diff --git a/assets/dnd/item-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md b/assets/dnd/item-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
index 640e355..f719e46 100644
--- a/assets/dnd/item-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
+++ b/assets/dnd/item-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Use the supplied positive integer candidate IDs and their cited transcript
-windows only to determine whether candidates identify the same item type or
-unique designation. Do not treat nearby evidence, similar objects, or a shared
-owner as sufficient. Keep currency denominations, materially different item
-types, and uncertain aliases separate. Do not infer an item property or
-uniqueness.
+Determine whether candidates identify the same item type or unique designation
+using their contextual labels and cited transcript windows. Do not treat nearby
+evidence, similar objects, or a shared owner as sufficient.
+
+Keep currency denominations and materially different item types separate. Keep
+uncertain aliases separate. Do not infer an item property or uniqueness.
 
 When selecting a canonical display name, choose one supplied candidate name
 that is the clearest established designation.
diff --git a/assets/dnd/location-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md b/assets/dnd/location-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
index 7575e96..d24d908 100644
--- a/assets/dnd/location-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
+++ b/assets/dnd/location-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Use the supplied positive integer candidate IDs and their cited transcript
-windows to determine whether candidates identify the same physical place. Do
-not treat matching names, nearby evidence, nested places, or generic labels as
-sufficient. Keep parent and child places, similarly named places, and uncertain
-aliases separate.
+Determine whether candidates identify the same physical place using their
+contextual labels and cited transcript windows. Do not treat matching names,
+nearby evidence, nested places, or generic labels as sufficient.
+
+Keep parent and child places separate, as well as similarly named places and
+uncertain aliases.
 
 When selecting a canonical display name, prefer the clearest established name.
diff --git a/assets/dnd/npc-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md b/assets/dnd/npc-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
index 0e2b3d6..1317b2c 100644
--- a/assets/dnd/npc-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
+++ b/assets/dnd/npc-registry/normalize/prompts/instructions.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Use the supplied positive integer candidate IDs and their cited transcript
-windows to determine whether candidates refer to the same individual. Preserve
-distinct individuals even when their names are similar or their contextual
-descriptions are identical.
+Determine whether candidates refer to the same individual using their
+contextual labels and cited transcript windows. Preserve distinct individuals
+even when their names are similar or their contextual descriptions are
+identical.
 
 When selecting a canonical display name, prefer a complete, stable proper name
 over an abbreviation. Prefer an unadorned proper name over that name plus a
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fca1dc..0000000
--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,809 +0,0 @@
-# Semantic Reconciliation Implementation Plan
-
-## Purpose
-
-This document is the ordered implementation plan for the target state defined
-in the [Semantic Reconciliation Roadmap](semantic-reconciliation.md). Each
-numbered stage is sized for one gpt-5.6-terra implementation prompt and must be
-completed in order.
-
-The feature roadmap owns product intent and durable policy. This document owns
-implementation sequence, package placement, private contracts, migration
-mechanics, and verification. When a detail below conflicts with a current
-implementation detail, preserve the feature-roadmap policy and deliberately
-replace the superseded implementation.
-
-## Execution Rules
-
-For every stage:
-
-1. Read `docs/development.md`, all files under `docs/policy/`, the feature
-   roadmap, the files named by the stage, and focused tests before editing.
-2. Implement only the assigned stage and prerequisites left incomplete by an
-   earlier stage. Do not begin a later migration opportunistically.
-3. Preserve unrelated user changes and public module keys. Do not weaken typed
-   artifact registration or introduce untyped JSON mutation.
-4. Keep all default tests deterministic, offline, and credential-free. Use a
-   small fake structured-LLM client only at the external completion boundary.
-5. Test package-level behavior and consequential invariants. Do not add prompt
-   length, exact asset hash, private constant, or collaborator-choreography
-   change detectors.
-6. Run `gofmt` on changed Go files, the focused commands listed for the stage,
-   and `git diff --check`. Resolve failures before handing off the stage.
-7. Do not update current-behavior documentation before Stage 11. ADR-0013 is
-   the documentation-policy exception and may record the accepted decision
-   before the complete implementation exists.
-
-## Fixed Implementation Decisions
-
-The following decisions are not left to individual stages:
-
-- The shared package is `internal/framework/semanticreconcile`. It is
-  domain-neutral framework support, not a configured pipeline module and not a
-  D&D package.
-- The initial core supports source-backed entity candidates only. It accepts
-  generic source references and source documents but no D&D types.
-- The model-facing candidate object uses `candidate_id`, `label`, and
-  source-free `source_refs`. Eligible visible candidates receive contiguous
-  integer IDs beginning with `1`.
-- The private response uses `duplicate_groups`, `candidate_ids`, and
-  `canonical_candidate_id`. It contains no names, labels, evidence ranges,
-  durable IDs, or replacement records.
-- The generic response contract is version `v1`, with schema key
-  `semantic_reconciliation_llm`, schema ID
-  `notarius.generic.semantic_reconciliation.llm`, schema name
-  `notarius_semantic_reconciliation_llm_v1`, and registered filename
-  `semantic_reconciliation_llm.v1.json`.
-- The complete generic default prompt ID is
-  `generic.semantic_reconciliation`, version `v1`. It has no default LLM
-  profile; callers must pass the resolved normalization profile.
-- Core prompt protocol and schema are mandatory. A domain prompt may replace
-  only the generic semantic-policy message and must continue to select the
-  core-owned protocol and input presentation assets.
-- Default source-context limits are radius `2`, at most `128` eligible
-  candidates, and at most `262144` total serialized bytes across candidate and
-  transcript input materials. Define these through one core-owned default
-  limits value. Test custom limits relationally rather than duplicating the
-  production literals throughout tests.
-- Fewer than two eligible candidates skips the LLM without warning. Exceeding
-  a deterministic limit skips the LLM, preserves the deterministic
-  preprocessed artifact, and emits a bounded domain fallback warning without a
-  futile retry.
-- Invalid structured output requests the normalizer's existing retry behavior.
-  A structurally valid proposal may retain independent safe groups while
-  discarding invalid groups; any discarded group requests a retry, and retry
-  exhaustion uses the existing deterministic fallback-warning contract.
-- Transport, provider, cancellation, and context-material construction errors
-  remain execution errors. They are not converted into empty semantic results.
-- The shared application helper never emits domain warnings or derives durable
-  IDs. It owns partition application, stable ordering, preservation of
-  ungrouped records, and provenance bookkeeping; typed domain policy owns value
-  consolidation, group guards, IDs, and warning presentation.
-- Production registration of the generic prompt and schema belongs to the
-  generic registrar, which already runs before the D&D registrar. D&D prompt
-  definitions may mount core-owned shared assets but remain owned and hashed by
-  their D&D normalizer packages.
-- Existing D&D prompt IDs and prompt versions remain unchanged. The new generic
-  schema has its own `v1` identity, so no private selector-schema compatibility
-  layer is required.
-- Bump normalization policies to `dnd.npc_registry.normalize.v5`,
-  `dnd.item_registry.normalize.v3`, and
-  `dnd.location_registry.normalize.v3` during their respective migrations.
-- No public configuration, durable D&D schema, integration contract, module
-  key, or validator-chain change is part of this work.
-
-## Stage 1: Record The Semantic Reconciliation Decision
-
-### Goal
-
-Record the accepted architectural decision before introducing the reusable
-mechanism, without describing unimplemented behavior in current architecture
-or internal documentation.
-
-### Work
-
-- Create
-  `docs/adr/0013-use-request-local-candidate-handles-for-semantic-reconciliation.md`
-  using the repository's Nygard ADR format and `Status: Accepted`.
-- Cite ADR-0003, ADR-0004, ADR-0009, and ADR-0012 where their typed-artifact,
-  package-boundary, evidence, and opaque-ID decisions apply.
-- Record these decisions:
-  - semantic reconciliation is a framework mechanism used by typed normalize
-    stage modules;
-  - a model receives contextual candidate data but returns request-local
-    one-based integer handles only;
-  - the LLM proposes duplicate groups and a supplied canonical member;
-  - deterministic code validates and applies the proposal;
-  - a mandatory shared protocol is combined with an explicit generic or
-    domain-owned semantic policy; and
-  - durable IDs, copied contextual selectors, synthesized replacements,
-    reflection-based arbitrary JSON, and hidden cross-stage behavior are
-    rejected alternatives.
