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All paths below are relative to .project/. Read the canonical artifact when a summary disagrees with it. Do not hand-edit state to move the pipeline.

What stays active after ship

State, repository binding, lessons, lookahead, and program-level charter, roadmap, and synthesis remain active. Milestone artifacts move into a named archive directory. See shipping for archive protection and integration rules.

What has authority

User rulings come first. Program charter constraints apply to all milestones. Intent criteria and vetoes constrain later work. Settled synthesis decisions and the current phase or task contract further define the work. If sources conflict, the pipeline stops and surfaces the conflict. A task log or review cannot waive an intent criterion. See the operating rules for the full authority and handoff contracts.