Add operator-facing PromptKit inspection to the roadmap

AGENTS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-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

@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 Notarius is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 
 The GNU General Public License version 3 is provided in LICENSE.
 
+Policy material copied or adapted from Standard Repository Policies remains
+licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0. See docs/oss/attribution.md for the affected
+portions, upstream credit, and license links.
+
 Notarius is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-Third-party code and assets are subject to their respective license terms.
+Third-party code and assets are subject to their respective license terms.

README.md

@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ Releases](docs/release.md).
 - [Developer guide](docs/development.md) — contributor orientation and
   validation guidance.
 - [Future work](docs/roadmap/future.md) — unimplemented ideas and priorities.
+
+Notarius is licensed under the [GPL v3.0 or later](COPYRIGHT).
+
+[Open Source attribution notices](docs/oss/attribution.md) are available.

docs/config.md

@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ have no effect; `NOTARIUS_CONFIG` remains a source-discovery input.
   [LLM profile](../examples/llm-profiles/dnd-extraction.yml) and imports its
   pipeline from [a fragment](../examples/pipelines/dnd-session.yml).
 
+The complete fragment also defines `dnd-session-development`, which inherits
+the complete pipeline and profile while setting
+`structured_output_repair_attempts: 0`. Select it with:
+
+```sh
+notarius run dnd-session-development \
+  --config /path/to/dnd-complete.config.yml \
+  --input /path/to/transcript.json
+```
+
+See the [CLI reference](cli.md#run) for the full invocation contract. This
+variant disables PromptKit structural repairs without changing configured producer
+retry budgets. When using another profile, operators can instead select
+`dnd-session` and set its `llm_profile` to that profile.
+
 Use these complete files as starting points rather than combining the
 illustrative fragments in this reference.
 
@@ -80,10 +95,12 @@ umask, setgid inheritance, and default ACLs; see [Operations](operations.md#cach
 
 Every nonempty relative configured destination or reference path resolves from
 the canonical directory of the file that supplies its surviving declaration.
-This includes imported fragments and selected configuration overlays. Built-in
-relative destinations use the selected main configuration file's directory;
-explicit `--output-dir` and `--debug-dir` values use the invocation working
-directory. Absolute values remain unchanged.
+This includes imported fragments, selected configuration overlays, and values
+copied through inheritance: the copied value keeps its original declaring
+file. A child-supplied replacement resolves from the child's declaring file.
+Built-in relative destinations use the selected main configuration file's
+directory; explicit `--output-dir` and `--debug-dir` values use the invocation
+working directory. Absolute values remain unchanged.
 
 The root file can use ConfigKit imports to compose disjoint definitions. Imports
 and selected overlays remain under the configuration root; they do not merge or
@@ -91,6 +108,50 @@ append a pipeline's `steps` sequence. An overlay replaces sequences as defined
 by ConfigKit, so changing an individual ordered binding requires supplying the
 whole replacement sequence.
 
+## Sibling Inheritance
+
+ConfigKit v0.5.0 supports native `extends` composition in mappings. A directive
+names exactly one immediate sibling in the same mapping; it is not a path or a
+cross-scope lookup. Imports, the selected overlay, and explicit overrides are
+composed before inheritance, which runs before typed decoding and normal
+Notarius validation. Every definition, including a parent and definitions not
+selected for a run, remains subject to ordinary validation.
+
+Child mappings recursively overlay parent mappings. A child sequence, scalar,
+or null replaces the inherited value. This makes pipeline inheritance useful
+for reusing a complete pipeline while replacing whole ordered lists:
+
+~~~yaml
+pipelines:
+  production:
+    input: {module: seriatim}
+    llm_profile: dnd-extraction
+    # Other complete pipeline settings and ordered steps...
+  development:
+    extends: production
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0
+~~~
+
+Pipeline names are siblings within `pipelines`; nested mappings such as named
+artifact lanes also have their own sibling namespace. Step entries are a
+sequence, so a step cannot extend another step. Replacing `steps` or a validator
+chain supplies the complete replacement sequence; entries are not appended or
+merged by identifier.
+
+Inherited values count as explicit input for Notarius's existing
+presence-sensitive rules: zero, false, and empty-list overrides stay explicit
+instead of restoring a default. Null also replaces the inherited value, but
+each field's ordinary type and validation rules still apply; null is not
+universally valid. Omitting `extends` preserves a relationship supplied by a
+lower-priority source, while `extends: null` cancels that relationship. It
+does not independently clear other inherited fields.
+
+`extends` is now a reserved key in every input mapping, including dynamic
+module options and named maps. Existing ordinary data or entry names using that
+key must be renamed along with any consumer that reads them. Configuration
+overlays, pipeline inheritance, and PromptKit profile `base_profile`
+inheritance are separate mechanisms.
+
 ## PromptKit Profiles
 
 The optional **promptkit** object selects one source of profile definitions and

docs/development.md

@@ -4,22 +4,41 @@ This is the first-read landing page for people and LLM coding agents working on
 Notarius. It provides a concise repository orientation and routes each kind of
 change to its canonical documentation.
 
-Notarius is a Go CLI for configured structured extraction workflows. Start with
-the [README](../README.md) for product context, [Architecture](policy/architecture.md)
-for system boundaries, and [Internal Overview](internal/overview.md) for the
-implemented component map.
+Notarius is a Go CLI for configured structured extraction workflows. The
+[README](../README.md) provides product context; [Architecture](policy/architecture.md)
+describes system boundaries, and [Internal Overview](internal/overview.md) maps
+implemented components. Read the documents applicable to your task.
 
 Read [Agent Policy](policy/agents.md) before recommending, planning, or
 implementing changes. It owns implementation discipline and local commit rules.
 
+## 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.
+
 ## What To Read
 
 | When working on | Read | Why |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | Finding the package or component that owns current behavior | [Internal Overview](internal/overview.md) | It is the implemented component inventory and routes to focused internals. |
-| Application shape, package boundaries, contracts, dependency direction, runtime guarantees, or safety properties | [Architecture](policy/architecture.md) and relevant [ADRs](adr/) | Architecture defines the intended system and its invariants; ADRs preserve significant decision rationale. |
-| Any documentation addition or revision | [Documentation Policy](policy/documentation.md) | It defines canonical homes, audiences, current-behavior rules, and maintenance requirements. |
-| Adding, changing, reviewing, or deleting tests | [Testing Policy](policy/testing.md) | It defines risk-based sufficiency, durable test boundaries, test-double guidance, and criteria for retaining tests. |
 | CLI composition or command behavior | [CLI Internals](internal/cli.md) and [CLI Reference](cli.md) | The internal guide owns composition and command flow; the reference owns public syntax. |
 | Building a subprocess caller or changing its result protocol | [Subprocess Consumer Guide](consumers/subprocess.md), [Complete D&D Consumer Guide](consumers/dnd-pipeline.md), [Run Result Receipt](integrations/run-result.md), and [CLI Internals](internal/cli.md) | These separate generic caller workflow, the complete D&D workflow, the durable receipt contract, and CLI implementation behavior. |
 | Configuration loading, resolution, or user-visible configuration behavior | [Configuration Internals](internal/configuration.md) and [Configuration](config.md) | The internal guide owns loading and resolution mechanics; the reference owns the configuration contract. |
@@ -28,7 +47,7 @@ implementing changes. It owns implementation discipline and local commit rules.
 | LLM clients, prompts, schemas, profiles, or scheduling | [LLM Runtime](internal/llm.md) | It documents the transport boundary and PromptKit integration. |
 | Output, cache, resume, or debug artifacts | [Run State Internals](internal/state.md), [Operations](operations.md), and [Configuration](config.md) | These separate implementation details, operator behavior, and configuration contracts. |
 | External input formats, artifact schemas, or durable output files | [Integration Contracts](integrations/) | Integration documents define external and durable data contracts. |
-| Release preparation, tagging, publication, or optional diagnostics | [Release Policy](policy/release.md) and [Source Releases](release.md) | Policy owns release requirements and completion; the runbook supplies the publication command and recovery procedure. |
+| Repository-specific release commands or diagnostics | [Source Releases](release.md) | The runbook supplies publication commands and recovery procedures. |
 | Proposed or unimplemented behavior | [Roadmap](roadmap/) | Future work belongs only in roadmap documentation until implemented. |
 
 For an existing subsystem, also inspect its focused tests and the package-local

docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md

@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 
 Notarius uses the public root package
 [`gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit`](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit)
-at v0.4.0 for version 5 configuration acquisition, imports, overlays, explicit
-overrides, diagnostics, and safe inspection rendering.
+at v0.5.0 for version 5 configuration acquisition, imports, overlays, explicit
+overrides, native sibling inheritance, diagnostics, and safe inspection
+rendering. ConfigKit composes source precedence and inheritance before typed
+decoding; Notarius does not perform a second inheritance merge.
 
 Notarius owns the typed document, domain defaults and validation, runtime
 conversion, catalog-dependent pipeline resolution, source-aware configured
 paths, and command discovery. It uses only ConfigKit's public path, result,
 diagnostic, and resolution-source APIs. Upstream documentation owns general
 ConfigKit semantics; [Configuration](../config.md) owns Notarius's file and
-operator contract.
+operator contract. See the pinned upstream [v0.5.0 release notes](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd/docs/releases/v0.5.0.md)
+and [configuration contract](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd/docs/config.md).
+
+See the canonical [ConfigKit attribution](../oss/attribution.md#configkit) for
+its license and notices.

docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # PromptKit Integration
 
 Notarius pins
-[`gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit` v0.11.0](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0)
+[`gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit` v0.11.2](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.2)
 as its in-process prompt engine. The upstream
-[Go package consumer guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md)
+[Go package consumer guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.2/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md)
 owns the public engine API, and the upstream
-[format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/formats.md)
+[format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.2/docs/formats.md)
 owns prompt, profile, and schema file contracts.
 
 ## Supported Boundary
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Notarius relies on the root `promptkit` package to:
   admission exhaustion through `ErrCapacityExceeded`.
 
 The pinned
-[`BackendLocal`, `LocalBackend`, and `WithBackend` API](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/backends.go)
+[`BackendLocal`, `LocalBackend`, and `WithBackend` API](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.2/backends.go)
 owns the registration and backend-capacity contract.
 
 For one completion, the adapter calls `PrepareExecution`, takes a
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ PromptKit capacity rejection into the provider-neutral Notarius
 `ErrLLMCapacityExceeded` contract. It may include the normalized selected
 backend ID in safe diagnostic context, without exposing PromptKit's capacity
 error type. PromptKit's built-in client retries eligible transient HTTP failures
-with its v0.11.0 default of two additional attempts per generation; Notarius
+with its v0.11.2 default of two additional attempts per generation; Notarius
 keeps pipeline-stage retries outside that completion boundary.
 
 The adapter projects built-in generation failures as the application-owned
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ configuration and deployment workflow are defined in
 [Operations](../operations.md#promptkit-profile-deployment).
 
 PromptKit owns `base_profile` resolution under its
-[pinned format rules](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/formats.md).
+[pinned format rules](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.2/docs/formats.md).
 Notarius records the selected leaf identity and resolved target without parsing
 or merging inheritance. An unset filesystem `api_key_env` is optional and may
 reach the provider without authorization, which can result in a 401 or 403.
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ PromptKit's opt-in `promptkit-openrouter-standard` and
 `promptkit-openrouter-auto` names provide name continuity within its
 selected-and-tested dependency scope, not a fixed model or provider availability
 guarantee. See the upstream
-[catalog compatibility policy](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/policy/release.md#catalog-profile-compatibility).
+[catalog compatibility policy](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.2/docs/policy/release.md#catalog-profile-compatibility).
 
 Use a complete operator-owned profile with explicit backend or endpoint, model,
 and settings when those choices must remain operator-controlled. The embedded
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ and settings when those choices must remain operator-controlled. The embedded
 external catalog profile. An upgrade updates Notarius's compiled-in catalog
 checkpoint identity so prior profile-source checkpoints are not reused.
 
-Notarius supports this boundary against PromptKit v0.11.0. Its fallback source,
+Notarius supports this boundary against PromptKit v0.11.2. Its fallback source,
 prepared-execution, inspection, and typed capacity APIs are used as public
 upstream contracts; other PromptKit APIs or file-format behavior are not
 implicitly supported. A dependency upgrade requires reviewing the adapter,
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ production prompts use PromptKit's bounded structural-repair contract; their
 current declaration is one additional repair attempt. Notarius retains the
 transport-neutral boundary and does not expose PromptKit types to modules.
 
-PromptKit v0.11.0 is licensed under
-[LGPL-3.0-or-later](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/LICENSE).
-Its accompanying [GPLv3 notice](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/COPYING)
-is incorporated by that license. This dependency change does not alter
-Notarius's source license or distribution workflow.
+The v0.11.2 patch updates upstream policy and licensing documentation without
+changing runtime APIs, profile settings, or dependency/catalog versions.
+See the canonical [PromptKit attribution](../oss/attribution.md#promptkit),
+[OpenRouter catalog notice](../oss/attribution.md#promptkit-openrouter-catalog),
+and [Rakestrawhome catalog notice](../oss/attribution.md#promptkit-rakestrawhome-catalog).

docs/internal/configuration.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ runs anything.
 
 | Boundary | Inputs | Outputs | Does not own |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Loading | Selected file path, profile, overrides, and invocation directory | **LoadedConfig** with ConfigKit inspection metadata and a populated **Config** | Choosing the file path or reporting a command result. |
+| Loading | Selected file path, overlay, overrides, and invocation directory | **LoadedConfig** with ConfigKit inspection metadata and a populated **Config** | Choosing the file path or reporting a command result. |
 | Validation | **Config** | Structural configuration errors with pipeline, lane, or binding context | Module availability, capabilities, or construction. |
 | Resolution | Valid **Config**, selected pipeline and lanes, runtime reference changes, LLM override, and module catalog | **EffectiveConfig** with a **ResolvedPipeline** | Materializing reference bytes, preparing modules, execution, or filesystem state. |
 | Inspection | **LoadedConfig** and an optional JSON Pointer | Redacted effective YAML or explanation text | Pipeline selection, module preparation, or provider work. |
@@ -28,10 +28,21 @@ at their respective [CLI](cli.md), [pipeline](pipeline.md), and
 
 ## Loading And Validation
 
-ConfigKit acquires the selected root, imports, optional selected overlay, and
-explicit CLI overrides in precedence order. Its document definition supplies
-typed defaults, source-aware path normalization, and structural validation
-before conversion to the independently owned runtime **Config**. Only
+ConfigKit composes the selected root, imports, optional selected overlay, and
+explicit CLI overrides in precedence order, then expands native sibling
+inheritance before typed decoding. The document definition supplies typed
+defaults and structural validation; Notarius's recorded resolution changes
+normalize configured paths after decode. Path normalization follows the source
+of the surviving value, including a value copied through inheritance, rather
+than the inheritance directive's location. Inherited input remains explicit
+for presence-sensitive behavior, including zero, false, and empty values;
+existing field validation still governs whether the resulting values are valid.
+ConfigKit's inspection history retains inheritance transfers alongside later
+normalization, and effective configuration renders the normalized values used
+by runtime conversion. The private typed document consumes the directive, so
+no upstream inheritance type or unresolved directive reaches runtime pipeline
+or module contracts. See [Configuration](../config.md#sibling-inheritance)
+for the operator syntax and field rules. Only
 `NOTARIUS_CONFIG` participates in discovery; retired field-level environment
 variables do not participate in loading. Version 5 decoding rejects scalar
 module bindings and scalar external references. ConfigKit retains redacted,

docs/operations.md

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Provider execution settings and the generation timeout come from the selected
 PromptKit profile. The invocation-only **--reasoning-effort** and
 **--clear-reasoning-effort** controls may replace or clear that profile setting
 for all LLM-backed calls in one run without changing the profile. PromptKit
-v0.11.0 also retries eligible transient HTTP failures with its built-in default
+also retries eligible transient HTTP failures with its built-in default
 of two additional attempts per generation. This retry work is separate from
 structural output repair, which happens within one structured-completion call. Its
 effective `structured_output_repair_attempts` limit is resolved from the

docs/oss/attribution.md

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Open Source Attribution Notices
+
+## Standard Repository Policies
+
+Material: policy documents under `docs/policy/`, adapted for this repository.
+Root `AGENTS.md` and the Policy Reading Guide in `docs/development.md`, copied
+without modification.
+
+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).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843).
+
+## ConfigKit
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit` at `v0.5.0`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+License and notices: [LGPL 3.0](licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt) |
+[GPL 3.0](licenses/GPL-3.0.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/commit/dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd).
+
+## PromptKit
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit` at `v0.11.2`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+License and notices: [LGPL 3.0](licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt) |
+[GPL 3.0](licenses/GPL-3.0.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/commit/12d6d80024e80c552d122a076c22429bf6f2f6c2/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/commit/12d6d80024e80c552d122a076c22429bf6f2f6c2/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/commit/12d6d80024e80c552d122a076c22429bf6f2f6c2).
+
+## PromptKit OpenRouter Catalog
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2` at `v2.20260926.0`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/4f731d217e0bc39151c010f50fb5912706e7b6b3/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/4f731d217e0bc39151c010f50fb5912706e7b6b3/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/src/commit/4f731d217e0bc39151c010f50fb5912706e7b6b3).
+
+## PromptKit Rakestrawhome Catalog
+
+Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2` at `v2.20260926.0`.
+
+Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT.txt) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/48918a3ad39fd99843cda94a86133b1b3881d596/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/48918a3ad39fd99843cda94a86133b1b3881d596/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/src/commit/48918a3ad39fd99843cda94a86133b1b3881d596).
+
+## jsonschema
+
+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) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/blob/29cbed948d24a04700eb94436416b18a07953b71/LICENSE).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/commit/29cbed948d24a04700eb94436416b18a07953b71).
+
+## Go text
+
+Selected module: `golang.org/x/text` at `v0.40.0`.
+
+Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+License and notices: [BSD 3-Clause](licenses/BSD-3-Clause.txt) |
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/text/blob/724af9c35838492dcaacc1ac51a8a0187c994c54/LICENSE) |
+[PATENTS](https://github.com/golang/text/blob/724af9c35838492dcaacc1ac51a8a0187c994c54/PATENTS).
+
+[Source](https://github.com/golang/text/commit/724af9c35838492dcaacc1ac51a8a0187c994c54).
+
+## go-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: MIT AND Apache-2.0
+
+License and notices: [MIT](licenses/MIT-Kirill-Simonov.txt) |
+[Apache 2.0](licenses/Apache-2.0.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).
+
+## 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
+
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+
+Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
+
+  If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
+notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
+
+    <program>  Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
+    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
+    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
+    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
+
+The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
+parts of the General Public License.  Of course, your program's commands
+might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
+
+  You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
+if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
+For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
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+may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
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+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.

docs/oss/licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+                   GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                       Version 3, 29 June 2007
+
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+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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docs/oss/licenses/MIT-Kirill-Simonov.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Kirill Simonov
+Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Kirill Simonov
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+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/oss/licenses/MIT.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
+associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do 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

@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 # Agent Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.1
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-25
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
 
-**Upstream Source:** `policy` commit `45591a79004c6811950f14dca554f6ff69b7f58e`.
-
-Notarius adaptations preserve operator choice, existing explicit contracts, and
-the deployment-permissions example below.
+**Upstream Source**: 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
 
-Simplify the mechanism, not the user's choices.
-
 **KEY PRINCIPLES:** Write the simplest idiomatic code that satisfies the user's
 request. Do not implicitly strengthen requirements, restrictions, or guarantees
 beyond what the user actually requested.
@@ -46,25 +41,19 @@ idiomatic approach unless another path is expressly requested by the user.
 
 **An implementation detail is not repository policy.** Tests and documentation
 must not elevate incidental behavior into a durable guarantee or restriction
-unless that behavior was expressly selected as part of the contract. Existing
-explicit contracts remain authoritative; changing or weakening one requires a
-deliberate decision rather than being inferred from these principles.
-
-[ADR-0017](../adr/0017-defer-cache-access-policy-to-deployment.md) illustrates
-why Unix deployments own cache access policy through permissions, umask, setgid,
-and default ACLs. Notarius retains its separately adopted correctness boundaries.
+unless that behavior was expressly selected as part of the contract.
 
 ## 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:
 
@@ -72,10 +61,10 @@ 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

@@ -1,24 +1,46 @@
-# Architecture
+# Architecture Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.1
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-25
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
 
-**Upstream Source:** `policy` commit `45591a79004c6811950f14dca554f6ff69b7f58e`.
+**Upstream Source**: https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/architecture.md
 
-Notarius adapts the base template to its fixed pipeline, artifact families,
-external adapters, state boundaries, and source-only distribution.
+## Purpose And Ownership
 
-This document defines the intended high-level architecture of Notarius and the
-invariants that changes must preserve. Implemented component details belong in
-[Internal Overview](../internal/overview.md) and its linked documents. The
-reasoning behind significant architectural choices belongs in
-[ADRs](../adr/).
+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.
 
-An adopted constraint can govern future changes without implying that every
-component it could govern exists. Descriptions of implemented structure must
-remain accurate; proposals and transition status belong in roadmaps and ADRs.
-Constraints reflect selected requirements, not incidental implementation choices.
+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.
+
+Notarius's fixed pipeline, artifact-family boundaries, and deployment-owned
+cache permissions are established product decisions. The linked ADRs retain
+their rationale; the [internal overview](../internal/overview.md) inventories
+their implementation.
 
 ## System Shape
 
@@ -293,6 +315,21 @@ LLM provenance to make a run auditable after configuration changes. Manifests
 record identities and bounded validation summaries rather than secret, raw
 model, correction, or large payload content.
 
+## Trust Boundaries And Threat Scope
+
+Where useful, state the trust boundaries and threat scenarios relevant to the
+application's adopted requirements, along with scenarios it explicitly excludes.
+For example, distinguish handling untrusted application input from defending
+against a privileged actor concurrently modifying the host filesystem.
+
+Threat exclusions define the scope of the adopted requirements. Base defenses
+and guarantees on those requirements and raise unsettled scope for a deliberate
+decision under the [agent policy](agents.md).
+
+Keep this discussion proportionate to the application. Configuration,
+operations, and internal documents retain ownership of credential supply,
+runtime handling, and implementation mechanisms under the documentation policy.
+
 ## State, Output, And Safety
 
 Source material and model responses cross application validation boundaries.

docs/policy/documentation.md

@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 # Documentation Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.11
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-25
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
 
-**Upstream Source:** `policy` commit `45591a79004c6811950f14dca554f6ff69b7f58e`.
-
-Notarius retains subprocess-consumer ownership, the distinction between
-descriptive behavior and policy, and no placeholders for absent interfaces.
+**Upstream Source**: https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/documentation.md
 
 ## Purpose
 
 This policy assigns each documentation topic to one canonical owner. Its goal is
-to keep Notarius documentation accurate, concise, discoverable, and resistant
+to keep this application's documentation accurate, concise, discoverable, and resistant
 to drift for users, operators, developers, integrators, and LLM coding agents.
 
 ## Core Rules
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ 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
@@ -33,40 +30,26 @@ 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.
 
