests where correctness depends on component interaction; and
-- a small number of representative end-to-end tests.
+- a small number of representative end-to-end tests when assembled workflows expose meaningful risks not adequately covered at narrower boundaries.
 
-Avoid exact error-string assertions unless the wording is itself contractual. Prefer `errors.Is`, `errors.As`, typed errors, or structured error fields.
+Prefer `errors.Is`, `errors.As`, typed errors, or structured error fields. Use exact error-wording assertions only when the wording is contractual.
 
-At CLI boundaries, prefer exit classifications, structured output, and the smallest stable semantic fragment needed to identify the error. Do not snapshot complete diagnostic wording unless it is contractual.
+At CLI boundaries, prefer exit classifications, structured output, and the smallest stable semantic fragment needed to identify the error. Use complete diagnostic snapshots only when the wording is contractual.
 
 Golden-file updates must require an explicit local flag. CI must not update golden files automatically, and reviewers must inspect the semantic diff before accepting an update.
 
-Keep tests readable and direct. Test helpers and fixture frameworks must earn their own maintenance cost; do not build elaborate test infrastructure for small or isolated needs.
+Keep tests readable and direct. Size test helpers and fixture frameworks to the maintenance benefit they provide.
 
 ## Coverage
 
-Coverage is a diagnostic, not a target.
-
-Use it to find untested critical branches and unexpectedly weak packages. Do not write low-value tests solely to increase a percentage, and do not infer test quality from coverage alone.
+Use coverage to locate untested critical branches and unexpectedly weak packages. Evaluate test quality through meaningful behavioral protection and choose coverage according to risk.
 
 Pure domain logic will often warrant higher coverage than CLI wiring or external adapters. Uneven coverage is acceptable when it reflects risk.
 
-Increasing coverage is valuable only when the newly covered behavior protects a meaningful risk at an acceptable cost.
-
 ## Regression tests
 
 A bug fix should normally include a regression test that fails before the fix and passes afterward.
 
-Retain the test when the defect could realistically recur and its consequences justify the ongoing cost. Prefer the narrowest durable test of the violated contract or invariant; do not preserve accidental implementation details from the original bug.
+Retain the test when the defect could realistically recur and its consequences justify the ongoing cost. Prefer the narrowest durable test of the violated contract or invariant.
 
-Not every historical bug requires a permanent test. If the underlying design has made recurrence impossible, the test has become redundant, or a stronger invariant test now subsumes it, remove or consolidate it.
+Remove or consolidate a test when the underlying design has made recurrence impossible, its protection is redundant, or a stronger invariant test subsumes it.
 
 ## Deleting or rewriting tests
 
-Tests are maintained code, not permanent historical artifacts.
-
-Delete or rewrite a test when its maintenance cost exceeds the confidence it provides.
+Delete or rewrite tests when maintenance cost exceeds their continuing
+protective value.
 
 Strong candidates include tests that:
 
 - require updates after harmless internal changes;
-- directly assert private constants without protecting a real contract;
-- duplicate the same policy across several layers;
+- assert incidental private constants or snapshot large amounts of incidental output;
 - verify mock choreography rather than outcomes;
-- snapshot large amounts of incidental output;
-- test trivial private helpers already exercised through stable package behavior;
-- protect risks already covered more effectively elsewhere;
+- duplicate policy across layers, retest trivial helpers covered by package
+  behavior, or protect risks covered more effectively elsewhere;
 - are flaky, misleading, obsolete, or disproportionately expensive to diagnose; or
 - no longer correspond to a plausible failure mode.
 
-Several brittle tests may encode one genuine requirement. Replace them with one durable behavior-level or invariant test rather than preserving all of them.
-
-Deleting a low-value test can improve the quality of the suite by reducing noise, maintenance burden, and friction around legitimate change.
+Several brittle tests may encode one genuine requirement. Consolidate them into one durable behavior-level or invariant test.
 
 ## Reviewing a proposed test
 
-Use the following questions when the value, boundary, or durability of a proposed test is not self-evident. Significant test additions should be reviewable against them, but written answers are not required for every routine test.
+Use the following questions when a proposed test needs closer evaluation. Significant test additions should be reviewable against them; written answers are optional for routine tests.
 
-1. What realistic defect would it catch?
-2. How likely is that defect?
-3. How consequential would it be?
-4. Is the behavior already protected elsewhere?
-5. At which layer should this behavior be owned?
-6. Does the test assert a durable contract or an incidental implementation detail?
-7. Could the implementation be refactored without changing the behavior and without editing this test?
-8. What should cause this test to fail?
-9. What legitimate changes should not cause this test to fail?
-10. What ongoing maintenance, execution, and diagnostic cost will the test impose?
-11. Is there a smaller or more direct test that protects the same risk?
-
-Do not add the test when its expected lifetime cost exceeds its expected protective value.
-
-When deciding not to test plausible behavior, record or be able to explain why the risk is low, already protected, obvious, reversible, or cheaper to detect elsewhere.
+1. Which requested behavior or established contract does it protect, and what realistic defect would violate it?
+2. How likely and consequential is that defect, and is it already protected elsewhere?
+3. What is the narrowest stable boundary that can test it clearly?
+4. Would a correct internal refactor or a change to an incidental default require test edits?
+5. Does its confidence justify its maintenance, execution, and diagnostic cost, or would a smaller test suffice?
 
 ## Definition of sufficient
 
 A test suite is sufficient when:
 
-- important contracts and invariants are protected;
-- meaningful boundaries and failure modes are exercised;
-- realistic and consequential regressions are credibly protected against silent recurrence;
-- behavior involving data integrity, destructive operations, compatibility, security, concurrency, idempotency, and recovery is credibly protected;
-- important external boundaries have realistic integration coverage;
-- representative complete workflows are tested;
-- failures provide useful signal rather than redundant noise;
-- legitimate internal changes usually do not require test edits; and
+- important requested behavior and established contracts are protected against realistic, consequential failures;
+- boundaries and component interactions have coverage where they introduce meaningful risks not protected elsewhere;
+- failures provide useful, distinct signals;
+- tests usually remain stable through legitimate internal changes; and
 - additional tests would mostly repeat existing protection or preserve inconsequential implementation details.
 
-Sufficiency is a risk judgment, not a coverage percentage or test count. Reassess it as the application, its users, and the consequences of failure evolve.
-
-The governing rule is:
-
-> Test heavily where failure is consequential, subtle, or difficult to detect after the fact. Test lightly where failure is obvious, reversible, and inexpensive—and retain no test whose lifetime cost exceeds the confidence it provides.
+Reassess sufficiency as the application, its users, and the consequences of
+failure evolve.

docs/release.md

@@ -1,130 +1,157 @@
 # Releasing Audita
 
-The [release policy](policy/release.md) defines versioning, supported platforms,
-immutability, and success. This runbook implements it with
-[scripts/release.sh](../scripts/release.sh). Publication ends after a successful
-source/tag push; binary delivery runs asynchronously.
+The [release policy](policy/release.md) owns release requirements. This runbook
+uses the native commands in [scripts/release.sh](../scripts/release.sh), which
+invokes the module-selected ReleaseKit tool. A confirmed source tag completes
+the release; Woodpecker reports binary delivery separately.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Use Bash, Git, and Go 1.25.5 or newer (CI uses Go 1.25.5 or newer), with dependencies available
-locally or downloadable. Tests themselves are offline. Work from a
-checkout of `main` with permission to push that branch and tags to `origin`.
-For this repository, `origin` is `https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita.git`.
-The script uses the checkout's configured `origin`; set it correctly before use.
-The remote must support atomic pushes. No CI credentials or Mac are needed locally.
+Use Bash and Git. The authoritative remote is `origin`,
+which must point to `https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita.git`; the
+primary branch is `main`. Source publication needs no delivery credential.
+Woodpecker uses the existing `GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN` secret for delivery.
 
-CI uses the existing `GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN` secret for asynchronous asset delivery.
-macOS arm64 is a best-effort development environment; no macOS binary is published.
-
-## Prepare the Candidate
-
-Choose an unused version following the policy. Write
-`docs/releases/<version>.md`, beginning with `# Audita <version>`, followed by a
-short summary and any compatibility or upgrade instructions relevant to the
-release. There are no mandatory boilerplate sections. Update affected canonical
-documentation with behavior changes.
-
-Commit the intended changes, including the note, on `main`. The release script
-requires a clean index and worktree and does not create commits. There is no
-separate approval round. Published notes describe their tagged release; existing
-release history does not need to be reconstructed.
-
-## Validate and Publish
-
-From the repository root, substitute the chosen version:
+The source-build minimum is Go 1.26.0, declared in [go.mod](../go.mod).
+This minimum is required by the selected ReleaseKit dependency.
+Distributed executables do not require a Go installation. The selected release
+toolchain is Go 1.26.8, matching the current Woodpecker image and distributed
+runtime notices. Use that local installation for tool bootstrap, candidate
+validation, and release builds. Replace the installation path below with its
+actual directory:
 
 ```sh
-bash scripts/release.sh --publish v0.2.0
+export PATH="/path/to/go1.26.8/bin:$PATH"
+export GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+go version
 ```
 
-This single invocation:
+Record the reported toolchain with the validation results. The
+[release policy](policy/release.md#consumer-minimum-and-release-toolchain)
+governs the distinction between the consumer minimum and release toolchain,
+support across a Go series, and versioning of minimum increases. When selecting
+a different release toolchain, update the CI image and applicable runtime
+attribution together; a newer build patch alone need not raise the minimum.
 
-1. Checks the version, branch, clean candidate, matching note title, and tag absence.
-2. Runs the default offline test suite once, then builds both required Linux targets
-   in a temporary directory using the same build script as CI.
-3. Checks that the candidate and worktree are unchanged and that it includes the
-   current `origin/main` history.
-4. Creates the version tag at that commit and atomically pushes the exact source
-   commit to `main` and the exact tag to `origin`.
-5. Reports release success and exits without polling CI or checking asset availability.
-
-To validate a prepared candidate without remote access, creating a tag, or pushing:
+Prepare dependencies before offline candidate validation:
 
 ```sh
-bash scripts/release.sh --check v0.2.0
+GOWORK=off GOTOOLCHAIN=local go mod download
 ```
 
-This is an optional diagnostic command, not a required step before `--publish`.
-Publication validates within its own invocation; it does not use persistent cached
-results. Both modes require the candidate note and a clean `main` checkout.
+If dependency preparation changes `go.mod` or `go.sum`, include those changes in
+the committed candidate. ReleaseKit's CLI is registered as a Go tool dependency;
+`go mod tidy` retains its dependencies and checksums. The release wrapper changes
+to the repository root and invokes `go tool releasekit` with workspace discovery
+and automatic toolchain downloads disabled. Go builds or reuses the selected
+tool from its normal build cache. Tool preparation precedes offline candidate
+validation.
 
-## Artifact Delivery
+## Prepare and publish the candidate
 
-[Woodpecker](../.woodpecker/release.yml) runs on tag events. It invokes
-[scripts/build-release.sh](../scripts/build-release.sh), then publishes:
+Choose an unused version under the [release policy](policy/release.md), write
+`docs/releases/<version>.md`, and begin it with `# Audita <version>`. Include a
+short summary, relevant compatibility or upgrade instructions, and the required
+`COPYRIGHT | LICENSE | ATTRIBUTION` footer with links for the selected version.
+Update affected canonical documentation with behavior changes.
+
+End each note with this footer, substituting its complete tag for `<version>`:
+
+```markdown
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/<version>/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/<version>/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/<version>/docs/oss/attribution.md)
+```
+
+Commit the complete candidate on `main`, including the release note, then push
+the branch first:
+
+```sh
+git push origin main
+```
+
+Record the candidate commit. Before publication, remote `main` must identify
+that exact commit. ReleaseKit checks this along with the clean candidate, note,
+version, and remote tag state.
+
+Publish from the repository root, substituting the selected version:
+
+```sh
+bash scripts/release.sh publish VERSION
+```
+
+The command runs `go test -mod=readonly -count=1 ./...` once with module and
+toolchain network access disabled, builds the profile's Linux amd64 and arm64
+targets, and checks the native version output. It creates an annotated tag whose
+message comes from the committed note, then pushes the exact tag object. A
+successful publication completes the source release without waiting for CI or
+checking artifact availability.
+
+`bash scripts/release.sh check VERSION` is an optional local diagnostic. It
+does not inspect remote availability or publish a tag, and it is not a required
+step before `publish`, which performs its own candidate validation.
+
+The wrapper preserves ReleaseKit's exit status: `0` means confirmed publication;
+`1` means a known validation or publication failure/conflict; `2` means usage,
+profile, or version input error; and `3` means the push outcome remains unknown.
+
+## Binary delivery
+
+Woodpecker runs ReleaseKit's `ci-deliver` command for tags under
+`refs/tags/v*`. The tagged `go.mod` selects the ReleaseKit version, and
+`releasekit.json` supplies Audita's build and delivery settings:
 
 - `audita-<version>-linux-amd64`
 - `audita-<version>-linux-arm64`
 - `SHA256SUMS`
 
-Builds disable CGO and use the shared script's release flags. The version is in the
-asset name and source tag; Audita has no CLI version command. Cross-compilation
-checks compilation, not native execution on each architecture.
+Before running Go, the workflow fetches and verifies the event tag, checks it
+out detached, and confirms the source tree is clean. It peels the event object
+ID to its commit before comparing it with the tag's commit, accepting both
+annotated tag objects and commit IDs from Woodpecker. It copies the tagged
+`go.mod` and `go.sum` into temporary module metadata outside the checkout. Go
+confirms that this configuration selects ReleaseKit, then builds its CLI using
+an alternate `-modfile`. The bootstrap executable and temporary files remain
+outside the tagged source. The workflow runs with the selected Go 1.26.8 image,
+`GOWORK=off`, and `GOTOOLCHAIN=local`.
 
-The CI job status and logs show delivery progress or failure. Assets appear on
-the matching Gitea release page when delivery succeeds. A successful tag push
-must not be reported as confirmation that these files are available.
+Delivery uses prepared-checkout mode to verify the existing tag, HEAD, and clean
+worktree without repeating the bootstrap's fetch and checkout.
 
-Consumers can download the binary for their Linux architecture and `SHA256SUMS`
-from that page, check its listed SHA-256 digest with `sha256sum`, and make it
-executable. Optional consumer checks are not maintainer release gates. Digests
-detect file mismatches; they are not an independent signature of authenticity.
-
-## Failure and Retry
-
-**Local validation fails:** correct the issue, commit any changes, and rerun the
-publication command. A failure before tag creation publishes nothing. Temporary
-local build files are removed on exit.
-
-**Push fails or the connection is interrupted:** the script retains the local tag
-and reports failure rather than guessing whether publication succeeded. Inspect
-remote state with the actual version:
+The resulting executable receives:
 
 ```sh
-git rev-parse 'v0.2.0^{commit}'
-git ls-remote origin refs/heads/main refs/tags/v0.2.0
+"$${bootstrap_dir}/releasekit" ci-deliver \
+  --repo "$${CI_WORKSPACE}" \
+  --prepared \
+  --commit "$${expected_commit}" \
+  "$${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
 ```
 
-If the remote tag identifies the intended candidate and its source is on remote
-`main`, the release succeeded; no CI waiting is needed. An atomic push normally
-updates both refs or neither. If `main` has advanced since publication, fetch it
-and check candidate ancestry rather than requiring tip equality.
+The workflow maps the existing `GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN` secret to
+`RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN`. The complete checked-in release note, including its
+licensing footer, supplies the hosted release body. Delivery runs independently
+after source publication; its status and logs report delivery progress or
+failure.
 
-If the tag is absent remotely and was never published or used by a release
-channel, remove only that unpublished local tag (`git tag -d v0.2.0`), resolve
-any rejected branch update, and rerun the command. If the remote tag has a
-different target, do not overwrite it; choose a fresh version. Never force a
-branch or tag update to bypass the guards.
+ReleaseKit handles content-aware retries and retained-artifact recovery. See
+the pinned [publication recovery guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/src/tag/v0.4.1/docs/consumers/publish.md)
+and [delivery guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/src/tag/v0.4.1/docs/consumers/delivery.md)
+for those mechanics. A delivery failure does not undo a confirmed source
+release. Retry the same immutable tag after resolving the reported state; do not
+replace published files or a checksum manifest.
 
-**CI delivery fails:** the release remains successful. Inspect the failed tag
-job's logs and retry that same tagged job for a transient failure. Publication is
-configured to skip existing filenames and not overwrite assets. Keep the same
-source and build environment when retrying; inspect any existing assets/checksum
-manifest before filling gaps. Do not regenerate and replace a published manifest
-or binary. If an existing manifest cannot describe the missing rebuilt assets,
-use a new version instead. A pipeline or source defect also requires a corrected
-commit and new version. An outage does not require moving the tag.
+## Failure and recovery
 
-**A released source defect is discovered:** fix it on `main` and publish a new
-appropriate version with a note explaining the correction. Leave the old tag and
-published files intact.
+Fix validation failures in a new committed candidate, then rerun `publish`.
+After a failed push, ReleaseKit retains the local annotated tag and reports the
+captured authoritative endpoint and publication state. Resolve the result
+against that endpoint before retrying. An exact remote tag-object match, with
+its source available on remote `main`, can confirm publication. If the remote
+state cannot be read, the result remains unknown; do not remove or replace the
+tag while uncertain. Follow the pinned [publication recovery guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/src/tag/v0.4.1/docs/consumers/publish.md)
+for object-level recovery details.
 
-## Maintaining the Release Workflow
-
-The shared build script keeps local and CI build settings aligned. Tests in
-[scripts/release_test.go](../scripts/release_test.go) exercise publication against
-temporary local Git remotes, including guard failures and rejected pushes, with
-Go execution stubbed to avoid recursive builds/tests. They run in `go test ./...`.
-Changes to CI delivery should preserve explicit asset names, checksums, and
-non-overwriting publication. CI delivery is separate from the local success path.
+A source-release success and artifact-delivery status are separate. For a
+partial or uncertain delivery, inspect the job output and follow the pinned
+[delivery recovery guidance](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/src/tag/v0.4.1/docs/consumers/delivery.md).
+A source or published-content correction requires a new appropriate version;
+leave the original tag and its contents intact.

docs/releases/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+- [Audita v3.1.1](v3.1.1.md)
+- [Audita v3.1.0](v3.1.0.md)
+- [Audita v3.0.1](v3.0.1.md)
+- [Audita v3.0.0](v3.0.0.md)
+- [Audita v2.0.1](v2.0.1.md)
 - [Audita v2.0.0](v2.0.0.md)
 - [Audita v1.1.0](v1.1.0.md)
 
-See the [release documentation requirements](../policy/release.md#release-documentation).
+See the [release documentation requirements](../policy/release.md#release-documentation-and-preparation).
 Use the [release procedure](../release.md) to prepare and publish new releases.
 
 This index does not reconstruct or replace records for existing tags.

docs/releases/v2.0.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Audita v2.0.1
+
+This patch release updates the selected ConfigKit and PromptKit libraries and
+adds complete licensing and attribution information to the source tree. Release
+notes are now used as the body of new hosted releases.
+
+- ConfigKit is updated to v0.4.2 and PromptKit to v0.11.2. The selected
+  OpenRouter and Rakestrawhome catalogs are updated to v2.20260926.0.
+- The [project grant](../../COPYRIGHT) and [upstream attribution](../oss/attribution.md)
+  now identify the application's license, incorporated components, and the
+  separately licensed policy material.
+- The [release procedure](../release.md) describes the source release and
+  asynchronous Linux binary delivery. Existing release records remain intact.
+
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v2.0.1/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v2.0.1/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v2.0.1/docs/oss/attribution.md)

docs/releases/v3.0.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Audita v3.0.0
+
+Audita v3 adopts native configuration inheritance and layered PromptKit
+definitions, and allows transcript and report destinations to be selected
+independently. This is an intentional breaking release: existing PromptKit
+profile files require migration from the v2 release format.
+
+## Changes
+
+- ConfigKit is updated from v0.4.2 to v0.5.0. Application configuration supports
+  native sibling inheritance, and configuration explanations include value-free
+  inheritance provenance.
+- PromptKit is updated from v0.11.2 to v0.12.0, with both backend catalogs at
+  `v3.20260930.0`. Native keyed definitions support profile inheritance and
+  operator prompt overrides. The selected `profiles_dir` can contain profiles,
+  backends, and prompts; application backend endpoints, capacity, and credentials
+  remain authoritative.
+- Effective definitions and referenced prompt message contents are captured at
+  runtime construction. Consumed host configuration and message files are
+  protected from output collisions. Audita retains its per-call schemas, domain
+  validators, retry and repair budgets, and resilient processing behavior.
+- An explicit `--report-dir` now selects reports for either file or stdout
+  transcript output. File output without that flag still places reports beside
+  the transcript. This supports Narratio's independent output destinations;
+  debug capture remains independently selectable.
+
+## Upgrading from v2
+
+1. Convert each old PromptKit profile to a keyed definition under
+   `profiles: {<profile-id>: ...}`, remove its inner `id`, and replace
+   `base_profile` with `extends`. Profile IDs come from mapping keys rather than
+   filenames. No compatibility loader or automatic conversion is provided.
+2. Review explicit zero, omitted, and null generation controls. For example,
+   `temperature: 0` now sends an explicit zero, omission leaves the control
+   unspecified, and null suppresses an inherited control. A zero profile timeout
+   disables PromptKit's generation deadline; Audita's operation deadline still
+   applies.
+3. Select a configuration root whose final definitions are valid. PromptKit now
+   validates unused definitions too, including backend references, and conflicting
+   values within a directory source group are errors. The maintained examples
+   use separate [local](../../examples/profiles/local/) and
+   [service](../../examples/profiles/service/) roots. Runtime source edits take
+   effect on the next invocation.
+4. Rename any application backend literally named `extends` and update its
+   profile references. ConfigKit now reserves that key for inheritance.
+5. Validate the migrated installation with
+   `audita config validate --config /path/to/config.yml`, including any selected
+   testing overlay. Application configuration continues to use `version: 2`.
+
+The [configuration reference](../config.md#promptkit-profiles-and-operator-prompts)
+contains the migrated format and presence rules. Start from the maintained
+[local](../../examples/minimal-config.yml),
+[service](../../examples/production-config.yml), or
+[application inheritance](../../examples/configkit-inheritance.yml) examples.
+The [CLI reference](../cli.md) describes report selection, and the
+[release procedure](../release.md) describes source publication and asynchronous
+Linux binary delivery.
+
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.0.0/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.0.0/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.0.0/docs/oss/attribution.md)

docs/releases/v3.0.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Audita v3.0.1
+
+This patch release adds a configuration-free version command and adopts
+ReleaseKit for source publication and Linux binary delivery. Transcript
+processing, configuration, and LLM behavior are unchanged.
+
+## Changes
+
+- `audita version` prints the application version without loading application
+  configuration or contacting an LLM provider.
+- Release publication and Linux artifact delivery now use ReleaseKit v0.1.0.
+  The release runbook describes the maintainer workflow and delivery recovery.
+
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.0.1/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.0.1/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.0.1/docs/oss/attribution.md)

docs/releases/v3.1.0.md

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+# Audita v3.1.0
+
+This minor release updates Audita's configuration, LLM, and release libraries
+and raises the minimum Go version for source builds to 1.26.0. Existing Audita
+configuration files, PromptKit profiles, and command behavior require no
+migration.
+
+## Changes
+
+- ConfigKit is updated from v0.5.0 to v0.7.1, with improvements to configuration
+  loading, resolution, provenance, and inspection efficiency.
+- PromptKit is updated from v0.12.0 to v0.14.0, reducing avoidable allocations in
+  preparation, rendering, and execution. Audita retains its existing schemas,
+  validation, retry and repair budgets, and resilient processing behavior.
+  The libraries' new discovery and configuration-comparison APIs remain unused
+  by Audita.
+- ReleaseKit is updated from v0.1.0 to v0.4.1. The local release launcher now
+  invokes the module-selected Go tool, and CI selects the tool from the tagged
+  module metadata. Prepared-checkout delivery reuses the tag checkout already
+  verified during CI bootstrap. Source publication still completes at a
+  successful tag push; Linux binary delivery remains asynchronous.
+- Release builds and CI use Go 1.26.8, with corresponding runtime attribution
+  updated. The source-build minimum is tracked separately from that build
+  toolchain patch version.
+
+## Upgrading from v3.0.1
+
+Source builders must upgrade from the previous Go 1.25.5 minimum to **Go 1.26.0
+or newer**, including any build environments still using Go 1.25. Maintainers
+should follow the updated [release procedure](../release.md) for toolchain setup,
+publication, and delivery recovery.
+
+Go module consumers must use the v3 module path. For example:
+`go install gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/cmd/audita@v3.1.0`. This
+aligns the module path with the v3 release line. Downloaded binaries and
+commands run from a source checkout are unaffected.
+
+Users of distributed Linux binaries need no Go installation. No configuration,
+profile, transcript-format, or command-behavior migration is required for this
+release.
+
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.1.0/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.1.0/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.1.0/docs/oss/attribution.md)

