chore: adopt the workspace agent-config baseline

Commits a .claude/settings.json rather than leaving permissions to
per-developer local state, and initialises a pql vault for this repo's
tickets and internal decisions.

Every git deny rule appears in both the `git <verb>` and `git * <verb>`
forms. Only the second catches `git -C <path>`, and without it the whole
deny list is decorative -- it looks like a policy and stops nothing.

The allow list carries pql's absolute path alongside the bare name.
pql is installed to ~/.local/bin, which is on the login PATH but not the
one a non-interactive shell gets, so the bare-name rules match nothing on
their own and every call would prompt anyway.

.gitignore now covers .claude/settings.local.json, which is machine-local
and must never be shared. `pql init` contributed the .pql/* rules with an
exception for the changelog, which is the replication log of record and
has to be committed for tickets to travel with a clone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [
+      "Bash(pql)",
+      "Bash(pql *)",
+      "Bash(/home/jpmschweitzer/.local/bin/pql:*)",
+      "Bash(git status:*)",
+      "Bash(git log:*)",
+      "Bash(git diff:*)",
+      "Bash(git branch:*)",
+      "Bash(.venv/bin/python -m pytest:*)",
+      "Bash(.venv/bin/pytest:*)",
+      "Bash(pytest:*)",
+      "Bash(alembic *)",
+      "Bash(docker logs core-api:*)",
+      "Bash(curl -s http://localhost:8083/*)"
+    ],
+    "deny": [
+      "Bash(sudo *)",
+      "Bash(su *)",
+      "Bash(rm -rf /*)",
+      "Bash(rm -rf ~*)",
+      "Bash(rm -rf $HOME*)",
+      "Bash(mkfs*)",
+      "Bash(dd if=*)",
+      "Bash(chmod 777 *)",
+      "Bash(chmod -R 777 *)",
+      "Bash(find * -exec*)",
+      "Bash(find * -delete*)",
+      "Bash(git add -A*)",
+      "Bash(git * add -A*)",
+      "Bash(git add --all*)",
+      "Bash(git * add --all*)",
+      "Bash(git add .)",
+      "Bash(git * add .)",
+      "Bash(git push --force*)",
+      "Bash(git * push --force*)",
+      "Bash(git push -f*)",
+      "Bash(git * push -f*)",
+      "Bash(git reset --hard*)",
+      "Bash(git * reset --hard*)",
+      "Bash(git clean -fd*)",
+      "Bash(git * clean -fd*)",
+      "Bash(git clean -fdx*)",
+      "Bash(git * clean -fdx*)",
+      "Bash(git branch -D *)",
+      "Bash(git * branch -D *)",
+      "Bash(git checkout -- *)",
+      "Bash(git * checkout -- *)",
+      "Bash(git restore .*)",
+      "Bash(git * restore .*)",
+      "Bash(git commit --no-verify*)",
+      "Bash(git * commit --no-verify*)",
+      "Bash(git merge --no-ff*)",
+      "Bash(git * merge --no-ff*)",
+      "Bash(psql * -c DROP*)",
+      "Bash(psql * DROP DATABASE*)",
+      "Bash(psql * TRUNCATE*)",
+      "Bash(alembic downgrade base*)"
+    ]
+  }
+}

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.pql/changelog/*.sql merge=union

.gitea/workflows/build.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Login to Gitea Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
-          registry: git.schweitz.internal
+          registry: git.schweitz.net
           username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           push: true
           tags: |
-            git.schweitz.internal/jpmschweitzer/core-api:latest
+            git.schweitz.net/jpmschweitzer/core-api:latest
-            git.schweitz.internal/jpmschweitzer/core-api:${{ github.ref_name }}
+            git.schweitz.net/jpmschweitzer/core-api:${{ github.ref_name }}
 
       - name: Trigger Watchtower update
         if: success()

.gitignore

@@ -136,3 +136,12 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # profiling data
 .prof
+
+# Claude Code local settings (machine-specific, may contain credentials)
+.claude/settings.local.json
+
+# pql — ignore everything except the changelog, which is the replication log of
+# record and must be committed for tickets to travel with the repo.
+.pql/*
+!.pql/changelog/
+

.pql/changelog/0000-format.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+-- Changelog format marker, written by pql. Comments only: this file
+-- is never executed — Import descends into the per-table directories
+-- and does not read the changelog root.
+--
+-- A changelog carrying no marker is format 1, the shape that existed
+-- before formats were versioned. An older format is migrated forward
+-- by `pql plan upgrade` (and automatically from the post-merge hook);
+-- a newer one is refused rather than replayed under rules this binary
+-- does not know. See D-28 and docs/versions.md.
+-- pql:changelog_format: 2.0.0
+-- pql:written_by: 2.2.0