-Architectural constraints may govern future changes without implying that the
-components or capabilities they would govern already exist. This does not permit
-describing a proposed system structure as implemented.
+Architectural constraints may govern future changes. Describe current structure
+from implemented behavior.
 
-ADRs 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.
-
-### Implementation Details And Policy
-
-Documentation must distinguish an explicit contract from an incidental
-implementation choice. Do not describe a restriction, guarantee, security
-policy, default, or limit as authoritative merely because the current code
-implements it. Documentation may accurately describe current behavior without
-making it a permanent requirement; distinguish descriptive behavior from
-normative policy. The
-[implementation-discipline rules](agents.md#implementation-discipline)
-own the criteria for adopting product restrictions and for elevating behavior
-into repository policy.
+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.
@@ -82,39 +65,41 @@ secret values.
 
 | Topic | Canonical owner | Owned content | Content owned elsewhere |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Product orientation and minimal end-to-end quickstart | `README.md` | What Notarius 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, rules against invented restrictions or guarantees, and local commit authorization. | Application contracts, architecture, testing policy, and contributor procedures. |
-| Documentation organization | `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. |
-| 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, resume, cleanup, permissions, recovery, and operational limits. | CLI flag syntax, configuration field definitions, logical output schemas, implementation mechanics. |
-| Release policy | `docs/policy/release.md` | Versioning, compatibility, integrity, immutability, proportionate gate selection, publication controls, and release completion. | Concrete commands, product installation, historical notes, and CI implementation detail. |
-| Repository-specific release procedure | `docs/release.md` | Prerequisites, candidate preparation, publication command, automated guards, optional diagnostics, and failure recovery. | General release requirements, product installation guidance, historical summaries, and current compatibility contracts. |
-| 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. |
-| Public HTTP contract, if introduced | `docs/api.md` | Routes, authentication, media types, request and response schemas, status codes, pagination, caching, idempotency, rate limits, and HTTP retry semantics. | Client walkthroughs, upstream or downstream integration internals, implementation detail. |
-| Consumer guidance | `docs/consumers/` | Task-oriented subprocess use, minimal client examples, consumer responsibilities, and guidance for any future public package or API. | Wire semantics, external protocol contracts, internal implementation detail. |
-| External and durable integration contracts | `docs/integrations/` | 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. |
-| Implemented component inventory | `docs/internal/overview.md` | Current packages and components, their implemented responsibilities, and links to focused internal docs. | Normative architecture, contributor reading policy, external contracts. |
-| Internal component behavior | 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. |
-| Architectural decision history | `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. |
-| Complete copyable artifacts | `examples/` | Maintained configuration, inputs, and other files intended to be copied or run. | Field-by-field reference, command reference, prose explanation. |
+| 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; 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 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 source-only publication commands and automated guards, 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. |
+| Subprocess consumer guidance | `docs/consumers/` | Task-oriented subprocess use, minimal examples, and consumer responsibilities. | CLI invocation semantics, external protocol contracts, internal implementation detail. |
+| Integration contracts for external components (if applicable) | `docs/integrations/` | 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. |
+| 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 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.
+Create supporting documents for existing interfaces and responsibilities when
+substantive content is available.
 
 ## 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
 
@@ -126,18 +111,23 @@ other contracts.
 
 ### Releases
 
-The [release policy](release.md) owns requirements and invariants; the
-[repository procedure](../release.md) owns the commands that satisfy them.
-Release notes are
-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
-note to weaken policy, redefine current contracts, or defer documentation updates.
+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 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
 
 Integration and API documents define externally observable shapes and
-semantics. Internal documents explain how Notarius implements or consumes those
+semantics. Internal documents explain how this application implements or consumes those
 contracts. Internal docs may name a field, file, or protocol to identify a
 dependency, but must link to its canonical contract for the definition.
 

docs/policy/meta.md

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Policy Set Provenance
+
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.0
+
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+
+**Upstream Source**: 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 +1,218 @@
+# Open Source Licensing And Attribution Policy
+
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.8
+
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+
+**Upstream Source**: 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.
+
+## 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
+
+Notarius's selected application grant is `GPL-3.0-or-later`, recorded in
+[COPYRIGHT](../../COPYRIGHT).
+
+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/a469273adda336625f96b9d769ea27b33999f146/examples/licensing/application/COPYRIGHT)
+or [library COPYRIGHT example](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/a469273adda336625f96b9d769ea27b33999f146/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/a469273adda336625f96b9d769ea27b33999f146/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.
+
+For Notarius, the [release runbook](../release.md) owns the concrete source-only
+publication process and release navigation.
+
+## 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.
+
+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

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 # Release Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.1
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.4
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-25
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
 
-**Upstream Source:** `policy` commit `45591a79004c6811950f14dca554f6ff69b7f58e`.
-
-Notarius adaptations: source-only delivery, lightweight tags, branch-before-tag
-publication, no prereleases, and the justified native command check below.
+**Upstream Source**: https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/release.md
 
 ## Purpose
 
@@ -74,22 +71,26 @@ 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. Keep the note proportionate to the change. Fixed sections and
-explicit no-action boilerplate are not required. Existing historical notes
-need not be rewritten to adopt this format.
+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. A release note must not substitute for current documentation.
+where useful.
+
+Include the release footer defined by the [OSS policy](oss.md#discoverability)
+in each new release document. The [release procedure](../release.md) defines
+its concrete immutable-tag URLs. Notarius has no hosted download page; preparing
+these links with the note does not add a network check or approval gate.
+
 Do not create retrospective notes for the pre-procedure v0.1.0, v0.2.0, or
 v0.3.0 tags.
 
-Version selection, release-note content, and retirement of completed roadmaps
-are preparation responsibilities, not separate human approval gates. Preserve
-planned and deferred work and repair affected links when retiring roadmaps.
-Ordinary change review covers unintended files, credentials, and private data;
-do not repeat it as a release-specific sign-off. Ignored local files are not
-prohibited merely because they exist: they are not included in the tagged source.
+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
 
@@ -193,9 +194,8 @@ identify:
 1. prerequisites, 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
+4. source-only delivery, required build targets, and automation responsibilities;
+5. the successful-push completion point; and
 6. failure handling and ambiguous-push recovery.
 
 Use copyable commands where practical. Keep optional diagnostics and consumer

docs/policy/testing.md

@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 # Testing Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.1
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.3
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-25
+**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
 
-**Upstream Source:** `policy` commit `45591a79004c6811950f14dca554f6ff69b7f58e`.
-
-Adopted without substantive deviations; Notarius's established contracts remain
-subject to [Agent Policy](agents.md).
+**Upstream Source**: 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
 
@@ -27,9 +24,9 @@ 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?
 
-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.
+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.
 
-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
 
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ 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.
 
 Choose tests for requested behavior and established contracts. Tests must not
 introduce new restrictions, guarantees, or threat scenarios merely because they
@@ -80,7 +77,8 @@ Do not add tests merely because a function, branch, or line exists. Do not add a
 
 ## 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:
 
@@ -88,22 +86,15 @@ 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.
 
-A test is suspect when its main purpose is to detect that someone:
+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.
 
-- 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.
+Behavioral tests should normally remain stable through internal refactoring that preserves the contract.
 
 ## Expected effects of different changes
 
@@ -120,7 +111,7 @@ 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 this example, assume the selected contract rejects a request to start more
 processes than a configured limit. Do not encode its production default indirectly:
@@ -156,18 +147,18 @@ 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 established concurrency limits, distinguish these behaviors where the contract requires them:
 
 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:
+Where these layers exist, assign ownership as follows:
 
 - Parser tests own parsing cases.
 - Validator tests own validation rules.
@@ -177,7 +168,7 @@ Each behavior should have a clear test owner. Where these layers exist:
 - 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.
+Give each layer its distinct responsibility and keep expectation updates localized to the contract being changed.
 
 ## Use test doubles deliberately
 
@@ -198,12 +189,9 @@ 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
 
-Select techniques according to the behavior and risk being tested. The following
-are options, not a checklist that every package or application must satisfy:
+Select techniques by behavior and risk:
 
 - table-driven tests for meaningful behavioral categories and boundaries;
 - `t.TempDir()` for real filesystem behavior;
@@ -213,19 +201,17 @@ are options, not a checklist that every package or application must satisfy:
 - integration tests where correctness depends on component interaction; and
 - 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.
 
@@ -233,33 +219,30 @@ Pure domain logic will often warrant higher coverage than CLI wiring or external
 
 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.
+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. 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?
@@ -273,10 +256,9 @@ A test suite is sufficient when:
 
 - 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 signal rather than redundant noise;
-- legitimate internal changes usually do not require test edits; and
+- 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, test count, or required
-mix of testing techniques. Reassess it as the application, its users, and the
-consequences of failure evolve.
+Reassess sufficiency as the application, its users, and the consequences of
+failure evolve.

docs/release.md

@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ required. Update current documentation with behavior changes; retire only
 completed roadmaps and preserve planned/deferred work. Commit the candidate on
 `main` after ordinary change review. There is no separate release sign-off.
 
+End each new release note with this footer, replacing `<version>` with the
+selected tag. Check that `COPYRIGHT`, `LICENSE`, and `docs/oss/attribution.md`
+exist in the candidate source before publication; the future tag need not
+resolve remotely during preparation.
+
+```markdown
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/<version>/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/<version>/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/<version>/docs/oss/attribution.md)
+```
+
 ## Publish
 
 Run one command from the repository with the actual selected version:

docs/releases/v0.8.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Notarius v0.8.1
+
+This patch release refreshes ConfigKit and PromptKit and makes the project's
+licensing, policy provenance, and upstream attribution easier to find.
+
+## Changes
+
+- Update ConfigKit to v0.4.2 and PromptKit to v0.11.2. These upstream patches
+  update release tooling and policy or licensing documentation without changing
+  the Notarius integration APIs or configured profile settings.
+- Refresh the PromptKit built-in profile-source checkpoint identity for the
+  selected dependency version. Existing checkpoints with the previous identity
+  are not reused; source-keyed chunk plans and published output are unaffected.
+- Align the repository policies with their pinned upstream source, add canonical
+  third-party attribution, and distinguish the GPL-3.0-or-later application grant
+  from the CC-BY-SA-4.0 terms for copied or adapted policy material. The root
+  GPL license text has been brought into the house-standard form without
+  changing the application grant.
+
+Notarius's CLI, configuration schema, subprocess receipt, and durable artifact
+formats have no intentional changes in this release.
+
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/v0.8.1/COPYRIGHT) | [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/v0.8.1/LICENSE) | [ATTRIBUTION](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/v0.8.1/docs/oss/attribution.md)

docs/roadmap/archive/implementation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+# Policy Alignment Implementation Plan
+
+## Purpose And Execution Contract
+
+Implement [Standard Repository Policy Alignment](policy.md). That feature
+roadmap owns the target policy choices and justified Notarius exceptions; this
+document owns implementation order. It replaces the completed kit-upgrade plan,
+not the implementation or contracts delivered by that earlier work.
+
+Each numbered stage is one bounded prompt for a gpt-5.6-terra coding agent.
+Complete stages in order. Inspect the worktree before each stage, preserve
+unrelated work, validate the resulting documentation, and commit the coherent
+stage under agent policy. Report changed files, checks, and any concrete blocker.
+Do not push, tag, publish, or retire unrelated roadmaps.
+
+This is a documentation/policy migration. Do not change application code,
+dependency pins, tests, release scripts, runtime contracts, or release gates.
+No production credentials or model calls are needed.
+
+## Fixed Sources And Adoption Rules
+
+Use upstream full commit
+`d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843` throughout.
+Begin with its
+[adoption guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/adoption.md).
+Read applicable local policies through `docs/development.md`; when revising a
+policy, also read the upstream counterpart and affected cross-policy provisions.
+Do not reconstruct historical adoption baselines.
+
+Retrieve pinned files through public URLs or `git show` against that exact
+commit in an available checkout. Do not use an unverified sibling working tree
+or silently select newer upstream content. An unavailable source is a concrete
+blocker to copying it accurately, not a reason to invent its text.
+
+For every adopted policy:
+
+- Copy upstream wording verbatim except for required template removal and the
+  agreed, substantive project-specific customizations in the feature roadmap.
+- Retain its upstream Base Policy Version; set Last Updated to the actual date
+  the local document is adopted, not the review date by habit.
+- Add Upstream Source pointing to its own file at the full selected commit:
+  `https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/FILE.md`.
+- Remove the entire Base Policy Template section and perform its instructions.
+  Keep upstream generic rules outside it, including commit-pinned example links.
+- Explain substantive local exceptions briefly where they apply, or retain an
+  existing rationale/ADR link. Do not create an exception registry or preserve
+  stylistic paraphrases merely because they already exist.
+
+Current public project and adoption-guide links are discovery links; they may
+follow main. Source, example, and attribution links stay commit-pinned. Preserve
+accurate preexisting example pins supplied by the selected OSS template.
+Metadata must reflect only documents actually adopted by the current stage.
+The transition may temporarily contain mixed versions without claiming otherwise.
+
+## Stage 1 — Establish Provenance And Copied-Policy Licensing
+
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-28).
+
+**Goal:** Establish the self-contained adoption and licensing foundation.
+One prompt limited to two short policies and their actual notice materials.
+
+**Read:** Selected upstream `docs/policy/meta.md` (1.0),
+`docs/policy/oss.md` (1.8), `COPYRIGHT`,
+`examples/licensing/policy-attribution.md`, and the adoption guide;
+local `COPYRIGHT`, `LICENSE`, and the feature roadmap.
+
+**Files:** Create `docs/policy/meta.md`, `docs/policy/oss.md`,
+`docs/oss/attribution.md`, and
+`docs/oss/licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt`; update `COPYRIGHT`.
+
+1. Adopt meta and OSS using the fixed-source rules. Keep public discovery URLs
+   in meta and link to the existing local developer guide and new attribution.
+   Point project-specific OSS context to Notarius's grant and release runbook;
+   do not import generic example projects.
+2. Create attribution with `# Open Source Attribution Notices` followed by
+   the canonical policy entry. Replace all three UPSTREAM_COMMIT placeholders.
+   Initially identify the two newly adopted policy files as adapted material.
+   Later stages expand this statement as their material is actually adopted;
+   do not imply that the older five files have already been refreshed.
+3. Copy the complete CC BY-SA 4.0 standard text from the pinned reference asset.
+   Preserve the canonical copyright/SPDX/notices/source arrangement and its
+   modification indication. Do not add research or compliance prose.
+4. Add a distinct scope statement to COPYRIGHT: policy material adapted from
+   Standard Repository Policies remains CC-BY-SA-4.0, with attribution defining
+   the affected material. Keep the existing GPL-3.0-or-later application grant,
+   warranty disclaimer, and third-party statement; leave root LICENSE unchanged.
+5. Do not create placeholder dependency entries. Dependency inventory is assigned
+   to Stages 4–5, and remains tracked here rather than asserted complete.
+
+**Acceptance:** Both policies have correct versions, date, file-specific source
+links, and no template-only section. All new relative links resolve. Attribution
+describes this stage's actual material, and code licensing is unchanged.
+
+**Validation:** Compare copied policy bodies and license text to the pinned
+sources; inspect deliberate substitutions. Run `git diff --check` and review
+the COPYRIGHT diff. No Go tests are needed.
+
+## Stage 2 — Standardize General Policies And Selective Orientation
+
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-28).
+
+**Goal:** Adopt the general rules and their reading workflow. One prompt:
+three largely verbatim policy updates plus small orientation edits.
+
+**Read:** Local agent/testing/documentation policies; pinned upstream versions
+1.3, 1.3, and 1.11 respectively; upstream `agents/AGENTS.md` and the adoption
+guide's Policy Reading Guide; local `AGENTS.md` and `docs/development.md`.
+
+**Files:** Update `docs/policy/agents.md`, `testing.md`,
+`documentation.md`, root `AGENTS.md`, `docs/development.md`, and
+`docs/oss/attribution.md`.
+
+1. Adopt agent and testing substantive wording without local paraphrases.
+   Remove the redundant agent preamble, additional generic contract-preservation
+   prose, and ADR-0017 illustration. Its decision remains in architecture/ADR;
+   this is not permission to change it.
+2. Adopt documentation wording and ownership rows. Customize the consumer row
+   for existing subprocess guidance, not a hypothetical public Go API.
+   Omit the inapplicable HTTP contract row; preserve applicable CLI/config/
+   operations/integration/internal ownership. Remove the local duplicate
+   implementation-details-versus-policy section.
+3. Base root AGENTS.md on upstream `agents/AGENTS.md`, not upstream root
+   AGENTS.md. Preserve applicable existing instructions. Require orientation
+   through the developer guide and agent policy, but not full-suite reading.
+4. Add the adoption guide's seven-row selective Policy Reading Guide and its
+   selection/reuse/scope-expansion rules to docs/development.md. Retain existing
+   subsystem navigation and validation guidance; remove redundant competing
+   policy-trigger rows from the old table rather than creating two authorities.
+5. Expand the attribution material statement to identify the newly refreshed
+   policy files, adapted AGENTS.md, and copied policy-reading-guide portion of
+   docs/development.md. Do not license the unrelated remainder as copied policy.
+   Ensure the COPYRIGHT scope statement covers these identified portions.
+
+**Acceptance:** General rules match upstream, except required documentation
+ownership customization. All seven policy triggers are available; existing
+subsystem links still work. Reading is selective and public discovery is reachable.
+No test changes or stricter testing/commit requirements were introduced.
+
+**Validation:** Diff each policy against its pinned source, inspect AGENTS and
+developer-guide navigation, check attribution scope and relative links, and run
+`git diff --check`. Search affected files for leftover template instructions.
+
+## Stage 3 — Align Architecture And Release Policies Without Contract Changes
+
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-28).
+
+**Goal:** Complete the customized policies and release navigation. One prompt
+focused on preserving existing decisions rather than redesigning them.
+
+**Read:** Local architecture and release policies, docs/release.md, relevant
+linked ADRs; pinned upstream architecture 1.3 and release 1.4. Use
+docs/internal/overview.md and existing canonical contracts only where needed to
+resolve an ownership question.
+
+**Files:** Update `docs/policy/architecture.md`, `docs/policy/release.md`,
+`docs/release.md`, and `docs/oss/attribution.md`.
+
+1. Adopt upstream general architecture ownership/approach guidance. Replace its
+   application-specific template guidance with Notarius's existing decisions.
+   Preserve the feature roadmap's enumerated pipeline, module, assets, domain,
+   identity, validation/retry, scheduling, configuration/provenance, state,
+   secret-handling, permissions, platform, and distribution contracts.
+   Keep existing application-specific sections unless an edit is necessary for
+   the adopted structure; do not turn this into a broad architecture rewrite.
+2. Adopt release wording with narrow project customizations: source only,
+   lightweight tags, main/origin, branch-before-tag, no prereleases, and no
+   hosted/asynchronous deliverables. Keep the native CLI/version check and
+   GOWORK=off rationale. Preserve the historical no-retrospective-notes decision.
+   Retain unchanged generic requirements verbatim.
+3. Add the OSS footer rule for new notes. Update the runbook with a copyable
+   three-link COPYRIGHT | LICENSE | ATTRIBUTION footer using absolute
+   `https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/src/tag/<version>/...` paths.
+   Explain substitution of the selected release tag and local path checking.
+   Do not require a future tag to resolve or change publication scripts.
+4. Expand policy attribution to the complete adopted docs/policy set, retaining
+   the AGENTS/developer-guide scope from Stage 2 and any relevant adaptation
+   indications. All seven per-document source links now identify this adoption.
+
+**Acceptance:** Existing architecture and release choices are unchanged and their
+local reasons remain clear. Upstream generic wording is used where applicable.
+There are no new gates, platforms, artifacts, retrospective notes, or ADR edits.
+
+**Validation:** Review policy diffs specifically for added/removed requirements,
+check runbook agreement and affected links, and run `git diff --check`.
+Do not run a release/publication command. No runtime tests are warranted.
+
+## Stage 4 — Attribute The Kit Dependencies And Catalogs
+
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-28).
+
+**Goal:** Add the first bounded group of component notices: ConfigKit,
+PromptKit, and their two backend catalogs. One prompt for four related projects.
+
+**Read:** Adopted OSS policy; go.mod/go.sum, resolved build dependency metadata;
+exact selected module COPYRIGHT/LICENSE/NOTICE/attribution files and VCS metadata.
+The reviewed pins are ConfigKit v0.4.1, PromptKit v0.11.1, and both catalog
+modules v2.20260926.0; verify the actual selected versions before writing.
+
+**Files:** Update `docs/oss/attribution.md`; add applicable texts under
+`docs/oss/licenses/`.
+
+1. Use read-only discovery such as `GOWORK=off go list -m -json all`,
+   `GOWORK=off go list -deps ./cmd/notarius`, and selected module contents.
+   Dependency acquisition may populate the module cache but must not change
+   dependency pins or introduce a local replace directive.
+2. Establish each selected version's exact source commit from module/VCS
+   metadata; peel annotated tags to commits. Do not substitute a tag object ID,
+   main-branch head, assumed sibling HEAD, or version tag in attribution URLs.
+3. Add factual House Format entries with supplied copyright statements,
+   applicable SPDX expressions, local standard-text links, required upstream
+   notice links, and exact-commit Source links. Preserve alternatives and
+   exceptions; determine scope from contents rather than filenames.
+4. Include LGPLv3 and its GPLv3 companion for the kit grants, and MIT for the
+   catalogs where confirmed by the pinned sources. Reuse shared local standard
+   texts; leave root project LICENSE unchanged.
+5. Inspect upstream dependency inventories for leads, but do not copy them
+   wholesale or treat them as substitutes for Notarius's own inclusion scope.
+   Hand remaining selected third-party components to Stage 5 through the stage
+   report, not editorial prose in attribution.
+
+**Acceptance:** These four components have verified source/notice links and
+complete applicable local texts. No dependency changes, guessed notices, or
+new distribution obligations were invented.
+
+**Validation:** Check exact revision correspondence, upstream filenames, every
+new local license link, and byte fidelity of standard texts. Run
+`git diff --check`; confirm go.mod/go.sum are unchanged. Report discovery
+commands and evidence; do not add a persistent inventory tool or audit artifact.
+
+## Stage 5 — Complete Attribution And Connect Reader Navigation
+
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-28).
+
+**Goal:** Finish remaining incorporated-component coverage and canonical
+navigation. One prompt for the remaining small dependency set and doc links.
+
+**Read:** Adopted OSS policy, remaining selected module/source notices,
+README.md, integration guides, and repository evidence of copied code/assets.
+Start with jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2, x/text v0.40.0, yaml.v3 v3.0.1, and yaml/v4
+v4.0.0-rc.6, then resolve any additional actual incorporation revealed by
+Stage 4. A go.sum entry alone is not proof of incorporation.
+
+**Files:** Update `docs/oss/attribution.md`, applicable
+`docs/oss/licenses/*`, `README.md`,
+`docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md`, and
+`docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md`.
+
+1. Inspect direct/transitive incorporation and copied material separately.
+   Apply the same exact-revision, factual-entry, and faithful-text rules as
+   Stage 4. Include relevant components, not every tool used in development.
+   Do not add generic entries with unresolved versions or copyrights.
+2. Use the OSS format for omitted copyright/SPDX fields where the source
+   supplies no applicable value. Preserve required project-specific notices.
+   Raise only a concrete unresolved obligation or rights issue; do not seek
+   blanket approval for the already selected linked-notice arrangement.
+3. End README with the prescribed GPL-v3-or-later COPYRIGHT link and the
+   Open Source attribution notices link. Do not imply that every incorporated
+   component or document has the application's license.
+4. Replace competing license/notice paragraphs in both integration guides with
+   concise links to the relevant canonical attribution anchors. Keep dependency
+   pins, behavior, compatibility, and public API links in the guides.
+5. Keep the attribution document to its title and factual component entries.
+   Do not include the inventory research, legal conclusions, or completion logs.
+   Do not copy unused upstream examples or standard licenses.
+
+**Acceptance:** Attribution covers the verified relevant components and copied
+policy material, with only applicable texts. README and integration links point
+to the canonical inventory; no user-visible API or dependency settings change.
+
+**Validation:** Review coverage against resolved dependencies and inspected
+copied-material evidence, validate affected relative/source links and text
+fidelity, and run `git diff --check`. No Go suite, scanner, or SBOM is required
+solely for documentation changes.
+
+## Stage 6 — Verify The Complete Adoption
+
+**Status:** Complete (2026-09-28).
+
+**Goal:** Perform the cross-document check and correct scoped documentation
+defects. One prompt; no fresh feature work or automated policy-sync system.
+
+**Read:** The feature roadmap; the seven resulting policies and their pinned
+sources; AGENTS.md, developer guide, COPYRIGHT, README, attribution/license
+materials, release runbook, and affected integration links.
+
+**Work and acceptance:**
+
+1. Compare all seven policies directly against the selected revision. Classify
+   remaining differences as metadata, template removal, required customization,
+   or a feature-roadmap exception. Replace accidental paraphrases with upstream
+   wording. Preserve established local requirements.
+2. Confirm versions 1.3/1.3/1.11/1.3/1.4/1.0/1.8 for agents, architecture,
+   documentation, testing, release, meta, and OSS respectively. Verify each
+   Upstream Source targets its own file and Last Updated reflects actual work.
+3. Confirm discovery links follow public project/main-guide URLs while adopted
+   source, examples, and component attribution remain accurately commit-pinned.
+   Check no placeholder UPSTREAM_COMMIT, template-only section, or local
+   checkout-dependent reference remains in adopted materials.
+4. Check selective policy routing, local authority, canonical documentation
+   ownership, copied-material scope/modification status, unchanged application
+   grant/root LICENSE, and directly reachable license/companion texts.
+5. Verify source-only publication, selected gates, optional diagnostics,
+   release completion, and prospective-only footer guidance still agree.
+   Do not modify historical notes, accepted ADRs, or scripts to satisfy this check.
+6. Review changed-file scope: only intended policy, notice, and supporting
+   documentation files should have changed. Correct in-scope documentation
+   defects, report unresolved concrete issues, and leave unrelated roadmap
+   retirement and release preparation to an explicit later request.
+
+**Validation:** Run `git diff --check`; inspect file/link destinations and
+compare local standard texts with verified sources. A search for
+`Base Policy Template` or `UPSTREAM_COMMIT` in adopted files should be empty;
+do not confuse explanatory roadmap text with an unfilled adopted template.
+No production tests, new test framework, recurring synchronization gate, or
+release execution is needed.
+
+## Open Questions
+
+None at the agreed baseline. Policy choices and exceptions are settled.
+A newly discovered concrete notice/source or rights issue should be reported
+with evidence and viable treatments rather than resolved by inventing a broader
+requirement. That contingency does not authorize reopening settled policies.

