diff --git a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/contract.json b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/contract.json
index e4ff3c4f..c6bccd7a 100644
--- a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "aggregate-team-action-health",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Aggregates open action items of a team into a health summary for managers (on-track %, overdue, overloaded owners, top pressure items).",
-  "description": "Pure aggregation capability used by the Manager Visibility workflow. Returns a compact health snapshot that can be rendered in a dashboard or weekly digest.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- team pulse aggregation with overloaded owners and top pressure items\n- invalid_input when reference_date is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- Aggregation is memory-only; no persistence or notification side effects",
+  "description": "Pure aggregation capability used by the Manager Visibility workflow. Returns a compact health snapshot that can be rendered in a dashboard or weekly digest.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- team pulse aggregation with overloaded owners and top pressure items\n- invalid_input when reference_date is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- Aggregation is memory-only; no persistence or notification side effects",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As a manager, I want a quick pulse of my team's action items.",
+      "scenario": "As a manager, I want a quick pulse of my team's action items, so that I can spot overload without reading every thread.",
       "input_example": {
         "items": [
           {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a workflow author, I want invalid_input when reference_date is empty so bad schedules fail closed.",
+      "scenario": "As a workflow author, I want invalid_input when reference_date is empty, so that bad schedules fail closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "items": [],
         "reference_date": "",
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.aggregate-team-action-health@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.aggregate-team-action-health@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-aggregate-team-action-health-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-aggregate-team-action-health-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/manifest.json b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/manifest.json
index f4ec7373..2ed51c6a 100644
--- a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.aggregate-team-action-health@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.aggregate-team-action-health@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc01-team-pulse.json b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc01-team-pulse.json
index c0751b46..7b373d36 100644
--- a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc01-team-pulse.json
+++ b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc01-team-pulse.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-aggregate-team-action-health-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "items": [
diff --git a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc02-invalid-input.json b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc02-invalid-input.json
index 723b971f..45831398 100644
--- a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc02-invalid-input.json
+++ b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/runtime-requests/uc02-invalid-input.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-aggregate-team-action-health-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "items": [],
diff --git a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/workflows/aggregate-team-action-health/workflow.json b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/workflows/aggregate-team-action-health/workflow.json
index 4761cfe5..67f3c774 100644
--- a/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/workflows/aggregate-team-action-health/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-aggregate-team-action-health/workflows/aggregate-team-action-health/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
   "name": "aggregate-team-action-health",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.aggregate-team-action-health",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "items",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/contract.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/contract.json
index 737eec8a..833292b0 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.assign-ownership",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "assign-ownership",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Resolves and records clear ownership for an action item (single accountable person).",
-  "description": "Resolves a suggested owner against workspace members (id, email, name) and applies ownership_config.fallback when unresolved. Pure and deterministic.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- name_match → ok\n- email_match → ok\n- null suggestion with fallback=creator → ok\n- unknown suggestion with fallback=fail → unresolved\n- inactive member with require_active_member → inactive_member\n- invalid fallback value → config_error\n- unknown suggestion with fallback=unassigned → ok (owner_id null)\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- Does not mutate storage or notify members; callers persist the decision",
+  "description": "Resolves a suggested owner against workspace members (id, email, name) and applies ownership_config.fallback when unresolved. Pure and deterministic.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- name_match \u2192 ok\n- email_match \u2192 ok\n- null suggestion with fallback=creator \u2192 ok\n- unknown suggestion with fallback=fail \u2192 unresolved\n- inactive member with require_active_member \u2192 inactive_member\n- invalid fallback value \u2192 config_error\n- unknown suggestion with fallback=unassigned \u2192 ok (owner_id null)\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- Does not mutate storage or notify members; callers persist the decision",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want a name match to resolve to a canonical user id.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want a name match to resolve to a canonical user id, so that ownership is unambiguous downstream.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": "Ada Lovelace",
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an email suggestion to resolve by email.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an email suggestion to resolve by email, so that directory matches stay deterministic.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": "bob@loop.dev",
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want a null suggestion to fall back to the creator.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want a null suggestion to fall back to the creator, so that every item still has an owner path.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": null,
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an unknown suggestion to fail closed when fallback is fail.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an unknown suggestion to fail closed when fallback is fail, so that unresolved owners never silently pass.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": "Unknown Person",
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an inactive member match rejected with inactive_member when require_active_member is true.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an inactive member match rejected with inactive_member when require_active_member is true, so that inactive accounts cannot own work.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": "user-ada",
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an invalid fallback value rejected with config_error.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an invalid fallback value rejected with config_error, so that misconfiguration is visible immediately.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": "Ada Lovelace",
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want unknown suggestions to resolve as unassigned when fallback is unassigned.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want unknown suggestions to resolve as unassigned when fallback is unassigned, so that callers can prompt for an owner later.",
       "input_example": {
         "suggested_owner": "Unknown Person",
         "creator_id": "user-carol",
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.assign-ownership@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.assign-ownership@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-assign-ownership-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-assign-ownership-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/manifest.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/manifest.json
index 37f82a8f..deec7d04 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.assign-ownership-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.assign-ownership@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.assign-ownership@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc01-name-match.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc01-name-match.json
index 01324360..5fe2dfb7 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc01-name-match.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc01-name-match.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": "Ada Lovelace",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc02-email-match.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc02-email-match.json
index 2a8121af..6380f5e6 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc02-email-match.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc02-email-match.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": "bob@loop.dev",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc03-null-fallback-creator.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc03-null-fallback-creator.json
index 8976fad5..bd7ed9ff 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc03-null-fallback-creator.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc03-null-fallback-creator.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": null,
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc04-unresolved-fail.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc04-unresolved-fail.json
index ff346a50..03b6c609 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc04-unresolved-fail.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc04-unresolved-fail.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": "Unknown Person",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc05-inactive-member.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc05-inactive-member.json
index 22d7321e..77923388 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc05-inactive-member.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc05-inactive-member.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": "user-ada",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc06-config-error.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc06-config-error.json
index 736ab493..d3c3b10a 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc06-config-error.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc06-config-error.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-06",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": "Ada Lovelace",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc07-fallback-unassigned.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc07-fallback-unassigned.json
index 444491ff..85aaa4d6 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc07-fallback-unassigned.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/runtime-requests/uc07-fallback-unassigned.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-assign-ownership-07",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "suggested_owner": "Unknown Person",
diff --git a/examples/core-assign-ownership/workflows/assign-ownership/workflow.json b/examples/core-assign-ownership/workflows/assign-ownership/workflow.json
index 42620f06..e421deeb 100644
--- a/examples/core-assign-ownership/workflows/assign-ownership/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-assign-ownership/workflows/assign-ownership/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.assign-ownership",
   "name": "assign-ownership",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "assign",
       "capability_id": "core.assign-ownership",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "suggested_owner",
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/contract.json b/examples/core-authorize/contract.json
index 811f368c..f56cc232 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/contract.json
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   "id": "core.authorize",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "authorize",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "traverse-core",
     "contact": "capability-authors@traverse-framework.com"
   },
   "summary": "Pure authorization evaluator: allow/deny for principal+action+resource under a caller-supplied versioned policy.",
-  "description": "Pure authorization evaluator: allow/deny for principal+action+resource under a caller-supplied versioned policy (RBAC/hybrid rule matching, tenant/status conditions, break-glass, obligations).\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- admin role allow (matched_allow_rule)\n- tenant isolation deny (matched_deny_rule)\n- owner update allow (matched_allow_rule)\n- suspended principal deny (matched_deny_rule)\n- allow with obligations (matched_allow_rule)\n- no matching rule → deny (no_matching_rule)\n- empty policy rules → empty_or_invalid_policy\n- break-glass override (break_glass_override)\n- missing principal.id → invalid_principal\n- missing action → invalid_action\n- missing resource.type → invalid_resource\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.1):\n- policy.mode values abac/explicit removed from schema (not distinct evaluator modes in this binary)\n- default_effect narrowed to deny (fail-closed); allow-default not published\n- obligation severity narrowed to required\n- condition_failed / policy_evaluation_error are not emitted as distinct reason_codes\n- Condition DSL is a practical subset (eq/neq on selected attribute paths), not full XACML/Cedar",
+  "description": "Pure authorization evaluator: allow/deny for principal+action+resource under a caller-supplied versioned policy (RBAC/hybrid rule matching, tenant/status conditions, break-glass, obligations).\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- admin role allow (matched_allow_rule)\n- tenant isolation deny (matched_deny_rule)\n- owner update allow (matched_allow_rule)\n- suspended principal deny (matched_deny_rule)\n- allow with obligations (matched_allow_rule)\n- no matching rule \u2192 deny (no_matching_rule)\n- empty policy rules \u2192 empty_or_invalid_policy\n- break-glass override (break_glass_override)\n- missing principal.id \u2192 invalid_principal\n- missing action \u2192 invalid_action\n- missing resource.type \u2192 invalid_resource\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.2.0):\n- policy.mode values abac/explicit removed from schema (not distinct evaluator modes in this binary)\n- default_effect narrowed to deny (fail-closed); allow-default not published\n- obligation severity narrowed to required\n- condition_failed / policy_evaluation_error are not emitted as distinct reason_codes\n- Condition DSL is a practical subset (eq/neq on selected attribute paths), not full XACML/Cedar",
   "use_cases": [
     {
       "scenario": "As a platform security engineer, I want an admin user with the correct role to be allowed to delete a document so that privileged operations succeed when policy permits them.",
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "policy_version=1.0 mode=hybrid default=deny",
           "evaluated 1 rule(s)",
-          "rule admin-delete matched on role+action+resource.type → allow"
+          "rule admin-delete matched on role+action+resource.type \u2192 allow"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "fnv1a64:3a7f...",
         "confidence": "high",
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         "obligations": [],
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "policy_version=1.0 mode=hybrid default=deny",
-          "rule tenant-isolation condition matched → deny (priority 200 wins)"
+          "rule tenant-isolation condition matched \u2192 deny (priority 200 wins)"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "fnv1a64:9c2e...",
         "confidence": "high",
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
         ],
         "obligations": [],
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "rule owner-update condition principal.id == resource.owner_id → allow"
+          "rule owner-update condition principal.id == resource.owner_id \u2192 allow"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "fnv1a64:1b4d...",
         "confidence": "high",
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
         ],
         "obligations": [],
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "rule suspended-deny matched on principal.attributes.status → deny (priority 300)"
+          "rule suspended-deny matched on principal.attributes.status \u2192 deny (priority 300)"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "fnv1a64:7e8a...",
         "confidence": "high",
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
           }
         ],
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "rule high-value-transfer matched → allow + 2 obligations"
+          "rule high-value-transfer matched \u2192 allow + 2 obligations"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "fnv1a64:4f2c...",
         "confidence": "high",
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
         ],
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "break_glass attribute present and enabled in policy",
-          "rule break-glass-allow matched → allow + obligations"
+          "rule break-glass-allow matched \u2192 allow + obligations"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "fnv1a64:bg01...",
         "confidence": "high",
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "client-developer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want missing action rejected with invalid_action.",
+      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want missing action rejected with invalid_action, so that callers can fix request shape without guessing.",
       "input_example": {
         "principal": {
           "id": "user-1",
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want missing resource.type rejected with invalid_resource.",
+      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want missing resource.type rejected with invalid_resource, so that incomplete resource descriptors fail closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "principal": {
           "id": "user-1",
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
             "id": {
               "type": "string",
               "minLength": 1,
-              "description": "Guest-enforced non-empty principal id. Omitted from principal.required so missing/empty id reaches the guest (UC-09 → invalid_principal)."