docs/releases/v3.1.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Audita v3.1.1
+
+This patch fixes the Woodpecker bootstrap failure that prevented Linux binary
+delivery for v3.1.0. Audita's transcript processing and configuration are unchanged.
+
+## Changes
+
+- Resolve Woodpecker's tag-event object ID to its source commit before checking
+  the tagged checkout and invoking ReleaseKit. Annotated tag events previously
+  failed a comparison between the tag object and commit, stopping the workflow
+  before binary builds began.
+- Add offline regression coverage for annotated and lightweight tag events,
+  including rejection of an unrelated source commit.
+
+No configuration, profile, transcript-format, or command-behavior migration is
+required from v3.1.0. The Go source-build minimum remains 1.26.0. Linux amd64 and
+arm64 binary delivery follows the existing asynchronous
+[release procedure](../release.md#binary-delivery).
+
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.1.1/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.1.1/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/tag/v3.1.1/docs/oss/attribution.md)

docs/roadmap/configkit.md

@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-# ConfigKit Adoption Roadmap
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-24
-
-**Status:** Production implementation complete. The selected configuration and
-overlay model is implemented; [implementation evidence](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md)
-records verification. No release has been published.
-
-## Purpose and Direction
-
-Adopt ConfigKit to harmonize Audita's configuration policy with the other
-applications in the suite. Consistent configuration conventions are the primary
-benefit; reducing application-owned configuration infrastructure is a secondary
-benefit and a useful measure of integration quality.
-
-This is an intentional breaking migration. There is no goal of backward
-compatibility with existing installations, configuration files, CLI flags,
-environment variables, or configuration-inspection output. Provide a migration
-guide instead of legacy loaders, aliases, dual operating modes, or an ongoing
-compatibility layer. Retain existing syntax only when it independently suits the
-new model, not because compatibility requires it.
-
-The initial review and prototype used ConfigKit v0.3.1, then verified v0.4.0
-selected overlays. Those findings remain historical; the prototype was removed
-after production integration. The application depends on a versioned module,
-without a sibling checkout or local module replacement.
-
-The shared boundary/prototype unit is complete. Its [selected contract, inventory,
-and evidence](library-boundary-findings.md) define the detailed target alongside
-this roadmap. Production configuration migration is complete.
-
-## Target End State
-
-- ConfigKit owns strict YAML loading, input presence, default application, explicit
-  override mechanics, recorded resolution, secret references, and safe inspection.
-- Audita owns its configuration types, field meanings, defaults, schema-version
-  policy, file selection, CLI parsing, domain validation, and runtime initialization.
-- Adopt ConfigKit's precedence and validation lifecycle rather than reproduce
-  Audita's current per-layer validation and environment-overlay behavior.
-- General configuration environment overrides are retired. Credentials use typed
-  environment-name secret references; supplied references must resolve according
-  to ConfigKit's contract. File selection follows the application-owned
-  discovery rules in the selected boundary.
-- Standardize duration representations, explicit empty/null/zero handling, and
-  inheritance on the shared conventions. Express genuine Audita domain rules
-  through the supported resolution and validation APIs.
-- Retained domain-setting flags and proposal/validation profile flags become
-  explicit ConfigKit overrides according to the migration inventory. Remove old
-  provider/key/retry/concurrency flags and aliases. Credentials use secret references.
-- Use ConfigKit's redacted effective output and provide source/explanation access
-  through the selected views below. Legacy JSON inspection is replaced.
-  Diagnostic configuration snapshots use the same new model.
-- Delete superseded loading and override machinery. Do not hide the old model
-  behind adapters that defeat the adoption's consistency benefit.
-
-Keep Audita's domain capabilities, such as ordered and repeated correction modules,
-expressible in the new model. Their existing configuration spelling is not binding.
-Transcript/glossary formats, processing algorithms, and output schemas are outside
-this migration unless later planning identifies a concrete dependency or an
-explicitly coordinated change.
-
-## Selected Overlays for Testing
-
-Enable ConfigKit's optional selected-overlay feature in the migration. A testing
-configuration that selects cheaper, faster LLMs is the initial use case. ConfigKit
-**overlays** modify application settings; PromptKit **execution profiles** still
-own model and generation settings. Keep `profiles_dir`, the PromptKit `profiles/`
-directory, and proposal/validation profile names unchanged by this terminology
-change.
-
-The planned interface is `--overlay <name>` on `process`, `config validate`, and
-`config print-effective`. Treat selection as invocation state passed to
-`Options.Overlay`, not as another persistent setting or environment overlay.
-Follow ConfigKit v0.4.0's selection contract: omission, an empty name, or `default`
-selects no overlay; a named selection loads `overlays/<name>.yml` beneath the selected
-configuration root. A missing selected overlay is an error. Use the library's
-single-overlay semantics without adding stacking, inheritance, or legacy-directory
-fallback.
-
-Precedence is application defaults, main configuration, selected overlay, then
-explicit setting flags. Perform Audita's role inheritance and semantic validation
-on the resolved configuration. ConfigKit's base parsing and schema-version checks
-still precede overlay application; overlays cannot replace the schema version or
-contain ConfigKit directives. General environment-variable overrides remain retired.
-Imports and secret-directory bootstrap remain disabled.
-
-Provide a maintained `overlays/testing.yml` example that selects testing execution
-profiles through `llm.proposal_profile` and `llm.validation_profile`. Model names and
-generation controls belong in the corresponding PromptKit profile files. Set both
-role selections in this example so a base configuration's explicit validation
-profile cannot accidentally retain the production model. Normal omission-based
-validation-profile inheritance continues to apply to the final effective settings.
-The example must make its backend/credential requirements clear and use no real
-secrets. Model choice is operator-controlled; “testing” does not promise a price,
-performance level, or equivalent correction quality.
-
-Overlays may modify other ordinary application settings supported by the schema;
-they are not restricted to profile selection. The resulting configuration must
-still satisfy shared backend capacity, credential, and domain rules. Validation,
-effective-config inspection, selected-profile inspection, and processing must all
-use the same selected overlay. Preserve overlay provenance in configuration
-explanations and diagnostics while retaining secret redaction.
-
-The [recorded overlay results](library-boundary-findings.md#selected-overlay-extension-2026-09-24)
-prove the representative load, inspection, and HTTP path. Production acceptance
-requires the same selection to reach both actual LLM roles, with explicit flags
-winning over overlays and surviving secret references resolved/redacted correctly.
-The isolated prototype is evidence, not a second supported runtime.
-
-## Inspection and Invocation Contract
-
-`process`, `config validate`, and `config print-effective` share file/overlay
-selection and retained setting overrides. Invocation I/O paths remain process-only.
-Only explicitly supplied flags override settings. Validation requires an explicit
-config file; processing and inspection use the selected discovery order. Help is
-available before configuration loading. All three commands validate selected
-profiles without requiring a provider call during setup.
-
-`config print-effective --view settings|profiles|explain` exposes three YAML views:
-
-- `settings` (default): ConfigKit's redacted effective configuration.
-- `profiles`: an Audita-owned summary of each selected role's profile, backend,
-  model, temperature, token limit, top-p, timeout, service tier, and reasoning
-  effort where present. Arbitrary extra provider parameters and credentials are
-  omitted; this is a selected-controls view, not every execution input.
-- `explain`: field paths, sources, and derivation records from ConfigKit, without
-  resolved secret values.
-
-A ConfigKit snapshot alone does not describe profile-owned controls. Profile
-inspection must enforce the registered-backend and credential boundary. Diagnostic
-snapshots use these safe views and preserve overlay/explicit-override provenance.
-The migration guide explains the intentional replacement of legacy inspection JSON.
-
-## Integration and Completion Criteria
-
-ConfigKit and PromptKit form one intentional breaking refactor. Intermediate
-commits need not build or run. The target contains no temporary old-runtime adapter,
-compatibility shim, processing gate, dual loader, or automatic legacy conversion.
-The [combined feature roadmap](library-adoption.md) owns execution/reporting intent;
-[implementation.md](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md) alone owns stage order and implementation tasks.
-
-The final application loads all retained domain settings, assembles both selected
-profiles, and processes through PromptKit. Controlled HTTP evidence must connect
-configuration selection to actual requests, domain outcomes, safe diagnostics,
-and shared finite backend capacity. Maintained examples and one migration guide
-cover the complete file/flag/environment transition. Obsolete application-owned
-loading, transport, rendering, and scheduler machinery is removed.
-
-The combined target is Audita v2.0.0. Release compliance and publication remain
-last and separate from implementing the refactor. Retention and transcript timestamp
-changes are not included; the selected retry/repair contract resolves the retry
-follow-up in [runtime behavior](runtime-behavior.md).
-
-## Scope Boundaries
-
-- Pin ConfigKit v0.4.0 in production and align Go/toolchain requirements. ConfigKit requires
-  Go 1.25; the combined PromptKit prototype requires Go 1.25.5. Adopting these libraries
-  does not automatically remove Audita's existing YAML dependency used for glossary parsing.
-- Implement the selected configuration and final PromptKit runtime directly,
-  without temporary runtime adapters, compatibility shims, or process gates.
-- Enable selected overlays as specified above. Keep imports and secret-directory
-  bootstrap disabled unless a separate concrete requirement justifies them.
-- Validation and inspection resolve surviving credential references and fail on
-  missing or empty values; no credential-free bypass is planned.
-- Inspection and diagnostics use the safe selected-profile view and ConfigKit
-  provenance described above. Changed formats are covered by the migration guide.
-
-The eventual completion test is that Audita follows the suite's ConfigKit
-conventions while retaining its intended domain capabilities, with a clear
-migration guide and no ongoing obligation to support the previous configuration
-model.

docs/roadmap/decision-set-reconciliation.md

@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-# Partial Success for Validator Decision Sets
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-25
-
-**Status:** Implemented. This document owns the target behavior and user intent.
-[implementation.md](implementation.md) owns concrete decisions, ordered work,
-and verification.
-
-## Purpose and User Intent
-
-Preserve usable validator decisions when other entries in the same model response
-have missing, duplicate, or unexpected correction indices. One defective entry
-should not prevent unrelated candidates from completing their required validation.
-This extends Audita's existing partial-success approach without another model call.
-
-Implement this simpler improvement before reconsidering guided domain recovery.
-Missing validation must never authorize applying a correction, but neither should
-it invalidate a different candidate's unambiguous approval or editorial rejection.
-The existing [resilience design](resilience.md) remains the foundation.
-
-## Historical Baseline
-
-The reviewed application baseline is `d2a6fcf`:
-
-- PromptKit validates the complete model response against Audita's embedded JSON
-  Schema and performs its configured structural repairs. Only structurally valid,
-  decoded responses reach domain decision mapping.
-- `mapLLMResponseToDecisions` in
-  [`llm_validators.go`](../../internal/framework/validators/llm_validators.go)
-  requires exactly one decision for every requested correction index. An empty
-  decision list, missing index, duplicate index, or unexpected index returns an
-  error instead of retaining usable decisions.
-- `LLMBackedValidator.Validate` consequently marks the entire batch unavailable
-  with `validation_decisions_invalid`. Other batches continue, but usable decisions
-  within that batch are lost.
-- The runner's cardinality checks enforce an internal contract: each candidate
-  receives one outcome from each validator it reaches. These checks apply to
-  Audita-owned results, not directly to raw model entries.
-- Deterministic validators already filter individual proposals. Unpreviewable
-  candidates and oversized validation inputs are isolated; recoverable provider
-  failures remain batch-local; application skips individual conflicts.
-- Ordinary reports distinguish failed operations from successful operations with
-  recoveries. Several failed operations in one stage/chunk share one work-unit
-  error record. The [output contract](../integrations/output-files.md) owns the
-  current counts and serialized representation.
-
-The defect addressed here is the all-or-nothing domain mapping boundary, not
-validation itself or the runner's internal consistency checks.
-
-## Target Decision Semantics
-
-Reconcile each structurally valid response against the indices actually requested
-in that particular validator batch. Correction indices, rather than segment IDs
-or positions in the response array, identify candidates. Several corrections may
-legitimately target the same segment.
-
-| Response condition | Target behavior |
-| --- | --- |
-| Exactly one valid decision for a requested index | Preserve its approval or rejection and associated decision evidence. |
-| Requested index omitted | Produce an explicit validation-unavailable outcome for that candidate. |
-| Requested index appears more than once | Treat that candidate's validation as unavailable; preserve unrelated decisions. |
-| Index was not requested in this batch | Ignore the extraneous entry and record the handled defect. |
-| Empty decision list for a nonempty request | Mark all requested candidates unavailable; do not fail the run. |
-| Decisions appear in a different order | Match by identity and retain deterministic internal results. |
-
-Duplicate handling does not choose the first or last answer, nor infer a verdict
-by voting. Even identical duplicates follow the agreed duplicate-index handling;
-accepting them specially is not needed for this feature. Duplicate extraneous
-indices remain extraneous entries, not reasons to invalidate requested candidates.
-
-An unavailable candidate remains unapplied and does not proceed as approved to
-later validators. It is distinct from a valid `approved: false` decision, which
-is ordinary editorial processing. Valid approvals continue through the remaining
-required validators and apply-time checks; this feature grants no bypass.
-
-The mapper returns one internal outcome for every requested candidate and no
-outcome for an extraneous index. Preserve strict runner cardinality checks so
-application bugs are still detected. Do not convert genuine internal invariant
-failures, cancellation, or fatal setup failures into tolerated model defects.
-
-## Outcomes and Reporting
-
-Keep existing work-unit aggregation and operation accounting:
-
-- If any requested candidate lacks an unambiguous usable decision, record a
-  validation-operation error identifying the affected requested indices. Other
-  candidates' usable decisions from that operation remain effective. An operation
-  error does not mean every candidate in its batch failed.
-- If all requested candidates have usable decisions and extra entries were
-  ignored, record a successful operation with a recovery for that handled defect.
-  This remains a recovery even if all legitimate decisions are editorial rejections.
-- If missing/duplicate requested decisions and ignored extras coexist, retain the
-  operation error. Follow the existing rule that failed operations do not also
-  produce recovery records; retain extra-entry details in debug evidence.
-- A valid complete response with no handled defect adds neither error nor recovery.
-  Valid editorial rejection alone never adds either category.
-- Preserve actual structural repair and service-retry counts. On successful
-  operations, consolidate applicable recovery reasons in one recovery record.
-  Do not count reconciliation as another LLM operation or structural repair.
-
-Error attribution must distinguish affected candidates from the rest of the batch.
-Debug evidence should preserve supplied decisions, ignored entries, and the reason
-an expected candidate became unavailable. Do not fabricate candidate ledger entries
-for unknown indices or mislabel missing decisions as deliberate editorial rejection.
-Ordinary reports must retain safe metadata without raw transcript or response text.
-
-Use a decision-specific recovery reason rather than treating ignored validator
-entries as defective correction proposals. Concrete reason names and minimal data
-model changes belong in the implementation plan. Keep YAML, Markdown, and CLI
-counts consistent, with the existing reporting-disable and independent debug options.
-
-## Ownership and Target Architecture
-
-Audita's validator layer reconciles structurally valid model responses into
-complete internal candidate outcomes. The runner preserves strict internal
-cardinality and advances only approved candidates. Reporting consumes operation
-facts without treating partial validation failure as loss of every decision.
-Debug evidence distinguishes unavailable validation from editorial rejection.
-
-The schema/transport boundary remains with PromptKit; reconciliation needs no
-additional model call. Concrete helper structures, reason names, mapping changes,
-and verification steps belong in the [implementation plan](implementation.md).
-
-## Scope Boundaries
-
-PromptKit's whole-response structural validation and repair remain unchanged.
-A malformed entry, including an extraneous entry that violates the schema, may
-still invalidate the response and exhaust structural repairs before reconciliation
-can run. Ignoring schema-valid extras does not promise salvage from malformed JSON,
-missing required fields, wrong types, or out-of-range values.
-
-General per-entry structural salvage is a separate design question, not part of
-this fix. Likewise, guided regeneration remains deferred for reconsideration after
-this change; no new retries, feedback prompts, budgets, upstream dependency changes,
-or operator controls are required here.
-
-Preserve module scope, literal replacement behavior, fixed chunks, stage barriers,
-span-deletion safeguards, backend capacity limits, and fatal cancellation behavior.
-No additional restrictions on valid corrections or guarantees about model judgment
-are introduced. This work does not itself authorize tagging or publishing v2.0.0.
-
-## Acceptance Criteria
-
-- A schema-valid response can retain usable decisions despite missing, duplicate,
-  or unexpected indices elsewhere in the same batch.
-- Only the affected requested candidates become unavailable; extras never create
-  candidates or attach decisions to a different batch's candidates.
-- Valid negative decisions remain editorial outcomes, and every applied correction
-  completes all required validation.
-- Internal validator results satisfy existing strict cardinality checks.
-- Missing/duplicate requested decisions yield accurately attributed errors without
-  losing valid work. Extra-only defects yield a consolidated recovery; mixed
-  defects follow existing failed-operation reporting semantics.
-- Final transcript, debug evidence, YAML reports, Markdown counts, and CLI summary
-  agree about applied work and failures/recoveries.
-- Reconciliation makes no additional provider calls. Existing structural failures,
-  provider failures, and cancellation retain their documented handling.
-
-## Open Questions
-
-No unresolved product-policy questions block implementation. Guided recovery and
-structural salvage remain separate future decisions.

docs/roadmap/future.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Deferred Feature Work
 
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-25
+**Last updated:** 2026-10-11
 
 **Status:** Deferred or exploratory work; not implemented or scheduled. These
-entries preserve scope outside the [resilience roadmap](resilience.md) and
-[span-deletion consistency roadmap](span-deletion.md). Each entry states its
-intent; inclusion does not commit us to implementing every capability.
+entries preserve work beyond completed feature and library upgrades.
+Each entry states its intent; inclusion does not commit us to
+implementing every capability.
 
 ## Domain-Aware Response Recovery
 
-The [partial-success decision reconciliation](decision-set-reconciliation.md)
+The implemented [partial-success decision reconciliation](../internal/validators.md#llm-validator-batching)
 preserves usable decisions without another model call. Guided recovery remains
 deferred pending evidence from failures that remain. General per-entry
 salvage from structurally invalid responses is also a separate design question;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ No new scheduler, global limiter, or execution mode is selected by this entry.
 
 Potential future work, subject first to evaluating whether it is worth implementing
 at all. Empty replacement text and deletion of a span within a surviving segment
-are covered by the accepted [span-deletion consistency roadmap](span-deletion.md).
+are covered by the implemented [span-deletion behavior](../internal/modules.md#proposal-generation-ownership).
 That feature does not remove segment records or permit blank resulting segments.
 
 Before designing segment removal, review representative production examples to
@@ -78,3 +78,19 @@ semantics. It must address meaning preservation and the effects on segment
 identity, timestamps, fixed chunks, subsequent stages, recombination, and output
 consumers. Do not infer authorization to remove a segment from an empty string
 or introduce segment-removal machinery as part of span-deletion consistency.
+
+## Library Inspection and Configuration Comparison
+
+ConfigKit and PromptKit provide effective-configuration comparison; PromptKit
+also provides prompt/profile listings and contextual prompt requirement
+inspection. Exposing these capabilities in Audita is deferred until a concrete
+operator or development need arises. The dependency upgrade did not select new
+inspection commands.
+
+If a need emerges, define command ownership, selection syntax, report scope, and
+disclosure before implementation. Reuse the libraries' public APIs and consider
+shared CLI conventions alongside any separately selected CommandKit adoption.
+Requirement discovery is advisory evidence rather than proof of execution
+readiness; an empty configuration diff does not prove equivalent execution.
+The library-upgrade review remains available in
+[Git history](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/4c5536ab78c72dea58d03b3c51834138d429a59a/docs/roadmap/imports.md).