docs/roadmap/archive/policy.md

@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+# Standard Repository Policy Alignment
+
+## Purpose
+
+Bring Notarius's adopted policies into alignment with Standard Repository
+Policies, using identical upstream language wherever a substantive,
+project-specific decision does not require customization. Preserve Notarius's
+application contracts, operator choices, selected code license, and source-only
+release process.
+
+This roadmap defines the agreed target and update scope. It does not itself
+adopt policies, alter runtime behavior, or authorize a release.
+
+## Selected Upstream Revision And Current Baseline
+
+The agreed review, performed on 2026-09-28, uses full upstream commit
+`d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843` of
+[Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy).
+Follow the [adoption and update guide at that revision](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/adoption.md).
+Use that fixed revision for implementation, not whichever revision is then on
+`main`.
+
+The comparison is between the current Notarius documents and that revision.
+Historical adoption baselines need not be reconstructed or assessed. Introducing
+source metadata records the revision actually incorporated by this update, not
+a claim about previous adoptions.
+
+Notarius currently has five policies, no `meta.md` or `oss.md`, and no
+`docs/oss/` attribution collection. Its current agent entry point and developer
+guide provide orientation but lack the complete selective policy-reading guide.
+The project grant is GPL-3.0-or-later; root `LICENSE` contains the GPLv3 text.
+README licensing navigation and prospective release-footer instructions are
+missing.
+
+Public upstream discovery and attribution are now expressly approved. This
+supersedes the earlier instruction to omit references to the policy source;
+local checkout paths are neither necessary nor appropriate public references.
+
+## Alignment Rules
+
+- Start from the selected upstream wording, not a paraphrase of it. Adopt
+  non-substantive wording changes verbatim.
+- Retain local variations only for substantive, locally significant
+  requirements or decisions. Explain their purpose in the relevant policy
+  section or link to existing rationale; do not add a separate exception registry.
+- Follow each template's adoption instructions and remove its entire
+  `Base Policy Template` section. Replace required project-specific guidance
+  rather than leaving template instructions in an adopted policy.
+- Preserve deliberately selected contracts. Simplifying duplicate wording does
+  not authorize changing architecture, runtime behavior, or release mechanics.
+- Keep local policies authoritative. Upstream changes take effect only through
+  deliberate adoption; no automatic synchronization is introduced.
+
+## Target Policy Set And Justified Customizations
+
+| Local file | Current version | Target version | Required treatment |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `docs/policy/agents.md` | 1.1 | 1.3 | Adopt substantive upstream wording verbatim. Remove redundant local preamble and the ADR-0017 illustration; architecture already owns the deployment-permissions decision. No substantive exception is needed. |
+| `docs/policy/architecture.md` | 1.1 | 1.3 | Adopt general purpose, ownership, architectural approach, and constraint-versus-implementation guidance while retaining the application-specific decisions described below. |
+| `docs/policy/testing.md` | 1.1 | 1.3 | Adopt substantive upstream wording verbatim. Existing risk-based testing remains intact; no project-specific exception or test rewrite is needed. |
+| `docs/policy/documentation.md` | 1.3 | 1.11 | Adopt upstream wording and licensing/provenance ownership rows. Customize consumer ownership for subprocess use and omit the inapplicable HTTP-contract row. Remove the duplicate local implementation-details-versus-policy section; agent policy owns that rule. |
+| `docs/policy/release.md` | 1.1 | 1.4 | Adopt upstream wording with the existing source-only choices and selected gates below. Add prospective OSS-footer guidance. |
+| `docs/policy/meta.md` | Absent | 1.0 | Add upstream substantive wording, including public discovery links, local authority, and local attribution navigation. |
+| `docs/policy/oss.md` | Absent | 1.8 | Add upstream substantive wording, commit-pinned example links, and required Notarius context through canonical documents. |
+
+No existing policy remains entirely unchanged: all five need wording and/or
+provenance updates. This does not imply new substantive testing or agent rules.
+
+### Architecture Exceptions
+
+The architecture template expressly requires application-specific content.
+Retain Notarius's fixed stage sequence rather than an arbitrary DAG,
+artifact-family ownership across stages, domain-neutral framework, inward
+dependency direction, external adapter boundaries, and content-only assets
+package. Retain adopted validation/retry, scheduling, identity, evidence,
+configuration, and provenance contracts.
+
+Preserve operator-owned filesystem access policy and the separately adopted
+correctness boundaries, cache/checkpoint eligibility, output/debug lifecycle,
+secret handling, and platform/distribution decisions. These express existing
+product requirements and ADR-backed choices, not stylistic variations.
+Use existing architecture and ADRs as their authority; this migration does not
+authorize strengthening or weakening them.
+
+Keep concrete package inventories and implementation mechanics in their current
+internal-documentation homes. No architecture redesign, new threat model, or
+new abstraction is part of this work.
+
+### Documentation Exceptions
+
+Notarius's consumer interface is primarily a subprocess CLI, not a public Go
+API. Retain `docs/consumers/` ownership for that workflow and its consumer
+responsibilities. Retain integration contracts as the owners of durable receipt
+and artifact shapes. No HTTP service documentation or placeholder API document
+is needed.
+
+Other editorial variations should use upstream language, including the current
+versus future behavior and accepted-ADR rules. Preserve their meaning without
+retaining duplicate local formulations.
+
+### Release Exceptions
+
+Preserve source-only delivery, lightweight tags, `main` on `origin`,
+branch-before-tag publication, and no prereleases. There are no binaries,
+hosted release objects, or asynchronous artifacts to publish or recover.
+Use upstream generic language where applicable, but do not introduce those
+channels or atomic-push requirements.
+
+Retain the native CLI build and injected-version check with `GOWORK=off`:
+it protects the executable entry point and release version, which package tests
+alone do not verify. Preserve its documented rationale and existing optional
+diagnostics. No additional validation gate is warranted.
+
+Retain the decision not to create retrospective notes for v0.1.0, v0.2.0, or
+v0.3.0. Apply new footer formatting prospectively; do not rewrite published
+history to retrofit it.
+
+## Provenance And Selective Reading
+
+Each of the seven policies must retain its actual target `Base Policy Version`,
+set `Last Updated` to its actual local adoption date, and add an
+`Upstream Source` link to its own source file. For example:
+
+```text
+https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/testing.md
+```
+
+Substitute the correct filename for each policy; do not link every header to
+the repository root or adoption guide. Retain provenance through subsequent
+local edits.
+
+Use current public discovery URLs in `meta.md`:
+
+- https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy
+- https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/branch/main/docs/adoption.md
+
+Discovery links intentionally follow the current project and guide.
+Adopted-source, example, and attribution links identify immutable commits.
+The OSS template already includes commit-pinned example references; retain
+accurate pinned references rather than converting them to branch links.
+
+Adapt upstream `agents/AGENTS.md` into root `AGENTS.md`, preserving applicable
+existing instructions. Direct readers to `docs/development.md`, require agent
+policy before recommending/planning/implementing changes, and explicitly avoid
+reading the whole policy suite by default.
+
+Merge the upstream adoption guide's Policy Reading Guide into
+`docs/development.md`. Include all seven task triggers, especially policy
+updates, dependency/licensing changes, validation selection, and compatibility
+decisions. Preserve focused subsystem navigation without duplicating policy
+triggers across competing tables. Reuse policies already in context, expand
+reading when scope expands, and read affected cross-policy provisions when
+revising a policy.
+
+## Licensing And Attribution Target
+
+### Copied Policy Material
+
+Follow the selected upstream grant and canonical policy-attribution example:
+
+- Create `docs/oss/attribution.md` with the House Format title and insert the
+  Standard Repository Policies entry using the selected full commit for its
+  source, COPYRIGHT, and LICENSE URLs.
+- Identify actual copied/adapted material and modification status. Include
+  `docs/policy/`, the adapted root `AGENTS.md`, and the copied policy-reading
+  guide within `docs/development.md` as applicable. Do not claim unrelated
+  developer documentation was copied or relicense unrelated material.
+- Preserve supplied copyright, license, and disclaimer notices through the
+  specified arrangement; keep the entry factual rather than adding compliance
+  or research commentary.
+- Copy the complete, verbatim `CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt` to `docs/oss/licenses/`.
+- Add the separately licensed policy-material scope to `COPYRIGHT`, pointing
+  to attribution for exact scope and notices. Adapted policy material remains
+  CC-BY-SA-4.0; application code remains GPL-3.0-or-later. Leave root `LICENSE`
+  unchanged.
+
+The upstream licensing-format examples are CC0; using their original formatting
+alone does not require a separate attribution entry. This does not exempt
+copied policy prose from its stated terms.
+
+### Incorporated Dependencies And Assets
+
+Complete the previously planned inventory of relevant direct/transitive
+dependencies and copied code/assets using `go.mod`, resolved build dependencies,
+and exact pinned source contents. Neither direct imports alone nor every
+`go.sum` entry defines the inventory.
+
+Current starting points are ConfigKit v0.4.1, PromptKit v0.11.1, both PromptKit
+backend catalogs v2.20260926.0, jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2, x/text v0.40.0, yaml.v3
+v3.0.1, and yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.6. Verify actual incorporation, terms, notices,
+and exact commits; this list is not a pre-approved attribution inventory.
+
+Use the upstream OSS House Format without editorial elaboration. Copy only
+applicable standard and companion license texts, retaining their wording.
+Link component-specific notices and sources at the exact imported commit.
+Apply the upstream house interpretation of linked notices without inventing
+extra local-copy requirements, recurring approvals, or licensing conclusions.
+Handle a concrete uncovered obligation separately if one is discovered.
+
+### Navigation And Canonical Ownership
+
+- End `README.md` with the project-grant and attribution links prescribed by
+  OSS policy, using Notarius's GPL-3.0-or-later grant.
+- Update `docs/release.md` with a copyable prospective
+  `COPYRIGHT | LICENSE | ATTRIBUTION` footer using absolute Notarius URLs at
+  the release tag or corresponding immutable source revision. Check intended
+  local paths before publication; do not require an unpublished tag to resolve.
+- Update `docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md` and
+  `docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md` to link to canonical attribution rather
+  than maintaining competing notice inventories. Keep behavioral/API references
+  in those integration guides.
+
+## Local Materials And Upstream-Only References
+
+Keep the seven adopted policies, adapted agent entry point, project-specific
+developer guide, actual notices, and applicable license texts locally.
+
+Keep the upstream README, root AGENTS.md, contributor guide, adoption guide,
+and example collection upstream. Link to them when appropriate instead of
+copying an additional documentation tree. Do not copy unused license texts,
+example projects, or placeholder documents. Root Notarius `AGENTS.md` is based
+on upstream `agents/AGENTS.md`, not upstream's own contributor instructions.
+
+## Implementation Ownership
+
+[Implementation Plan](implementation.md) owns the ordered work stages and their
+validation. This document owns the target end state, scope, and policy choices.
+
+## Scope Boundaries And Acceptance
+
+- No application code, dependency pins, tests, release scripts, or published
+  history change merely to adopt policy wording.
+- No new ADR, recurring policy-sync job, SBOM, scanner, blanket header sweep,
+  security audit, platform matrix, approval round, or release gate is required.
+- All seven policies use the selected versions and correct file-specific source
+  links, with actual adoption dates and no remaining template-only sections.
+- Non-substantive differences use upstream wording; substantive variations are
+  confined to justified Notarius responsibilities and decisions.
+- Orientation supports selective reading and public upstream discovery without
+  requiring a sibling checkout.
+- Attribution accurately identifies copied material, modifications, selected
+  dependency revisions, notices, and faithful local license texts. Application
+  and policy-material license scopes remain distinct.
+- Canonical navigation works without duplicate notice inventories, nonexistent
+  interface documents, or copied upstream guide/example collections.
+- Validate affected relative and public links, metadata targets, license-text
+  fidelity, and `git diff --check`. Ordinary document review is sufficient;
+  production model runs and new runtime tests are not warranted.
+- Resolve only concrete newly discovered rights or scope issues with the user;
+  do not reopen settled choices through blanket approval requirements.
+
+There are no blocking open design decisions at the agreed review baseline.

docs/roadmap/archive/remediation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# Kit Upgrade Review Remediation
+
+## Resolution
+
+Completed 2026-09-26. No production changes were needed.
+
+- `internal/framework/llm/promptkit_observation_test.go` now covers retries in
+  both initial and repair generations, aggregate versus legacy accounting,
+  unknown/known-zero/partial usage, retry-wait cancellation, exhausted execution,
+  preparation failure, and overlapping request isolation.
+- `internal/framework/pipeline/debug_execution_test.go` exercises the real
+  scheduled client and debug wrapper together. It verifies returned and persisted
+  summaries for provider errors and cancellation without a body, split debug and
+  fallback content, terminal references, and explicit usage-presence JSON fields.
+- Temporary regression probes confirmed that discarding failed responses in the
+  scheduler and collapsing usage presence into known zero cause the new tests
+  to fail. Those probes were reverted.
+- Focused LLM/pipeline tests, their race-enabled suites, and
+  `GOWORK=off go test ./...` passed. Existing no-debug and redaction coverage was
+  retained. Runtime budgets, scheduler policy, and output contracts are unchanged.
+
+The original finding below is retained as review context.
+
+## Review Scope
+
+Reviewed implementation commits `31b48d2` through `7ac9d94` against
+[the feature roadmap](upgrade-kit.md) and the completed upgrade work recorded
+in those commits.
+The review covered configuration selection/defaults, production client wiring,
+error translation, execution observation, scheduler/debug propagation, current
+documentation, and tests. No production model calls were made.
+
+The implemented architecture is consistent with the intended design: ConfigKit
+v0.4.0 owns composition and overlay provenance behind the configuration boundary;
+PromptKit v0.11.0 owns transient retries and structural repairs behind the LLM
+adapter. Notarius retains stage retry/disposition policy, completion-scoped
+scheduling, application-owned error/observation types, and opt-in debug output.
+No new runtime defect or unrequested restriction was established in this review.
+
+## Finding 1 — Complete The Missing Retry And Observation Verification
+
+**Priority:** Medium. This is a verification gap, not a demonstrated runtime
+failure. Stages 5–7 are marked complete, but their consequential cross-boundary
+acceptance tests were not implemented.
+
+### Evidence And Risk
+
+- `internal/framework/llm/promptkit_client_test.go:58` adds only a successful,
+  single-attempt observation assertion with positive prompt-token usage. It
+  does not exercise absent versus partial/known-zero usage, failed/canceled
+  execution summaries, preparation failure, or concurrent request isolation.
+- `TestPromptKitClientAppliesConfiguredBuiltInTransientRetries` covers basic
+  status recovery, explicit zero, exhaustion, and a noneligible status. It
+  discards the response, so does not protect terminal accounting. There is no
+  combined transient-retry/structural-repair scenario or cancellation while
+  waiting on Retry-After.
+- `internal/framework/llm/scheduled_client.go:40` now preserves a response when
+  the inner call fails. No corresponding test protects that behavior. Returning
+  an empty response again would silently remove precisely the failed-call
+  observations this feature is intended to retain.
+- `internal/framework/pipeline/debug.go:267` and `:277` add execution summaries
+  to response artifacts and call references, plus fallback/content-splitting
+  propagation. Neither the debug nor terminal-debug tests were extended to
+  exercise these fields. Passing existing tests does not prove that failed-call
+  metadata reaches persisted records.
+
+These are Notarius-owned integration risks, not a request to re-test PromptKit's
+backoff algorithm. Losing failed-call observations or misrepresenting incomplete
+usage would be difficult to detect in ordinary successful runs. A focused set
+of behavioral tests is justified under the testing policy.
+
+### Required Remediation
+
+Use existing test assets, local HTTP fixtures, scheduler wrappers, and debug
+recorders. Combine related assertions; no fixed test count or new test framework
+is required.
+
+1. Add an adapter scenario with a transient failure, a structurally invalid
+   completion, and a successful repair. Exercise retries in both generations
+   with small explicit budgets, and assert terminal attempts/retries/repair
+   counts without double-counting. Use controlled usage fields to distinguish
+   known zero, unknown, and partial aggregate usage. Preserve legacy usage
+   semantics independently.
+2. Cover failed and canceled completions, including cancellation during a
+   Retry-After wait. Verify caller cancellation identity, bounded completion,
+   and retained execution metadata. Use signaling and a generous bounded test
+   timeout, not exact sleep durations or jitter assertions. Cover a preparation
+   failure with no execution summary. Add a small concurrent-call check for
+   request-local summary isolation, which race tests alone do not prove.
+3. Exercise an error response through the real scheduled client and existing
+   debug wrapper/recorder seams. Assert that the summary reaches response
+   artifacts and terminal call references even without a provider response
+   body. Cover the content-splitting/fallback path with a representative response.
+   Reuse existing no-debug and redaction tests rather than duplicating their
+   whole inventories. Keep new summary assertions metadata-only.
+
+Retain existing scheduler policy, stage/validator budgets, cancellation
+disposition, warning semantics, and debug opt-in behavior. Do not introduce a
+total deadline, new retry caps, telemetry artifacts, or live API requirements
+to make these tests easier. Fix production code only if these checks reveal a
+violation of the already selected behavior.
+
+**Acceptance:** The added tests fail if failed responses lose their execution
+summary at an adapter/wrapper boundary, usage presence is collapsed into zero,
+or retry/repair totals are double-counted. They pass with the intended behavior
+and provide evidence for the previously unverified stage acceptance criteria.
+
+**Validation:** Run focused LLM/pipeline tests, race-enabled tests for those
+packages, and `GOWORK=off go test ./...`. No production credentials are needed.
+
+## Checks Completed During Review
+
+- `GOWORK=off go test ./...`
+- `GOWORK=off go vet ./...`
+- `GOWORK=off go build ./...`
+- `GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff`
+- `GOWORK=off go test -race ./internal/framework/llm ./internal/framework/pipeline`
+- CLI configuration validation for the minimal and complete examples, including
+  the complete example with `--config-overlay development`.
+- `git diff --check`
+
+All passed. Existing green tests do not substitute for the missing behavioral
+coverage above. Temporary diagnostic test material used during review was
+removed; no application code was changed.

docs/roadmap/archive/upgrade-kit.md

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ Adopt ConfigKit v0.4.0 and PromptKit v0.11.0 in one coordinated work set:
 Preserve application/framework boundaries and keep the two upgrades as distinct
 implementation workstreams. Neither requires a redesign of pipeline execution.
 
-This feature roadmap owns the target state and scope. The ordered work and
-stage-specific verification belong to the [implementation plan](implementation.md).
-Neither document authorizes release publication.
+This feature roadmap records the target state and scope. Its original
+implementation plan was completed and later replaced by a new work plan.
+Neither document authorized release publication.
 
 ## Current Baseline
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ new durable telemetry artifact, or add complete cost accounting.
 ### Documentation
 
 Update current documentation with the implementation, keeping canonical
-ownership under [Documentation Policy](../policy/documentation.md):
+ownership under [Documentation Policy](../../policy/documentation.md):
 
 - `docs/cli.md`: new flag on every affected command and matching help behavior.
 - `docs/config.md`: overlay terminology, directory layout, precedence, and the
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ retries and zero-value opt-out, and the dependency license change. PromptKit's
 catalogs are unchanged from v0.10.0; this upgrade adds no further profile-name
 migration or change to the D&D model defaults. Release preparation,
 tagging, and publication remain a separately requested task under
-[Source Releases](../release.md).
+[Source Releases](../../release.md).
 