+              "description": "Guest-enforced non-empty principal id. Omitted from principal.required so missing/empty id reaches the guest (UC-09 \u2192 invalid_principal)."
             },
             "roles": {
               "type": "array",
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T05:36:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.authorize@1.1.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.authorize@1.2.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "0001-rust-wasm-foundation",
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-authorize-1.1.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-authorize-1.2.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/manifest.json b/examples/core-authorize/manifest.json
index 3f49271b..86cf3112 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.authorize-agent",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.authorize@1.1.1.",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.authorize@1.2.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.authorize",
-    "version": "1.1.1",
+    "version": "1.2.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.authorize",
-      "workflow_version": "1.1.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.2.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc01-admin-delete-allow.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc01-admin-delete-allow.json
index 0296312e..de9c7db6 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc01-admin-delete-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc01-admin-delete-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc02-tenant-isolation-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc02-tenant-isolation-deny.json
index 6a2f1775..1d950465 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc02-tenant-isolation-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc02-tenant-isolation-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc03-owner-update-allow.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc03-owner-update-allow.json
index 92eab3fb..4b3f538e 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc03-owner-update-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc03-owner-update-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc04-suspended-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc04-suspended-deny.json
index c9453604..fa5616b9 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc04-suspended-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc04-suspended-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc05-obligations-allow.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc05-obligations-allow.json
index e408b794..4b200919 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc05-obligations-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc05-obligations-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc06-no-match-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc06-no-match-deny.json
index 617b78ad..4d729b98 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc06-no-match-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc06-no-match-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-06",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc07-empty-policy-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc07-empty-policy-deny.json
index 75257845..bf05be1f 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc07-empty-policy-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc07-empty-policy-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-07",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc08-break-glass-allow.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc08-break-glass-allow.json
index d2045de2..51ea9f1e 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc08-break-glass-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc08-break-glass-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-08",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc09-invalid-principal-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc09-invalid-principal-deny.json
index f9c47910..4913cbd3 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc09-invalid-principal-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc09-invalid-principal-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-09",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-action-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-action-deny.json
index 8c52892e..ec409132 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-action-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-action-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-10",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-resource-deny.json b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-resource-deny.json
index 1083976a..4f7ee7d8 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-resource-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-resource-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-authorize-11",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "principal": {
diff --git a/examples/core-authorize/workflows/authorize/workflow.json b/examples/core-authorize/workflows/authorize/workflow.json
index 37eaa131..ce270b93 100644
--- a/examples/core-authorize/workflows/authorize/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-authorize/workflows/authorize/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.authorize",
   "name": "authorize",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "traverse-core",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "authorize",
       "capability_id": "core.authorize",
-      "capability_version": "1.1.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.2.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "principal",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/contract.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/contract.json
index d3e52252..d778265e 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "calculate-deadline-pressure",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Computes a deterministic deadline pressure score from due date versus a reference date.",
-  "description": "Pure WF2 capability used after ownership assignment. Maps days-until-due into a 0.0-1.0 pressure_score and a band (low|medium|high|overdue).\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- due-soon medium pressure\n- overdue max pressure\n- missing_due_date when due_date is empty\n- invalid_date for unparseable dates\n- config_error when reference_date is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- Band thresholds are fixed heuristic cutovers; no calendar/holiday awareness",
+  "description": "Pure WF2 capability used after ownership assignment. Maps days-until-due into a 0.0-1.0 pressure_score and a band (low|medium|high|overdue).\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- due-soon medium pressure\n- overdue max pressure\n- missing_due_date when due_date is empty\n- invalid_date for unparseable dates\n- config_error when reference_date is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- Band thresholds are fixed heuristic cutovers; no calendar/holiday awareness",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the commit pipeline, I want pressure for an item due in three days.",
+      "scenario": "As a commit pipeline, I want pressure for an item due in three days, so that due-soon work surfaces at the right urgency band.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want overdue items to receive maximum pressure.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want overdue items to receive maximum pressure, so that late work is ranked above merely approaching deadlines.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-2",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF2, I want missing_due_date when due_date is empty so undated items fail closed.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF2 workflow author, I want missing_due_date when due_date is empty, so that undated items fail closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-m",
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF2, I want invalid_date when due_date cannot be parsed.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF2 workflow author, I want invalid_date when due_date cannot be parsed, so that bad date strings never invent pressure.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-i",
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF2, I want config_error when reference_date is empty.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF2 workflow author, I want config_error when reference_date is empty, so that pressure is never computed without an anchor.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-c",
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/manifest.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/manifest.json
index 79a99ca8..265a705a 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.calculate-deadline-pressure@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.calculate-deadline-pressure@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc01-due-soon.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc01-due-soon.json
index f96dae3f..0c4d5d27 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc01-due-soon.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc01-due-soon.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc02-overdue.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc02-overdue.json
index 89356563..f9a99be4 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc02-overdue.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc02-overdue.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-due-date.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-due-date.json
index e304a213..580c87c1 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-due-date.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-due-date.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-date.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-date.json
index 254e5417..871bb42e 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-date.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-date.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc05-config-error.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc05-config-error.json
index 8a5f8d70..b1fc4390 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc05-config-error.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/runtime-requests/uc05-config-error.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-deadline-pressure-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/workflows/calculate-deadline-pressure/workflow.json b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/workflows/calculate-deadline-pressure/workflow.json
index 4b3d4801..df81941d 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/workflows/calculate-deadline-pressure/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-deadline-pressure/workflows/calculate-deadline-pressure/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
   "name": "calculate-deadline-pressure",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.calculate-deadline-pressure",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": []
       },
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/contract.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/contract.json
index 36c618f8..0a4fc3d5 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.calculate-price",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "calculate-price",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "traverse-core",
     "contact": "capability-authors@traverse-framework.com"
   },
   "summary": "Deterministic price/quote engine. Given line items, quantities, customer context and a versioned pricing configuration, returns unit prices, discounts, taxes and totals with an audit trail.",
-  "description": "Pure pricing capability: line quantity × unit_price, optional first matching percentage/fixed discount, optional exclusive tax, deterministic config_hash.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- percentage discount + exclusive tax (ok)\n- fixed discount without tax (ok)\n- empty discount/tax rules returns base price (ok)\n- invalid_quantity when quantity <= 0\n- invalid_unit_price when unit_price < 0\n- invalid_config when currency is empty\n- currency_mismatch when top-level currency ≠ pricing_config.currency\n- empty_cart when lines is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- Only the first matching discount rule is applied (no multi-rule stacking)\n- Discount rule `conditions` (e.g. customer segment) are ignored\n- Rounding modes other than half_up are not implemented; schema narrowed to half_up\n- Tax-inclusive extraction is not implemented (exclusive tax only)\n- calculation_error is not part of the published reason_code vocabulary",
+  "description": "Pure pricing capability: line quantity \u00d7 unit_price, optional first matching percentage/fixed discount, optional exclusive tax, deterministic config_hash.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- percentage discount + exclusive tax (ok)\n- fixed discount without tax (ok)\n- empty discount/tax rules returns base price (ok)\n- invalid_quantity when quantity <= 0\n- invalid_unit_price when unit_price < 0\n- invalid_config when currency is empty\n- currency_mismatch when top-level currency \u2260 pricing_config.currency\n- empty_cart when lines is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- Only the first matching discount rule is applied (no multi-rule stacking)\n- Discount rule `conditions` (e.g. customer segment) are ignored\n- Rounding modes other than half_up are not implemented; schema narrowed to half_up\n- Tax-inclusive extraction is not implemented (exclusive tax only)\n- calculation_error is not part of the published reason_code vocabulary",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As a checkout-flow developer, I want percentage discount + exclusive tax so the UI can show a clear total.",
+      "scenario": "As a checkout-flow developer, I want percentage discount + exclusive tax, so that the UI can show a clear total.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "USD",
         "lines": [
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a billing engineer, I want a fixed discount without tax to reduce the line net deterministically.",
+      "scenario": "As a billing engineer, I want a fixed discount without tax to reduce the line net deterministically, so that invoices stay reproducible.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "USD",
         "lines": [
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want empty discount/tax rules to return the base price with reason_code ok.",
+      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want empty discount/tax rules to return the base price with reason_code ok, so that simple carts still price correctly.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "USD",
         "lines": [
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a checkout-flow developer, I want quantity <= 0 rejected with invalid_quantity.",
+      "scenario": "As a checkout-flow developer, I want quantity <= 0 rejected with invalid_quantity, so that bogus line quantities never reach totals.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "USD",
         "lines": [
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a platform engineer, I want a negative unit_price rejected with invalid_unit_price.",
+      "scenario": "As a platform engineer, I want a negative unit_price rejected with invalid_unit_price, so that underflows cannot produce fake discounts.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "USD",
         "lines": [
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a runtime, I want empty currency rejected with invalid_config.",
+      "scenario": "As a runtime, I want empty currency rejected with invalid_config, so that pricing never runs without a currency.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "",
         "lines": [
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a multi-currency engineer, I want currency_mismatch when request currency differs from pricing_config.currency.",
+      "scenario": "As a multi-currency engineer, I want currency_mismatch when request currency differs from pricing_config.currency, so that mixed-currency carts fail closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "EUR",
         "lines": [
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a checkout-flow developer, I want an empty cart rejected with empty_cart.",
+      "scenario": "As a checkout-flow developer, I want an empty cart rejected with empty_cart, so that checkout cannot quote zero lines as a price.",
       "input_example": {
         "currency": "USD",
         "lines": [],
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T05:50:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.calculate-price@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.calculate-price@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-calculate-price-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-calculate-price-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/manifest.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/manifest.json
index 89b2ee19..1a9e77f7 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.calculate-price-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.calculate-price@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.calculate-price@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.calculate-price",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc01-percentage-discount-tax.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc01-percentage-discount-tax.json
