8Dionysus · 8Dionysus · Jul 13, 2026 · Jul 13, 2026 · Jul 13, 2026
@@ -278,18 +278,8 @@ command.
    full lane exists.
 5. Add tests that reject unregistered scenario directories and missing
    done-or-handoff markers.
-6. Run:
-
-```bash
-python .agents/spark/scripts/validate_spark_lane.py
-python -m unittest discover -s .agents/spark/tests -p 'test*.py'
-python scripts/validate_agents_md_shape.py
-python scripts/validate_agents_mesh.py
-python scripts/build_agents_mesh_index.py --check
-python scripts/validate_agents_mesh_index.py
-python scripts/validate_repo.py
-python scripts/release_check.py
-```
+6. Run the Spark-local checks and repository validation lanes routed by
+   `.agents/spark/AGENTS.md`.
 
 Adjust the test invocation if the final test module path cannot be imported as
 a dotted module because `.agents` is hidden; the center repo uses direct pytest

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ source authority, or owner judgment outside the diff.
 
 ## Validation
 
-Run read-only checks when useful, such as `git diff --check` or the changed
+Run read-only checks when useful, such as the diff hygiene check or the changed
 surface validator.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Changes made:
 - None.
 
 Validation run:
-- `git diff --check`
+- Diff hygiene check
 
 Skipped checks:
 - Full release gate skipped because this was review-only.

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Changes made:
 - Added Spark lane validation command to release check.
 
 Validation run:
-- `python .agents/spark/scripts/validate_spark_lane.py`
+- Spark-lane validator
 
 Skipped checks:
 - None.

@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ acceptance, multi-repo synthesis, or a slower review.
 
 ## Validation
 
-Run `python scripts/release_check.py` when local dependencies are available.
+Run the release lane when local dependencies are available.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Changes made:
 - None.
 
 Validation run:
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
+- Release lane
 
 Skipped checks:
 - GitHub validation not run in this example.

@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ mechanic or sibling repository must accept the next move.
 ## Validation
 
 Run the narrowest validation named by the target bundle or owner route. For a
-text-only patch with no generated surface, `git diff --check` plus an honest
-manual contract pass is enough. Use `python scripts/validate_repo.py` only when
+text-only patch with no generated surface, the diff hygiene check plus an honest
+manual contract pass is enough. Use repository validation only when
 repo law, touched generated surfaces, or the user asks for that broader proof.
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Changes made:
 - Tightened the adaptation note without changing technique meaning.
 
 Validation run:
-- `git diff --check`
+- Diff hygiene check
 - Manual atom-contract pass
 
 Skipped checks:
-- `python scripts/validate_repo.py` deferred because no generated surfaces changed.
+- Repository validation deferred because no generated surfaces changed.
 - Full release check deferred because this was a one-bundle text patch.
 
 Remaining risk:

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ work before tests can be honest.
 ## Validation
 
 Run the targeted test command for the changed test family and the validator
-named by the owning source surface. Use `python scripts/run_tests.py` only when
+named by the owning source surface. Use the repository test runner only when
 the user, owner route, or release-prep explicitly asks for broader proof.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Changes made:
 - Added `.agents/spark/tests/test_spark_lane.py`.
 
 Validation run:
-- `python -m unittest discover -s .agents/spark/tests -p 'test*.py'`
+- Spark-lane tests
 
 Skipped checks:
 - Full release check deferred to PR validation.

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 /requirements-dev.txt @8Dionysus
 /schemas/ @8Dionysus
 /scripts/ @8Dionysus
+/stats/ @8Dionysus
 /techniques/ @8Dionysus
 /templates/ @8Dionysus
 /tests/ @8Dionysus
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       ABYSS_MACHINE_REPO_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/abyss-machine
+      AOA_KAG_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/aoa-kag
+      AOA_STATS_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/aoa-stats
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
@@ -28,6 +30,20 @@ jobs:
           ref: 5724ce73cae69a0cd2b43996f006dc2bba2ab711
           path: .deps/abyss-machine
 
+      - name: Checkout aoa-kag index builder
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+        with:
+          repository: 8Dionysus/aoa-kag
+          ref: da9f50a581645b2173b99dbf771a63d447ec2fec
+          path: .deps/aoa-kag
+
+      - name: Checkout aoa-stats protocol validator
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+        with:
+          repository: 8Dionysus/aoa-stats
+          ref: 25ebfb784f01d3b93f62994908579c4a2c5d87b1
+          path: .deps/aoa-stats
+
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405
         with:

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       ABYSS_MACHINE_REPO_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/abyss-machine
+      AOA_STATS_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/aoa-stats
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: 5724ce73cae69a0cd2b43996f006dc2bba2ab711
           path: .deps/abyss-machine
 
+      - name: Checkout aoa-stats protocol validator
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+        with:
+          repository: 8Dionysus/aoa-stats
+          ref: 25ebfb784f01d3b93f62994908579c4a2c5d87b1
+          path: .deps/aoa-stats
+
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405
         with:

