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@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 {
-  "phase": 3,
-  "stage": "complete",
-  "milestone": "v1.30",
-  "phase_role": "execution",
+  "phase": 0,
+  "stage": "plan",
+  "milestone": "v1.31",
+  "phase_role": "pre_execution",
  "attempts": 0,
-  "updated_at": "2026-08-20T15:30:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-08-20T16:18:00Z",
  "project": "acdl",
  "projects": ["acdl", "nova-blockchain-exchange"],
-  "active_milestone": "v1.30",
-  "milestone_branch": "milestone/v1.30-leadership-deck",
-  "phase_branch": "phase/03-deck-polish",
-  "tag_line": "v1.29.x",
-  "phase_name": "deck-polish",
-  "milestone_type": "feature",
-  "reqs_covered": ["REQ-372.1","REQ-372.2","REQ-372.3","REQ-372.4","REQ-372.5","REQ-372.6","REQ-372.7","REQ-372.8","REQ-372.9","REQ-372.10","REQ-372.11","REQ-372.12"],
+  "active_milestone": "v1.31",
+  "milestone_branch": "milestone/v1.31-leadership-deck-polish",
+  "phase_branch": "acdl/phase/00-pre-execution",
+  "tag_line": "v1.30.x",
+  "phase_name": "pre-execution",
+  "milestone_type": "nfr",
+  "reqs_covered": [],
  "reqs_partial": [],
-  "notes": "v1.30 P3 (deck-polish) COMPLETE. D-244 (cover), D-245 (slide 7 what-works-now), D-246 (7 mermaid diagrams). F1-F5 polish fixes. 7 S&P-themed diagrams rendered via local mmdc (vendored Chromium libs). All checks pass. Next: SHIP (v1.29.4)."
+  "previous_milestone": {
+    "milestone": "v1.30",
+    "tag": "v1.29.5",
+    "complete": true,
+    "merged_to_main": "13ee34b",
+    "branches_deleted": true,
+    "releases_created": true,
+    "release_ids": [811,812,813,814,818]
+  },
+  "notes": "v1.31 P0 complete (specify+clarify+research+plan). D-247 locked: refinement-only, theme-preserving invariants. Plan = single vertical slice P1: rewrite visible prose + improve layout in nova-leadership-deck-marp.md, re-render PPTX, smoke test must pass."
 }
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ New requirements REQ-354..REQ-369 + REQ-371 + REQ-363b — full text in

 ### v1.30 ID allocations (no collisions with shipped history)

- **Decisions:** `D-241..D-243` (3 decisions, authored in CLARIFY).
-  Max existing D = D-240 (v1.29). Next free: D-244.
+- **Decisions:** `D-241..D-246` (6 decisions, authored in CLARIFY
+  across P0 + P3). Max existing D = D-240 (v1.29). Next free: D-247.
  - **D-241** — Leadership deck is a single-shot, discrete, hand-
    authored artifact (NOT a compression of the existing citizen-
    developer pitch `nova-autonomous-cloud-delivery-marp.md`).
@@ -707,6 +707,18 @@ New requirements REQ-354..REQ-369 + REQ-371 + REQ-363b — full text in
  - **D-243** — Date anchor discipline: August 2026 is a month-only
    presentation anchor (no specific day); November 2026 is the
    runway anchor (~90 days).
+  - **D-244** — Slide 1 becomes a black-background cover (overrides
+    grill G-1). Visual treatment only; on-slide text unchanged.
+  - **D-245** — Slide 7 "What works now" content addition. New
+    on-slide block before the ask. Records: 13 L1 + 2 L2 live
+    (confidence 0.800), next-steps arc (greenfield pilots → promote
+    to prod → SPGE constitutional library → infra layer). "sandbox"
+    is colloquial for the dev AWS account `581513795199`; "SPGE
+    constitutional library" is external/unverified-in-repo.
+  - **D-246** — 7 S&P-themed mermaid diagrams, one per slide,
+    rendered via local mmdc with vendored Chromium libs (24 Debian
+    bookworm .deb packages fetched, `.so` files extracted). `.mmd`
+    sources + PNGs committed for reproducibility.
 - **Capabilities:** `CAP-042` (1 capability, appended at ship).
  Max existing CAP = CAP-041 (v1.29). Next free: CAP-043.

@@ -1032,4 +1044,98 @@ Infrastructure & Operations leadership in August 2026." Asks for
 architecture endorsement and runway to next milestone by November
 2026. Velocity framing with **60% goal as internal directional
 target, not sourced claim**. Closes with "Use the runway to land the
-architecture endorsement."
+architecture endorsement."
+
+## v1.31 — Leadership Deck Polish II (active milestone)
+
+> **NFR/refinement milestone — polish pass on the v1.30 leadership
+> deck.** A single refinement phase that enriches the visible on-slide
+> prose, improves the slide layout, and re-renders the PPTX — without
+> altering the S&P visual theme, the 7-slide structure, the speaker-note
+> word-count bands, the vision `[1]` grounding, or the diagram PNGs.
+> The v1.30 deck shipped with sparse visible wording (slides 2–6
+> averaged 43–67 visible words, leaning on diagrams); v1.31 makes each
+> slide stand on its own as a readable artifact while a presenter
+> speaks, so the deck reads cleanly both live and as a leave-behind.
+>
+> This is a **refinement-only** milestone (no new features, no new
+> slides, no theme change, no schema change). Tags run on the
+> **v1.30.x** line (previous minor): `v1.30.0` (P0) → `v1.30.1` (P1
+> execution = milestone release). Milestone branch:
+> `milestone/v1.31-leadership-deck-polish`. Authoritative resume
+> state: `.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json`.