.pql/changelog/ticket_deps/0000-schema.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+-- Auto-generated by pql init. CREATE TABLE statements
+-- for the planning schema; per-table dir keeps the changelog
+-- self-describing per D-15. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS is
+-- idempotent so running schema files from each directory in
+-- replay order is harmless.
+--
+-- Importer parses the markers below to detect schema drift
+-- between the producing pql version and the local one — a
+-- bumped canonical_version means projection rules changed
+-- and replay must refuse rather than silently corrupt state.
+-- pql:created_by: 2.2.0
+-- pql:canonical_version: 2
+
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decisions (
+    id                TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('confirmed','question','rejected')),
+    domain            TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'
+                          CHECK(status IN ('active','superseded','resolved','open')),
+    date              TEXT,
+    file_path         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    synced_at         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decision_refs (
+    source_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    target_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    ref_type          TEXT NOT NULL
+                          CHECK(ref_type IN ('supersedes','references','resolves','depends_on','amends')),
+    note              TEXT,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (source_id, target_id, ref_type)
+);
+
+-- Identity split (D-26): a ticket's stable, collision-proof identity is its
+-- record_id (a locally-generated ULID, planning.NewRecordID); the friendly
+-- T-NNN label lives in ticket_idmap and may be reconciled. Every structural
+-- reference (parent, deps, history, labels) targets record_id, so a label
+-- clash never corrupts the graph — only ticket_idmap needs a relabel.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('initiative','epic','story','task','bug')),
+    parent_record_id  TEXT REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    description       TEXT,
+    -- No CHECK enumeration: the ticket status vocabulary is per-vault
+    -- configurable (ticket_statuses in .pql/config.yaml). Validation lives
+    -- in Go (planning.StatusSet), so adding/renaming statuses needs no
+    -- schema change. The DEFAULT is a harmless fallback — CreateTicket
+    -- always inserts the configured default explicitly.
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backlog',
+    priority          TEXT DEFAULT 'medium'
+                          CHECK(priority IN ('critical','high','medium','low')),
+    assigned_to       TEXT,
+    team              TEXT,
+    decision_ref      TEXT REFERENCES decisions(id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+-- ticket_idmap maps a record_id to its current friendly label (T-NNN).
+-- ticket_id is intentionally NOT globally unique: two uncoordinated clones
+-- can mint the same label, which surfaces as a duplicate-label collision
+-- (detected at replay) and is fixed with "pql ticket relabel".
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_idmap (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    ticket_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_deps (
+    blocker_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    blocked_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (blocker_record_id, blocked_record_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_history (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    field             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    old_value         TEXT,
+    new_value         TEXT,
+    changed_by        TEXT,
+    changed_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT UNIQUE,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_labels (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    label             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (ticket_record_id, label)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta (
+    key        TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value      TEXT NOT NULL,
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_status        ON tickets(status);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_team          ON tickets(team);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_decision_ref  ON tickets(decision_ref);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_assigned      ON tickets(assigned_to);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_parent        ON tickets(parent_record_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ticket_idmap_label    ON ticket_idmap(ticket_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_domain      ON decisions(domain);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_type        ON decisions(type);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decision_refs_target  ON decision_refs(target_id);

.pql/changelog/ticket_history/0000-schema.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+-- Auto-generated by pql init. CREATE TABLE statements
+-- for the planning schema; per-table dir keeps the changelog
+-- self-describing per D-15. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS is
+-- idempotent so running schema files from each directory in
+-- replay order is harmless.
+--
+-- Importer parses the markers below to detect schema drift
+-- between the producing pql version and the local one — a
+-- bumped canonical_version means projection rules changed
+-- and replay must refuse rather than silently corrupt state.
+-- pql:created_by: 2.2.0
+-- pql:canonical_version: 2
+
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decisions (
+    id                TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('confirmed','question','rejected')),
+    domain            TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'
+                          CHECK(status IN ('active','superseded','resolved','open')),
+    date              TEXT,
+    file_path         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    synced_at         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decision_refs (
+    source_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    target_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    ref_type          TEXT NOT NULL
+                          CHECK(ref_type IN ('supersedes','references','resolves','depends_on','amends')),
+    note              TEXT,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (source_id, target_id, ref_type)
+);
+
+-- Identity split (D-26): a ticket's stable, collision-proof identity is its
+-- record_id (a locally-generated ULID, planning.NewRecordID); the friendly
+-- T-NNN label lives in ticket_idmap and may be reconciled. Every structural
+-- reference (parent, deps, history, labels) targets record_id, so a label
+-- clash never corrupts the graph — only ticket_idmap needs a relabel.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('initiative','epic','story','task','bug')),
+    parent_record_id  TEXT REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    description       TEXT,
+    -- No CHECK enumeration: the ticket status vocabulary is per-vault
+    -- configurable (ticket_statuses in .pql/config.yaml). Validation lives
+    -- in Go (planning.StatusSet), so adding/renaming statuses needs no
+    -- schema change. The DEFAULT is a harmless fallback — CreateTicket
+    -- always inserts the configured default explicitly.
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backlog',
+    priority          TEXT DEFAULT 'medium'
+                          CHECK(priority IN ('critical','high','medium','low')),
+    assigned_to       TEXT,
+    team              TEXT,
+    decision_ref      TEXT REFERENCES decisions(id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+-- ticket_idmap maps a record_id to its current friendly label (T-NNN).
+-- ticket_id is intentionally NOT globally unique: two uncoordinated clones
+-- can mint the same label, which surfaces as a duplicate-label collision
+-- (detected at replay) and is fixed with "pql ticket relabel".
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_idmap (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    ticket_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_deps (
+    blocker_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    blocked_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (blocker_record_id, blocked_record_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_history (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    field             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    old_value         TEXT,
+    new_value         TEXT,
+    changed_by        TEXT,
+    changed_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT UNIQUE,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_labels (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    label             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (ticket_record_id, label)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta (
+    key        TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value      TEXT NOT NULL,
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_status        ON tickets(status);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_team          ON tickets(team);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_decision_ref  ON tickets(decision_ref);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_assigned      ON tickets(assigned_to);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_parent        ON tickets(parent_record_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ticket_idmap_label    ON ticket_idmap(ticket_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_domain      ON decisions(domain);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_type        ON decisions(type);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decision_refs_target  ON decision_refs(target_id);