-- State explicitly that acceptance does not imply implementation completion
-  and link to the feature and implementation roadmaps for status.
-- Do not modify the accepted decision text of ADR-0012.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- The ADR contains context, decision, alternatives, and consequences and does
-  not claim that the new core already exists.
-- No current-behavior document outside `docs/adr/` or `docs/roadmap/` changes.
-- All ADR and roadmap links resolve.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 2: Build Bounded Candidate And Source-Context Preparation
-
-### Goal
-
-Create the domain-neutral candidate preparation boundary with contiguous
-request-local IDs and bounded prompt materials, without changing any D&D
-normalizer yet.
-
-### Work
-
-- Create `internal/framework/semanticreconcile` with package documentation and
-  source-context preparation code adapted from
-  `internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile/context.go`. Leave the old D&D
-  package in place until all migrations finish.
-- Define a domain-neutral `Candidate` containing a contextual `Label` and owned
-  generic `[]source.SourceRef`. Do not add a durable ID field.
-- Define `Limits` and one `DefaultLimits()` value with the fixed radius,
-  candidate, and serialized-material bounds above. Validation rejects negative
-  radius and non-positive maximums before doing work.
-- Prepare candidates in caller order:
-  - validate every source reference against `source.DocumentIndex`;
-  - exclude a candidate with no references or any invalid reference;
-  - canonicalize its source-free ranges in source order and remove exact
-    duplicate ranges;
-  - assign IDs only to eligible candidates and make them contiguous from `1`;
-    and
-  - retain an internal ID-to-original-candidate-position mapping.
-- Do not exclude two candidates merely because their labels and ranges are
-  identical. Their local integer IDs now disambiguate them.
-- Serialize candidate input as an object containing `candidates`, where each
-  entry has `candidate_id`, `label`, and `source_refs` with only
-  `start_unit_id` and `end_unit_id`.
-- Adapt the existing coalesced transcript-window algorithm. Preserve source
-  order, cloned unit metadata, and the `cited` marker; do not mutate the source
-  document or candidate references.
-- Return an explicit preparation disposition for:
-  - ready materials;
-  - fewer than two eligible candidates; and
-  - candidate or combined-material limit exceeded.
-- Enforce the candidate limit before rendering large materials and the byte
-  limit over the sum of serialized candidate and transcript material. Do not
-  split the request.
-- Construct `contracts.LLMInputMaterial` values with stable content type,
-  content digest, and the existing `candidates` and `transcript` input names.
-- Expose owned accessors for visible candidate mappings and materials. Do not
-  expose mutable retained slices or maps.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Port and revise the valuable behavior tests from `entityreconcile`, replacing
-  selector-collision expectations with contiguous-ID behavior.
-- Cover invalid and missing references, non-sequential source unit IDs,
-  coalesced windows, candidate filtering, identical descriptors, nil source,
-  input ownership, and deterministic serialization.
-- Use custom small limits to prove exactly-at-limit acceptance and one-over
-  skipping for candidate count and material bytes. Do not assert the production
-  default literals merely as change detectors.
-- Prove model material contains no source document ID or application entity ID.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- The package imports no D&D or production-module package.
-- Same-label and same-range candidates remain independently selectable.
-- No LLM client or response schema is introduced in this stage.
-- Existing D&D behavior remains unchanged and all prior tests still pass.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 3: Implement The Integer Proposal Contract And Assessor
-
-### Goal
-
-Add the private integer response schema and a pure deterministic assessor that
-turns model proposals into immutable, safely ordered reconciliation plans.
-
-### Work
-
-- Add core response types corresponding exactly to:
-  - `duplicate_groups`;
-  - each group's `candidate_ids`; and
-  - `canonical_candidate_id`.
-- Add
-  `assets/generic/normalize/deduplication/schemas/semantic_reconciliation_llm.v1.json`
-  with Draft 2020-12 metadata and the fixed schema identity above.
-- Require all fields, reject unknown fields, require at least two group members,
-  require positive integers, and use `uniqueItems: true` for member IDs. Keep
-  application semantic validation authoritative.
-- Add schema loading metadata and helpers to the core package, following the
-  existing `internal/framework/llm` response-schema pattern.
-- Implement assessment against the prepared request mapping:
-  - reject zero, negative, or unknown member and canonical IDs;
-  - reject repeated members even if schema validation was bypassed in a unit
-    test;
-  - reject groups with fewer than two distinct valid members;
-  - reject a canonical ID that is not a valid member;
-  - mark every otherwise-local-valid group sharing a member with another such
-    group as conflicting and discard all conflicting groups;
-  - retain independent safe groups even when another group is discarded; and
-  - report stable issue categories and original response group indexes for
-    retry diagnostics.
-- Produce an immutable plan expressed in original candidate positions rather
-  than model-visible IDs. Sort members by original position and safe groups by
-  earliest member so response ordering cannot alter deterministic output.
-- Provide owned accessors for plan groups, issues, discarded-group count, and
-  whether retry is required.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Cover empty proposals, valid multi-member groups, unknown IDs, repeated IDs,
-  canonical-not-member, too-small groups, overlapping groups, independent safe
-  plus invalid groups, and response-order independence.
-- Compile and validate representative accepted and rejected JSON against the
-  actual schema offline.
-- Prove returned plans and issues cannot mutate retained assessment state.
-- Add a focused fuzz test only if it remains small and protects the partition
-  and no-panic invariants more efficiently than table cases.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- The model response types contain no contextual selectors or source ranges.
-- Invalid groups cannot enter the plan, and overlapping groups cannot be
-  partially accepted.
-- Plan ordering depends only on deterministic candidate order.
-- The old D&D response schema remains temporarily available for unmigrated
-  normalizers.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 4: Add Generic Prompt Assets And Production Asset Registration
-
-### Goal
-
-Provide one complete generic default prompt, reusable mandatory protocol/input
-assets for domain prompts, and one production registration owner for the new
-prompt and schema.
-
-### Work
-
-- Replace the two draft files currently under
-  `assets/generic/normalize/deduplication/` with a coherent asset set:
-  - `prompts/prompt.yaml` for `generic.semantic_reconciliation` `v1`;
-  - `prompts/system.md` with provider-neutral structured reconciliation role;
-  - `prompts/protocol.md` with the mandatory integer selection and safety
-    contract;
-  - `prompts/instructions.md` with the conservative generic semantic default;
-  - `prompts/candidates.md`; and
-  - `prompts/transcript-windows.md`.
-- The default prompt declares required `candidates` and `transcript`
-  `application/json` inputs, omits `default_profile`, selects the new schema,
-  uses zero PromptKit repair attempts, and orders messages from stable to
-  variable:
-  1. generic system;
-  2. mandatory protocol;
-  3. generic semantic instructions, carrying the ephemeral cache marker for
-     the stable prefix;
-  4. candidate material; and
-  5. transcript windows.
-- Keep protocol, semantic policy, and presentation as separate assets even
-  though the rendered prompt is compact. Domain prompts must be able to reuse
-  protocol and presentation while substituting only semantic instructions.
-- In `internal/framework/semanticreconcile`, add scoped asset loading,
-  deterministic prompt/schema hashes, `RegisterAssets`, and a narrow allowlist
-  helper that returns core-owned shared prompt files for a consuming manifest.
-  The root `assets` package remains unchanged and contains no logic.
-- Extend `internal/modules/dnd/shared.PromptAssetManifest` to accept explicitly
-  supplied external shared files in addition to named D&D shared files. Include
-  those external files in both the mounted prompt filesystem and prompt hash.
-  Reuse `promptfs.SharedPromptFile`; do not teach D&D shared code paths about a
-  hard-coded generic directory.
-- Update `internal/modules/generic/register.Register` to require a non-nil asset
-  registry and register the semantic-reconciliation assets before its existing
-  modules and validators. Preserve contextual duplicate-registration errors.
-- Do not yet change the three D&D normalization prompts or remove their old
-  schema registration.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Test the complete generic prompt and schema can be registered and prepared
-  offline with an explicit test profile and representative integer candidate
-  material.