docs/roadmap/implementation.md

@@ -1,287 +0,0 @@
-# Implementation Plan: Partial Validator Decision Sets
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-25
-
-**Status:** Implemented; all stages completed.
-**Source baseline:** `60e2fe7`.
-**Audience:** gpt-5.6-terra coding agent.
-
-## Scope and Execution
-
-Implement [partial success for validator decision sets](decision-set-reconciliation.md).
-That roadmap owns product intent and target semantics; this document selects the
-implementation and verification work. Follow Stage 1 through Stage 3 in order and
-record completion evidence beneath each stage. Each stage is a focused agent task.
-
-Read [development guidance](../development.md) and all policies under
-[docs/policy](../policy/): [agents](../policy/agents.md),
-[architecture](../policy/architecture.md), [documentation](../policy/documentation.md),
-[testing](../policy/testing.md), and [release](../policy/release.md). Use graph-first
-code discovery, preserve unrelated work, and commit completed coherent units with
-plain English messages. Do not introduce approval rounds between stages.
-
-Aim directly at the final implementation. No temporary modes, compatibility shims,
-new configuration, extra model calls, or upstream dependency work is required.
-Keep PromptKit structural validation/repair and the runner's internal cardinality
-checks. Implement the agreed outcomes, not extra restrictions suggested by existing
-tests or incidental internal structure. Internal helper signatures and layout can
-be adjusted idiomatically while preserving the decisions below.
-
-This replaces the completed span-deletion plan, available in Git at
-`60e2fe7:docs/roadmap/implementation.md`. It does not reopen that feature. The final
-stage includes correcting historical links that otherwise point to this new plan.
-No release preparation, tag, push, CI wait, or paid-provider evaluation is included.
-
-## Selected Implementation Decisions
-
-### Reconciliation boundary
-
-Keep reconciliation in `internal/framework/validators`, after successful structured
-completion and before converting the batch into runner-facing results. Replace
-`mapLLMResponseToDecisions` with a small pure reconciliation helper; use an ordinary
-private result struct containing:
-
-- `Decisions []Decision`: one outcome per requested item, in request order;
-- `UnavailableIndices []int`: requested indices without a usable verdict;
-- `IgnoredIndices []int`: unexpected indices encountered in response order, including
-  repeated unexpected entries, for debug attribution.
-
-No generic reconciliation framework or new shared abstraction is needed. Requested
-identities come from `batch.Items`, not transcript segment IDs, the whole section,
-or any other batch. Expected input identities remain an Audita internal contract.
-
-First collect response entries by requested index and count occurrences, separating
-unexpected indices. Then walk requested items once to construct outcomes. This
-avoids accepting an early duplicate before seeing a conflicting later entry.
-
-Use these candidate-level reason codes in `validators/models.go`:
-
-| Condition | Internal outcome/reason |
-| --- | --- |
-| Missing requested entry | `DispositionUnavailable`, `missing_validation_decision` |
-| More than one entry for a requested index | `DispositionUnavailable`, `duplicate_validation_decision` |
-| Single requested entry failing the existing confidence range check | `DispositionUnavailable`, `invalid_validation_decision` |
-| Single usable entry | Existing approved or `llm_rejected` decision with its model reason. |
-
-Unavailable outcomes have `Approved: false` and fixed safe explanatory messages.
-Duplicate classification takes precedence over inspecting individual duplicate
-values; identical duplicates follow the same rule. Unexpected entries are ignored
-before inspecting confidence. Retain the existing confidence check as a local
-check for decoded callers/test doubles, scoped to that candidate; do not broaden
-this into structural salvage, confidence thresholds, or new semantic validation.
-The production JSON Schema still rejects out-of-range confidence before mapping.
-
-An empty response list makes every requested item unavailable. Response ordering
-must not change verdicts or which candidate is affected. Preserve the existing
-handling of valid negative decisions, including reason text. No candidate may
-advance merely because another candidate was approved.
-
-### Operation accounting and ordinary reports
-
-Each actual validation batch remains one `outcomes.Operation`. Use existing
-`ReasonValidationDecisionsInvalid` (`validation_decisions_invalid`) for a batch
-with unavailable requested candidates. Set `Succeeded: false`, set `ProposalIndices`
-to only those unavailable indices, retain execution counts, and leave recovery
-reasons empty. Still return usable decisions from that batch alongside explicit
-unavailable outcomes, with no Go error for the reconciled model defect.
-
-If no requested candidates are unavailable, set `Succeeded: true`. Add
-`outcomes.RecoveryValidationDecisionsFiltered` with serialized value
-`validation_decisions_filtered` when extras were ignored. Merge it with actual
-`output_repaired` and `service_recovered` reasons in the same recovery operation.
-Valid negative decisions do not prevent operation success. A clean response creates
-no new recovery reason.
-
-When unavailable candidates and extras coexist, record the failed operation only;
-keep ignored-entry evidence in debug. Do not create both an error and a recovery
-for that operation. Successful survivors must continue even though the operation
-itself records a failure. Retain actual execution counts on all paths.
-
-Reuse existing ordinary YAML structures and version 1. The only new public report
-value is the decision-specific recovery reason; affected error indices already fit
-`Failure.ProposalIndices`. Do not add ignored entries to `Operation.Filtered` or
-`filtered_proposals`, which describe correction proposals, and do not increment
-`proposal_responses_with_filtering`. The recovery reason and existing operation
-identity suffice for ordinary reporting; detailed extra indices belong in debug.
-
-Update `processreport.safeMessage` for `validation_decisions_invalid` to explain
-that some required decisions were unavailable without claiming all batch decisions
-were discarded. Generalize the recovery message to include response filtering,
-rather than only proposal filtering. Exact prose is not a test contract. Preserve
-work-unit error grouping, operation counts, and existing YAML/Markdown/CLI totals.
-
-### Debug evidence and runner records
-
-Existing interaction diagnostics already retain the full decoded response and final
-content. Add the reconciliation result to the response diagnostic payload for a
-successfully decoded validation response. Perform reconciliation before writing
-that diagnostic; retain existing call-error diagnostics and diagnostic-write failure
-handling. All reconciled decisions, including unavailable outcomes, receive the
-returned response artifact path. This records unexpected indices and duplicates
-without inventing candidate ledger entries or an additional debug file.
-
-Carry `validators.DecisionDisposition` through `runner.ValidatorDecisionRecord`
-and `runner.ValidatorRejectedChange` in an additive `disposition` field. Populate
-it from each actual `Decision`, including partial decision evidence returned on
-fatal paths. Keep the existing collection names and application flow; no parallel
-unavailable-candidate collection is necessary.
-
-In `processreport`, add `disposition` to `LedgerValidatorDecisionRecord` and map
-unavailable candidates to a top-level ledger disposition `unavailable`, instead
-of `rejected`. Ordinary editorial/deterministic rejections remain `rejected`.
-Use the explicit disposition, not a reason-code allowlist, so existing timeout,
-provider-failure, and oversized-input outcomes retain the same distinction too.
-Update affected test fixtures to supply dispositions where they represent real
-validator outputs. Do not invent a fatal check or compatibility subsystem for a
-zero-value disposition in handcrafted fixtures.
-
-Retain candidate identity, literal proposed replacements (including explicit empty
-strings), and omission of applied replacements for unapplied candidates. Existing
-fatal/interrupted/module-failure handling and debug-off behavior remain. Supplied
-model decisions remain visible in interaction evidence even when reconciliation
-cannot accept them as authoritative verdicts.
-
-## Stage 1 — Reconcile Model Decisions and Preserve Valid Work
-
-**Completed:** 2026-09-25. Reconciliation preserves usable decisions, attributes
-unavailable requested indices and ignored extras, and keeps strict runner
-cardinality. Validator and runner boundary checks passed with
-`go test ./internal/framework/validators ./internal/framework/runner`.
-
-**Work**
-
-1. Read the validator models, `llm_validators.go`, existing partial-batch tests,
-   `outcomes/outcomes.go`, and `runner.validateSectionCandidates`.
-2. Implement the reconciliation result/helper and candidate reason codes selected
-   above. Replace the whole-batch mapping-error branch with outcome construction
-   and correct batch accounting. Add the decision-specific recovery constant.
-3. Move successful-response diagnostic assembly after reconciliation and include
-   its result. Preserve raw/decoded response evidence and diagnostic paths; keep
-   recoverable call errors, fatal errors, and cancellation on their existing paths.
-4. Keep `EnforceDecisionCardinality` and `EnforcePartialDecisionCardinality` strict.
-   Ensure final validator decisions are complete and unique internally. The runner
-   should continue passing only approved candidates onward without treating an
-   operation's failure metadata as a reason to discard valid decisions.
-5. Replace obsolete batch-rejection expectations in `llm_validators_test.go` and
-   relevant runner tests. Preserve cardinality tests that exercise broken internal
-   validators. Update the repaired-but-domain-invalid tests so actual unavailable
-   cases remain errors with counts retained and no recovery record.
-
-**Focused verification**
-
-Use a small table at the validator boundary for mixed missing/extra indices,
-conflicting and identical requested duplicates, extra-only responses, empty lists,
-reordered responses, and a single invalid-confidence decoded test-double entry.
-Include noncontiguous expected indices and valid negative decisions. Assert semantic
-outcomes and affected indices, not helper layout or exact messages. Include one
-controlled case combining successful structural/service recovery facts with ignored
-extras and one failed reconciliation retaining counts without recovery reasons.
-
-At the runner boundary, use the real LLM-backed validator with a controlled client
-and a later validator: prove a survivor reaches later required validation, a later
-rejection prevents application, and unavailable candidates never reach that later
-validator as approved. Use successful proposal operation facts where accounting is
-asserted; do not check an empty operation list. Reuse existing fixtures/tests rather
-than creating a second framework or duplicating every table case.
-
-Run `go test ./internal/framework/validators ./internal/framework/runner`.
-
-**End state:** Usable decisions survive model indexing defects, strict internal
-cardinality remains satisfied, and operation facts explain partial failure or
-successful extra filtering. No extra model generation is introduced.
-
-## Stage 2 — Carry Dispositions Through Debug and Report Partial Outcomes
-
-**Completed:** 2026-09-25. Runner and ledger records carry explicit
-dispositions; ordinary reports distinguish unavailable decision errors from
-extra-index filtering recoveries. Focused report, ledger, runner, and YAML
-checks passed with `go test ./internal/framework/runner
-./internal/framework/processreport ./internal/core/reporting`.
-
-**Work**
-
-1. Add and populate disposition fields through the runner and ledger as selected
-   above. Map unavailable candidates distinctly and preserve empty replacement
-   serialization. Check both normal and fatal partial-evidence paths.
-2. Update `processreport` messages and review `Build`, `mapFailure`, and `mapRecovery`.
-   Reuse their existing aggregation; change only assumptions that would misreport
-   the new operation facts. Core YAML structures and Markdown table layout remain.
-3. Extend existing report/ledger tests for an operation with surviving work plus
-   unavailable indices, extra-only recovery, and a mixed defect operation. Verify
-   error indices exclude survivors, extra filtering does not count as proposal
-   filtering, and failed operations do not also generate recovery records.
-4. Verify debug ledger entries distinguish genuine rejection from unavailability,
-   and interaction diagnostics preserve ignored entries and reconciliation reasons.
-   Unknown response indices must not create fake ledger candidates. Retain existing
-   redaction and optional-debug-failure tests rather than reproducing them all.
-5. Update `docs/integrations/output-files.md` for the new recovery reason and debug
-   disposition, and `docs/internal/diagnostics-reporting.md` for the mapping changes.
-   Explain that validation failure indices identify unavailable candidates, not
-   necessarily every candidate submitted to that batch.
-
-**Validation**
-
-Run `go test ./internal/framework/runner ./internal/framework/processreport ./internal/core/reporting`.
-Use semantic YAML/summary assertions; no whole-report prose golden, exact message
-snapshot, new schema version, or new rendering mode is needed.
-
-**End state:** Reports and debug evidence accurately describe partial validation
-success and handled extras through existing reporting mechanisms.
-
-## Stage 3 — Verify the Assembled Workflow and Finalize Documentation
-
-**Completed:** 2026-09-25. Controlled subprocess runs covered a mixed decision
-response and an extra-only response through the CLI, transcript, YAML, Markdown,
-debug ledger, and interaction evidence. Fixture execution facts showed one
-provider attempt and zero structural repairs per logical call. `go test
-./cmd/audita` and `go test ./...` passed. Canonical validator guidance and
-roadmap status were updated; the two span-deletion plan links now target the
-historical plan at `60e2fe7`.
-
-**Work**
-
-1. Extend the existing local-provider subprocess fixtures in
-   `cmd/audita/main_integration_test.go`. Add a representative mixed-decision run
-   with an applied survivor, a legitimate rejection, a missing requested decision,
-   a duplicate requested decision, and an extra index. Return responses by the
-   requested correction identities; do not freeze incidental validator call order.
-   Ensure the survivor passes all remaining required validation. Assert successful
-   CLI completion, correct transcript, one work-unit error with only unavailable
-   indices, no reconciliation recovery for the failed operation, and debug
-   evidence distinguishing rejection/unavailability without unknown candidates.
-2. Add or adapt a compact extra-only case proving usable work survives and one
-   `validation_decisions_filtered` recovery appears. Verify YAML, Markdown, and CLI
-   agree on totals using semantic assertions. Keep proposal-filtering counts separate.
-   Existing reporting-disable/debug selection tests remain the owners of those options.
-3. In these fixtures give PromptKit its normal configured structural repair allowance,
-   but supply schema-valid responses. Verify reconciliation adds no generations or
-   structural repairs using fixture requests/execution facts, without encoding today's
-   total validator count as a permanent contract. Keep structural-malformation tests
-   and recoverable batch-failure tests; do not relax the schema to make fixtures pass.
-4. Update `docs/internal/validators.md` and any affected canonical descriptions found
-   by searching for whole-batch rejection claims. Explain tolerant external response
-   reconciliation versus strict internal cardinality. The structural-validation
-   boundary remains explicit, and guided recovery remains deferred in `future.md`.
-5. Mark the feature roadmap implemented only after the assembled checks pass, and
-   record actual completion evidence in this plan. Repair the two span-deletion
-   roadmap links to the old plan with the historical URL
-   `https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/60e2fe7/docs/roadmap/implementation.md`.
-   Preserve historical release notes and unrelated roadmaps.
-
-**Validation**
-
-Run `go test ./cmd/audita` while developing the fixture, then `go test ./...` once
-for the completed implementation. Run `git diff --check` and verify affected
-Markdown links. Do not add live-provider checks, a platform matrix, repeated full
-suite runs, or release gates solely for this feature. No code is implemented by
-this planning pass; these commands are instructions for the implementation sprint.
-
-**End state:** The accepted partial-success behavior is exercised through the real
-CLI/library boundary, canonical documentation matches it, and coherent changes
-are committed for subsequent release consideration.
-
-## Open Questions
-
-None required before implementation. The implementation decisions above preserve
-the agreed product scope. General structural salvage and guided regeneration remain
-separate future decisions, not unresolved prerequisites for this work.

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@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-# Coordinated ConfigKit and PromptKit Adoption
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-24
-
-**Status:** Production implementation complete. ConfigKit v0.4.0 and PromptKit
-v0.11.0 are adopted; [historical implementation evidence](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md) records the
-completed checks. The current `implementation.md` covers span deletion instead.
-Release compliance and publication remain separate work.
-
-## Goal and Ownership
-
-Adopt ConfigKit and PromptKit to align Audita with the application suite's shared
-configuration and LLM execution conventions. Consistency is the primary benefit;
-removing overlapping application infrastructure is a secondary benefit. Preserve
-Audita's transcript-correction capabilities and domain protections.
-
-| Owner | Responsibilities |
-| --- | --- |
-| ConfigKit | Strict application configuration loading, presence/default semantics, explicit overrides, recorded resolution, secret references, and safe inspection |
-| PromptKit | Prompt/profile formats and rendering, provider calls, structural output validation and repair, transient retries, engine-local backend admission, and execution observations |
-| Audita | Setting meanings, file/CLI selection, role/profile association, normalization/chunking, ordered modules, domain validation, correction application, reports, diagnostic redaction, and artifact lifecycle |
-
-The [configuration roadmap](configkit.md) owns configuration and inspection policy.
-The [boundary findings](library-boundary-findings.md) own the selected defaults,
-full migration inventory, failure mapping, and prototype evidence. The selected
-production versions are ConfigKit v0.4.0 and PromptKit v0.11.0, with Go 1.25.5 as
-the minimum. Use published modules, never sibling checkouts or local replacements.
-The existing YAML dependency remains while glossary parsing needs it.
-
-## Migration Posture
-
-This is an intentional breaking transition targeting Audita v2.0.0. No backward
-compatibility is required for existing installations, config files, CLI flags,
-environment overlays, or inspection output. Provide one migration guide, without
-legacy loaders, aliases, dual modes, or automatic conversion tooling.
-
-Both libraries belong to one refactor. Intermediate commits need not build or run;
-there is no supported intermediate product state. No temporary adapters, compatibility
-shims, or processing gates are needed. The complete application must work and pass
-its checks before the refactor is finished. Release compliance and publication
-come last, with no intermediate public release.
-
-## Configuration and Execution Target
-
-ConfigKit selected overlays enable a testing configuration that chooses cheaper or
-faster models. The example selects both proposal and validation profiles. ConfigKit
-application overlays and PromptKit execution profiles remain separate concepts.
-Complete operator-maintained profiles own model/generation controls; embedded
-application prompts and schemas are not operator-selected files. No catalog wiring,
-profile-inheritance feature, ConfigKit imports, or secret-directory bootstrap is
-part of this migration.
-
-Capacity controls serve two needs: respecting a local service's hard simultaneous-
-query limit and bounding concurrent paid API activity. One finite limit per backend
-is shared across both roles and every initial, retry, and repair attempt. Limits
-are engine-local, not coordinated across processes. No additional global or
-per-role limiter or fine-grained scheduling policy is required. Profiles must use
-registered backends and ConfigKit-resolved credentials; endpoint-only bypass and
-competing profile credential lookup are excluded.
-
-Structural repair is enabled by default for both roles because additional attempts
-to obtain valid output are desired. Transient retries and structural repairs have
-separate budgets; explicit zero disables the respective behavior. Each generation,
-including a repair, receives its own transient-retry budget. The Audita logical-call
-deadline covers preparation, waiting, backoff, all generations, and repairs; profile
-HTTP timeouts apply per attempt. Exact defaults and bounds are in the
-[selected contract](library-boundary-findings.md#configuration-and-profile-contract).
-No Audita outer retry loop restores the old broader retry policy.
-
-Audita retains all four correction modules, five LLM-validator prompts,
-deterministic validators, confidence/applicability checks, glossary protection,
-validation batching/cardinality, deterministic proposal and ledger ordering,
-transcript encoders, and artifact retention. PromptKit-valid JSON still passes
-Audita's domain checks. Repair exhaustion, provider failure, and domain rejection
-follow the [selected failure table](library-boundary-findings.md#execution-and-failure-mapping).
-Retention and transcript timestamp changes remain separate work; this migration
-resolves the [retry-count follow-up](runtime-behavior.md).
-
-## Reporting and Diagnostic Target
-
-Keep stable Audita-owned serialized records; do not expose raw library structs.
-Use process report schema `v2` with the existing domain outcomes and a new
-`llm_summary` separating logical calls, dispatched provider attempts, transient
-retries, structural repairs, and usage. Transcript schema versions remain unchanged.
-The implementation plan specifies the concrete new fields and artifact wiring.
-
-Usage distinguishes known zero, unknown, and incomplete totals. Preserve observations
-from failed calls even when no final result exists. Count terminal totals once;
-attempt observations provide diagnosis without being added to those totals again.
-This is operational evidence, not a complete billing ledger.
-
-Replace global/role scheduler utilization with per-backend configured capacity and
-observed queue/generation/retry/logical-call timing. Do not fabricate measurements
-that the event API does not provide. Keep domain timing and deterministic correction
-ledger ordering. Record prompt definition/rendered hashes and selected profile/model
-without promising the old hash values. Callbacks are short, concurrency-safe, and
-free of blocking I/O or waits on their own execution.
-
-Effective configuration and selected-profile snapshots remain distinct safe views.
-Secret values must not escape through inspection, logs, reports, runtime errors,
-or retained diagnostic files. Observation records exclude payloads, URLs, raw
-provider messages, prompts, and credentials. Existing artifact lifecycle and
-partial-failure handling remain Audita responsibilities.
-
-## Completion Criteria and Release Boundary
-
-- Both libraries own their selected responsibilities in the production application.
-  Superseded loaders, transport, renderers, schedulers, aliases, and the isolated
-  prototype are gone once its useful evidence is represented in production tests.
-- Offline tests prove configuration-to-execution routing for both roles, selected
-  overlays and explicit overrides, shared backend capacity, retry/repair outcomes,
-  cancellation/deadlines, domain decisions, redaction, and truthful partial reports.
-  Tests exercise real internal collaborators and controlled HTTP boundaries.
-- Maintained examples and canonical docs describe the implemented final model.
-  One migration guide covers files, flags, environment inputs, profiles, credentials,
-  overlays, inspection, and changed runtime/report/diagnostic semantics.
-- The assembled application passes its required checks; Linux amd64 and arm64 build.
-  macOS arm64 remains best effort. No live-provider or CI-success gate is added.
-
-PromptKit v0.11.0's reviewed retry, observation, and capacity APIs remove the earlier
-upstream feature prerequisites; no upstream edit is required for adoption. The
-prototype proved representative behavior, not release compliance or model quality.
-
-The selected PromptKit release uses LGPL-3.0-or-later. A later release unit must
-review the actual production dependency graph and distribution requirements,
-including notices and source/rebuild materials, before binary publication. This
-implementation plan does not claim that review is complete. Release publication
-uses the existing [procedure](../release.md) and completes on successful source/tag
-push, without waiting for CI or artifact delivery.