.pql/changelog/ticket_idmap/0000-schema.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+-- Auto-generated by pql init. CREATE TABLE statements
+-- for the planning schema; per-table dir keeps the changelog
+-- self-describing per D-15. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS is
+-- idempotent so running schema files from each directory in
+-- replay order is harmless.
+--
+-- Importer parses the markers below to detect schema drift
+-- between the producing pql version and the local one — a
+-- bumped canonical_version means projection rules changed
+-- and replay must refuse rather than silently corrupt state.
+-- pql:created_by: 2.2.0
+-- pql:canonical_version: 2
+
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decisions (
+    id                TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('confirmed','question','rejected')),
+    domain            TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'
+                          CHECK(status IN ('active','superseded','resolved','open')),
+    date              TEXT,
+    file_path         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    synced_at         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decision_refs (
+    source_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    target_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    ref_type          TEXT NOT NULL
+                          CHECK(ref_type IN ('supersedes','references','resolves','depends_on','amends')),
+    note              TEXT,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (source_id, target_id, ref_type)
+);
+
+-- Identity split (D-26): a ticket's stable, collision-proof identity is its
+-- record_id (a locally-generated ULID, planning.NewRecordID); the friendly
+-- T-NNN label lives in ticket_idmap and may be reconciled. Every structural
+-- reference (parent, deps, history, labels) targets record_id, so a label
+-- clash never corrupts the graph — only ticket_idmap needs a relabel.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('initiative','epic','story','task','bug')),
+    parent_record_id  TEXT REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    description       TEXT,
+    -- No CHECK enumeration: the ticket status vocabulary is per-vault
+    -- configurable (ticket_statuses in .pql/config.yaml). Validation lives
+    -- in Go (planning.StatusSet), so adding/renaming statuses needs no
+    -- schema change. The DEFAULT is a harmless fallback — CreateTicket
+    -- always inserts the configured default explicitly.
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backlog',
+    priority          TEXT DEFAULT 'medium'
+                          CHECK(priority IN ('critical','high','medium','low')),
+    assigned_to       TEXT,
+    team              TEXT,
+    decision_ref      TEXT REFERENCES decisions(id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+-- ticket_idmap maps a record_id to its current friendly label (T-NNN).
+-- ticket_id is intentionally NOT globally unique: two uncoordinated clones
+-- can mint the same label, which surfaces as a duplicate-label collision
+-- (detected at replay) and is fixed with "pql ticket relabel".
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_idmap (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    ticket_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_deps (
+    blocker_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    blocked_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (blocker_record_id, blocked_record_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_history (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    field             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    old_value         TEXT,
+    new_value         TEXT,
+    changed_by        TEXT,
+    changed_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT UNIQUE,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_labels (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    label             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (ticket_record_id, label)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta (
+    key        TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value      TEXT NOT NULL,
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_status        ON tickets(status);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_team          ON tickets(team);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_decision_ref  ON tickets(decision_ref);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_assigned      ON tickets(assigned_to);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_parent        ON tickets(parent_record_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ticket_idmap_label    ON ticket_idmap(ticket_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_domain      ON decisions(domain);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_type        ON decisions(type);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decision_refs_target  ON decision_refs(target_id);