 ## Acceptance And Verification
 
@@ -333,5 +333,5 @@ tagging, and publication remain a separately requested task under
   and the complete configuration with `--config-overlay development`.
 
 Use existing behavioral tests where possible, following
-[Testing Policy](../policy/testing.md). No live model calls or production API
+[Testing Policy](../../policy/testing.md). No live model calls or production API
 credentials are needed to validate this migration.

docs/roadmap/configkit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+# ConfigKit 0.5 And Configuration Inheritance
+
+## Purpose
+
+Adopt ConfigKit v0.5.0 and make its sibling inheritance useful and supported in
+Notarius configuration, particularly for deriving development or testing
+pipelines from a complete D&D pipeline without duplicating the pipeline body.
+
+ConfigKit owns source composition and inheritance. Notarius continues to own
+typed configuration, domain defaults and validation, pipeline resolution, and
+execution. This work does not introduce a second configuration-merging engine.
+
+The [implementation plan](implementation.md) owns the ordered work and
+validation sequence. Release preparation and publication remain separate.
+
+## Reviewed Baseline
+
+Reviewed on 2026-10-03. Notarius pins ConfigKit v0.4.2 and uses its ordinary
+`Load` API in `internal/core/config/load.go`. Configuration version 5 supports
+imports, selected configuration overlays, explicit command overrides, recorded
+normalization, and redacted effective/explain output. Runtime configuration is
+detached from the ConfigKit inspection snapshot.
+
+Named pipelines and artifact lanes are mappings; pipeline `steps` and validator
+chains are sequences. The complete example imports
+`examples/pipelines/dnd-session.yml`, while the existing development overlay
+changes operational settings. Relative configured paths are resolved from the
+file supplying their surviving declaration. The current path resolver uses
+ConfigKit origin/source metadata and host filesystem paths.
+
+Target ConfigKit v0.5.0 at full source commit
+`dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd`. Consult the pinned
+[release guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/tag/v0.5.0/docs/releases/v0.5.0.md)
+and [configuration contract](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/src/tag/v0.5.0/docs/config.md).
+The release adds inheritance, layered loading, filesystem-backed sources,
+mapping sources, and passive resource contexts. Its Go requirement and YAML
+dependency are unchanged. The upgrade has not yet been trialed against
+Notarius's test suite at this review baseline.
+
+## Target End State
+
+### Native Sibling Inheritance
+
+Operators can define a named pipeline with `extends: parent-pipeline` and
+override only the settings that differ. The parent remains an ordinary named,
+valid pipeline; no abstract-template flag, template registry, or special
+validation exemption is introduced. Derived pipelines use the existing run,
+listing, validation, effective-configuration, and explanation commands.
+
+Use ConfigKit's native semantics without restricting inheritance to pipelines
+or implementing a Notarius-specific subset:
+
+- `extends` selects one exact key among the mapping's immediate siblings.
+  It is not a path, cross-scope lookup, or multiple-parent expression.
+- Source precedence is assembled before inheritance, and inheritance runs
+  before typed decoding and application resolution. Inherited input is explicit
+  for presence-sensitive defaults, including zero, false, empty, and null.
+- Child mappings recursively overlay parent mappings; sequences, scalars,
+  and null replace inherited values. Existing typed/domain validation still
+  determines whether the resulting value is valid.
+- Omitting `extends` retains a lower-priority relationship; `extends: null`
+  cancels the relationship, not arbitrary inherited fields independently.
+- Root and sequence-element mappings have no sibling namespace for their own
+  string relationship. Nested mappings may have one. In particular, individual
+  entries of the `steps` sequence cannot extend other step entries.
+- ConfigKit rejects missing/non-mapping parents, invalid directive types, and
+  cycles, and resolves effective relationships even in unselected entries.
+- Parent definitions receive normal typed decoding and Notarius validation.
+  Inheritance is not a way to hide invalid partial pipeline definitions.
+- Inherited nested relationships resolve at their destination according to
+  ConfigKit's rules; do not pre-expand or reinterpret them in Notarius.
+
+Names are matched by ConfigKit before Notarius's existing identifier trimming.
+Document exact-key lookup rather than introducing pre-inheritance name rewriting.
+
+The principal documented workflow is whole-pipeline reuse. Inheritance does not
+append steps, merge sequences by `id`, or allow a child to override one list
+element without supplying a replacement list. The same applies to validator
+chains. Do not disguise this boundary through custom list-merging code.
+
+### Paths, Provenance, And Runtime Boundaries
+
+An inherited relative reference or resource path remains relative to its
+original declaring file, not the child's file or the invocation directory.
+Imported parents, overlays, and nested inheritance must retain that behavior.
+Direct child declarations use their own source context. Built-in relative
+destinations and CLI-supplied paths keep their existing bases.
+
+Review `documentPathBase` and related original-path/normalization handling
+against the new origin metadata. Make narrowly required corrections if needed;
+do not assume that successful typed decoding proves correct path resolution.
+Effective output must agree with the runtime paths, and explanations must retain
+the upstream derivation evidence through recorded Notarius normalization.
+
+Keep the ConfigKit boundary private: no upstream inheritance objects or
+unresolved directives reach runtime pipeline/module types. ConfigKit expands
+relationships once during loading. Notarius's existing binding-profile,
+validation-policy, and module-default resolution still operate on the resulting
+configuration; they are not replaced with generic sibling inheritance.
+
+Configuration overlays, pipeline inheritance, and PromptKit `base_profile`
+inheritance remain distinct mechanisms. The latter still belongs to PromptKit.
+
+### Compatibility And Upgrade Policy
+
+Keep Notarius configuration `version: 5`. The typed runtime shape is unchanged;
+the new capability belongs to configuration composition. No new CLI flag or
+inheritance opt-in setting is needed or available upstream.
+
+The significant compatibility change is that `extends` becomes a reserved key
+in every input mapping, including dynamic module-option maps and named maps.
+It is consumed before typed decoding, so it can no longer be ordinary data or
+an ordinary entry name there. Audit maintained configuration/fixtures for such
+usage and document that affected operator configurations must rename the key
+or identifier and any associated consumer field. Do not silently strip, alias,
+or bypass the directive to preserve an incompatible interpretation.
+
+Configurations without that collision should retain their existing meaning.
+Preserve discovery, import rules, overlay selection, explicit CLI override
+precedence, strict decoding, redaction, defaults, and validation. Existing
+configuration-stage inheritance does not alter the fixed execution pipeline,
+artifact contracts, warning policy, or checkpoint identity design.
+
+The eventual Notarius release should be a new minor version, explaining both
+the feature and the newly reserved input key. Release preparation/publication
+is separate from this work; no exact release number is selected here.
+
+## Required Work
+
+### Dependency And Configuration Integration
+
+Upgrade `go.mod` and `go.sum` to the exact target. Keep PromptKit and unrelated
+dependencies unchanged unless dependency resolution demonstrably requires it.
+Continue using ordinary `configkit.Load`, the existing typed defaults factory,
+and source-aware resolution/validation callbacks.
+
+Inspect the load, operational-document, path, conversion, inspection, and CLI
+boundaries. Add only integration adjustments demonstrated necessary by the
+upstream change. There should be no `Extends` field added to Notarius runtime
+types and no homegrown inheritance algorithm.
+
+Update ConfigKit's factual attribution version and COPYRIGHT/LICENSE/source
+links to the target commit after inspecting its actual notices. Preserve the
+selected project grant and reuse unchanged local license texts.
+
+### Maintained Example
+
+Extend the complete example's imported pipeline definitions with a small
+`dnd-session-development` sibling deriving from `dnd-session`, demonstrating a
+pipeline-level setting override such as a smaller structural-repair budget.
+Use already supported values and existing profile sources so the example
+validates without an invented model/profile dependency. Explain that
+`llm_profile` is another useful override when the operator supplies that profile.
+
+Retain the runnable parent, minimal example, and existing operational overlay.
+Do not duplicate the complete steps list or add a third standalone configuration
+merely to demonstrate inheritance. Update example-loading/listing expectations
+for the additional pipeline, checking inherited behavior rather than snapshots
+of incidental formatting or total line counts.
+
+### Canonical Documentation
+
+- `docs/config.md`: own syntax, composition order, exact sibling lookup,
+  replacement/null semantics, path bases, reserved-key migration, and limits
+  on step/validator-list composition. Link to the maintained example and pinned
+  upstream rules rather than duplicating the entire upstream manual.
+- `docs/internal/configuration.md`: describe expansion before typed decoding,
+  presence and source-aware normalization, and the unchanged runtime boundary.
+- `docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md`: update the supported version, public
+  contract links, and integration scope.
+- `docs/oss/attribution.md`: update the dependency's verified source/notice links.
+- `docs/cli.md` and consumer guides: update only where navigation or examples
+  benefit from showing selection of the derived pipeline. Do not invent new
+  invocation syntax or duplicate the configuration reference.
+
+The existing ConfigKit architecture decision remains applicable. No new ADR is
+required solely for consuming the library's composition feature; do not rewrite
+an accepted ADR or turn new private implementation details into invariants.
+
+## Verification And Acceptance
+
+Use focused Notarius boundary tests, not a duplicate of ConfigKit's full suite:
+
+- Existing maintained configurations continue loading and resolving.
+- A derived pipeline retains its own identifier and inherits the complete
+  parent pipeline while applying its explicit overrides.
+- Imports and selected overlays participate in composition before inheritance;
+  explicit CLI overrides keep their documented precedence.
+- Representative zero/false/null inputs exercise existing presence-sensitive
+  defaulting or validation correctly; null is not universally valid merely
+  because inheritance can represent it.
+- Replacing a steps or validator sequence does not concatenate or merge it.
+- References inherited from a parent in another file retain their declaring
+  directory, while child-supplied replacements use the child's directory.
+- Effective and explanation output remain redacted and expose useful source
+  and inheritance information after application normalization.
+- Representative invalid inheritance produces ConfigKit load diagnostics through
+  the normal Notarius CLI error path, without a parallel validation engine.
+- Maintained examples and their imported fragments validate offline without
+  credentials or provider calls.
+
+Configuration and CLI boundary coverage should protect document/path/operational,
+effective/explanation, and maintained-example behavior. Framework-resolution
+coverage is appropriate where a distinct handoff risk requires it. Acceptance
+includes the offline default suite, vet, and build with `GOWORK=off`, dependency
+tidiness, and documentation diff/link checks appropriate to the changes. The
+implementation plan owns their sequencing; these checks are not additional
+permanent release gates.
+
+## Deferred Capabilities And Non-Goals
+
+- Do not adopt `LoadLayered` or add a new underlay precedence tier now. Existing
+  imports, overlays, and typed defaults remain the loading model. Bundled
+  pipeline presets or site-wide default layers need a separate operator-facing
+  design if selected later.
+- Do not move Go defaults into embedded YAML or mapping sources solely because
+  v0.5.0 provides those APIs.
+- Do not generalize references to arbitrary `fs.FS` resources in this work.
+  `SourceContext` may be used if it materially helps the required path behavior,
+  but its filesystem access rules must not silently replace Notarius's existing
+  host-path contract or introduce new path restrictions.
+- No abstract templates, multiple inheritance, list-element composition,
+  new template schema, new pipeline scheduler, or extra configuration knobs.
+- No opt-in gate or Notarius-only prohibition on other valid native inheritance
+  locations; use upstream semantics and existing domain validation.
+
+There are no significant open design decisions at this baseline. Implementation
+should verify the new metadata behavior and correct concrete integration gaps
+without broadening the agreed feature scope.

docs/roadmap/implementation.md

@@ -1,403 +1,528 @@
-# ConfigKit And PromptKit Upgrade Implementation Plan
+# ConfigKit Inheritance Implementation Plan
 
