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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-# Cross-repo maintenance baseline (machine-readable canonical)
-
-[metadata]
-version = "1.1.0"
-last-updated = "2026-02-24"
-scope = "cross-repo"
-source-human = "docs/maintenance/MAINTENANCE-CHECKLIST.adoc"
-companion-human = "docs/practice/SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT-APPROACH.adoc"
-companion-machine = ".machine_readable/policies/SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT-APPROACH.a2ml"
-
-[policy]
-single-source = true
-notes = "Use this file as canonical machine policy and keep markdown synchronized."
-
-[maintenance-axes]
-scoping-first = true
-execution-order = ["scoping", "axis-1", "axis-2", "axis-3"]
-axis-1 = "must > intend > like"
-axis-2 = "corrective > adaptive > perfective"
-axis-3 = "systems > compliance > effects"
-
-[scoping]
-inputs_required = [
-  "README",
-  "roadmap",
-  "status-docs",
-  "maintenance-checklist",
-  "ci-and-security-docs",
-]
-
-marker_scan_required = [
-  "TODO",
-  "FIXME",
-  "XXX",
-  "HACK",
-  "STUB",
-  "PARTIAL",
-]
-
-idris_unsound_scan_required = [
-  "believe_me",
-  "assert_total",
-]
-
-scope_assembly_buckets = ["must", "intend", "like"]
-
-[axis-2-maintenance-rules]
-corrective-first = true
-adaptive-second = true
-adaptive_examples = [
-  "scope-change reconciliation",
-  "stale-reference removal",
-  "obsolete-work culling",
-]
-perfective-third = true
-perfective_source = "axis-1 honest state after corrective/adaptive updates"
-
-[axis-3-audit-rules]
-systems-check = true
-documentation-honesty-check = true
-safety-security-accounted-check = true
-effects-review-check = true
-benchmark-evidence-required = true
-maintainer-dialogue-review-required = true
-compliance-seams-check = true
-exception-register-required = true
-exception-bounded-scope-required = true
-policy-drift-contamination-check = true
-example-drift-risk = "single TypeScript exception causing broad AffineScript->TypeScript migration"
-compliance-tooling = "panic-attack"
-effects-tooling = "ecological checking with sustainabot guidance"
-
-[generic-cleanup-finish-off]
-root-cleanup-required = true
-stale-work-cull-required = true
-docs-parity-required = true
-machine-human-sync-required = true
-compliance-finish-off-required = true
-effects-finish-off-required = true
-release-prep-summary-required = true
-next-actions-required = ["corrective", "adaptive", "perfective"]
-
-[must]
-root_control_files = [
-  ".gitignore",
-  ".gitattributes",
-  ".editorconfig",
-  ".tool-versions",
-  "Containerfile",
-  "Justfile",
-]
-
-root_hosting_files = [
-  "CNAME",
-  ".nojekyll",
-]
-
-ownership_files = [
-  "MAINTAINER",
-  ".github/CODEOWNERS",
-]
-
-machine_readable_required = [
-  ".machine_readable/anchors/ANCHOR.a2ml",
-  ".machine_readable/contractiles/",
-  ".machine_readable/ai/",
-  ".machine_readable/bot_directives/",
-]
-
-contractiles_required = [
-  "Mustfile",
-  "Trustfile",
-  "Intentfile",
-]
-
-security_required = [
-  ".well-known/security.txt",
-  "ci-security-scan",
-]
-
-quality_gate_required = [
-  "format",
-  "lint",
-  "unit-tests",
-  "integration-tests",
-  "p2p-tests",
-  "e2e-tests",
-  "bench-smoke",
-  "docs-check",
-  "security-scan",
-]
-
-abi_ffi_policy = [
-  "ABI Idris2 in src/interface/abi/*.idr",
-  "FFI Zig in ffi/**/*.zig",
-]
-
-[should]
-docs_primary_format = "adoc"
-docs_structure = [
-  "docs/theory",
-  "docs/practice",
-  "docs/whitepapers/academic",
-  "docs/whitepapers/industry",
-  "docs/proofs",
-  "docs/reports",
-]
-
-root_minimization = true
-well_known_metadata = true
-roadmap_honesty_with_dates = true
-ci_doc_format_policy = true
-
-[could]
-generate_human_from_machine = true
-mode_aware_bots = ["corrective", "adaptive", "perfective", "audit"]
-topology_dashboard = true
-exception_registry = true