refactor(tooling): T-1273 — the Blender carve-out, and a guard that keeps it carved
35 payloads move to tooling/scripts/blender/ and stay outside package scope. They run under Blender's bundled Python, which cannot see the repo venv, so they physically cannot import tooling.core — holding them to the D-263 contract would either fail the gate forever or force the contract to be weakened for everyone, and the second is how a gate stops meaning anything. Count verified by import rather than filename: 33 import bpy/bmesh directly, and the two that do not are still payloads per their own usage lines. garment-fit/make_logo.py is the one genuine non-payload and stays for T-1290. The bash wrapper is retired rather than kept. Keeping it would have put the install-resolution logic in two places, which is the duplication T-1286 had just finished collapsing three copies of. domains/blender/service.py owns the decisions — resolve_blender (native beats flatpak, ordering preserved), resolve_payload, absolutise — and only run_payload performs. test_blender.py pins all of them without launching Blender, which matters here more than usual: the thing being launched is a 200 MB GUI application that writes GLBs. `reach blender run` takes a registered payload name OR a path to any script, because the wrapper served both — the spikes and the glb-gen skill hand it one-off scripts of their own. An unknown name enumerates all 35 and exits 2. The exclusion now defends itself. check_carve_out_stays_carved fails if `scripts` is added to PACKAGE_ROOTS, if the payload directory empties (an empty exclusion proves nothing), or if an __init__.py appears there (which would make the payloads importable — the coupling the carve-out exists to prevent). All three arms mutation-proved. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Standard port acceptance as on T-1281/T-1286. Check `__file__`-relative roots
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before moving anything — five silent failures so far.', NULL, '2026-09-02 16:19:29', '2026-09-02 16:19:29.675', '2026-09-02 16:19:29.675', NULL, '24b375349147ca97fec304c70086e503', 2) ON CONFLICT(hash) DO NOTHING;
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INSERT INTO ticket_history (ticket_record_id, field, old_value, new_value, changed_by, changed_at, created_at, updated_at, deleted_at, hash, canonical_version) VALUES ('06G5FZDN9YBP0MZ021N3TJCFXM', 'description', 'The one legitimate exception to the no-tooling-outside-reach rule, and it needs to be written down as such rather than discovered later as an inconsistency. The blender_*.py files (14 at top level by the survey, not the 35 the epic states — verify the true count against subdirectories before moving) run under Blender''s BUNDLED Python interpreter, which has no access to the repo venv and cannot import tooling.core. They are payloads, not modules. Deliverables: move them to tooling/scripts/blender/ as a clearly-marked payload directory; keep tooling/blender as the bash wrapper that invokes Blender with a payload; front the whole thing with reach so the user-facing form is a normal verb. The payload directory is EXCLUDED from the conformance test''s package scope — those files legitimately use bare print() and cannot carry @command, and holding them to a contract they physically cannot satisfy would either fail the gate forever or force the contract to be weakened for everyone. Record the exclusion in the test with the reason inline, so the next person does not read it as an oversight and ''fix'' it. This carve-out is also one of the two exceptions T-1255 must name in the CLAUDE.md rule; the other is the Rust crates.
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CORRECTED 2026-08-31 by T-1271: the carve-out is 35 files, and the count in this ticket (which said 14 at top level, doubting the epic''s 35) was WRONG. 13 blender_*.py are at top level and 22 more are inside tooling/garment-fit/, which is a Blender payload directory wearing a domain''s name — 22 of its 23 files are blender_author_*. The epic''s figure of 35 was right. Practical consequence: garment-fit/ mostly moves to tooling/scripts/blender/ rather than becoming a character domain, so this ticket and the character port must be sequenced together or they will fight over the same directory.', 'The one legitimate exception to the no-tooling-outside-reach rule, and it needs to be written down as such rather than discovered later as an inconsistency. The blender_*.py files (14 at top level by the survey, not the 35 the epic states — verify the true count against subdirectories before moving) run under Blender''s BUNDLED Python interpreter, which has no access to the repo venv and cannot import tooling.core. They are payloads, not modules. Deliverables: move them to tooling/scripts/blender/ as a clearly-marked payload directory; keep tooling/blender as the bash wrapper that invokes Blender with a payload; front the whole thing with reach so the user-facing form is a normal verb. The payload directory is EXCLUDED from the conformance test''s package scope — those files legitimately use bare print() and cannot carry @command, and holding them to a contract they physically cannot satisfy would either fail the gate forever or force the contract to be weakened for everyone. Record the exclusion in the test with the reason inline, so the next person does not read it as an oversight and ''fix'' it. This carve-out is also one of the two exceptions T-1255 must name in the CLAUDE.md rule; the other is the Rust crates.