index 20b08124..6b515fa1 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc01-percentage-discount-tax.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc01-percentage-discount-tax.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "USD",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc02-fixed-discount.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc02-fixed-discount.json
index 0e82883b..599ddc39 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc02-fixed-discount.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc02-fixed-discount.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "USD",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc03-empty-rules.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc03-empty-rules.json
index 34fd21f8..8adf99d7 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc03-empty-rules.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc03-empty-rules.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "USD",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-quantity.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-quantity.json
index db4f86eb..3b338773 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-quantity.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-quantity.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "USD",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc05-invalid-unit-price.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc05-invalid-unit-price.json
index 976fa258..fcc162c3 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc05-invalid-unit-price.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc05-invalid-unit-price.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "USD",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json
index 1d66f463..a3068ab6 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-06",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc07-currency-mismatch.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc07-currency-mismatch.json
index c5cd0926..e7e2b9ef 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc07-currency-mismatch.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc07-currency-mismatch.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-07",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "EUR",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-cart.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-cart.json
index 50aca085..7298ec13 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-cart.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-cart.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-calculate-price-08",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "currency": "USD",
diff --git a/examples/core-calculate-price/workflows/calculate-price/workflow.json b/examples/core-calculate-price/workflows/calculate-price/workflow.json
index 6c0d8f26..cf7d3d40 100644
--- a/examples/core-calculate-price/workflows/calculate-price/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-calculate-price/workflows/calculate-price/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.calculate-price",
   "name": "calculate-price",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.calculate-price",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "currency",
diff --git a/examples/core-decide-escalation/contract.json b/examples/core-decide-escalation/contract.json
index 78f9fe0c..cd6175bb 100644
--- a/examples/core-decide-escalation/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-decide-escalation/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.decide-escalation",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "decide-escalation",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Decides escalate vs weekly digest from team action health, with a deliberately high bar.",
-  "description": "Pure WF5 capability. Consumes a health snapshot (from core.aggregate-team-action-health) and applies multi-signal thresholds to decide digest vs escalate.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- digest when only one signal is met\n- escalate when multiple signals are met\n- invalid_input when overdue_count is negative\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- reason_code config_error removed; the guest does not emit that code\n- Decision only; no notification delivery",
+  "description": "Pure WF5 capability. Consumes a health snapshot (from core.aggregate-team-action-health) and applies multi-signal thresholds to decide digest vs escalate.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- digest when only one signal is met\n- escalate when multiple signals are met\n- invalid_input when overdue_count is negative\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- reason_code config_error removed; the guest does not emit that code\n- Decision only; no notification delivery",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As a manager experience, I want a single overdue item to stay in digest when other signals are calm.",
+      "scenario": "As a manager experience owner, I want a single overdue item to stay in digest when other signals are calm, so that quiet noise does not trigger real-time alarms.",
       "input_example": {
         "health": {
           "total_open": 3,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want real-time escalation only when multiple health signals fire.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want real-time escalation only when multiple health signals fire, so that managers are interrupted only for compound risk.",
       "input_example": {
         "health": {
           "total_open": 5,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF5, I want invalid_input when overdue_count is negative.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF5 workflow author, I want invalid_input when overdue_count is negative, so that corrupt health snapshots fail closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "health": {
           "total_open": 3,
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.decide-escalation@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.decide-escalation@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-decide-escalation-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-decide-escalation-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-decide-escalation/manifest.json b/examples/core-decide-escalation/manifest.json
index 427d79c0..e90c120e 100644
--- a/examples/core-decide-escalation/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-decide-escalation/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.decide-escalation-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.decide-escalation@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.decide-escalation@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.decide-escalation",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.decide-escalation",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc01-digest.json b/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc01-digest.json
index a4835c76..46a156cd 100644
--- a/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc01-digest.json
+++ b/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc01-digest.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-decide-escalation-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.decide-escalation",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "health": {
diff --git a/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json b/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
index aa455849..516de86d 100644
--- a/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
+++ b/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-decide-escalation-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.decide-escalation",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "health": {
diff --git a/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-input.json b/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-input.json
index 2ae040da..42a9e141 100644
--- a/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-input.json
+++ b/examples/core-decide-escalation/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-input.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-decide-escalation-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.decide-escalation",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "health": {
diff --git a/examples/core-decide-escalation/workflows/decide-escalation/workflow.json b/examples/core-decide-escalation/workflows/decide-escalation/workflow.json
index 7c40b79a..38fa6387 100644
--- a/examples/core-decide-escalation/workflows/decide-escalation/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-decide-escalation/workflows/decide-escalation/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.decide-escalation",
   "name": "decide-escalation",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.decide-escalation",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": []
       },
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/contract.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/contract.json
index a0c91e8b..40faa83f 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "evaluate-completion-quality",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Scores completion quality for a done action item, with a stronger evidence bar under high pressure.",
-  "description": "Pure WF4 capability. Evaluates completion_note length and evidence_refs against pressure_score and config. High-pressure completions without evidence return needs_evidence.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- pass with evidence under high pressure\n- needs_evidence verdict when evidence is missing under high pressure\n- invalid_status when status is not done/completed\n- invalid_input when item.id is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- reason_code config_error removed; the guest does not emit that code\n- Evidence quality is presence-only; content is not validated",
+  "description": "Pure WF4 capability. Evaluates completion_note length and evidence_refs against pressure_score and config. High-pressure completions without evidence return needs_evidence.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- pass with evidence under high pressure\n- needs_evidence verdict when evidence is missing under high pressure\n- invalid_status when status is not done/completed\n- invalid_input when item.id is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- reason_code config_error removed; the guest does not emit that code\n- Evidence quality is presence-only; content is not validated",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the completion path, I want a high-pressure item with evidence to pass.",
+      "scenario": "As a completion path, I want a high-pressure item with evidence to pass, so that well-documented finishes clear the gate.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want high-pressure completions without evidence to fail closed.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want high-pressure completions without evidence to fail closed, so that rushed closes cannot skip proof.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-2",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF4, I want invalid_status when the item is not marked done/completed.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF4 workflow author, I want invalid_status when the item is not marked done/completed, so that quality checks only run on completion attempts.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF4, I want invalid_input when item.id is empty.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF4 workflow author, I want invalid_input when item.id is empty, so that anonymous completions cannot be evaluated.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "",
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.evaluate-completion-quality@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.evaluate-completion-quality@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-evaluate-completion-quality-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-evaluate-completion-quality-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/manifest.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/manifest.json
index 17cdb258..564f69e6 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.evaluate-completion-quality@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.evaluate-completion-quality@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc01-pass-with-evidence.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc01-pass-with-evidence.json
index d0a2a131..24561096 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc01-pass-with-evidence.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc01-pass-with-evidence.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-evaluate-completion-quality-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc02-needs-evidence.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc02-needs-evidence.json
index 4892fb0e..229a9b06 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc02-needs-evidence.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc02-needs-evidence.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-evaluate-completion-quality-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-status.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-status.json
index aad835a4..92558b7d 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-status.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-status.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-evaluate-completion-quality-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json
index ac798d9d..9d766cba 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-evaluate-completion-quality-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/workflows/evaluate-completion-quality/workflow.json b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/workflows/evaluate-completion-quality/workflow.json
index de17de05..7746e709 100644
--- a/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/workflows/evaluate-completion-quality/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-evaluate-completion-quality/workflows/evaluate-completion-quality/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
   "name": "evaluate-completion-quality",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.evaluate-completion-quality",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": []
       },
diff --git a/examples/core-extract-action-items/contract.json b/examples/core-extract-action-items/contract.json
index ef8e39ca..faca6b7e 100644
--- a/examples/core-extract-action-items/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-extract-action-items/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.extract-action-items",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "extract-action-items",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Extracts clean action items from meeting notes with strict confidence gating, separate 'needs review' bucket, and improved relative-date handling. Council-revised.",
-  "description": "Council-improved extraction capability. Key changes from 1.0.0:\n- Higher default confidence threshold\n- Explicit 'needs_human_review' list for borderline items\n- Better rejection of vague or decision-only sentences\n- Clearer relative date resolution anchored to meeting_date\n- Returns source sentence + confidence for every candidate so the UI can show provenance\n\nStill pure and deterministic. No external model calls.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- mixed extraction with high-confidence items and vague rejection\n- no_action_items_found for discussion-only notes\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.1):\n- Deterministic heuristic extractor only; no external model calls",
+  "description": "Council-improved extraction capability. Key changes from 1.0.0:\n- Higher default confidence threshold\n- Explicit 'needs_human_review' list for borderline items\n- Better rejection of vague or decision-only sentences\n- Clearer relative date resolution anchored to meeting_date\n- Returns source sentence + confidence for every candidate so the UI can show provenance\n\nStill pure and deterministic. No external model calls.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- mixed extraction with high-confidence items and vague rejection\n- no_action_items_found for discussion-only notes\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.2.0):\n- Deterministic heuristic extractor only; no external model calls",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As a team lead, I want only high-confidence action items auto-suggested and borderline ones flagged for my review.",
+      "scenario": "As a team lead, I want only high-confidence action items auto-suggested and borderline ones flagged for my review, so that I trust the suggestions without drowning in noise.",
       "input_example": {
         "text": "Ada will send the revised proposal by Friday. We should probably look at the API at some point. Bob to review security notes next week.",
         "participants": [
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a user, I want pure discussion with no commitments to produce an empty high-confidence list.",
+      "scenario": "As a user, I want pure discussion with no commitments to produce an empty high-confidence list, so that chatty notes do not invent fake tasks.",
       "input_example": {
         "text": "We had a good discussion and aligned on the direction. No specific next steps today.",
         "participants": [],
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:20:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.extract-action-items@1.1.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.extract-action-items@1.2.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-extract-action-items-1.1.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-extract-action-items-1.2.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-extract-action-items/manifest.json b/examples/core-extract-action-items/manifest.json