.pql/changelog/ticket_labels/0000-schema.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+-- Auto-generated by pql init. CREATE TABLE statements
+-- for the planning schema; per-table dir keeps the changelog
+-- self-describing per D-15. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS is
+-- idempotent so running schema files from each directory in
+-- replay order is harmless.
+--
+-- Importer parses the markers below to detect schema drift
+-- between the producing pql version and the local one — a
+-- bumped canonical_version means projection rules changed
+-- and replay must refuse rather than silently corrupt state.
+-- pql:created_by: 2.2.0
+-- pql:canonical_version: 2
+
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decisions (
+    id                TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('confirmed','question','rejected')),
+    domain            TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'
+                          CHECK(status IN ('active','superseded','resolved','open')),
+    date              TEXT,
+    file_path         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    synced_at         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decision_refs (
+    source_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    target_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    ref_type          TEXT NOT NULL
+                          CHECK(ref_type IN ('supersedes','references','resolves','depends_on','amends')),
+    note              TEXT,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (source_id, target_id, ref_type)
+);
+
+-- Identity split (D-26): a ticket's stable, collision-proof identity is its
+-- record_id (a locally-generated ULID, planning.NewRecordID); the friendly
+-- T-NNN label lives in ticket_idmap and may be reconciled. Every structural
+-- reference (parent, deps, history, labels) targets record_id, so a label
+-- clash never corrupts the graph — only ticket_idmap needs a relabel.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('initiative','epic','story','task','bug')),
+    parent_record_id  TEXT REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    description       TEXT,
+    -- No CHECK enumeration: the ticket status vocabulary is per-vault
+    -- configurable (ticket_statuses in .pql/config.yaml). Validation lives
+    -- in Go (planning.StatusSet), so adding/renaming statuses needs no
+    -- schema change. The DEFAULT is a harmless fallback — CreateTicket
+    -- always inserts the configured default explicitly.
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backlog',
+    priority          TEXT DEFAULT 'medium'
+                          CHECK(priority IN ('critical','high','medium','low')),
+    assigned_to       TEXT,
+    team              TEXT,
+    decision_ref      TEXT REFERENCES decisions(id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+-- ticket_idmap maps a record_id to its current friendly label (T-NNN).
+-- ticket_id is intentionally NOT globally unique: two uncoordinated clones
+-- can mint the same label, which surfaces as a duplicate-label collision
+-- (detected at replay) and is fixed with "pql ticket relabel".
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_idmap (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    ticket_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_deps (
+    blocker_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    blocked_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (blocker_record_id, blocked_record_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_history (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    field             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    old_value         TEXT,
+    new_value         TEXT,
+    changed_by        TEXT,
+    changed_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT UNIQUE,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_labels (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    label             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (ticket_record_id, label)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta (
+    key        TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value      TEXT NOT NULL,
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_status        ON tickets(status);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_team          ON tickets(team);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_decision_ref  ON tickets(decision_ref);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_assigned      ON tickets(assigned_to);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_parent        ON tickets(parent_record_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ticket_idmap_label    ON ticket_idmap(ticket_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_domain      ON decisions(domain);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_type        ON decisions(type);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decision_refs_target  ON decision_refs(target_id);

.pql/changelog/tickets/0000-schema.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+-- Auto-generated by pql init. CREATE TABLE statements
+-- for the planning schema; per-table dir keeps the changelog
+-- self-describing per D-15. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS is
+-- idempotent so running schema files from each directory in
+-- replay order is harmless.
+--
+-- Importer parses the markers below to detect schema drift
+-- between the producing pql version and the local one — a
+-- bumped canonical_version means projection rules changed
+-- and replay must refuse rather than silently corrupt state.
+-- pql:created_by: 2.2.0
+-- pql:canonical_version: 2
+
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decisions (
+    id                TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('confirmed','question','rejected')),
+    domain            TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'
+                          CHECK(status IN ('active','superseded','resolved','open')),
+    date              TEXT,
+    file_path         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    synced_at         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS decision_refs (
+    source_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    target_id         TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES decisions(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    ref_type          TEXT NOT NULL
+                          CHECK(ref_type IN ('supersedes','references','resolves','depends_on','amends')),
+    note              TEXT,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (source_id, target_id, ref_type)
+);
+
+-- Identity split (D-26): a ticket's stable, collision-proof identity is its
+-- record_id (a locally-generated ULID, planning.NewRecordID); the friendly
+-- T-NNN label lives in ticket_idmap and may be reconciled. Every structural
+-- reference (parent, deps, history, labels) targets record_id, so a label
+-- clash never corrupts the graph — only ticket_idmap needs a relabel.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type              TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(type IN ('initiative','epic','story','task','bug')),
+    parent_record_id  TEXT REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    title             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    description       TEXT,
+    -- No CHECK enumeration: the ticket status vocabulary is per-vault
+    -- configurable (ticket_statuses in .pql/config.yaml). Validation lives
+    -- in Go (planning.StatusSet), so adding/renaming statuses needs no
+    -- schema change. The DEFAULT is a harmless fallback — CreateTicket
+    -- always inserts the configured default explicitly.
+    status            TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backlog',
+    priority          TEXT DEFAULT 'medium'
+                          CHECK(priority IN ('critical','high','medium','low')),
+    assigned_to       TEXT,
+    team              TEXT,
+    decision_ref      TEXT REFERENCES decisions(id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+-- ticket_idmap maps a record_id to its current friendly label (T-NNN).
+-- ticket_id is intentionally NOT globally unique: two uncoordinated clones
+-- can mint the same label, which surfaces as a duplicate-label collision
+-- (detected at replay) and is fixed with "pql ticket relabel".
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_idmap (
+    record_id         TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    ticket_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_deps (
+    blocker_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    blocked_record_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (blocker_record_id, blocked_record_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_history (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    field             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    old_value         TEXT,
+    new_value         TEXT,
+    changed_by        TEXT,
+    changed_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT UNIQUE,
+    canonical_version INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ticket_labels (
+    ticket_record_id  TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tickets(record_id),
+    label             TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at        TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    deleted_at        TEXT,
+    hash              TEXT,
+    canonical_version INTEGER,
+    PRIMARY KEY (ticket_record_id, label)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS meta (
+    key        TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value      TEXT NOT NULL,
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_status        ON tickets(status);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_team          ON tickets(team);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_decision_ref  ON tickets(decision_ref);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_assigned      ON tickets(assigned_to);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_tickets_parent        ON tickets(parent_record_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ticket_idmap_label    ON ticket_idmap(ticket_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_domain      ON decisions(domain);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decisions_type        ON decisions(type);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_decision_refs_target  ON decision_refs(target_id);