+>
+> **Source spec:** REQ-373 v1.0 (locked 2026-08-20). Full requirement
+> text in `.ciagent/REQUIREMENTS.md` §v1.31.
+
+### v1.31 ID allocations (no collisions with shipped history)
+
+- **Decisions:** `D-247` (1 decision, authored in CLARIFY).
+  - **D-247** — Polish is **refinement-only and theme-preserving**.
+    The S&P theme tokens (`#D6002A`, `#1B1B1B`, `#FFFFFF`, `#F0F0F0`),
+    the 7-slide count, the per-slide speaker-note word-count bands
+    (1/2/4/6: 150–300; 3/5: 250–400; 7: 200–300), the vision `[1]`
+    citations on slides 3/5/7, the 7 mermaid diagram PNGs, and the
+    footer string are all **invariants** of this milestone — they must
+    not change. Polish is confined to: (a) denser, better-structured
+    visible body prose on each slide, (b) layout improvement within
+    the existing `render_pptx.py` block vocabulary (lead/quote/plain/
+    bullet/ordered/image/table/benefit), and (c) re-rendering the
+    PPTX. No new slides, no new diagrams, no theme tokens, no new
+    speaker-note bands. The citizen-developer deck
+    (`nova-autonomous-cloud-delivery-marp.md`) remains untouched
+    (D-241 still holds).
+- **Capabilities:** none new (CAP-042 is refined in place; no new CAP
+  allocated). Next free CAP remains CAP-043.
+
+### v1.31 Scope (CLARIFY-grounded, full autonomy)
+
+Refinement of `docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck-marp.md`:
+
+- Enrich the **visible on-slide prose** on every slide so the deck
+  reads as a standalone artifact (current slides 2–6 average 43–67
+  visible words; target a denser, well-structured body that does not
+  crowd the diagram or overflow the slide).
+- Improve **slide layout** using the existing renderer's block
+  vocabulary — re-balance the order of lead/quote/plain/benefit
+  blocks so each slide has a clear title, a framing line, the body,
+  the diagram, and a closing italic benefit line where present.
+- Preserve all invariants (D-247): theme tokens, slide count = 7,
+  speaker-note bands, `[1]` citations on 3/5/7, the 7 diagram PNGs,
+  the footer string.
+- Re-render `docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck.pptx` via
+  `scripts/render_pptx.py`; the smoke test
+  `scripts/check_leadership_deck.sh` must still exit 0.
+
+### v1.31 Hard constraints (invariants — D-247)
+
+- Slide count stays exactly 7.
+- S&P theme tokens are the only colors.
+- Speaker-note word counts stay in band per REQ-372.4 bands.
+- `[1]` citations remain present in slides 3, 5, 7 speaker notes.
+- The 7 diagram PNGs (`assets/png/leadership-slide-N.png`) are reused
+  unchanged; `.mmd` sources are not modified.
+- Footer string `Nova Platform - Infrastructure & Operations` unchanged.
+- `scripts/render_pptx.py` is not modified (no new renderer features
+  needed — polish uses the existing block vocabulary).
+- The citizen-developer deck is not touched.
+
+### v1.31 Requirements
+
+Full text in `.ciagent/REQUIREMENTS.md` §v1.31. Summary:
+
+- **REQ-373.1** — Visible prose density: every slide's on-slide body
+  (excluding speaker notes + images) is enriched to a richer, well-
+  structured wording that reads as a standalone artifact.
+- **REQ-373.2** — Layout improvement: each slide uses the renderer's
+  block vocabulary to balance title → frame → body → diagram → benefit.
+- **REQ-373.3** — Invariants preserved (D-247): theme, 7 slides,
+  note bands, `[1]` citations, diagram PNGs, footer.
+- **REQ-373.4** — PPTX re-rendered; smoke test exits 0.
+
+### v1.31 phase status (live — tag `v1.30.1` = the milestone release)
+
+| Phase | Status | Tag |
+|-------|--------|-----|
+| P0 pre-execution | in flight | v1.30.0 |
+| P1 polish | pending | v1.30.1 (milestone release) |
@@ -1025,15 +1025,96 @@ principles, anti-goals, and integration-boundary claims to

 | REQ | Phase | Status |
 |-----|-------|--------|
-| REQ-372.1 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.2 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.3 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.4 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.5 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.6 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.7 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2, visual review pass) |
-| REQ-372.8 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.9 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.10 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.11 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
-| REQ-372.12 | P1 | complete (v1.29.2) |
+| REQ-372.1 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.2 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.3 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.4 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.5 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.6 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.7 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished + diagrams) |
+| REQ-372.8 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.9 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.10 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.11 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+| REQ-372.12 | P1/P3 | complete (v1.29.5, polished) |
+
+## v1.31 — Leadership Deck Polish II (active milestone)
+
+> **Refinement-only NFR milestone — polish pass on the v1.30 leadership
+> deck.** Enriches visible on-slide prose + improves layout, then
+> re-renders the PPTX. No new features, no new slides, no theme change,
+> no diagram change (D-247). Tags run on the **v1.30.x** line (previous
+> minor): `v1.30.0` (P0) → `v1.30.1` (P1 = milestone release). The
+> v1.30 requirements (REQ-372.1..12) remain complete and are NOT
+> re-opened; v1.31 adds REQ-373.1..4 as a refinement layer over the
+> same artifact.
