ptr727 · Jul 19, 2026 · Jul 19, 2026 · Jul 19, 2026 · Jul 19, 2026
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ The specific rules in this file implement a few governing principles. Read these
   - *Main:* the check is graph-based - it asks whether main's tip commit is reachable from develop, not whether the two branches have the same content. After any develop -> main release, main's tip is a brand-new merge commit that develop's history doesn't contain. Forward-only develop never adds it (no back-merge of main into develop), so the check would fail on every subsequent release. Other technical workarounds - rebasing develop onto main, or rewriting develop's history - exist but contradict the squash-only develop ruleset and the linearity invariant.
   - *Develop:* the check stalls bot auto-merge when two bot PRs against develop land within the same window. As soon as the first merges, the second flips to `mergeStateStatus: BEHIND` and GitHub's auto-merge will not fire while strict is on. The merge-bot only *enables* auto-merge on `opened`/`reopened` (see below) and never auto-updates bot branches, and Dependabot's rebase isn't real-time, so the second PR sits OPEN with all checks green indefinitely. Squash mechanics still rebase the diff onto develop's tip on merge, `required_linear_history` still enforces linearity, textual conflicts still block `mergeable: CONFLICTING`, and the required `Check pull request workflow status job` still gates merges - the only thing lost is pre-merge detection of *semantic-but-not-textual* conflicts, which the post-merge develop CI run catches anyway.
   - See [`repo-config/README.md`](./repo-config/README.md) "Rulesets" for the configured state.
-- **Configuring branch protection on a fleet repo: don't hand-build the rules.** Reconstructing the rules by hand is error-prone and has gone wrong on past ports. First delete **all** legacy classic branch-protection rules and any stray rulesets (this template uses rulesets *only*), then create **exactly two rulesets named `develop` and `main`** by exporting the template's two rulesets and re-importing them via `gh api -X POST .../rulesets` (`gh ruleset` is read-only). The names are load-bearing - this file and the workflows reference them. Operational repos import [`operational/develop.json`](./repo-config/operational/develop.json) as their `develop` ruleset (the `main` ruleset is shared); [`configure.sh`](./repo-config/configure.sh) selects the right develop payload from the registry `workflowModel` automatically. The full export/import procedure and the regen snippet live in the hub-only `docs/repo-config-carry.md`. **Brownfield repos** (pre-existing history) need an extra step: `Require signed commits` rejects legacy unsigned commits and the admin bypass does not cover `git push --force`, so re-signing requires temporarily disabling the ruleset - the maintainer-only brownfield migration procedure is in that same hub doc.
+- **Configuring branch protection on a fleet repo: don't hand-build the rules.** Reconstructing the rules by hand is error-prone and has gone wrong on past ports. First delete **all** legacy classic branch-protection rules and any stray rulesets (rulesets are the *only* mechanism used), then create **exactly two rulesets named `develop` and `main`** by importing the committed `repo-config/*.json` ruleset payloads via `gh api -X POST .../rulesets` (`gh ruleset` is read-only). The names are load-bearing - this file and the workflows reference them. Operational repos import [`operational/develop.json`](./repo-config/operational/develop.json) as their `develop` ruleset (the `main` ruleset is shared); [`configure.sh`](./repo-config/configure.sh) selects the right develop payload from the registry `workflowModel` automatically. The full export/import procedure and the regen snippet live in the hub-only `docs/repo-config-carry.md`. **Brownfield repos** (pre-existing history) need an extra step: `Require signed commits` rejects legacy unsigned commits and the admin bypass does not cover `git push --force`, so re-signing requires temporarily disabling the ruleset - the maintainer-only brownfield migration procedure is in that same hub doc.