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       AOA_KAG_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/aoa-kag
+      AOA_STATS_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.deps/aoa-stats
       AOA_REPO_LOCAL_KAG_HISTORY_REPO: aoa-techniques
       AOA_REPO_LOCAL_KAG_HISTORY_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before || github.sha }}
       AOA_REPO_LOCAL_KAG_EVENT_HISTORY_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before || github.sha }}
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: da9f50a581645b2173b99dbf771a63d447ec2fec
           path: .deps/aoa-kag
 
+      - name: Checkout aoa-stats protocol validator
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+        with:
+          repository: 8Dionysus/aoa-stats
+          ref: 25ebfb784f01d3b93f62994908579c4a2c5d87b1
+          path: .deps/aoa-stats
+
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405
         with:

@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ This repository owns:
 - public-safe technique wording and topology selection, including current
   domain/kind truth and future family/capability/substrate/risk axes
 - owner-local participation in AoA cross-mechanics around reusable practice movement
+- owner-local statistical questions, measurement meaning, and public reference
+  packets about the technique canon
 - root-level public-safe legacy provenance, archive, and migration receipts for repo-wide technique-canon history
 - generated technique catalogs, capsules, feat-card reader surfaces, and source-lift surfaces
 
 It does not own:
 
-- skill workflow meaning, proof doctrine, routing, role contracts, memory, playbooks, KAG substrate meaning, or stats summaries
+- skill workflow meaning, proof doctrine, routing, role contracts, memory,
+  playbooks, KAG substrate meaning, cross-owner aggregation, or stats summaries
 - private project operations, secrets, or infrastructure detail
 
 [DESIGN](DESIGN.md) names the repository system form. [DESIGN.AGENTS](DESIGN.AGENTS.md)
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ for agents.
 18. affected generated catalogs, capsules, feat cards, agent-mesh mirrors, or source-lift outputs
 19. the nearest local `AGENTS.md` under the touched path when a branch needs
     more detail than this root route card
+20. [Stats](stats/README.md) when owner-local measurement questions or exports move
 
 ## Route modes
 
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ for agents.
 | `direction-change` | roadmap, corpus-scale pressure, portability posture, or future triggers change | [ROADMAP](ROADMAP.md) |
 | `mechanic-change` | practice movement, donor intake, audit, recurrence, checkpoint, RPG, or release-support surfaces change | [Mechanics](mechanics/README.md) -> nearest mechanic `AGENTS.md` |
 | `generated-parity` | generated catalogs, capsules, source-lift, or repo-doc surfaces change | source doc -> builder -> generated output -> validator/test |
+| `local-stats` | owner-local technique-canon measurement meaning or reference packets change | [Stats](stats/README.md) -> owning source -> consuming mechanic |
 
 ## AGENTS stack law
 
@@ -146,6 +151,8 @@ Update only the ones that moved; otherwise say no update was needed.
   schemas, builders, validators, or a stronger sibling owner.
 - Do not make root files, docs-root files, or top-level directories without
   checking [ROOT_SURFACE_LAW](docs/ROOT_SURFACE_LAW.md).
+- Do not infer quality, adoption, runtime use, or promotion decisions from a
+  local stats packet; return to authored technique and review owners.
 
 ## Route away when
 

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ The format is intentionally simple and human-first.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- added the root `stats/` owner port with a revision-bound promotion-readiness
+  pass ratio, central protocol validation, and coverage that rejects a false
+  numerator while preserving technique and audit authority
 - added the root `kag/` local provider district and wired it into root surface
   law, the AGENTS mesh, and generated mesh index for downstream KAG consumers
 - tightened the OS Abyss KAG export artifact envelope so the manifest, validator,
@@ -945,10 +948,10 @@ The format is intentionally simple and human-first.
 
 ### Validation
 
-- `python scripts/validate_repo.py`
-- `python scripts/run_tests.py`
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
-- `git diff --check`
+- repository validation
+- the repository test runner
+- the release lane
+- the diff hygiene check
 
 ### Notes
 
@@ -959,9 +962,9 @@ The format is intentionally simple and human-first.
 - generated outputs remain derived companions; authored technique bundles,
   route cards, contracts, decisions, and mechanic-owned review packets remain
   the authority surfaces
-- exact executable command lanes now live in the owning `AGENTS.md` or
-  [RELEASING](docs/RELEASING.md) surfaces rather than public route or reader
-  docs
+- exact executable command lanes now live in
+  `config/validation_lanes.json`, with focused local commands only in the
+  owning `AGENTS.md`, rather than public route or reader docs
 - package publishing to PyPI, npm, or other registries remains out of scope for
   this release
 
@@ -1002,10 +1005,10 @@ The format is intentionally simple and human-first.
 
