STATUS.md: root cold-start surface for WIP + goals, async-first write-back rule

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Summary

Paul asked (via /claude-md-improver): make async-first always followed, and give anyone landing in the repo one surface that answers "what's in flight and what are the goals", tracked concisely without rot.

Design (Paul approved all three via in-session vote): root STATUS.md, repo-work scope (the vault still owns company operations — this surface links, never copies); project CLAUDE.md + one global line; rule-only freshness enforcement mirroring the OKF same-commit wording.

Per-commit

1. a20bca87 — STATUS.md (new) + CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md pointer + write-back rule + async-first SKILL surfaces row + OKF concept/log; fixed stale 2607 T9 row found during fact-check.
2. d171dff4 — full active-project review (all six docs/projects audited against their own trackers): 2605/2510 rows sharpened, "Not in flight" line (2604 closed, 2509 dormant), two real Paul blockers surfaced.
3. a37e4799 — AGENTS.md phantom .agent/ onboarding stack removed (files never existed; verified with find).
4. 97655240 — reviewer round-2 findings: LinkedIn is LIVE (3 posts, ledger-verified) not "drafts only"; blog row now defers to 20.09 §1 (outreach outranks posts) + §13 queue; stale sources corrected (2605 tracker line, ICP plan "zero posted" banner); Joy Adamson override + header rule "verify against the artifact, never a tracker line".
5. da2b16c3 — round-3: POSTING-PACKET retitled HISTORICAL with dated supersession above its paste block (it offered a Paul-rejected draft as copy-paste-ready); ICP-E count measured from frontmatter (1 posted + 4 approved).
6. 75bc4312 — round-4 residual: last live "zero posted/PULLED" claim in the 2605 tracker stamped; every remaining rg "zero posted" hit is now superseded in place.

Gates

• bin/hugo-build exit 0 (re-run on final tree). Docs-only diff — CI intentionally skips (all three workflows' path filters exclude these paths); local gates are the gates of record.
• OKF validator: conformant, 0 ERRORS (120 pre-existing warnings, known-red --strict state per log.md).
• marketing-copy ratchet: root *.md not in SURFACES; STATUS.md carries links, no company claims.
• All STATUS.md link targets resolve; 38 lines (≤50 cap).

Review provenance

4-eyes satisfied: author (this session) ≠ verifier (status-diff-reviewer sub-agent), five measured rounds (FAIL → FAIL → FAIL → FAIL → PASS at 75bc4312). The reviewer's recurring-mechanism diagnosis — stale tracker lines copied into STATUS.md inherit their staleness — is now a rule in STATUS.md's own header, and every stale source it uncovered (2607 T9, 2605 tracker ×2, ICP plan banner, POSTING-PACKET) is stamped at the source. A second clean-context review from a peer session is in flight; its findings land as follow-up per the written contract.

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