 - **Bots (Dependabot and codegen) target both `main` and `develop` in parallel.** [`.github/dependabot.yml`](./.github/dependabot.yml) duplicates every ecosystem entry (one per branch) and [`catalog/snippets/workflows/run-codegen-pull-request-task.yml`](./catalog/snippets/workflows/run-codegen-pull-request-task.yml) runs as a matrix over both branches with branch names `codegen-main` and `codegen-develop`. Each branch absorbs its own bot PRs independently, so neither falls behind, and the forward-only rule still holds (nothing is back-merged from main to develop - both branches receive their updates directly). The merge-bot ([`.github/workflows/merge-bot-pull-request.yml`](./.github/workflows/merge-bot-pull-request.yml)) dispatches `--squash` or `--merge` from each PR's base ref via a `case` statement so the form matches the ruleset on either base. Dependabot **security** PRs (CVE-driven) always open against the repo default branch (`main`) regardless of `target-branch` - the same `case` statement covers them. The merge-bot auto-merges **every** Dependabot tier including semver-major (no ecosystem or update-type guard): the required CI checks are the gate, not the bump magnitude, so a major that breaks the build fails its checks and never merges.
 - **Maintainer-pushed commits on a bot PR auto-disable auto-merge.** The merge-bot's `merge-dependabot` and `merge-codegen` jobs only fire on `opened` / `reopened` events (auto-merge is enabled exactly once per PR). When a maintainer pushes commits to a bot's branch (a `synchronize` event with an actor that isn't the same bot), the merge-bot's `disable-auto-merge-on-maintainer-push` job fires and calls `gh pr merge --disable-auto`. The maintainer's commits stay in the PR but won't auto-merge with the bot's content; re-enable auto-merge manually (`gh pr merge --auto <PR>` or the GitHub UI) when ready.
 - **Why parallel dual-target rather than develop-only with eventual flow-through:** push-distribution channels (HACS for Home Assistant integrations, Linux distros that vendor from `main`, etc.) consume `main` directly. A develop-only model would leave `main` running stale code during long-running develop features. Codegen content can also be production-critical (live API-derived data, language lists, build catalogs) rather than just sample/demo content, so both branches need fresh codegen on their own cadence.
-- **Codegen regenerates committed files; its output must be deterministic from its inputs, never per-run state.** The codegen workflow is a mechanism to refresh files that are checked into the repo: it runs a matrix over `main` and `develop`, each leg regenerating against its own checkout and opening its own PR (`codegen-main -> main`, `codegen-develop -> develop`). For the two legs not to conflict on `develop -> main`, the generated output must depend only on its inputs - never on per-invocation state (timestamps, GUIDs, build IDs), which would diverge every run and conflict on every release. **What** a repo regenerates (data files, source, or both; code changes or pure data) and **how** (download and process an external source, transform local inputs, whatever) is entirely its own concern - the template constrains only that the output be input-deterministic, not how it is produced.
+- **Codegen regenerates committed files; its output must be deterministic from its inputs, never per-run state.** The codegen workflow is a mechanism to refresh files that are checked into the repo: it runs a matrix over `main` and `develop`, each leg regenerating against its own checkout and opening its own PR (`codegen-main -> main`, `codegen-develop -> develop`). For the two legs not to conflict on `develop -> main`, the generated output must depend only on its inputs - never on per-invocation state (timestamps, GUIDs, build IDs), which would diverge every run and conflict on every release. **What** a repo regenerates (data files, source, or both; code changes or pure data) and **how** (download and process an external source, transform local inputs, whatever) is entirely its own concern - the constraint is only that the output be input-deterministic, not how it is produced.
   - *Reference:* the codegen workflow tasks are kept under [`catalog/snippets/workflows/`](./catalog/snippets/workflows/) (`run-codegen-pull-request-task.yml` and its scheduler). A repo adopting codegen supplies its own input-deterministic generator; this repo ships none.
-- **App-token workflows use Client ID, not App ID.** `actions/create-github-app-token` deprecated the numeric `app-id` input in v3.0.0; the template uses `client-id: ${{ secrets.CODEGEN_APP_CLIENT_ID }}`. When adding new App-token call sites, use the same form - do not reintroduce `app-id` / `CODEGEN_APP_ID`. See [`repo-config/README.md`](./repo-config/README.md) "Secrets" for which secrets each mechanism needs.
+- **App-token workflows use Client ID, not App ID.** `actions/create-github-app-token` deprecated the numeric `app-id` input in v3.0.0; use `client-id: ${{ secrets.CODEGEN_APP_CLIENT_ID }}`. When adding new App-token call sites, use the same form - do not reintroduce `app-id` / `CODEGEN_APP_ID`. See [`repo-config/README.md`](./repo-config/README.md) "Secrets" for which secrets each mechanism needs.
 