AGENTS.md

@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-
-# AGENTS.md
-
-> **Start every session by reading this file.**
-> This file outlines the operational protocols, coding standards, and architectural decisions for this FastAPI project.
-
-## 1. Agent Operational Protocols
-
-### 🧠 Work Patterns (Plan-Act-Reflect)
-* **Plan:** Before writing code, briefly outline your plan. Identify which files you will touch and what the side effects might be.
-* **Act:** Execute the changes in small, atomic steps.
-* **Reflect:** After coding, verify your work. Did you break existing tests? Did you add new tests?
-
-### 🛡️ Git Discipline
-* **NEVER commit to `main` or `master` directly.** Always create a feature branch: `feature/your-feature-name` or `fix/issue-description`.
-* **Commit Messages:** Use the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) format.
-    * `feat: add user login endpoint`
-    * `fix: resolve database connection timeout`
-    * `refactor: split monolith dependency file`
-* **Atomic Commits:** Keep commits small. One logical change = one commit.
-
-### 📝 Changelog Maintenance
-* **Update `CHANGELOG.md`** with every user-facing change.
-* Format: `## [Unreleased] - YYYY-MM-DD` followed by `### Added`, `### Changed`, or `### Fixed`.
-
-### 🚀 Release Flow
-When changes are ready for deployment:
-
-1. **Ask user if deploy cycle is desired **
-
-2. **Update version** in `pyproject.toml`:
-   - Bug fixes: bump patch version (1.8.3 → 1.8.4)
-   - New features: bump minor version (1.8.4 → 1.9.0)
-
-3. **Update CHANGELOG.md**:
-   - Move items from `[Unreleased]` to new version section
-   - Add release date: `## [1.8.4] - 2025-12-16`
-
-4. **Commit and tag**:
-   ```bash
-   git add -A
-   git commit -m "fix: description of changes"
-   git tag v1.8.4
-   git push origin main --tags
-   ```
-
-5. **CI/CD triggers automatically**:
-   - Gitea CI builds Docker image on new tag
-   - Watchtower pulls and deploys to production
-   - Verify deployment: `curl http://192.168.86.149:8083/health`
-
----
-
-## 2. FastAPI Architecture & Best Practices
-*Reference: [FastAPI Best Practices](https://github.com/zhanymkanov/fastapi-best-practices)*
-
-### 📂 Project Structure (Directory-based, NOT File-type based)
-Do **not** group files by type (e.g., one huge `routers` folder). Group by **domain/module** inside a `src/` directory.
-
-**Correct Structure:**
-```text
-src/
-├── auth/
-│   ├── router.py      # Endpoints
-│   ├── schemas.py     # Pydantic models
-│   ├── service.py     # Business logic (CRUD, etc.)
-│   ├── dependencies.py# Module-specific dependencies
-│   └── config.py      # Module-specific settings
-├── posts/
-│   ├── router.py
-│   └── ...
-└── main.py            # App entry point

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.11.0] - 2026-01-08
+
+### Added
+
+- **News Headlines API** - New endpoint for news ticker integration
+  - `GET /tools/news` - Fetch news headlines from user's volatile collection
+  - Returns headlines with title, description, source, and URL
+  - Data sourced from `volatile_{user}` Qdrant collection (news namespace)
+  - Uses `preferred_username` from OIDC, falls back to `default`
+- News subdomain under tools (`src/domains/tools/news/`)
+- `NewsHeadline` and `NewsResponse` Pydantic schemas
+- `NewsService` for parsing news data from Qdrant
+
 ## [1.10.12] - 2026-01-08
 
