One-Session Contract

Each session must produce one of these outcomes:

• a completed stage artifact and outcome report
• a smaller committed proof artifact plus an outcome report explaining the blocker
• a no-code research/design artifact where the stage explicitly says design only

Do not silently leave partial work. If hardware access, credentials, or a toolchain fails, capture the command, exact error, and the next concrete unblock step.

Branch And Commit Rules

Use one branch per stage:

stage/<stage-id>-short-name

Commit after the artifact and outcome report are both present. Commit messages should be factual:

Complete D3-01 surveillance probe
Document D3-04 Pi KOS blocker

Do not commit private .env, tokens, auth JSON, SSH keys, emulator save data with credentials, or full disc images.