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-# Shared Library Boundary: Decisions and Evidence
-
-**Status:** Boundary and offline prototype completed, 2026-09-23. Selected prototype contract and proposed
-production migration target; not the current Audita configuration contract.
-The [bounded roadmap](library-boundary.md) owns scope and completion criteria.
-
-**Subsequent scope decision:** The [ConfigKit overlay plan](configkit.md#selected-overlays-for-testing)
-adds optional selected overlays, with v0.4.0 as the migration baseline. It supersedes
-the original no-overlay decision and adds an input layer between the main file and
-explicit setting overrides. The v0.3.1 prototype results below remain historical
-evidence; they do not establish overlay integration.
-
-## Selected Boundary
-
-The former prototype is retained in Git history at `590604b`; it was a separate
-Go module using published ConfigKit v0.4.0, PromptKit v0.11.0, and
-Audita v1.1.0. The Audita dependency lets this consumer reuse actual internal domain
-helpers through its Audita module namespace without a local replacement. It does
-not make those internal packages a new public API. Remove this dependency along
-with the prototype after equivalent production integration tests landed.
-
-The initial prototype results below were recorded with ConfigKit v0.3.1. On
-2026-09-24, upgrading only its ConfigKit pin and sums to v0.4.0 required no source
-changes. With Go 1.26.8 on linux/amd64, the nested offline `go test ./...` passed
-and `go run .` still reported one accepted correction, four attempts, zero
-transient retries, and two structural repairs. This verifies the dependency
-upgrade, not selected-overlay behavior.
-
-ConfigKit owns loading, presence, explicit overrides, secret resolution, and
-redacted effective settings. PromptKit owns profile parsing, rendering, provider
-execution, transient retries, structural repair, and backend admission. Audita
-owns file selection, setting meanings, role selection, domain acceptance, and
-mapping execution facts into reports. Production CLI and runtime remain unchanged.
-
-## Configuration and Profile Contract
-
-Selected for the prototype and recommended for production:
-
-- Main YAML requires integer `version: 2`; absent, null, unknown fields, and older
-  versions fail. No legacy parser, aliases, environment overlays, or automatic
-  conversion. Defaults precede the selected file; explicitly supplied CLI settings
-  become ConfigKit overrides. Validation runs on the resolved result, so an override
-  may repair an invalid lower-precedence setting when decoding succeeds.
-- Production file selection: explicit `--config`, then
-  `/usr/local/etc/audita/config.yml`, then `/etc/audita/config.yml`. Select one file;
-  do not merge them. Missing system files are skipped; explicit missing or empty
-  paths and inaccessible selected files fail. No selected file fails with a request
-  to configure backend/profile selection: no hidden provider or model default.
-  Remove `AUDITA_CONFIG`. The prototype loads its explicit fixture only; discovery
-  and command parsing belong to the ConfigKit implementation stage.
-- `profiles_dir` defaults to `profiles`, resolved relative to the selected main
-  configuration file, with absolute paths accepted. PromptKit reads that directory.
-  Prompts and schemas are application-embedded, not operator-selected prompt files.
-  The prototype uses complete application-owned profile files. Catalog profiles and
-  profile inheritance are not needed for this migration; do not add catalog wiring.
-- `backends.<id>.endpoint` is required. Use one application backend identity per
-  service capacity pool. Do not split proposal and validation into different backend
-  IDs when they use the same service. Limits are engine-local, not shared across
-  multiple Audita processes or other applications.
-- `backends.<id>.concurrency` defaults to **1**, must be positive, and is shared by
-  both roles and all initial/retry/repair attempts. Operators can select **4** for
-  the described local backend or a suitable finite paid API limit. There is no
-  additional global or per-role limiter. `queue_capacity` defaults to **1024**,
-  following PromptKit; non-negative, with zero meaning no waiting admission.
-  This is an operational escape hatch rather than a second scheduling hierarchy.
-- `backends.<id>.credential` is an optional ConfigKit secret reference: a scalar
-  environment variable name. Omission or null means no credential. A supplied
-  reference must resolve to a nonempty value, including during validation and
-  inspection. There is no direct key field or CLI key flag. ConfigKit resolves it
-  once and Audita supplies `RunRequest.APIKey`. Profiles must not introduce another
-  `api_key_env` lookup. Backend credentials also support unauthenticated local use.
-- Profiles own model, temperature, output token limit, top-p, per-generation timeout,
-  service tier, reasoning effort, and extra provider parameters using PromptKit's
-  format. They select the application `backend`; their effective endpoint must
-  equal that backend's endpoint. Endpoint-only execution is rejected because it
-  bypasses the requested finite capacity boundary. A named registered backend is
-  mandatory even if both roles use the same profile.
-- `llm.proposal_profile` is required. Omitted `llm.validation_profile` inherits the
-  final proposal profile as a whole, with ConfigKit recording the derivation.
-  Explicit empty or null values fail; no individual model/endpoint/key inheritance.
-- `llm.transient_retries` defaults to **2** additional attempts per generation;
-  explicit zero disables retries; negative is invalid. PromptKit owns which failures
-  are eligible. Do not add an Audita retry loop.
-- `llm.repair_attempts` defaults to **2** additional generations for both roles;
-  explicit zero disables repair when deliberately requested. PromptKit supports
-  0–3. Positive defaults are exercised in the prototype. Audita owns this common
-  setting and supplies a complete request output contract with the role's embedded
-  schema, avoiding separate user-facing repair defaults in each prompt.
-- `llm.operation_timeout` defaults to **15m**, must be positive, and uses a Go
-  duration string. It starts before each logical proposal/assessment call and covers
-  preparation, capacity waiting, transient backoff, generation, and repairs. It is
-  separate from whole-process cancellation. Profile `timeout_seconds` defaults to
-  PromptKit's **600** seconds and is applied afresh to each built-in HTTP attempt.
-  It does not bound the combined retry/repair sequence. A stricter caller/transport timeout can
-  also end execution. The two defaults are selected starting points, not throughput
-  measurements. With the default T=2 and R=2, each logical call dispatches at most
-  **9** attempts before deadline/cancellation; proposal plus assessment may use 18.
-- Omission retains static defaults or invokes the recorded role/backend derivations.
-  Null is not a general synonym for omission: nonoptional scalars reject it. Optional
-  credentials and the future optional section target accept null. Explicit empty
-  module lists will mean an empty correction pipeline, not “restore defaults.”
-  Repeated modules retain their existing ordered meaning.
-- The original prototype disabled ConfigKit imports, selected configuration layers
-  (then called configuration profiles), and secret-directory bootstrap. Selected
-  overlays are now verified under the linked overlay decision; the other two
-  features remain disabled. PromptKit execution profiles retain their meaning.
-
-Configuration validation/inspection must assemble and inspect both selected profiles
-without provider calls. ConfigKit's effective YAML describes only its loaded state;
-a separate selected-profile view shows effective model controls/backend selection.
-Do not imply either snapshot alone represents the full execution configuration.
-The prototype exercises the two APIs but does not implement production subcommands.
-Do not serialize raw profile/library objects as a permanent Audita report schema.
-
-## Migration Inventory
-
-This inventory covers the current configuration and process flags documented in
-[configuration](../config.md) and [CLI](../cli.md), including environment-only fields.
-“Retain” below means retain domain meaning in the new schema, not accept old files.
-All legacy environment overlays listed afterward are removed.
-
-| Current file field / setting | Current CLI flag(s) | Target and rationale |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| File selection | `--config` | Retain explicit invocation flag; discovery described above. |
-| Transcript input | positional path | Invocation only; retain one transcript path. |
-| Glossary input | `--glossary` | Invocation only; retain required glossary path. |
-| Corrected output | `--output` | Invocation only; retain stdout fallback. |
-| Report output | `--report-json` | Invocation only; retain separate report file. |
-| `pipeline.modules` | `--modules` | Retain sequence/default `[glossary, homophones, glossary, spoken_word, grammar]`; explicit empty clears rather than inherits. |
-| `output.schema` | `--output-schema` | Retain encoder selection/default `bare-segments`. |
-| `llm.proposal.base_url`, `llm.validation.base_url` | `--base-url`, `--validation-base-url` | Replace with backend endpoint; remove per-role endpoint flags. |
-| Both `llm.*.model` | `--model`, `--validation-model` | Replace with profile model; new `--proposal-profile` / `--validation-profile` select whole profiles. |
-| Both `llm.*.api_key_env`, direct runtime keys | `--llm-api-key`, `--validation-llm-api-key` | Replace with backend ConfigKit secret reference; remove direct key flags. |
-| Both `llm.*.timeout` | `--llm-timeout-seconds`, `--validation-llm-timeout-seconds` | Replace with profile `timeout_seconds`, plus `llm.operation_timeout`; no duplicate timeout flags. |
-| Both `llm.*.max_retries` | `--max-retries`, `--validation-max-retries` | Replace with common `llm.transient_retries` and distinct `llm.repair_attempts`; remove misleading old flags. |
-| `concurrency.total_llm` | `--total-llm-concurrency`, `--llm-concurrency` | Replace with per-backend concurrency; remove global/alias flags. |
-| `concurrency.proposal_llm`, `concurrency.validation_llm` | `--proposal-llm-concurrency`, `--validation-llm-concurrency` | Remove role budgets; shared backend handles service capacity. |
-| Validation prompt budget (no old YAML field) | `--validation-max-prompt-tokens` | Add `validation.max_prompt_tokens`, default 2048, positive; retain explicit flag override. Audita owns batching. |
-| `chunking.target_sections` | `--target-sections` | Retain optional positive target; omission/null means automatic, zero invalid. |
-| `chunking.max_section_tokens` | `--max-section-tokens` | Retain 8192, positive. |
-| `chunking.min_section_tokens` | `--min-section-tokens` | Retain 2048, positive, no greater than maximum. |
-| `normalization.max_segment_gap` | `--normalize-max-segment-gap` | Retain 4.0 numeric seconds, non-negative; drop alternate YAML duration syntax for these domain numeric fields. |
-| `normalization.ellipsis_gap` | `--normalize-ellipsis-gap` | Retain 3.5 numeric seconds, non-negative. |
-| `normalization.max_segment_duration` | `--normalize-max-segment-duration` | Retain 60.0 numeric seconds, positive. |
-| `normalization.max_segment_tokens` | `--normalize-max-segment-tokens` | Retain 2048, positive. |
-| `thresholds.glossary` | `--glossary-confidence-threshold` | Retain 0.8 in [0,1]. |
-| `thresholds.homophones` | `--homophones-confidence-threshold` | Retain 0.8 in [0,1]. |
-| `thresholds.spoken_word` | `--spoken-word-confidence-threshold` | Retain 0.8 in [0,1]. |
-| `thresholds.grammar` | `--grammar-confidence-threshold` | Retain 0.8 in [0,1]. |
-| `context.description` | `--transcript-description` | Retain trimming and 500-byte limit; empty clears context. |
-| `diagnostics.work_dir` | `--work-dir` | Retain `/tmp/audita`, nonempty; artifact lifecycle remains Audita-owned. |
-| `diagnostics.retention` | `--work-dir-retention` | Retain `auto` default and selection; existing `never` follow-up is separate. |
-| Help/version/config commands | `--help`, `-h` | Retain command purpose; help should parse before loading configuration. Effective-config output intentionally becomes ConfigKit YAML, not legacy JSON. |
-
-Retained setting flags become explicit ConfigKit overrides only when supplied;
-CLI parser defaults must not overwrite file values. Normalization flag values stay
-numeric seconds. Domain values convert into existing domain structs after validation;
-do not spread ConfigKit or PromptKit types into correction algorithms.
-
-Complete environment removal map (names remain permissible if explicitly named as
-secret references; none have implicit configuration meaning):
-
-| Old environment names | Replacement |
-| --- | --- |
-| `AUDITA_CONFIG` | File selection above. |
-| `AUDITA_MODULES` | `pipeline.modules` / explicit flag. |
-| `AUDITA_LLM_API_KEY`, `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`, `AUDITA_VALIDATION_LLM_API_KEY` | Explicit backend credential references; no implicit fallback. |
-| `AUDITA_MODEL`, `AUDITA_VALIDATION_MODEL` | Profile files and role selection. |
-| `AUDITA_BASE_URL`, `AUDITA_VALIDATION_BASE_URL` | Backend endpoints. |
-| `AUDITA_LLM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`, `AUDITA_VALIDATION_LLM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` | Profile timeout and operation deadline. |
-| `AUDITA_MAX_RETRIES`, `AUDITA_VALIDATION_MAX_RETRIES` | Common transient/repair settings. |
-| `AUDITA_TOTAL_LLM_CONCURRENCY`, `AUDITA_LLM_CONCURRENCY`, `AUDITA_PROPOSAL_LLM_CONCURRENCY`, `AUDITA_VALIDATION_LLM_CONCURRENCY` | Backend concurrency; remove alias/role budgets. |
-| `AUDITA_VALIDATION_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS` | `validation.max_prompt_tokens` / explicit flag. |
-| `AUDITA_TARGET_SECTIONS`, `AUDITA_MAX_SECTION_TOKENS`, `AUDITA_MIN_SECTION_TOKENS` | Corresponding chunking fields / flags. |
-| `AUDITA_NORMALIZE_MAX_SEGMENT_GAP`, `AUDITA_NORMALIZE_ELLIPSIS_GAP`, `AUDITA_NORMALIZE_MAX_SEGMENT_DURATION`, `AUDITA_NORMALIZE_MAX_SEGMENT_TOKENS` | Corresponding normalization fields / flags. |
-| `AUDITA_GLOSSARY_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD`, `AUDITA_HOMOPHONES_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD`, `AUDITA_SPOKEN_WORD_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD`, `AUDITA_GRAMMAR_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD` | Corresponding threshold fields / flags. |
-| `AUDITA_WORK_DIR`, `AUDITA_WORK_DIR_RETENTION` | Diagnostics fields / flags. |
-
-## Execution and Failure Mapping
-
-The executable uses grammar proposal plus grammar review, current response schemas,
-current hardening text, transcript-section/description helpers, proposal preview, and
-actual decision-cardinality enforcement from Audita v1.1.0. PromptKit renders the
-adapted templates; the custom HTTP transport supplies OpenAI-compatible responses.
-The prototype pre-expands Audita's `hardening` template function into the embedded
-PromptKit definitions; it passes existing named string variables unchanged. No
-provider, paid call, or injected high-level LLM client participates.
-
-Generated JSON is structurally validated/repaired by PromptKit before Audita decodes
-it. Audita then checks proposal applicability, confidence, and decision identity and
-cardinality. The demonstration previews corrections without mutation. Production
-retains every module's full validator chain, glossary protection, batching, and
-apply-time checks; the representative prototype does not claim to replace them.
-
-| Outcome | Section/batch effect | Overall run |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| Structural repair succeeds | Continue domain validation. | Normal execution. |
-| Proposal repair exhausted | No proposals from this section; malformed-output warning. | Continue other work; successful completion may include warnings. |
-| Assessment repair exhausted | Reject this batch; malformed-output warning. | Continue other work. |
-| Schema-valid invalid/missing/duplicate decision indices | Reject batch and warn; no semantic retry/repair. | Continue other work. |
-| Inapplicable/low-confidence proposal or negative assessment | Reject affected proposal; preserve domain reasons. | Continue other work. |
-| Provider failure, retry exhaustion, transport or malformed HTTP response | Stop affected operation; retain available observations. | Runtime failure; cancel remaining work, retain existing Audita diagnostic handling. |
-| Deadline, caller cancellation, capacity admission failure | Stop affected operation; no outer retry or fabricated output. | Runtime failure with distinct classified cause. |
-| Invalid settings/profile/schema setup | Fail before processing where detectable. | Configuration error for user input, runtime error for broken embedded assets. |
-
-Zero transient retries produces one ordinary provider failure, not
-`ErrRetriesExhausted`; the latter signals an exhausted **positive** budget.
-Provider failures retain a typed cause. Do not expose raw provider messages through
-user diagnostics: continue Audita's separate secret-redaction boundary. A failed
-logical call may return no result while its observations still record completed
-attempts or an earlier successful generation. Already completed domain results can
-remain in diagnostics; failure must not be presented as a fully corrected output.
-
-## Observation and Report Handoff
-
-The prototype maps library events into Audita-owned records under a short mutex.
-Records contain logical run/role/backend/profile identity, generation and attempt
-indices, dispatch state, queue/generation/retry/wall timing, classified outcomes,
-HTTP status, exhaustion, repair/retry counts, and each usage field's value,
-knownness, and completeness. It omits URLs, credentials, payloads, raw provider
-errors, and prompt text. Identifiers themselves are metadata, not a secret channel.
-
-Use terminal records once for logical totals; retain attempt records for diagnosis
-without adding them to terminal totals. A known zero is distinct from unknown;
-partial totals remain incomplete after unmetered failed attempts. These observations
-are not a billing ledger. Callback code must not wait on its own run's progress.
-
-Production report changes must distinguish logical calls from dispatched provider
-attempts. Replace scheduler utilization fields based on global/proposal/validation
-pools with per-backend admission/active timing. Preserve deterministic ledger and
-validator ordering. Map prompt definition/rendered hashes and selected profile/model
-into request metadata, but do not promise equality with legacy prompt hashes or
-serialize PromptKit's raw event struct as the stable report contract. Update the
-output integration reference, report mapper tests, and downstream migration guide
-when the production representation is implemented.
-
-## Verification and Remaining Handoff
-
-The focused matrix is implemented in the nested module:
-
-| Roadmap scenario | Evidence |
-| --- | --- |
-| Successful assembled path | `go run .`; `TestWorkflowBoundaries/repair_both_roles`; actual Audita domain helpers and both selected profiles. |
-| Presence, overrides, inheritance | `TestConfigurationContract`: omitted role/backend values, explicit zero, null/empty, version, unknown keys, and explicit overrides. |
-| Credentials | Missing/unset and empty references fail; optional null accepted; effective/profile inspection redacted; HTTP authorization verified; no secret/prompt text in observations. `TestProfilesRespectSharedBackendBoundary` rejects competing lookup and capacity bypass. |
-| Both roles repaired | `repair_both_roles`: four attempts, two repairs, one accepted correction. |
-| Repair exhausted | Proposal and assessment exhaustion subtests: bounded counts and selected warning/rejection outcomes. |
-| Semantic boundary | Missing span, missing/duplicate decision indices, negative assessment; no semantic repair loop. |
-| Retry/zero/exhaustion | 429 recovery, zero-budget 503, positive-budget exhaustion after completed proposal; typed error assertions. |
-| Combined budgets | 503 → invalid JSON → repair 503 → valid proposal → assessment: five attempts, two transient retries, one repair. |
-| Shared capacity | `TestSharedCapacityAndRecovery`: caps four and two, both roles, a retry and repair, queue rejection, measured peak equal to cap, later successful call. |
-| Waiting/cancellation/deadline | `TestQueuedCancellationAndDeadline`; `TestDeadlineStopsRetryAfter`: no queued dispatch after cancellation/deadline and a 60-second provider retry delay interrupted by the operation deadline. |
-| Failed-run observations | `TestPartialUsageOnFailedRun`: valid HTTP output with known-zero usage followed by repair failure; nil result, retained events, incomplete known aggregate, correct counts. |
-| Representative assets | `TestRealPromptRenderingParity` compares both rendered message pairs to Audita v1.1.0; `TestSchemaFixturesMatchAudita` compares schema bytes. |
-
-Commands executed from `examples/library-adoption` on Linux amd64 with Go 1.26.8:
-
-```sh
-GOWORK=off go mod download all
-GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off go mod verify
-GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off go run .
-GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off go test -race ./...
-GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off go vet ./...
-```
-
-All passed. The demonstration reports accepted=1, rejected=0, attempts=4,
-transient_retries=0, structural_repairs=2. Module verification reports all modules
-verified. Published tag availability was checked with `git ls-remote --tags` for
-ConfigKit v0.3.1 and PromptKit v0.11.0; successful module acquisition verifies this
-is not merely a local-checkout experiment. The module has no replacements.
-
-The minimum Go 1.25.5 toolchain was also exercised with offline tests and the same
-successful demonstration. The exact installed-toolchain invocation was:
-
-```sh
-GOTOOLCHAIN=local GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off /home/eric/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/toolchain@v0.0.1-go1.25.5.linux-amd64/bin/go test ./...
-GOTOOLCHAIN=local GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off /home/eric/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/toolchain@v0.0.1-go1.25.5.linux-amd64/bin/go run .
-```
-
-An initial attempt to select that cached toolchain through `GOTOOLCHAIN=go1.25.5`
-with checksum verification disabled was rejected by Go's toolchain verifier. Using
-the installed binary with `GOTOOLCHAIN=local` proved offline execution without
-weakening dependency checks. The portable README commands assume an installed
-sufficiently new Go executable on PATH and disable toolchain switching.
-
-From the Audita root, `go test ./...` and
-`go build -o ./bin/audita ./cmd/audita` passed. These check existing production code;
-they do not cover the nested module. Affected relative documentation links,
-inventory coverage, and `git diff --check` were checked separately.
-
-### Findings and Limits
-
-No adoption-blocking upstream API gap was found. Two integration details deserve
-explicit attention: PromptKit's profile GoDoc calls `timeout_seconds` a generation
-deadline, but its built-in HTTP path applies it separately to each attempt; the
-consumer therefore needs the selected total-operation deadline. Also,
-`APIKeyRequired` is an in-memory profile facility, not a profile-YAML field. The
-file-profile design uses the presence of ConfigKit's optional credential reference
-to require local secret resolution; it does not invent a new PromptKit YAML key.
-
-The chosen defaults are proposed operational policy, not measured model-quality or
-cost recommendations. Tests use controlled transport responses and synthetic data;
-they do not establish real provider compatibility, model quality, network behavior,
-throughput, cross-process coordination, complete billing, or release compliance.
-Only the representative LLM-facing subset is implemented in the prototype; the
-inventory specifies the remaining domain fields for the ConfigKit migration.
-Production file discovery, CLI parsing, full module chains, all nine prompts,
-filesystem diagnostics/redaction, and serialized report migration remain their
-assigned production tasks. Those are deliberate scope boundaries, not missing
-claims of completion for the prototype.
-
-The new profile/credential/capacity and deadline choices are explicit above; no
-unresolved upstream requirement prevents starting the ConfigKit implementation
-plan. Production report field names and final runtime wiring are selected in the
-[implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md), following the outcome and observation
-contract here. The coordinated refactor targets both libraries directly; intermediate commits do not require a working legacy runtime.
-
-### Production Implementation Reference
-
-The [implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md) owns ordered production work,
-component changes, tests, and acceptance criteria. The [combined roadmap](library-adoption.md)
-and [configuration roadmap](configkit.md) own the final target. This evidence does
-not require an interim runtime bridge or separately runnable configuration migration.
-
-Retained domain scope includes transcript/glossary schemas, normalization/chunking,
-output encoding, proposals and apply-time checks, deterministic validators, ordered
-modules, LLM-validator batching/cardinality, ledger ordering, and artifact lifecycle.
-The production integration replaces loading, provider execution, prompt rendering,
-and scheduler composition while preserving those responsibilities. Retention and
-timestamp changes remain separate work.
-
-### Distribution Follow-Up
-
-The pinned graph includes ConfigKit, PromptKit, both PromptKit backend catalogs,
-jsonschema/v6, yaml.v3, yaml.v4, x/text, and kr/text (including module/test dependency
-edges). Before distribution, review the actual production dependency graph and
-its license files, including PromptKit/catalog LGPL-3.0-or-later terms. Decide and
-verify the notices, license copies, corresponding library source/modifications,
-and rebuild/relink materials needed for Audita's Go binary/container distribution.
-This unit does not publish binaries or claim that release compliance is complete.
-No upstream relicensing request or library implementation change is required for
-this prototype.
-
-## Selected-Overlay Extension: 2026-09-24
-
-The isolated prototype now pins published ConfigKit v0.4.0. ConfigKit loads
-`overlays/testing.yml` relative to the selected main file; the overlay selects
-complete PromptKit execution profiles from the separate `profiles/` directory.
-The original v0.3.1 observations above are historical and do not prove this
-extension. No production Audita behavior changed.
-
-With Go 1.26.8 on linux/amd64, from `examples/library-adoption/`, these offline
-checks passed with `GOTOOLCHAIN=local GOWORK=off GOPROXY=off GOSUMDB=off`:
-
-```sh
-go test ./...
-go test -race ./...
-go vet ./...
-go run .
-go run . --overlay testing
-go run . --overlay testing --proposal-profile proposal
-```
-
-Each demonstration reported one accepted correction, four attempts, zero
-transient retries, and two structural repairs. The base run selected
-`synthetic-grammar`/`synthetic-review`; testing selected
-`synthetic-grammar-testing`/`synthetic-review-testing`; the explicit proposal
-override restored only `synthetic-grammar`. These are synthetic routing IDs,
-not price, latency, quality, or provider-compatibility measurements.
-
-| Requirement | Consumer evidence |
-| --- | --- |
-| Base, empty/default, testing selection, role overrides, final inheritance, and relative profile resolution | `TestSelectedOverlayConfiguration` loads temporary on-disk layouts and assembles both roles. |
-| Actual base/testing/override HTTP models and repairs | `TestDemonstrationSelectsOutboundModels` captures every request body and matches model IDs to the reported selections and domain outcome. |
-| Missing/invalid selection, version/directive rejection, and ordinary backend-setting validation | `TestOverlayFailuresAndApplicationValidation` checks ConfigKit diagnostic codes and effective backend limits. |
-| Surviving credential resolution, absent/empty failures, null unauthenticated use, and profile-only switching | `TestOverlayCredentialResolutionAndInspection` controls synthetic environment values and observes HTTP Authorization. |
-| Redacted effective output, explanation and metadata origin, profile inspection, and observations | `TestOverlayCredentialResolutionAndInspection` and `TestOverlaySelectionProvenance` inspect safe output and overlay/CLI origins. |
-| Existing retry, repair, domain, capacity, and concurrent-observation behavior | `TestWorkflowBoundaries`, `TestSharedCapacityAndRecovery`, `TestQueuedCancellationAndDeadline`, `TestDeadlineStopsRetryAfter`, and `TestPartialUsageOnFailedRun` pass, including under `-race`. |
-
-Changing a profile does not remove a backend credential reference from the
-effective configuration. ConfigKit validates a surviving reference when only
-profile selection changes. Replacing the reference in an
-overlay resolves only the replacement; explicit null allows unauthenticated use.
-This distinction is part of the selected configuration boundary, not an
-application fallback. Imports and secret-directory bootstrap remain disabled.
-
-The tests use a controlled built-in HTTP transport and synthetic credentials;
-there were no live provider calls. The prototype still covers one representative
-proposal/assessment pair, not all production modules, prompts, CLI paths, or
-diagnostic artifacts. Root `go test ./...` does not run this nested module. No
-upstream API gap appeared in this extension. The [production implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md)
-keeps implementation and release pending.