-- Verify the prepared output contract selects the generic schema and that the
-  rendered prompt asks for integer IDs rather than names or source ranges in
-  the response. Do not snapshot all prose or its exact length.
-- Extend D&D manifest tests for external shared-file mounting, hashing, missing
-  files, and duplicate destinations at the stable manifest boundary.
-- Update generic registrar tests for nil assets, successful asset registration,
-  and duplicate registration without duplicating PromptKit internals.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- Generic production registration makes the complete default prompt and schema
-  available before D&D registration.
-- Domain prompt manifests can mount the exact core protocol bytes without
-  copying them.
-- The generic prompt has a stable prefix followed only by variable candidates
-  and transcript material.
-- Existing D&D prompt behavior remains operational during the migration.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile ./internal/framework/promptfs
-go test ./internal/modules/generic/register ./internal/modules/dnd/shared
-go test ./internal/cli -run 'Production|Catalog|Prompt'
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 5: Add The Shared Structured-LLM Reconciliation Engine
-
-### Goal
-
-Centralize prompt execution and outcome classification behind one
-provider-neutral engine while leaving typed artifact mutation to later stages.
-
-### Work
-
-- Add an `Engine` in `internal/framework/semanticreconcile` constructed with a
-  non-nil `contracts.StructuredLLMClient`, validated limits, and a prompt spec.
-  A prompt spec contains a non-empty prompt ID, version, and SHA-256 digest; it
-  may identify the generic default or a domain-owned prompt that obeys the same
-  schema. Validate the digest at construction so manifest metadata and
-  checkpoint fingerprints never silently omit the selected prompt bytes.
-- Define a request containing stage name, source document, candidates, resolved
-  profile ID, and session ID. Preserve profile and session values exactly in
-  `contracts.StructuredCompletionRequest`.
-- The engine must:
-  - reject nil engine, client, context, and invalid construction state with
-    contextual errors;
-  - honor context cancellation before material preparation and completion;
-  - use Stage 2 preparation and skip without calling the LLM for insufficient
-    or over-limit inputs;
-  - call `CompleteStructured` exactly once for a ready request, using only the
-    `candidates` and `transcript` materials;
-  - classify `contracts.ErrInvalidStructuredOutput` as a retryable semantic
-    outcome rather than a transport error;
-  - return other completion failures as errors with stage context;
-  - assess a decoded response through Stage 3; and
-  - return a safe plan, stable issues, discarded count, and a disposition that
-    distinguishes complete, retryable invalid structured output, retryable
-    discarded proposal groups, insufficient candidates, and deterministic
-    limit skip.
-- Keep normalize-stage reason codes, warning text, and `NormalizeRetry`
-  construction out of the engine. The engine exposes neutral classifications
-  that typed normalizers translate through their existing policies.
-- Expose core manifest metadata and checkpoint fingerprints for prompt ID,
-  version and hash, schema identity and hash, core reconciliation policy, and
-  complete limits. Domain normalizers append their identity and normalization
-  policy fingerprints rather than rebuilding core metadata independently.
-- Fingerprint the limit policy as one canonical core-owned value so any limit
-  change invalidates relevant normalization checkpoints without test suites
-  duplicating every literal.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Use a compact recording fake client to cover request propagation, successful
-  assessment, empty groups, invalid structured output, transport failure,
-  cancellation, insufficient candidates, candidate limit, and material limit.
-- Prove no LLM call occurs for deterministic skip outcomes.
-- Prove repeated calls do not retain plans, issues, candidate mappings, or
-  warnings from earlier calls.
-- Test metadata and fingerprints relationally: required categories must be
-  present and change when supplied prompt/schema/limit policy changes; do not
-  freeze current digest values.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- Consuming modules no longer need to construct the common structured
-  completion request once migrated.
-- The engine has no dependency on pipeline retry orchestration or a D&D type.
-- Provider and transport behavior remain behind `StructuredLLMClient`.
-- The old normalizers remain unchanged and compiling.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-go test ./internal/framework/llm ./internal/framework/contracts
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 6: Add Generic Typed Plan Application
-
-### Goal
-
-Centralize safe partition application, ordering, and provenance bookkeeping for
-typed records without moving domain consolidation rules into the core.
-
-### Work
-
-- Add a generic record envelope that owns a typed value, sorted unique original
-  input indexes, and earliest deterministic input position. Constructors and
-  accessors must preserve caller ownership.
-- Add a deliberately small typed application policy with these responsibilities:
-  - clone one typed value;
-  - optionally reject an otherwise safe semantic group through a stable neutral
-    category; and
-  - consolidate owned member values using one supplied canonical member.
-- Implement plan application that:
-  - validates plan positions against the provided record slice;
-  - never mutates records or policy inputs;
-  - preserves every ungrouped record as an owned clone;
-  - emits exactly one record for an accepted group;
-  - preserves all members unchanged when the typed guard rejects a group;
-  - unions and sorts original input indexes in core bookkeeping;
-  - sets the resulting earliest position to the earliest member;
-  - places output by earliest contributing position; and
-  - returns neutral applied-group and rejected-group events containing the
-    provenance needed for domain warning and retry construction.
-- Treat a policy consolidation error as an execution error unless it is the
-  explicit safe-group rejection result. Do not silently preserve records after
-  an unexpected application failure.
-- Do not make the helper aware of source references, names, durable IDs,
-  currencies, people, or locations. Domain consolidators continue to union and
-  canonicalize evidence inside their typed value and derive the final ID.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Use a minimal synthetic typed record to cover no groups, one and multiple
-  groups, ungrouped preservation, canonical member selection, output ordering,
-  provenance union, guard rejection, malformed plan positions, consolidation
-  failure, nil versus empty ownership, and non-mutation.
-- Prefer table-driven invariant tests over tests for private loops or callback
-  invocation order.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- A future domain adapter can apply a plan without reimplementing partition
-  traversal or provenance ordering.
-- Rejected groups preserve all members exactly once.
-- The helper cannot derive a domain ID or emit a domain warning.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 7: Migrate NPC Registry Normalization
-
-### Goal
-
-Use the shared engine and typed application path for NPC reconciliation while
-preserving the existing NPC artifact and failure semantics.
-
-### Work
-
-- Update the NPC normalization prompt manifest and assets:
-  - keep prompt ID `dnd.npc_registry.normalize` and version `v1`;
-  - retain the D&D system prompt and NPC-owned semantic instructions;
-  - mount the generic protocol, candidate presentation, and transcript-window
-    assets from `semanticreconcile`;
-  - order messages as D&D system, generic protocol, NPC semantic instructions
-    with the stable-prefix cache marker, candidates, then transcript windows;
-    and
-  - select `semantic_reconciliation_llm.v1.json`.
-- Remove requirements for the model to copy names or ranges. Adjust NPC policy
-  prose to describe integer candidate selection while retaining all current
-  individual-person and canonical-name distinctions.
-- Construct a shared engine in `npcregistry.New`, using the NPC prompt spec and
-  default limits. Replace direct `BuildContext`, `CompleteStructured`, and
-  `Assessment` orchestration with one engine call.
-- Convert deterministic preprocessed NPC records into core typed envelopes and
-  candidates. Keep exact deterministic name/evidence normalization before the
-  semantic pass.
-- Implement the narrow NPC typed policy:
-  - no additional group guard;
-  - choose the canonical member's normalized NPC name;
-  - union and source-order all member references;
-  - derive the final NPC ID through `npcs/identity`; and
-  - return an owned value.
-- Translate engine and application outcomes to existing NPC warnings and retry
-  behavior. Safe independent groups may appear in the retry candidate result;
-  invalid structured output retries from the deterministic value; limit skip
-  returns the deterministic value with one bounded reconciliation-exhausted
-  warning and no retry.
-- Preserve existing NPC reason-code strings and warning cap. Bump only the
-  normalization policy to `v5`.
-- Replace locally assembled common prompt/schema/context metadata and
-  fingerprints with the core-provided values plus NPC identity and
-  normalization policy. Retain user-useful manifest field names where practical
-  but ensure the new generic schema identity and complete limits are recorded.
