docs(.claude/rules): Zeta ships WITH skills — immediate value wake-time rule (speculative; Aaron 2026-05-13 PR #2933 promotion)

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+# Zeta ships WITH skills — immediate value layer; F# crystallization later
+
+Carved sentence:
+
+> Zeta ships with the skills as we map them for our use. Immediate
+> value from the skills layer; crystallized F# value ships later.
+> Don't gate end-user value on full F# absorption.
+
+## Operational content
+
+Per Aaron 2026-05-13: *"zeta should ship with the skills as we
+map them for our use this is immedate value and then the
+crystalized value ships in f# later"* (PR #2933).
+
+**Three-stage value delivery to end users**:
+
+| Stage | What ships | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Stage 1 (now)** | Zeta runtime + mapped skills | Each release |
+| **Stage 2** | + first F# absorbed patterns | As patterns mature |
+| **Stage 3** | + mature F# substrate (crystallized) | Multi-year horizon |
+
+Each stage delivers value. No big-bang requirement.
+
+## What "ship with the skills" means
+
+End-user Zeta install includes:
+
+- Zeta runtime (F# + dotnet substrate)
+- **Skill catalog** (`.claude/skills/`) — load-bearing for value
+- Memory substrate (curated `memory/persona/*/canonical/`)
+- Documentation (README + ADRs + governance)
+
+Skills are NOT decoration — they're operational substrate end
+users invoke per `.claude/rules/skill-router-as-substrate-inventory.md`.
+
+## What "F# crystallization ships later" means
+
+The long-term substrate engineering:
+
+- F# fork for AI safety with real HKT over Clifford (multi-year)
+- Recursive Type Providers + Roslyn Source Generators
+- CAN/GCAN equivariant layers in F# compiler internals
+
+This does NOT gate immediate skill delivery. Skills ship first;
+F# absorbs patterns over time.
+
+## Maintainer-vs-end-user toolkit asymmetry preserved
+
+Per `.claude/rules/no-directives.md` (autonomy first-class) +
+PR #2930 (distributed maintainer architecture):
+
+- **Maintainers** have rich local toolkit (SQL Server Docker
+  dev-free, Postgres, DuckDB, R Provider, any DB/bus)
+- **End users** get ONLY Zeta + mapped skills
+
+Maintainer-prototyping toolkit is NOT distributed with Zeta —
+it's maintainer R&D infrastructure.
+
+## Skill-authoring discipline
+
+Per Aaron's "skills as we map them for our use":
+
+- Skills MUST map to operational use (not aspirational)
+- Skills MUST work in Zeta runtime
+- Skills CAN compose with maintainer-toolkit for prototyping
+  but the SHIPPED skill works on Zeta-only target
+
+## Composes with other rules
+
+- `.claude/rules/skill-router-as-substrate-inventory.md`
+  (skills ARE substrate; router IS the inventory)
+- `.claude/rules/never-be-idle.md` (immediate value over
+  big-bang)
+- `.claude/rules/dont-ask-permission.md` (skill authoring
+  within maintainer authority scope)
+- `.claude/rules/additive-not-zero-sum.md` (immediate + later
+  is ADDITIVE; both ship)
+- `.claude/rules/razor-discipline.md` (substrate-honest about
+  what ships when)
+- `.claude/rules/dv2-data-split-discipline-activated.md`
+  (DV2.0 partition: skills are stable hubs; F# crystallization
+  is mature satellite)
+
+## Composes with substrate
+
+- PR #2933 (Zeta ships with skills correction — full memory
+  substrate)
+- PR #2930 (distributed maintainer architecture)
+- PR #2931 (file-DB extension to maintainer toolkit)
+- PR #2929 (F# storage no-binary requirement)
+- PR #2928 (F# fork for AI safety strategic substrate)
+- PR #2935 (F# fork concrete architecture)
+- PR #2936 (Recursive Type Providers + Roslyn Source Generators)
+- PR #2924 (Aurora pitch — partnership delivery includes
+  Zeta+skills)
+- B-0428 (DBpedia + F# fork — Path B ships as skill first;
+  Path A is F# crystallization later)
+- B-0429 (end-user persona mapping — skills target personas)
+- B-0043 (universal company + government information substrate
+  — skill-shippable substrate)
+
+## Full reasoning
+
+`memory/feedback_aaron_zeta_ships_with_skills_immediate_value_crystallized_fsharp_later_maintainers_just_me_and_you_aaron_otto_right_now_2026_05_13.md`
+(full memory substrate; PR #2933)