Distillation

Date: Sep 8, 2026

• 🔴 [requested-review] (18:10) User requested a thorough, read-only exploration of /home/byk/Code/institutional-transition-lab for GitHub issue #4, concerning source-level, performance-blinded adjudication of the frozen 40-record governance corpus.
• 🟡 (18:10) User requested investigation in this exact order: 1. locate the frozen 40-record input bundle/codings and any artifact retrieval scripts or stored copies; 2. locate governance schemas and validators; 3. identify locally available source bodies/patches and how evidence grounding is checked; 4. identify report and test conventions; 5. assess hidden risks of exposing performance outcomes during adjudication; 6. determine the smallest coherent set of files needed to satisfy every issue acceptance criterion.
• 🔴 [enforced-workflow] (18:10) User instructed not to edit files and not to use git mutations during the repository investigation.
• 🟡 (18:10) User requested exact file paths, symbols/commands, and concrete implementation recommendations in the investigation results.