+
+### Decisions (locked in CLARIFY, full autonomy — load-bearing for v1.31)
+
+- **D-247 (refinement-only, theme-preserving):** The polish is
+  confined to visible prose density + layout. The following are
+  **invariants** and must not change: the S&P theme tokens
+  (`#D6002A`, `#1B1B1B`, `#FFFFFF`, `#F0F0F0`); the 7-slide count; the
+  per-slide speaker-note word-count bands (1/2/4/6: 150–300; 3/5:
+  250–400; 7: 200–300, per REQ-372.4); the `[1]` citations on slides
+  3/5/7 (per REQ-372.12); the 7 mermaid diagram PNGs and their `.mmd`
+  sources; the footer string `Nova Platform - Infrastructure &
+  Operations`. No new slides, no new diagrams, no renderer changes.
+  The citizen-developer deck is untouched (D-241 still holds).
+
+### Requirements
+
+#### REQ-373.1 — Visible prose density enriched per slide
+
+**Priority:** High · **Journey:** J1
+
+**Given** the v1.30 deck shipped with sparse visible wording (slides
+2–6 averaged 43–67 visible words, leaning on diagrams), **when** the
+polished source markdown is inspected, **then** every slide's on-slide
+body (excluding speaker-note HTML comments and image references)
+carries richer, well-structured wording that lets the slide read as a
+standalone artifact — a title, a framing line, a body, and (where
+present) a closing italic benefit — without crowding the diagram or
+overflowing the 16:9 slide. Verified by visual review against the
+Slide Content Map and by the smoke test still passing.
+
+#### REQ-373.2 — Layout improved within the renderer block vocabulary
+
+**Priority:** High · **Journey:** J1
+
+**Given** the existing `scripts/render_pptx.py` block vocabulary
+(lead/quote/plain/bullet/ordered/image/table/benefit) is not modified,
+**when** the polished PPTX is rendered, **then** each slide balances
+its blocks so the reading order is clear (title → frame → body →
+diagram → benefit) and the diagram remains the visual anchor. No new
+renderer features are added.
+
+#### REQ-373.3 — v1.30 invariants preserved (D-247)
+
+**Priority:** High · **Journey:** J1
+
+**Given** the D-247 invariants, **when** the polished source + PPTX
+are validated, **then**: slide count = 7; the only hex colors are the
+four S&P tokens; per-slide speaker-note word counts remain in band per
+REQ-372.4; `[1]` citations remain in slides 3, 5, 7 speaker notes; the
+7 diagram PNGs are reused unchanged; the footer string is unchanged.
+The smoke test enforces (a)–(f) and must exit 0.
+
+#### REQ-373.4 — PPTX re-rendered; smoke test exits 0
+
+**Priority:** High · **Journey:** J1
+
+**Given** the polished source markdown, **when**
+`scripts/render_pptx.py docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck-marp.md
+--output docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck.pptx` is invoked,
+**then** the PPTX is written with 7 slides and python-pptx raises no
+exceptions, **and** `bash scripts/check_leadership_deck.sh` exits 0.
+
+### v1.31 Traceability (live — see CHECKPOINT.json for authoritative state)
+
+| REQ | Phase | Status |
+|-----|-------|--------|
+| REQ-373.1 | P1 | pending |
+| REQ-373.2 | P1 | pending |
+| REQ-373.3 | P1 | pending |
+| REQ-373.4 | P1 | pending |
@@ -146,22 +146,40 @@
  10 NFR constraints. Tags: `v1.28.0` (P0) → `v1.28.1..v1.28.5` (P1..P5)
  → `v1.28.6` (P6 final = milestone release).

- **v1.30 (complete, tag `v1.29.3` = the v1.30 release, merged to main
-  2026-08-20):** Single-shot Leadership Deck. Feature milestone. A
-  hand-authored 7-slide PPTX deck for Infrastructure & Operations
-  leadership (CTO + VP Technology + Product Management), presented
-  August 2026, securing architecture endorsement and a November 2026
-  runway. The deck is a **discrete artifact** (D-241: NOT a
-  compression of the existing citizen-developer pitch
+- **v1.30 (complete, tag `v1.29.5` = the v1.30 release, merged to main
+  2026-08-20):** Single-shot Leadership Deck (polished). Feature
+  milestone. A hand-authored 7-slide PPTX deck for Infrastructure &
+  Operations leadership (CTO + VP Technology + Product Management),
+  presented August 2026, securing architecture endorsement and a
+  November 2026 runway. The deck is a **discrete artifact** (D-241:
+  NOT a compression of the existing citizen-developer pitch
  `nova-autonomous-cloud-delivery-marp.md`, which remains unmodified).
  Authored as Marp markdown, rendered via the existing
  `scripts/render_pptx.py` (narrowly extended per D-242: path arg +
-  `--output` + per-slide footer textbox + leading-comment skip).