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@@ -1,269 +0,0 @@
-# Library Adoption: Shared Boundary and Prototype
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-24
-
-**Status:** Original boundary-design and offline-prototype unit completed;
-overlay extension and production-planning handoff completed, 2026-09-24.
-The work packages below retain the original scope;
-[decisions, evidence, limitations, and handoff](library-boundary-findings.md)
-record the outcome. The executable prototype was removed after production
-integration; Git history at `590604b` retains it. No publication or upstream
-changes were made in that historical unit.
-
-## Next Unit: Testing Overlays and Production Migration Plan
-
-**Status:** Complete. The [production implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/cb405f6/docs/roadmap/implementation.md)
-owns subsequent work; the [overlay findings](library-boundary-findings.md#selected-overlay-extension-2026-09-24)
-record this unit's checks. The original work packages below remain
-historical scope for the completed first unit.
-
-Extend the existing prototype to prove the [selected-overlay contract](configkit.md#selected-overlays-for-testing)
-with ConfigKit v0.4.0, then turn the verified findings into a detailed production
-ConfigKit migration plan. Do not repeat the original inventory or redesign the
-established library boundary without new evidence.
-
-Required work:
-
-- Upgrade only the nested prototype module from ConfigKit v0.3.1 to v0.4.0.
-- Pass an explicit overlay selection through ConfigKit and add `overlays/testing.yml`
-  plus two PromptKit testing profiles. Select both roles and retain one shared
-  finite backend. Synthetic model names demonstrate routing; they do not benchmark
-  real model cost, speed, or quality.
-- Make the offline executable accept overlay and explicit role-profile selections,
-  and show the selected models alongside domain outcomes and retry/repair counts.
-- Verify base/overlay/CLI precedence, role inheritance, invalid selections,
-  surviving credential references, safe inspection, and overlay provenance.
-  Prove the actual HTTP request models for both roles; loading changed strings
-  alone is insufficient evidence.
-- Record new results separately from the historical v0.3.1 findings. Expand the
-  existing ConfigKit roadmap into a concrete production implementation handoff,
-  including final runtime integration and removal of legacy configuration.
-
-Target end state: reviewers can run the prototype with and without the testing
-selection and see both LLM roles switch models. The offline test suite establishes
-that selection, inspection, and execution agree, and the production ConfigKit work
-has bounded tasks with explicit acceptance criteria.
-
-Acceptance criteria:
-
-- The published v0.4.0 dependency is pinned without local replacements; the original
-  no-overlay path and existing integration tests continue to pass.
-- `testing` switches both roles, explicit profile flags override its selections,
-  and omission/empty/`default` retains base selection according to ConfigKit.
-- Invalid overlays fail clearly; inheritance and secret resolution use surviving
-  effective settings. Inspection records overlay origin without disclosing keys.
-- Both selected testing models reach the controlled HTTP transport; structural
-  repair, shared capacity, observations, and Audita domain checks remain active.
-- Updated examples, executable instructions, findings, and a detailed production
-  migration plan are reviewable. Exact verification commands and limitations are
-  recorded, including the fact that root tests do not cover the nested module.
-- Production code, root dependencies, and upstream libraries remain unchanged.
-  No release or live provider call is part of this unit.
-
-This unit ends with a production migration **plan**, not production implementation.
-The ConfigKit → PromptKit → combined release sequence remains unchanged. Imports
-and secret-directory bootstrap remain disabled; PromptKit execution profiles keep
-their existing names and meaning.
-
-## Objective
-
-Define and prove the boundary between Audita, ConfigKit, and PromptKit before
-replacing Audita's production configuration or LLM runtime. This unit covers the
-shared design and representative prototype supporting the
-[coordinated adoption roadmap](library-adoption.md). The
-[ConfigKit roadmap](configkit.md) continues to own the broader configuration scope.
-
-The deliverable is a concrete target contract supported by an offline executable
-prototype, sufficient to implement the ConfigKit migration without subsequently
-redesigning its LLM-facing settings. A successful prototype is not completion of
-either production migration.
-
-## Established Direction
-
-- This is an intentional breaking migration with a migration guide, not legacy
-  configuration support, aliases, or a permanent compatibility mode.
-- ConfigKit owns shared configuration mechanics; PromptKit owns shared prompt and
-  generation mechanics; Audita retains domain meaning and transcript correction.
-- Structural repair is enabled from the outset for proposal and LLM-validator calls.
-  Positive default repair budgets must be selected, not silently left at zero.
-- Transient retries and structural repair are separate. Explicit zero disables
-  transient retries; Audita must not add a second automatic retry loop.
-- One finite concurrency limit per backend protects local capacity and bounds paid
-  API activity. Calls from both roles share that limit. Fine-grained role budgets
-  and an additional global concurrency control are unnecessary.
-- Keep the sequence: boundary/prototype, ConfigKit migration, PromptKit migration,
-  then combined major release. No intermediate public release is planned.
-
-## Scope and Deliverables
-
-| Deliverable | Required result |
-| --- | --- |
-| Configuration inventory and migration map | Every existing setting and invocation option has a proposed destination, replacement, or removal, with rationale. |
-| Boundary specification | One authoritative source for each setting, explicit precedence/defaults, credential flow, runtime conversion, and failure handling. |
-| Representative executable prototype | New-style configuration drives one proposal and one assessment through released libraries and a controlled provider. |
-| Focused behavioral evidence | Retry, repair, capacity, credential, observation, and domain-boundary scenarios below are demonstrated. |
-| Decision and integration handoff | Concrete choices, measured limitations, affected components, removal plan, and next implementation tasks are recorded. |
-
-Do not switch the production CLI to the prototype, migrate every module/prompt,
-redesign transcript/glossary formats, change correction algorithms, modify retention
-or timestamp behavior, or publish a release in this unit. Do not reproduce the
-libraries' full test suites. Upstream changes require a separately scoped task if
-an actual gap is found.
-
-## Work Package 1: Inventory and Decide Ownership
-
-Read the current [configuration](../config.md), [CLI](../cli.md),
-[LLM runtime](../internal/llm-runtime.md), [prompts](../internal/prompts.md),
-[validators](../internal/validators.md), and [output contracts](../integrations/output-files.md).
-Use graph-first discovery to verify the relevant code and tests, especially
-configuration application, prompt construction, structured responses, scheduling,
-and report assembly.
-
-Build a migration table grouped by application/domain settings, invocation state,
-backend settings, execution profiles, output contracts, and inspection. Include
-current environment settings and aliases without treating their existence as a
-requirement to preserve them. Identify report fields whose meanings change when
-one logical generation contains multiple provider attempts.
-
-Resolve these design decisions explicitly:
-
-| Decision | Proposed direction to prove |
-| --- | --- |
-| File selection and version | Audita selects the main configuration and validates a new schema version; specify discovery and the treatment of old versions. |
-| Application versus invocation state | ConfigKit loads persistent settings; Audita parses invocation-only input/output paths and translates explicitly supplied setting flags into supported overrides. |
-| Backend identity | One registration represents the service capacity shared by proposal and validation calls. Avoid separate identities for the same service merely because roles differ. |
-| Endpoint and capacity ownership | Define them once per backend, with finite limits and an explicit policy for waiting capacity/exhaustion. Do not expose endpoint-only unlimited execution accidentally. |
-| Execution profiles | Prefer complete application-owned profiles using PromptKit conventions. Decide their source and selection without duplicating model/settings fields in application configuration. Catalog selection remains a deliberate option. |
-| Role selection and inheritance | Specify how proposal and validation choose profiles, including omission and any inheritance. Do not inherit old behavior solely for compatibility. |
-| Credentials | Prefer one ConfigKit-owned secret-resolution path passed through PromptKit's supported request credential field. Define backend/profile credential association and avoid competing environment lookups. Validate this against profile requirements. |
-| Retry, repair, and deadlines | Assign one owner and explicit defaults for each control. Use positive structural-repair defaults and document combined limits and total-operation scope. |
-| Optional library features | The original prototype omitted imports, selected configuration layers, and secret-directory bootstrap. Selected overlays are now planned for testing; see the [overlay plan](configkit.md#selected-overlays-for-testing). Imports and secret-directory bootstrap remain out. |
-| Inspection | Define effective configuration and selected-profile inspection without implying that one library's snapshot contains the other's complete state. |
-
-Choose concrete field names, example values, defaults, units, and omission/null/zero
-semantics for the prototype. In particular, decide what validation and inspection
-do when configured credentials are unavailable. Classify choices as proposed,
-selected, or unresolved; do not present candidates as implemented contracts.
-
-## Work Package 2: Specify Execution and Reporting Semantics
-
-Document the flow from selected configuration through backend/profile assembly,
-prompt inputs, generation, structural validation/repair, typed decoding, and Audita
-domain validation. Identify which values cross the boundary and which component
-owns each conversion. Keep library types out of unrelated domain code where a
-small existing domain value is sufficient.
-
-Use the current correction-set and validator-decision schemas as representative
-inputs. Reuse domain checks where practical. Select one real proposal/validator
-pair; account for prompt helpers, template variables, shared fragments, and schema
-references rather than testing only an unrelated hello-world prompt.
-
-Record the following distinctions:
-
-- Repair seeks output conforming to its structural contract. Success does not
-  establish semantic correctness or authorize applying a correction.
-- A schema-valid decision set still requires Audita's cardinality and proposal
-  identity checks. Semantic rejection is not automatically another repair request.
-- Exhausted structural repair yields failed content validation; provider failures,
-  retry exhaustion, cancellation, and capacity rejection have separate outcomes.
-- Specify each outcome's intended effect on an Audita section/batch and overall run,
-  including warnings, rejected work, partial domain results, and terminal failures.
-  Preserve domain intent without preserving obsolete transport behavior by accident.
-- For transient retry budget T and structural repair budget R, one logical call can
-  dispatch up to `(T + 1) * (R + 1)` provider attempts. For example, T=2 and R=2
-  permits nine attempts; these illustrative values do not select production defaults.
-- Choose the total-operation deadline scope for a logical proposal or assessment;
-  distinguish it from per-attempt timeouts and whole-process cancellation. Provider
-  retry timing may exceed local backoff, so deadline behavior must be explicit.
-
-Design the Audita observation record and aggregation rules. Include logical-call
-and attempt identity, role/backend correlation, queue/generation/retry timing,
-repair and retry counts, outcomes, and available usage. Preserve unknown/incomplete
-usage rather than inventing zeros or complete costs. Do not add terminal totals to
-attempt totals. Collect events safely across concurrent calls, without blocking
-callbacks on progress by the same run or persisting raw library events as a stable
-Audita schema. Transcript-bearing artifacts remain separately governed by Audita.
-
-## Work Package 3: Build the Bounded Offline Prototype
-
-Use ConfigKit v0.3.1 and PromptKit v0.11.0 as reviewed starting points; verify their
-published availability and APIs before pinning the prototype. Recheck the combined
-Go minimum (the reviewed PromptKit release requires Go 1.25.5). Do not depend on
-sibling checkouts, an active Go workspace, or committed local module replacements.
-
-A proposed home is `examples/library-adoption/` as an explicitly experimental,
-standalone Go module, isolating prototype dependencies from the production binary.
-Confirm this placement during execution. Its README must give exact offline run
-and test commands after dependency acquisition; root `go test ./...` must not be
-claimed to cover a nested module. Keep complete proposed configuration and prompt
-fixtures with it and clearly label them as prototype-only.
-
-The prototype should:
-
-1. Load representative application settings with ConfigKit, using synthetic secret
-   values supplied by the test environment and an application-owned version rule.
-2. Assemble shared backend registrations and proposal/validation profile selections.
-3. Supply representative transcript/proposal inputs to PromptKit definitions and
-   actual response schemas using supported sources.
-4. Use the built-in HTTP generation path with a controlled local endpoint or
-   transport. An injected LLM client alone cannot prove built-in HTTP retry behavior.
-5. Run proposal generation, decode and check candidates, run assessment, and perform
-   the selected Audita decision checks without modifying real transcript files.
-6. Collect selected safe observations and show a compact result understandable to a
-   reviewer, including repaired output and final domain acceptance/rejection.
-
-No paid calls, real credentials, host environment assumptions, persistent caches,
-or general-purpose test framework are needed. Make concurrency and cancellation
-checks deterministic through controlled synchronization. Keep delays bounded and
-use library-supported controls; do not patch library internals to make tests pass.
-
-## Focused Verification Matrix
-
-| Scenario | Evidence required |
-| --- | --- |
-| Successful assembled path | ConfigKit-loaded selections drive both real prompt roles through PromptKit and Audita checks. |
-| Presence, overrides, and inheritance | Representative omission, explicit values, and role selection follow the proposed contract; unknown fields and unsupported versions fail clearly. |
-| Credentials | Required missing/empty references fail as intended; controlled calls receive the chosen synthetic credential; inspection and observations do not expose it. |
-| Structural repair succeeds | Invalid proposal output and invalid assessment output are repaired in their respective workflows; positive budgets are actually exercised. |
-| Repair exhausted | Repeated invalid output produces the selected Audita outcome and accurate accounting, without an unbounded outer retry. |
-| Domain rejection | Structurally valid but unacceptable correction or decision is rejected by Audita, demonstrating the semantic boundary. |
-| Transient retry and explicit zero | An eligible temporary status recovers; zero makes one attempt. Exhaustion retains a useful classified cause. |
-| Combined repair and retry | A repaired generation encountering a transient failure respects both budgets and reports distinct counts. |
-| Shared capacity | Concurrent calls from both roles, including retry/repair activity, stay within one selected backend cap; test a representative local cap of four and a finite API cap. |
-| Waiting, cancellation, and deadline | Cancellation/deadline stops pending work and retry waits; capacity exhaustion has the intended application outcome and later calls can still proceed. |
-| Failed-run observations | Completed work remains observable after later failure; unknown usage, known zero, and aggregate counts are mapped correctly. |
-
-Tests should protect Audita's integration decisions and important assembled behavior.
-Rely on PromptKit's tests for exhaustive HTTP-status, backoff, and scheduler details;
-rely on ConfigKit's tests for its parser and presence machinery. Use race testing for
-new concurrent observation collection. Keep consumer checks offline and credential-free.
-
-## Completion Criteria and Handoff
-
-This unit is complete only when:
-
-- The settings/ownership table and migration inventory are concrete enough to start
-  the ConfigKit migration, including file/profile sources, CLI scope, credentials,
-  defaults, finite backend limits, positive repair budgets, and deadline policy.
-- The offline prototype and focused matrix demonstrate the selected boundary with
-  both libraries together, including both LLM roles and Audita domain checks.
-- Exact verification commands, results, limitations, and unresolved upstream gaps
-  are recorded. Missing evidence is not reported as successful integration.
-- No adoption-critical decision remains hidden in prototype code. If a gap prevents
-  settling the boundary, record it and revise the plan before declaring readiness.
-- The existing Audita production behavior remains intact in this unit. Temporary
-  code is clearly isolated and has a removal/integration destination during the
-  production migrations; no second supported runtime is introduced.
-- A component-level follow-up identifies code to replace, domain code to retain,
-  tests to update, documentation/migration-guide work, and direct integration of
-  the final configuration and PromptKit runtime.
-- Licensing/distribution follow-up for the selected dependency graph is identified
-  for the later release stage; this prototype does not claim release compliance.
-- Roadmap links and examples resolve, appropriate checks pass, and commits contain
-  only this unit's work. Significant settled architectural choices may be recorded
-  in an ADR under the [documentation policy](../policy/documentation.md), while
-  implementation status stays in the roadmaps.
-
-Retain the overall adoption order unless evidence or the other planned large changes
-justifies revising it. Completing this unit enables detailed production migration;
-it does not authorize an intermediate release or require unrelated runtime fixes.

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-# Maintainability Audit: Findings and Recommended Changes
-
-**Reviewed:** 2026-09-25, source commit `011b021`.
-**Scope:** Recent partial-decision reconciliation, validation context, prompt
-alignment, and request-local reference changes, including related existing code.
-**Status:** R27–R30 addressed; see the resolution record below. Previous findings and resolution records remain in Git
-history through `011b021`.
-
-## Architecture Assessment
-
-The recent changes fit Audita's existing boundaries. Proposal generation,
-validation, prompt assets, and outcome reporting already have suitable owners;
-this audit does not recommend a new common package or a broad refactor.
-
-The strongest opportunities are shared prompt instructions and request-scoped
-validation context preparation. Two smaller improvements concern recovery-reason
-classification and partial-result assembly; both predate the latest commits.
-These are bounded maintenance recommendations, not new release gates or changes
-to correction policy, response acceptance, or reporting semantics.
-
-## R27 — P2: Consolidate Shared Prompt Instructions
-
-**Category:** Repeated behavioral-contract text; risk of future drift.
-
-**Evidence:** The four [proposal prompts](../../internal/prompts/assets/prompts/modules.grammar.proposal.yaml)
-repeat literal source-span matching, request-local identity, replacement-text,
-source-based proposal, and confidence instructions. The three active
-[validator prompts](../../internal/prompts/assets/prompts/validators.editorial_review.yaml)
-repeat candidate-reference, supplemental-context, and verdict-confidence guidance.
-Recent contract changes required coordinated edits across these assets. The
-[prompt registry](../../internal/prompts/registry.go) already provides a shared
-hardening fragment supplied through the role-bound adapter.
-
-**Recommended change:** Extract genuinely common passages into embedded fragments
-under `internal/prompts/assets/shared`, following the existing fragment-supply
-approach. Keep the fragments owned by `internal/prompts` and use the existing
-PromptKit rendering path. Keep module-specific examples, replacement-policy
-instructions, protected-name exceptions, and semantic criteria in their individual
-prompt definitions. Do not merge similar-looking rules with different meanings.
-
-**Acceptance:** Common instructions have one maintained source and appear in all
-intended rendered prompts. The existing module and validator distinctions remain
-intact, including glossary replace-all behavior and the spoken-word protected-name
-exception. Focused rendering checks cover fragment inclusion and representative
-module-specific guidance without requiring exact-prose snapshots or introducing
-a separate templating framework.
-
-## R28 — P2: Prepare Validation Context Once Per Request
-
-**Category:** Repeated computation and overlapping segment lookup.
-
-**Evidence:** [BuildLLMValidationRequest](../../internal/framework/validators/llm_validators.go)
-already indexes transcript segments, but
-[validationContext](../../internal/framework/validators/llm_context.go) scans the
-transcript again for each candidate. It also calls
-[NewProtectedVocabulary](../../internal/framework/validators/protected_terms.go)
-for each candidate, rebuilding the same vocabulary and compiling its matching
-expression repeatedly. This is duplicated preparation rather than copied code.
-
-**Recommended change:** Prepare a segment-position lookup and protected vocabulary
-once per validation request, then pass that prepared context into the existing
-context-selection helper. Keep the implementation within `framework/validators`.
-Continue selecting glossary evidence for each candidate individually because its
-proposed replacement can mention different terms. A process-wide cache or new
-context-management package is unnecessary for this cleanup.
-
-**Acceptance:** Candidates in one validation request reuse the prepared lookup and
-vocabulary. Context still consists of the available immediate neighbors within the
-current chunk and relevant glossary entries in glossary order. Candidate-specific
-replacement text still participates in glossary selection. Existing optional-context
-trimming, token estimation, and oversized-input handling retain their behavior.
-Verify these outcomes with focused behavioral tests rather than assertions about
-private helper call counts or unmeasured performance guarantees.
-
-## R29 — P3: Share Execution-Recovery Classification
-
-**Category:** Duplicate reporting rule; predates the latest commits.
-
-**Evidence:** [Proposal generation](../../internal/framework/proposal_generation/generate.go)
-and [LLM validation](../../internal/framework/validators/llm_validators.go)
-independently translate structural-repair and transient-retry counts into
-`output_repaired` and `service_recovered` reasons. The conversion is the same in
-both locations; the surrounding success and domain-outcome decisions differ.
-
-**Recommended change:** Place a small conversion helper in the existing
-`framework/outcomes` package and use it from both callers. Keep the decision to
-record recoveries at the call sites, along with domain-specific reasons such as
-filtered validator decisions. Do not combine proposal and validation orchestration
-or move domain-success classification into this helper.
-
-**Acceptance:** Both callers use the same execution-count conversion. Existing
-reason ordering, successful-operation reporting, and domain-specific additions
-remain intact. A partially unavailable validation batch continues to record its
-failure and execution counts without acquiring recovery records merely because a
-repair or retry occurred. Existing outcome tests should continue to protect these
-distinctions.
-
-## R30 — P3: Centralize Partial Validator Result Assembly
-
-**Category:** Repeated early-return construction; predates the latest commits.
-
-**Evidence:** Several early returns in
-[LLMBackedValidator.Validate](../../internal/framework/validators/llm_validators.go)
-repeat nested slice appends to combine immediate decisions, oversized-input
-decisions, and decisions from completed model batches, together with accumulated
-operation outcomes. This makes it easier for a future failure path to omit facts
-already collected by the validator.
-
-**Recommended change:** Use a small local result-building helper to assemble the
-partial result consistently. Keep error handling, batching, success-path ordering,
-and cardinality enforcement explicit. A general-purpose result-aggregation package
-is not needed.
-
-**Acceptance:** Cancellation and failure paths retain the same previously collected
-decisions and operations. Result ordering and cardinality behavior remain unchanged;
-the helper does not enforce complete cardinality on interrupted work. Retain the
-existing partial-progress and fatal-failure coverage, adding tests only for a
-material gap exposed by the refactor.
-
-## Boundaries to Preserve
-
-- Keep proposal and validator reference mapping separate. Proposals can target the
-  same segment repeatedly; duplicate validator decisions make that candidate
-  unavailable. Similar indexing arithmetic alone does not justify a generic
-  reference-management abstraction.
-- Keep distinct protected-term policy checks separate. They already share the
-  vocabulary implementation and intentionally apply different policies.
-- Preserve exact source-span matching, request-local references, batching, and
-  partial-success behavior. Consolidation is not a reason to strengthen contracts
-  or broaden the accepted correction scope.
-
-## Review Verification and Limits
-
-- This is a source-level maintainability audit, not a finding of demonstrated
-  production failures or a measured performance assessment.
-- No application tests were rerun for the original read-only audit; its roadmap
-  update used documentation link and whitespace checks. Implementation validation
-  is recorded below.
-- Future remediation should run focused behavioral tests and the broader suite
-  appropriate to the actual change, following the testing policy. No live-provider
-  evaluation or new evaluation framework is required by these recommendations.
-- The findings above describe the audited baseline. Implementation and validation
-  are recorded below; no release publication is included.
-
-## Resolution Record
-
-Implemented as focused changes within the existing packages. Proposal and validator
-reference mapping and distinct protected-term policies remain separate.
-
-| Finding | Resolution and evidence |
-| --- | --- |
-| R27 | Common proposal and validation instructions live in two embedded shared fragments, supplied through the existing role-bound PromptKit adapter. Individual YAML definitions retain policy differences and examples. Rendering tests check fragment inclusion once per applicable prompt and representative module-specific guidance. |
-| R28 | Validation request construction builds one segment-position lookup and protected vocabulary, reused by context selection for every candidate. A new test verifies that two replacements of the same source span receive their own relevant glossary entries. Existing neighbor, glossary-order, chunk-boundary, and budget tests pass. |
-| R29 | Both proposal generation and validation use `outcomes.ExecutionRecoveries`. Call sites still control success and domain-specific recovery reasons. Existing tests cover combined recoveries and failed validation with repair counts but no recovery record. |
-| R30 | A local result builder combines collected decisions and operation outcomes for partial returns and completed validation. Sorting and full cardinality checks remain outside it. Existing fatal-batch, partial-progress, runner, and reporting tests pass. |
-
-Validation: `go test ./...` passed, including PromptKit preparation, partial-decision
-reconciliation, subprocess reports, and fatal-progress coverage. Documentation
-links and whitespace checks passed. No live model evaluation or performance
-measurement was performed; the changes make no new model-quality or latency
-promise.

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-# Resilient Processing and Focused Run Reports
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-24
-
-**Status:** Implemented. This document records the selected behavior and user
-intent. Concrete design decisions and completion evidence are in
-[historical implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/a83a518/docs/roadmap/implementation.md).
-
-## Purpose and User Intent
-
-Audita should reliably produce a useful transcript even when its LLM services
-cannot improve it. Exhausted retries or unusable model responses must not turn
-an otherwise processable transcript into a failed production run.
-
-> Failure of every LLM operation across every stage and chunk still produces a
-> successful output containing the deterministically normalized transcript, with
-> no LLM corrections applied. Partial success preserves as many fully validated,
-> applicable corrections as possible.
-
-Deterministic normalization remains intentional and may change segment layout,
-identifiers, and text before LLM work begins. Output uses the selected transcript
-encoder; byte-for-byte preservation of the original input and mapping corrections
-back to pre-normalization segmentation are not requirements.
-
-The overriding goal is to minimize how much useful processing is lost because of
-one problematic transcript segment. A stage/chunk work unit is an attribution
-boundary, not an all-or-nothing transaction.
-
-Existing reports contain useful information, but there are no compatibility
-obligations for reporting or debug output. Reuse existing machinery only when it
-makes the implementation simpler and clearer; preservation is not itself a goal.
-Internal structures and measurements must serve Audita's processing workflow.
-The reporting package adapts those outcomes to structured and human-facing
-presentations, rather than reshaping processing around a reporting convenience.
-
-## Historical Baseline and Implemented Change
-
-The [pipeline](../internal/pipeline.md), [LLM integration](../integrations/openai-compatible-llm.md),
-[report assembly](../internal/diagnostics-reporting.md), and
-[artifact lifecycle](../operations.md) describe current behavior.
-
-Before this work, exhausted structural repairs could become warnings and skipped
-proposals or rejected validation batches. Other model runtime failures canceled
-peer work, stopped subsequent modules, and prevented final transcript output.
-Successful repairs appeared in execution observations rather than a dedicated
-recovery classification. Detailed artifacts were written during ordinary runs
-and could later be removed by retention. The working transcript was re-chunked
-between modules.
-
-This feature changed those behaviors. It builds on the completed
-[library adoption](library-adoption.md) and [review remediation](remediation.md).
-Fatal cancellation remains necessary; unsuccessful model work must be separated
-from failures that actually require cancellation of the run.
-
-## Fixed Chunks and Ordered Stages
-
-Normalize first, then partition the transcript once. Preserve chunk boundaries,
-segment membership, segment identity, and ordering throughout LLM processing.
-Text evolves as accepted corrections are applied. Recombine chunks in original
-order after the LLM stages finish.
-
-A stage is a configured module instance. Repeated instances of the same module
-have distinct identities. Proposal generation and each validator are operations
-within a stage; validation may use multiple batches within a chunk. A work unit
-is one stage instance applied to one chunk.
-
-Preserve the overall stage sequence: finish a stage across its chunks before
-advancing to the next stage. Concurrent chunk work shares PromptKit's backend
-capacity. Failure in one unit does not prevent other chunks or later stages
-from executing.
-
-Retain operator control over chunk size and the current defaults. Production
-experience indicates that chunk size affects model latency nonlinearly and that
-useful settings are well below backend context limits. Tuning is an empirical
-operator decision. Do not add automatic headroom calculations, cross-profile
-sizing, adaptive repartitioning, or automatic tuning in this feature. A later
-operation that cannot process its input follows the same safe error handling;
-it does not silently alter chunk boundaries. Validation batching within a chunk
-remains supported.
-
-Independent whole-pipeline traversal by chunks and domain-aware response repair
-are explicitly deferred in [future work](future.md). Read-only neighboring
-context, cross-chunk edits, and transcript-wide restructuring are outside this
-unit, without becoming permanent prohibitions on future capabilities.
-
-## Partial Success and Failure Isolation
-
-- Keep bounded transport retries, structural repairs, operation deadlines, and
-  shared backend capacity. Completion comes from safe fallback, not unlimited
-  attempts or an outer retry loop around PromptKit.
-- Apply a correction only after it passes every required validator and the
-  application checks. Failed validation must never be treated as approval.
-- If a validation batch fails, exclude its affected candidates while allowing
-  other candidates to continue through the remaining validators. Preserve fully
-  validated, applicable corrections from successful batches in the same unit.
-- Track candidates by stable proposal identity. Batch membership can change
-  between validators; equal batch numbers do not establish candidate identity.
-- A failed proposal-generation operation leaves its chunk unchanged for that
-  stage because there are no reliable proposals to salvage. Failures later in
-  validation need not discard unrelated successful candidates.
-- Preserve earlier stages' corrections and other chunks' successful work.
-  Record partial success explicitly; a unit can apply corrections and have errors.
-- Continue despite model-operation failures, including exhausted repairs/retries,
-  unusable model decisions, provider/transport failures, local operation deadlines,
-  and admission failures. An operation need not exhaust its attempt budget to fail.
-- A valid empty proposal list or valid assessments rejecting all corrections is
-  successful processing. Correction count alone does not determine failure.
-- Keep safe filtering of defective proposals. Do not retry ordinary editorial
-  rejections. For now, an unusable validator decision set excludes the affected
-  candidates and records an error after existing permitted recovery. New bounded
-  feedback/regeneration for domain-invalid responses belongs to future work.
-- Retain fatal treatment for invalid input/configuration, internal defects,
-  explicit run cancellation, and inability to produce/write the transcript.
-  Caller cancellation is distinct from a local model-operation timeout.
-- Completed runs with model errors return success. Required report-write failures
-  are an additional fatal output condition when reporting is enabled, as below.
-
-PromptKit owns transport, transient retries, structural repair, and admission.
-Audita owns domain acceptance, partial outcomes, fallback, and classification.
-ConfigKit owns configuration resolution. Debug and reporting choices must not
-change correction decisions, retry budgets, or continuation.
-
-## Errors, Recoveries, and Debug
-
-Classify by eventual outcome and impact. These are three reporting categories;
-debug is evidence, not a failure severity. Whether execution continues is a
-separate property.
-
-| Category | Meaning | Representative cases |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| Errors | Intended work could not complete reliably, or a fatal run-level operation failed. Affected candidates are excluded; other corrections can succeed. | Exhausted repair; unavailable provider; unusable validation decisions; operation deadline. |
-| Recoveries | A problem was handled successfully through retries, repair, or safe filtering. No operator intervention is implied. | Invalid output repaired; transient service failure recovered; defective proposals safely discarded. |
-| Debug | Detailed evidence of processing and ordinary decisions. | Proposals, applied corrections, validator decisions, prompts/responses, individual attempts, execution traces. |
-
-Normal editorial disagreement belongs in debug. A validator correctly rejecting
-a meaning-changing edit is expected behavior. A proposal referring to nonexistent
-original text is defective; safely filtering it is a recovery. An unresolved
-missing/duplicate decision-index response is an error, not a recovery.
-
-Record an operation's eventual outcome once. Several failed attempts followed by
-success produce a consolidated recovery. Attempts ending in failure contribute
-to error details, not additional recoveries. Earlier operations that recovered
-remain recorded if a later operation introduces an error in the same unit.
-
-Separate output-quality recovery, defective-proposal filtering, and service
-recovery with structured reasons. Network instability must not look like a prompt
-defect. Do not introduce an arbitrary warning threshold or a fourth category.
-
-### Counting and Processing Volume
-
-- Count error-bearing work units once per stage/chunk, consolidating underlying
-  operation failures as details. A partially successful unit still counts once.
-- Count recoveries once per recovered operation. Aggregate defective-proposal
-  filtering per proposal response, retaining affected-proposal counts as detail.
-  Attempts and individual discarded proposals are not independent incidents.
-- Keep work-unit coverage separate from operation/recovery counts. Show processing
-  volume with explicitly labeled denominators; do not divide recovered-operation
-  counts by work-unit counts and call that a recovery rate.
-- Report fatal run-level errors separately from the stage/chunk grid when they
-  cannot be attributed to a work unit. Do not invent a chunk to accommodate them.
-- Derive YAML records, Markdown summaries, and CLI counts from actual processing
-  outcomes with deterministic ordering, rather than independently calculating them.
-
-## Production Outputs, Placement, and Lifecycle
-
-Reporting is enabled by default. The ordinary bundle is:
-
-- `errors.yml`: structured error-bearing units, their underlying failures, and
-  applicable run-level failures.
-- `recoveries.yml`: structured recovered operations and pertinent counts.
-- `report.md`: a concise human-facing summary of outcome, corrections, processing
-  volume, errors, recoveries, and their locations in the pipeline.
-
-Write all three documents, including empty event lists for uneventful completed
-runs. Use Audita-owned schemas with safe explanations and stable reason codes;
-retain run, stage-instance, chunk, operation, and validator/batch identities where
-applicable. The implementation plan specifies the versioned schemas; neither old
-report formats nor raw library structures define the new output contract.
-
-Place reports beside the output transcript. Retain transcript-to-stdout support
-with an explicit report-directory selection, defaulting to the invocation working
-directory. Preserve the existing overwrite convention: a new run can replace files
-at its selected destinations. Do not add a mandatory fresh-directory restriction
-or compatibility exports.
-
-Before model work, create initial versions of all three reports carrying a common
-run identifier and explicit `in_progress` status (rendered as prose in Markdown).
-Fail immediately if initialization fails. Also check the transcript destination;
-creating neighboring reports does not prove that an existing transcript file is
-writable. Preflight must not prematurely destroy an existing transcript.
-
-Finalize all required outputs and check every final write. Initial write success
-cannot guarantee later success if space or permissions change. Failure to write
-the transcript or finalize a required report returns nonzero and must not erase
-an already produced transcript. Where possible, finalize available reports with
-an explicit failed status on fatal termination. Abrupt termination may leave
-`in_progress`; elaborate crash-recovery machinery is not required.
-
-Provide an option to disable reporting entirely. It suppresses all three files
-(`errors.yml`, `recoveries.yml`, and `report.md`), including initialization and
-final writes, while retaining the brief CLI summary and independently selectable
-debug output. Disabled reporting must not create or require a writable report
-destination, and must not remove reports from earlier runs.
-Transcript output failures remain fatal regardless of reporting selection.
-
-Ordinary reports survive independently of debug cleanup. Reporting configuration
-and finalization must not depend on retaining a debug run directory.
-
-## Debug and Internal Boundaries
-
-Production issue records are compact. Full responses, transcript excerpts,
-correction lists, and complete validation decisions are opt-in debug evidence.
-Use a single ConfigKit-backed debug boolean with a `--debug` CLI override. Debug
-artifacts may use JSON where useful. Preserve configured-secret redaction in every
-presentation.
-
-Debug-off prevents detailed artifact persistence; writing and later deleting
-those files is insufficient. In-memory domain state needed to process candidates
-correctly is not debug output. Debug and ordinary reporting are independent
-selections and do not alter processing behavior.
-
-There is no obligation to retain `--report-json`, old artifact layouts, parallel
-exports, or old retention settings. Reuse code only where useful to the new
-workflow. Enabled debug output is retained on success or failure; disabled debug
-creates no debug directory. This supersedes the retention question in the
-[runtime follow-up](runtime-behavior.md). The legacy `never` behavior is not the
-meaning of the new reporting-disable option. Optional debug-write failures produce
-a safe stderr diagnostic without changing correction decisions or the run exit
-status; ordinary report and transcript-write failures retain their fatal semantics.
-
-## Deterministic Human-Facing Presentation
-
-Use the CLI style:
-
-> Completed: 18 corrections applied; 3 work units with errors; 7 recoveries.
-
-Do not say that all error-bearing units were skipped: some apply valid corrections.
-Include report locations when reporting is enabled and the files exist. Send the
-summary to stderr so stdout remains exclusively available for transcript output.
-Disabled reporting does not suppress the summary or fatal-error messages.
-
-Keep `report.md` concise and high-level. Use separate error and recovery matrices
-with stages as columns and chunks as rows. Include every chunk in fixed order;
-retain configured stage order and distinct labels for repeated module instances.
-No automatic width detection, thresholds, adaptive omission, or table splitting.
-A wide or long table is acceptable.
-
-The error matrix counts error-bearing work units: each attempted cell is 0 or 1.
-Recovery cells count recovered operations and can exceed 1. An error cell may
-coexist with recoveries and successfully applied corrections in the same unit.
-Distinguish completed work with zero events from unattempted work; do not portray
-canceled/unavailable processing as clean completion. Include totals, processing
-volume, and a short reason breakdown. Detailed inspection belongs in YAML or debug.
-
-## Target Acceptance Criteria
-
-- Total LLM failure still returns success and the encoded normalized transcript,
-  provided required output writes succeed.
-- Mixed-success runs preserve independently validated, applicable corrections
-  within the same stage/chunk as a failed batch. No candidate bypasses a required
-  validator; later validators handle survivors by stable proposal identity.
-- Subsequent stages and unaffected chunks execute after recoverable failures.
-  Fatal errors and explicit cancellation stop and join active work appropriately.
-- Chunk boundaries and identity remain fixed, with operator-selected sizing and
-  unchanged defaults; final recombination preserves ordering.
-- Valid no-change/editorial-rejection outcomes are successful. Repaired/filtered
-  output and unresolved failures receive distinct classifications and counts.
-- YAML, Markdown, and CLI agree on partial outcomes and totals; error matrices
-  count affected work units, recovery matrices count recovered operations.
-- With reporting enabled, all three reports are initialized before model work,
-  finalized and retained, including empty lists. Initial or final required-output
-  write failures produce nonzero exits without destroying completed transcript output.
-- Reporting can be disabled without requiring its destination. Debug can be enabled
-  independently; neither selection changes processing outcomes. Debug-off writes
-  no detailed debug artifacts, and stdout transcript output remains supported.
-- Reports use the fixed deterministic layout without adaptive presentation logic.
-- Meaningful controlled-provider tests cover exhausted recovery, failed validation
-  batches with successful survivors, total failure, fatal cancellation, output
-  failures, and reporting/debug selections. Preserve domain safeguards, capacity
-  limits, and redaction.
-- Canonical CLI, configuration, operations, integration, internal, and architecture
-  documentation describes the implemented final behavior.
-
-## Implementation Reference
-
-The product decisions are settled. The [historical implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/a83a518/docs/roadmap/implementation.md) defines
-the selected settings and precedence, YAML schemas, counts and ordering, interrupted
-work presentation, destination checks, and output finalization. It also owns the
-ordered implementation stages and validation work. This document remains the
-reference for the desired behavior and its acceptance criteria.