 ## Purpose And Scope
 
-Implement [ConfigKit And PromptKit Upgrades](upgrade-kit.md). That document
-owns the desired behavior and operator migration; this document owns execution
-order. Each numbered stage is one bounded implementation prompt for a
-gpt-5.6-terra coding agent. Complete and validate stages in order.
-
-The inspected baseline pins ConfigKit v0.3.0 and PromptKit v0.10.0. Adopt
-exactly ConfigKit v0.4.0 and PromptKit v0.11.0, not whatever release happens to
-be newest during implementation. The release guides and public APIs are
-available in the sibling checkouts `../ConfigKit` and `../promptkit`; consult
-the target tags or downloaded modules if those checkouts have advanced.
-Build and test Notarius with `GOWORK=off`, without local dependency replacements.
-
-Read `docs/development.md` and all five policies in `docs/policy/` before
-implementation. In particular, simplify machinery without narrowing operator
-choices or elevating incidental details into requirements. Preserve existing
-contracts unless this roadmap expressly changes them. Use graph discovery for
-code, then inspect the relevant source and tests; locations below identify the
-reviewed baseline, not a requirement to preserve private file structure.
-
-## Decisions And Boundaries
-
-- Configuration selection becomes `--config-overlay` and `overlays/<name>.yml`,
-  with no legacy alias or fallback. Keep empty, omitted, and `default` selection
-  behavior. Do not rename PromptKit profiles or pipeline/runtime profile types.
-- Keep configuration version 5, source-file-relative declarations, CLI override
-  precedence, strict loading, inspection provenance, and redaction.
-- Add only the global `promptkit.transient_retries` setting: nonnegative integer,
-  default **2 additional attempts**, explicit zero disables. No arbitrary cap,
-  per-binding setting, new CLI retry flag, or new total-deadline setting.
-- PromptKit owns transient HTTP retries and structural repairs; Notarius keeps
-  stage/validator retry budgets and disposition unchanged. The existing shared
-  scheduler retains its completion-scoped permit through upstream waiting.
-- Add provider-neutral failure metadata and request-local execution summaries.
-  Do not change domain artifacts, result receipts, prompt content, validators,
-  acceptance policy, or introduce a new telemetry service/artifact.
-- Successful retry recovery is ordinary success, not a warning. Debug remains
-  opt-in. Existing token fields keep their meaning; observed usage is separate.
-- No release, tag, push, source-license change, or binary packaging is part of
-  these stages. Record upgrade implications in current integration/operator
-  documentation; the eventual release note is a separate release task.
-
-For each stage, inspect the starting worktree, implement code with its focused
-tests and current-behavior documentation, run the listed relevant checks, and
-make one coherent local commit under agent policy. Report checks and any gaps.
-Do not repeat passed checks for unchanged content merely to make a commit.
-
-## Stage 1 — Cut Over Configuration Selection To Overlays
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Adopt ConfigKit v0.4.0 and finish its narrow operator-facing rename in
-one coherent change. This is one prompt: it is a naming migration, not a new
-configuration engine.
-
-**Inspect:** `internal/core/config/load.go`, `loaded_config.go`, configuration
-document/path/operational tests; `internal/cli/run.go`,
-`configkit_commands.go`, CLI configuration and example contract tests;
-`examples/profiles/development.yml`; upstream v0.4.0 migration guide.
-
-**Work:**
-
-1. Upgrade ConfigKit to v0.4.0 in `go.mod`/`go.sum`. Change `LoadOptions.Profile`
-   to `Overlay` and pass it into `configkit.Options[Document].Overlay`. Rename
-   only helpers, fields, locals, fixtures, and descriptions representing the
-   selected configuration layer.
-2. Replace `--config-profile` with `--config-overlay` for `run`, `config validate`,
-   `config effective`, `config explain`, and `pipelines list`. Update usage,
-   flag parsing, argument classification, explicit-empty handling, and error
-   paths together. Retired flags use normal unknown-flag behavior.
-3. Move `examples/profiles/development.yml` to
-   `examples/overlays/development.yml`; update maintained-example discovery and
-   selected-layer fixtures. Check file-relative paths after moving. Leave
-   `examples/llm-profiles/`, PromptKit profile sources, and ordinary explicit
-   imports alone unless an import actually points at the moved example.
-4. Consume upstream overlay provenance and diagnostic names directly. Do not
-   rebuild composition, implement directory fallback, or translate metadata
-   back to profile vocabulary.
-5. Update `docs/config.md`, `docs/cli.md`, `docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md`,
-   `docs/internal/configuration.md`, relevant portions of `docs/internal/cli.md`,
-   and `docs/consumers/subprocess.md`. Review README, operations, and other
-   consumer examples for affected invocations. Explain the clean migration and
-   distinction from LLM profiles. Preserve accepted ADR-0018 and release history.
-
-**Acceptance:** All five commands select overlays consistently. Representative
-existing tests cover selected/base/empty/default behavior, overlay and explicit
-override precedence, declaration-relative paths, redacted effective/explain
-output, and source-aware failure labels. Include a selected legacy-only file
-case proving there is no silent fallback. Retain ordinary-import behavior and
-LLM profile coverage; do not duplicate every upstream parser case.
-
-**Validate:** `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config ./internal/cli`,
-`GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff`, `git diff --check`. Review occurrences of
-`config-profile` and `examples/profiles` in current docs/code semantically;
-historical docs and explicit legacy-rejection tests are not defects.
-
-## Stage 2 — Upgrade The PromptKit Runtime Baseline
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Adopt the compatible upstream dependency and document its changed
-default before adding Notarius controls. One small prompt.
-
-**Inspect:** `internal/framework/llm/promptkit_client.go`, asset/profile identity
-helpers and tests, `go.mod`, and upstream v0.11.0 release/consumer documentation.
-
-**Work:**
-
-1. Pin PromptKit v0.11.0 and tidy. Keep the Go version and provider catalog
-   selections unless the actual dependency graph requires a change; the target
-   release does not require either. Do not alter embedded D&D model settings.
-2. Update `promptKitBuiltinProfileCatalogID` to the v0.11.0 identity in accordance
-   with the existing checkpoint fingerprint convention. No other cache policy
-   change or blanket invalidation is part of this work.
-3. Update the pinned integration links in `docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md`,
-   including the relocated upstream `docs/policy/release.md`. Record the
-   LGPL-3.0-or-later dependency license and reference its license/notices; do not
-   relicense Notarius or invent a new distribution workflow.
-4. Remove the obsolete no-provider-retry-loop statement in `docs/internal/llm.md`.
-   Describe the now-active upstream default and per-attempt timeouts in the
-   appropriate integration/operations sections. Do not yet describe the setting
-   or observations from later stages as implemented.
-
-**Acceptance:** The prepared-execution adapter builds and its existing tests
-pass without prompt/catalog changes. Current documentation acknowledges the
-dependency's default retry behavior and license accurately.
-
-**Validate:** `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/framework/llm ./internal/cli`,
-`GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff`, `git diff --check`.
-
-## Stage 3 — Wire The Explicit Transient Retry Setting
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Make retry policy inspectable and configurable through the one shared
-engine. One prompt covering a single vertical configuration slice.
-
-**Inspect:** `internal/core/config/{document,config,load,operational_document,
-loaded_config,validation}.go`, effective-config tests;
-`internal/cli/catalog.go:buildProductionLLMClient`;
-`internal/framework/llm/promptkit_client.go:NewPromptKitClient` and HTTP tests.
-
-**Work:**
-
-1. Add `TransientRetries *int` to `PromptKitDocument` and a resolved integer to
-   `PromptKitConfig`. Supply 2 through both the document default path and the
-   runtime `Default()` path. Preserve explicit zero; never use zero as omission.
-   Include it in document-to-runtime conversion and effective configuration.
-2. Reject negative values through both existing document and direct runtime
-   validation entry points. Follow current source-aware diagnostics; do not
-   impose a new maximum. Keep ConfigKit's existing decoding behavior.
-3. Add `TransientRetries *int` to `PromptKitClientConfig`: nil follows upstream
-   default, non-nil includes explicit zero. Production construction always
-   supplies the resolved configuration value. Pass it into `promptkit.Config`,
-   not per-request options. All calls through the injected shared client thus
-   share the setting without module changes.
-4. Add the setting to `examples/dnd-complete.config.yml` and `docs/config.md`;
-   keep the minimal example minimal. Update configuration/LLM internal guides
-   for the new plumbing and operations for the zero-value opt-out.
-
-**Acceptance/tests:** Demonstrate omitted default, explicit zero, a positive
-override, negative rejection, and effective/explain inspection. Use an existing
-CLI factory test to prove the resolved value reaches construction. Exercise
-built-in generation with a local HTTP server: eligible failure then success,
-disabled retries, exhausted configured count, and a noneligible 400 response.
-An injected `LLMClient` stub does not test built-in HTTP retry wiring. Avoid
-testing the upstream jitter formula or every equivalent HTTP status.
-
-**Validate:** `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config ./internal/cli ./internal/framework/llm`
-and `git diff --check`.
-
-## Stage 4 — Preserve Typed Failure And Exhaustion Metadata
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Distinguish provider failures without coupling callers to PromptKit.
-One prompt; defer execution observations to the next stage.
-
-**Inspect:** `internal/framework/contracts/errors.go`, adapter error conversion
-in `promptkit_client.go`, redaction helpers, and existing pipeline handling of
-`ErrLLMGeneration`, `ErrLLMCapacityExceeded`, and invalid structured output.
-
-**Work:**
-
-1. Extend the existing application-owned `LLMGenerationError` rather than
-   creating a parallel provider-error hierarchy. Retain `StatusCode()` and
-   `errors.Is(err, ErrLLMGeneration)`. Add application-owned failure-kind,
-   exhaustion, and exhausted-generation attempt metadata/accessors; use uint64
-   for upstream attempt counts. Preserve the existing constructor's callers
-   with sensible unspecified/generation metadata, adding a metadata constructor
-   or private adapter helper as needed.
-2. Define kinds for `transport`, `provider_status`, `malformed_response`, and
-   generic `generation`. Exhaustion is an independent boolean and attempt count,
-   not a replacement kind. Zero attempts means unavailable in this error
-   projection, not proof no request happened. The count comes from
-   `RetryExhaustedError.Attempts()` and covers the exhausted generation, not all
-   repair generations combined.
-3. Use `errors.Is`/`errors.As` on upstream sentinels/types. Keep cancellation and
-   deadline identity first, capacity handling intact, and HTTP status available
-   through an exhaustion wrapper. Do not unwrap application errors to upstream
-   provider objects or classify by prose. Preserve sanitized diagnostic text.
-4. A malformed provider envelope is a generation failure; schema-invalid model
-   content stays `ErrInvalidStructuredOutput`. Do not change outer retry or
-   validator disposition logic. Document classification at the integration and
-   internal LLM boundaries.
-
-**Acceptance/tests:** Adapter tests cover transport, malformed response,
-noneligible status, exhausted eligible status with count/status preserved, and
-cancellation/deadline/capacity regression behavior. Check typed fields and
-identities, not full messages. Existing credential-redaction cases remain valid
-for nested exhaustion diagnostics; use fake secrets only.
-
-**Validate:** `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/framework/contracts ./internal/framework/llm ./internal/framework/pipeline`
-and `git diff --check`.
-
-## Stage 5 — Project Request-Local Execution Observations
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Return a lightweight terminal summary even when generation fails.
-One prompt focused on contracts and adapter mapping, without persistence changes.
-
-**Inspect:** `internal/framework/contracts/contracts.go`, `CompleteStructured`,
-`responseFromResult`, prepared execution tests, upstream `observations.go` and
-prepared-execution observer documentation.
-
-**Work:**
-
-1. Add an optional `Execution *LLMExecutionSummary` field to
-   `StructuredCompletionResponse` (`execution,omitempty`). Own these DTOs in
-   Notarius contracts; do not alias or serialize upstream event types.
-2. The summary contains uint64 `attempts`, `transient_retries`, `repair_calls`;
-   integer millisecond `capacity_wait_ms`, `generation_ms`, `retry_delay_ms`,
-   `duration_ms`; `outcome`, `failure_kind`, `status_code`, `retries_exhausted`;
-   and `usage`. Usage contains prompt/completion/total/cached/cache-write counts,
-   each with `value`, `known`, `complete` fields. Do not omit these booleans or
-   known-zero values. The summary needs no prompts, response text, endpoints,
-   credentials, raw errors, or new copies of run/profile identifiers.
-3. Map terminal outcome/failure values explicitly to application-owned strings.
-   Preserve the distinctions exposed by v0.11.0 (including canceled, deadline,
-   capacity, invalid output, configuration/load/render failures); unknown future
-   failures map to `other`. Reuse relevant application failure vocabulary from
-   Stage 4, without forcing every execution error into a generation error.
-4. Attach a local observer to the `RunRequest` before `PrepareExecution` freezes
-   it. Retain the `ExecutionFinished` projection only: upstream supplies aggregate
-   counts, durations, and usage. Do not sum attempt events and terminal totals,
-   retain an event log, or reconstruct a second accounting system. Synchronous
-   request-local collection needs no global state or asynchronous queue.
-5. Attach that summary to every subsequent return from `RunPrepared`, including
-   context/capacity/provider failure and post-result decode/validation failure.
-   Preparation failure has no execution event and returns no summary. Preserve
-   upstream execution outcome as such: a later Notarius decode error remains a
-   separate returned error, not a fabricated upstream terminal event.
-6. Keep existing successful-result token and repair fields unchanged. Observed
-   `repair_calls` represents execution activity and is not a renamed legacy
-   `RepairAttempts`. No observation field is a billable-cost guarantee.
-
-**Acceptance/tests:** Success, failed execution, cancellation, and no-observation
-preparation failure retain the right presence. Test known zero versus unknown
-and partial aggregate usage with controlled provider responses. One concurrent
-completion case proves no summary cross-contamination. Check relationships and
-nonnegative durations, not exact timing. Document the DTO and mapping in
-`docs/internal/llm.md`; public dependency semantics stay in pkg-promptkit.
-
-**Validate:** `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/framework/contracts ./internal/framework/llm`
-and `GOWORK=off go test -race ./internal/framework/llm`.
-
-## Stage 6 — Carry Summaries Through Existing Debug Paths
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Make observations useful to operators without a new output channel.
-One prompt, limited to debug propagation and terminal allowlists.
-
-**Inspect:** `internal/framework/pipeline/debug.go`, its response-content/fallback
-helpers, terminal recording tests, and `debugLLMScope.references`. Trace
-`debugLLMCallReference` through the existing timed stage/terminal envelopes;
-updating only the detailed response file is insufficient. The CLI's separate
-run-summary files do not need a new run-wide accounting mechanism.
-
-**Work:**
-
-1. Project the optional execution summary into existing debug response artifacts
-   and per-call references used by stage/terminal records. Explicitly preserve it
-   when `Debug.Response` or `RunResult` is absent and through content splitting
-   and fallback construction. Keep copies detached if existing clone paths
-   could otherwise share mutable pointers.
-2. Use explicit typed fields as the allowlist for this metadata-only terminal
-   projection. Do not carry raw upstream events, newly copied provider diagnostics, or model
-   content into safe terminal summaries. Preserve established redaction and
-   detailed-trace content boundaries.
-3. Leave warnings, normal console output, receipts, domain artifacts, checkpoint
-   payloads, and no-debug behavior unchanged. No new telemetry file or aggregation
-   of observed token totals into legacy totals.
-4. Update `docs/internal/state.md`/relevant debug internals and `docs/operations.md`
-   to identify where this diagnostic information is available. Link to the
-   canonical explanation rather than repeating every field in consumer docs.
-
-**Acceptance/tests:** Through the real debug wrapper and existing recorder seam,
-verify success and failed/canceled completions retain summaries in response and
-safe terminal records. Verify content splitting/fallback does not discard them,
-and debug disabled writes nothing. Reuse existing redaction tests, adding only
-the new projection assertions. No new warnings result from recovered retries.
-
-**Validate:** `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/framework/pipeline ./internal/cli`,
-`GOWORK=off go test -race ./internal/framework/pipeline`, `git diff --check`.
-
-## Stage 7 — Verify Retry Composition And Finish Operator Guidance
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Validate the cross-boundary behavior that individual stages cannot
-prove, then reconcile current documentation. One prompt; no generalized retry
-test framework or runtime redesign.
-
-**Inspect:** Existing adapter HTTP fixtures, scheduler cancellation tests,
-pipeline stage retry/debug tests, CLI production tests; current config, LLM,
-operations, and consumer documentation.
-
-**Work and acceptance:**
-
-- Add one representative local-HTTP scenario combining a recoverable transient
-  status with structurally invalid generated content followed by a successful
-  repair. Prove transient budgets apply independently per generation and
-  terminal attempt/repair/usage accounting is not doubled. Use small explicit
-  budgets rather than executing the illustrative 18-request worst case.
-- Exercise cancellation during provider-directed retry waiting without a long
-  real sleep: signal that the request was received, cancel a context while a
-  long Retry-After is pending, and wait with a bounded test timeout. Preserve
-  cancellation identity and the terminal observation. Do not build a second
-  backoff implementation or test exact random delays.
-- Review shared scheduler tests for completion-scoped permit ownership and
-  cancellation/release. Add a focused integration case only where existing
-  coverage does not protect that boundary across the new retry path. Keep
-  upstream backend capacity algorithms upstream.
-- Confirm a recovered generation passes through ordinary success without
-  producing process warnings. Preserve existing outer stage retries and semantic
-  feedback. Do not alter limits to hide budget multiplication.
-- Finish operations guidance: distinguish transient, structural, and stage/
-  validator budgets; give the 18-attempt single-producer illustration with its
-  assumptions; explain per-attempt timeout versus overall caller cancellation,
-  Retry-After waits, cost/latency implications, incomplete usage accounting, and
-  the outer scheduler holding its permit during waits. No new total deadline or
-  exactly-once guarantee is implied.
-- Review all canonical docs changed earlier for consistency. Keep exact fields
-  and defaults in config, flags in CLI, dependency semantics in integrations,
-  mechanism in internals, and operating implications in operations. Keep the
-  migration note about overlays distinct from unchanged LLM profiles. Retain
-  historical ADR/release content; no new ADR is needed for these upgrades.
-
-**Validate:** Run the focused adapter/pipeline/CLI tests and race tests covering
-modified concurrency paths. Review tests for unnecessary upstream duplication
-or exact-prose/change-detector assertions; consolidate rather than multiply them.
-
-## Stage 8 — Final Integration Verification And Handoff
-
-**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
-
-**Goal:** Verify the complete upgraded application and documentation against the
-feature roadmap. One final verification prompt; fix only defects within scope.
-
-**Work:** Review all feature acceptance items and staged diffs. Confirm no
-upstream types escaped the LLM boundary, no references to the retired config
-flag remain in current examples/help, no unintended LLM profile rename occurred,
-and no source-only/license/release scope expanded. Check edited relative links.
-Leave the roadmap available for the user's completion review; do not publish a
-release or delete planning documents automatically.
-
-**Validation commands:**
+Implement [ConfigKit 0.5 And Configuration Inheritance](configkit.md). That
+feature roadmap owns the intended behavior and policy choices. This document
+owns the ordered implementation work. Each numbered stage is one prompt for a
+Luna coding agent; complete its acceptance criteria before starting the next.
+
+The starting baseline pins ConfigKit v0.4.2 and PromptKit v0.11.2, uses ordinary
+`configkit.Load`, and accepts Notarius configuration version 5. Upgrade only
+ConfigKit to v0.5.0, source commit
+`dc09959cca4e105f49ec316c6d4ba585bd2340bd`. The release tag is annotated: use
+`git rev-parse 'v0.5.0^{commit}'` when verifying the source commit in a checkout.
+
+The implementation adds supported native configuration inheritance and a
+maintained example. It does not require changing pipeline execution, artifact
+schemas, or release tooling. Release preparation and publication remain a
+separate task; this feature belongs in a future minor release.
+
+## Working Instructions For Every Stage
+
+- Read `docs/development.md`, `docs/policy/agents.md`, and the feature roadmap.
+  Use the development guide to select additional applicable policies, including
+  architecture, testing, documentation, and OSS for the changes being made.
+- Inspect the named code and tests before editing. Prefer the repository's
+  code knowledge graph for code discovery. Inspect the pinned upstream release
+  and public API when an integration detail needs confirmation; do not assume
+  a sibling checkout's current branch equals the released version.
+- Keep ordinary `configkit.Load`, typed defaults, and the existing private
+  configuration boundary. ConfigKit handles `extends` before decoding; add no
+  `Extends` field, second merge pass, application template registry, or opt-in
+  flag. Accept valid native inheritance locations under existing domain rules.
+- Make production changes only where a concrete integration failure requires
+  them. A stage may consist of focused tests and documentation when the
+  existing adapter already behaves correctly. Fix a regression rather than
+  weakening an established expectation to accommodate the upgrade.
+- Test Notarius's boundary with the real ConfigKit dependency and small,
+  deterministic fixtures. Reuse existing helpers and coverage; do not replicate
+  ConfigKit's complete test matrix, add diagnostic snapshots, or assert
+  incidental output formatting. Keep the default suite offline and independent
+  of credentials and model calls.
+- Use `GOWORK=off` for Go commands so a sibling checkout cannot substitute for
+  the pinned modules. Update canonical documentation as each behavior lands.
+  Review the diff, run the stage's checks, and commit the coherent result under
+  the agent policy. Record any unresolved failure in the handoff rather than
+  marking that stage complete. Do not push or publish a release as part of this
+  plan.
+
+## Stage 1 — Upgrade The Dependency And Its Notices
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: establish the released dependency baseline without redesigning the
+configuration adapter.
+
+Inspect:
+
+- `go.mod`, `go.sum`, and `internal/core/config/load.go`.
+- `docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md` and the ConfigKit entry in
+  `docs/oss/attribution.md`.
+- ConfigKit's pinned `docs/releases/v0.5.0.md`, `go.mod`, `COPYRIGHT`, and
+  `LICENSE`; consult the sibling checkout with `git show v0.5.0:<path>`.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Run `GOWORK=off go get gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit@v0.5.0`, then
+   `GOWORK=off go mod tidy`. Review the selected dependency graph. Retain
+   PromptKit v0.11.2 and unrelated pins unless module resolution requires a
+   change; explain any such change in the handoff.
+2. Search maintained configuration, fixtures, YAML tags, and documentation for
+   ordinary uses of the key or entry name `extends`. For example, use
+   `rg -n '\bextends\b' examples internal docs assets`. Classify any matches:
+   new inheritance instructions are valid; ordinary field/key uses collide
+   with the new reserved directive. Rename actual maintained collisions and
+   their consumers together, without an alias or bypass. Do not rename the
+   unrelated PromptKit `base_profile` setting.
+3. Run focused existing tests. Address compile/API compatibility failures with
+   the smallest necessary adapter changes. Native inheritance needs no
+   registration or load option.
+4. Update the integration document's pin and brief description to v0.5.0;
+   replace the v0.4.2 patch-only explanation with the new composition boundary.
+   Link to pinned upstream release/configuration documentation.
+5. Update only ConfigKit's attribution version and exact source/notice links
+   to the target commit, preserving the verified copyright and
+   `LGPL-3.0-or-later` expression. Reuse the existing LGPL/GPL texts when
+   unchanged. Do not refresh unrelated component attribution or policies.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- The declared and selected ConfigKit module is v0.5.0, without a workspace or
+  local `replace` dependency.
+- Existing configuration and CLI tests pass; maintained ordinary `extends`
+  collisions, if any, have been resolved explicitly.
+- Integration and attribution documents agree with the actual dependency and
+  imported source commit. The adapter still uses ordinary `Load`.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go list -m gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config ./internal/cli
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: one dependency upgrade, its notices, and demonstrated compatibility
+adjustments. Leave new inheritance coverage to the following stages.
+
+## Stage 2 — Prove Pipeline Composition And Runtime Conversion
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: establish whole-pipeline reuse through the real configuration boundary.
+
+Inspect `load.go`, `document.go`, `loaded_config.go`, `pipeline_document.go`,
+`document_test.go`, `pipeline_document_test.go`, and
+`effective_config_contract_test.go` under `internal/core/config`. Reuse the
+existing test catalog for runtime resolution.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Add focused loading coverage in `internal/core/config/inheritance_test.go`.
+   Define a valid parent pipeline and a child with `extends: parent` plus a
+   pipeline-level override. Assert the inherited input, bindings, and ordered
+   steps survive conversion, while the child retains its own pipeline ID and
+   the parent keeps its own settings.
+   Keep the fixture small rather than copying the complete D&D example.
+2. Resolve the resulting child with the existing catalog. Assert its selected
+   ID and overridden setting reach the resolved pipeline. Use the catalog's
+   registered module keys and avoid generated-reference requirements in this
+   small fixture; the full generated-reference handoff is covered in Stage 7.
+   Reuse existing resolution tests for unrelated defaults and digests.
+3. Add one replacement case: the child supplies a complete different `steps`
+   list. Assert replacement and ordering, with no parent steps appended or
+   merged by ID. Both resulting pipelines must satisfy ordinary validation.
+4. Add one native nested-mapping case using sibling artifact lanes in an
+   `artifacts` mapping: a child lane inherits a valid parent lane and overrides
+   a binding value. This proves that Notarius does not limit inheritance to
+   pipeline mappings. Other upstream-supported mapping shapes need no custom
+   permission mechanism.
+5. In `docs/config.md`, add the canonical inheritance explanation: exact
+   immediate-sibling lookup, one parent, source composition before expansion,
+   recursive mapping combination, sequence/scalar/null replacement, normal
+   validation of parent and child, and all effective relationships being
+   resolved. State that step-sequence entries cannot extend each other.
+   Include a small illustrative pipeline snippet and the reserved `extends`
+   migration note. Distinguish configuration overlays and PromptKit profiles.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- Loading and resolving a child yields an ordinary independently identified
+  pipeline with the expected inherited composition and explicit override.
+- Replacement lists retain only the child list, in its configured order.
+- Valid nested artifact-lane inheritance works through native ConfigKit
+  behavior without extra runtime types or application merging.
+- Configuration version remains 5 and the user reference describes the
+  implemented syntax and reserved-key compatibility impact.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: small composition fixtures, runtime handoff, and one canonical
+syntax section. Presence-sensitive cases belong to Stage 3.
+
+## Stage 3 — Preserve Presence And Existing Domain Validation
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: ensure inherited input remains explicit through Notarius normalization,
+defaulting, and validator-chain conversion.
+
+Inspect `operational_document.go`, `pipeline_document.go`,
+`document_normalizer.go`, `loaded_config.go`, and their existing presence tests.
+Extend `inheritance_test.go` rather than adding a parallel fixture framework.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Cover inherited `structured_output_repair_attempts: 0`: it remains a
+   populated zero override after loading and resolution, rather than reverting
+   to a pipeline or prompt default. Also cover a child explicitly overriding a
+   nonzero parent budget with zero.
+2. Cover an inherited supported `validators: []` on a chunk or extraction
+   binding. Its runtime override retains `Set=true` and an empty chain. Cover
+   a child replacing a nonempty parent chain with `[]`; do not concatenate it
+   or reinstall default validators because the child list is empty.
+3. Cover an inherited false module-option value, such as
+   `output.options.evidence_context.enabled: false`, remaining false in runtime
+   configuration. Inspect the decoded document's input metadata to establish
+   explicit presence where needed, rather than relying on truthiness.
+4. Cover inherited or child-supplied null for a field already rejected when
+   explicit, such as `structured_output_repair_attempts`. Require the existing
+   contextual load failure. Inheritance's support for null does not make that
+   field nullable. Reuse existing direct-input null coverage.
+5. Use a small overlay fixture to demonstrate the sequencing: an overlay that
+   changes the parent before expansion changes the child's inherited value;
+   a child's own explicit replacement wins over the parent's value. Verify
+   `extends: null` cancellation using a child with its own valid input binding,
+   and verify omission of the directive in an overlay preserves the base
+   relationship. An explicit override record for the parent value must be
+   reflected in an inheriting child as well.
+6. If any integration defect appears, correct Notarius's existing presence or
+   conversion handling, using ConfigKit's metadata. Add no application
+   inheritance evaluator. Refine `docs/config.md` to explain explicit
+   zero/false/empty/null and cancellation without promising universal validity.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- Inherited and direct replacements retain their existing explicit-value
+  semantics, including zero repair budgets and empty validator overrides.
+- Existing null restrictions are neither relaxed nor expanded.
+- Overlay/explicit-override composition precedes inheritance, and cancellation
+  behaves as described by the pinned upstream contract.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: presence and precedence at one package boundary. This stage does
+not change defaults or add CLI flags for arbitrary configuration overrides.
+
+## Stage 4 — Verify Declaration-Relative Paths Through Inheritance
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: keep inherited resource paths anchored to the original declaration.
+
+Inspect `document_paths.go`, `document_paths_test.go`, the original-path map in
+`pipeline_document.go`, and sequence mutation recording in
+`document_normalizer.go`. Consult ConfigKit's public `InputInfo`, `Origin`, and
+`Source` contracts at v0.5.0.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Extend real-file tests using `t.TempDir()`: import parent and child pipeline
+   definitions from different subdirectories beneath one configuration root.
+   Give the parent pipeline a relative external reference and one reference
+   inside an inherited ordered step. Assert both inherited paths resolve from
+   the parent's file; a direct child reference replacement resolves from the
+   child's file. Reference files may be minimal public fixture data.
+2. Add an overlay replacement case where the parent reference is declared by
+   the overlay and subsequently inherited. Its base must be the overlay's
+   directory. A nested reference-mapping inheritance case must preserve its
+   original contributor when copied into a derived pipeline.
+3. Combine one inherited path case with whitespace-normalized pipeline or
+   reference keys. The existing `originalPath` mechanism must still find the
+   input's origin. ConfigKit exact sibling matching happens before Notarius
+   trims names; do not pre-normalize the inheritance lookup.
+4. Include a legitimate `../` reference, retaining the current host-path
+   behavior. Reuse existing coverage for built-in destination bases, explicit
+   CLI destination bases, absolute paths, and empty cache roots unless the
+   upgrade reveals a distinct regression.
+5. Fix `documentPathBase` or related origin handling only if these tests expose
+   a failure. Query the surviving value's contributor, not the `extends`
+   control location or an arbitrary sibling. Keep the existing host-path
+   resolution model; do not replace it with resource opening through
+   `ResourceContext.FS`, which could introduce containment restrictions.
+6. Clarify inherited declaring-file behavior in `docs/config.md`. Update the
+   loading/path explanation in `docs/internal/configuration.md` to reflect
+   expansion before decoding and source-aware recorded normalization.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- Imported, nested, and overlaid inherited paths use the file supplying the
+  surviving value; direct child replacements use their own declaring file.
+- Normalized identifiers and inherited ordered-step references retain correct
+  bases without unrecorded sequence mutation failures.
+- Existing path access and destination policies are preserved. No new path
+  containment, existence, or resource-format restriction is introduced.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: one path-resolution seam and focused real-file regressions.
+Inspection rendering is checked separately in Stage 5.
+
+## Stage 5 — Preserve Inspection, Derivation, And Ownership
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: prove inherited configuration remains correctly inspectable after
+Notarius's recorded normalization and runtime conversion.
+
+Inspect `loaded_config.go`, `loaded_config_test.go`, `document_normalizer.go`,
+`redaction_test.go`, and the new inherited path fixtures. Review upstream
+metadata/history APIs rather than inventing a new provenance format.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Through `LoadedConfig.WriteEffective`, check a derived pipeline's expanded
+   values and resolved reference paths agree with its runtime configuration.
+   Verify consumed `extends` directives are absent from the effective typed
+   configuration. Assert selected values/paths, not the full YAML document.
+2. Through `WriteExplanation`, inspect one inherited scalar and one inherited
+   path that Notarius normalizes. Assert useful parent/source and inheritance
+   evidence remains available alongside the final normalization result.
+   Use structured upstream metadata within the configuration package for
+   precise provenance checks, and minimal stable fragments for rendered text.
+   Do not require a new Notarius renderer or exact diagnostic wording.
+3. Add a synthetic credential-shaped option to a parent and inherit it into a
+   child. Verify effective and explanation views redact its value, including
+   inherited/displaced history where present. Use only fake secret strings and
+   the existing sensitivity predicate; add no new credential rules.
+4. Extend the existing ownership test: mutating a child's runtime nested map
+   must not mutate the parent's runtime map or the frozen inspection snapshot.
+   Retain the `RuntimeConfig()` detached-copy behavior without a new cloning
+   mechanism unless the test demonstrates a conversion defect.
+5. Update `docs/internal/configuration.md` to describe inherited explicit input,
+   retained derivation, normalization, and the detached runtime boundary. Repair
+   any affected stale loading terminology, such as calling a configuration
+   overlay a profile. Link to `docs/config.md` for syntax and field rules.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- Effective paths agree with runtime paths; explanations retain useful source
+  and transfer evidence after normalization.
+- Existing redaction applies to inherited values and history.
+- Parent, child, returned copies, and inspection snapshots have the established
+  ownership behavior. Upstream inspection types stay private to configuration.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: configuration inspection and ownership, with focused tests and its
+internal documentation.
+
+## Stage 6 — Exercise CLI Selection And Failure Reporting
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: make derived pipelines first-class through the existing commands and
+preserve the normal load-error path for invalid inheritance.
+
+Inspect `internal/cli/configkit_commands_test.go`, `command_contract_test.go`,
+and the configuration command/load helpers. Use the existing injected catalog
+and fake collaborators; do not construct providers or make LLM calls.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Add a small valid parent/child fixture. Exercise `pipelines list` and
+   `config validate --pipeline child`; assert the child can be selected by its
+   own ID and listing remains sorted. Reuse existing command rendering tests
+   rather than duplicating every output mode.
+2. Exercise `config effective` and `config explain` for that child to prove CLI
+   wiring reaches the safe upstream inspection views. Assert successful status
+   and relevant inherited evidence, not a whole-output snapshot.
+3. Add representative invalid load cases for a missing parent, a cycle, and an
+   invalid directive type. Keep one invalid relationship in an unselected
+   pipeline to prove selecting a different valid pipeline cannot hide it.
+   Assert runtime-error status, no success output, and meaningful safe
+   configuration diagnostics. Reuse package-level diagnostics for more detailed
+   path checks; ConfigKit owns the full malformed-directive matrix.
+4. Check exact-key behavior with a whitespace-bearing parent name: the matching
+   declaration works and existing identifier normalization follows expansion.
+   A mismatch should produce the upstream missing-parent failure. No automatic
+   trimming, aliases, or application-specific inheritance restrictions are
+   added.
+5. Change production CLI code only if these tests expose a wiring defect.
+   `docs/cli.md` may gain a short link to configuration inheritance where useful,
+   but commands and flags remain the same.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- Derived pipelines use the ordinary selection, listing, validation, and
+  inspection commands.
+- Invalid relationships reach the existing load-error reporting path, even
+  when their entries are not selected for execution.
+- Read-only command tests require neither credentials nor provider work.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/cli ./internal/core/config
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: command-boundary behavior and representative error propagation.
+
+## Stage 7 — Publish And Test The Development Pipeline Example
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: give operators one complete, runnable demonstration without duplicating
+the full pipeline.
+
+Inspect `examples/dnd-complete.config.yml`,
+`examples/pipelines/dnd-session.yml`, `examples/overlays/development.yml`,
+`internal/cli/example_contract_test.go`, and `maintainedExampleFiles` in
+`internal/cli/production_contract_test.go`.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Add this sibling to `examples/pipelines/dnd-session.yml`:
+
+   ```yaml
+   dnd-session-development:
+     extends: dnd-session
+     structured_output_repair_attempts: 0
+   ```
+
+   Keep it beneath `pipelines`, beside the complete parent. Explain with a short
+   comment that this development variant disables PromptKit structural repairs
+   while inheriting the steps and configured producer-stage retry budgets.
+   It uses the parent's existing `dnd-extraction` profile.
+2. Update the complete example's expected pipeline IDs to include the child in
+   sorted order. Keep the minimal example and existing operational overlay.
+   Do not add a third standalone configuration or duplicate the parent's steps.
+3. Extend maintained-example coverage to load, resolve, and materialize external
+   references for both complete-example pipelines. Compare the child to the
+   parent for step/lane composition and generated-reference bindings, and assert
+   the selected zero structural-repair setting reaches eligible resolved
+   bindings. Do not assert equal pipeline digests: their IDs/settings differ.
+4. Update `TestMaintainedExamplesValidateEffectiveProfilesOffline` to validate
+   every expected pipeline in each maintained example, including the new child,
+   with credentials absent. Retain the existing two-root-example inventory.
+5. Update `docs/config.md`'s maintained-example guidance to show selection of the
+   variant and explain that operators may instead override `llm_profile` when
+   supplying another profile. Link to the inherited fragment. Add only a short
+   configuration link in `docs/consumers/dnd-pipeline.md` if useful; keep its
+   complete parent workflow and artifact instructions intact.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- The existing complete root imports both valid pipelines, and the derived
+  pipeline contains only the relationship and its intentional override.
+- Both variants resolve and validate offline using the maintained profile,
+  external references, generated bindings, and full module catalog.
+- Maintained examples and navigation accurately explain the variant without
+  confusing it with the operational overlay or PromptKit profile inheritance.
+
+Validation:
+
+```sh
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/cli -run 'TestMaintained'
+GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config ./internal/cli
+git diff --check
+```
+
+Prompt size: one example fragment, its existing test inventory, and focused
+operator guidance. No full live extraction run is needed.
+
+## Stage 8 — Consolidate Documentation And Verify The Complete Upgrade
+
+> Completion: complete.
+
+Goal: finish with an internally consistent, validated upgrade ready for review.
+
+Inspect all changed files, `docs/config.md`,
+`docs/internal/configuration.md`, `docs/integrations/pkg-configkit.md`,
+`docs/oss/attribution.md`, and affected CLI/consumer navigation. Compare against
+the feature roadmap's acceptance criteria.
+
+Work:
+
+1. Confirm canonical ownership: configuration defines syntax/precedence/path
+   rules; internals explain the adapter; integration documentation identifies
+   the supported upstream contract; attribution records the imported version
+   and notices. Remove duplicate definitions introduced during earlier stages.
+2. Check the documentation covers the reserved key in every input mapping,
+   exact sibling naming, normal validation of all definitions, replacement of
+   step/validator sequences, source-relative inherited paths, explicit values,
+   and cancellation. Do not describe deferred `LoadLayered`, filesystem source,
+   mapping source, or underlay workflows as available Notarius features.
+3. Search for stale ConfigKit v0.4.2/current-pin claims in active documentation
+   and dependency files, ordinary reserved-key collisions, and confusing profile
+   terminology. Leave historical releases and archived roadmaps intact. Verify
+   relative document links locally and pinned external links where accessible;
+   no new documentation-checking tool or recurring network gate is required.
+4. Run the full offline default suite, vet, and native build. Build to a
+   `mktemp -d` destination so no binary is left in the repository. Run
+   `GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff`; an unexpected diff must be resolved and
+   reviewed rather than accepted silently.
+5. Review the final implementation for unintended restrictions or guarantees:
+   no new schema version, inheritance whitelist, abstract-template exemption,
+   custom list merge, host-path restriction, configuration source tier,
+   additional CLI knobs, or upstream types leaking into runtime contracts.
+6. Report the implemented behavior, successful checks, and any concrete gaps.
+   Keep roadmap retirement and release publication for a later request.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- Every required outcome in `configkit.md` is implemented and covered at the
+  appropriate boundary, with no unexplained scope expansion.
+- Maintained examples and canonical documents agree with the selected module
+  and observed loading behavior. Dependency metadata is tidy.
+- Full offline tests, vet, build, and relevant diff/link checks pass. Any
+  unavailable optional external-link verification is reported accurately.
+
+Validation:
 
 ```sh
 GOWORK=off go test ./...
 GOWORK=off go vet ./...
-GOWORK=off go build ./...
+build_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+GOWORK=off go build -o "$build_dir/notarius" ./cmd/notarius
 GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff
-GOWORK=off go test -race ./internal/framework/llm ./internal/framework/pipeline
-GOWORK=off go run ./cmd/notarius config validate --config examples/dnd-minimal.config.yml
-GOWORK=off go run ./cmd/notarius config validate --config examples/dnd-complete.config.yml
-GOWORK=off go run ./cmd/notarius config validate --config examples/dnd-complete.config.yml --config-overlay development
 git diff --check
+git status --short
 ```
 