 ## Release Model
 
-The template uses a **two-phase model by default**: PRs build fast, publishing is batched. See [README "Release Distribution Model"](./WORKFLOW.md) for the full rationale; the load-bearing rules. The auto-publish paths (bot push, schedule) apply to `release` repos; **operational** repos carry `releaseTrigger: dispatch-only`, so they publish **only** on a manual `workflow_dispatch` - the same source-only release the publisher already supports (tag + source zip + README + LICENSE, NBGV-versioned) - never automatically. Their `develop -> main` promotion just blesses a known-good config snapshot; a release is a separate, deliberate dispatch (see "Branching Model").
+The **two-phase model is the default**: PRs build fast, publishing is batched. See [README "Release Distribution Model"](./WORKFLOW.md) for the full rationale; the load-bearing rules. The auto-publish paths (bot push, schedule) apply to `release` repos; **operational** repos carry `releaseTrigger: dispatch-only`, so they publish **only** on a manual `workflow_dispatch` - the same source-only release the publisher already supports (tag + source zip + README + LICENSE, NBGV-versioned) - never automatically. Their `develop -> main` promotion just blesses a known-good config snapshot; a release is a separate, deliberate dispatch (see "Branching Model").
 
 - **PRs smoke-test only.** [`test-pull-request.yml`](./.github/workflows/test-pull-request.yml) always runs unit tests, then a `dorny/paths-filter` `changes` job gates a **reduced** build of only the changed targets (Docker `linux/amd64` only, executable on a representative runtime subset), never pushing. Build-workflow files are intentionally not in the path filters - a filter can't tell a logic change from an action-version bump - so a workflow-only change isn't smoke-built; the reusable workflows are exercised by the next run that uses them (a later code PR's smoke build, or the scheduled/publish run). Workflow YAML is still linted in CI by the lint job's `actionlint` step; also run `actionlint` locally before pushing to catch issues early.
 - **A human merge never auto-publishes.** [`publish-release.yml`](./.github/workflows/publish-release.yml) is the sole publisher; each run builds the **single trigger branch** (`main` a release, `develop` a prerelease). A first [`plan`](./catalog/snippets/workflows/publish-plan-task.yml) job decides once whether the run publishes and every other job gates on its output. It publishes on a **`workflow_dispatch`** of `main`/`develop` (the human-initiated release), a **code-affecting bot push to `main`** (the codegen App merges every Dependabot/codegen PR, so `github.actor` is the gate - a human merge/promotion to `main` skips), or a **weekly `schedule`** (Docker only, to refresh the base image). The `push` is main-only and paths-filtered, so a develop bot merge and an Actions-only bump publish nothing. A source-only repo publishes on dispatch only.

diff --git a/CODESTYLE.md b/CODESTYLE.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Each language defines a **clean-compile** verification - the combination of buil
 
 ### Analyzer Diagnostics and Suppressions
 
-- **A new port is not a license to silence diagnostics.** Brownfield / just-ported status never justifies relaxing analyzer or linter severities or muting newly surfaced warnings - fix them. (The only brownfield allowance in this template is the one-time git-signing / line-ending migration described in [AGENTS.md][agents] and [README.md][readme], which has nothing to do with code analysis.)
+- **A new port is not a license to silence diagnostics.** Brownfield / just-ported status never justifies relaxing analyzer or linter severities or muting newly surfaced warnings - fix them. (The only brownfield allowance is the one-time git-signing / line-ending migration described in [AGENTS.md][agents] and [README.md][readme], which has nothing to do with code analysis.)
 - **Suppress only genuine false-positives or deliberate, documented exceptions**, always at the **narrowest scope that fits**, in this order of preference:
   1. An **in-code annotation on the specific symbol**, with a justification - the language's attribute/comment form, never a blanket pragma spanning a region.
   2. The **owning project's local config** when the exception is project-wide for one project (e.g. a test project's own `.editorconfig` / `pyproject.toml`).
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ These apply repo-wide, in every directory:
 