index 7923f3be..f090a0c9 100644
--- a/examples/core-extract-action-items/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-extract-action-items/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.extract-action-items-agent",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.extract-action-items@1.1.1.",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.extract-action-items@1.2.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.extract-action-items",
-    "version": "1.1.1",
+    "version": "1.2.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.extract-action-items",
-      "workflow_version": "1.1.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.2.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc01-extract-mixed.json b/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc01-extract-mixed.json
index 13434cb6..40b888cf 100644
--- a/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc01-extract-mixed.json
+++ b/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc01-extract-mixed.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-extract-action-items-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.extract-action-items",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "text": "Ada will send the revised proposal by Friday. We should probably look at the API at some point. Bob to review security notes next week.",
diff --git a/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc02-no-actions.json b/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc02-no-actions.json
index 5e54c69f..3fbefffc 100644
--- a/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc02-no-actions.json
+++ b/examples/core-extract-action-items/runtime-requests/uc02-no-actions.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-extract-action-items-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.extract-action-items",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "text": "We had a good discussion and aligned on the direction. No specific next steps today.",
diff --git a/examples/core-extract-action-items/workflows/extract-action-items/workflow.json b/examples/core-extract-action-items/workflows/extract-action-items/workflow.json
index df949dbf..64d37098 100644
--- a/examples/core-extract-action-items/workflows/extract-action-items/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-extract-action-items/workflows/extract-action-items/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.extract-action-items",
   "name": "extract-action-items",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.extract-action-items",
-      "capability_version": "1.1.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.2.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "text",
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/contract.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/contract.json
index 392d25fa..4bfab6d5 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "generate-nudge-message",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Generates a short, human, context-aware nudge message for an action item at a given intensity.",
-  "description": "Pure message generation. Takes item details + intensity + tone configuration and returns a ready-to-send message body plus subject/preview. No delivery occurs inside the capability.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- soft + friendly tone reminder\n- escalate + direct tone escalation message\n- direct + neutral tone request\n- config_error when item.title is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- reason_code invalid_intensity removed from the declared surface; intensity is a schema enum so host validation rejects unknown values before the guest runs\n- Delivery / sending is out of scope; callers must send the returned message",
+  "description": "Pure message generation. Takes item details + intensity + tone configuration and returns a ready-to-send message body plus subject/preview. No delivery occurs inside the capability.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- soft + friendly tone reminder\n- escalate + direct tone escalation message\n- direct + neutral tone request\n- config_error when item.title is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- reason_code invalid_intensity removed from the declared surface; intensity is a schema enum so host validation rejects unknown values before the guest runs\n- Delivery / sending is out of scope; callers must send the returned message",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the follow-up engine, I want a soft reminder that feels helpful rather than nagging.",
+      "scenario": "As a follow-up engine, I want a soft reminder that feels helpful rather than nagging, so that owners stay engaged without friction.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         }
       },
       "output_example": {
-        "message": "Hey Ada — friendly reminder that “Send the revised proposal” is due tomorrow. Let us know if you need anything!",
+        "message": "Hey Ada \u2014 friendly reminder that \u201cSend the revised proposal\u201d is due tomorrow. Let us know if you need anything!",
         "preview": "Reminder: Send the revised proposal",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the follow-up engine, I want an escalate-intensity message when an item has been ignored repeatedly.",
+      "scenario": "As a follow-up engine, I want an escalate-intensity message when an item has been ignored repeatedly, so that neglect gets a clearer ask.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-9",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the follow-up engine, I want a direct, neutral reminder when soft nudges are insufficient.",
+      "scenario": "As a follow-up engine, I want a direct, neutral reminder when soft nudges are insufficient, so that the ask is unambiguous.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-2",
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the follow-up engine, I want a config_error when the item title is missing so I can skip generation.",
+      "scenario": "As a follow-up engine, I want a config_error when the item title is missing, so that I can skip generation instead of sending a blank nudge.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-x",
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.generate-nudge-message@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.generate-nudge-message@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-generate-nudge-message-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-generate-nudge-message-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/manifest.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/manifest.json
index f3c1c8e6..6485393f 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.generate-nudge-message-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.generate-nudge-message@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.generate-nudge-message@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc01-soft-friendly.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc01-soft-friendly.json
index 375d81df..286f5f12 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc01-soft-friendly.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc01-soft-friendly.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-generate-nudge-message-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
index f8ff907a..4bf09e05 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-generate-nudge-message-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc03-direct-neutral.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc03-direct-neutral.json
index ee2cbcfc..32aefca6 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc03-direct-neutral.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc03-direct-neutral.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-generate-nudge-message-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc04-config-error.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc04-config-error.json
index de5e0136..b0804b7b 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc04-config-error.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/runtime-requests/uc04-config-error.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-generate-nudge-message-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/workflows/generate-nudge-message/workflow.json b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/workflows/generate-nudge-message/workflow.json
index f791fddd..e014ee9b 100644
--- a/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/workflows/generate-nudge-message/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-generate-nudge-message/workflows/generate-nudge-message/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
   "name": "generate-nudge-message",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.generate-nudge-message",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "item",
diff --git a/examples/core-normalize-participants/contract.json b/examples/core-normalize-participants/contract.json
index 58eb4b2c..7389401f 100644
--- a/examples/core-normalize-participants/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-normalize-participants/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.normalize-participants",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "normalize-participants",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Normalizes raw participant names/emails into canonical participant records for action-item ownership.",
-  "description": "Pure WF1 capability. Lowercases emails, trims whitespace, and matches against workspace members by email then name. Unmatched participants are retained with match_method=none.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- mixed email match with one unmatched stranger\n- name-only match when email is null\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- reason_code narrowed to ok; invalid_input/config_error removed because host-required fields make those guest paths unreachable without schema weakening, and config_error is not implemented by the guest",
+  "description": "Pure WF1 capability. Lowercases emails, trims whitespace, and matches against workspace members by email then name. Unmatched participants are retained with match_method=none.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- mixed email match with one unmatched stranger\n- name-only match when email is null\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- reason_code narrowed to ok; invalid_input/config_error removed because host-required fields make those guest paths unreachable without schema weakening, and config_error is not implemented by the guest",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the ingest pipeline, I want extracted names and emails resolved to workspace members.",
+      "scenario": "As an ingest pipeline, I want extracted names and emails resolved to workspace members, so that downstream ownership uses canonical ids.",
       "input_example": {
         "raw_participants": [
           {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want a name-only match when email is absent.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want a name-only match when email is absent, so that partial participant hints still resolve when possible.",
       "input_example": {
         "raw_participants": [
           {
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.normalize-participants@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.normalize-participants@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-normalize-participants-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-normalize-participants-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-normalize-participants/manifest.json b/examples/core-normalize-participants/manifest.json
index f4f7d002..a24e83a9 100644
--- a/examples/core-normalize-participants/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-normalize-participants/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.normalize-participants-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.normalize-participants@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.normalize-participants@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.normalize-participants",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.normalize-participants",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc01-mixed-match.json b/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc01-mixed-match.json
index 88a29b08..256233a6 100644
--- a/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc01-mixed-match.json
+++ b/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc01-mixed-match.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-normalize-participants-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.normalize-participants",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "raw_participants": [
diff --git a/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc02-name-match.json b/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc02-name-match.json
index 1eefad23..c72adb05 100644
--- a/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc02-name-match.json
+++ b/examples/core-normalize-participants/runtime-requests/uc02-name-match.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-normalize-participants-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.normalize-participants",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "raw_participants": [
diff --git a/examples/core-normalize-participants/workflows/normalize-participants/workflow.json b/examples/core-normalize-participants/workflows/normalize-participants/workflow.json
index 6dd86daa..01b1a1e5 100644
--- a/examples/core-normalize-participants/workflows/normalize-participants/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-normalize-participants/workflows/normalize-participants/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.normalize-participants",
   "name": "normalize-participants",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.normalize-participants",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": []
       },
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/contract.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/contract.json
index b1e9766b..d1faaea0 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "notify-stakeholders",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
-  "summary": "Prepares notification intents for stakeholders when an action item changes status. Pure — does not send.",
-  "description": "Pure WF4 capability. Builds recipient/channel/subject/body intents from item + stakeholder list + event_type. Delivery is caller-owned.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- completed event with multiple stakeholders\n- nothing_to_notify when stakeholders is empty\n- status_changed event intents\n- blocked event intents\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- reason_code invalid_event_type and invalid_input removed; event_type is a schema enum and host-required fields make those guest denial paths unreachable without schema weakening\n- No actual notification delivery",
+  "summary": "Prepares notification intents for stakeholders when an action item changes status. Pure \u2014 does not send.",
+  "description": "Pure WF4 capability. Builds recipient/channel/subject/body intents from item + stakeholder list + event_type. Delivery is caller-owned.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- completed event with multiple stakeholders\n- nothing_to_notify when stakeholders is empty\n- status_changed event intents\n- blocked event intents\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- reason_code invalid_event_type and invalid_input removed; event_type is a schema enum and host-required fields make those guest denial paths unreachable without schema weakening\n- No actual notification delivery",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the completion path, I want requester and manager notified that an item is done.",
+      "scenario": "As a completion path, I want requester and manager notified that an item is done, so that stakeholders learn without polling.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want zero intents when there are no stakeholders.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want zero intents when there are no stakeholders, so that empty recipient lists do not fabricate notifications.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-3",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF4, I want status_changed notification intents for stakeholders.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF4 workflow author, I want status_changed notification intents for stakeholders, so that status flips can be announced consistently.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF4, I want blocked notification intents for stakeholders.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF4 workflow author, I want blocked notification intents for stakeholders, so that blockers surface to the right people.",
       "input_example": {
         "item": {
           "id": "ai-1",
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.notify-stakeholders@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.notify-stakeholders@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-notify-stakeholders-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-notify-stakeholders-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/manifest.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/manifest.json
index 2c426859..1cf05f71 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.notify-stakeholders-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.notify-stakeholders@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.notify-stakeholders@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc01-completed.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc01-completed.json