-- Delete NPC-only key translation, safe-group traversal, and duplicated generic
-  application helpers made obsolete by the core. Retain NPC-specific
-  preprocessing, consolidation policy, and diagnostics.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Rewrite fake LLM responses to return integer IDs and inspect candidate input
-  only where needed to prove contiguous IDs and no durable identity leakage.
-- Preserve behavior coverage for exact deterministic consolidation, semantic
-  aliases, canonical name choice, evidence union, ID recomputation, warnings,
-  invalid proposal retry, exhaustion fallback, cancellation, ownership, and
-  no-call cases.
-- Add focused coverage for identical contextual NPC descriptors remaining
-  independently addressable and for a limit skip producing no LLM call.
-- Update prompt preparation tests for the generic schema and shared protocol
-  without snapshotting full prompt prose or exact message length.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- NPC normalization imports `semanticreconcile` and no longer imports the old
-  D&D `entityreconcile` package.
-- Its model response requires only integer candidate handles.
-- Durable NPC output and module key remain unchanged.
-- Focused tests demonstrate behavior parity plus the safer selection protocol.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/register -run 'NPC|Prompt|Schema'
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 8: Migrate Item Registry Normalization
-
-### Goal
-
-Move item registry reconciliation onto the shared path while preserving its
-item-type and currency safety rules.
-
-### Work
-
-- Update the item normalization prompt exactly as in Stage 7, retaining prompt
-  ID `dnd.item_registry.normalize`, version `v1`, and item-owned semantic policy
-  while selecting the generic protocol, presentation assets, and schema.
-- Construct and use the shared engine with default limits. Convert deterministic
-  item records into core candidates and typed envelopes.
-- Implement the item typed policy:
-  - retain the existing currency-denomination group guard;
-  - reject a group mixing currency with non-currency or different
-    denominations through the core's explicit typed-group rejection path;
-  - choose the canonical member's normalized item name;
-  - union and source-order evidence;
-  - derive the item ID through `items/identity`; and
-  - preserve all current item-type and unique-designation semantics.
-- Count a typed currency guard rejection with discarded model groups for retry
-  and exhaustion diagnostics. Preserve rejected group members unchanged and
-  exactly once.
-- Translate insufficient, limit, invalid structured, invalid proposal, valid,
-  and transport outcomes consistently with NPC behavior while retaining item
-  reason codes and warning cap.
-- Bump the item normalization policy to `v3`, adopt core metadata and
-  fingerprints, and remove item copies of generic key translation, group
-  traversal, and application logic.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Convert semantic response fixtures to integer IDs.
-- Retain coverage for item aliases, canonical names, evidence, IDs, warnings,
-  retries, fallback, ownership, and no-call cases.
-- Specifically protect same-denomination alias acceptance, cross-denomination
-  rejection, currency/non-currency rejection, preservation of every rejected
-  member, and combination of an accepted independent group with a rejected
-  group.
-- Update prompt/schema preparation tests without exact prompt snapshots.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- Item normalization no longer imports old `entityreconcile` code.
-- Its domain guard is expressed only through the typed policy and cannot be
-  bypassed by a schema-valid proposal.
-- Durable item output and public module behavior remain unchanged.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/register -run 'Item|Prompt|Schema'
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 9: Migrate Location Registry Normalization
-
-### Goal
-
-Complete adoption by moving location registry reconciliation onto the shared
-engine and typed application path.
-
-### Work
-
-- Update the location normalization prompt as in Stages 7 and 8, retaining
-  prompt ID `dnd.location_registry.normalize`, version `v1`, and the
-  location-owned physical-place semantic policy.
-- Construct and use the shared engine with default limits. Convert deterministic
-  location records into core candidates and typed envelopes.
-- Implement the location typed policy:
-  - no additional group guard beyond existing location semantic policy;
-  - choose the supplied canonical member's normalized location name;
-  - union and source-order all member references;
-  - derive the location ID from the final name and final references through
-    `locations/identity`; and
-  - preserve same-name, parent/child, and physical-place distinctions.
-- Translate outcomes through existing location retry, fallback, reason-code,
-  and warning-cap behavior. Bump the normalization policy to `v3`.
-- Adopt core metadata and fingerprints and delete location copies of generic
-  reconciliation and application mechanics.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Convert semantic response fixtures to integer IDs while retaining physical
-  place, same-name, canonical-name, evidence-dependent ID, warning, retry,
-  fallback, ownership, and no-call coverage.
-- Prove same-name records with distinct evidence can both be addressed by IDs
-  without copied selectors.
-- Update prompt/schema preparation tests without freezing prompt prose.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- All three semantic D&D registry normalizers use the shared core.
-- Location durable IDs are still derived only after final evidence union.
-- No location code imports old `entityreconcile`.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry
-go test ./internal/framework/semanticreconcile
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/register -run 'Location|Prompt|Schema'
-git diff --check
-```
-
-## Stage 10: Remove The Legacy Reconciliation Path And Consolidate Registration
-
-### Goal
-
-Delete superseded selector-copying code and assets, leave one schema and core,
-and verify production composition as a whole.
-
-### Work
-
-- Delete `internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile` after confirming no
-  imports remain.
-- Delete `assets/dnd/entity-reconciliation/` and
-  `assets/dnd/shared/prompts/common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md`.
-- Remove the obsolete shared prompt-name entry and the D&D registrar's old
-  entity-reconciliation schema registration.
-- Remove any obsolete local candidate or transcript template files from the
-  three normalization asset trees after their manifests use the shared generic
-  presentation assets. Keep only their `prompt.yaml` and domain semantic
-  `instructions.md` unless another file remains genuinely domain-specific.
-- Ensure the generic registrar is the sole production owner of generic
-  reconciliation prompt/schema registration and that the existing production
-  registrar order remains generic, Seriatim, D&D.
-- Update registrar and CLI composition tests so they prove assembled production
-  assets are complete. A D&D registrar unit test may pre-register required
-  generic assets or limit itself to D&D-owned assets; do not duplicate generic
-  asset ownership inside D&D merely to preserve an old isolated-test setup.
-- Search all Go, asset, and roadmap-adjacent current documentation for old
-  schema keys, selector response types, `common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md`,
-  and model-output source ranges. Remove only obsolete uses; source ranges
-  remain valid model input.
-- Review the three normalizers side by side. Consolidate any remaining
-  demonstrated neutral retry/adaptation helper into the core if it can be done
-  without domain warning semantics; otherwise keep the difference explicit.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Run the complete framework, generic module, D&D module, D&D registrar, and
-  production composition suites.
-- Add or retain one assembled prompt/schema test per meaningful owner rather
-  than reproducing every core schema case in all three domains.
-- Confirm duplicate production registration still fails contextually and no
-  prompt or schema path collides.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- Exactly one semantic reconciliation response schema and assessor exist.
-- No model-facing reconciliation response requires a name or evidence range.
-- Production composition registers every selected D&D normalization prompt and
-  the generic schema exactly once.
-- No compatibility shim or dead legacy asset remains.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./internal/framework/...
-go test ./internal/modules/generic/...
-go test ./internal/modules/dnd/...
-go test ./internal/cli -run 'Production|Catalog|Prompt|Schema'
-rg -n 'dnd_entity_reconcile_llm|common-dnd-entity-reconciliation|entityreconcile' internal assets docs/internal docs/policy docs/config.md
-git diff --check
-```
-
-The `rg` command should return no live legacy references. Separately review
-roadmap and ADR historical references rather than deleting accurate decision
-history.
-
-## Stage 11: Finalize Current Documentation And Repository Verification
-
-### Goal
-
-Make current documentation accurately describe the implemented architecture,
-then perform the complete offline verification pass.
-
-### Work
-
-- Update `docs/policy/architecture.md` to:
-  - distinguish an artifact family from one configured stage module without
-    changing the fixed pipeline;
-  - identify semantic reconciliation as a domain-neutral framework mechanism;
-  - state that request-local candidate handles are an approved application of
-    ADR-0012 and link ADR-0013; and
-  - retain typed domain mutation, evidence, and dependency-direction
-    invariants.
-- Update `docs/internal/overview.md` with the implemented
-  `internal/framework/semanticreconcile` responsibility, linking to the focused
-  internal owners rather than duplicating mechanics.