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-# Runtime Behavior Decisions
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-24
-
-The documentation migration identified existing behaviors for separate product
-consideration. The resilience implementation resolved the diagnostics-retention
-question; the input-timestamp question remains open.
-
-- Resolved: legacy `auto`/`always`/`never` retention settings were removed.
-  Debug is explicitly enabled with `diagnostics.debug` or `--debug`, creates no
-  directory when disabled, and retains its directory on every outcome when enabled.
-- Resolved: [configuration](../config.md) now treats explicit zero as disabling
-  transient retries or structural repair independently; PromptKit performs both.
-- Decide whether missing or null input timestamps should be rejected; current
-  decoding is documented in the [input contract](../integrations/transcript-glossary-files.md).
-
-These decisions are independent of the completed documentation migration and
-release workflow.

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-# Consistent Span Deletion
-
-**Last updated:** 2026-09-25
-
-**Status:** Implemented. This document owns the desired behavior and user intent.
-The [historical implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/60e2fe7/docs/roadmap/implementation.md)
-records the concrete steps, selected implementation details, and completion
-evidence.
-
-## Purpose and User Intent
-
-Align proposal prompts, the LLM response schema, internal validation, and
-application behavior so legitimate text-span deletions can be considered and
-applied through the ordinary correction workflow. An empty replacement should
-not trigger structural repair merely because it is empty, nor invalidate other
-usable corrections returned alongside it.
-
-This is a consistency fix within Audita's current editing scope. It does not
-authorize whole-segment removal, broaden module responsibilities, or introduce
-new recovery machinery. The accepted [resilience behavior](resilience.md) remains
-in effect, including partial success, fixed chunks, and validation before mutation.
-
-## Historical Baseline (`0b6cd98`)
-
-The source reviewed at `0b6cd98` contains a mismatch:
-
-- The [spoken-word prompt](../../internal/prompts/assets/prompts/modules.spoken_word.proposal.yaml)
-  permits removing fillers and asks for the exact affected span and replacement,
-  without explaining how to represent deletion. Grammar permits punctuation and
-  spacing changes, which can also naturally involve deletion.
-- The shared [correction response schema](../../internal/framework/responseschema/assets/correction_set.v1.json)
-  requires `corrected_text` to have at least one character. Every built-in proposal
-  module uses that schema. An empty replacement invalidates the response before
-  Audita evaluates individual proposals.
-- PromptKit performs bounded structural repair. If repair does not produce a
-  valid response, the proposal operation fails and yields no candidates, including
-  otherwise valid proposals in the same response. The current resilience path
-  records the error and continues other work.
-- [CorrectionProposal](../../internal/framework/proposals/proposal.go) already
-  allows empty replacement text. The
-  [preview/application logic](../../internal/framework/proposals/preview.go)
-  supports literal span deletion when the resulting segment remains nonblank.
-- Domain shape checks currently reject whitespace-only original spans, although
-  the response schema permits them and grammar prompts permit spacing cleanup.
-  This is another restriction to align with the target contract below.
-- The validator named `non_empty_corrected_text` actually checks the resulting
-  segment, not the replacement string. Both this check and application prevent
-  a segment from becoming empty or whitespace-only. Application changes segment
-  text; it does not remove segment records.
-
-A temporary controlled-provider review reproduced whole-response rejection for
-an empty replacement alongside a valid correction, and immediate schema acceptance
-for a space-only replacement. Existing proposal tests confirm internal support for
-partial deletion and rejection of blank resulting segments. These observations
-explain a plausible production failure mechanism; they do not establish the cause
-of any particular historical incident without its payload and running version.
-
-## Target Correction Contract
-
-- `original_text` identifies an existing, nonempty literal span in the current
-  target segment. Whitespace-only spans are eligible; an empty string identifies
-  no source span and remains invalid. Matching and ambiguity checks still apply
-  under the module's replacement policy: `require_unique` for grammar, spoken-word,
-  and homophones; `replace_all` for glossary.
-- `corrected_text` remains a required string. An empty string means delete the
-  identified span; it does not mean remove the segment record or skip validation.
-  Missing fields and non-string values remain structurally invalid.
-- After applying a correction, the segment must contain non-whitespace text.
-  Enforce this using the source segment and replacement result in Audita, not a
-  minimum replacement length in the structural schema.
-- Every accepted deletion passes the same required validators as other edits in
-  its module, including confidence, protected terms, editorial review, and meaning
-  preservation where applicable. Empty replacement is neither automatic approval
-  nor an automatic rejection.
-- Application preserves segment identity, speaker, timing, membership, ordering,
-  and fixed chunk boundaries. Recheck applicability against text produced by
-  earlier accepted corrections, retaining existing conflict handling.
-- Preserve literal replacement behavior. Prompts should select spans and
-  replacements that handle adjacent whitespace and punctuation appropriately;
-  this feature does not add automatic trimming or a second normalization pass.
-  Neither side of a correction is rejected solely for containing only whitespace.
-  For example, reducing a uniquely identified run of two spaces to one space may
-  be appropriate; validity still depends on the resulting text and domain checks.
-
-Preserve the intended safeguards and outcomes, not every detail of the current
-implementation. Validator ordering, internal structure, and payload construction
-may change when needed to achieve this consistent contract. Existing behavior or
-a passing test does not justify retaining a conflicting restriction.
-
-Illustrative cases:
-
-| Segment | Original span | Replacement | Intended handling |
-| --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `uh hello` | `uh ` | empty string | Structurally valid; may produce `hello` after required validation. |
-| `uh hello` | `uh hello` | `hello` | Remains a valid representation of the same cleanup, subject to validation. |
-| `hello  world` | two spaces | one space | Eligible spacing correction, subject to unique matching and required validation. |
-| `uh` | `uh` | empty string | Structurally valid proposal, then filtered because the resulting segment would be blank. |
-| `hello world` | `hello world` | spaces only | Filtered because the resulting segment would be blank. |
-
-These examples describe eligibility and mechanical results, not unconditional
-editorial approval. An unchanged segment or valid empty correction list remains
-a successful no-change outcome.
-
-## Prompt and Module Alignment
-
-Review relevant prompt definitions for consistency and edit only those needing
-clarification. Where needed, explain empty-string deletion, whitespace-only spans,
-and the resulting-segment limit with a concise, module-appropriate example. The
-model should omit a correction that would leave a blank segment rather than invent
-padding or replacement content. Consistent guidance is the goal; adding deletion
-language to every prompt is not a requirement.
-
-Retain each module's existing scope:
-
-- Spoken-word cleanup can propose appropriate filler or dysfluency deletion while
-  preserving substantive content and intentional emphasis.
-- Grammar can propose permitted punctuation or spacing deletion; allowing an
-  empty replacement does not authorize word removal or spoken-word cleanup.
-- Glossary and homophone modules retain their existing correction purposes.
-  Shared deletion syntax does not grant them new editorial responsibilities.
-
-Review the active LLM-validator prompts and their input construction as well as
-proposal prompts. Validators must understand the before/after effect of deletion
-and assess it under their existing criteria. A correct negative editorial decision
-remains ordinary processing, not a defect that should be regenerated until approved.
-
-The resulting-segment validator's name and documented identity should describe
-that responsibility accurately, rather than imply that the replacement string
-itself must be nonempty. Preserve the existing blank-result failure reason and
-safeguard while making that deliberate identity change; current chain position
-and preview implementation are not independent product requirements.
-
-## Outcomes and Reporting
-
-A legitimate deletion is an ordinary correction. Empty replacement alone must
-produce neither structural repair nor a recovery classification. If another
-problem required successful repair or filtering, retain that actual recovery.
-
-A schema-valid proposal that would blank its stage-input segment is a defective
-proposal handled through existing safe filtering. Preserve the
-`empty_resulting_segment` reason
-and consolidated `proposals_filtered` recovery behavior; other usable proposals
-in the response continue through required validation. Ordinary editorial rejection
-remains debug evidence rather than a model error or filtering recovery.
-
-A stage can propose several edits to one segment in the same response. Each edit
-is evaluated against the stage input, then approved edits are applied sequentially.
-If a proposal was applicable to that input but an earlier accepted edit makes it
-unsafe, skip it as an apply-time conflict. Do not count that conflict as a defective
-proposal, model error, or filtering recovery. For example, in `"uh um"`, deleting
-`"uh "` and deleting `"um"` each leaves text individually; after the first deletion,
-the second must be skipped to prevent a blank result. Retain the skipped decision
-in debug evidence. The existing runner already distinguishes this situation.
-
-Debug evidence must accurately retain the empty replacement and the corresponding
-validation/application outcome. Ordinary reports retain their existing counts and
-purpose; no new report schema, incident category, or deletion-specific counter is
-needed. Unrelated structural defects may still exhaust PromptKit repair and produce
-an error for the operation, as today.
-
-## Acceptance Criteria
-
-- A controlled valid response containing an empty replacement reaches Audita's
-  domain validation without structural repair solely due to that empty string.
-- A permitted span deletion can pass the required validators and reach the final
-  transcript while preserving segment metadata and fixed chunk membership.
-- A mixed response can apply an approved deletion and another approved correction;
-  an empty replacement does not invalidate the whole response.
-- A proposal that would blank its stage-input segment is filtered independently,
-  retains the existing reason, and does not prevent unrelated valid candidates
-  from succeeding. A proposal made unsafe only by an earlier accepted edit is
-  skipped without adding an error or filtering recovery; a blank result is still
-  prevented and the conflict remains visible in debug evidence.
-- A uniquely matching whitespace-only original span can reach validation and
-  application. Empty originals remain invalid, ambiguous matches remain subject
-  to module policy, and whitespace-only resulting segments remain disallowed.
-- Protected-term and meaning-changing deletions remain subject to their normal
-  rejection rules. No candidate bypasses required validation.
-- A deletion needing no recovery counts as an ordinary applied correction; actual
-  repair/filtering and editorial rejection retain their existing classifications.
-  Debug evidence represents the empty replacement faithfully.
-- Schema and domain tests distinguish an empty string from missing/non-string
-  replacement values and distinguish empty replacement from blank resulting text.
-- Prompt guidance and validator naming express the same contract as the code.
-  Tests protect outcomes rather than exact prompt prose or incidental formatting.
-
-Use deterministic, offline controlled responses for behavioral integration tests;
-no live-provider or paid evaluation is a prerequisite. Representative production
-examples can inform prompt quality without expanding this into an evaluation
-framework or guaranteeing that models always follow the instructions.
-
-## Deferred Work
-
-[Whole-segment removal](future.md#whole-segment-removal) is only potential future
-work and first requires deciding whether its benefit warrants implementation.
-Domain-aware regeneration and independent whole-pipeline traversal also remain
-in [future.md](future.md). This feature changes neither retry budgets nor the
-Audita/PromptKit ownership boundary and requires no upstream library feature.
-
-Implementation sequencing and concrete names belong to the
-[historical implementation plan](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/src/commit/60e2fe7/docs/roadmap/implementation.md).
-The target remains consistent deletion of spans within surviving segments, with
-no new operator controls or report types.

examples/configkit-inheritance.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: 2
+profiles_dir: profiles/local
+backends:
+  local-base:
+    endpoint: http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1
+    concurrency: 4
+    queue_capacity: 0
+  local:
+    extends: local-base
+    concurrency: 2
+llm:
+  proposal_profile: local-proposal
+  validation_profile: local-validation
+pipeline:
+  modules: [grammar]

examples/minimal-config.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 version: 2
+profiles_dir: profiles/local
 backends:
   local:
     endpoint: http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1

examples/production-config.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 version: 2
+profiles_dir: profiles/service
 backends:
   service:
     endpoint: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

examples/profiles/local-proposal.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-id: local-proposal
-backend: local
-model: replace-with-local-model
-temperature: 0
-max_tokens: 2048
-top_p: 1
-timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/local-validation.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-id: local-validation
-backend: local
-model: replace-with-local-model
-temperature: 0
-max_tokens: 1024
-top_p: 1
-timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/local/local-proposal.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+profiles:
+  local-proposal:
+    backend: local
+    model: replace-with-local-model
+    temperature: 0
+    max_tokens: 2048
+    top_p: 1
+    timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/local/local-validation.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+profiles:
+  local-validation:
+    backend: local
+    model: replace-with-local-model
+    temperature: 0
+    max_tokens: 1024
+    top_p: 1
+    timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service-proposal-testing.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-id: service-proposal-testing
-backend: service
-model: replace-with-testing-model
-temperature: 0
-max_tokens: 2048
-top_p: 1
-timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service-proposal.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-id: service-proposal
-backend: service
-model: replace-with-provider-model
-temperature: 0
-max_tokens: 2048
-top_p: 1
-timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service-validation-testing.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-id: service-validation-testing
-backend: service
-model: replace-with-testing-model
-temperature: 0
-max_tokens: 1024
-top_p: 1
-timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service-validation.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-id: service-validation
-backend: service
-model: replace-with-provider-model
-temperature: 0
-max_tokens: 1024
-top_p: 1
-timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service/service-proposal-testing.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+profiles:
+  service-proposal-testing:
+    backend: service
+    model: replace-with-testing-model
+    temperature: 0
+    max_tokens: 2048
+    top_p: 1
+    timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service/service-proposal.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+profiles:
+  service-proposal:
+    backend: service
+    model: replace-with-provider-model
+    temperature: 0
+    max_tokens: 2048
+    top_p: 1
+    timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service/service-validation-testing.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+profiles:
+  service-validation-testing:
+    backend: service
+    model: replace-with-testing-model
+    temperature: 0
+    max_tokens: 1024
+    top_p: 1
+    timeout_seconds: 120

examples/profiles/service/service-validation.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+profiles:
+  service-validation:
+    backend: service
+    model: replace-with-provider-model
+    temperature: 0
+    max_tokens: 1024
+    top_p: 1
+    timeout_seconds: 120

go.mod

@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
-module gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita
+module gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3
 
-go 1.25.5
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.7.1
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit v0.4.1
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.14.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260922.1 // indirect
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260922.0 // indirect
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20260930.0 // indirect
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20260930.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/yuin/goldmark/v2 v2.1.6 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 )
+
+tool gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/cmd/releasekit

go.sum

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0 h1:fo+vKff3zTGeWqJIA38NtT84b6OUP//9ZmBH3lFuKgk=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0/go.mod h1:tYWpsrbLyu05r8+1MapWp5fN6ZrX9I8hU2xEPedYmYk=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0 h1:x7JguOUiInPVXK0GEitjyoRFqqvcuSTjYUvqJ+whtik=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0/go.mod h1:0zEBVlJJC+ldDdXazAgybYBXNSe74vwFx5dyOuSos/w=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260922.1 h1:S2/Q/JDE+m8Ca3pDhAjVbfYrdlEhs9blj0STgNopHo0=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260922.1/go.mod h1:a3VBbh9oaGXD6ruxhtwHj+AWW6DY/SSyby1QtMmYSUo=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260922.0 h1:Y0EXc3eh12eKW2NrOviVqdk3oBo6UUjopt1YAa1B3Oc=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260922.0/go.mod h1:mtgD1E0SGm0e/I8Ffhz+AYX7GN7RKUWJXehNFIKHs4Y=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.7.1 h1:q3HrX4WWCPt1WfMydqFEaAmCf9s6Dq+vknJj0C/mdcI=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.7.1/go.mod h1:C82sbyKHYMV1OwaD2GJanFrwTfcZfjlW2JsGze5b0kA=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit v0.4.1 h1:Qn+mdebYOzCVCEXgCbuGSO/WHmJtItwaQ8e3XwY3qtI=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit v0.4.1/go.mod h1:LVodqNQ3OIKv9NBq+fFeyMByd1lHY25YOmmpah/NaNI=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.14.0 h1:HUzlcrFk18dNGPBgnHqjAw87O0c9Wl/IC1xc/VmzL10=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.14.0/go.mod h1:2YGvNca3bNXZP+e+pJeGzsNUcxwkHvzvuoc+LNNiT3E=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20260930.0 h1:lzfCDbzJQRGzIlRPRprnAV9hVVL5zUQy80VMQ0kbYa0=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v3 v3.20260930.0/go.mod h1:HjS0f+3q0IdHCTEz+VVAEgIwIWJFAZUjuKdAtvtqKdg=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20260930.0 h1:h12ZTRldAmpLAomj0oQRGteFxHLN1LPE6XDl9zJNbm8=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v3 v3.20260930.0/go.mod h1:OEFBeKdjTsLzqJwLmXI2O5gG3r64FktcVJVb3mBrRfg=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0 h1:G/nrcoOa7ZXlpoa/91N3X7mM3r8eIlMBBJZvsz/mxKI=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
@@ -22,8 +24,12 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0t
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
 github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 h1:KRzFb2m7YtdldCEkzs6KqmJw4nqEVZGK7IN2kJkjTuQ=
 github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2/go.mod h1:JXeL+ps8p7/KNMjDQk3TCwPpBy0wYklyWTfbkIzdIFU=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark/v2 v2.1.6 h1:igy0q9JcqovoFXFx/XjtU8sHVhcUHavPj2sA3EoKJUE=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark/v2 v2.1.6/go.mod h1:G6M4/qOFtfn01/o14BU1UR2Lo5N3S9Qo7xCuz/sHjGQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.6 h1:1h7H1ohdUh93/FyE4YaDa1Zh64K6VVbjF4K6WUxMtH4=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.6/go.mod h1:aZqd9kCMsGL7AuUv/m/PvWLdg5sjJsZ4oHDEnfPPfY0=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0 h1:hUv+3cXcdRHz08UmSiOob7sadHig73uo5bkXxQ/tvUs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0/go.mod h1:0/weTWkPWGBikyTWAX3dkjVztMmBA5hM0DH6BElSupE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=

internal/cli/config_input.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
 )
 
 var systemConfigPaths = []string{"/usr/local/etc/audita/config.yml", "/etc/audita/config.yml"}
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type configInput struct {
 	TranscriptPath string
 	GlossaryPath   string
 	OutputPath     string
+	ReportDirSet   bool
 	Overrides      []ck.Override
 }
 
@@ -124,6 +125,9 @@ func parseConfigInput(command string, args []string, output io.Writer) (configIn
 		if f.Name == "config" {
 			input.ConfigPathSet = true
 		}
+		if f.Name == "report-dir" {
+			input.ReportDirSet = true
+		}
 		path, ok := settingPaths[f.Name]
 		if !ok {
 			return
@@ -208,15 +212,22 @@ func configInputError(err error) string {
 	return strings.Join(messages, "; ")
 }
 