 1. **Markdown linting**: All `.md` files must be lint-clean (error and warning free) via the VS Code `markdownlint` extension. [`.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc`][markdownlint-cli2] at the repo root is the single source of truth - the davidanson `markdownlint` extension and a command-line `markdownlint-cli2` run both read it, so the IDE and CLI stay in lock-step. Rules it deliberately disables (e.g. `MD013` line-length, `MD033` inline HTML) are **intentional** - do not "fix" them. Fix violations at the source rather than disabling rules.
 2. **Spelling**: All spelling must be clean via the CSpell VS Code integration; words must be correctly spelled in **US English** (the repo-wide convention - see [AGENTS.md][agents]). The shared `cspell.json` sets `"language": "en-US"` so British spellings are flagged - a bare `"en"` accepts both US and British and silently passes the wrong spelling. Project-specific terms go in the shared `cspell.json` `words` list - it is the single source of truth the extension, CLI, and CI all read. The `.code-workspace` must **not** carry its own `cspell.words`/`cSpell.words` block; when externalizing words into `cspell.json`, delete any word list left in the workspace (a leftover one duplicates the list and silently drifts).
-3. **Spelling CI scope**: The enforced CI spell-check gate covers **`README.md` and `HISTORY.md` only** - these are the files every repo visitor sees, so they must be clean. It is deliberately **not** all `**/*.md`: repos carry many markdown files full of technical terms, and gating every one of them would mean endlessly padding `cspell.json` just to keep CI green. Broad, live spell-checking across any file (source, markdown, text) is the **cspell editor extension's** job, so typos still surface to whoever is editing. A repo owner **may** widen their own CI file list, but the template ships README + HISTORY as the default; keep the CI workflow, the `Lint: Spelling` VS Code task, and the AGENTS.md cspell one-liner on the same file list. The list is explicit (not a glob), so a repo that ships no `HISTORY.md` (e.g. one with no changelog) must drop it from all three surfaces and gate on `README.md` alone - cspell errors on a listed file that does not exist. Markdown *linting* (item 1) stays repo-wide `**/*.md` - it does not choke on technical terms.
+3. **Spelling CI scope**: The enforced CI spell-check gate covers **`README.md` and `HISTORY.md` only** - these are the files every repo visitor sees, so they must be clean. It is deliberately **not** all `**/*.md`: repos carry many markdown files full of technical terms, and gating every one of them would mean endlessly padding `cspell.json` just to keep CI green. Broad, live spell-checking across any file (source, markdown, text) is the **cspell editor extension's** job, so typos still surface to whoever is editing. A repo owner **may** widen their own CI file list, but README + HISTORY are the default; keep the CI workflow, the `Lint: Spelling` VS Code task, and the AGENTS.md cspell one-liner on the same file list. The list is explicit (not a glob), so a repo that ships no `HISTORY.md` (e.g. one with no changelog) must drop it from all three surfaces and gate on `README.md` alone - cspell errors on a listed file that does not exist. Markdown *linting* (item 1) stays repo-wide `**/*.md` - it does not choke on technical terms.
 
 ## .NET
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ Follow the scope hierarchy in [Analyzer Diagnostics and Suppressions][analyzer-d
 
 This is the style guide for any **Python project(s)** in this repo.
 
-**Adapt before propagating.** The rules below describe the template's default Python profile - a package that publishes to PyPI, type-checked by `pyright` in strict mode, dependencies in `[dependency-groups]`. A derived repo often differs; when it does, **adapt these fields to match the repo's actual toolchain rather than copying verbatim** (a verbatim copy that misdescribes the repo is inaccurate and gets rejected in review). The axes that commonly vary per repo:
+**Adapt before propagating.** The rules below describe the default Python profile - a package that publishes to PyPI, type-checked by `pyright` in strict mode, dependencies in `[dependency-groups]`. A derived repo often differs; when it does, **adapt these fields to match the repo's actual toolchain rather than copying verbatim** (a verbatim copy that misdescribes the repo is inaccurate and gets rejected in review). The axes that commonly vary per repo:
 
 - **Type checker in CI** - `pyright` strict, **`mypy` in CI with `pyright` editor-only** (Pylance), or both. Whichever runs in CI is the one the clean-compile and the CI gate invoke.
 - **Dependency declaration** - `[dependency-groups]`, or PEP 621 `[project.optional-dependencies]` (dev tools installed with `uv sync --extra <group>`).