index 4f248b40..19c76f7f 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc01-completed.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc01-completed.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-notify-stakeholders-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc02-empty.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc02-empty.json
index 4675ac36..7fd86a74 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc02-empty.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc02-empty.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-notify-stakeholders-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc03-status-changed.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc03-status-changed.json
index 0bac6ea6..e9fd0a4a 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc03-status-changed.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc03-status-changed.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-notify-stakeholders-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc04-blocked.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc04-blocked.json
index ae287608..3c2e6fc0 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc04-blocked.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/runtime-requests/uc04-blocked.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-notify-stakeholders-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/workflows/notify-stakeholders/workflow.json b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/workflows/notify-stakeholders/workflow.json
index 1f4395b0..e9ea0bbf 100644
--- a/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/workflows/notify-stakeholders/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-notify-stakeholders/workflows/notify-stakeholders/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
   "name": "notify-stakeholders",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.notify-stakeholders",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": []
       },
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/contract.json b/examples/core-process-comment/contract.json
index bc9cd590..2b1d8c36 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/contract.json
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   "id": "core.process-comment",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "process-comment",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "traverse-core",
     "contact": "capability-authors@traverse-framework.com"
   },
   "summary": "Policy-driven comment processor for create/edit/reply/delete/react with mentions, quarantine, soft-delete, and tenant isolation.",
-  "description": "Policy-driven comment processor for create/edit/reply/delete/react with mentions, quarantine, soft-delete, and tenant isolation.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- create with @mention and https link + notify obligations\n- edit denied when own_only and actor is not creator\n- reply denied when parent_depth+1 >= max_thread_depth\n- create allowed with quarantine when body matches moderation.blocklist\n- react add normalized to a reaction set\n- soft-delete retains body and records deleted_by\n- create denied on tenant mismatch\n- create/edit/reply denied for empty/whitespace body\n- body_too_long when body exceeds max_body_length\n- invalid_reaction when react lacks emoji\n- insufficient_role when actor role not permitted\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.2):\n- resolve / unresolve / pin / unpin are not part of the schema surface\n- mention_resolution narrowed to strict; permissive/disabled removed\n- visibility_model narrowed to resource-acl|channel\n- reaction.op narrowed to add (remove not published)\n- invalid_action / invalid_parent / policy_error / not_authorized removed from published reason_code vocabulary\n- hard_delete_unsupported and invalid_input/invalid_actor fail-closed paths exist but are not published reason_codes\n- allowed_markups is accepted but body markup is not sanitized\n- The capability never persists data or sends notifications; callers must honor obligations",
+  "description": "Policy-driven comment processor for create/edit/reply/delete/react with mentions, quarantine, soft-delete, and tenant isolation.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- create with @mention and https link + notify obligations\n- edit denied when own_only and actor is not creator\n- reply denied when parent_depth+1 >= max_thread_depth\n- create allowed with quarantine when body matches moderation.blocklist\n- react add normalized to a reaction set\n- soft-delete retains body and records deleted_by\n- create denied on tenant mismatch\n- create/edit/reply denied for empty/whitespace body\n- body_too_long when body exceeds max_body_length\n- invalid_reaction when react lacks emoji\n- insufficient_role when actor role not permitted\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- resolve / unresolve / pin / unpin are not part of the schema surface\n- mention_resolution narrowed to strict; permissive/disabled removed\n- visibility_model narrowed to resource-acl|channel\n- reaction.op narrowed to add (remove not published)\n- invalid_action / invalid_parent / policy_error / not_authorized removed from published reason_code vocabulary\n- hard_delete_unsupported and invalid_input/invalid_actor fail-closed paths exist but are not published reason_codes\n- allowed_markups is accepted but body markup is not sanitized\n- The capability never persists data or sends notifications; callers must honor obligations",
   "use_cases": [
     {
       "scenario": "As a collaboration platform engineer, I want a user to create a top-level comment with mentions so that the system receives a fully validated, sanitized comment object ready for persistence and notification.",
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         ],
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "action=create",
-          "actor roles include member → create allowed",
+          "actor roles include member \u2192 create allowed",
           "body length 78 <= 10000",
           "extracted 2 mentions, both valid under strict resolution",
           "extracted 1 link",
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "action=edit",
           "policy own_only=true",
-          "comment.created_by=user-42, actor.id=user-99 → mismatch",
+          "comment.created_by=user-42, actor.id=user-99 \u2192 mismatch",
           "deny"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "sha256:c0mm3nt-2026.08.1",
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@
         ],
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "action=reply",
-          "parent_depth=7 → proposed depth=8",
-          "max_thread_depth=8 → deny"
+          "parent_depth=7 \u2192 proposed depth=8",
+          "max_thread_depth=8 \u2192 deny"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "sha256:c0mm3nt-2026.08.1",
         "confidence": "high"
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
       },
       "output_example": {
         "decision": "allow",
-        "reason": "Body matched moderation blocklist – allowed with quarantine obligation",
+        "reason": "Body matched moderation blocklist \u2013 allowed with quarantine obligation",
         "reason_code": "moderation_quarantine",
         "normalized_comment": {
           "id": null,
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "action=delete",
           "soft_delete=true in policy",
-          "actor is creator → allow",
+          "actor is creator \u2192 allow",
           "body retained for audit"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "sha256:c0mm3nt-2026.08.1",
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
         ],
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "enforce_tenant_isolation=true",
-          "actor.tenant_id=t-100, resource.tenant_id=t-200 → deny"
+          "actor.tenant_id=t-100, resource.tenant_id=t-200 \u2192 deny"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "sha256:c0mm3nt-2026.08.1",
         "confidence": "high"
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
         "obligations": [],
         "evaluation_trace": [
           "action=create",
-          "body trimmed length = 0 → deny"
+          "body trimmed length = 0 \u2192 deny"
         ],
         "policy_hash": "sha256:c0mm3nt-2026.08.1",
         "confidence": "high"
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "client-developer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want a body exceeding max_body_length rejected with body_too_long.",
+      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want a body exceeding max_body_length rejected with body_too_long, so that oversized comments fail with a precise code.",
       "input_example": {
         "action": "create",
         "actor": {
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "client-developer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want a react without emoji rejected with invalid_reaction.",
+      "scenario": "As a client developer, I want a react without emoji rejected with invalid_reaction, so that malformed reactions never update the set.",
       "input_example": {
         "action": "react",
         "actor": {
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "client-developer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As a security architect, I want create denied with insufficient_role when the actor role is not permitted.",
+      "scenario": "As a security architect, I want create denied with insufficient_role when the actor role is not permitted, so that role gates stay enforceable.",
       "input_example": {
         "action": "create",
         "actor": {
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-process-comment-1.0.2-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-process-comment-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/manifest.json b/examples/core-process-comment/manifest.json
index 571b3c49..d5781a53 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.process-comment-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.process-comment@1.0.2.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.process-comment@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.process-comment",
-    "version": "1.0.2",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.process-comment",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.2"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc01-create-mentions-allow.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc01-create-mentions-allow.json
index 65d6fe16..56d9ecef 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc01-create-mentions-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc01-create-mentions-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "create",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc02-edit-not-owner-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc02-edit-not-owner-deny.json
index bd58d763..1af66e7b 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc02-edit-not-owner-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc02-edit-not-owner-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "edit",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc03-reply-depth-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc03-reply-depth-deny.json
index b63677bf..4bd658b1 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc03-reply-depth-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc03-reply-depth-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "reply",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc04-moderation-quarantine-allow.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc04-moderation-quarantine-allow.json
index 1c4d4e67..0926a44e 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc04-moderation-quarantine-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc04-moderation-quarantine-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "create",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc05-react-allow.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc05-react-allow.json
index e8431bb8..7a5f3909 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc05-react-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc05-react-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "react",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc06-soft-delete-allow.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc06-soft-delete-allow.json
index 31617585..b0f50f5e 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc06-soft-delete-allow.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc06-soft-delete-allow.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-06",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "delete",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc07-tenant-isolation-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc07-tenant-isolation-deny.json
index 7ca5e260..e56d25a6 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc07-tenant-isolation-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc07-tenant-isolation-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-07",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "create",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-body-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-body-deny.json
index 464ad5f1..d0a59523 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-body-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-body-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-08",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "create",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc09-body-too-long-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc09-body-too-long-deny.json
index 09a4799a..00f92734 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc09-body-too-long-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc09-body-too-long-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-09",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "create",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-reaction-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-reaction-deny.json
index 7a758fca..38727eef 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-reaction-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-reaction-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-10",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "react",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc11-insufficient-role-deny.json b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc11-insufficient-role-deny.json
index 41a5e306..860ecabb 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc11-insufficient-role-deny.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/runtime-requests/uc11-insufficient-role-deny.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-process-comment-11",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.2"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action": "create",
diff --git a/examples/core-process-comment/workflows/process-comment/workflow.json b/examples/core-process-comment/workflows/process-comment/workflow.json
index fc5b2d0a..216af3d9 100644
--- a/examples/core-process-comment/workflows/process-comment/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-process-comment/workflows/process-comment/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.process-comment",
   "name": "process-comment",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "traverse-core",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "process",
       "capability_id": "core.process-comment",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.2",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "action",
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/contract.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/contract.json
index f2804e54..fdbcc291 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.record-nudge-event",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "record-nudge-event",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Constructs a pure audit/event payload for a nudge that was selected and messaged.",
-  "description": "Pure WF3 capability. Builds a deterministic nudge event record (event_id, ordinal, channel, intensity, preview) for downstream persistence.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- soft intensity first nudge\n- escalate intensity with ordinal from prior count\n- direct intensity mid-sequence nudge\n- invalid_input when item_id is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- reason_code invalid_intensity removed; intensity is a schema enum so host validation rejects unknown values before the guest runs\n- Event is constructed only; persistence is caller-owned",
+  "description": "Pure WF3 capability. Builds a deterministic nudge event record (event_id, ordinal, channel, intensity, preview) for downstream persistence.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- soft intensity first nudge\n- escalate intensity with ordinal from prior count\n- direct intensity mid-sequence nudge\n- invalid_input when item_id is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- reason_code invalid_intensity removed; intensity is a schema enum so host validation rejects unknown values before the guest runs\n- Event is constructed only; persistence is caller-owned",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the follow-up engine, I want an audit record after generating a soft nudge.",
+      "scenario": "As a follow-up engine, I want an audit record after generating a soft nudge, so that later escalations can see prior outreach.",
       "input_example": {
         "item_id": "ai-1",
         "owner_id": "user-ada",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want escalate intensity recorded with a higher ordinal.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want escalate intensity recorded with a higher ordinal, so that nudge history reflects increasing pressure.",