-- Update `docs/internal/modules.md` to document artifact-family ownership,
-  stage-module registration, and how a typed normalizer instantiates the shared
-  strategy.
-- Update `docs/internal/dnd.md` to replace selector-copying descriptions with
-  the integer candidate protocol, generic protocol/domain policy composition,
-  limit behavior, typed application boundary, and the three registry-specific
-  rules. Keep exact public keys and validator chains in `docs/config.md` rather
-  than duplicating them.
-- Update `docs/internal/llm.md` only as needed to identify ownership and
-  registration of the generic prompt/schema assets and checkpoint metadata.
-- Do not change integration contracts unless repository inspection finds an
-  incorrect statement: the durable artifact shapes are intentionally
-  unchanged. Do not add user configuration documentation because this feature
-  adds no configuration.
-- Confirm ADR-0013 accurately matches the final implementation. Do not rewrite
-  its accepted decision to accommodate accidental implementation drift; fix
-  the implementation or create a superseding decision if a genuine conflict
-  was discovered.
-- Review `docs/roadmap/future.md` only for links and scope boundaries. Keep
-  batching, operator-selected policy, broader inputs, a universal module key,
-  and physical package reorganization deferred.
-- Run formatting, tests, vet, build, whitespace, link, and stale-reference
-  checks. No command may contact a live LLM provider.
-
-### Acceptance Criteria
-
-- Current docs describe only implemented behavior and assign each fact to its
-  canonical owner.
-- The architecture clearly separates artifact families, stage modules, shared
-  model judgment, and typed deterministic application.
-- All durable D&D schemas, module keys, and examples remain valid.
-- No stale selector-copying documentation or asset path remains.
-- The repository-wide test, vet, and build checks pass offline.
-
-### Validation
-
-```sh
-go test ./...
-go vet ./...
-go build ./cmd/notarius
-git diff --check
-```
-
-Run `gofmt` on every changed Go file before these commands; do not pass package
-directories to `gofmt`.
-
-Also verify every changed Markdown link target manually or with the repository's
-available link checker. Review `git status --short` and the complete diff to
-confirm that no unrelated file or generated secret-bearing material was added.
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/semantic-reconciliation.md b/docs/roadmap/semantic-reconciliation.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ad7cf58..0000000
--- a/docs/roadmap/semantic-reconciliation.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,426 +0,0 @@
-# Semantic Reconciliation Roadmap
-
-## Purpose
-
-This roadmap defines a reusable, LLM-assisted semantic-reconciliation facility
-for source-backed entity registries. The facility will centralize the common
-candidate preparation, prompt execution, proposal validation, safety, retry,
-and consolidation mechanics currently implemented by the D&D NPC, item, and
-location registry normalizers while preserving typed, domain-owned output.
-
-The model will remain a constrained proposal source. Notarius will retain
-authority over candidate identity, proposal validation, deterministic mutation,
-provenance, durable identifiers, warnings, and final artifact construction.
-
-## Motivation
-
-NPC, item, and location registry normalization now demonstrate the same useful
-pattern: deterministic preprocessing produces candidate records, an LLM judges
-whether some candidates describe the same underlying entity, and deterministic
-code applies only safe proposed groups. The current D&D-shared implementation
-proves the approach, but it still duplicates orchestration and application
-logic across normalizers and requires the model to reproduce complete
-contextual selectors containing names and evidence ranges.
-
-The target design should provide one efficient and thoroughly tested
-reconciliation core that can support additional artifact families without
-moving domain semantics into generic code. It should also simplify the model's
-task by replacing selector reproduction with small request-local integer
-handles.
-
-## Goals
-
-- Establish one domain-neutral semantic-reconciliation core for source-backed
-  entity candidates.
-- Move all demonstrated common mechanics into that core, including structured
-  LLM execution and deterministic proposal assessment.
-- Preserve exact typed artifact ownership from merged input through normalized
-  output.
-- Give the model semantic evidence while asking it to return only small,
-  request-local candidate identifiers.
-- Provide a conservative generic semantic prompt policy that a typed artifact
-  family may use by default.
-- Allow an artifact family to supply narrower domain semantic policy without
-  replacing the mandatory shared protocol and safety instructions.
-- Have the NPC, item, and location registry normalizers use the shared core
-  without changing their durable artifact contracts, configured module keys,
-  domain identity rules, or fallback guarantees.
-- Make addition of another eligible registry normalizer primarily an adapter
-  and policy exercise rather than a copy of reconciliation machinery.
-
-## Terminology And Ownership
-
-A **stage module** remains one configured implementation of one pipeline stage.
-An extractor and a normalizer are separate stage modules even when they
-collaborate on the same artifact kind.
-
-An **artifact family** is the cohesive domain feature that owns an artifact's
-types, codec, extractor, merge choice, normalizer, validators, prompt policy,
-schemas, identity helpers, and reference projections. For example, D&D spells
-and the D&D NPC registry are artifact families whose implementations span
-multiple explicit pipeline stages.
-
-This terminology clarifies existing ownership without changing Notarius's
-fixed pipeline or combining stages. It is consistent with the accepted
-domain-first organization and typed generic-strategy boundary in
-[ADR-0004](../adr/0004-package-modules-by-domain.md). The D&D registrar remains
-responsible for composing D&D-owned stage modules and their policies; the
-generic core remains unaware of D&D types or semantics.
-
-## Target Architecture
-
-### Shared Core
-
-A domain-neutral framework package should own semantic reconciliation. It may
-depend on generic source and structured-completion contracts and may consume
-its scoped assets under `assets/generic/`, but it must not import a production
-domain or encode D&D identity rules.
-
-The shared core owns:
-
-- validation and defensive copying of its inputs;
-- candidate eligibility and stable input ordering;
-- assignment of model-visible request-local candidate IDs;
-- construction of bounded candidate and source-context materials;
-- invocation of the configured structured LLM prompt;
-- the private duplicate-group response schema;
-- exact resolution of response IDs to the candidates visible in that request;
-- rejection of malformed, unknown, repeated, ambiguous, or overlapping
-  proposals;
-- canonical ordering of accepted groups and group members;
-- construction of an immutable reconciliation plan;
-- shared retry, fallback, cancellation, and invalid-output classification;
-- generic consolidation and provenance mechanics that are demonstrably common
-  across typed consumers; and
-- metadata and checkpoint fingerprints for shared prompts, schemas, and policy
-  versions.
-
-The core should expose stable behavior rather than a collection of unrelated
-helpers. Its API should make the safe path direct: a caller supplies typed
-candidates and a narrow domain policy, and receives either a deterministic
-typed result or a validated reconciliation plan that can only be applied
-through the typed policy boundary.
-
-### Typed Artifact-Family Adapter
-
-Each consuming artifact family owns a typed adapter or policy that supplies the
-irreducibly domain-specific behavior:
-
-- projection of merged typed records into eligible reconciliation candidates;
-- the semantic identity scope being reconciled;
-- an optional domain semantic-policy prompt asset;
-- canonical-field selection beyond choosing the supplied canonical member;
-- domain field and evidence consolidation rules;
-- durable ID derivation;
-- domain warning scopes, reason codes, and messages; and
-- domain postconditions and fallback behavior not covered by the shared core.
-
-The adapter must not parse untyped durable JSON or weaken the artifact codec's
-exact Go type. The core must not use reflection to infer domain fields. Shared
-typed consolidation support may use Go generics and a deliberately small policy
-interface where that removes demonstrated duplication without hiding domain
-rules.
-
-### Pipeline Boundary
-
-Semantic reconciliation remains an implementation of the normalize stage. It
-does not add a pipeline stage, hide normalization inside extraction, or create
-an arbitrary workflow edge. Existing typed normalizer registrations remain the
-public configuration boundary.
-
-The initial implementation does not register one universal
-`generic/deduplication` module key. A module key cannot safely accept arbitrary
-artifact kinds under the current exact typed-registration contract. Domain
-registrars instead instantiate the shared strategy for their own artifact
-types.
-
-## Request-Local Candidate Protocol
-
-### Candidate Presentation
-
-After deterministic preprocessing and eligibility filtering, the core assigns
-the candidates visible to one completion request contiguous integer
-`candidate_id` values beginning with `1`. The mapping is owned by that request
-and retains the original typed candidate and input position internally.