-Reuse already-passed checks for the same unchanged candidate where appropriate.
-The example/CLI tests own maintained examples; the commands above are a one-time
-migration smoke check, not new permanent release gates. No live model calls or
-real API keys are required. Report environment/dependency-access failures
-separately from implementation failures; do not claim blocked checks passed.
+These are development checks for this upgrade, not additional permanent release
+gates. Do not repeat successful checks for unchanged content solely to satisfy
+another handoff step; rerun the affected checks after any correction.
 
-**Completion criteria:** Both exact dependency pins are active; overlay migration,
-retry setting, typed errors, observations, debug propagation, tests, examples,
-and current documentation satisfy the feature roadmap. Report commits and
-checks, plus any residual limitation. Future release preparation should explain
-the breaking overlay cutover, retry default/opt-out, and upstream license change
-in a minor-release note, but is not part of this implementation.
+Prompt size: final review, small documentation consolidation, and aggregate
+verification. A newly discovered substantial defect must be reported with its
+evidence and required follow-up rather than folded into an unrelated refactor.
 
 ## Open Questions
 
-None. The feature roadmap supplies the policy choices needed for implementation.
-The DTO naming and stage boundaries above settle remaining implementation choices
-without adding new product restrictions or compatibility promises.
+None at this baseline. The dependency target, native inheritance semantics,
+path policy, example override, documentation owners, and deferred features are
+specified. Whether an adapter needs a small correction is determined by the
+integration tests above, rather than a new product-policy decision.

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+# PromptKit 0.12 Configuration Migration
+
+## Purpose
+
+Adopt PromptKit v0.12.0 after the completed ConfigKit upgrade, replacing the
+removed configuration APIs and asset formats with PromptKit's ConfigKit-backed
+configuration boundary. Make the new composition, inheritance, presence, and
+captured-configuration capabilities useful without introducing a second loader
+or changing Notarius's domain extraction and pipeline acceptance policies.
+
+This is a feature roadmap, not an execution sequence. The operator-source and
+native-overlay decisions were accepted on 2026-10-04 and are incorporated below.
+A separate implementation plan will define the execution sequence. Release
+preparation and publication are separate work.
+
+## Reviewed Baseline
+
+Reviewed on 2026-10-04 against Notarius commit
+`af62b3b`, with ConfigKit v0.5.0 and PromptKit v0.11.2 selected in `go.mod`.
+The remote PromptKit v0.12.0 tag resolves to full source commit
+`4b8169da286917fde7875425bb32b799b12c6af3`, matching the sibling checkout.
+Primary upstream references are the
+[release guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.12.0/docs/releases/v0.12.0.md),
+[consumer migration guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.12.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md#migrate-from-the-previous-configuration-api),
+and [format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.12.0/docs/formats.md).
+These were reviewed in the local checkout; the remote tag was verified directly.
+
+The current integration has these migration-sensitive boundaries:
+
+- `internal/framework/llm/asset_registry.go` flattens module-owned prompt,
+  schema, and fallback-profile filesystems and constructs `WithPromptFS`,
+  `WithSchemaFS`, and `WithFallbackProfileFS` options.
+- `promptkit_profiles.go` shares profile-source construction between the
+  execution client and credential-free explicit-profile inspection. It uses
+  `Config.ProfileDir`, `WithProfileFile`, and the backend registration option.
+  The inspection engine supplies `PromptDir: "."` without preparing a prompt.
+- `promptkit_client.go` constructs the engine and uses prepared execution,
+  semantic correction messages, structural repair overrides, observations,
+  direct sessions, reasoning overrides, and provider-neutral error adaptation.
+- `promptkit_profile_fingerprint.go` combines a pinned catalog marker with
+  reread operator profile files and fallback asset bytes. The optional local
+  endpoint contributes a separate identity; local concurrency is excluded.
+- Embedded prompt definitions throughout `assets/dnd/` and
+  `assets/generic/normalize/deduplication/` use top-level `id` and `version`.
+  `assets/dnd/profiles/dnd-extraction.yaml` and the maintained deployment file
+  `examples/llm-profiles/dnd-extraction.yml` use top-level `id`.
+- The public profile contract says a matching operator profile completely
+  replaces a fallback or catalog profile. It documents `base_profile`
+  inheritance. These claims do not match v0.12.0's native semantics.
+
+The current focused LLM, CLI, and module-integration tests pass with
+`GOWORK=off`. This establishes the baseline only: no trial dependency upgrade,
+live inference, or production model-quality evaluation has been performed.
+
+## Upstream Changes Relevant To Notarius
+
+PromptKit v0.12.0 is an incompatible configuration/API release:
+
+- `Config.Sources` accepts ordered ConfigKit underlays and an optional main
+  input. Legacy prompt/profile directory fields and configuration-source
+  options are removed. Schema and injected-runtime options remain available.
+- Documents use keyed `backends`, `profiles`, and `prompts` mappings, with a
+  second version mapping beneath each prompt ID. Embedded `id`, `version`, and
+  `base_profile` fields are invalid; profile inheritance uses `extends`.
+- Files within one source group compose strictly, not by filename precedence.
+  Later groups overlay earlier groups recursively. Explicit null, zero,
+  false, and empty values can differ from omission; `{}` does not clear a map.
+- Engine construction validates every final effective definition, including
+  unused definitions, and captures message content and static templates.
+  Ordinary execution and inspection do not reload them. Schemas, request
+  artifacts, credentials, and provider operations retain their runtime timing.
+- `InspectConfiguration` exposes captured presence, sources, diagnostics,
+  explanations, and redacted effective output. These reports are not
+  automatically safe to publish: ordinary prompt/provider content remains data.
+- Maintained catalogs move to `/v3`, both at `v3.20260930.0`.
+  PromptKit and Notarius already share the required ConfigKit v0.5.0 and Go
+  1.25.5 baseline; no additional Go-version upgrade is required by this release.
+
+## Target End State
+
+### One Native Configuration Boundary
+
+PromptKit owns the effective backend/profile/prompt configuration and all
+upstream composition and inheritance. Notarius selects its sources and adapts
+the resulting engine to the existing provider-neutral completion contract.
+ConfigKit and PromptKit types remain inside the LLM adapter's explicit
+integration boundary, not in domain modules or pipeline contracts.
+
+Retain Notarius configuration `version: 5`, `promptkit.profile_file`,
+`promptkit.profile_dir`, their mutual exclusion and declaring-file-relative
+path handling, `transient_retries`, and the optional conventional local backend.
+Do not add replacement Notarius configuration fields merely because the
+upstream constructor has changed. Document the changed external file format.
+
+Use one shared source-construction path for execution and profile preflight.
+The source precedence is:
+
+1. PromptKit's maintained catalog layer, supplied by PromptKit itself.
+2. Registered application prompt and fallback-profile assets.
+3. The explicitly selected operator file or directory.
+4. A programmatic `local` backend contribution when Notarius's
+   `promptkit.local_backend` is configured, so those explicit Notarius values
+   win over conflicting file declarations of those fields.
+
+The existing selected file/directory accepts native combined `profiles`,
+`backends`, and `prompts` documents. Enable explicit ConfigKit imports on these
+operator inputs. Describe the familiar `profile_file` and `profile_dir` fields
+as PromptKit configuration sources whose principal workflow is profile
+selection; do not add a section whitelist or a custom merge language.
+Domain modules remain responsible for interpreting and validating model output,
+even when an operator supplies a prompt overlay.
+
+Inputs within each group use native strict composition. Directory discovery is
+recursive over YAML files and has no hidden per-file priority. No unselected
+directory is scanned. Construct filesystem-backed inputs with usable resource
+contexts so referenced message files retain their declaring-source base.
+Do not combine host profile files with embedded content under a fabricated
+common filesystem root.
+
+Document import layouts that do not accidentally select the same definitions
+through both directory discovery and imports: a file-root import layout is
+often the simplest choice. Use native import/resource rules rather than
+inventing deduplication, filename override order, or broader host access.
+
+Use `FilesystemInputs` for the existing flattened embedded views,
+`DirectoryInputs` or an individual ConfigKit file input for the operator
+source, and `BackendSource` with the presence-aware local-backend helper for
+programmatic backend configuration. Keep schemas on the existing schema
+filesystem boundary. There is no need to deserialize catalog assets, register
+catalog backends individually, or recreate PromptKit inheritance.
+
+Profile preflight does not need dummy prompt directories or synthetic prompts.
+Both construction paths include the same catalog, application prompt/fallback,
+operator, and local-backend layers. This matters for partial operator prompt
+overlays: inspecting a layer without its application base would validate a
+different effective definition. Call `InspectProfile` on the constructed engine
+without preparing a synthetic request. Construction still captures and
+validates the effective prompt definitions; preflight does not resolve
+credential values, prepare request artifacts, or contact providers.
+
+### Keyed Assets Without Prompt Behavior Changes
+
+Every maintained prompt declaration becomes a keyed document of this shape:
+
+```yaml
+prompts:
+  dnd.spells:
+    v1:
+      # Existing definition body, without embedded id/version fields.
+```
+
+Profiles become keyed entries beneath `profiles`. Preserve literal prompt IDs,
+the `v1` version, logical profile IDs, selected response schemas, content paths,
+message order, roles, shared fragment bytes, cache-control metadata, and
+configured structural repair budgets. Do not conflate this migration with
+prompt rewriting, schema changes, or durable artifact version changes.
+
+The application-owned `dnd-extraction` fallback continues to explicitly select
+`openrouter`, `openai/gpt-5.6-luna`, timeout 240, and service tier `flex`, with
+reasoning effort unset. Do not replace that choice with an upstream catalog
+alias or adopt unrelated model defaults. Migrate the maintained operator
+example and relevant inline Go/YAML test fixtures as well as production assets.
+
+Module ownership, ordered asset manifests, scoped mounting, and selected-asset
+hashing remain intact. Check virtual filenames and source-relative
+`content_file` resolution after wrapping definitions; do not move business
+logic into the root `assets` package.
+
+### Presence, Inheritance, And Operator Migration
+
+The adopted policy is native recursive overlay, not a compatibility shim
+for complete-definition replacement. Operators can override only the fields
+they want. Omitted fields retain lower-layer values, and `extends` uses native
+literal sibling-key lookup. Changing a backend or model does not erase
+explicit inherited settings; backend-derived defaults are applied to the
+final backend after inheritance.
+
+Document intentional clearing with `null`, including reasoning/service tier,
+sampling controls, credential lookup, and provider maps where supported.
+Distinguish null from zero/false/blank and from an empty mapping. For example,
+switching an operator's `dnd-extraction` overlay to a local model may also need
+`service_tier: null` to remove the fallback's explicit `flex` setting. Do not
+automatically scrub settings based on model-name heuristics.
+
+Translate `base_profile` to `extends` in maintained examples and explain that
+operators must migrate their external files. Do not retain legacy aliases or
+an alternate parser. Preserve exact PromptKit keys; do not introduce a new
+identifier normalization pass. Update tests that assumed whole replacement
+or selection-time validation deliberately, rather than treating those
+intentional upstream changes as regressions.
+
+Native eager validation applies to final effective values, not independently
+to each superseded contribution. Do not add a source-history audit or raw-layer
+validation that prevents legitimate overrides from repairing lower layers.
+
+### Native Operator Capabilities
+
+Support the capabilities of the unified format directly, without new Notarius
+configuration knobs or model-specific adaptation:
+
+- Custom or multiple backend definitions, including endpoint, credential
+  environment name, provider parameters, concurrency, and queue capacity.
+  Operators may also overlay maintained backend settings, for example changing
+  OpenRouter's admission limit. Backend IDs are configuration keys, not a
+  closed registration list. Notarius's global scheduler still applies.
+- Profile inheritance, partial overrides, and recursive provider-parameter
+  composition. Explicit null suppression and zero/false values follow native
+  field rules. Native sibling inheritance is not limited by a Notarius
+  profiles-only whitelist; prompt/backend mappings follow upstream rules too.
+- File-configured `api_key_required`, with PromptKit's exact credential
+  precedence and runtime checks. In particular, true suppresses a backend's
+  implicit environment source; an explicitly configured profile environment
+  source remains usable. This is an operator choice, not a new mandatory
+  credential policy or a reason to require credentials during preflight.
+- Deployment prompt overlays and declaring-source-relative message files,
+  including imported content. Prompt version selection remains caller-owned;
+  this upgrade does not infer a new module version from file order or add
+  automatic latest-version selection.
+
+The existing `local_backend` object remains a convenient highest-priority
+contribution for that conventional backend. Other backend settings remain
+available through the unified operator source; do not copy every upstream field
+into a parallel Notarius backend schema.
+
+Keep the two maintained top-level configuration examples. Use the complete
+example's existing PromptKit deployment file and small canonical documentation
+snippets to demonstrate native inheritance/partial overrides, custom backend
+configuration, imports, null clearing, and prompt editing without adding a
+large unrelated example suite. Not every capability needs its own runnable
+pipeline.
+
+### Captured Execution And Checkpoint Identity
+
+One engine represents one captured configuration for its lifetime. Editing
+operator definitions or message files requires constructing a new engine;
+there is no watcher or automatic hot reload in this scope. Preserve the normal
+CLI lifecycle without promising that independently constructed preflight and
+execution engines are one transactional filesystem snapshot.
+
+Compute and retain checkpoint identity from the configuration actually
+captured by the execution engine. Do not identify an old captured engine by
+files reread after it was constructed. Identity must account for effective
+profile/backend semantics and the pinned PromptKit/catalog revisions. It must
+also account for operator prompt definitions and their
+captured prompt content, not just `content_file` path strings.
+
+Use public captured inspection and prompt-definition equality values where
+appropriate; do not reach into PromptKit internals. `InspectPrompt.PromptHash`
+includes captured content and is an opaque equality value. Inspection reports
+alone do not embed referenced message-file bodies. Preserve application
+module/schema fingerprints, actual-used profile provenance, and the existing
+exclusion of concurrency-only local settings from semantic checkpoint identity.
+A conservative identity across effective profiles is acceptable; per-selected-
+profile optimization is not a prerequisite for this upgrade.
+
+Raw sources, configuration history, prompt bodies, endpoints, and credential
+values must not be added to ordinary manifests or checkpoint metadata. The
+new inspection API supports both private captured identity and the explicitly
+requested operator reports below. Do not automatically dump reports into run
+output or debug bundles. Hash-only identity is distinct from publishing an
+inspection report, and redaction is not a substitute for covering execution
+semantics.
+
+### Operator-Facing PromptKit Inspection
+
+Provide explicit CLI operations for three complementary views:
+
+- **Effective configuration:** write the captured, ConfigKit-redacted PromptKit
+  configuration, including effective keyed backends, profiles, and prompts.
+  Use `Engine.InspectConfiguration().WriteEffective` rather than reconstructing
+  YAML from Notarius's profile declarations or runtime manifests.
+- **Setting explanation:** explain one canonical JSON Pointer in that captured
+  configuration, including source history, layer overrides, and inheritance.
+  Use the captured inspection's explanation API. Literal IDs containing `/`
+  or `~` use ordinary JSON Pointer escaping, not a dot-path interpretation.
+- **Resolved profile:** inspect one explicit profile ID with `InspectProfile`
+  and present its backend-completed execution settings, including target,
+  effective reasoning/provider controls, credential environment name and
+  requirement, and selected backend identity. Endpoint-only profiles remain
+  identifiable as such. Do not conflate configured profile fields with values
+  derived from backend defaults.
+
+Use the same selected Notarius configuration/overlay, registered application
+assets, operator sources, and local-backend contribution as execution and
+preflight. A report describes the engine captured for that invocation, not a
+live view of a separate running process. Constructing the engine performs
+native definition/content validation, but these commands do not need transcript
+input, execute pipeline stages, prepare requests, resolve credential values,
+admit provider capacity, or contact a model. Required-credential profiles remain
+inspectable when the named environment variable is unset.
+
+Keep existing Notarius `config effective` and `config explain` behavior intact;
+the PromptKit view must be an explicit selection, not a replacement or an
+automatic second document appended to their output. Define the concrete command
+syntax in the implementation plan and maintain it in `docs/cli.md` when it
+lands. Standard output contains the selected report only; ordinary diagnostics
+and failures follow the existing CLI conventions. Unknown paths/profiles and
+invalid pointers must be distinguishable without leaking raw configuration
+through error messages.
+
+Reports are operator-requested application data. Preserve upstream credential
+redaction and Notarius's existing secret-handling boundary; include credential
+variable names, never their values. Configuration explanations can contain
+overridden values and inline prompt/provider content, and effective YAML is not
+a transcript-free or generally sanitized report. Document these properties and
+operator-owned output handling without adding permission enforcement, new
+confirmation gates, automatic report persistence, or blanket content removal.
+
+Effective configuration, backend-completed profile settings, and prepared
+request details are different views. These commands do not render a prompt
+with transcript inputs or return captured message-file bodies merely because
+they appear in the configuration as `content_file` references. Keep complete
+request/response inspection on the existing explicitly requested debug path.
+
+### Existing Execution Policies Remain Unchanged
+
+Preserve prepared execution, the exact latest-response semantic correction
+pair, prompt-prefix caching, direct sessions, reasoning overrides, cancellation,
+the shared scheduler, local/backend admission, observer accounting, error
+classification, and credential redaction. Structural repairs, transient HTTP
+retries, outer producer attempts, and validator execution budgets remain
+separate. The existing one-repair maintained prompt default remains unchanged.
+
+The migration does not change extraction/normalization semantics, warning
+classification, artifact contracts, subprocess receipts, or reusable-state
+eligibility. Construction errors may occur earlier under native eager
+validation; adapt them through the existing safe adapter/CLI error boundary,
+not by exposing arbitrary upstream configuration content.
+
+## Required Work
+
+- Update `go.mod` and `go.sum` to PromptKit v0.12.0 and its selected `/v3`
+  catalogs. Keep ConfigKit v0.5.0 and unrelated dependencies unless module
+  resolution requires a change. Remove obsolete `/v2` requirements after tidy.
+- Replace removed constructor/source/backend APIs in the LLM adapter and
+  shared profile-preflight construction; retain schema and injected-client
+  options. Remove obsolete adapter helpers rather than layering a parallel
+  configuration system beside them.
+- Migrate every registered prompt and fallback profile, the maintained
+  deployment profile, and affected test fixtures to keyed definitions.
+- Adopt the unified source policy, explicit operator imports, presence/null
+  behavior, native operator capabilities, and captured
+  lifetime; replace live-file checkpoint fingerprinting with captured identity.
+- Add explicit effective-configuration, setting-explanation, and resolved-
+  profile CLI inspection using the shared captured-engine construction and
+  public PromptKit inspection APIs. Keep upstream inspection values within
+  the adapter boundary and preserve ordinary Notarius configuration reports.
+- Update behavioral tests at the adapter, CLI preflight, asset registry, and
+  representative assembled-module boundaries. Reuse real ConfigKit/PromptKit
+  loading and offline injected clients or local HTTP fixtures.
+- Update canonical documentation when implementation lands:
+  `docs/config.md` owns selected sources, precedence, profile syntax and
+  migration; `docs/operations.md` owns deployment and reload guidance;
+  `docs/internal/llm.md` owns construction, capture, and checkpoint mechanics;
+  `docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md` owns the supported upstream boundary and
+  pinned links; `docs/cli.md` owns the new inspection operations and output/error
+  behavior. Add a short troubleshooting workflow in `docs/operations.md` that
+  links to those references. Revise consumer examples only where affected.
+- Update `docs/oss/attribution.md` for PromptKit and the two `/v3` catalogs,
+  checking their actual notices and exact source commits. PromptKit remains
+  LGPL-3.0-or-later; the catalogs remain MIT at the reviewed revisions. Reuse
+  unchanged standard texts and preserve the project's own license grant.
+
+Native layered overrides change an existing documented operator contract.
+Add a concise Notarius ADR recording the accepted native composition and
+unified-source ownership/compatibility decision rather than duplicating the
+upstream manual. Existing historical ADRs need not be rewritten.
+
+## Verification And Acceptance
+
+Acceptance is behavioral, not an inventory of private helper names:
+
+- All registered D&D and generic prompts construct and prepare with migrated
+  assets, resolving shared/module content in the correct source context.
+  Request identities, message content/order, schemas, and cache controls retain
+  their intended behavior. Do not add exact shared-prefix-length detector tests.
+- Operator overrides, inheritance, explicit zero/null, duplicate definitions
+  within a group, local backend precedence, endpoint-only profiles, and invalid
+  unused final definitions follow the native configuration policy. Cover
+  representative imported combined definitions, custom/backend catalog
+  overlays, partial prompt overlays with their embedded base, and optional
+  versus explicitly required credentials. Credential-free preflight and
+  execution resolve the same source ordering and application definitions.
+- Engine/file mutation tests demonstrate captured settings and content;
+  fingerprints stay tied to that engine and change when a new engine captures
+  different execution-relevant settings or operator prompt content.
+- CLI inspection reports effective values, setting origins, and backend-
+  completed profiles from the same source policy without transcript input,
+  credentials, or provider calls. Cover representative inheritance/null
+  overrides, escaped literal IDs, required-credential inspection with an unset
+  variable, and invalid/unknown selectors. Verify redaction and unchanged
+  ordinary Notarius reports without pinning incidental report formatting.
+- Structural repair, semantic feedback, sessions/reasoning, capacity failure,
+  transient errors, safe diagnostics, and observations retain existing
+  provider-neutral behavior using deterministic boundary tests.
+- Maintained minimal, complete, and inherited development pipelines validate
+  without credentials or provider calls. External legacy profile files receive
+  clear migration guidance, not silent reinterpretation.
+
+Use focused LLM, CLI, and module-integration tests during implementation, then
+`GOWORK=off go test ./...`, `GOWORK=off go vet ./...`, a temporary native build,
+and `GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff` for this shared-boundary migration. Verify
+selected module versions, attribution links, maintained examples, and stale
+API/format claims. These are migration checks, not new permanent release gates.
+Live provider testing is optional follow-up evidence, not required acceptance.
+
+This work warrants a minor Notarius release because the accepted external
+profile format and override behavior change. Keep Notarius configuration at
+version 5; select the actual release number during separate release preparation.

