Onboarding validation: collect 3 fresh-setup confirmations for council-lite

[dtsong]

Context

Council-lite quality-gate evidence is strong on technical reliability (20/20 validator pass, no critical breakages), but promotion to stable is blocked by onboarding validation.

Blocking gate reference:

• profiles/council-lite/QUALITY_GATES.md

Related tracker:

• Council-lite: complete quality-gate evidence for beta->stable #2

Objective

Collect at least 3 independent fresh-setup onboarding confirmations for council-lite.

Validation Protocol (per participant)

Use a clean environment or fresh user state.

1. Clone repo and run install:
   • ./install.sh --conflict-policy skip --profiles core,council-lite
2. Run council-lite flow:
   • ./scripts/council-lite.sh run "Onboarding validation run"
   • ./scripts/council-lite.sh list
   • ./scripts/validate-council-lite.sh --latest
3. Cleanup:
   • ./install.sh --uninstall

Evidence to Record (per participant)

• Participant alias/name
• OS + shell
• Commands run
• Outcome (success | partial | fail)
• Time-to-first-success (minutes)
• Friction points / confusion notes
• Suggested doc improvements

Acceptance Criteria

• 3 onboarding confirmations recorded
• Any blockers converted into follow-up issues
• Summary comment posted back to Council-lite: complete quality-gate evidence for beta->stable #2 with recommendation impact