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CORRECTED 2026-08-31 by T-1271: the carve-out is 35 files, and the count in this ticket (which said 14 at top level, doubting the epic''s 35) was WRONG. 13 blender_*.py are at top level and 22 more are inside tooling/garment-fit/, which is a Blender payload directory wearing a domain''s name — 22 of its 23 files are blender_author_*. The epic''s figure of 35 was right. Practical consequence: garment-fit/ mostly moves to tooling/scripts/blender/ rather than becoming a character domain, so this ticket and the character port must be sequenced together or they will fight over the same directory.
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Done. 35 payloads carved out to `tooling/scripts/blender/`, fronted by
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`reach blender`, and the exclusion now defends itself.
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COUNT CONFIRMED at 35, matching the epic and the 2026-08-31 correction: 13
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top-level `blender_*.py` + 22 in `garment-fit/`. Verified by import rather than
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by filename — 33 of the 35 import `bpy`/`bmesh` directly, and the two that do
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not (`blender_process_bodies`, `blender_rebuild_forks`) are still payloads, run
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via `--python` per their own usage lines. `garment-fit/make_logo.py` is the one
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genuine non-payload (PIL, no bpy) and stays put for the character port (T-1290),
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which will find `garment-fit/` holding exactly one file.
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THE WRAPPER WAS RETIRED, NOT KEPT. The ticket said keep `tooling/blender` as
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bash and front it with reach; that would have put the install-resolution logic
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in two places, which is the duplication T-1286 had just finished collapsing
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three copies of. Instead `domains/blender/service.py` owns the decisions —
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`resolve_blender()` (native beats flatpak, ordering preserved from the
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original), `resolve_payload()`, `absolutise()` — and only `run_payload()`
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performs. `test_blender.py` pins all of them without launching Blender, which
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matters more here than for the environment scripts: the thing being launched is
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a 200 MB GUI application that writes GLBs.
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`run` takes EITHER a registered payload name OR a path to any script, because
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the wrapper served both: our 35 by name, and one-off scripts by path (the
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spikes and `.claude/skills/glb-gen/` do exactly that). Unknown names enumerate
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all 35 and exit 2.
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THE EXCLUSION IS NOW SELF-DEFENDING (`check_carve_out_stays_carved`), because
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the ticket is right that it reads like an oversight. Three arms, all
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mutation-proved:
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- `scripts` added to PACKAGE_ROOTS -> fails, naming the reason
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- the payload directory emptied -> fails ("an empty exclusion proves nothing")
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- `tooling/scripts/__init__.py` created -> fails (that would make the payloads
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importable, which is the coupling the carve-out exists to prevent)
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Callers repointed: 14 spike/skill scripts, `.claude/skills/glb-gen/scripts/postprocess`,
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and 3 paths in `docs/architecture/character-asset-organization.md`.