-  Smoke test `scripts/check_leadership_deck.sh` (on-demand, NOT a CI
-  gate). Vision `[1]` grounding in slides 3/5/7 speaker notes
-  (resolve to `docs/vision.md`). 12 requirements (REQ-372.1..12), 1
-  capability (CAP-042), 3 decisions (D-241..D-243). Tags: `v1.29.1`
-  (P0) → `v1.29.2` (P1 execution) → `v1.29.3` (P2 final = milestone
+  `--output` + per-slide footer textbox + leading-comment skip +
+  auto-fit + vertical balance + bullet-marker fix). **Polished in P3**
+  (D-244: slide 1 → black cover; D-245: slide 7 "What works now" block
+  — L1/L2 stacks live at confidence 0.800, next steps: greenfield
+  pilots → promote to prod → SPGE constitutional library → infra
+  layer; D-246: 7 S&P-themed mermaid diagrams, one per slide, rendered
+  via local mmdc with vendored Chromium libs). Smoke test
+  `scripts/check_leadership_deck.sh` (on-demand, NOT a CI gate). Vision
+  `[1]` grounding in slides 3/5/7 speaker notes (resolve to
+  `docs/vision.md`). 12 requirements (REQ-372.1..12), 1 capability
+  (CAP-042), 6 decisions (D-241..D-246). Tags: `v1.29.1` (P0) →
+  `v1.29.2` (P1 first draft) → `v1.29.3` (P2 first-draft final) →
+  `v1.29.4` (P3 polish) → `v1.29.5` (P4 polished final = milestone
+  release).
+
+- **v1.31 (active):** Leadership Deck Polish II — refinement-only NFR
+  milestone. Enriches the v1.30 deck's visible on-slide prose and
+  improves slide layout, then re-renders the PPTX. Preserves all
+  v1.30 invariants (D-247): S&P theme tokens, 7-slide count, speaker-
+  note word-count bands, `[1]` citations on slides 3/5/7, the 7
+  mermaid diagram PNGs, and the footer string. No new slides, no new
+  diagrams, no renderer changes; the citizen-developer deck is
+  untouched. 4 requirements (REQ-373.1..4), 1 decision (D-247). Tags
+  run on the v1.30.x line: `v1.30.0` (P0) → `v1.30.1` (P1 = milestone
  release).

 > **Full v1.0–v1.24 phase detail, wave ordering, success criteria, and
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 | CAP-039 | Platform ops reposplit | v1.29 / `v1.28.6` | `nova-platform-ops` (out-of-band), `docs/operator-guide-platform-ops.md`, `docs/archive/nova-idp-cfn-v1.28.md` | REQ-369, REQ-OPS-GUIDE, D-232, D-235 | covered-reference | engineering (`acdl/acdl`, GitHub) ends at the artifact; operations (`nova-platform-ops`, Gitea-private, OPER-PRIV) begins at the live platform; tag-pin handoff; CFN archived; covered-reference REQs tracked via cutover gates |
 | CAP-040 | KJ substrate lockstep | v1.29 / `v1.28.6` | `nova-platform-ops` (out-of-band), `platform/abac/kj-version.txt`, `.github/workflows/publish.yml` | REQ-371, REQ-363, REQ-363b, D-238, D-239 | covered-reference | one ECR image digest shared by Lambda `image_uri` + Fargate task `image`; `lifecycle.precondition` on both resources at `terraform plan`; KJ-STATIC (`CGO_ENABLED=0`, `file(1)` asserts `statically linked`); no second pipeline, no second SHA pin |
 | CAP-041 | JWKS edge-only | v1.29 / `v1.28.6` | `nova-platform-ops` (out-of-band), `docs/operator-guide-platform-ops.md` | REQ-364, REQ-365, REQ-366, INV-18, D-233 | covered-reference | JWKS is the only public read surface; CloudFront + OAC (`AuthType: AWS_IAM`, NOT `NONE`, `OriginAccessControlOriginType: lambda`, `SigningBehavior: always`); direct Function URL → 403, via-CloudFront → 200; WAF rate-limit 3000/5min + AWSManagedRulesCommonRuleSet; ACM DNS-validated in us-east-1; Route53 A-alias |
-| CAP-042 | Leadership presentation deck (single-shot) | v1.30 / `v1.29.3` | `docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck-marp.md`, `docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck.pptx`, `scripts/check_leadership_deck.sh` | REQ-372.1..REQ-372.12, D-241, D-242, D-243 | local | Single-shot 7-slide PPTX deck for Infrastructure & Operations leadership (CTO + VP Technology + Product Management); presented August 2026; November 2026 runway anchor; discrete hand-authored artifact (NOT a compression of the citizen-developer pitch per D-241); rendered via existing `scripts/render_pptx.py` (narrowly extended per D-242); smoke test on-demand (NOT a CI gate); vision `[1]` grounding in slides 3/5/7 |
+| CAP-042 | Leadership presentation deck (single-shot, polished) | v1.30 / `v1.29.5` | `docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck-marp.md`, `docs/presentations/nova-leadership-deck.pptx`, `scripts/check_leadership_deck.sh`, `scripts/render_leadership_diagrams.sh`, `docs/presentations/assets/mmd/leadership-slide-{1..7}.mmd`, `docs/presentations/assets/png/leadership-slide-{1..7}.png` | REQ-372.1..REQ-372.12, D-241..D-246 | local | Single-shot 7-slide PPTX deck for Infrastructure & Operations leadership (CTO + VP Technology + Product Management); presented August 2026; November 2026 runway anchor; discrete hand-authored artifact (NOT a compression of the citizen-developer pitch per D-241); rendered via existing `scripts/render_pptx.py` (narrowly extended per D-242); polished in P3 (D-244 cover slide, D-245 slide 7 "What works now" block, D-246 7 S&P-themed mermaid diagrams); smoke test on-demand (NOT a CI gate); vision `[1]` grounding in slides 3/5/7 |

 ## Archive pointers

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ state for offline agent loading.

 ## Why archive

-The active milestone is v1.27 (PO State Catalog & Ciagent Compression).
-The `.ciagent/` root was compressed twice:
+The active milestone is v1.30 (Single-shot Leadership Deck, complete).
