docs(P5): deck rebuild — unified narrative deck (18 slides, x3 arc, per-slide benefits) + retire old decks (D-130)

P5 (Wave 3, docs) — REQ-196, 197, 202, 203, 213

New deck (unified narrative):
- docs/presentations/nova-no-humans-platform.md — source of truth (18 slides)
- docs/presentations/nova-no-humans-platform-marp.md — Marp deck
- docs/presentations/nova-no-humans-platform-talking-points.md — presenter cues

5-act arc: Problem -> Vision -> How -> Proof -> Roadmap
x3 structure at deck level (slide 1 = arc preview, slides 2-15 = tell them, slide 16 = recap + ask)
x3 per slide (opens with what it covers, delivers, closes with benefit callout)
Fluid transitions (every slide references the previous slide's close)
Act indicator in Marp footer

Grill binding decisions applied:
- G-Q4: D-122 honesty sentence on slide 7
- G-Q8: stake line (18V+0 consumers) on slide 1
- G-Q9: 4 filler benefit closes rewritten
- G-Q10: slide 12 split into Zero-Touch Efficiency + Cost & ROI
- G-Q11: preempt on slide 14 (deferrals are measurement infra, not autonomy)
- G-Q13: Act 3->4 transition rewritten
- G-Q14: slide 9 benefit reframed to trust substrate
- G-Q15: ROI formula inline + N=0 caveat on slide 13
- G-Q16: slide 16 ask reframed as business decision

Retired (D-130):
- how-the-platform-works.md + marp + html + talking-points (DELETED)
- the-developer-experience.md + marp + html + talking-points (DELETED)

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project: acdl
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milestone: v1.17
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docs/presentations/nova-no-humans-platform-talking-points.md