 ### Fixed

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# CLAUDE.md — core-api
+
+FastAPI service providing infrastructure management, home automation, and utility
+endpoints for the homelab. Talks to Portainer, Nginx Proxy Manager, Home Assistant,
+Postgres (via SQLAlchemy async + Alembic), Qdrant, and Authentik (OIDC). Deployed on
+tower-of-joy at **:8083**.
+
+## Ports — these differ, deliberately
+
+| | Port | How |
+|---|---|---|
+| Local dev | **8788** | `./wakeup.sh`, uvicorn `--reload`, logs to `logs/server.log` |
+| Production | **8083** | container; health at `http://192.168.86.149:8083/health` |
+
+Testing `localhost:8083` on the dev box hits the *container*, not your reload server.
+
+## Live contract
+
+The live contract is always `http://localhost:8083/openapi.json` (62 paths, verified
+2026-08-09) and human docs at `http://localhost:8083/docs` / `/redoc` — generated from
+running code, so query it rather than inferring routes from source or from the README's
+endpoint list, which can drift.
+
+## Architecture
+
+Domain-first layout under `src/domains/<name>/{controller,models,schemas,service}.py`
+(auth, dashboard, health, housekeeping, infrastructure, static, tools). `src/main.py`
+wires only `src.domains.*` — verify by reading its imports.
+
+**Legacy top-level packages — "not in `main.py`" does not mean dead.** Routes are wired
+only from `src.domains.*`, so grepping `main.py`'s imports looks like it settles which
+packages are live. It does not. `main.py:55` calls `initialize_oidc()`, and that function
+(`src/shared/security.py:21`) deliberately imports and configures **both** `src.auth.oidc`
+and `src.domains.auth.oidc` — a function-body import, invisible to a grep of `main.py`.
+That one call drags in `src/auth/`, `src/controllers/`, `src/db/`, `src/logging_config.py`
+and `src/base_schema.py` at startup.
+
+Three tiers, established by importing the app inside the container and reading
+`sys.modules` (verified 2026-08-09):
+
+| Tier | Packages |
+|---|---|
+| Serving routes | `src/domains/`, `src/shared/`, `src/service_groups/` |
+| **Loaded and configured**, but serving no routes | `src/auth/`, `src/db/`, `src/controllers/`, `src/logging_config.py`, `src/base_schema.py` |
+| Genuinely unreferenced | `src/agent/`, `src/api/`, `src/clients/`, `src/dns/`, `src/memory/`, `src/models/` |
+
+`src/auth/` is the trap. Its `oidc_config` singleton is configured at every startup with
+the real Authentik issuers — the log line `src.auth.oidc:configure` proves it — so a test
+importing `src.auth.oidc` is exercising live, configured code, not a fossil. No `src/domains/*`
+module depends on it, so it is configured defensively rather than used; that makes it a
+deletion candidate, but a considered one, not obvious cleanup.
+
+**Before deleting anything from `src/`, import the app and read `sys.modules`** rather than
+grepping `main.py`. Function-body imports exist here specifically to dodge circular imports,
+and they are exactly what a grep misses.
+
+**That check has its own blind spot, so do not read the third tier as a delete list.** The
+table above is a snapshot taken after a cold `import src.main` — it shows what *startup*
+loads. A module imported inside a request handler would be absent from it while being
+entirely live, and absence would then be a timing artifact rather than evidence of death.
+This bit on webber, where a tool package imported from inside an agent method looked
+unloaded and was serving every request. Nothing in core-api is currently known to work that
+way, but that is the weaker claim — it means nobody has exercised the routes and re-checked,
+not that nobody does it. Before deleting a third-tier package, drive the endpoints that
+would plausibly load it and take the snapshot again.
+
+Some tests (`test_auth_controller.py`, `test_oidc.py`, `test_npm_client.py`,
+`test_portainer_client.py`, `test_static_controller.py`, `test_tools_controller.py`) import
+from the top-level paths rather than `src.domains.*`. Which of those cover live code follows
+the table above — `test_oidc.py` does; the client tests target the unreferenced tier. Not
+cleaned up in this pass; flagged, not fixed.
+
+Shared infra (config, database, logging, security/OIDC, external API clients) lives in
+`src/shared/`.
+
+Group new work by **domain, not by file type** — a single large `routers/` folder is
+the thing to avoid. Reference: [FastAPI best practices](https://github.com/zhanymkanov/fastapi-best-practices).
+
+## Database
+
+SQLAlchemy 2.0 async + asyncpg, migrations via Alembic (`alembic/versions/`). Models
+live under `src/domains/<name>/models.py` and must be imported in `alembic/env.py` to
+register with `Base.metadata` — check that file when adding a new model or `alembic
+revision --autogenerate` will silently miss it.
+
+## Working here
+
+**Plan, act, reflect.** Outline which files you will touch and the side effects before
+writing. Change in small atomic steps. Afterwards, verify: did existing tests break, and
+does the new behaviour have a test?
+
+**Test locally first — the build-deploy loop is slow.** `./wakeup.sh` auto-reloads on
+code changes (not on `requirements.txt` changes; restart the container/script after
+adding a dependency). Deploy only when a feature is complete and tested.
+
+Run tests through the venv explicitly, to avoid environment mismatch:
+
+```bash
+.venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/
+# or, with coverage:
+.venv/bin/python -m pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing
+```
+
+Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and configure Portainer, NPM, Home Assistant, SearXNG,
+Postgres, and Qdrant hosts/credentials.
+
+No linter is configured in this repo (no ruff/flake8 config, none in `requirements.txt`
+or `dev-requirements.txt`) — unlike some sibling repos, don't assume `ruff check` exists
+here.
+
+## CI
+
+`.gitea/workflows/build.yml` is the only workflow: triggered on `v*` tag push, it
+creates a Gitea release, builds and pushes the image, then pings Watchtower. There is
+**no CI test/lint gate** — pytest only runs locally or on request. Verify tests pass
+before tagging a release.
+
+## Work tracking
+
+Work lives in **pql**, not a markdown TODO. **This repo's vault is standalone** — its tickets
+and its internal decisions live here in `.pql/` and `governance/`, and travel with a clone,
+because `.pql/changelog/` is committed and replayed by the git hooks (D-15). The databases are
+gitignored and rebuildable with `pql plan rebuild`.
+
+`pql` is **not** on the non-interactive `PATH` — invoke it as
+`/home/jpmschweitzer/.local/bin/pql`. From inside this repo no `--vault` is needed: pql anchors
+at the nearest `.git/` ancestor, which is this repo.
+
+```bash
+/home/jpmschweitzer/.local/bin/pql ticket list        # this repo's open work
+/home/jpmschweitzer/.local/bin/pql plan whatsnext     # next unblocked item, with context
+/home/jpmschweitzer/.local/bin/pql decisions list     # this repo's own decisions
+```
+
+Stack-level decisions that constrain this service live in the **workspace** vault and need the
+flag:
+
+```bash
+/home/jpmschweitzer/.local/bin/pql --vault /mnt/media/Projects decisions list --domain core-api
+```
+
+Note `ticket new --decision D-N` resolves ids within **one** vault, so a ticket here cannot link
+to a workspace decision. Cite the id in the ticket body instead.
+
+Do not add a TODO section to a markdown file.
+
+## Git
+
+- **History is linear — no merge commits.** Work on `main`, or a short-lived branch
+  that is fast-forwarded and deleted. (This repo's AGENTS.md previously mandated a
+  feature branch for every change; that rule was retired workspace-wide on 2026-08-08
+  and does not apply here anymore.)
+- **Conventional Commits**: `feat:`, `fix:`, `refactor:`, `docs:`, `chore:`.
+- **Atomic commits** — one logical change each.
+- **Stage explicitly. Never `git add -A`** — it is denied by policy, and it sweeps in
+  whatever else is dirty, including secrets.
+- Update `CHANGELOG.md` with every user-facing change, under `[Unreleased]` in `Added` /
+  `Changed` / `Fixed`.
+
+## Releasing
+
+Ask whether a deploy is wanted first — it is not automatic.
+
+1. Bump the version in `pyproject.toml` (patch for fixes, minor for features).
+2. Move `[Unreleased]` entries into a dated version section in `CHANGELOG.md`.
+3. Stage the changed files by name, commit, tag `vX.Y.Z`, `git push origin main --tags`.
+4. Gitea CI (`build.yml`) builds and pushes the image on the tag; Watchtower deploys it.
+5. Verify: `curl http://192.168.86.149:8083/health`.
+
+## Security
+
+- OIDC authentication via Authentik, multi-issuer/multi-audience support.
+- Admin endpoints require authentication when `OIDC_ENABLED=true`.
+- README claims the container "runs as non-root user (uid 1000)" — **checked and
+  false**: the Dockerfile has no `USER` directive, so the container runs as root.
+  Not fixed here (out of scope for a docs normalization pass); flagging so it isn't
+  restated as fact.