-
-Each model-facing candidate includes its `candidate_id`, contextual display
-name or label, and the evidence and context needed for semantic judgment. In
-the initial source-backed implementation, that context consists of validated
-source-reference ranges and bounded, source-ordered transcript windows.
-Application-owned durable entity IDs are never included.
-
-Candidate IDs:
-
-- are identifiers for prompt selections, not entity identities;
-- have meaning only within one structured completion request;
-- restart for each request or future batch;
-- never enter a durable artifact or public schema;
-- are not used to derive durable IDs; and
-- must be resolved through the core's retained request-local mapping.
-
-Only model-visible eligible candidates receive IDs. Filtering must not produce
-gaps that increase model burden or reveal unrelated internal ordering.
-
-### Proposal Response
-
-The private structured response contains an ordered `duplicate_groups` array.
-Each group contains:
-
-- `candidate_ids`: at least two distinct supplied integer IDs; and
-- `canonical_candidate_id`: one supplied ID that is also a member of that
-  group.
-
-The model does not return candidate names, source ranges, replacement records,
-durable IDs, or synthesized canonical values. Choosing a canonical candidate
-means selecting one supplied member; typed deterministic code constructs the
-resulting record.
-
-The response schema should reject unknown fields and require every defined
-field. Application validation remains authoritative and must additionally
-reject out-of-range IDs, repeated members, a canonical ID outside its group,
-and any candidate appearing in more than one group. Schema validation is not a
-substitute for these semantic checks.
-
-### Deterministic Plan
-
-The core resolves accepted IDs to internal candidates, orders members by their
-original deterministic positions, and orders groups by their earliest member.
-Candidates omitted from the response remain distinct. Invalid groups are never
-partially applied.
-
-The reconciliation plan retains enough internal provenance for typed
-application, warning generation, debugging, and validation without exposing
-request-local IDs as durable identity.
-
-## Prompt Policy
-
-### Mandatory Shared Protocol
-
-The core owns a shared prompt fragment that defines the response protocol and
-non-negotiable safety behavior. It instructs the model to:
-
-- identify only well-supported groups that denote the same underlying entity;
-- preserve candidates that are merely similar or uncertain;
-- return only supplied candidate IDs;
-- select one supplied group member as canonical;
-- omit uncertain groups; and
-- invent no candidates, evidence, attributes, identities, or replacements.
-
-This protocol fragment and the private schema are not replaceable by a domain
-adapter. Keeping them shared ensures identical mechanics across consumers and
-provides one prompt prefix for review, testing, and provider caching.
-
-### Generic Semantic Default
-
-The core provides a conservative generic semantic-policy fragment suitable for
-an artifact family whose notion of entity identity is adequately conveyed by
-its candidate labels and evidence. It asks whether candidates refer to the same
-underlying entity and treats uncertainty as a reason not to collapse them.
-
-Use of the generic default is explicit in the typed adapter. It is not an
-implicit fallback for an adapter that failed to declare its policy.
-
-### Domain Semantic Policy
-
-An artifact family may select a domain-owned semantic-policy fragment in place
-of the generic semantic fragment. The replacement defines only domain judgment
-and canonical-member preferences; it does not replace the shared protocol,
-response schema, or deterministic safety rules.
-
-The existing NPC, item, and location policies remain domain-owned because they
-encode meaningful distinctions among people, item types or unique
-designations, currency denominations, parent and child places, and same-name
-physical locations. Their prompt manifests should select the shared protocol
-and their local semantic fragment while using the same generic response
-schema.
-
-Prompt selection is initially an implementation-time artifact-family choice.
-This work does not add arbitrary operator-supplied prompt paths or configuration
-that can replace reconciliation safety policy.
-
-## Context, Bounds, And Model Invocation
-
-The first shared core is intentionally scoped to candidates grounded in a
-Notarius source document. It validates candidate source references, creates
-bounded windows around their evidence, preserves source order, and supplies
-the model with the relationship between each candidate ID and its evidence.
-Source ranges are model input but are never model output.
-
-The core skips the LLM call when fewer than two candidates remain eligible. It
-must also impose explicit candidate-count and rendered-context bounds. When an
-input cannot be reconciled safely within those bounds, normalization preserves
-the deterministic preprocessed result and produces bounded diagnostics under
-the consuming module's established fallback policy. It must not silently
-process arbitrary fixed-size slices that could separate duplicates.
-
-Every completion uses the injected scheduled structured-LLM client, propagated
-profile and session ID, cancellation, and the normalizer retry contract.
-Invalid structured output or an unusable proposal follows the existing
-retry-then-deterministic-fallback model. Transport and provider failures remain
-execution errors rather than being silently converted into semantic absence.
-
-## Deterministic Typed Application
-
-The model never mutates the artifact. The shared core and typed adapter apply
-only fully validated groups.
-
-Application must preserve these invariants:
-
-- no ungrouped candidate is inserted, removed, or changed by semantic
-  reconciliation;
-- every accepted group produces exactly one typed output record;
-- canonical display fields come from a supplied group member unless a domain
-  policy explicitly performs a deterministic transformation;
-- all required provenance from group members is retained and canonicalized;
-- output order follows the earliest contributing deterministic input position;
-- durable IDs are recomputed by the domain identity policy after
-  consolidation;
-- caller-owned input and request material are never mutated;
-- warnings identify every collapsed group using domain-owned scopes and reason
-  codes; and
-- warning volume remains bounded.
-
-Any shared typed application helper must make these invariants structural while
-leaving domain field merging and ID derivation explicit.
-
-## Target D&D Consumers
-
-### NPC Registry
-
-NPC normalization uses the shared core while preserving its individual-person
-identity semantics, proper-name canonicalization policy, evidence union,
-deterministic NPC ID derivation, warning behavior, retry, and fallback result.
-Its model response uses integer candidate selection rather than copied
-contextual selectors.
-
-### Item Registry
-
-Item normalization uses the shared core while preserving the distinction
-between item types and unique designations, distinct currency denominations,
-non-inference of item properties or uniqueness, item identity derivation,
-warnings, and fallback behavior.
-
-### Location Registry
-
-Location normalization uses the shared core while preserving its
-physical-place identity semantics, treatment of parent and child places and
-same-name places, source-reference-dependent durable IDs, warnings, and
-fallback behavior.
-
-The migrations must retain the existing durable artifact schemas and public
-module keys. Prompt, schema, policy, and implementation fingerprint changes
-must invalidate only the affected normalization checkpoints through the normal
-checkpoint identity mechanism.
-
-The target tree contains no superseded D&D-specific selector-copy response
-schema, shared reconciliation implementation, or obsolete prompt assets. It
-does not retain compatibility shims for the private pre-release LLM response
-contract.
-
-## Verification Strategy
-
-Tests should protect the reconciliation contract and realistic failure modes,
-not private helper structure or exact prompt length.
-
-The shared core warrants focused behavioral coverage for:
-
-- contiguous ID assignment after eligibility filtering;
-- absence of durable IDs from model inputs and absence of evidence ranges from
-  model outputs;
-- exact ID resolution and rejection of zero, negative, unknown, repeated, and
-  overlapping IDs;
-- canonical membership and minimum group size;
-- deterministic group and output ordering regardless of response order;
-- preservation of ungrouped candidates and complete provenance;
-- ownership and defensive-copy guarantees;
-- cancellation, invalid structured output, retry, and fallback behavior;
-- candidate and context bounds; and
-- offline prompt/schema registration and structured response decoding.
-
-Use table-driven or property-oriented tests where they efficiently protect
-group-partition and preservation invariants. Fuzzing is appropriate for the
-pure proposal assessor if it remains fast and deterministic. Do not add tests
-that merely freeze prompt text, message counts, asset hashes, private constant
-values, or implementation call choreography.
-
-Each migrated D&D normalizer retains focused tests for its domain identity,
-consolidation, warnings, durable IDs, and fallback behavior. A small number of
-integration tests should prove that production registration supplies the
-shared schema and selected prompt policy. Live-model evaluation remains a
-human review tool and is not part of the default offline test suite.