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+# Nova — The No-Humans Infrastructure Platform: Talking Points
+
+> Step 4 of the 4-step deck process. Presenter cues distilled from the
+> source of truth (`nova-no-humans-platform.md`). 3-6 bullets per slide
+> + key takeaway. Indexed by Marp slide #.
+> v1.17 — REQ-196, REQ-197
+
+---
+
+### Slide 1 — Arc Preview
+- Open with the stake line: "18 capabilities verified, 0 consumer estates in production"
+- Preview the 5-act arc so the audience knows the structure
+- Set the honesty frame: "this is an evidence deck, not a hype deck"
+- **Key takeaway:** you'll leave knowing what's proven, what's pipeline-ready, and what's deferred
+
+### Slide 2 — The No-Humans Imperative
+- The operator is the bottleneck: days vs. minutes for provisioning
+- Key reframing: "no-humans" = no human in normal operations; stage-gate attestation is human by design
+- Cite the no-humans thesis doc
+- **Key takeaway:** autonomy in operations, human at stage gates
+
+### Slide 3 — Nova's Vision
+- Read the vision statement verbatim — it's precise
+- Emphasize "provable, not promised" — the difference between marketing and defensible
+- State the attestation model up front to prevent mishearing
+- **Key takeaway:** invisible operations with provable trust
+
+### Slide 4 — Strategic Objectives + Anti-Goals
+- The 4 objectives are the "what"; the 5 anti-goals are the "what NOT"
+- Anti-goal #3 (not removing humans from accountability) reinforces slide 3
+- Anti-goal #5 (not sold to operators) explains why this deck is for leadership
+- **Key takeaway:** purpose-built for infra ops, sold to leadership on outcomes
+
+### Slide 5 — 12–18 Month Targets
+- The three-section split (current / post-pilot / deferred) IS the honesty model
+- "Partial" means the pipeline works but the denominator is zero (0 consumers)
+- The Post-Pilot targets are committed; the numbers fill when a pilot runs
+- **Key takeaway:** which numbers are real today vs. deferred honestly
+
+### Slide 6 — The Platform Pipeline
+- Walk the pipeline left-to-right: contract → resolver → adapter → plan → policy → confidence → gate → apply
+- Key insight: dev is autonomous; qa/prod/dr require attestation
+- The confidence signal is the "AI" — 6-input weighted score, not an LLM
+- **Key takeaway:** the path from intent to evidence, with humans at stage gates only
+
+### Slide 7 — The Decision Ledger
+- The D-122 honesty sentence is critical: "Nova's AI is the confidence-gated policy engine, not an LLM"
+- The ledger is the moat: features can be copied, an immutable decision history cannot
+- Every decision has outcome backfill from apply.completed
+- **Key takeaway:** autonomous is defensible because every decision is immutable, queryable, accountable
+
+### Slide 8 — The 8-Concern Attestation Matrix
+- The matrix is not a rubber stamp — it's structured, freshness-validated, SoD-enforced
+- Offline-testable concerns run for real; operator-supplied concerns accept signed evidence
+- SoD on prod: the approver can't be the same person who built it
+- **Key takeaway:** autonomy in operations, human in accountability, by design
+
+### Slide 9 — Telemetry Architecture
+- Deliberately minimal (Nova-native, no Kafka/Prometheus/ClickHouse)
+- Every number in the Proof act is traceable to a file path
+- The hot path is deferred (D-126) — cold store is sufficient for batch
+- **Key takeaway:** the architecture IS the trust substrate — "where does this number come from?" → file path
+
+### Slide 10 — Capability Health
+- 18V+4S is the single most important proof point
+- The 4 Skipped are live-AWS caps — honestly skipped (D-096), not broken
+- When live AWS is re-provisioned, they reactivate
+- **Key takeaway:** the platform works, and we're honest about what we can't test
+
+### Slide 11 — Decision Ledger + Attestation Coverage
+- Both 100% — no AI decision is ever lost; no prod/dr promotion lands without a human sign-off
+- The trust snapshot has a chain-integrity verdict (the ledger hasn't been tampered with)
+- D-083 (S3 Object Lock + JWS) is the next step for the ledger
+- **Key takeaway:** trust is provable — not a marketing claim, a queryable record
+
+### Slide 12 — Zero-Touch Efficiency
+- The Post-Pilot caveat is the honesty model: pipeline works, denominator is zero
+- This is NOT a fabricated "99% touchless" claim
+- The numbers fill when a pilot runs
+- **Key takeaway:** the measurement works; the numbers activate with a pilot
+
+### Slide 13 — Cost & ROI
+- The ROI formula is shown inline — not hidden in a footnote
+- The N=0 caveat is stated explicitly
+- This is the "no fabrication" constraint in action
+- **Key takeaway:** the formula is ready; the production denominator activates with a pilot
+
+### Slide 14 — What's Deferred — and Why
+- The preempt is critical: deferrals are measurement infrastructure, not autonomy
+- The platform IS autonomous in operations; what's deferred is the evidence pipeline
+- Showing this to leadership demonstrates honesty, not weakness
+- **Key takeaway:** the autonomy is real; the measurement gaps are documented
+
+### Slide 15 — Roadmap to the North Star
+- Every deferred metric has a specific unblock requirement and a candidate milestone
+- The re-evaluation triggers ensure the metrics layer evolves
+- Nothing is hand-waved; everything has a plan
+- **Key takeaway:** the path from "honestly deferred" to "here's how we get there"
+
+### Slide 16 — Recap + Ask
+- Recap the 5-act arc so the audience leaves with the structure
+- The ask is a business decision: approve a pilot + the ledger build-out
+- "Pipeline-ready" → "production-proven" is the value proposition
+- **Key takeaway:** approve a pilot + the ledger build-out to move from pipeline-ready to production-proven
+
+### Appendix A1 — Metrics Glossary
+- Reference for every metric mentioned in the deck
+- Use if the audience asks "what does X mean?"
+
+### Appendix A2 — Operating Model & Cost
+- The operating cost is negligible (~$0.007/month)
+- The zero-cost steady state (D-096 teardown) is the structural mitigation
+- References the pre-mortem for the decay-prevention story