+The `.ciagent/` root was compressed three times:

 1. **v1.26 P2 compression** (~11,164 lines → ~5,232): the
   completed-milestone narratives (v1.0–v1.24) were relocated. Per the
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ The `.ciagent/` root was compressed twice:
   + COST (predates v1.26 pilot) were relocated. The 4 pre-execution
   files (CLARIFY/GRILL/IDEATE/RESEARCH) were rewritten by v1.27 P0
   and stay active through v1.27.
+3. **v1.30 post-milestone compression** (17 → 8 files): the v1.30
+   phase-specific pre-execution files (CLARIFY/RESEARCH/GRILL/PLAN/
+   PERSONAS) were snapshotted to the archive and removed from the
+   active root — they are regenerated fresh each milestone. The stale
+   IDEATE (v1.27), IAM_POLICY (v1.28), and REGRESSION_REPORT (v1.26)
+   were also archived. The persistent files (PROJECT, REQUIREMENTS,
+   ROADMAP, STATE, ARCHITECTURE, NORTH_STAR, config, CHECKPOINT)
+   remain in the active root.

 ## Contents

@@ -2,21 +2,28 @@
  "projects": [
    {
      "slug": "acdl",
-      "name": "Nova — The New Dawn of DevSecOps",
+      "name": "Nova \u2014 The New Dawn of DevSecOps",
      "default": true
    },
    {
      "slug": "nova-blockchain-exchange",
-      "name": "Nova Pilot Consumer — Blockchain Stock Exchange",
+      "name": "Nova Pilot Consumer \u2014 Blockchain Stock Exchange",
      "default": false
    }
  ],
  "active_project": "acdl",
-  "active_projects": ["acdl", "nova-blockchain-exchange"],
-  "active_milestone": "v1.30",
+  "active_projects": [
+    "acdl",
+    "nova-blockchain-exchange"
+  ],
+  "active_milestone": "v1.31",
  "autonomy": {
    "level": "full",
-    "escalation_hooks": ["deploy", "delete_data", "merge_to_main"],
+    "escalation_hooks": [
+      "deploy",
+      "delete_data",
+      "merge_to_main"
+    ],
    "clarify_budget": 10,
    "decision_confidence_threshold": 0.6,
    "max_revision_iterations": 3,
@@ -42,35 +49,72 @@
    "escalate_high_severity": true,
    "bash_allowlist": {
      "allowed_commands": [
-        "git", "ls", "cat", "head", "tail", "wc",
-        "echo", "mkdir", "cp", "mv", "rm", "touch",
-        "pwd", "which", "env", "printenv",
-        "python3", "pytest", "pip",
-        "terraform", "checkov",
-        "curl", "wget",
-        "docker", "docker-compose"
+        "git",
+        "ls",
+        "cat",
+        "head",
+        "tail",
+        "wc",
+        "echo",
+        "mkdir",
+        "cp",
+        "mv",
+        "rm",
+        "touch",
+        "pwd",
+        "which",
+        "env",
+        "printenv",
+        "python3",
+        "pytest",
+        "pip",
+        "terraform",
+        "checkov",
+        "curl",
+        "wget",
+        "docker",
+        "docker-compose"
      ],
      "max_output_bytes": 1048576,
      "timeout_ms": 30000,
      "blocked_env_vars": [
-        "HOME", "PATH", "USER", "SHELL",
-        "AWS_*", "*_TOKEN", "*_KEY", "*_SECRET",
-        "*_PASSWORD", "*_CREDENTIAL",
-        "GITHUB_TOKEN", "GITHUB_API_KEY",
-        "OPENAI_API_KEY", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
+        "HOME",
+        "PATH",
+        "USER",
+        "SHELL",
+        "AWS_*",
+        "*_TOKEN",
+        "*_KEY",
+        "*_SECRET",
+        "*_PASSWORD",
+        "*_CREDENTIAL",
+        "GITHUB_TOKEN",
+        "GITHUB_API_KEY",
+        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
+        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "OLLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY"
      ]
    }
  },
  "git": {
    "branching_strategy": "flat",
-    "_branching_strategy_note": "Nova uses flat workflow (committed directly to main per established convention since v1.0; renamed ACDL→Nova in v1.15). The 'phase' strategy is advisory; CIAgent uses milestone/phase branches for v1.14 but the project convention is flat.",
+    "_branching_strategy_note": "Nova uses flat workflow (committed directly to main per established convention since v1.0; renamed ACDL\u2192Nova in v1.15). The 'phase' strategy is advisory; CIAgent uses milestone/phase branches for v1.14 but the project convention is flat.",
    "auto_commit": true,
    "auto_push": true
  },
  "secrets": {
-    "sources": [".env", ".env.secrets", ".env.*"],
-    "disallow": ["shell_env", "netrc", "keychain", "rc_files", "global_config"],
+    "sources": [
+      ".env",
+      ".env.secrets",
+      ".env.*"
+    ],
+    "disallow": [
+      "shell_env",
+      "netrc",
+      "keychain",
+      "rc_files",
+      "global_config"
+    ],
    "scopes": {
      "forge": "NOVA_FORGE_TOKEN",
      "gitea": "NOVA_FORGE_TOKEN",
@@ -112,10 +156,18 @@
  "backend": {
    "provider": "auto",
    "agent_backends": {
-      "opencode": { "enabled": true },
-      "codex": { "enabled": true },
-      "claude-code": { "enabled": true },
-      "hermes": { "enabled": true }
+      "opencode": {
+        "enabled": true
+      },
+      "codex": {
+        "enabled": true
+      },
+      "claude-code": {
+        "enabled": true
+      },
+      "hermes": {
+        "enabled": true
+      }
    },
    "llm_backends": {
      "openai": {
@@ -148,7 +200,13 @@
  },
  "ideation": {
    "enabled": true,
-    "categories": ["security", "quality", "architecture", "coverage", "improvement"],
+    "categories": [
+      "security",
+      "quality",
+      "architecture",
+      "coverage",
+      "improvement"
+    ],
    "confidence_threshold": 0.6,
    "max_ideas": 20,
    "external_signals": {
@@ -162,7 +220,11 @@
    },
    "chaos": {
      "enabled": true,
-      "scenarios": ["backend_unavailable", "requirement_change", "test_coverage_drop"]
+      "scenarios": [
+        "backend_unavailable",
+        "requirement_change",
+        "test_coverage_drop"
+      ]
    }
  },
  "sessions": {
@@ -178,30 +240,77 @@
        "name": "lead-developer",
        "domain": "coordination",
        "frameworks": [],
-        "constraints": ["pragmatic", "battle-tested defaults"],