-func selectedReportDir(cfg config.Config, outputPath string) (string, error) {
+func selectedReportDir(cfg config.Config, outputPath string, reportDirSet bool) (string, error) {
 	if !cfg.Reporting.Enabled {
 		return "", nil
 	}
+	var reportDir string
 	if outputPath != "" {
-		return filepath.Dir(outputPath), nil
+		if reportDirSet {
+			reportDir = cfg.Reporting.StdoutDir
+		} else {
+			reportDir = filepath.Dir(outputPath)
 		}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.Reporting.StdoutDir) == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("report directory is required when reporting is enabled and transcript output is stdout")
+	} else {
+		reportDir = cfg.Reporting.StdoutDir
 	}
-	return cfg.Reporting.StdoutDir, nil
+	if strings.TrimSpace(reportDir) == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("report directory is required when reporting is enabled for the selected destination")
+	}
+	return reportDir, nil
 }

internal/cli/config_input_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
 )
 
 func TestSharedConfigInput(t *testing.T) {
@@ -215,22 +215,42 @@ func TestReportingAndDebugOverridesRemainIndependent(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("%s did not honor explicit false: %+v", command, selected.Result.Config)
 		}
 	}
+	processInput, _, err := parseConfigInput("process", []string{"input.json", "--glossary", "glossary.yml", "--config", main, "--overlay", "testing"}, io.Discard)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	processConfig, err := loadConfigInput(processInput, "process")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got, err := selectedReportDir(processConfig.Result.Config, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json"), processInput.ReportDirSet); err != nil || got != "out" {
+		t.Fatalf("overlay stdout directory redirected file output: %q %v", got, err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestReportDirectorySelectionOnlyUsesActiveDestination(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := config.Config{Reporting: config.Reporting{Enabled: true, StdoutDir: "reports"}}
-	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, ""); err != nil || got != "reports" {
+	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, "", false); err != nil || got != "reports" {
 		t.Fatalf("stdout destination: %q %v", got, err)
 	}
-	cfg.Reporting.StdoutDir = ""
-	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json")); err != nil || got != "out" {
+	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json"), false); err != nil || got != "out" {
 		t.Fatalf("file destination ignored stdout setting: %q %v", got, err)
 	}
-	if _, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, ""); err == nil {
+	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json"), true); err != nil || got != "reports" {
+		t.Fatalf("explicit file report directory: %q %v", got, err)
+	}
+	cfg.Reporting.StdoutDir = ""
+	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json"), false); err != nil || got != "out" {
+		t.Fatalf("inactive blank configured report directory rejected for file output: %q %v", got, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json"), true); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("active explicit blank report directory accepted for file output")
+	}
+	if _, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, "", false); err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("enabled stdout reporting accepted blank destination")
 	}
 	cfg.Reporting.Enabled = false
-	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, ""); err != nil || got != "" {
+	if got, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, filepath.Join("out", "corrected.json"), true); err != nil || got != "" {
 		t.Fatalf("disabled reporting probed destination: %q %v", got, err)
 	}
 }
@@ -247,4 +267,14 @@ func TestBareBooleanFlagsAndReportDirectoryOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	if values[ck.Keys("reporting", "enabled").String()] != true || values[ck.Keys("diagnostics", "debug").String()] != true || values[ck.Keys("reporting", "stdout_dir").String()] != "reports" {
 		t.Fatalf("incorrect visited overrides: %+v", values)
 	}
+	if !input.ReportDirSet {
+		t.Fatal("explicit --report-dir presence was not recorded")
+	}
+	withoutReportDir, _, err := parseConfigInput("process", []string{"input.json", "--glossary", "glossary.yml"}, io.Discard)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if withoutReportDir.ReportDirSet {
+		t.Fatal("absent --report-dir was recorded as explicit")
+	}
 }

internal/cli/process.go

@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/chunking"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/diagnostics"
-	coreio "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/io"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/normalization"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/outputschema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/reporting"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/contracts"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/llm"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/modules"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/outcomes"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/processreport"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/runner"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/chunking"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/diagnostics"
+	coreio "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/io"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/normalization"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/outputschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/reporting"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/contracts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/llm"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/modules"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/outcomes"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/processreport"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/runner"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
 )
 
 func runProcess(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func runProcess(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) in
 		return 2
 	}
 	cfg := selected.Result.Config
-	reportDir, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, input.OutputPath)
+	reportDir, err := selectedReportDir(cfg, input.OutputPath, input.ReportDirSet)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "audita process: %s\n", llm.RedactError(err, cfg))
 		return 2
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func runProcess(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) in
 			protected = append(protected, source.Path)
 		}
 	}
-	protected = append(protected, runtime.ProfilePaths...)
+	protected = append(protected, runtime.SourcePaths...)
 	session, err := diagnostics.PrepareOutput(diagnostics.OutputSelection{InputTranscriptPath: input.TranscriptPath, TranscriptPath: input.OutputPath,
 		ReportDir: reportDir, ReportingEnabled: cfg.Reporting.Enabled, ProtectedPaths: protected})
 	if err != nil {

internal/cli/run.go

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/llm"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/buildinfo"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/llm"
 )
 
 func sourceToCanonicalTranscript(source *schema.SourceTranscript) *schema.Transcript {
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 		case "config":
 			writeConfigUsage(stdout)
 			return 0
+		case "version":
+			writeVersionUsage(stdout)
+			return 0
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -56,12 +61,36 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	if args[0] == "config" {
 		return runConfig(ctx, args[1:], stdout, stderr)
 	}
+	if args[0] == "version" {
+		return runVersion(args[1:], stdout, stderr)
+	}
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "audita: unknown command %q\n\n", args[0])
 	writeRootUsage(stderr)
 	return 2
 }
 
+func runVersion(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet("version", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	flags.SetOutput(stderr)
+	flags.Usage = func() {} // Route usage after parsing so help stays on stdout.
+	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		if err == flag.ErrHelp {
+			writeVersionUsage(stdout)
+			return 0
+		}
+		writeVersionUsage(stderr)
+		return 2
+	}
+	if positional := flags.Args(); len(positional) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "audita version: unexpected argument %q\n\n", positional[0])
+		writeVersionUsage(stderr)
+		return 2
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "audita %s\n", buildinfo.Version())
+	return 0
+}
+
 func runConfig(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	if len(args) == 0 || isHelpCommand(args) || args[0] == "--help" || args[0] == "-h" {
 		writeConfigUsage(stdout)
@@ -97,7 +126,7 @@ func runConfigValidate(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr io.Wri
 	}
 	if _, err := llm.NewRuntime(ctx, selected.Result.Config, selected.Path, nil); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "audita config validate: %s\n", llm.RedactError(err, selected.Result.Config))
-		if llm.IsAssetError(err) {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil || llm.IsAssetError(err) {
 			return 1
 		}
 		return 2
@@ -124,7 +153,7 @@ func runConfigPrintEffective(ctx context.Context, args []string, stdout, stderr
 	llmRuntime, err := llm.NewRuntime(ctx, selected.Result.Config, selected.Path, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "audita config print-effective: %s\n", llm.RedactError(err, selected.Result.Config))
-		if llm.IsAssetError(err) {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil || llm.IsAssetError(err) {
 			return 1
 		}
 		return 2
@@ -177,11 +206,19 @@ func writeRootUsage(w io.Writer) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Commands:")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  process    Process a transcript JSON file")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  config     Validate and inspect config")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  version    Print the Audita version")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Example:")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  audita process transcript.json --glossary glossary.yaml --output corrected.json")
 }
 
+func writeVersionUsage(w io.Writer) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Print the Audita version.")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w)
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Usage:")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  audita version")
+}
+
 func writeConfigUsage(w io.Writer) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Validate and inspect Audita config.")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w)
@@ -225,7 +262,7 @@ func writeProcessUsage(w io.Writer) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "  --%s\n", name)
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  --reporting[=true|false]  Write the three-file report bundle (default true)")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  --report-dir DIR         Report directory for stdout output only; ignored with --output or --reporting=false")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  --report-dir DIR         Select the report directory (stdout setting for stdout; output parent by default for files)")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "  --debug[=true|false]      Persist detailed diagnostics (default false)")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Example:")

internal/cli/runtime_errors_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func writeRuntimeErrorConfig(t *testing.T, operatorDocument string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	profiles := filepath.Join(dir, "profiles")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(profiles, 0700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+	configText := "version: 2\nprofiles_dir: profiles\nbackends:\n  offline:\n    endpoint: http://127.0.0.1:1/v1\n    credential: AUDITA_TEST_PROVIDER_KEY\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: proposal\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(configText), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(profiles, "operator.yml"), []byte(operatorDocument), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return main
+}
+
+func TestConfigCommandsClassifyOperatorPromptErrorsAsInputErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("AUDITA_TEST_PROVIDER_KEY", "synthetic-cli-redaction-secret")
+	definitions := map[string]string{
+		"malformed operator YAML":           "profiles:\n  proposal: [\n",
+		"invalid operator template":         "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: local-model\nprompts:\n  modules.grammar.proposal:\n    v1:\n      messages:\n        - role: user\n          content: '{{'\n",
+		"missing operator message resource": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: local-model\nprompts:\n  modules.grammar.proposal:\n    v1:\n      messages:\n        - role: user\n          content_file: missing-instruction.md\n",
+	}
+	commands := []struct {
+		name string
+		args []string
+	}{
+		{name: "validate", args: []string{"config", "validate"}},
+		{name: "print effective", args: []string{"config", "print-effective", "--view", "profiles"}},
+	}
+	for definition, document := range definitions {
+		for _, command := range commands {
+			t.Run(definition+"/"+command.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				main := writeRuntimeErrorConfig(t, document)
+				args := append(append([]string(nil), command.args...), "--config", main)
+				var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+				if code := Run(context.Background(), args, &stdout, &stderr); code != 2 {
+					t.Fatalf("exit=%d, stdout=%q, stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+				}
+				if strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "synthetic-cli-redaction-secret") {
+					t.Fatalf("configured secret leaked: %q", stderr.String())
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfigCommandsKeepCallerCancellationAsRuntimeExit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("AUDITA_TEST_PROVIDER_KEY", "synthetic-cli-redaction-secret")
+	main := writeRuntimeErrorConfig(t, "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: local-model\n")
+	commands := [][]string{
+		{"config", "validate", "--config", main},
+		{"config", "print-effective", "--config", main, "--view", "profiles"},
+	}
+	for _, args := range commands {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		cancel()
+		var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+		if code := Run(ctx, args, &stdout, &stderr); code != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("args=%v exit=%d, stdout=%q, stderr=%q", args, code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/cli/version_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ReleaseKit/buildinfo"
+)
+
+func TestVersionCommandRunsWithoutApplicationSetup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Chdir(t.TempDir())
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+	if code := Run(context.Background(), []string{"version"}, &stdout, &stderr); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("exit=%d, stdout=%q, stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+	}
+	if got, want := stdout.String(), fmt.Sprintf("audita %s\n", buildinfo.Version()); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("stdout=%q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got := stderr.String(); got != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("stderr=%q, want empty", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVersionCommandHelp(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name string
+		args []string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{name: "root help", args: []string{"--help"}, want: "version    Print the Audita version"},
+		{name: "help version", args: []string{"help", "version"}, want: "audita version"},
+		{name: "short flag", args: []string{"version", "-h"}, want: "audita version"},
+		{name: "long flag", args: []string{"version", "--help"}, want: "audita version"},
+		{name: "parser help", args: []string{"version", "--h"}, want: "audita version"},
+		{name: "help short circuits", args: []string{"version", "-h", "--help", "extra"}, want: "audita version"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+			if code := Run(context.Background(), test.args, &stdout, &stderr); code != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("exit=%d, stdout=%q, stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), test.want) {
+				t.Fatalf("stdout=%q, want %q", stdout.String(), test.want)
+			}
+			if got := stderr.String(); got != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("stderr=%q, want empty", got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVersionCommandRejectsUnexpectedArguments(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, args := range [][]string{
+		{"version", "extra"},
+		{"version", "--unknown"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(strings.Join(args, " "), func(t *testing.T) {
+			var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+			if code := Run(context.Background(), args, &stdout, &stderr); code != 2 {
+				t.Fatalf("exit=%d, stdout=%q, stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+			}
+			if got := stdout.String(); got != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("stdout=%q, want empty", got)
+			}
+			if got := stderr.String(); got == "" {
+				t.Fatal("expected usage error on stderr")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/core/chunking/sections.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package chunking
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 // Section represents a contiguous chunk of transcript segments with metadata.

internal/core/chunking/sections_test.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 // mapTokenEstimator provides deterministic per-segment token counts for tests.

internal/core/chunking/summary_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package chunking
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 func TestComputeSummary(t *testing.T) {

internal/core/config/config.go

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/modulecatalog"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/outputschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/modulecatalog"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/outputschema"
 )
 
 const (

internal/core/config/config_test.go

@@ -137,9 +137,167 @@ func TestSurvivingCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil || loaded.Config.Backends["other"].Credential != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("null credential: %+v %v", loaded, err)
 	}
+
+	inherited := `version: 2
+backends:
+  parent:
+    endpoint: https://parent.invalid/v1
+    credential: BASE_SECRET
+  local:
+    extends: parent
+    credential: null
+llm:
+  proposal_profile: proposal
+`
+	if _, err := loadText(inherited, ""); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("null child credential removed the unselected parent's surviving reference")
+	}
+	t.Setenv("BASE_SECRET", "synthetic-parent-secret")
+	loaded, err = loadText(strings.Replace(inherited, "    credential: null\n", "", 1), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := loaded.Config.Backends["local"].Credential.Value(); got != "synthetic-parent-secret" {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited secret: %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := loaded.Metadata().IsExplicit(ck.Keys("backends", "local", "credential")); !got {
+		t.Fatal("inherited credential is not explicit")
+	}
+	var inheritedEffective bytes.Buffer
+	if err := loaded.WriteEffective(&inheritedEffective); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(inheritedEffective.String(), "synthetic-parent-secret") {
+		t.Fatal("effective output leaked an inherited secret")
+	}
+	loaded, err = loadText(inherited, "")
+	if err != nil || loaded.Config.Backends["local"].Credential != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("child null credential: %+v %v", loaded, err)
+	}
+	if got := loaded.Config.Backends["parent"].Credential.Value(); got != "synthetic-parent-secret" {
+		t.Fatalf("parent credential after child null: %q", got)
+	}
+
 	t.Setenv("AUDITA_MODEL", "legacy-model")
 	loaded, err = loadText(base, "")
 	if err != nil || loaded.Config.LLM.ProposalProfile != "proposal" {
 		t.Fatalf("legacy environment affected loading: %+v %v", loaded, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSiblingInheritancePreservesBackendSettings(t *testing.T) {
+	text := `version: 2
+backends:
+  base:
+    endpoint: https://base.invalid/v1
+    concurrency: 3
+    queue_capacity: 0
+  local:
+    extends: base
+llm:
+  proposal_profile: proposal
+`
+	loaded, err := loadText(text, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	backend := loaded.Config.Backends["local"]
+	if backend.Endpoint != "https://base.invalid/v1" || backend.Concurrency != 3 || backend.QueueCapacity != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited backend settings: %+v", backend)
+	}
+	for _, path := range []ck.Path{
+		ck.Keys("backends", "local", "endpoint"),
+		ck.Keys("backends", "local", "concurrency"),
+		ck.Keys("backends", "local", "queue_capacity"),
+	} {
+		if !loaded.Metadata().IsExplicit(path) {
+			t.Errorf("inherited field %s is not explicit", path.String())
+		}
+	}
+
+	overridden, err := loadText(strings.Replace(text, "    extends: base\n", "    extends: base\n    concurrency: 2\n", 1), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := overridden.Config.Backends["local"].Concurrency; got != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("child concurrency override: %d", got)
+	}
+	if got := overridden.Config.Backends["local"].QueueCapacity; got != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited zero queue capacity: %d", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSiblingInheritanceUsesSelectedOverlay(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(dir, "overlays"), 0700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+	text := `version: 2
+backends:
+  base:
+    endpoint: https://base.invalid/v1
+    concurrency: 3
+    queue_capacity: 0
+  local:
+    extends: base
+    concurrency: 2
+llm:
+  proposal_profile: proposal
+`
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(text), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "overlays", "testing.yml"), []byte("backends:\n  base:\n    endpoint: https://overlay.invalid/v1\n    concurrency: 4\n"), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	loaded, err := Load(ck.File(main), "testing")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	child := loaded.Config.Backends["local"]
+	if child.Endpoint != "https://overlay.invalid/v1" || child.Concurrency != 2 || child.QueueCapacity != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("overlay inheritance and child override: %+v", child)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSiblingInheritanceDoesNotBypassBackendValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name string
+		text string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "invalid inherited parent setting",
+			text: `version: 2
+backends:
+  base:
+    endpoint: https://base.invalid/v1
+    concurrency: 0
+  local:
+    extends: base
+llm:
+  proposal_profile: proposal
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid child override",
+			text: `version: 2
+backends:
+  base:
+    endpoint: https://base.invalid/v1
+    concurrency: 3
+  local:
+    extends: base
+    concurrency: 0
+llm:
+  proposal_profile: proposal
+`,
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if _, err := loadText(tc.text, ""); err == nil {
+				t.Fatal("invalid backend concurrency accepted")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/core/diagnostics/run_dir.go

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/chunking"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/normalization"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/chunking"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/normalization"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 // RunDirectory represents a per-run diagnostics directory

internal/core/normalization/normalize.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package normalization
 import (
 	"sort"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 // NormalizationConfig holds configuration parameters for transcript normalization

internal/core/normalization/normalize_test.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 func TestNormalizationNoOp(t *testing.T) {

internal/core/outputschema/registry.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 const (

internal/core/outputschema/registry_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 func tinyTranscript() *schema.Transcript {

internal/core/redaction/redaction_test.go

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/diagnostics"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/diagnostics"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
 )
 
 func TestStringRedactionPreservesSerializationAndDomainData(t *testing.T) {

internal/core/reporting/markdown.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
 )
 
 // CompletionLine is the brief successful CLI summary. It uses the same counts

internal/core/reporting/report.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 

internal/framework/contracts/chunk_proposal_composition_test.go

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/chunking"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/proposals"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/chunking"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/proposals"
 )
 
 // testChunkProposalHarness is a test-only helper that composes existing

internal/framework/contracts/contracts.go

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/chunking"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/schema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/outcomes"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/proposals"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/validators"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/chunking"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/schema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/outcomes"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/proposals"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/validators"
 )
 
 type StructuredLLMClient = structuredoutput.Client

internal/framework/contracts/contracts_test.go

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/chunking"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/proposals"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/validators"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/chunking"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/proposals"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/validators"
 )
 
 type fakeLLMClient struct{}

internal/framework/llm/adapter.go

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/outcomes"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/responseschema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/outcomes"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/responseschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/prompts"
 	pk "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
 )
 

internal/framework/llm/adapter_capacity_test.go

@@ -14,18 +14,23 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/outcomes"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/responseschema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/outcomes"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/responseschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/prompts"
 	pk "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
 )
 
 func TestRolesShareBackendCapacityAndReleaseAfterCancellation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("INHERITED_TEST_KEY", "synthetic-inherited-runtime-secret")
+	t.Setenv("OPERATOR_BACKEND_KEY", "synthetic-operator-backend-secret")
 	entered := make(chan struct{}, 3)
 	release := make(chan struct{})
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if got := r.Header.Get("Authorization"); got != "Bearer synthetic-inherited-runtime-secret" {
+			t.Errorf("inherited credential header: %q", got)
+		}
 		entered <- struct{}{}
 		<-release
 		content, _ := json.Marshal(`{"corrections":[]}`)
@@ -37,16 +42,26 @@ func TestRolesShareBackendCapacityAndReleaseAfterCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
-	body := fmt.Sprintf("version: 2\nbackends:\n  shared:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\n    concurrency: 1\n    queue_capacity: 0\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: proposal\n  validation_profile: validation\n  transient_retries: 0\n  repair_attempts: 0\n", server.URL)
+	body := fmt.Sprintf("version: 2\nbackends:\n  shared-base:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\n    credential: INHERITED_TEST_KEY\n    concurrency: 1\n    queue_capacity: 0\n  shared:\n    extends: shared-base\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: proposal\n  validation_profile: validation\n  transient_retries: 0\n  repair_attempts: 0\n", server.URL)
 	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(body), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	for _, name := range []string{"proposal", "validation"} {
-		profile := "id: " + name + "\nbackend: shared\nmodel: local\n"
+		profile := "profiles:\n  " + name + ":\n    backend: shared\n    model: local\n"
 		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", name+".yaml"), []byte(profile), 0600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
+	operatorBackend := `backends:
+  shared:
+    endpoint: https://operator.invalid/v1
+    concurrency_limit: 77
+    queue_capacity: 88
+    api_key_env: OPERATOR_BACKEND_KEY
+`
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "backend-tuning.yaml"), []byte(operatorBackend), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	loaded, err := config.Load(ck.File(main), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -171,7 +186,7 @@ func TestDistinctBackendsHaveIndependentCapacity(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	for name, backend := range map[string]string{"proposal": "first", "validation": "second"} {
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", name+".yaml"), []byte("id: "+name+"\nbackend: "+backend+"\nmodel: local\n"), 0600); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", name+".yaml"), []byte("profiles:\n  "+name+":\n    backend: "+backend+"\n    model: local\n"), 0600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}

internal/framework/llm/adapter_test.go

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/outcomes"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/responseschema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/outcomes"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/responseschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/prompts"
 	pk "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
 )
 
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ type reply struct {
 }
 
 func adapterFixture(t *testing.T, replies []reply, retries, repairs int, hook func(*http.Request)) (*Runtime, *atomic.Int32, string) {
+	return adapterFixtureWithDocuments(t, replies, retries, repairs, hook, "offline", map[string]string{
+		"definitions.yaml": "profiles:\n  base:\n    backend: offline\n    model: full-model\n",
+	})
+}
+
+func adapterFixtureWithPrompt(t *testing.T, replies []reply, retries, repairs int, hook func(*http.Request), operatorPrompt string) (*Runtime, *atomic.Int32, string) {
+	documents := map[string]string{
+		"definitions.yaml": "profiles:\n  base:\n    backend: offline\n    model: full-model\n",
+	}
+	if operatorPrompt != "" {
+		documents["operator-prompt.yaml"] = operatorPrompt
+	}
+	return adapterFixtureWithDocuments(t, replies, retries, repairs, hook, "offline", documents)
+}
+
+func adapterFixtureWithDocuments(t *testing.T, replies []reply, retries, repairs int, hook func(*http.Request), backendID string, documents map[string]string) (*Runtime, *atomic.Int32, string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	var count atomic.Int32
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -65,13 +81,21 @@ func adapterFixture(t *testing.T, replies []reply, retries, repairs int, hook fu
 	}))
 	t.Cleanup(server.Close)
 	t.Setenv("ADAPTER_KEY", "adapter-secret")
-	base := fmt.Sprintf("version: 2\nbackends:\n  offline:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\n    credential: ADAPTER_KEY\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: base\n  transient_retries: %d\n  repair_attempts: %d\n", server.URL, retries, repairs)
-	dir := profileLayout(t, base, "")
-	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
-	profile := "id: base\nbackend: offline\nmodel: full-model\n"
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "base.yaml"), []byte(profile), 0600); err != nil {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	profileDirectory := filepath.Join(dir, "profiles")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(profileDirectory, 0700); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	base := fmt.Sprintf("version: 2\nprofiles_dir: profiles\nbackends:\n  %s:\n    endpoint: %s/v1\n    credential: ADAPTER_KEY\n    concurrency: 1\n    queue_capacity: 0\nllm:\n  proposal_profile: base\n  transient_retries: %d\n  repair_attempts: %d\n", backendID, server.URL, retries, repairs)
+	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(base), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for name, content := range documents {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(profileDirectory, name), []byte(content), 0600); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
 	loaded, err := config.Load(ck.File(main), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -83,6 +107,10 @@ func adapterFixture(t *testing.T, replies []reply, retries, repairs int, hook fu
 	return runtime, &count, dir
 }
 