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Gate: `ruff check tooling/` clean, `make test-tooling` PASS (13 checks),
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`test_lazy_domains` now sees 10 domains.', NULL, '2026-09-02 18:55:28', '2026-09-02 18:55:28.421', '2026-09-02 18:55:28.421', NULL, '1352ceb77da9a63b23ee98f26fa76b1e', 2) ON CONFLICT(hash) DO NOTHING;
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Standard port acceptance as on T-1281/T-1286. Check `__file__`-relative roots
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before moving anything — five silent failures so far.', 'backlog', 'medium', NULL, 'tooling', 'D-263', '2026-09-02 16:17:45.770', '2026-09-02 16:19:29.675', NULL, '8b7c1faf88c3c056d1d8690ec23e0d4b', 2) ON CONFLICT(record_id) DO UPDATE SET type=excluded.type, parent_record_id=excluded.parent_record_id, title=excluded.title, description=excluded.description, status=excluded.status, priority=excluded.priority, assigned_to=excluded.assigned_to, team=excluded.team, decision_ref=excluded.decision_ref, updated_at=excluded.updated_at, deleted_at=excluded.deleted_at, hash=excluded.hash, canonical_version=excluded.canonical_version WHERE excluded.updated_at >= tickets.updated_at;
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INSERT INTO tickets (record_id, type, parent_record_id, title, description, status, priority, assigned_to, team, decision_ref, created_at, updated_at, deleted_at, hash, canonical_version) VALUES ('06G5FZDN9YBP0MZ021N3TJCFXM', 'task', '06G1S3D0M1TQW0GMFBBPQZG3ZM', 'The Blender carve-out — payloads that must never import the package', 'The one legitimate exception to the no-tooling-outside-reach rule, and it needs to be written down as such rather than discovered later as an inconsistency. The blender_*.py files (14 at top level by the survey, not the 35 the epic states — verify the true count against subdirectories before moving) run under Blender''s BUNDLED Python interpreter, which has no access to the repo venv and cannot import tooling.core. They are payloads, not modules. Deliverables: move them to tooling/scripts/blender/ as a clearly-marked payload directory; keep tooling/blender as the bash wrapper that invokes Blender with a payload; front the whole thing with reach so the user-facing form is a normal verb. The payload directory is EXCLUDED from the conformance test''s package scope — those files legitimately use bare print() and cannot carry @command, and holding them to a contract they physically cannot satisfy would either fail the gate forever or force the contract to be weakened for everyone. Record the exclusion in the test with the reason inline, so the next person does not read it as an oversight and ''fix'' it. This carve-out is also one of the two exceptions T-1255 must name in the CLAUDE.md rule; the other is the Rust crates.
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CORRECTED 2026-08-31 by T-1271: the carve-out is 35 files, and the count in this ticket (which said 14 at top level, doubting the epic''s 35) was WRONG. 13 blender_*.py are at top level and 22 more are inside tooling/garment-fit/, which is a Blender payload directory wearing a domain''s name — 22 of its 23 files are blender_author_*. The epic''s figure of 35 was right. Practical consequence: garment-fit/ mostly moves to tooling/scripts/blender/ rather than becoming a character domain, so this ticket and the character port must be sequenced together or they will fight over the same directory.
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Done. 35 payloads carved out to `tooling/scripts/blender/`, fronted by
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`reach blender`, and the exclusion now defends itself.
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COUNT CONFIRMED at 35, matching the epic and the 2026-08-31 correction: 13
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top-level `blender_*.py` + 22 in `garment-fit/`. Verified by import rather than
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by filename — 33 of the 35 import `bpy`/`bmesh` directly, and the two that do
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not (`blender_process_bodies`, `blender_rebuild_forks`) are still payloads, run
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via `--python` per their own usage lines. `garment-fit/make_logo.py` is the one
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genuine non-payload (PIL, no bpy) and stays put for the character port (T-1290),
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which will find `garment-fit/` holding exactly one file.
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THE WRAPPER WAS RETIRED, NOT KEPT. The ticket said keep `tooling/blender` as
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bash and front it with reach; that would have put the install-resolution logic
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in two places, which is the duplication T-1286 had just finished collapsing
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three copies of. Instead `domains/blender/service.py` owns the decisions —
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`resolve_blender()` (native beats flatpak, ordering preserved from the
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original), `resolve_payload()`, `absolutise()` — and only `run_payload()`
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performs. `test_blender.py` pins all of them without launching Blender, which
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matters more here than for the environment scripts: the thing being launched is
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a 200 MB GUI application that writes GLBs.
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`run` takes EITHER a registered payload name OR a path to any script, because
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the wrapper served both: our 35 by name, and one-off scripts by path (the
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spikes and `.claude/skills/glb-gen/` do exactly that). Unknown names enumerate
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all 35 and exit 2.
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THE EXCLUSION IS NOW SELF-DEFENDING (`check_carve_out_stays_carved`), because
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the ticket is right that it reads like an oversight. Three arms, all
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mutation-proved:
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- `scripts` added to PACKAGE_ROOTS -> fails, naming the reason
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- the payload directory emptied -> fails ("an empty exclusion proves nothing")
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- `tooling/scripts/__init__.py` created -> fails (that would make the payloads
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importable, which is the coupling the carve-out exists to prevent)
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Callers repointed: 14 spike/skill scripts, `.claude/skills/glb-gen/scripts/postprocess`,
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and 3 paths in `docs/architecture/character-asset-organization.md`.