governance/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Decisions, Questions, Rejected
+
+This directory holds structured planning records that pql parses
+into pql.db. Each record is a `### [DQR]-N: Title` heading inside
+a markdown file. Files live in three per-type subdirectories:
+
+- `decisions/<domain>.md` — confirmed design decisions
+- `questions/<domain>.md` — open questions that may resolve into
+  decisions or rejected proposals
+- `rejected/<domain>.md` — rejected proposals (kept for the audit
+  trail)
+
+The parser infers domain from the filename stem and record type
+from the parent subdirectory.
+
+D-records that propose implementation work link to `initiative`-type
+tickets via `decision_ref`. Run `pql decisions show <id>
+--with-tickets` to inspect implementation status.
+
+## Recommended domains
+
+Start with this canonical set; create files as records land in
+each domain:
+
+- **architecture** — structural commitments (storage, layering,
+  languages, libraries)
+- **process** — team workflow (commits, branches, releases, reviews)
+- **design** — user-facing surface (UX, UI, public APIs)
+- **coding-conventions** — team-internal code shape (style, lint,
+  file layout)
+- **testing** — quality strategy (coverage, layers, gates)
+
+You might also want, project-permitting:
+
+- `accessibility` — if you ship user-facing software
+- `security` — if you handle user data or network surfaces
+- `licensing` — if you release open-source or commercial
+- `documentation` — if user-docs are non-trivial
+- `deployment` — if shipping is non-trivial
+- `performance` — if you have perf budgets / SLOs
+
+<!-- pql:records (auto-generated; do not edit manually) -->
+
+## Decisions
+
+- _(none)_
+
+## Open questions
+
+- _(none)_
+
+## Rejected
+
+- _(none)_

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "core-api"
-version = "1.10.12"
+version = "1.11.0"
 description = "Core Code API - Infrastructure management and tools API"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

src/domains/tools/controller.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ from src.domains.tools.system.schemas import SystemStatsResponse
 from src.domains.tools.system.service import SystemStatsService
 from src.domains.tools.environment.schemas import EnvironmentResponse
 from src.domains.tools.environment.service import EnvironmentService
+from src.domains.tools.news.schemas import NewsResponse
+from src.domains.tools.news.service import NewsService
 from src.domains.auth.oidc import get_optional_user
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ class ToolsController(BaseController):
         self.dns_service = DNSService()
         self.system_stats_service = SystemStatsService()
         self.environment_service = EnvironmentService()
+        self.news_service = NewsService()
 
     def create_router(self) -> APIRouter:
         """Create and configure the router"""
@@ -213,6 +216,65 @@ class ToolsController(BaseController):
                     detail=f"Failed to fetch environment data: {str(e)}"
                 )
 