+        "constraints": [
+          "pragmatic",
+          "battle-tested defaults"
+        ],
        "territory": []
      },
      {
        "name": "data-engineer",
        "domain": "data",
-        "frameworks": ["drizzle", "postgresql"],
-        "constraints": ["schema-first", "type-safe ORM", "migration-driven"],
-        "territory": ["**/migrations/**", "**/schema/**", "**/models/**", "**/db/**", "prisma/schema.prisma", "drizzle/**", "**/*.sql"]
+        "frameworks": [
+          "drizzle",
+          "postgresql"
+        ],
+        "constraints": [
+          "schema-first",
+          "type-safe ORM",
+          "migration-driven"
+        ],
+        "territory": [
+          "**/migrations/**",
+          "**/schema/**",
+          "**/models/**",
+          "**/db/**",
+          "prisma/schema.prisma",
+          "drizzle/**",
+          "**/*.sql"
+        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "backend-engineer",
        "domain": "backend",
-        "frameworks": ["fastify", "hono"],
-        "constraints": ["api-first", "strict-typing", "dependency-injection"],
-        "territory": ["**/api/**", "**/routes/**", "**/services/**", "**/middleware/**", "**/controllers/**", "**/auth/**"]
+        "frameworks": [
+          "fastify",
+          "hono"
+        ],
+        "constraints": [
+          "api-first",
+          "strict-typing",
+          "dependency-injection"
+        ],
+        "territory": [
+          "**/api/**",
+          "**/routes/**",
+          "**/services/**",
+          "**/middleware/**",
+          "**/controllers/**",
+          "**/auth/**"
+        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "frontend-engineer",
        "domain": "frontend",
        "active": false,
-        "frameworks": ["react", "next.js"],
-        "constraints": ["component-first", "server-components", "minimal-client-js"],
-        "territory": ["**/components/**", "**/pages/**", "**/hooks/**", "**/styles/**", "**/*.tsx", "**/*.css", "**/*.vue"],
+        "frameworks": [
+          "react",
+          "next.js"
+        ],
+        "constraints": [
+          "component-first",
+          "server-components",
+          "minimal-client-js"
+        ],
+        "territory": [
+          "**/components/**",
+          "**/pages/**",
+          "**/hooks/**",
+          "**/styles/**",
+          "**/*.tsx",
+          "**/*.css",
+          "**/*.vue"
+        ],
        "reason": "ACDL has no frontend (no package.json); decks are markdown (lead-developer territory). Deactivated per PERSONAS.md:80."
      }
    ]
@@ -220,4 +329,4 @@
    "engine": "kyverno-json",
    "policy_root": "adapters/kyverno-json/policies"
  }
-}
+}
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
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 flowchart LR
-    subgraph F["The friction"]
-        F1["Authored by<br/>non-specialists"]
-        F2["Every change<br/>gated"]
-        F3["Compliance<br/>checked late"]
+    subgraph TODAY["Today — the gap is widening"]
+        direction TB
+        V["Delivery velocity<br/>↑ rising fast"]
+        C["Coordination surface<br/>↑↑ rising faster"]
+        V -.-|"gap"| C
    end
-    F1 --- F2
-    F2 --- F3
-    F --> N
-    subgraph N["Nova absorbs all three"]
-        N1["Owned<br/>building blocks"]
-        N2["Separation<br/>of concerns"]
-        N3["Attested compliance<br/>up front"]
+    subgraph COST["The cost of the gap"]
+        direction TB
+        R1["Remediation<br/>cycles"]
+        R2["Gate fatigue<br/>& morale loss"]
+        R3["Compliance<br/>found late"]
    end
-    style F fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style N fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style F1 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style F2 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style F3 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    TODAY -->|"absorbs"| NOVA
+    subgraph NOVA["Nova closes the gap"]
+        direction TB
+        N1["Owned primitives<br/>= no per-team infra authoring"]
+        N2["Attested up front<br/>= no late compliance"]
+        N3["Policy-bounded<br/>= no manual gating"]
+    end
+    COST -->|"absorbs"| NOVA
+    style TODAY fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style COST fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style NOVA fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style V fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style C fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style R1 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style R2 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style R3 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
    style N1 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
    style N2 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
    style N3 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
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-flowchart TB
-    CIT["Central IT curates<br/>the golden OS image"]
-    NOVA["Nova curates<br/>the cloud infrastructure"]
-    CONSUMER["Consumer declares<br/>a contract"]
-    CIT -->|own, patch, ship| NOVA
-    NOVA -->|own, patch, attest| CONSUMER
-    style CIT fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style NOVA fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style CONSUMER fill:#fff,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+flowchart LR
+    SDLC["SDLC<br/>code authored,<br/>built, tested"]
+    PDLC["PDLC<br/>product backlog,<br/>release planning"]
+    CONTRACT["The<br/>contract"]
+    INGEST["Contract<br/>ingestor"]
+    RESOLVE["Resolve<br/>→ L1/L2 stack"]
+    POLICY["Policy +<br/>confidence<br/>enforcement"]
+    APPLY["Reconcile<br/>→ live cloud"]
+    PROD["Running,<br/>observable,<br/>attested infra"]
+    SDLC --> CONTRACT
+    PDLC --> CONTRACT
+    CONTRACT -->|"validated<br/>boundary"| INGEST
+    INGEST --> RESOLVE
+    RESOLVE --> POLICY