docs/roadmap/remediation.md

@@ -1,123 +1,108 @@
-# Kit Upgrade Review Remediation
+# ConfigKit Inheritance Review Remediation
 
-## Resolution
+## Review Scope And Overall Result
 
-Completed 2026-09-26. No production changes were needed.
+Reviewed on 2026-10-04, comparing implementation commits `ec99d48` through
+`6450994` with the baseline `9e74df0`, the ConfigKit feature roadmap, and its
+eight-stage implementation plan.
 
-- `internal/framework/llm/promptkit_observation_test.go` now covers retries in
-  both initial and repair generations, aggregate versus legacy accounting,
-  unknown/known-zero/partial usage, retry-wait cancellation, exhausted execution,
-  preparation failure, and overlapping request isolation.
-- `internal/framework/pipeline/debug_execution_test.go` exercises the real
-  scheduled client and debug wrapper together. It verifies returned and persisted
-  summaries for provider errors and cancellation without a body, split debug and
-  fallback content, terminal references, and explicit usage-presence JSON fields.
-- Temporary regression probes confirmed that discarding failed responses in the
-  scheduler and collapsing usage presence into known zero cause the new tests
-  to fail. Those probes were reverted.
-- Focused LLM/pipeline tests, their race-enabled suites, and
-  `GOWORK=off go test ./...` passed. Existing no-debug and redaction coverage was
-  retained. Runtime budgets, scheduler policy, and output contracts are unchanged.
+The architecture matches the intended design. ConfigKit v0.5.0 owns source
+composition and native sibling inheritance before decoding. Notarius retains
+its typed defaults, presence-sensitive validation, declaration-relative path
+normalization, detached runtime configuration, catalog-dependent resolution,
+and private redacted inspection boundary. The production configuration adapter
+needed no changes; the work adds the dependency update, integration tests,
+documentation, and the derived development pipeline example.
 
-The original finding below is retained as review context.
+No production regression or inadvertently strengthened requirement was found.
+In particular, the implementation adds no inheritance whitelist, new schema
+version, custom merging, path-containment rule, template exemption, or release
+gate. The newly reserved `extends` key is the expressly adopted upstream
+compatibility change.
 
-## Review Scope
+Two follow-ups were identified: a path-test blind spot and an incomplete
+documented command. Completion is recorded under each finding. This document
+records remediation work only; it does not authorize
+unrelated runtime refactoring.
 
-Reviewed implementation commits `31b48d2` through `7ac9d94` against
-[the feature roadmap](upgrade-kit.md) and [the implementation plan](implementation.md).
-The review covered configuration selection/defaults, production client wiring,
-error translation, execution observation, scheduler/debug propagation, current
-documentation, and tests. No production model calls were made.
+## Finding 1 — Make The Path Fixture Distinguish Declaring Directories
 
-The implemented architecture is consistent with the intended design: ConfigKit
-v0.4.0 owns composition and overlay provenance behind the configuration boundary;
-PromptKit v0.11.0 owns transient retries and structural repairs behind the LLM
-adapter. Notarius retains stage retry/disposition policy, completion-scoped
-scheduling, application-owned error/observation types, and opt-in debug output.
-No new runtime defect or unrequested restriction was established in this review.
+Priority: P2. Category: verification gap.
 
-## Finding 1 — Complete The Missing Retry And Observation Verification
+Status: addressed on 2026-10-04. The fixture now uses distinct parent-, child-,
+and overlay-local paths for the source-base assertions and retains a separate
+`../` reference. `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config` passed. No
+production resolver change was needed.
 
-**Priority:** Medium. This is a verification gap, not a demonstrated runtime
-failure. Stages 5–7 are marked complete, but their consequential cross-boundary
-acceptance tests were not implemented.
+Evidence: `internal/core/config/inheritance_test.go:338–436`,
+`TestInheritedReferencePathsKeepDeclaringSource`.
 
-### Evidence And Risk
+The parent, child, and overlay files live in `root/parents`, `root/children`,
+and `root/overlays`. Their resource paths all use `../fixtures/<name>`, and
+the expected paths all point into `root/fixtures`. Resolving one of these
+paths from any of the three directories yields the same result. Thus, choosing
+the child's directory for an inherited step/nested reference, or choosing the
+parent's directory for an overlay replacement, could still pass this test.
 
-- `internal/framework/llm/promptkit_client_test.go:58` adds only a successful,
-  single-attempt observation assertion with positive prompt-token usage. It
-  does not exercise absent versus partial/known-zero usage, failed/canceled
-  execution summaries, preparation failure, or concurrent request isolation.
-- `TestPromptKitClientAppliesConfiguredBuiltInTransientRetries` covers basic
-  status recovery, explicit zero, exhaustion, and a noneligible status. It
-  discards the response, so does not protect terminal accounting. There is no
-  combined transient-retry/structural-repair scenario or cancellation while
-  waiting on Retry-After.
-- `internal/framework/llm/scheduled_client.go:40` now preserves a response when
-  the inner call fails. No corresponding test protects that behavior. Returning
-  an empty response again would silently remove precisely the failed-call
-  observations this feature is intended to retain.
-- `internal/framework/pipeline/debug.go:267` and `:277` add execution summaries
-  to response artifacts and call references, plus fallback/content-splitting
-  propagation. Neither the debug nor terminal-debug tests were extended to
-  exercise these fields. Passing existing tests does not prove that failed-call
-  metadata reaches persisted records.
+`TestInheritedInspectionRetainsOriginsRedactionAndOwnership` does distinguish
+the parent directory for a simple inherited `./shared.txt` reference. It does
+not close the blind spot for the nested, ordered-step, direct-child replacement,
+and overlay cases in the larger path fixture.
 
-These are Notarius-owned integration risks, not a request to re-test PromptKit's
-backoff algorithm. Losing failed-call observations or misrepresenting incomplete
-usage would be difficult to detect in ordinary successful runs. A focused set
-of behavioral tests is justified under the testing policy.
+Required change:
 
-### Required Remediation
+- Revise the existing path fixture to use directory-distinguishing relative
+  paths for these cases, such as `./shared.txt`, `./step.txt`, and a child-local
+  replacement. Assert inherited paths against the parent's directory, direct
+  replacements against the child's directory, and overlay-supplied paths
+  against the overlay's directory.
+- Retain a separate legitimate `../` example to protect the existing host-path
+  behavior. Avoid making every path converge on one shared sibling directory.
+- Keep this as a focused real-file configuration test. Change production
+  resolution only if the improved assertions expose an actual defect.
 
-Use existing test assets, local HTTP fixtures, scheduler wrappers, and debug
-recorders. Combine related assertions; no fixed test count or new test framework
-is required.
+Acceptance: choosing a parent, child, or overlay directory incorrectly produces
+a different absolute path and fails the relevant assertion. Nested inheritance,
+inherited ordered-step references, child replacements, and overlay replacements
+still pass with the actual resolver.
 
-1. Add an adapter scenario with a transient failure, a structurally invalid
-   completion, and a successful repair. Exercise retries in both generations
-   with small explicit budgets, and assert terminal attempts/retries/repair
-   counts without double-counting. Use controlled usage fields to distinguish
-   known zero, unknown, and partial aggregate usage. Preserve legacy usage
-   semantics independently.
-2. Cover failed and canceled completions, including cancellation during a
-   Retry-After wait. Verify caller cancellation identity, bounded completion,
-   and retained execution metadata. Use signaling and a generous bounded test
-   timeout, not exact sleep durations or jitter assertions. Cover a preparation
-   failure with no execution summary. Add a small concurrent-call check for
-   request-local summary isolation, which race tests alone do not prove.
-3. Exercise an error response through the real scheduled client and existing
-   debug wrapper/recorder seams. Assert that the summary reaches response
-   artifacts and terminal call references even without a provider response
-   body. Cover the content-splitting/fallback path with a representative response.
-   Reuse existing no-debug and redaction tests rather than duplicating their
-   whole inventories. Keep new summary assertions metadata-only.
+Validation: `GOWORK=off go test ./internal/core/config`.
 
-Retain existing scheduler policy, stage/validator budgets, cancellation
-disposition, warning semantics, and debug opt-in behavior. Do not introduce a
-total deadline, new retry caps, telemetry artifacts, or live API requirements
-to make these tests easier. Fix production code only if these checks reveal a
-violation of the already selected behavior.
+## Finding 2 — Supply Input In The Development Pipeline Command
 
-**Acceptance:** The added tests fail if failed responses lose their execution
-summary at an adapter/wrapper boundary, usage presence is collapsed into zero,
-or retry/repair totals are double-counted. They pass with the intended behavior
-and provide evidence for the previously unverified stage acceptance criteria.
+Priority: P3. Category: documentation accuracy.
 
-**Validation:** Run focused LLM/pipeline tests, race-enabled tests for those
-packages, and `GOWORK=off go test ./...`. No production credentials are needed.
+Status: addressed on 2026-10-04. The example now supplies the pipeline ID,
+configuration path, and transcript input path, and links to the CLI run
+reference. The flags were checked against that reference, and
+`GOWORK=off go test ./internal/cli` passed without a live model request.
+
+Evidence: `docs/config.md:43–49`, in Maintained Examples.
+
+The new example says to select the development pipeline with
+`notarius run dnd-session-development --config /path/to/dnd-complete.config.yml`.
+The run command requires `--input`. Executing the equivalent command against
+the maintained configuration returns `notarius: run requires --input` with CLI
+exit status 2, before pipeline execution.
+
+Required change: include a transcript input placeholder in the invocation,
+for example `--input /path/to/transcript.json`, and retain the link to the CLI
+reference for the full invocation contract. No CLI behavior change or new test
+framework is needed.
+
+Acceptance: the documented command supplies both required run inputs—the
+pipeline ID and input path—and uses the implemented flag names. Verify against
+the CLI reference and existing parser coverage without a live model request.
 
 ## Checks Completed During Review
 
-- `GOWORK=off go test ./...`
-- `GOWORK=off go vet ./...`
-- `GOWORK=off go build ./...`
-- `GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff`
-- `GOWORK=off go test -race ./internal/framework/llm ./internal/framework/pipeline`
-- CLI configuration validation for the minimal and complete examples, including
-  the complete example with `--config-overlay development`.
-- `git diff --check`
+- `GOWORK=off go test ./...` passed.
+- `GOWORK=off go vet ./...` passed.
+- `GOWORK=off go build` of `./cmd/notarius` to a temporary destination passed.
+- `GOWORK=off go mod tidy -diff` produced no changes.
+- The selected ConfigKit module is v0.5.0; PromptKit remains v0.11.2.
+- The implementation diff passed whitespace checks.
+- The incomplete development invocation was reproduced without provider calls.
 
-All passed. Existing green tests do not substitute for the missing behavioral
-coverage above. Temporary diagnostic test material used during review was
-removed; no application code was changed.
+These checks describe the review baseline. Subsequent remediation and its
+focused validation are recorded under each finding.

examples/pipelines/dnd-session.yml

@@ -162,3 +162,9 @@ pipelines:
               module: appendorder
             normalize:
               module: dnd/enemy-events
+
+  # Development variant: disable PromptKit structural repairs while retaining
+  # the inherited steps and configured producer retry budgets.
+  dnd-session-development:
+    extends: dnd-session
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0

go.mod

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius
 go 1.25.5
 
 require (
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.5.0
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.2
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 require golang.org/x/text v0.40.0
 
 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/v2 v2.20260926.0 // indirect
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260926.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.6 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-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 v0.5.0 h1:2KwG10+kApWM3avOoYA+p768xcbHUp7tQ2rqizBNpyg=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.5.0/go.mod h1:tYWpsrbLyu05r8+1MapWp5fN6ZrX9I8hU2xEPedYmYk=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.2 h1:2RqI+KtflvSh7vLQaTAQCmMaFQscEA7EPwPazyvXRoY=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.2/go.mod h1:onm/FBPUKQ8/NSPwTEk26Ut+dVX2iXcq8vEseB+g/0E=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260926.0 h1:wdab+R+lgMZxzYwhbAuCrW7zdSQ1cW9ovBR6UzLmZR4=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260926.0/go.mod h1:a3VBbh9oaGXD6ruxhtwHj+AWW6DY/SSyby1QtMmYSUo=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260926.0 h1:baCCIB6Ee5t0S4Zc++NTBIPcJEv5UPS6DlSrpZfykwg=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260926.0/go.mod h1:mtgD1E0SGm0e/I8Ffhz+AYX7GN7RKUWJXehNFIKHs4Y=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0 h1:G/nrcoOa7ZXlpoa/91N3X7mM3r8eIlMBBJZvsz/mxKI=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 h1:KRzFb2m7YtdldCEkzs6KqmJw4nqEVZGK7IN2kJkjTuQ=

internal/cli/configkit_commands_test.go

@@ -40,6 +40,130 @@ func TestConfigKitReadOnlyCommandsLoadImportsAndOverlays(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPipelineInheritanceCommandsSelectAndInspectDerivedPipelines(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	path := writeCommandConfigContent(t, `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  " parent ":
+    input:
+      module: seriatim
+    artifacts:
+      spells:
+        extract:
+          module: dnd/spells
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 2
+  child:
+    extends: " parent "
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0
+`)
+	options := commandContractOptions(t)
+
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+	if code := RunWithOptions([]string{"pipelines", "list", "--config", path}, &stdout, &stderr, options); code != 0 || stdout.String() != "child\nparent\n" || stderr.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("list = %d, %q, %q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+	}
+
+	stdout.Reset()
+	stderr.Reset()
+	if code := RunWithOptions([]string{"config", "validate", "--config", path, "--pipeline", "child"}, &stdout, &stderr, options); code != 0 || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), `is valid for pipeline "child"`) || stderr.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("validate child = %d, %q, %q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+	}
+
+	stdout.Reset()
+	stderr.Reset()
+	if code := RunWithOptions([]string{"config", "effective", "--config", path}, &stdout, &stderr, options); code != 0 || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "module: seriatim") || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "structured_output_repair_attempts: 0") || strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "extends:") || stderr.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("effective = %d, %q, %q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+	}
+
+	stdout.Reset()
+	stderr.Reset()
+	if code := RunWithOptions([]string{"config", "explain", "--config", path, "/pipelines/child/input/module"}, &stdout, &stderr, options); code != 0 || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), `path: "/pipelines/child/input/module"`) || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "parent") || stderr.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("explain inherited input = %d, %q, %q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPipelineInheritanceLoadFailuresUseRuntimeDiagnostics(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name    string
+		content string
+		args    []string
+		want    string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "missing parent",
+			content: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  child:
+    extends: absent
+`,
+			args: []string{"config", "validate", "--pipeline", "child"},
+			want: "inheritance.missing",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cycle",
+			content: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  first:
+    extends: second
+  second:
+    extends: first
+`,
+			args: []string{"config", "validate", "--pipeline", "first"},
+			want: "cycle",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid directive type",
+			content: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  child:
+    extends: 7
+`,
+			args: []string{"config", "validate", "--pipeline", "child"},
+			want: "extends",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unselected missing parent",
+			content: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input:
+      module: seriatim
+  child:
+    extends: parent
+  unrelated:
+    extends: absent
+`,
+			args: []string{"config", "validate", "--pipeline", "child"},
+			want: "inheritance.missing",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "exact sibling mismatch",
+			content: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input:
+      module: seriatim
+  child:
+    extends: "parent "
+`,
+			args: []string{"pipelines", "list"},
+			want: "inheritance.missing",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			path := writeCommandConfigContent(t, test.content)
+			args := append([]string{}, test.args...)
+			args = append(args, "--config", path)
+			var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+			if code := RunWithOptions(args, &stdout, &stderr, commandContractOptions(t)); code != 1 || stdout.Len() != 0 || stderr.Len() == 0 || !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), test.want) {
+				t.Fatalf("code=%d stdout=%q stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRetiredConfigProfileFlagUsesNormalUnknownFlagBehavior(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

internal/cli/example_contract_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestMaintainedExamplesLoadResolveAndList(t *testing.T) {
 	components := productionTestComponents(t)
+	completePipelines := make(map[string]pipeline.ResolvedPipeline)
 	for _, example := range maintainedExampleFiles(t) {
 		t.Run(example.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg := loadMaintainedExample(t, example.path)
@@ -58,9 +60,45 @@ func TestMaintainedExamplesLoadResolveAndList(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Fatalf("materialize maintained example references for %q: %v", pipelineID, err)
 				}
 				if example.name == "complete" {
+					if pipelineID == "dnd-session-development" {
+						parent, found := completePipelines["dnd-session"]
+						if !found {
+							t.Fatal("complete parent pipeline was not resolved before its development variant")
+						}
+						if strings.Join(exampleStepLaneIDs(materialized), "|") != strings.Join(exampleStepLaneIDs(parent), "|") {
+							t.Fatalf("development variant steps and lanes = %v, want parent composition %v", exampleStepLaneIDs(materialized), exampleStepLaneIDs(parent))
+						}
+						if got, want := strings.Join(generatedReferenceBindingDescriptions(materialized), "|"), strings.Join(generatedReferenceBindingDescriptions(parent), "|"); got != want {
+							t.Fatalf("development generated reference bindings = %q, want parent bindings %q", got, want)
+						}
+						eligibleBindings := 0
+						for _, step := range materialized.Steps {
+							for _, lane := range step.ArtifactLanes {
+								for _, binding := range []struct {
+									module         pipeline.ModuleBinding
+									executionClass contracts.ExecutionClass
+								}{
+									{module: lane.Extract, executionClass: lane.ExtractExecutionClass},
+									{module: lane.Normalize, executionClass: lane.NormalizeExecutionClass},
+								} {
+									if binding.executionClass != "llm_backed" {
+										continue
+									}
+									eligibleBindings++
+									if got := binding.module.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts; got == nil || *got != 0 {
+										t.Fatalf("development %s repair attempts = %v, want explicit zero", binding.module.Module, got)
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+						if eligibleBindings == 0 {
+							t.Fatal("development variant had no eligible LLM bindings for repair policy")
+						}
+					}
 					if got := exampleStepLaneIDs(materialized); strings.Join(got, "|") != "describe-session:item-registry,location-registry,npc-registry,scene-descriptions|extract-events:combat-turns,item-occurrences,location-occurrences,npc-occurrences,spells|track-enemies:enemy-events" {
 						t.Fatalf("complete example steps and lanes = %v, want the documented D&D extractor composition", got)
 					}
+					completePipelines[pipelineID] = materialized
 					locationLane := referenceContractLane(t, materialized, "location-registry")
 					if locationLane.ArtifactKind != dnd.LocationRegistryKind || locationLane.Extract.Module != locationextract.Key || locationLane.Extract.Retries != 2 || locationLane.Merge.Module != pipeline.DefaultMergeModule || locationLane.Normalize.Module != locationnormalize.Key || locationLane.Normalize.Retries != 2 {
 						t.Fatalf("location lane = %#v, want typed registry composition", locationLane)
@@ -164,12 +202,16 @@ func TestMaintainedExamplesValidateEffectiveProfilesOffline(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY", "")
 	for _, example := range maintainedExampleFiles(t) {
 		t.Run(example.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var stdout, stderr strings.Builder
-			code := RunWithOptions([]string{
-				"config", "validate", "--config", example.path, "--pipeline", "dnd-session",
-			}, &stdout, &stderr, Options{})
-			if code != 0 || stderr.Len() != 0 || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), `valid for pipeline "dnd-session"`) {
-				t.Fatalf("code=%d stdout=%q stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+			for _, pipelineID := range example.pipelineIDs {
+				t.Run(pipelineID, func(t *testing.T) {
+					var stdout, stderr strings.Builder
+					code := RunWithOptions([]string{
+						"config", "validate", "--config", example.path, "--pipeline", pipelineID,
+					}, &stdout, &stderr, Options{})
+					if code != 0 || stderr.Len() != 0 || !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), `valid for pipeline "`+pipelineID+`"`) {
+						t.Fatalf("code=%d stdout=%q stderr=%q", code, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+					}
+				})
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -188,6 +230,31 @@ func exampleStepLaneIDs(resolved pipeline.ResolvedPipeline) []string {
 	return result
 }
 
