diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 946c69f..550db9c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ subscription inference. Epiphany and Ghostlight remain separate minds. They
 derive their own exact provider requests, execute their own tools, interpret
 their own results, and admit their own state.
 
+**Valuable here:** the consumer ABI in `src/lib.rs`. It holds the v2 typed contracts (`CodexProviderRequest`, `CodexTransportInvocation`, `CodexTransportReceipt`), exact Responses lowering (`canonical_responses_body`), AES-256-GCM envelopes (`encrypt_invocation`, `decrypt_result`) and the one-request client (`CodexConnectorClient`). The daemon behind it (`src/daemon.rs`, `src/provider_backend.rs`) is the only process that ever holds the Codex credential.
+
+**Problem it solves:** several minds (Epiphany, Ghostlight) need Codex-compatible subscription inference, but must not each hold or refresh the credential, copy wire law, or hand cognition to a transport service. The connector isolates the credential and transports exact provider requests with receipts, and decides nothing about prompts or tools.
+
+**Entry points:** library `src/lib.rs` (no daemon code, safe to depend on); daemon feature `--features daemon`, binary `codex-connector` (`src/main.rs`); Idunn declaration `deployment/idunn/recipe.toml`, deployed with `idunn up codex-connector`; verification commands are listed below.
+
+**Status:** live as the library plus the daemon and its Idunn recipe, last changed 2026-09-13. This repo records no planned work; changes to the contract below are the open surface.
+
 The service owns authenticated caller admission, bounded transport physiology,
 exact provider-request receipts, and redacted CultMesh health. A private pinned
 official `codex app-server` child is the sole writer and refresh authority for
diff --git a/deployment/idunn/recipe.toml b/deployment/idunn/recipe.toml
index 06bcce0..f46a4b5 100644
--- a/deployment/idunn/recipe.toml
+++ b/deployment/idunn/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 schema = "gamecult.idunn.target_declaration.v1"
 target = "codex-connector"
 source_stamp_environment = "CODEX_CONNECTOR_BUILD_COMMIT"
-required_gitlinks = ["vendor/cultcache-rs", "vendor/cultnet-rs"]
 
 [[steps]]
 id = "extract-codex"
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ required_environment = [
   "GAMECULT_IDUNN_PROCESS_WRITE_LEASE",
   "GAMECULT_IDUNN_RUNTIME_BUNDLE",
 ]
-optional_environment = ["RUST_LOG"]
 
 [service.health]
 contract = "codex-connector.runtime-health.v1"