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Gate: `ruff check tooling/` clean, `make test-tooling` PASS (13 checks),
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`test_lazy_domains` now sees 10 domains.', 'backlog', 'medium', NULL, NULL, 'D-263', '2026-08-31 13:23:59.951', '2026-09-02 18:55:28.420', NULL, '91aecb3a1f9b14628aead43f7517aea9', 2) ON CONFLICT(record_id) DO UPDATE SET type=excluded.type, parent_record_id=excluded.parent_record_id, title=excluded.title, description=excluded.description, status=excluded.status, priority=excluded.priority, assigned_to=excluded.assigned_to, team=excluded.team, decision_ref=excluded.decision_ref, updated_at=excluded.updated_at, deleted_at=excluded.deleted_at, hash=excluded.hash, canonical_version=excluded.canonical_version WHERE excluded.updated_at >= tickets.updated_at;
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CORRECTED 2026-08-31 by T-1271: the carve-out is 35 files, and the count in this ticket (which said 14 at top level, doubting the epic''s 35) was WRONG. 13 blender_*.py are at top level and 22 more are inside tooling/garment-fit/, which is a Blender payload directory wearing a domain''s name — 22 of its 23 files are blender_author_*. The epic''s figure of 35 was right. Practical consequence: garment-fit/ mostly moves to tooling/scripts/blender/ rather than becoming a character domain, so this ticket and the character port must be sequenced together or they will fight over the same directory.
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Done. 35 payloads carved out to `tooling/scripts/blender/`, fronted by
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`reach blender`, and the exclusion now defends itself.
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COUNT CONFIRMED at 35, matching the epic and the 2026-08-31 correction: 13
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top-level `blender_*.py` + 22 in `garment-fit/`. Verified by import rather than
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by filename — 33 of the 35 import `bpy`/`bmesh` directly, and the two that do
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not (`blender_process_bodies`, `blender_rebuild_forks`) are still payloads, run
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via `--python` per their own usage lines. `garment-fit/make_logo.py` is the one
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genuine non-payload (PIL, no bpy) and stays put for the character port (T-1290),
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which will find `garment-fit/` holding exactly one file.
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THE WRAPPER WAS RETIRED, NOT KEPT. The ticket said keep `tooling/blender` as
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bash and front it with reach; that would have put the install-resolution logic
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in two places, which is the duplication T-1286 had just finished collapsing
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three copies of. Instead `domains/blender/service.py` owns the decisions —
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`resolve_blender()` (native beats flatpak, ordering preserved from the
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original), `resolve_payload()`, `absolutise()` — and only `run_payload()`
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performs. `test_blender.py` pins all of them without launching Blender, which
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matters more here than for the environment scripts: the thing being launched is
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a 200 MB GUI application that writes GLBs.
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`run` takes EITHER a registered payload name OR a path to any script, because
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the wrapper served both: our 35 by name, and one-off scripts by path (the
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spikes and `.claude/skills/glb-gen/` do exactly that). Unknown names enumerate
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all 35 and exit 2.
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THE EXCLUSION IS NOW SELF-DEFENDING (`check_carve_out_stays_carved`), because
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the ticket is right that it reads like an oversight. Three arms, all
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mutation-proved:
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- `scripts` added to PACKAGE_ROOTS -> fails, naming the reason
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- the payload directory emptied -> fails ("an empty exclusion proves nothing")
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- `tooling/scripts/__init__.py` created -> fails (that would make the payloads
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importable, which is the coupling the carve-out exists to prevent)
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Callers repointed: 14 spike/skill scripts, `.claude/skills/glb-gen/scripts/postprocess`,
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and 3 paths in `docs/architecture/character-asset-organization.md`.
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Gate: `ruff check tooling/` clean, `make test-tooling` PASS (13 checks),
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`test_lazy_domains` now sees 10 domains.', 'done', 'medium', NULL, NULL, 'D-263', '2026-08-31 13:23:59.951', '2026-09-02 18:55:28.441', NULL, '41fbc2c73d4d33a6f6224cf6e97f7aac', 2) ON CONFLICT(record_id) DO UPDATE SET type=excluded.type, parent_record_id=excluded.parent_record_id, title=excluded.title, description=excluded.description, status=excluded.status, priority=excluded.priority, assigned_to=excluded.assigned_to, team=excluded.team, decision_ref=excluded.decision_ref, updated_at=excluded.updated_at, deleted_at=excluded.deleted_at, hash=excluded.hash, canonical_version=excluded.canonical_version WHERE excluded.updated_at >= tickets.updated_at;
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