+    POLICY --> APPLY
+    APPLY -->|"production-grade<br/>by construction"| PROD
+    style SDLC fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style PDLC fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style CONTRACT fill:#fff,color:#D6002A,stroke:#D6002A
+    style INGEST fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style RESOLVE fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style POLICY fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style APPLY fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style PROD fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
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-flowchart LR
-    T1["Sovereign<br/>boundary"]
-    T2["Lower autonomous<br/>higher attested"]
-    I1["Four-layer<br/>model"]
-    I2["HITL<br/>gates"]
-    I3["Contract<br/>schema"]
-    T1 --> I1
-    T1 --> I3
-    T2 --> I2
-    T2 --> I3
-    T1 -.-> T2
-    style T1 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style T2 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style I1 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style I2 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style I3 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+flowchart TB
+    ROOT["Two tenets<br/>discipline everything"]
+    SB["Sovereign boundary<br/>govern the delivery lifecycle<br/>do not reach upstream"]
+    LA["Lower autonomous<br/>higher attested<br/>compute: platform<br/>choice: human"]
+    ROOT --> SB
+    ROOT --> LA
+    SB -->|"shapes"| FM["4-layer model<br/>artifact → contract →<br/>infra → runtime"]
+    SB -->|"shapes"| CS["Contract schema<br/>the only integration<br/>surface to SDLC/PDLC"]
+    SB -->|"shapes"| PE["Policy envelope<br/>confidence, NFRs,<br/>boundaries enforced"]
+    LA -->|"shapes"| HITL["HITL gates<br/>named approver ≠ PR author<br/>at qa, prod, dr"]
+    LA -->|"shapes"| CONF["Confidence signal<br/>0.50 → 0.75 → 0.90 → 0.95<br/>escalation below threshold"]
+    LA -->|"shapes"| AUDIT["Audit lineage<br/>every action → one owner<br/>→ one evidence entry"]
+    style ROOT fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style SB fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style LA fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style FM fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style CS fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style PE fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style HITL fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style CONF fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style AUDIT fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
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 flowchart LR
-    L["Live today<br/>41 capabilities<br/>12 domains"]
-    A["Attested on<br/>promotion<br/>named human approver"]
-    H["Stays human<br/>by design<br/>escalation below threshold"]
-    L --> A --> H
-    style L fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style A fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style H fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    DEV["dev<br/>autonomous<br/>conf ≥ 0.50<br/>zero-touch"]
+    QA["qa<br/>HITL gate<br/>conf ≥ 0.75<br/>named approver<br/>≠ PR author"]
+    PROD["prod<br/>HITL gate<br/>conf ≥ 0.90<br/>named approver<br/>≠ PR author"]
+    DRENV["dr<br/>HITL gate<br/>conf ≥ 0.95<br/>named approver<br/>≠ PR author"]
+    DEV -->|"promotion"| QA
+    QA -->|"promotion"| PROD
+    PROD -->|"promotion"| DRENV
+    ESC["Escalation:<br/>below threshold<br/>→ human judgment"] -.->|"triggers"| QA
+    ESC -.->|"triggers"| PROD
+    ESC -.->|"triggers"| DRENV
+    style DEV fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style QA fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style PROD fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style DRENV fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style ESC fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
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 flowchart LR
-    subgraph IN["In Nova's lane"]
-        I1["Infrastructure<br/>primitives"]
-        I2["Operational<br/>guardrails"]
-        I3["CVE response<br/>infra layer"]
+    subgraph ABOVE["Above the contract — upstream, not Nova"]
+        APP["Application<br/>business logic"]
+        IDE["IDE · sprint ·<br/>author workflows"]
+        APPSEC["AppSec · dependency<br/>review · runtime security"]
+        VM["VM · bare-metal ·<br/>OS lifecycles<br/>consumed, not maintained"]
    end
-    C["The<br/>contract"]
-    subgraph OUT["Outside Nova's lane"]
-        O1["Application<br/>business logic"]
-        O2["IDE & sprint<br/>workflows"]
-        O3["AppSec &<br/>dependency review"]
+    CONTRACT["the contract<br/>━━━━━━━━━<br/>declared intent<br/>validated, published"]
+    subgraph BELOW["Below the contract — Nova's lane"]
+        L1["L1 primitives<br/>S3 · RDS · Lambda<br/>ECS · KMS · DynamoDB"]
+        L2["L2 compositions<br/>microservice ·<br/>static-assets"]
+        GUARD["Guardrails<br/>confidence · policy<br/>attestation · audit"]
    end
-    IN --- C --- OUT
-    style IN fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style OUT fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style C fill:#fff,color:#D6002A,stroke:#D6002A
-    style I1 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style I2 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style I3 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style O1 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style O2 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style O3 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    RT["Production<br/>runtime"]
+    ABOVE -.->|"declares via"| CONTRACT
+    CONTRACT -->|"validated boundary"| BELOW
+    BELOW -->|"reconciles to"| RT
