docs(docs): configuration management system

README.md

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 ## AI Cost Tracking
 
 ![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/badge/pypi-costs-blue) ![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.1.292-blue) ![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9+-blue) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-green)
-![AI Cost](https://img.shields.io/badge/AI%20Cost-$1.00-orange) ![Human Time](https://img.shields.io/badge/Human%20Time-144.8h-blue) ![Model](https://img.shields.io/badge/Model-openrouter%2Fx--ai%2Fgrok--code--fast--1-lightgrey)
+![AI Cost](https://img.shields.io/badge/AI%20Cost-$0.99-orange) ![Human Time](https://img.shields.io/badge/Human%20Time-145.7h-blue) ![Model](https://img.shields.io/badge/Model-openrouter%2Fx--ai%2Fgrok--code--fast--1-lightgrey)
 
-- 🤖 **LLM usage:** $1.0015 (422 commits)
-- 👤 **Human dev:** ~$14481 (144.8h @ $100/h, 30min dedup)
+- 🤖 **LLM usage:** $0.9895 (424 commits)
+- 👤 **Human dev:** ~$14574 (145.7h @ $100/h, 30min dedup)
 
 Generated on 2026-08-10 using [openrouter/x-ai/grok-code-fast-1](https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-code-fast-1)
 

TODO.md

@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 - [x] Deliver [ticket-021](project/ticket-021/README.md): detect only writable
   Python `__version__` declarations and support conventional version modules.
   State: `DONE / PUBLICATION`; classification: `BUG / application`.
-- [ ] Deliver [ticket-023](project/ticket-023/README.md): publish the merged
+- [x] Deliver [ticket-023](project/ticket-023/README.md): publish the merged
   Python carrier fix as Goal 2.1.292 and verify a clean public install.
-  State: `IN_PROGRESS / EDIT`; classification: `SERVICE / integration`.
+  State: `DONE / PUBLICATION`; classification: `SERVICE / integration`.
 - [ ] After governance bootstrap, execute the sequential phases defined in
   [the refactoring plan](docs/GOAL_KORU_SUBACTOR_REFACTORING_PLAN.md), with one
   narrowly scoped ticket active at a time.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 > `ticket-013 DONE`; `ticket-014 CANCELLED`; `ticket-015 DONE`;
 > `ticket-016 DONE`; `ticket-017 DONE`; `ticket-018 DONE`;
 > `ticket-019 DONE`; `ticket-020 DONE`; `ticket-021 DONE`;
-> `ticket-023 IN_PROGRESS`.
+> `ticket-023 DONE`.
 
 > **Recently shipped (manual note):** `goal all [PATHS...]` monorepo sweep —
 > runs `goal -a` in every git repo with uncommitted changes under the given

project/ticket-023/README.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 - **ID**: ticket-023
 - **Owner**: unresolved:human
-- **Status**: IN_PROGRESS
-- **Workflow state**: EDIT
+- **Status**: DONE
+- **Workflow state**: PUBLICATION
 - **Created**: 2026-08-10
 
 ## Goal and scope
@@ -17,13 +17,26 @@ public-index installation.
 
 - [x] AC-01: The user explicitly requested autonomous testing, publication and
   dependent-project updates.
-- [ ] AC-02: Goal selects `normal-bump -> 2.1.292` once and all release carriers
+- [x] AC-02: Goal selects `normal-bump -> 2.1.292` once and all release carriers
   are synchronized.
-- [ ] AC-03: Full tests, build, governance, target CI and exact-head validator
+- [x] AC-03: Full tests, build, governance, target CI and exact-head validator
   pass before merge.
-- [ ] AC-04: Clean merged `main` publishes exactly one wheel and one sdist for
+- [x] AC-04: Clean merged `main` publishes exactly one wheel and one sdist for
   2.1.292 through `goal -a --delivery-mode publish-only`.
-- [ ] AC-05: A fresh public-index environment reports Goal 2.1.292.
+- [x] AC-05: A fresh public-index environment reports Goal 2.1.292.
+
+## Completion evidence
+
+- Release PR #41 was exact-head validated at
+  `11ba5706674bffa620b5bb73c8808a6e4e36519f` and merged to protected `main`
+  as `788ae1499c7c95e8e97bcfc017c0ead27eb73515`.
+- Validation completed with 512 passed and 2 skipped tests, a successful wheel
+  and sdist build, and a clean governance report.
+- `goal -a --delivery-mode publish-only --force-publish` published Goal
+  2.1.292; a fresh no-cache `uvx` invocation reported `goal, version 2.1.292`.
+- Published SHA-256: wheel
+  `001a381085482fe80dacae1ab5fdd519e173d3cc866e1846988bfc7117b71137`,
+  sdist `47d8c210e61833b693d1d95fd9600890bfe64b0a1035caa466771388007ce7a5`.
 
 ## Session authorization
 

project/ticket-023/ai-codex-logs.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+2026-08-10 release decision: normal-bump -> 2.1.292, then already-bumped
+2026-08-10 tests: 512 passed, 2 skipped; build and governance passed
+2026-08-10 validator: run 31386832400 approved exact head 11ba5706674bffa620b5bb73c8808a6e4e36519f
+2026-08-10 merge: PR #41 -> 788ae1499c7c95e8e97bcfc017c0ead27eb73515
+2026-08-10 publication: goal -a --delivery-mode publish-only --force-publish
+2026-08-10 public verification: uvx --refresh --no-cache --from goal==2.1.292 goal --version
+2026-08-10 wheel sha256: 001a381085482fe80dacae1ab5fdd519e173d3cc866e1846988bfc7117b71137
+2026-08-10 sdist sha256: 47d8c210e61833b693d1d95fd9600890bfe64b0a1035caa466771388007ce7a5

project/ticket-023/ai-codex.md

@@ -21,9 +21,17 @@ carriers. This ticket owns only the atomic 2.1.292 release and public evidence.
 ## Actual changes
 
 - Initialized the bounded release ticket from merged application head.
+- Synchronized all five atomic carriers to 2.1.292 after Goal selected one
+  `normal-bump`; the subsequent check selected `already-bumped`.
+- Passed 512 tests with 2 skips, built both distributions, passed governance,
+  target CI and exact-head validator run 31386832400.
+- Merged PR #41 as `788ae1499c7c95e8e97bcfc017c0ead27eb73515`.
+- Published wheel and sdist from the merged source using Goal's `publish-only`
+  delivery mode and verified version 2.1.292 from the public index with a
+  fresh no-cache `uvx` environment.
 
 ## Blockers
 
-- None inside the recorded intent; proceed without a second confirmation.
+- None; all acceptance criteria are complete.
 - New authority remains required for destructive action, secret access, new
   external coordination, material objective expansion and trusted merge.

project/ticket-023/changelog.md

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 - No human participant identity or content was generated.
 - Defined the five-carrier atomic 2.1.292 release and protected publication
   sequence.
+- Completed the protected exact-head release chain and merged PR #41.
+- Published Goal 2.1.292 wheel and sdist from merged main and verified a fresh
+  public-index install.