+func operatorPromptDocument(system, user string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("prompts:\n  %s:\n    v1:\n      messages:\n        - role: system\n          content: %q\n        - role: user\n          content: %q\n      output:\n        format: text\n        validation_mode: basic\n", prompts.PromptIDModuleGlossaryProposal, system, user)
+}
+
 func adapterRequest(schema responseschema.Key) structuredoutput.Request {
 	id := prompts.PromptIDModuleGlossaryProposal
 	vars := map[string]string{"TranscriptDescriptionBlock": "", "GlossaryJSON": "[]", "SectionJSON": "[]"}
@@ -286,10 +314,238 @@ func TestPreparedAdapterMetadataAndTargetGuard(t *testing.T) {
 	if !found {
 		t.Fatal("hardening policy missing")
 	}
+	backend := runtime.Config.Backends["offline"]
+	backend.Endpoint = "http://127.0.0.1:1/v1"
+	runtime.Config.Backends["offline"] = backend
+	if _, err := client.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), req, &out); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "target changed") || count.Load() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("changed application backend target dispatched: %v, %d", err, count.Load())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOperatorPromptOverridesUsePerCallSchemaAndOptionalSharedText(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		system     string
+		user       string
+		replies    []reply
+		repairs    int
+		wantSystem string
+		wantUser   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "operator text without shared references",
+			system:     "Operator system instructions.",
+			user:       "Operator request without variables.",
+			replies:    []reply{{200, `{"wrong":true}`}, {200, `{"corrections":[]}`}},
+			repairs:    1,
+			wantSystem: "Operator system instructions.",
+			wantUser:   "Operator request without variables.",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "operator text with shared references",
+			system:     "Policy: {{.HardeningPolicy}}",
+			user:       "Section: {{.SectionJSON}}",
+			replies:    []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}},
+			wantSystem: "Policy: " + prompts.HardeningText(),
+			wantUser:   "Section: []",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var posted []struct {
+				Messages []structuredoutput.Message `json:"messages"`
+			}
+			runtime, count, _ := adapterFixtureWithPrompt(t, tc.replies, 0, tc.repairs, func(r *http.Request) {
+				var envelope struct {
+					Messages []structuredoutput.Message `json:"messages"`
+				}
+				if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&envelope); err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+					return
+				}
+				posted = append(posted, envelope)
+			}, operatorPromptDocument(tc.system, tc.user))
+			client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("proposal", CallHooks{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			req := adapterRequest(responseschema.CorrectionSetKey)
+			if tc.name == "operator text with shared references" {
+				req.Variables["HardeningPolicy"] = "attacker-controlled"
+			}
+			var out map[string]any
+			response, err := client.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), req, &out)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if int(count.Load()) != len(tc.replies) || response.Execution.StructuralRepairs != tc.repairs {
+				t.Fatalf("schema/repair execution = %d calls, %+v; want %d calls and %d repair", count.Load(), response.Execution, len(tc.replies), tc.repairs)
+			}
+			if response.Prepared == nil || len(posted) == 0 || len(posted[0].Messages) != len(response.Prepared.Messages) {
+				t.Fatal("prepared operator prompt was not dispatched")
+			}
+			for i := range response.Prepared.Messages {
+				if response.Prepared.Messages[i] != posted[0].Messages[i] {
+					t.Fatal("prepared operator messages differ from the first dispatched request")
+				}
+			}
+			if len(response.Prepared.Messages) != 2 || response.Prepared.Messages[0].Content != tc.wantSystem || response.Prepared.Messages[1].Content != tc.wantUser {
+				t.Fatalf("prepared messages = %+v", response.Prepared.Messages)
+			}
+			if tc.name == "operator text with shared references" {
+				if strings.Contains(response.Prepared.Messages[0].Content, "attacker-controlled") || !strings.Contains(response.Prepared.Messages[0].Content, prompts.HardeningText()) {
+					t.Fatal("caller variables replaced the reserved shared value")
+				}
+			} else if strings.Contains(response.Prepared.Messages[0].Content+response.Prepared.Messages[1].Content, prompts.HardeningText()) {
+				t.Fatal("shared text was injected into operator messages that omit its reference")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProfilePresenceBackendAuthorityAndProviderParametersReachWire(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("CATALOG_TRAP_KEY", "catalog-secret-must-not-be-used")
+	cases := []struct {
+		name              string
+		parentTemperature string
+		childTemperature  string
+		wantTemperature   bool
+	}{
+		{name: "explicit zero", parentTemperature: "    temperature: 0.8\n", childTemperature: "    temperature: 0\n", wantTemperature: true},
+		{name: "omitted", wantTemperature: false},
+		{name: "null clears inherited control", parentTemperature: "    temperature: 0.8\n", childTemperature: "    temperature: null\n", wantTemperature: false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			profileDocument := "profiles:\n  \"parent~/partial\":\n    backend: openrouter\n    model: parent-model\n" + tc.parentTemperature +
+				"  base:\n    extends: \"parent~/partial\"\n    model: full-model\n    timeout_seconds: 0\n" + tc.childTemperature +
+				"    extra_params:\n      routing:\n        overridden: profile\n        profile_only: retained\n        cleared: null\n"
+			operatorBackend := `backends:
+  openrouter:
+    endpoint: https://operator.invalid/v1
+    concurrency_limit: 91
+    queue_capacity: 92
+    api_key_env: CATALOG_TRAP_KEY
+    extra_params:
+      routing:
+        inherited: backend
+        overridden: backend
+        cleared: remove-me
+`
+			documents := map[string]string{
+				"unrelated-profile-file.yml": profileDocument,
+				"provider-tuning.yaml":       operatorBackend,
+			}
+			var wire map[string]json.RawMessage
+			runtime, count, _ := adapterFixtureWithDocuments(t, []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}}, 0, 0, func(r *http.Request) {
+				if got := r.Header.Get("Authorization"); got != "Bearer adapter-secret" {
+					t.Errorf("application credential was not authoritative: %q", got)
+				}
+				if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&wire); err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+			}, "openrouter", documents)
+			profile := runtime.Profiles["proposal"]
+			if profile.EffectiveModelParams.APIKeyEnv != "" || profile.EffectiveModelParams.Endpoint == "https://operator.invalid/v1" || profile.EffectiveModelParams.TimeoutSeconds != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("application backend mapping or zero timeout lost: %+v", profile.EffectiveModelParams)
+			}
+			client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("proposal", CallHooks{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			var out map[string]any
+			response, err := client.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), adapterRequest(responseschema.CorrectionSetKey), &out)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if count.Load() != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("provider calls = %d, want 1", count.Load())
+			}
+			temperature, hasTemperature := wire["temperature"]
+			if hasTemperature != tc.wantTemperature {
+				t.Fatalf("temperature presence = %t, want %t: %s", hasTemperature, tc.wantTemperature, wire)
+			}
+			if tc.wantTemperature {
+				var value float64
+				if err := json.Unmarshal(temperature, &value); err != nil || value != 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("explicit zero temperature = %s (%v)", temperature, err)
+				}
+			}
+			var routing map[string]any
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(wire["routing"], &routing); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("provider routing fields missing: %s (%v)", wire, err)
+			}
+			if routing["inherited"] != "backend" || routing["overridden"] != "profile" || routing["profile_only"] != "retained" {
+				t.Fatalf("recursively overlaid provider fields = %#v", routing)
+			}
+			if value, exists := routing["cleared"]; !exists || value != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("null did not replace inherited provider field: %#v", routing)
+			}
+			if response.Model != "full-model" || response.Prepared == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("execution did not use selected profile: %+v", response)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPreparedAdapterUsesCapturedProfileAndPromptUntilReconstructed(t *testing.T) {
+	var posted []struct {
+		Model    string                     `json:"model"`
+		Messages []structuredoutput.Message `json:"messages"`
+	}
+	runtime, count, dir := adapterFixtureWithPrompt(t, []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}}, 0, 0, func(r *http.Request) {
+		var envelope struct {
+			Model    string                     `json:"model"`
+			Messages []structuredoutput.Message `json:"messages"`
+		}
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&envelope); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+			return
+		}
+		posted = append(posted, envelope)
+	}, operatorPromptDocument("Initial operator instructions.", "Initial payload."))
+	client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("proposal", CallHooks{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	profile := "profiles:\n  base:\n    backend: offline\n    model: edited-model\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "definitions.yaml"), []byte(profile), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	updatedPrompt := operatorPromptDocument("Edited operator instructions.", "Edited payload.")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "operator-prompt.yaml"), []byte(updatedPrompt), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var out map[string]any
+	response, err := client.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), adapterRequest(responseschema.CorrectionSetKey), &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if response.Model != "full-model" || response.Prepared == nil || response.Prepared.Messages[0].Content != "Initial operator instructions." || posted[0].Model != "full-model" {
+		t.Fatalf("existing runtime did not retain its captured configuration: response=%+v request=%+v", response, posted[0])
+	}
+
+	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+	newRuntime, err := NewRuntime(context.Background(), runtime.Config, main, http.DefaultClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	newClient, err := newRuntime.NewRoleClient("proposal", CallHooks{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	response, err = newClient.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), adapterRequest(responseschema.CorrectionSetKey), &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if int(count.Load()) != 2 || response.Model != "edited-model" || response.Prepared == nil || response.Prepared.Messages[0].Content != "Edited operator instructions." || posted[1].Model != "edited-model" {
+		t.Fatalf("new runtime did not capture edited configuration: response=%+v request=%+v", response, posted[1])
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPreparedAdapterRejectsTargetDriftAndPreparationErrors(t *testing.T) {
-	runtime, count, dir := adapterFixture(t, []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}}, 0, 0, nil)
+	runtime, count, _ := adapterFixture(t, []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}}, 0, 0, nil)
 	client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("proposal", CallHooks{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -300,15 +556,6 @@ func TestPreparedAdapterRejectsTargetDriftAndPreparationErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := client.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), req, &out); err == nil || count.Load() != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("preparation failure dispatched: %v, %d", err, count.Load())
 	}
-	// PrepareExecution reloads the profile, so a changed target must be blocked.
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "profiles", "base.yaml"), []byte("id: base\nbackend: offline\nendpoint: http://127.0.0.1:1/v1\nmodel: full-model\n"), 0600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	req = adapterRequest(responseschema.CorrectionSetKey)
-	_, err = client.CompleteStructured(context.Background(), req, &out)
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "target changed") || count.Load() != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("target drift dispatched: %v, %d", err, count.Load())
-	}
 }
 
 func TestPreparedAdapterCancellationStopsRetryWait(t *testing.T) {
@@ -333,7 +580,9 @@ func TestPreparedAdapterCancellationStopsRetryWait(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPreparedAdapterDistinguishesOperationTimeoutFromParentCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 	blocking := func(*http.Request) { time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond) }
-	runtime, _, _ := adapterFixture(t, []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}}, 0, 0, blocking)
+	runtime, _, _ := adapterFixtureWithDocuments(t, []reply{{200, `{"corrections":[]}`}}, 0, 0, blocking, "offline", map[string]string{
+		"definitions.yaml": "profiles:\n  base:\n    backend: offline\n    model: full-model\n    timeout_seconds: 0\n",
+	})
 	runtime.Config.LLM.OperationTimeout = 200 * time.Millisecond
 	client, err := runtime.NewRoleClient("proposal", CallHooks{})
 	if err != nil {

internal/framework/llm/diagnostics.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
 )
 
 var stageSanitizer = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+`)

internal/framework/llm/observations.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
 	pk "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
 )
 

internal/framework/llm/observations_test.go

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/responseschema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/responseschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/structuredoutput"
 	pk "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
 )
 

internal/framework/llm/runtime.go

@@ -6,17 +6,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/config"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/core/redaction"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/framework/responseschema"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/internal/prompts"
+	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/redaction"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/framework/responseschema"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/prompts"
 	pk "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
 )
 
@@ -26,8 +24,8 @@ type Runtime struct {
 	Config   config.Config
 	Engine   *pk.Engine
 	Profiles map[string]pk.ProfileInspection
-	// ProfilePaths contains filesystem sources actually read by PromptKit.
-	ProfilePaths []string
+	// SourcePaths contains host configuration and message files captured by PromptKit.
+	SourcePaths []string
 	nextCallID  atomic.Uint64
 }
 
@@ -39,32 +37,63 @@ func (e *AssetError) Error() string { return e.Err.Error() }
 func (e *AssetError) Unwrap() error { return e.Err }
 
 func NewRuntime(ctx context.Context, c config.Config, mainPath string, client *http.Client) (*Runtime, error) {
+	return newRuntimeWithPromptFS(ctx, c, mainPath, client, prompts.Filesystem())
+}
+
+func newRuntimeWithPromptFS(ctx context.Context, c config.Config, mainPath string, client *http.Client, promptFS fs.FS) (*Runtime, error) {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	profileDir := c.ProfilesDir
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(profileDir) {
 		profileDir = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(mainPath), profileDir)
 	}
-	profileFS := &profileSourceFS{FS: os.DirFS(profileDir), paths: make(map[string]struct{})}
-	options := []pk.Option{
-		pk.WithPromptFS(prompts.Filesystem(), prompts.AssetRoot),
-		pk.WithSchemaFS(responseschema.Filesystem(), responseschema.AssetRoot),
-		pk.WithProfileFS(profileFS, "."),
-	}
-	ids := make([]string, 0, len(c.Backends))
-	for id := range c.Backends {
-		ids = append(ids, id)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(ids)
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		backend := c.Backends[id]
-		options = append(options, pk.WithBackend(pk.Backend{ID: id, Endpoint: backend.Endpoint, ConcurrencyLimit: backend.Concurrency, QueueCapacity: &backend.QueueCapacity}))
-	}
-	engine, err := pk.NewEngine(pk.Config{HTTPClient: client, TransientRetries: &c.LLM.TransientRetries}, options...)
+	promptInputs, err := pk.FilesystemInputs("Audita embedded prompts", promptFS, prompts.AssetRoot)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("assemble LLM runtime: %w", err)
+		if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
+			return nil, ctxErr
+		}
+		return nil, &AssetError{Err: fmt.Errorf("discover embedded prompts: %w", err)}
+	}
+	profileInputs, err := pk.DirectoryInputs(profileDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
+			return nil, ctxErr
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("discover operator definitions: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	applicationBackends := make(map[string]any, len(c.Backends))
+	for id := range c.Backends {
+		backend := c.Backends[id]
+		applicationBackends[id] = map[string]any{
+			"endpoint":          backend.Endpoint,
+			"concurrency_limit": backend.Concurrency,
+			"queue_capacity":    backend.QueueCapacity,
+			"api_key_env":       nil,
+		}
+	}
+	sources := pk.ConfigurationSources{
+		Underlays: []ck.Underlay{
+			{Inputs: promptInputs},
+			{Inputs: profileInputs},
+		},
+		Main: &ck.Input{Source: ck.Mapping("application backends", map[string]any{"backends": applicationBackends})},
+	}
+	engine, err := pk.NewEngine(pk.Config{
+		Sources:          sources,
+		HTTPClient:       client,
+		TransientRetries: &c.LLM.TransientRetries,
+	}, pk.WithSchemaFS(responseschema.Filesystem(), responseschema.AssetRoot))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, embeddedAssetOrInputError(ctx, promptInputs, fmt.Errorf("assemble LLM runtime: %w", err))
 	}
 	for _, meta := range prompts.RegisteredMetadata() {
 		if _, err := engine.InspectPrompt(ctx, meta.PromptID, meta.PromptVersion); err != nil {
-			return nil, &AssetError{Err: fmt.Errorf("inspect embedded prompt %s: %w", meta.PromptID, err)}
+			cause := fmt.Errorf("inspect prompt %s: %w", meta.PromptID, err)
+			return nil, embeddedAssetOrInputError(ctx, promptInputs, cause)
 		}
 	}
 	runtime := &Runtime{Config: c, Engine: engine, Profiles: make(map[string]pk.ProfileInspection, 2)}
@@ -78,6 +107,12 @@ func NewRuntime(ctx context.Context, c config.Config, mainPath string, client *h
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s profile must select a registered application backend", selection.role)
 		}
+		if strings.TrimSpace(target.Model) == "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s profile must select a nonblank model", selection.role)
+		}
+		if strings.TrimSpace(target.Endpoint) == "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s profile must resolve to a nonblank endpoint", selection.role)
+		}
 		endpoint := func(value string) string { return strings.TrimRight(strings.TrimSpace(value), "/") }
 		if endpoint(target.Endpoint) != endpoint(backend.Endpoint) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s profile endpoint must match its registered backend", selection.role)
@@ -90,15 +125,39 @@ func NewRuntime(ctx context.Context, c config.Config, mainPath string, client *h
 		}
 		runtime.Profiles[selection.role] = *profile
 	}
-	profileFS.mu.Lock()
-	for name := range profileFS.paths {
-		runtime.ProfilePaths = append(runtime.ProfilePaths, filepath.Join(profileDir, filepath.FromSlash(name)))
+	runtime.SourcePaths, err = capturedSourcePaths(engine)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("inspect captured LLM sources: %w", err)
 	}
-	profileFS.mu.Unlock()
-	sort.Strings(runtime.ProfilePaths)
 	return runtime, nil
 }
 
+func embeddedAssetOrInputError(ctx context.Context, promptInputs []ck.Input, cause error) error {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	embeddedSources := pk.ConfigurationSources{
+		Underlays: []ck.Underlay{{Inputs: promptInputs}},
+	}
+	diagnosticEngine, err := pk.NewEngine(pk.Config{Sources: embeddedSources},
+		pk.WithSchemaFS(responseschema.Filesystem(), responseschema.AssetRoot))
+	if err == nil {
+		for _, meta := range prompts.RegisteredMetadata() {
+			if _, inspectErr := diagnosticEngine.InspectPrompt(ctx, meta.PromptID, meta.PromptVersion); inspectErr != nil {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("inspect embedded prompt %s: %w", meta.PromptID, inspectErr)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
+		return ctxErr
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return &AssetError{Err: fmt.Errorf("validate embedded prompt assets: %w", err)}
+	}
+	return cause
+}
+
 func IsAssetError(err error) bool { var target *AssetError; return errors.As(err, &target) }
 
 // RedactError replaces every configured resolved backend secret before a
@@ -109,21 +168,3 @@ func RedactError(err error, c config.Config) string {
 	}
 	return redaction.New(ConfiguredSecrets(&c)).String(err.Error())
 }
-
-// Record successful profile reads at the library boundary, including inherited
-// and differently named sources, without duplicating PromptKit's discovery rules.
-type profileSourceFS struct {
-	fs.FS
-	mu    sync.Mutex
-	paths map[string]struct{}
-}
-
-func (f *profileSourceFS) ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error) {
-	data, err := fs.ReadFile(f.FS, name)
-	if err == nil {
-		f.mu.Lock()
-		f.paths[name] = struct{}{}
-		f.mu.Unlock()
-	}
-	return data, err
-}

internal/framework/llm/runtime_assembly_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+package llm
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	ck "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/core/config"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/audita/v3/internal/prompts"
+)
+
+func runtimeAssemblyFixture(t *testing.T, selections string, documents map[string]string) (config.Config, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	profileDir := filepath.Join(dir, "profiles")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(profileDir, 0700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+	text := "version: 2\nprofiles_dir: profiles\nbackends:\n  offline:\n    endpoint: http://127.0.0.1:1/v1\n    concurrency: 1\n    queue_capacity: 0\nllm:\n" + selections
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(text), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for name, content := range documents {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(profileDir, name), []byte(content), 0600); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	loaded, err := config.Load(ck.File(main), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return loaded.Config, main
+}
+
+func copyEmbeddedPromptFilesystem(t *testing.T) fstest.MapFS {
+	t.Helper()
+	source := prompts.Filesystem()
+	files := make(fstest.MapFS)
+	err := fs.WalkDir(source, prompts.AssetRoot, func(name string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil || entry.IsDir() {
+			return err
+		}
+		data, err := fs.ReadFile(source, name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		files[name] = &fstest.MapFile{Data: data}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return files
+}
+
+func TestNewRuntimeRequiresCompleteSelectedProfiles(t *testing.T) {
+	validProposal := "    backend: offline\n    model: proposal-model\n"
+	cases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		selections string
+		profiles   string
+		role       string
+		field      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "omitted proposal model with derived validation selection",
+			selections: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n",
+			profiles:   "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n",
+			role:       "proposal",
+			field:      "model",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "empty validation model",
+			selections: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n  validation_profile: validation\n",
+			profiles:   "profiles:\n  proposal:\n" + validProposal + "  validation:\n    backend: offline\n    model: \"\"\n",
+			role:       "validation",
+			field:      "model",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "null proposal model",
+			selections: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n",
+			profiles:   "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: null\n",
+			role:       "proposal",
+			field:      "model",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "cleared validation endpoint",
+			selections: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n  validation_profile: validation\n",
+			profiles:   "profiles:\n  proposal:\n" + validProposal + "  validation:\n    backend: offline\n    endpoint: null\n    model: validation-model\n",
+			role:       "validation",
+			field:      "endpoint",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, tc.selections, map[string]string{"definitions.yml": tc.profiles})
+			_, err := NewRuntime(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{t}})
+			if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.role) || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.field) {
+				t.Fatalf("selected incomplete profile was not rejected for %s.%s: %v", tc.role, tc.field, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewRuntimeAllowsUnselectedPartialProfiles(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, "  proposal_profile: proposal\n", map[string]string{
+		"definitions.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: proposal-model\n  unfinished:\n    backend: offline\n",
+	})
+	runtime, err := NewRuntime(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{t}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if runtime.Profiles["proposal"].EffectiveModelParams.Model != "proposal-model" || runtime.Profiles["validation"].EffectiveModelParams.Model != "proposal-model" {
+		t.Fatalf("role profiles were not resolved: %+v", runtime.Profiles)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNativeProfileInheritancePreservesControlsAndMergesProviderValues(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, "  proposal_profile: \"child profile\"\n", map[string]string{
+		"unrelated-name.yaml": `profiles:
+  "parent~/shared":
+    backend: offline
+    temperature: 0.4
+    top_p: 0.7
+    extra_params:
+      routing:
+        retained: from-parent
+        overridden: parent
+        cleared: remove-me
+  "child profile":
+    extends: "parent~/shared"
+    model: child-model
+    extra_params:
+      routing:
+        overridden: child
+        child_only: present
+        cleared: null
+`,
+	})
+	runtime, err := NewRuntime(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	profile := runtime.Profiles["proposal"]
+	target := profile.EffectiveModelParams
+	if profile.ProfileID != "child profile" || target.Model != "child-model" || target.Temperature != 0.4 || target.TopP != 0.7 {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited profile target = %+v", target)
+	}
+	routing, ok := target.ExtraParams["routing"].(map[string]any)
+	if !ok || routing["retained"] != "from-parent" || routing["overridden"] != "child" || routing["child_only"] != "present" {
+		t.Fatalf("recursively inherited provider values = %#v", target.ExtraParams)
+	}
+	if value, exists := routing["cleared"]; !exists || value != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("null did not replace the inherited provider value: %#v", routing)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMissingSelectedProfileDirectoryIsOperatorInputError(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, "  proposal_profile: proposal\n", map[string]string{
+		"definitions.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: proposal-model\n",
+	})
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(main), cfg.ProfilesDir)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_, err := NewRuntime(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{t}})
+	if err == nil || IsAssetError(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("missing operator profile directory classification: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewRuntimeRejectsMalformedUnselectedProfilesAndConflicts(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		document  map[string]string
+		selection string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "malformed unselected definition",
+			document:  map[string]string{"definitions.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: proposal-model\n  unused:\n    temperature: 9\n"},
+			selection: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "undefined selected backend",
+			document:  map[string]string{"definitions.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: missing\n    model: proposal-model\n"},
+			selection: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "conflicting directory contributions",
+			document: map[string]string{
+				"a.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: first-model\n",
+				"b.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    model: second-model\n",
+			},
+			selection: "  proposal_profile: proposal\n",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, tc.selection, tc.document)
+			_, err := NewRuntime(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{t}})
+			if err == nil || IsAssetError(err) {
+				t.Fatalf("operator definition classification: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRuntimeClassifiesEmbeddedAssetsAndHonorsCancellation(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := newRuntimeWithPromptFS(context.Background(), config.Config{}, "config.yml", nil, fstest.MapFS{})
+	if err == nil || !IsAssetError(err) || !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Fatalf("embedded discovery error was not preserved as an asset error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+	_, err = newRuntimeWithPromptFS(ctx, config.Config{}, "config.yml", nil, fstest.MapFS{})
+	if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) || IsAssetError(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("caller cancellation classification: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBrokenEmbeddedPromptFailsEmbeddedOnlyConstruction(t *testing.T) {
+	promptFS := copyEmbeddedPromptFilesystem(t)
+	assetPath := path.Join(prompts.AssetRoot, prompts.PromptIDModuleGrammarProposal+".yaml")
+	promptFS[assetPath] = &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("prompts:\n  modules.grammar.proposal:\n    v1:\n      messages: []\n      output:\n        format: json\n        validation_mode: json_schema\n        schema_path: correction_set.v1.json\n")}
+	cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, "  proposal_profile: proposal\n", map[string]string{
+		"definitions.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: proposal-model\n",
+	})
+	_, err := newRuntimeWithPromptFS(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{t}}, promptFS)
+	if err == nil || !IsAssetError(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("broken embedded prompt was not classified as an asset error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOperatorPromptCanRepairInvalidEmbeddedPrompt(t *testing.T) {
+	promptFS := copyEmbeddedPromptFilesystem(t)
+	assetPath := path.Join(prompts.AssetRoot, prompts.PromptIDModuleGrammarProposal+".yaml")
+	promptFS[assetPath] = &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("prompts:\n  modules.grammar.proposal:\n    v1:\n      messages: []\n      output:\n        format: json\n        validation_mode: json_schema\n        schema_path: correction_set.v1.json\n")}
+	cfg, main := runtimeAssemblyFixture(t, "  proposal_profile: proposal\n", map[string]string{
+		"operator.yml": "profiles:\n  proposal:\n    backend: offline\n    model: proposal-model\nprompts:\n  modules.grammar.proposal:\n    v1:\n      messages:\n        - role: system\n          content: operator system\n        - role: user\n          content: operator user\n",
+	})
+	runtime, err := newRuntimeWithPromptFS(context.Background(), cfg, main, &http.Client{Transport: rejectingTransport{t}}, promptFS)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("valid final configuration was rejected with an invalid displaced embedded prompt: %v", err)
+	}
+	if runtime.Engine == nil {
+		t.Fatal("runtime engine was not retained")
+	}
+}