+    style ABOVE fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style BELOW fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style APP fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style IDE fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style APPSEC fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style VM fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style CONTRACT fill:#fff,color:#D6002A,stroke:#D6002A
+    style L1 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style L2 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style GUARD fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style RT fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
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 flowchart LR
-    A["α<br/>Now → Q4'26<br/>Operating model +<br/>federated governance"]
-    B["β<br/>Q1'27<br/>Auto-published<br/>infra observability"]
-    G["γ<br/>Q2'27<br/>Runbook generation<br/>from telemetry"]
-    D["δ<br/>Q3'27 → Q4'27<br/>Audit ledger<br/>tamper-resistant"]
-    A --> B --> G --> D
+    subgraph NOW["Now"]
+        A["α — operating model<br/>named platform-ops body<br/>SLAs on every L2"]
+    end
+    subgraph Q1["Q1 2027"]
+        B["β — infra observability<br/>auto-published on apply<br/>no per-team dashboards"]
+    end
+    subgraph Q2["Q2 2027"]
+        G["γ — runbook generation<br/>from observed patterns<br/>SREs start, not blank"]
+    end
+    subgraph Q4["Q3-Q4 2027"]
+        D["δ — audit ledger<br/>S3 Object Lock + JWS<br/>externally verifiable"]
+    end
+    A -->|"unlocks"| B
+    B -->|"builds on"| G
+    G -->|"matures to"| D
+    NOW -.->|"governance<br/>is the unlock"| B
+    subgraph UNCHANGED["Stays constant across the arc"]
+        C["The contract surface<br/>remains the only<br/>SDLC/PDLC integration"]
+    end
+    D -.->|"exits to"| UNCHANGED
+    style NOW fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style Q1 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style Q2 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style Q4 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style UNCHANGED fill:#fff,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
    style A fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
    style B fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
    style G fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
-    style D fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style D fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style C fill:#fff,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
@@ -1,13 +1,40 @@
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-flowchart LR
-    W["What works now<br/>L1 & L2 stacks live<br/>confidence 0.800"]
-    N1["Ingest greenfield<br/>pilot projects"]
-    N2["Promote sandbox<br/>to production"]
-    N3["Integrate SPGE<br/>constitutional library"]
-    N4["Serve as the<br/>infrastructure layer"]
-    W --> N1 --> N2 --> N3 --> N4
-    style W fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+flowchart TB
+    subgraph PROVEN["Proven today — the foundation"]
+        direction LR
+        L1L2["13 L1 + 2 L2<br/>live in registry"]
+        PILOT["Pilot live-apply<br/>confidence 0.800<br/>dev AWS account"]
+        L1L2 --- PILOT
+    end
+    subgraph ARC["The runway arc — next steps"]
+        direction LR
+        N1["Ingest greenfield<br/>pilot projects"]
+        N2["Promote<br/>dev → prod<br/>activate qa, prod, dr"]
+        N3["Integrate SPGE<br/>constitutional library<br/>at the contract surface"]
+        N4["Serve as the<br/>infrastructure layer<br/>beneath every app"]
+        N1 --> N2 --> N3 --> N4
+    end
+    subgraph ASK["The ask"]
+        ENDORSE["Architecture<br/>endorsement"]
+        RUNWAY["Runway to next<br/>milestone by Nov 2026"]
+        ENDORSE --- RUNWAY
+    end
+    subgraph RISK["If we don't — the structural risk"]
+        GAP["Delivery acceleration<br/>vs operational absorption<br/>gap widens through 2027"]
+    end
+    PROVEN -->|"foundation enables"| ARC
+    ARC -->|"lands at"| ASK
+    ASK -.->|"without it"| RISK
+    style PROVEN fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style ARC fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style ASK fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style RISK fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style L1L2 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style PILOT fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
    style N1 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
    style N2 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
    style N3 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
-    style N4 fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style N4 fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
+    style ENDORSE fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style RUNWAY fill:#1B1B1B,color:#fff,stroke:#D6002A
+    style GAP fill:#F0F0F0,color:#1B1B1B,stroke:#D6002A
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CIAgent	ba28017f5b	feat(P05): re-author 7 mermaid diagrams as complementary visuals Diagrams now show relationships + stack positioning, not just restating slide text: - slide 1: the widening gap (velocity vs coordination surface) → Nova absorbs - slide 2: Nova's position in the stack (SDLC/PDLC → contract → Nova → prod) - slide 3: inheritance tree (two tenets → 6 architectural elements they shape) - slide 4: confidence-threshold ladder (dev 0.50 → qa 0.75 → prod 0.90 → dr 0.95 + escalation) - slide 5: stack layers with the contract as the dividing line (above/below) - slide 6: the arc with what each milestone unlocks + the constant contract surface - slide 7: proven foundation → runway arc → ask → structural risk if not Fixed: slide 4 node/subgraph naming collision (DR → DRENV); slides 2 + 5 reworked to horizontal layout (were too tall for slides). ---ci--- project: acdl phase: 5 milestone: v1.30 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-20 14:46:26 +00:00
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