stage-contract, decisions: clarity pass (Codex)

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Clarity and streamlining pass by Codex (gpt-6-astra, effort high), run unattended for Ben ("Unattended codex refinement of writing", 2026-09-28).

system/stage-contract.md

Codex summary:

Revised only system/stage-contract.md.
Separated database access, reordered settings, and tightened prose.
Preserved facts, identifiers, commands, tables and references; checks passed.
Retained exit-0 inconsistency: published manifest versus dry-run validation.
Retained the unresolved “real-tool fixture gate below” reference.

Words: 1906 -> 1828.
Fact check (scripted: labels, ref and link targets, URLs, backticked spans, code lines, integers, dated rulings): 0 item(s) missing after the rewrite, 0 restore call(s); none missing against the current tip.

system/decisions.md

Codex summary:

Rewrote only system/decisions.md; preserved existing edits.
Grouped build rulings by subject and shortened repetitive prose.
Preserved rulings, dates, authors, numbers, identifiers, labels and references.
Left database-access, sharing and ancestor-rule discrepancies unresolved.
Preservation checks and git diff --check passed; no em dashes remain.

Words: 2447 -> 2374.
Fact check (scripted: labels, ref and link targets, URLs, backticked spans, code lines, integers, dated rulings): 0 item(s) missing after the rewrite, 0 restore call(s); none missing against the current tip.

Built locally as CI builds before push.

decisions.md: the rewrite dropped three inline "Carried from the build, pending team review." status sentences; one narrow Codex call restored them (caught on reading the diff).

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