 ### Validation
 
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
-- `python mechanics/agon/parts/move-technique-bridge/scripts/build_agon_technique_binding_candidates.py --check`
-- `python mechanics/agon/parts/move-technique-bridge/scripts/validate_agon_technique_binding_candidates.py`
-- `python -m pytest -q mechanics/agon/parts/move-technique-bridge/tests/test_agon_technique_binding_candidates.py`
+- the release lane
+- the owning part builder
+- the owning part validator
+- the targeted part-local tests
 
 ### Notes
 
@@ -1036,7 +1039,7 @@ The format is intentionally simple and human-first.
 
 ### Validation
 
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
+- the release lane
 
 ### Notes
 
@@ -1053,7 +1056,7 @@ The format is intentionally simple and human-first.
 
 ### Validation
 
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
+- the release lane
 
 ### Notes
 
@@ -1145,7 +1148,7 @@ This changelog entry uses the release-prep merge date.
 
 ### Validation
 
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
+- the release lane
 
 ### Notes
 
@@ -1172,7 +1175,7 @@ This changelog entry uses the release-prep merge date.
 - the canonical default set expanded across agent workflows, docs, evaluation, and KAG/source-lift surfaces, including `AOA-T-0004`, `AOA-T-0013` through `AOA-T-0019`, `AOA-T-0021`, `AOA-T-0023`, and `AOA-T-0034`
 - evidence and review posture is stronger across the corpus through broader `second-context-adaptation`, `canonical-readiness`, `external-origin`, `external-import-review`, and canonical-only `adverse-effects-review` coverage
 - repo routing now centers on `docs/START_HERE.md` and the bounded `pick -> inspect -> expand -> object use` operating path
-- release and validation posture now centers on `python scripts/release_check.py`, with tighter generator-drift checks, repo-doc and review-surface validation, broader public-hygiene URL scanning, and cleaner worktree behavior
+- release and validation posture now centers on the release lane, with tighter generator-drift checks, repo-doc and review-surface validation, broader public-hygiene URL scanning, and cleaner worktree behavior
 
 ### Included in this release
 
@@ -1185,7 +1188,7 @@ This changelog entry uses the release-prep merge date.
 
 ### Validation
 
-- `python scripts/release_check.py`
+- the release lane
 - the bounded release check reruns repo-doc, catalog, capsule, section, checklist, example, evidence-note, GitHub review-template, semantic-review, and shadow-review builders before `unittest` and `validate_repo`
 
 ### Notes
@@ -1227,8 +1230,8 @@ The GitHub release for `v0.1.0` was published on `2026-03-18`.
 
 Documented local validation path for this release:
 
-- `python -m unittest discover -s tests`
-- `python scripts/validate_repo.py`
+- the repository test suite
+- repository validation
 
 ### Notes
 

diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ should I leave for another AoA owner?
 - practice-motion mechanics under [mechanics](mechanics/README.md)
 - repo-wide schemas, templates, configs, and examples
 - generated reader and machine companions
+- an owner-local statistical measurement port for bounded corpus questions
 - public-safe legacy and provenance surfaces
 - agent-facing route cards
 
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ Skills, evals, routing, KAG, memory, playbooks, roles, stats, runtime, and ToS
 meaning have stronger owners. This repo may route to them but should not absorb
 their truth.
 
+Owner-local measurement meaning remains here when it concerns the technique
+canon. Cross-owner statistical grammar, aggregation, and views remain with
+`aoa-stats`, and neither side may turn a corpus ratio into technique status or
+promotion authority.
+
 ### 7. Validation before confidence
 
 Every meaningful change should have a local check, a generated-freshness check

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ owning [mechanics](mechanics/README.md) package.
 - `root-editing`: [ROOT_SURFACE_LAW](docs/ROOT_SURFACE_LAW.md)
 - `agent-surface-design`: [DESIGN.AGENTS](DESIGN.AGENTS.md)
 - `generated-parity`: authored source -> builder -> generated output -> validator
+- `local-stats`: [stats](stats/README.md) -> owning source -> consuming mechanic
 
 ## Technique Check
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ technique bundle when the reusable practice itself is already authored.
 | [docs](docs/README.md) | contracts, route maps, review guides, release docs, and generated-reader interpretation |
 | [mechanics](mechanics/README.md) | practice movement, evidence, provenance, and mechanic-local routes |
 | [generated](generated/) | reproducible catalogs, capsules, source-lift, review, and mesh companions |
+| [stats](stats/README.md) | owner-local corpus questions, measurement contracts, and public reference packets |
 | [examples](examples/README.md) | public-safe repo-wide worked examples |
 | [templates](templates/) | technique authoring and promotion scaffolds |
 | [legacy](legacy/README.md) | public-safe repo-wide raw, archive, and migration receipts |

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "schemas/AGENTS.md",
     "scripts/AGENTS.md",
     "scripts/validators/AGENTS.md",
+    "stats/AGENTS.md",
     "techniques/AGENTS.md",
     "techniques/agent-workflows/AGENTS.md",
     "techniques/continuity/AGENTS.md",
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Expand Up		@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ acceptance, multi-repo synthesis, or a slower review.

		## Validation

		Run `python scripts/release_check.py` when local dependencies are available.
		Run the release lane when local dependencies are available.