+func generatedReferenceBindingDescriptions(resolved pipeline.ResolvedPipeline) []string {
+	var descriptions []string
+	for _, step := range resolved.Steps {
+		for _, lane := range step.ArtifactLanes {
+			for _, target := range []struct {
+				name   string
+				target pipeline.ResolvedReferenceTarget
+			}{
+				{name: "extract", target: lane.ExtractReferences},
+				{name: "merge", target: lane.MergeReferences},
+				{name: "normalize", target: lane.NormalizeReferences},
+			} {
+				for _, binding := range target.target.Bindings {
+					if binding.Artifact == nil {
+						continue
+					}
+					descriptions = append(descriptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/%s=%s/%s", step.ID, lane.ID, target.name, binding.SlotName, binding.Artifact.Step, binding.Artifact.Lane))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(descriptions)
+	return descriptions
+}
+
 func TestMaintainedMinimalInvocationProducesJSONBundle(t *testing.T) {
 	outputRoot := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "output")
 	fake := &productionFakeLLMClient{}

internal/cli/production_contract_test.go

@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ func maintainedExampleFiles(t *testing.T) []maintainedExample {
 	t.Helper()
 	return []maintainedExample{
 		{name: "minimal", path: repositoryPath("examples", "dnd-minimal.config.yml"), transcriptPath: repositoryPath("examples", "seriatim-minimal-transcript.json"), pipelineIDs: []string{"dnd-session"}},
-		{name: "complete", path: repositoryPath("examples", "dnd-complete.config.yml"), transcriptPath: repositoryPath("examples", "dnd-complete-transcript.json"), pipelineIDs: []string{"dnd-session"}},
+		{name: "complete", path: repositoryPath("examples", "dnd-complete.config.yml"), transcriptPath: repositoryPath("examples", "dnd-complete-transcript.json"), pipelineIDs: []string{"dnd-session", "dnd-session-development"}},
 	}
 }
 

internal/core/config/inheritance_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,619 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	configkit "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
+)
+
+func TestPipelineInheritancePreservesCompositionAndReplacesSteps(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		childSteps  string
+		wantStepIDs []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "inherits ordered steps",
+			wantStepIDs: []string{"prepare", "summarize"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "replaces ordered steps",
+			childSteps: `
+    steps:
+      - id: replacement
+        artifacts:
+          summary:
+            extract: {module: extract}`,
+			wantStepIDs: []string{"replacement"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			source := `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input: {module: input}
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 2
+    steps:
+      - id: prepare
+        artifacts:
+          score:
+            extract: {module: extract, retries: 2}
+      - id: summarize
+        artifacts:
+          notes:
+            extract: {module: extract}
+  child:
+    extends: parent
+    llm_profile: local
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0` + test.childSteps + "\n"
+			loaded, err := loadConfigSource(configkit.Bytes("inheritance.yml", []byte(source)), LoadOptions{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("loadConfigSource() error = %v", err)
+			}
+
+			parent := loaded.Config.Pipelines["parent"]
+			child := loaded.Config.Pipelines["child"]
+			if parent.Input.Module != "input" || child.Input.Module != "input" {
+				t.Fatalf("parent/child inputs = %#v / %#v", parent.Input, child.Input)
+			}
+			if child.LLMProfile != "local" ||
+				child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts == nil || *child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("child overrides = %#v", child)
+			}
+			if parent.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts == nil || *parent.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != 2 {
+				t.Fatalf("parent settings changed: %#v", parent)
+			}
+			if len(child.Steps) != len(test.wantStepIDs) {
+				t.Fatalf("child steps = %#v, want %v", child.Steps, test.wantStepIDs)
+			}
+			for i, want := range test.wantStepIDs {
+				if child.Steps[i].ID != want {
+					t.Fatalf("child step %d = %q, want %q", i, child.Steps[i].ID, want)
+				}
+			}
+			if test.childSteps == "" && child.Steps[0].Artifacts["score"].Extract.Module != "extract" {
+				t.Fatalf("inherited first artifact = %#v", child.Steps[0].Artifacts["score"])
+			}
+
+			for _, id := range []string{"parent", "child"} {
+				resolved, err := loaded.Config.Resolve(ResolveInput{PipelineID: id, Catalog: effectiveCatalog(t)})
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Resolve(%q) error = %v", id, err)
+				}
+				if resolved.ResolvedPipeline.ID != id {
+					t.Fatalf("resolved pipeline ID = %q, want %q", resolved.ResolvedPipeline.ID, id)
+				}
+				wantResolvedSteps := len(test.wantStepIDs)
+				if id == "parent" {
+					wantResolvedSteps = 2
+				}
+				if len(resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Steps) != wantResolvedSteps {
+					t.Fatalf("resolved %q steps = %#v", id, resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Steps)
+				}
+				if id == "child" && resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Steps[0].ArtifactLanes[0].Extract.LLMProfile != "local" {
+					t.Fatalf("resolved child profile = %q", resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Steps[0].ArtifactLanes[0].Extract.LLMProfile)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestArtifactLaneInheritanceUsesSiblingMappingComposition(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	loaded, err := loadConfigSource(configkit.Bytes("lanes.yml", []byte(`version: 5
+pipelines:
+  session:
+    input: {module: input}
+    artifacts:
+      base:
+        extract: {module: extract, retries: 2}
+      derived:
+        extends: base
+        extract: {retries: 4}
+`)), LoadOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadConfigSource() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	lanes := loaded.Config.Pipelines["session"].Artifacts
+	if lanes["base"].Extract.Module != "extract" || lanes["base"].Extract.Retries != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("base lane = %#v", lanes["base"])
+	}
+	if lanes["derived"].Extract.Module != "extract" || lanes["derived"].Extract.Retries != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("derived lane = %#v", lanes["derived"])
+	}
+	if _, err := loaded.Config.Resolve(ResolveInput{PipelineID: "session", Catalog: effectiveCatalog(t)}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInheritedPresenceOverridesRemainExplicit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	loaded, err := loadConfigSource(configkit.Bytes("presence.yml", []byte(`version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input: {module: input}
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 3
+    chunk:
+      module: generic
+      validators: []
+    artifacts:
+      score:
+        extract:
+          module: extract
+          validators: [{module: configured-a}]
+  child:
+    extends: parent
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0
+    artifacts:
+      score:
+        extract:
+          validators: []
+`)), LoadOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		var loadError *configkit.LoadError
+		if errors.As(err, &loadError) {
+			t.Fatalf("loadConfigSource() diagnostics = %#v", loadError.Diagnostics())
+		}
+		t.Fatalf("loadConfigSource() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	parent := loaded.Config.Pipelines["parent"]
+	child := loaded.Config.Pipelines["child"]
+	if parent.Chunk.Module != "generic" || !parent.Chunk.Validators.Set || parent.Chunk.Validators.Validators == nil || len(parent.Chunk.Validators.Validators) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parent empty chunk validators = %#v", parent.Chunk)
+	}
+	if !parent.Artifacts["score"].Extract.Validators.Set || len(parent.Artifacts["score"].Extract.Validators.Validators) != 1 ||
+		parent.Artifacts["score"].Extract.Validators.Validators[0].Module != "configured-a" {
+		t.Fatalf("parent extraction validators = %#v", parent.Artifacts["score"].Extract.Validators)
+	}
+	if parent.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts == nil || *parent.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("parent repair budget = %#v", parent.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts)
+	}
+	if child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts == nil || *child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("child zero repair budget = %#v", child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts)
+	}
+	extract := child.Artifacts["score"].Extract
+	if !extract.Validators.Set || extract.Validators.Validators == nil || len(extract.Validators.Validators) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("child empty extraction validators = %#v", extract.Validators)
+	}
+	if !child.Chunk.Validators.Set || child.Chunk.Validators.Validators == nil || len(child.Chunk.Validators.Validators) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited empty chunk validators = %#v", child.Chunk.Validators)
+	}
+
+	resolved, err := loaded.Config.Resolve(ResolveInput{PipelineID: "child", Catalog: effectiveCatalog(t)})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Resolve(child) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	lanes := resolved.ResolvedPipeline.AllArtifactLanes()
+	if len(lanes) != 1 || lanes[0].Extract.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts == nil || *lanes[0].Extract.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("resolved child repair budget = %#v", lanes)
+	}
+	if !resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Chunk.Validators.Set || len(resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Chunk.Validators.Validators) != 0 ||
+		!lanes[0].Extract.Validators.Set || len(lanes[0].Extract.Validators.Validators) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("resolved empty validator overrides = chunk %#v, extraction %#v", resolved.ResolvedPipeline.Chunk.Validators, lanes[0].Extract.Validators)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInheritedFalseOptionRetainsExplicitMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	loaded, err := loadConfigSource(configkit.Bytes("false-option.yml", []byte(`version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input: {module: input}
+    output:
+      module: json
+      options:
+        evidence_context: {enabled: false}
+  child:
+    extends: parent
+`)), LoadOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadConfigSource() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	options := loaded.Config.Pipelines["child"].Output.Options["evidence_context"].(map[string]any)
+	if enabled, ok := options["enabled"].(bool); !ok || enabled {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited evidence_context.enabled = %#v", options["enabled"])
+	}
+	path := configkit.Keys("pipelines", "child", "output", "options", "evidence_context", "enabled")
+	info, ok := loaded.result.Metadata().Lookup(path)
+	if !ok || !info.Explicit || info.Null || len(info.Origin.Inheritance) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited false metadata = %#v, found=%v", info, ok)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInheritedAndDirectNullRepairBudgetsRemainInvalid(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name   string
+		source string
+		path   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "child null",
+			source: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent: {input: {module: input}, structured_output_repair_attempts: 2}
+  child:
+    extends: parent
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: null
+`,
+			path: "/pipelines/child/structured_output_repair_attempts",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "inherited null",
+			source: `version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent: {input: {module: input}, structured_output_repair_attempts: null}
+  child: {extends: parent}
+`,
+			path: "/pipelines/parent/structured_output_repair_attempts",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := loadConfigSource(configkit.Bytes("null.yml", []byte(test.source)), LoadOptions{})
+			assertDocumentDiagnosticAt(t, err, test.path)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOverlayAndOverridesComposeBeforeInheritance(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	overlays := filepath.Join(root, "overlays")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(overlays, 0o700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(root, "config.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(`version: 5
+pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input: {module: input}
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 1
+  inherited:
+    extends: parent
+  overridden:
+    extends: parent
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0
+  cancelled:
+    extends: parent
+    input: {module: input}
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(overlays, "development.yml"), []byte(`pipelines:
+  parent:
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 2
+  cancelled:
+    extends: null
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	loaded, err := Load(main, LoadOptions{Overlay: "development"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := *loaded.Config.Pipelines["inherited"].StructuredOutputRepairAttempts; got != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("overlay-inherited repair budget = %d, want 2", got)
+	}
+	if got := *loaded.Config.Pipelines["overridden"].StructuredOutputRepairAttempts; got != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("child replacement repair budget = %d, want 0", got)
+	}
+	if loaded.Config.Pipelines["cancelled"].StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cancelled child inherited parent settings: %#v", loaded.Config.Pipelines["cancelled"])
+	}
+
+	withOverride, err := Load(main, LoadOptions{
+		Overlay: "development",
+		Overrides: []configkit.Override{{
+			Path:  configkit.Keys("pipelines", "parent", "structured_output_repair_attempts"),
+			Value: 3,
+			Flag:  "--repair-budget",
+		}},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load() with explicit override error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := *withOverride.Config.Pipelines["inherited"].StructuredOutputRepairAttempts; got != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("override-inherited repair budget = %d, want 3", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInheritedReferencePathsKeepDeclaringSource(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	parentDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "parents")
+	childDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "children")
+	overlayDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "overlays")
+	fixtureDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "fixtures")
+	for _, directory := range []string{parentDirectory, childDirectory, overlayDirectory, fixtureDirectory} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(directory, 0o700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, fixture := range []struct{ directory, name string }{
+		{parentDirectory, "shared.txt"},
+		{parentDirectory, "parent.txt"},
+		{parentDirectory, "step.txt"},
+		{childDirectory, "child.txt"},
+		{overlayDirectory, "overlay.txt"},
+		{fixtureDirectory, "outside.txt"},
+	} {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(fixture.directory, fixture.name), []byte("fixture\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	parent := filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "pipelines.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(parent, []byte(`pipelines:
+  " parent ":
+    input: {module: input}
+    references:
+      " shared ": {path: ./shared.txt}
+      nested:
+        extends: " shared "
+      source: {path: ./parent.txt}
+      outside: {path: ../fixtures/outside.txt}
+    steps:
+      - id: first
+        references:
+          step-source: {path: ./step.txt}
+        artifacts:
+          summary:
+            extract: {module: extract}
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	child := filepath.Join(childDirectory, "pipelines.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(child, []byte(`pipelines:
+  child:
+    extends: " parent "
+    references:
+      source: {path: ./child.txt}
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(root, "notarius.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(`version: 5
+configkit:
+  imports:
+    - path: parents/pipelines.yml
+    - path: children/pipelines.yml
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(overlayDirectory, "development.yml"), []byte(`pipelines:
+  " parent ":
+    references:
+      " shared ": {path: ./overlay.txt}
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	loaded, err := loadConfig(main, LoadOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadConfig() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	assertReferencePath := func(pipelineID, referenceID, want string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		if got := loaded.Config.Pipelines[pipelineID].References[referenceID].Path; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s reference %s path = %q, want %q", pipelineID, referenceID, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	assertReferencePath("parent", "shared", filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "shared.txt"))
+	assertReferencePath("child", "shared", filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "shared.txt"))
+	assertReferencePath("child", "nested", filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "shared.txt"))
+	assertReferencePath("parent", "source", filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "parent.txt"))
+	assertReferencePath("child", "source", filepath.Join(childDirectory, "child.txt"))
+	// Keep ../ coverage separate from paths that distinguish the declaring file.
+	assertReferencePath("child", "outside", filepath.Join(fixtureDirectory, "outside.txt"))
+	if got := loaded.Config.Pipelines["child"].Steps[0].References["step-source"].Path; got != filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "step.txt") {
+		t.Errorf("inherited step reference path = %q", got)
+	}
+
+	overlaid, err := loadConfig(main, LoadOptions{Overlay: "development"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadConfig() with overlay error = %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, pipelineID := range []string{"parent", "child"} {
+		for _, referenceID := range []string{"shared", "nested"} {
+			if got, want := overlaid.Config.Pipelines[pipelineID].References[referenceID].Path, filepath.Join(overlayDirectory, "overlay.txt"); got != want {
+				t.Errorf("overlaid %s reference %s path = %q, want %q", pipelineID, referenceID, got, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if got, want := overlaid.Config.Pipelines["child"].References["source"].Path, filepath.Join(childDirectory, "child.txt"); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("child replacement path = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got, want := overlaid.Config.Pipelines["child"].Steps[0].References["step-source"].Path, filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "step.txt"); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("overlaid inherited step reference path = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInheritedInspectionRetainsOriginsRedactionAndOwnership(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	parentDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "parents")
+	childDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "children")
+	overlayDirectory := filepath.Join(root, "overlays")
+	for _, directory := range []string{parentDirectory, childDirectory, overlayDirectory} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(directory, 0o700); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	parentFile := filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "pipelines.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(parentFile, []byte(`pipelines:
+  parent:
+    input: {module: input}
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 2
+    references:
+      source: {path: ./shared.txt}
+    artifacts:
+      summary:
+        extract:
+          module: extract
+          options:
+            nested: {value: original}
+            credentials: {api_key: fake-parent-secret}
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "shared.txt"), []byte("source\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	childFile := filepath.Join(childDirectory, "pipelines.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(childFile, []byte(`pipelines:
+  child:
+    extends: parent
+    structured_output_repair_attempts: 0
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	main := filepath.Join(root, "notarius.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(main, []byte(`version: 5
+configkit:
+  imports:
+    - path: parents/pipelines.yml
+    - path: children/pipelines.yml
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(overlayDirectory, "development.yml"), []byte(`pipelines:
+  parent:
+    artifacts:
+      summary:
+        extract:
+          options:
+            credentials: {api_key: fake-overlay-secret}
+`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	loaded, err := Load(main, LoadOptions{Overlay: "development"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	child := loaded.Config.Pipelines["child"]
+	wantPath := filepath.Join(parentDirectory, "shared.txt")
+	if got := child.References["source"].Path; got != wantPath {
+		t.Fatalf("runtime inherited path = %q, want %q", got, wantPath)
+	}
+	if child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts == nil || *child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("runtime inherited repair setting = %#v", child.StructuredOutputRepairAttempts)
+	}
+
+	var effective bytes.Buffer
+	if err := loaded.WriteEffective(&effective); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteEffective() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(effective.String(), wantPath) || strings.Contains(effective.String(), "extends:") ||
+		!strings.Contains(effective.String(), "structured_output_repair_attempts: 0") {
+		t.Fatalf("effective configuration is inconsistent with runtime conversion: %s", effective.String())
+	}
+	for _, secret := range []string{"fake-parent-secret", "fake-overlay-secret"} {
+		if strings.Contains(effective.String(), secret) {
+			t.Fatalf("effective configuration exposed %q", secret)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name string
+		path configkit.Path
+	}{
+		{name: "repair setting", path: configkit.Keys("pipelines", "child", "structured_output_repair_attempts")},
+		{name: "normalized reference", path: configkit.Keys("pipelines", "child", "references", "source", "path")},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			explanation, ok := loaded.result.Explain(test.path)
+			if !ok || len(explanation.History) == 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("inherited explanation = %#v, found=%v", explanation, ok)
+			}
+			inheritanceFromParent := false
+			for _, change := range explanation.History {
+				if len(change.Origin.Inheritance) == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				for _, location := range change.Origin.Locations {
+					for _, source := range loaded.result.Sources() {
+						if source.ID == location.SourceID && source.Path == parentFile {
+							inheritanceFromParent = true
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if !inheritanceFromParent {
+				t.Fatalf("inheritance history lacks parent source evidence: %#v", explanation.History)
+			}
+			var rendered bytes.Buffer
+			if err := loaded.WriteExplanation(&rendered, test.path.String()); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("WriteExplanation() error = %v", err)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(rendered.String(), filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join("parents", "pipelines.yml"))) {
+				t.Fatalf("explanation lacks parent source evidence: %s", rendered.String())
+			}
+			if test.name == "normalized reference" {
+				foundNormalization := false
+				for _, change := range explanation.History {
+					if change.Origin.Operation == configkit.ChangeNormalization {
+						foundNormalization = true
+					}
+				}
+				if !foundNormalization || !strings.Contains(rendered.String(), wantPath) {
+					t.Fatalf("normalized path evidence = %#v; rendered %s", explanation.History, rendered.String())
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	secretPath := configkit.Keys("pipelines", "child", "artifacts", "summary", "extract", "options", "credentials", "api_key")
+	secretExplanation, ok := loaded.result.Explain(secretPath)
+	if !ok || !secretExplanation.Effective.Redacted {
+		t.Fatalf("inherited secret explanation = %#v, found=%v", secretExplanation, ok)
+	}
+	redactedHistory := false
+	for _, change := range secretExplanation.History {
+		redactedHistory = redactedHistory || change.Before.Redacted || change.After.Redacted
+	}
+	if !redactedHistory {
+		t.Fatalf("secret history was not redacted: %#v", secretExplanation.History)
+	}
+	var secretOutput bytes.Buffer
+	if err := loaded.WriteExplanation(&secretOutput, secretPath.String()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteExplanation(secret) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(secretOutput.String(), "fake-parent-secret") || strings.Contains(secretOutput.String(), "fake-overlay-secret") ||
+		!strings.Contains(secretOutput.String(), "[REDACTED]") {
+		t.Fatalf("secret explanation did not redact values and history: %s", secretOutput.String())
+	}
+
+	childOptions := loaded.Config.Pipelines["child"].Artifacts["summary"].Extract.Options
+	childOptions["nested"].(map[string]any)["value"] = "changed"
+	parentValue := loaded.Config.Pipelines["parent"].Artifacts["summary"].Extract.Options["nested"].(map[string]any)["value"]
+	if parentValue != "original" {
+		t.Fatalf("child runtime mutation changed parent value: %#v", parentValue)
+	}
+	var frozen bytes.Buffer
+	if err := loaded.WriteEffective(&frozen); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteEffective() after runtime mutation error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(frozen.String(), "original") || strings.Contains(frozen.String(), "changed") {
+		t.Fatalf("runtime mutation changed frozen inspection: %s", frozen.String())
+	}
+}

internal/framework/llm/promptkit_profile_fingerprint.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const (
 	promptKitLocalBackendMarker          = "notarius:promptkit-local-backend:v1"
 	// The built-in profile catalog is compiled into this pinned PromptKit
 	// release. Update this identity when the dependency is upgraded.
-	promptKitBuiltinProfileCatalogID = "promptkit:v0.11.0:builtin-profiles"
+	promptKitBuiltinProfileCatalogID = "promptkit:v0.11.2:builtin-profiles"
 )
 
 func promptKitProfileFingerprint(profileDir, profileFile, fallbackProfileDigest string) (CheckpointFingerprint, error) {