-
-## Architectural Decisions And Documentation
-
-The target documentation set includes an accepted ADR applying
-[ADR-0012](../adr/0012-resolve-opaque-entity-identifiers-deterministically.md)
-to semantic reconciliation. That decision records:
-
-- request-local ordinal candidate handles as the standard reconciliation
-  selection mechanism;
-- why requiring the model to reproduce contextual selectors is unnecessary
-  and error-prone;
-- the mandatory shared protocol plus generic or domain semantic-policy
-  composition;
-- LLM proposal versus deterministic application ownership;
-- the typed adapter boundary; and
-- rejected alternatives, including durable IDs, name-only selection,
-  model-synthesized replacement records, and arbitrary untyped normalization.
-
-ADR-0012's accepted decision text remains unchanged. The new ADR cites it and
-provides the concrete justification it requires for request-local labels.
-
-In the target state, architecture and internal documentation:
-
-- distinguish artifact families from configured stage modules;
-- identify the shared reconciliation core and its dependency direction;
-- document the generic prompt protocol and domain semantic-policy ownership;
-- document the integer candidate protocol and deterministic safety boundary;
-- describe the three migrated registry normalizers accurately; and
-- remove descriptions of contextual-selector response copying.
-
-Until then, this roadmap remains the canonical description of the proposed
-behavior; current-behavior documents must not describe it as implemented.
-
-## Non-Goals
-
-This work does not include:
-
-- a new pipeline stage or a compound module that combines extraction and
-  normalization;
-- a universal configured normalizer for arbitrary artifact kinds or untyped
-  JSON;
-- a physical reorganization of every D&D package around artifact-family
-  directories;
-- operator-configurable arbitrary prompt assets or replacement of core safety
-  instructions;
-- naive batching, cross-batch clustering, or unbounded reconciliation inputs;
-- semantic deduplication of event artifacts whose identity dimensions are
-  already handled deterministically;
-- alternate non-source context providers;
-- changes to durable D&D artifact schemas or public module keys; or
-- live provider calls in the default test suite.
-
-## Completion Criteria
-
-The feature is complete when:
-
-- one domain-neutral core owns candidate IDs, source context, prompt execution,
-  response assessment, retry classification, and common safe application
-  mechanics;
-- the private response schema uses only integer candidate handles for member
-  and canonical selection;
-- the generic safety protocol and conservative semantic default exist as
-  shared assets;
-- domain adapters can explicitly select the generic semantic default or a
-  domain-owned semantic fragment without replacing core safety behavior;
-- NPC, item, and location registry normalizers use the shared core and retain
-  their typed domain behavior and durable contracts;
-- the model is not required to reproduce names, evidence ranges, durable IDs,
-  or replacement records in reconciliation output;
-- invalid proposals cannot partially mutate or partially collapse an artifact;
-- oversized inputs preserve deterministic results rather than being naively
-  divided;
-- the superseded D&D-specific response and reconciliation path is removed;
-- the new ADR and current-behavior documentation accurately reflect the
-  implemented boundary; and
-- focused package tests and the repository-wide Go test and vet suites pass.
diff --git a/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation.go b/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation.go
index b1c7b59..6036566 100644
--- a/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation.go
+++ b/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation.go
@@ -189,37 +189,36 @@ func Prepare(document *source.SourceDocument, candidates []Candidate, limits Lim
 		return result, nil
 	}
 
-	candidateContent, err := json.Marshal(candidateInput{Candidates: views})
+	candidateContent, withinLimit, err := marshalCandidateInput(views, limits.MaximumMaterialBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Preparation{}, fmt.Errorf("prepare semantic reconciliation: encode candidate material: %w", err)
 	}
-	if len(candidateContent) > limits.MaximumMaterialBytes {
+	if !withinLimit {
 		result.disposition = LimitExceeded
 		return result, nil
 	}
 
-	intervals := make([]sourceInterval, 0)
-	cited := make([]bool, len(document.Units))
+	contextIntervals := make([]sourceInterval, 0)
+	citedIntervals := make([]sourceInterval, 0)
 	for _, candidate := range prepared {
 		for _, interval := range candidate.intervals {
-			for position := interval.start; position <= interval.end; position++ {
-				cited[position] = true
-			}
-			intervals = append(intervals, sourceInterval{
+			citedIntervals = append(citedIntervals, interval)
+			contextIntervals = append(contextIntervals, sourceInterval{
 				start: max(0, interval.start-limits.ContextRadius),
 				end:   min(len(document.Units)-1, interval.end+limits.ContextRadius),
 			})
 		}
 	}
-	windows, err := buildContextWindows(document.Units, coalesceIntervals(intervals), cited)
+	transcriptContent, withinLimit, err := marshalTranscriptInput(
+		document.Units,
+		coalesceIntervals(contextIntervals),
+		coalesceIntervals(citedIntervals),
+		limits.MaximumMaterialBytes-len(candidateContent),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Preparation{}, fmt.Errorf("prepare semantic reconciliation: build transcript material: invalid source metadata")
 	}
-	transcriptContent, err := json.Marshal(transcriptInput{Windows: windows})
-	if err != nil {
-		return Preparation{}, fmt.Errorf("prepare semantic reconciliation: encode transcript material: %w", err)
-	}
-	if len(transcriptContent) > limits.MaximumMaterialBytes-len(candidateContent) {
+	if !withinLimit {
 		result.disposition = LimitExceeded
 		return result, nil
 	}
@@ -303,27 +302,93 @@ func coalesceIntervals(intervals []sourceInterval) []sourceInterval {
 	return coalesced
 }
 
-func buildContextWindows(units []source.SourceUnit, intervals []sourceInterval, cited []bool) ([]transcriptWindow, error) {
-	windows := make([]transcriptWindow, 0, len(intervals))
-	for _, interval := range intervals {
-		window := transcriptWindow{Units: make([]transcriptUnit, 0, interval.end-interval.start+1)}
+func marshalCandidateInput(candidates []visibleCandidate, maximumBytes int) ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	content := make([]byte, 0, min(maximumBytes, 4096))
+	var withinLimit bool
+	content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, []byte(`{"candidates":[`))
+	if !withinLimit {
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+	for index, candidate := range candidates {
+		encoded, err := json.Marshal(candidate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, false, err
+		}
+		separator := []byte(nil)
+		if index > 0 {
+			separator = []byte(",")
+		}
+		content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, separator, encoded)
+		if !withinLimit {
+			return nil, false, nil
+		}
+	}
+	content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, []byte("]}"))
+	return content, withinLimit, nil
+}
+
+// marshalTranscriptInput retains at most maximumBytes while visiting source
+// units in order. It deliberately serializes one unit at a time so an oversized
+// request does not require a document-sized transcript copy before rejection.
+func marshalTranscriptInput(units []source.SourceUnit, contextIntervals, citedIntervals []sourceInterval, maximumBytes int) ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	content := make([]byte, 0, min(maximumBytes, 4096))
+	content, withinLimit := appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, []byte(`{"windows":[`))
+	if !withinLimit {
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+
+	citedIndex := 0
+	for windowIndex, interval := range contextIntervals {
+		separator := []byte(nil)
+		if windowIndex > 0 {
+			separator = []byte(",")
+		}
+		content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, separator, []byte(`{"units":[`))
+		if !withinLimit {
+			return nil, false, nil
+		}
 		for position := interval.start; position <= interval.end; position++ {
+			for citedIndex < len(citedIntervals) && citedIntervals[citedIndex].end < position {
+				citedIndex++
+			}
+			cited := citedIndex < len(citedIntervals) && citedIntervals[citedIndex].start <= position
 			unit := units[position]
 			metadata, err := source.CloneMetadata(unit.Metadata)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+				return nil, false, err
 			}
-			window.Units = append(window.Units, transcriptUnit{
-				ID:       unit.ID,
-				Kind:     unit.Kind,
-				Text:     unit.Text,
-				Metadata: metadata,
-				Cited:    cited[position],
+			encoded, err := json.Marshal(transcriptUnit{
+				ID: unit.ID, Kind: unit.Kind, Text: unit.Text, Metadata: metadata, Cited: cited,
 			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, false, err
+			}
+			separator = nil
+			if position > interval.start {
+				separator = []byte(",")
+			}
+			content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, separator, encoded)
+			if !withinLimit {
+				return nil, false, nil
+			}
+		}
+		content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, []byte("]}"))
+		if !withinLimit {
+			return nil, false, nil
 		}
-		windows = append(windows, window)
 	}
-	return windows, nil
+	content, withinLimit = appendWithinLimit(content, maximumBytes, []byte("]}"))
+	return content, withinLimit, nil
+}
+
+func appendWithinLimit(content []byte, maximumBytes int, parts ...[]byte) ([]byte, bool) {
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		if len(content) > maximumBytes || len(part) > maximumBytes-len(content) {
+			return content, false
+		}
+		content = append(content, part...)