       "input_example": {
         "item_id": "ai-9",
         "owner_id": "user-bob",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "collaboration-product-owner"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF3, I want a direct-intensity nudge event with ordinal prior+1.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF3 workflow author, I want a direct-intensity nudge event with ordinal prior+1, so that mid-sequence nudges stay ordered.",
       "input_example": {
         "item_id": "ai-2",
         "owner_id": "user-ada",
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As WF3, I want invalid_input when item_id is empty.",
+      "scenario": "As a WF3 workflow author, I want invalid_input when item_id is empty, so that orphan nudge events cannot be recorded.",
       "input_example": {
         "item_id": "",
         "owner_id": "user-ada",
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.record-nudge-event@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.record-nudge-event@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-record-nudge-event-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-record-nudge-event-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/manifest.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/manifest.json
index 5b3d58b6..7a971703 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.record-nudge-event-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.record-nudge-event@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.record-nudge-event@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc01-soft.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc01-soft.json
index 8c5bbf39..67f3be65 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc01-soft.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc01-soft.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-record-nudge-event-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item_id": "ai-1",
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
index 90ec5823..68267c8f 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-record-nudge-event-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item_id": "ai-9",
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc03-direct.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc03-direct.json
index d6ae2b08..728f362f 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc03-direct.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc03-direct.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-record-nudge-event-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item_id": "ai-2",
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json
index 9981c159..66a4d739 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-record-nudge-event-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "item_id": "",
diff --git a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/workflows/record-nudge-event/workflow.json b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/workflows/record-nudge-event/workflow.json
index 18e28aef..1159d0cb 100644
--- a/examples/core-record-nudge-event/workflows/record-nudge-event/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-record-nudge-event/workflows/record-nudge-event/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.record-nudge-event",
   "name": "record-nudge-event",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.record-nudge-event",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": []
       },
diff --git a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/contract.json b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/contract.json
index d90e0c73..2e160baa 100644
--- a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "select-items-for-followup",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Decides which open action items need attention now. Council-revised with quiet hours, snooze support, per-user nudge budgets and higher escalation bar.",
-  "description": "Hero capability of Loop (council-revised). Key improvements from 1.0.0:\n- Respects per-user quiet hours and snooze until timestamps\n- Enforces max nudges per user per day\n- Escalation only after repeated ignored nudges + high pressure\n- Explicit skip reasons (quiet_hours, snoozed, budget_exceeded, recently_active, low_pressure)\n- Still pure and deterministic — no messages are sent, only the selection decision is produced.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- quiet-hours skip\n- escalate selection for overdue high-pressure items\n- config_error when reference_datetime is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.1):\n- No message delivery; selection decision only",
+  "description": "Hero capability of Loop (council-revised). Key improvements from 1.0.0:\n- Respects per-user quiet hours and snooze until timestamps\n- Enforces max nudges per user per day\n- Escalation only after repeated ignored nudges + high pressure\n- Explicit skip reasons (quiet_hours, snoozed, budget_exceeded, recently_active, low_pressure)\n- Still pure and deterministic \u2014 no messages are sent, only the selection decision is produced.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- quiet-hours skip\n- escalate selection for overdue high-pressure items\n- config_error when reference_datetime is empty\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.2.0):\n- No message delivery; selection decision only",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As the scheduled job, I want to respect quiet hours and snooze so that we never annoy people at the wrong time.",
+      "scenario": "As a scheduled job, I want to respect quiet hours and snooze so that we never annoy people at the wrong time.",
       "input_example": {
         "open_items": [
           {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want escalation only after clear neglect signals.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want escalation only after clear neglect signals, so that owners are not escalated on the first soft reminder.",
       "input_example": {
         "open_items": [
           {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the scheduled job, I want config_error when reference_datetime is empty so the run fails closed.",
+      "scenario": "As a scheduled job, I want config_error when reference_datetime is empty, so that the run fails closed instead of selecting blindly.",
       "input_example": {
         "open_items": [],
         "user_preferences": {},
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:20:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.select-items-for-followup@1.1.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.select-items-for-followup@1.2.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-select-items-for-followup-1.1.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-select-items-for-followup-1.2.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/manifest.json b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/manifest.json
index d6786a73..554916e4 100644
--- a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.select-items-for-followup-agent",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.select-items-for-followup@1.1.1.",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.select-items-for-followup@1.2.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
-    "version": "1.1.1",
+    "version": "1.2.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
-      "workflow_version": "1.1.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.2.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc01-quiet-hours.json b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc01-quiet-hours.json
index 0fcc309b..600fea49 100644
--- a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc01-quiet-hours.json
+++ b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc01-quiet-hours.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-select-items-for-followup-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "open_items": [
diff --git a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
index 10196b84..289ce4b4 100644
--- a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
+++ b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-select-items-for-followup-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "open_items": [
diff --git a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc03-config-error.json b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc03-config-error.json
index d017dde3..a755ffca 100644
--- a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc03-config-error.json
+++ b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/runtime-requests/uc03-config-error.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-select-items-for-followup-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
-    "capability_version": "1.1.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "open_items": [],
diff --git a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/workflows/select-items-for-followup/workflow.json b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/workflows/select-items-for-followup/workflow.json
index d62c1530..d8a6013d 100644
--- a/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/workflows/select-items-for-followup/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-select-items-for-followup/workflows/select-items-for-followup/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
   "name": "select-items-for-followup",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "run",
       "capability_id": "core.select-items-for-followup",
-      "capability_version": "1.1.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.2.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "open_items",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/contract.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/contract.json
index 51fbd70e..7bcabeae 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.transition-action-status",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "transition-action-status",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
-  "summary": "Deterministic state machine for action item status transitions (open → in_progress → blocked → snoozed → done / cancelled).",
-  "description": "Pure state-machine for action-item status transitions under a caller-supplied transition_config (allowed_transitions + owner_only).\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- open → in_progress (ok)\n- done → open illegal (illegal_transition)\n- open → snoozed (ok)\n- non-owner denied (not_owner)\n- in_progress → blocked (ok)\n- in_progress → done (ok)\n- blocked → in_progress (ok)\n- snoozed → open (ok)\n- open → cancelled (ok)\n- cancelled → open illegal (covers current_status=cancelled)\n- missing current_status → invalid_status\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- Transition graph is entirely caller-supplied; no built-in default policy\n- Does not persist status changes",
+  "summary": "Deterministic state machine for action item status transitions (open \u2192 in_progress \u2192 blocked \u2192 snoozed \u2192 done / cancelled).",
+  "description": "Pure state-machine for action-item status transitions under a caller-supplied transition_config (allowed_transitions + owner_only).\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- open \u2192 in_progress (ok)\n- done \u2192 open illegal (illegal_transition)\n- open \u2192 snoozed (ok)\n- non-owner denied (not_owner)\n- in_progress \u2192 blocked (ok)\n- in_progress \u2192 done (ok)\n- blocked \u2192 in_progress (ok)\n- snoozed \u2192 open (ok)\n- open \u2192 cancelled (ok)\n- cancelled \u2192 open illegal (covers current_status=cancelled)\n- missing current_status \u2192 invalid_status\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- Transition graph is entirely caller-supplied; no built-in default policy\n- Does not persist status changes",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want to move an item from open to in_progress.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want to move an item from open to in_progress, so that active work is reflected accurately.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "open",
         "requested_status": "in_progress",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         "new_status": "in_progress",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "open → in_progress is allowed",
+          "open \u2192 in_progress is allowed",
           "actor is owner"
         ]
       },
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an illegal transition (done → open) rejected.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an illegal transition (done \u2192 open) rejected, so that completed work cannot silently reopen.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "done",
         "requested_status": "open",
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want to snooze an open item.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want to snooze an open item, so that I can pause follow-up without losing the item.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "open",
         "requested_status": "snoozed",
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         "new_status": "snoozed",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "open → snoozed is allowed",
+          "open \u2192 snoozed is allowed",
           "actor is owner"
         ]
       },
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want a non-owner blocked when owner_only is true.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want a non-owner blocked when owner_only is true, so that only the owner can change status.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "open",
         "requested_status": "in_progress",
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want in_progress → blocked.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want in_progress \u2192 blocked, so that blockers are an explicit status, not tribal knowledge.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "in_progress",
         "requested_status": "blocked",
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@
         "new_status": "blocked",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "in_progress → blocked is allowed"
+          "in_progress \u2192 blocked is allowed"
         ]
       },
       "happy": true,
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want in_progress → done.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want in_progress \u2192 done, so that finished work can leave the active queue.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "in_progress",
         "requested_status": "done",
@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@
         "new_status": "done",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "in_progress → done is allowed"
+          "in_progress \u2192 done is allowed"
         ]
       },
       "happy": true,
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want blocked → in_progress.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want blocked \u2192 in_progress, so that cleared blockers resume cleanly.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "blocked",
         "requested_status": "in_progress",
@@ -338,14 +338,14 @@
         "new_status": "in_progress",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "blocked → in_progress is allowed"
+          "blocked \u2192 in_progress is allowed"
         ]
       },
       "happy": true,
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want snoozed → open.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want snoozed \u2192 open, so that snoozed items re-enter the follow-up pool.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "snoozed",
         "requested_status": "open",
@@ -385,14 +385,14 @@
         "new_status": "open",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "snoozed → open is allowed"
+          "snoozed \u2192 open is allowed"
         ]
       },
       "happy": true,
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As an owner, I want open → cancelled.",
+      "scenario": "As an owner, I want open \u2192 cancelled, so that abandoned work can exit without fake completion.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "open",
         "requested_status": "cancelled",
@@ -432,14 +432,14 @@
         "new_status": "cancelled",
         "reason_code": "ok",
         "evaluation_trace": [
-          "open → cancelled is allowed"
+          "open \u2192 cancelled is allowed"
         ]
       },
       "happy": true,
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want cancelled items to reject further transitions.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want cancelled items to reject further transitions, so that cancelled work stays terminal.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "cancelled",
         "requested_status": "open",
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want missing current_status rejected with invalid_status.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want missing current_status rejected with invalid_status, so that incomplete transition requests fail closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "current_status": "",
         "requested_status": "open",
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.transition-action-status@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.transition-action-status@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-transition-action-status-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-transition-action-status-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/manifest.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/manifest.json
