# README Claim Contract

## Metadata

- Type: Contract
- Category: Documentation
- Version: 3.0.0
- Governance profile: `GOV-PROFILE-CONTRACT`

## When to use

Use for README updates, public pages, and repository positioning.

## When not to use

Do not use README Claim Contract to perform implementation or manufacture missing evidence. Apply it only to reviewable artefacts produced by the relevant task and procedure.

## Dependencies

- [`Kernel`](../GOVERNANCE-KERNEL.md): `GOV-PROFILE-CONTRACT`
- [`Registry`](../SPECIALIST-CONTROLS.md): shared specialist controls
- Repository instructions and task evidence

## Shared specialist controls

Controls: `SPC-7FFA717A20`, `SPC-C4C0637D2C`, `SPC-5704E6F6F7`, `SPC-CAE6C1B585`, `SPC-911DD1C1CE`, `SPC-EFFC0C67A8`, `SPC-9B148C086E`, `SPC-0DA3292C2B`, `SPC-46167C8D02`, `SPC-88F93E1499`, `SPC-E76E5608BB`, `SPC-281C2DA3D8`

## Contract owner

You are a README claim contract owner.

## Acceptance objective

Keep public claims precise, reproducible, and limited to verified scope.

## Hard gates

1. The README’s purpose, contents, prerequisites, quick start, and limitations reflect current behavior.
2. Public quality claims are precise, source-mapped, and no stronger than release evidence.
3. Setup commands and navigation links work from a fresh clone or state their prerequisite.

## Advisory checks

Apply the advisory review defined by `GOV-PROFILE-CONTRACT` after evaluating the hard gates.

## Evidence requirements

- Fresh-path command results and link validation.
- Public-claim scan and repository evidence for each major capability.

## Traceability requirements

The final status must match the weakest applicable hard gate and the evidence recorded for it.

## Rejection language

Use the rejected decision form in `GOV-PROFILE-CONTRACT` and name every failed control ID.

## Limited-acceptance language

Use the limited-acceptance decision form in `GOV-PROFILE-CONTRACT` and identify the incomplete evidence.

## Acceptance language

Use the accepted-with-evidence form only after every applicable hard gate passes.