+	}
+	return content, true
 }
 
 func newInputMaterial(name string, content []byte) contracts.LLMInputMaterial {
diff --git a/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation_test.go b/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation_test.go
index 5cc00c5..be2934c 100644
--- a/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation_test.go
+++ b/internal/framework/semanticreconcile/preparation_test.go
@@ -277,6 +277,38 @@ func TestPrepareEnforcesCandidateLimitBeforeRenderingContext(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPrepareStopsRenderingContextWhenMaterialLimitIsExceeded(t *testing.T) {
+	cycle := map[string]any{}
+	cycle["self"] = cycle
+	document := &source.SourceDocument{ID: "session", Units: []source.SourceUnit{
+		{ID: 1, Text: strings.Repeat("oversized", 100)},
+		{ID: 2, Text: "must not be inspected"},
+	}}
+	candidates := candidatesForEveryUnit(document)
+	base, err := Prepare(document, candidates, Limits{
+		ContextRadius:        0,
+		MaximumCandidates:    len(candidates),
+		MaximumMaterialBytes: 10000,
+	})
+	if err != nil || base.Disposition() != Ready {
+		t.Fatalf("Prepare(base) = disposition %v, error %v", base.Disposition(), err)
+	}
+	candidateBytes := len(base.Materials()[candidateInputName].Content)
+	document.Units[1].Metadata = cycle
+
+	limited, err := Prepare(document, candidates, Limits{
+		ContextRadius:        0,
+		MaximumCandidates:    len(candidates),
+		MaximumMaterialBytes: candidateBytes + 64,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Prepare(limited) error = %v; rendering should stop at the material bound", err)
+	}
+	if limited.Disposition() != LimitExceeded || len(limited.Materials()) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Prepare(limited) = disposition %v, materials %#v, want bounded skip", limited.Disposition(), limited.Materials())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPrepareAcceptsExactCombinedByteLimitAndSkipsOneOver(t *testing.T) {
 	document := &source.SourceDocument{ID: "session", Units: []source.SourceUnit{
 		{ID: 1, Text: "one"},
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer.go
index 57f2fc1..9b236f5 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer.go
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalize
 	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.ItemRegistry]{}, normalizerErrorf("context error before normalize: %w", err)
 	}
+	if req.Source == nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.ItemRegistry]{}, normalizerErrorf("source document must not be nil")
+	}
 
 	order := shared.NewSourceRefOrder(req.Source)
 	records, warnings := preprocessRecords(req.MergeOutput.Value, order)
 	deterministic := recordList(records)
-	if len(records) < 2 || req.Source == nil {
+	if len(records) < 2 {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.ItemRegistry]{Value: deterministic, Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer_test.go
index f6bf18f..a504e3c 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/itemregistry/normalizer_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ func TestModuleContractAndMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeRejectsNilSourceDocument(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := newNormalizer(t, &recordingNormalizerClient{}).Normalize(
+		context.Background(),
+		contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.ItemRegistry]{},
+	)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "source document must not be nil") {
+		t.Fatalf("Normalize() error = %v, want nil source rejection", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNormalizeConsolidatesEqualNamesAcrossEvidenceWithoutMutation(t *testing.T) {
 	doc := &source.SourceDocument{ID: "session", Units: []source.SourceUnit{
 		{ID: 1, Text: "The rope is secured."},
@@ -380,7 +390,10 @@ func newNormalizer(t *testing.T, client contracts.StructuredLLMClient) *Normaliz
 	return normalizer
 }
 func normalizeRequest(value dnd.ItemRegistry) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.ItemRegistry] {
-	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.ItemRegistry]{MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.ItemRegistry]{Value: value}}
+	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.ItemRegistry]{
+		Source:      &source.SourceDocument{},
+		MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.ItemRegistry]{Value: value},
+	}
 }
 func normalizeRequestWithSource(value dnd.ItemRegistry, doc *source.SourceDocument) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.ItemRegistry] {
 	request := normalizeRequest(value)
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer.go
index b75a13c..0324bb0 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer.go
@@ -103,11 +103,14 @@ func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalize
 	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationRegistry]{}, normalizerErrorf("context error before normalize: %w", err)
 	}
+	if req.Source == nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationRegistry]{}, normalizerErrorf("source document must not be nil")
+	}
 
 	order := shared.NewSourceRefOrder(req.Source)
 	records, warnings := preprocessRecords(req.MergeOutput.Value, order)
 	deterministic := recordList(records)
-	if len(records) < 2 || req.Source == nil {
+	if len(records) < 2 {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationRegistry]{Value: deterministic, Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer_test.go
index 59db479..4b66a17 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/normalizer_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ func TestModuleContractAndMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeRejectsNilSourceDocument(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := newNormalizer(t, &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{}).Normalize(
+		context.Background(),
+		contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationRegistry]{},
+	)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "source document must not be nil") {
+		t.Fatalf("Normalize() error = %v, want nil source rejection", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNormalizePreparesOnlyExactDuplicatesAndRetainsSameNameAndNestedPlaces(t *testing.T) {
 	input := dnd.LocationRegistry{Locations: []dnd.Location{
 		{Name: "  The Tavern  ", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: "session", StartUnitID: 1, EndUnitID: 1}}},
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/test_helpers_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/test_helpers_test.go
index 0d4a54b..39fcdf5 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/test_helpers_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locationregistry/test_helpers_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ func newNormalizer(t *testing.T, client contracts.StructuredLLMClient) *Normaliz
 	return normalizer
 }
 func normalizeRequest(value dnd.LocationRegistry) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationRegistry] {
-	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationRegistry]{MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.LocationRegistry]{Value: value}}
+	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationRegistry]{
+		Source:      &source.SourceDocument{},
+		MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.LocationRegistry]{Value: value},
+	}
 }
 func normalizeRequestWithSource(value dnd.LocationRegistry, doc *source.SourceDocument) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationRegistry] {
 	request := normalizeRequest(value)
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer.go
index a4ce414..d2c5591 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer.go
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalize
 	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCRegistry]{}, normalizerErrorf("context error before normalize: %w", err)
 	}
+	if req.Source == nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCRegistry]{}, normalizerErrorf("source document must not be nil")
+	}
 
 	order := shared.NewSourceRefOrder(req.Source)
 	records, warnings := preprocessRecords(req.MergeOutput.Value, order)
 	deterministic := recordList(records)
-	if len(records) < 2 || req.Source == nil {
+	if len(records) < 2 {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCRegistry]{Value: deterministic, Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer_test.go
index f079d19..672b524 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcregistry/normalizer_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ func TestNormalizePreservesInvalidCandidatesAndDoesNotAliasInput(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNormalizeHandlesNilAndCanceledCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{})
+	if _, err := normalizer.Normalize(context.Background(), contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.NPCRegistry]{}); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "source document must not be nil") {
+		t.Fatalf("nil source Normalize() error = %v", err)
+	}
 	result, err := normalizer.Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequest(dnd.NPCRegistry{NPCs: nil}))
 	if err != nil || result.Value.NPCs != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("nil list result = %#v, error = %v", result.Value, err)
@@ -177,7 +180,10 @@ func newNormalizer(t *testing.T, client contracts.StructuredLLMClient) *Normaliz
 }
 
 func normalizeRequest(value dnd.NPCRegistry) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.NPCRegistry] {
-	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.NPCRegistry]{MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.NPCRegistry]{Value: value}}
+	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.NPCRegistry]{
+		Source:      &source.SourceDocument{},
+		MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.NPCRegistry]{Value: value},
+	}
 }
 
 func normalizeRequestWithSource(value dnd.NPCRegistry, doc *source.SourceDocument) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.NPCRegistry] {