+        @router.get(
+            "/news",
+            response_model=NewsResponse,
+            status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK,
+            summary="Get news headlines",
+            description="""
+            Get news headlines for the authenticated user.
+
+            Fetches news data from the Qdrant volatile collection for the authenticated user.
+            Falls back to 'default' user if not authenticated.
+
+            **Data Returned:**
+            - **Headlines:** List of news headlines with title, description, source, url
+            - **Category:** News category (general, technology, etc.)
+            - **Sources:** List of news sources
+
+            **Data Source:** Qdrant volatile_{user} collection (news namespace)
+
+            **Use Cases:**
+            - Dashboard news ticker
+            - News feed widgets
+            - Information display
+            """
+        )
+        async def get_news(
+            user: Optional[Dict] = Depends(get_optional_user),
+        ) -> NewsResponse:
+            """
+            Get news headlines
+
+            Args:
+                user: Optional authenticated user from OIDC
+
+            Returns:
+                News headlines response
+
+            Raises:
+                HTTPException: 500 for processing errors
+            """
+            try:
+                # Get user identifier from OIDC claims, fallback to 'default'
+                user_id = "default"
+                if user:
+                    user_id = user.get("preferred_username") or user.get("sub", "default")
+                    # Strip email domain if present (e.g., "user@example.com" -> "user")
+                    if "@" in user_id:
+                        user_id = user_id.split("@")[0]
+
+                logger.info(f"Fetching news data for user: {user_id}")
+                result = await self.news_service.get_news(user_id)
+                return result
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Failed to get news data: {str(e)}", exc_info=True)
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                    detail=f"Failed to fetch news data: {str(e)}"
+                )
+
         return router
 
 

src/domains/tools/news/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""
+News subdomain for Tools.
+
+Provides news headlines from Qdrant volatile collection.
+"""

src/domains/tools/news/schemas.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+"""
+News data schemas for Tools domain.
+
+Provides Pydantic models for news headlines retrieved from the Qdrant volatile collection.
+"""
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional, List
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from src.shared.base import BaseSchema
+
+
+class NewsHeadline(BaseSchema):
+    """Single news headline."""
+
+    title: str = Field(
+        ...,
+        description="Headline title"
+    )
+    description: Optional[str] = Field(
+        None,
+        description="Brief description or summary"
+    )
+    source: Optional[str] = Field(
+        None,
+        description="News source name"
+    )
+    url: Optional[str] = Field(
+        None,
+        description="Link to full article"
+    )
+
+
+class NewsResponse(BaseSchema):
+    """News headlines response."""
+
+    headlines: List[NewsHeadline] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        description="List of news headlines"
+    )
+    category: Optional[str] = Field(
+        None,
+        description="News category (e.g., 'general', 'technology')"
+    )
+    sources: Optional[List[str]] = Field(
+        None,
+        description="List of source names"
+    )
+    updated_at: datetime = Field(
+        default_factory=datetime.utcnow,
+        description="Timestamp when data was fetched"
+    )
+    user: Optional[str] = Field(
+        None,
+        description="User identifier used for data lookup"
+    )

src/domains/tools/news/service.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""
+News data service for Tools domain.
+
+Fetches news headlines from the Qdrant volatile collection.
+"""
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, List
+
+from src.shared.logging import get_logger
+from src.shared.clients.qdrant_client import get_qdrant_client
+from src.domains.tools.news.schemas import (
+    NewsHeadline,
+    NewsResponse,
+)
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class NewsService:
+    """
+    Service for fetching news data from Qdrant volatile collection.
+
+    Retrieves news headlines for a specific user.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize news service with Qdrant client."""
+        self.qdrant = get_qdrant_client()
+
+    def _parse_headlines(self, raw_data: Any) -> List[NewsHeadline]:
+        """
+        Parse raw news data into list of NewsHeadline schemas.
+
+        Handles various formats from different news sources.
+        """
+        if not raw_data:
+            return []
+
+        try:
+            # Handle dict with nested headlines list
+            headlines_list = raw_data
+            if isinstance(raw_data, dict):
+                headlines_list = raw_data.get("headlines") or raw_data.get("articles") or []
+
+            if not isinstance(headlines_list, list):
+                return []
+
+            headlines = []
+            for item in headlines_list:
+                if isinstance(item, dict):
+                    headlines.append(NewsHeadline(
+                        title=item.get("title", ""),
+                        description=item.get("description") or item.get("summary"),
+                        source=item.get("source") or item.get("provider"),
+                        url=item.get("url") or item.get("link"),
+                    ))
+                elif isinstance(item, str):
+                    # Simple string headlines
+                    headlines.append(NewsHeadline(title=item))
+
+            return headlines
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to parse news headlines: {e}")
+            return []
+
+    async def get_news(self, user: str = "default") -> NewsResponse:
+        """
+        Get news headlines for a user.
+
+        Fetches news from the user's volatile collection.
+
+        Args:
+            user: User identifier (default: 'default')
+
+        Returns:
+            NewsResponse with headlines
+        """
+        logger.info(f"Fetching news data for user: {user}")
+
+        # Get raw data from Qdrant
+        news_records = await self.qdrant.get_by_namespace(user, "news")
+
+        headlines = []
+        category = None
+        sources = None
+
+        if news_records:
+            raw_data = news_records[0].get("raw_data", {})
+            headlines = self._parse_headlines(raw_data)
+            if isinstance(raw_data, dict):
+                category = raw_data.get("category")
+                sources = raw_data.get("sources")
+
+        return NewsResponse(
+            headlines=headlines,
+            category=category,
+            sources=sources,
+            updated_at=datetime.utcnow(),
+            user=user,
+        )
+
+
+# Singleton instance
+_news_service: Optional[NewsService] = None
+
+
+def get_news_service() -> NewsService:
+    """Get or create singleton news service instance."""
+    global _news_service
+    if _news_service is None:
+        _news_service = NewsService()
+    return _news_service