index 75c010da..3849fa60 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.transition-action-status-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.transition-action-status@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.transition-action-status@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc01-open-to-in-progress.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc01-open-to-in-progress.json
index a09600e4..729db9a1 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc01-open-to-in-progress.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc01-open-to-in-progress.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "open",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc02-done-to-open-illegal.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc02-done-to-open-illegal.json
index 8a2bc83d..85036981 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc02-done-to-open-illegal.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc02-done-to-open-illegal.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "done",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc03-open-to-snoozed.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc03-open-to-snoozed.json
index 7557d042..e85cde5f 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc03-open-to-snoozed.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc03-open-to-snoozed.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "open",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc04-non-owner-denied.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc04-non-owner-denied.json
index 8cc26b80..5b8895fe 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc04-non-owner-denied.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc04-non-owner-denied.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "open",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc05-in-progress-to-blocked.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc05-in-progress-to-blocked.json
index b09bf98d..c9bb66be 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc05-in-progress-to-blocked.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc05-in-progress-to-blocked.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "in_progress",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc06-in-progress-to-done.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc06-in-progress-to-done.json
index 25acde83..bcb9363e 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc06-in-progress-to-done.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc06-in-progress-to-done.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-06",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "in_progress",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc07-blocked-to-in-progress.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc07-blocked-to-in-progress.json
index d5b2e879..e3da197f 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc07-blocked-to-in-progress.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc07-blocked-to-in-progress.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-07",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "blocked",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc08-snoozed-to-open.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc08-snoozed-to-open.json
index acdf8dc3..6b8251a7 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc08-snoozed-to-open.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc08-snoozed-to-open.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-08",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "snoozed",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc09-open-to-cancelled.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc09-open-to-cancelled.json
index 3e3d749b..72cebf7c 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc09-open-to-cancelled.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc09-open-to-cancelled.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-09",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "open",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc10-cancelled-to-open-illegal.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc10-cancelled-to-open-illegal.json
index 8a7e4837..1d41ea75 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc10-cancelled-to-open-illegal.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc10-cancelled-to-open-illegal.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-10",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "cancelled",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-status.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-status.json
index 1280471f..cd01b6a3 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-status.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-status.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-transition-action-status-11",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "current_status": "",
diff --git a/examples/core-transition-action-status/workflows/transition-action-status/workflow.json b/examples/core-transition-action-status/workflows/transition-action-status/workflow.json
index bd69b765..2e9cda39 100644
--- a/examples/core-transition-action-status/workflows/transition-action-status/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-transition-action-status/workflows/transition-action-status/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.transition-action-status",
   "name": "transition-action-status",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "transition",
       "capability_id": "core.transition-action-status",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "current_status",
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/contract.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/contract.json
index b8615083..c1aabe52 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/contract.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/contract.json
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
   "id": "core.validate-action-item",
   "namespace": "core",
   "name": "validate-action-item",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
     "contact": "founders@loop.dev"
   },
   "summary": "Validates a single action item for required fields, owner existence, due-date sanity and duplicate detection before it becomes a commitment.",
-  "description": "Gatekeeper for action-item commitments: title/owner/due-date rules and duplicate detection under validation_config. Pure and deterministic.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- complete item validates (ok)\n- past due rejected when allow_past_due=false (validation_failed)\n- missing owner when require_owner=true (validation_failed)\n- duplicate title+owner (duplicate)\n- duplicate title-only check mode (duplicate)\n- invalid duplicate_check config (invalid_config)\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.0.1):\n- Does not verify owner_id exists in a directory; only presence/absence\n- Date parsing is YYYY-MM-DD lexical compare only",
+  "description": "Gatekeeper for action-item commitments: title/owner/due-date rules and duplicate detection under validation_config. Pure and deterministic.\n\nImplemented and smoke-tested matrix (use_cases):\n- complete item validates (ok)\n- past due rejected when allow_past_due=false (validation_failed)\n- missing owner when require_owner=true (validation_failed)\n- duplicate title+owner (duplicate)\n- duplicate title-only check mode (duplicate)\n- invalid duplicate_check config (invalid_config)\n\nKnown limitations (intentional in 1.1.0):\n- Does not verify owner_id exists in a directory; only presence/absence\n- Date parsing is YYYY-MM-DD lexical compare only",
   "use_cases": [
     {
-      "scenario": "As a meeting organizer confirming extracted items, I want a complete item to validate cleanly.",
+      "scenario": "As a meeting organizer confirming extracted items, I want a complete item to validate cleanly, so that good commitments can be committed without friction.",
       "input_example": {
         "action_item": {
           "title": "Send proposal",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "meeting-organizer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an item with a past due date rejected when allow_past_due is false.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an item with a past due date rejected when allow_past_due is false, so that stale due dates cannot sneak through.",
       "input_example": {
         "action_item": {
           "title": "Old task",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want a missing owner rejected when require_owner is true.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want a missing owner rejected when require_owner is true, so that ownerless commitments never enter the board.",
       "input_example": {
         "action_item": {
           "title": "Draft agenda",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want a duplicate title+owner against open items rejected.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want a duplicate title+owner against open items rejected, so that the same commitment is not tracked twice.",
       "input_example": {
         "action_item": {
           "title": "Send proposal",
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want duplicate_check=title to reject matching titles regardless of owner.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want duplicate_check=title to reject matching titles regardless of owner, so that title-only uniqueness can be enforced.",
       "input_example": {
         "action_item": {
           "title": "Send proposal",
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
       "persona_ref": "runtime-engineer"
     },
     {
-      "scenario": "As the system, I want an unknown duplicate_check value rejected with invalid_config.",
+      "scenario": "As a system, I want an unknown duplicate_check value rejected with invalid_config, so that bad validation config fails closed.",
       "input_example": {
         "action_item": {
           "title": "Send proposal",
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
     "source": "ai-assisted",
     "author": "loop-founders + traverse-capability-author",
     "created_at": "2026-08-08T06:00:00Z",
-    "spec_ref": "core.validate-action-item@1.0.1",
+    "spec_ref": "core.validate-action-item@1.1.0",
     "adr_refs": [
       "persona-council-review-2026-08-08"
     ],
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
   },
   "evidence": [
     {
-      "evidence_id": "core-validate-action-item-1.0.1-contract-validation",
+      "evidence_id": "core-validate-action-item-1.1.0-contract-validation",
       "type": "contract_validation",
       "status": "passed"
     }
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/manifest.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/manifest.json
index f422bf08..6ec244f2 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/manifest.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/manifest.json
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
   "kind": "capability_package",
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "package_id": "core.validate-action-item-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "summary": "Capability package for core.validate-action-item@1.0.1.",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "summary": "Capability package for core.validate-action-item@1.1.0.",
   "capability_ref": {
     "id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "contract_path": "./contract.json"
   },
   "workflow_refs": [
     {
       "workflow_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-      "workflow_version": "1.0.1"
+      "workflow_version": "1.1.0"
     }
   ],
   "source": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc01-valid-item.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc01-valid-item.json
index e62759ff..89fbd6f3 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc01-valid-item.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc01-valid-item.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-validate-action-item-01",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action_item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc02-past-due.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc02-past-due.json
index bde652c5..5836f591 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc02-past-due.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc02-past-due.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-validate-action-item-02",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action_item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-owner.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-owner.json
index bec9fe89..e2a16d32 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-owner.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-owner.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-validate-action-item-03",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action_item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc04-duplicate.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc04-duplicate.json
index 087b3822..581c0831 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc04-duplicate.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc04-duplicate.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-validate-action-item-04",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action_item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc05-duplicate-title-only.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc05-duplicate-title-only.json
index 992eae0e..b2c93b0d 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc05-duplicate-title-only.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc05-duplicate-title-only.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-validate-action-item-05",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action_item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json
index 12eb823c..e1239ad3 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "request_id": "core-validate-action-item-06",
   "intent": {
     "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-    "capability_version": "1.0.1"
+    "capability_version": "1.1.0"
   },
   "input": {
     "action_item": {
diff --git a/examples/core-validate-action-item/workflows/validate-action-item/workflow.json b/examples/core-validate-action-item/workflows/validate-action-item/workflow.json
index 2daba098..41bdbe6b 100644
--- a/examples/core-validate-action-item/workflows/validate-action-item/workflow.json
+++ b/examples/core-validate-action-item/workflows/validate-action-item/workflow.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "schema_version": "1.0.0",
   "id": "core.validate-action-item",
   "name": "validate-action-item",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lifecycle": "active",
   "owner": {
     "team": "loop",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     {
       "node_id": "validate",
       "capability_id": "core.validate-action-item",
-      "capability_version": "1.0.1",
+      "capability_version": "1.1.0",
       "input": {
         "from_workflow_input": [
           "action_item",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_aggregate_team_action_health_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_aggregate_team_action_health_example_smoke.sh
index 6c3468ae..d5586033 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_aggregate_team_action_health_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_aggregate_team_action_health_example_smoke.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.aggregate-team-action-health" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.0.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-aggregate-team-action-health.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.aggregate-team-action-health-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     require_match "$out" "$1" "$label extra"
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc01-team-pulse.json" "ok" "UC-01" \
   '"ai-1"'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-invalid-input.json" "invalid_input" "UC-02"
 
-echo "OK: core.aggregate-team-action-health 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.aggregate-team-action-health 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_assign_ownership_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_assign_ownership_example_smoke.sh
index d94ea6fc..4651cda5 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_assign_ownership_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_assign_ownership_example_smoke.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-assign-ownership (core.assign-ownership@1.0.1).
+# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-assign-ownership (core.assign-ownership@1.1.0).
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.assign-ownership" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.0.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-assign-ownership.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.assign-ownership-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
     require_match "$out" "$extra" "$label extra"
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc05-inactive-member.json" "inactive_membe
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc06-config-error.json" "config_error" "UC-06"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc07-fallback-unassigned.json" "ok" "UC-07" '"resolution_method": "fallback_unassigned"'
 
-echo "OK: core.assign-ownership 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.assign-ownership 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_authorize_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_authorize_example_smoke.sh
index cf69efdd..931753bd 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_authorize_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_authorize_example_smoke.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-authorize (core.authorize@1.1.1).
+# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-authorize (core.authorize@1.2.0).
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.authorize" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.2.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-authorize.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.authorize-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"decision\": \"$decision\"" "$label decision"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc09-invalid-principal-deny.json" "deny" "
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-action-deny.json" "deny" "invalid_action" "UC-10"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-resource-deny.json" "deny" "invalid_resource" "UC-11"
 
-echo "OK: core.authorize 1.1.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.authorize 1.2.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_calculate_deadline_pressure_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_calculate_deadline_pressure_example_smoke.sh
index 3b713e80..8ef82c89 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_calculate_deadline_pressure_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_calculate_deadline_pressure_example_smoke.sh
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-overdue.json" "ok" "UC-02" \
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-missing-due-date.json" "missing_due_date" "UC-03"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-date.json" "invalid_date" "UC-04"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc05-config-error.json" "config_error" "UC-05"
-echo "OK: core.calculate-deadline-pressure 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.calculate-deadline-pressure 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_calculate_price_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_calculate_price_example_smoke.sh
index 0ae61b93..a5737f50 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_calculate_price_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_calculate_price_example_smoke.sh
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ echo "==> build-fixture"; bash "$pkg/build-fixture.sh"
 echo "==> capability inspect"
 out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"; printf '%s\n' "$out"
 require_match "$out" "id: core.calculate-price" "id"
-require_match "$out" "version: 1.0.1" "version"
+require_match "$out" "version: 1.1.0" "version"
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-calculate-price.wasm")"; printf '%s\n' "$out"
 require_match "$out" "import whitelist passed" "abi"
 echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"; printf '%s\n' "$out"
 require_match "$out" "package_id: core.calculate-price-agent" "package"
-require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "capability_version"
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1" code="$2" label="$3"; shift 3
   echo "==> execute $label"
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc05-invalid-unit-price.json" "invalid_uni
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json" "invalid_config" "UC-06"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc07-currency-mismatch.json" "currency_mismatch" "UC-07"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc08-empty-cart.json" "empty_cart" "UC-08"
-echo "OK: core.calculate-price 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.calculate-price 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_decide_escalation_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_decide_escalation_example_smoke.sh
index d070a3cf..8fbe69c6 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_decide_escalation_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_decide_escalation_example_smoke.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json" "ok" "UC-02" \
   'ai-9' \
   '"signals_met": 3'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-input.json" "invalid_input" "UC-03"
-echo "OK: core.decide-escalation 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.decide-escalation 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_evaluate_completion_quality_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_evaluate_completion_quality_example_smoke.sh
index edf0ff6d..15ad2ae6 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_evaluate_completion_quality_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_evaluate_completion_quality_example_smoke.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-needs-evidence.json" "ok" "UC-02" \
   'missing_evidence'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-invalid-status.json" "invalid_status" "UC-03"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json" "invalid_input" "UC-04"
-echo "OK: core.evaluate-completion-quality 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.evaluate-completion-quality 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_extract_action_items_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_extract_action_items_example_smoke.sh
index c7a9596d..bd972b62 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_extract_action_items_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_extract_action_items_example_smoke.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-extract-action-items (core.extract-action-items@1.1.1).
+# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-extract-action-items (core.extract-action-items@1.2.0).
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.extract-action-items" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.2.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-extract-action-items.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.extract-action-items-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
     require_match "$out" "$extra" "$label extra"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ echo "==> execute UC-01"
 uc01_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc01-extract-mixed.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$uc01_out"
 require_match "$uc01_out" "status: completed" "UC-01 status"
-require_match "$uc01_out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "UC-01 capability_version"
+require_match "$uc01_out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "UC-01 capability_version"
 require_match "$uc01_out" "\"reason_code\": \"ok\"" "UC-01 reason_code"
 require_match "$uc01_out" '"title": "Send the revised proposal"' "UC-01 ada title"
 require_match "$uc01_out" '"suggested_owner": "Ada Lovelace"' "UC-01 ada owner"
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ require_match "$uc01_out" '"confidence": 0.58' "UC-01 vague confidence"
 
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-no-actions.json" "no_action_items_found" "UC-02" '"needs_human_review": \[\]'
 
-echo "OK: core.extract-action-items 1.1.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.extract-action-items 1.2.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_generate_nudge_message_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_generate_nudge_message_example_smoke.sh
index 3eb46fec..995602c4 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_generate_nudge_message_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_generate_nudge_message_example_smoke.sh
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc01-soft-friendly.json" "ok" "UC-01" 'Sen
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json" "ok" "UC-02" 'Escalation'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-direct-neutral.json" "ok" "UC-03" 'Please complete'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc04-config-error.json" "config_error" "UC-04"
-echo "OK: core.generate-nudge-message 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.generate-nudge-message 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_normalize_participants_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_normalize_participants_example_smoke.sh
index fe3f6bea..ac3c4b1b 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_normalize_participants_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_normalize_participants_example_smoke.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc01-mixed-match.json" "ok" "UC-01" \
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-name-match.json" "ok" "UC-02" \
   '"match_method": "name"' \
   '"matched_count": 1'
-echo "OK: core.normalize-participants 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.normalize-participants 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_notify_stakeholders_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_notify_stakeholders_example_smoke.sh
index d9afd434..22c8d813 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_notify_stakeholders_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_notify_stakeholders_example_smoke.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-empty.json" "nothing_to_notify" "UC-0
   '"intent_count": 0'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-status-changed.json" "ok" "UC-03"   'Action updated'   '"intent_count": 1'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc04-blocked.json" "ok" "UC-04"   'Action blocked'   '"intent_count": 1'
-echo "OK: core.notify-stakeholders 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.notify-stakeholders 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_process_comment_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_process_comment_example_smoke.sh
index 5097491c..ec81f97d 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_process_comment_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_process_comment_example_smoke.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-process-comment (core.process-comment@1.0.2).
+# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-process-comment (core.process-comment@1.1.0).
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.process-comment" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.0.2" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-process-comment.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.process-comment-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.0.2" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.0.2" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"decision\": \"$decision\"" "$label decision"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc09-body-too-long-deny.json" "deny" "body
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc10-invalid-reaction-deny.json" "deny" "invalid_reaction" "UC-10"
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc11-insufficient-role-deny.json" "deny" "insufficient_role" "UC-11"
 
-echo "OK: core.process-comment 1.0.2 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.process-comment 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_record_nudge_event_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_record_nudge_event_example_smoke.sh
index 973dfa47..843fe597 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_record_nudge_event_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_record_nudge_event_example_smoke.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json" "ok" "UC-02" \
   '"intensity": "escalate"'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-direct.json" "ok" "UC-03"   '"intensity": "direct"'   '"nudge_ordinal": 2'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc04-invalid-input.json" "invalid_input" "UC-04"
-echo "OK: core.record-nudge-event 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.record-nudge-event 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_select_items_for_followup_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_select_items_for_followup_example_smoke.sh
index 0a7292cc..25d02fb4 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_select_items_for_followup_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_select_items_for_followup_example_smoke.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.select-items-for-followup" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.2.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-select-items-for-followup.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.select-items-for-followup-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.2.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
     require_match "$out" "$extra" "$label extra"
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json" "ok" "UC-02" '"intensi
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc02-escalate.json" "ok" "UC-02 channel" '"recommended_channel": "manager"'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc03-config-error.json" "config_error" "UC-03"
 
-echo "OK: core.select-items-for-followup 1.1.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.select-items-for-followup 1.2.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_transition_action_status_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_transition_action_status_example_smoke.sh
index f012bdab..9f2c8c9f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_transition_action_status_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_transition_action_status_example_smoke.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-transition-action-status (core.transition-action-status@1.0.1).
+# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-transition-action-status (core.transition-action-status@1.1.0).
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.transition-action-status" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.0.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-transition-action-status.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.transition-action-status-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"allowed\": $allowed" "$label allowed"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc09-open-to-cancelled.json" "true" "ok" "
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc10-cancelled-to-open-illegal.json" "false" "illegal_transition" "UC-10" '"new_status": "cancelled"'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc11-invalid-status.json" "false" "invalid_status" "UC-11"
 
-echo "OK: core.transition-action-status 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.transition-action-status 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/core_validate_action_item_example_smoke.sh b/scripts/ci/core_validate_action_item_example_smoke.sh
index d7ac9d00..8c3595dd 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/core_validate_action_item_example_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/core_validate_action_item_example_smoke.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-validate-action-item (core.validate-action-item@1.0.1).
+# End-to-end smoke for examples/core-validate-action-item (core.validate-action-item@1.1.0).
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "==> capability inspect"
 contract_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability inspect "$pkg/contract.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$contract_out"
 require_match "$contract_out" "id: core.validate-action-item" "contract inspect id"
-require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.0.1" "contract inspect version"
+require_match "$contract_out" "version: 1.1.0" "contract inspect version"
 
 echo "==> wasm abi verify"
 abi_out="$("${cli[@]}" wasm abi verify "$pkg/artifacts/core-validate-action-item.wasm")"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "==> capability-package inspect"
 pkg_out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package inspect "$pkg/manifest.json")"
 printf '%s\n' "$pkg_out"
 require_match "$pkg_out" "package_id: core.validate-action-item-agent" "package_id"
-require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "capability_version"
+require_match "$pkg_out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "capability_version"
 
 assert_execute() {
   local request="$1"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ assert_execute() {
   out="$("${cli[@]}" capability-package execute "$pkg/manifest.json" "$request")"
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
   require_match "$out" "status: completed" "$label status"
-  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.0.1" "$label capability_version"
+  require_match "$out" "capability_version: 1.1.0" "$label capability_version"
   require_match "$out" "\"valid\": $valid" "$label valid"
   require_match "$out" "\"reason_code\": \"$code\"" "$label reason_code"
   if [[ -n "$extra" ]]; then
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc04-duplicate.json" "false" "duplicate" "
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc05-duplicate-title-only.json" "false" "duplicate" "UC-05" '"code": "duplicate"'
 assert_execute "$pkg/runtime-requests/uc06-invalid-config.json" "false" "invalid_config" "UC-06"
 
-echo "OK: core.validate-action-item 1.0.1 E2E smoke passed"
+echo "OK: core.validate-action-item 1.1.0 E2E smoke passed"