diff --git a/epiphany-core/src/bin/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke.rs b/epiphany-core/src/bin/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c82592fb..00000000
--- a/epiphany-core/src/bin/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,514 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::Context;
-use anyhow::Result;
-use anyhow::anyhow;
-use chrono::Utc;
-use serde_json::Value;
-use serde_json::json;
-use std::env;
-use std::fs;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::process::Command;
-
-fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let args = Args::parse()?;
-    let result = run_smoke(args)?;
-    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&result)?);
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-struct Args {
-    root: PathBuf,
-    smoke_root: PathBuf,
-    keep: bool,
-}
-
-impl Args {
-    fn parse() -> Result<Self> {
-        let mut root = env::current_dir().context("failed to resolve current directory")?;
-        let mut smoke_root = root.join(".epiphany-smoke");
-        let mut keep = false;
-        let mut args = env::args().skip(1).peekable();
-        while let Some(arg) = args.next() {
-            match arg.as_str() {
-                "--root" => root = take_path(&mut args, "--root")?,
-                "--smoke-root" => smoke_root = take_path(&mut args, "--smoke-root")?,
-                "--keep" => keep = true,
-                other => return Err(anyhow!("unexpected argument {other:?}")),
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(Self {
-            root,
-            smoke_root,
-            keep,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-fn run_smoke(args: Args) -> Result<Value> {
-    let root = args
-        .root
-        .canonicalize()
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to resolve {}", args.root.display()))?;
-    let manifest = root.join("epiphany-core").join("Cargo.toml");
-    if !manifest.exists() {
-        return Err(anyhow!(
-            "could not find epiphany-core manifest at {}",
-            manifest.display()
-        ));
-    }
-    fs::create_dir_all(&args.smoke_root)
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to create {}", args.smoke_root.display()))?;
-    let stamp = Utc::now().format("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S").to_string();
-    let smoke_dir = args.smoke_root.join(format!("fresh-repo-mvp-{stamp}"));
-    if smoke_dir.exists() {
-        fs::remove_dir_all(&smoke_dir)
-            .with_context(|| format!("failed to clear {}", smoke_dir.display()))?;
-    }
-    fs::create_dir_all(&smoke_dir)
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to create {}", smoke_dir.display()))?;
-
-    let origin = smoke_dir.join("origin.git");
-    let repo = smoke_dir.join("repo-body");
-    git(["init", "--bare", path_str(&origin)?], &root)?;
-    git(["clone", path_str(&origin)?, path_str(&repo)?], &root)?;
-    git(
-        ["config", "user.email", "epiphany-smoke@example.invalid"],
-        &repo,
-    )?;
-    git(["config", "user.name", "Epiphany Smoke"], &repo)?;
-    git(["switch", "-c", "main"], &repo)?;
-    fs::write(
-        repo.join("README.md"),
-        "# Fresh Repo MVP Smoke\n\nThis repository starts empty enough for Epiphany to prove birth.\n",
-    )
-    .with_context(|| format!("failed to seed {}", repo.join("README.md").display()))?;
-    git(["add", "README.md"], &repo)?;
-    git(["commit", "-m", "Seed fresh repo body"], &repo)?;
-    git(["push", "-u", "origin", "main"], &repo)?;
-
-    let item = "fresh-repo-mvp";
-    let runtime_id = "repo-swarm-fresh-mvp";
-    let local_verse = repo.join(".epiphany").join("local-verse.ccmp");
-    let init = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-repo",
-        &[
-            "init",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--epiphany-root",
-            path_str(&root)?,
-            "--swarm-id",
-            "fresh-repo-smoke",
-            "--topic",
-            "mvp-proof",
-            "--switch-branch",
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let online = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-swarm",
-        &[
-            "online",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--epiphany-root",
-            path_str(&root)?,
-            "--runtime-id",
-            runtime_id,
-            "--local-verse-store",
-            path_str(&local_verse)?,
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let intake = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &[
-            "persona-intake",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--epiphany-root",
-            path_str(&root)?,
-            "--runtime-id",
-            runtime_id,
-            "--item",
-            item,
-            "--message",
-            "Please prove this fresh repository can carry an Epiphany branch-local status update from Persona pressure to verified proof.",
-            "--topic",
-            "fresh-repo-mvp",
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let plan = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &[
-            "derive-plan",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--item",
-            item,
-            "--action-family",
-            "repo-status-section",
-            "--model-ref",
-            "fresh-repo-mvp-smoke-imagination-v1",
-            "--model-authored",
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let pre_run_overview = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &["overview", "--workspace", path_str(&repo)?, "--item", item],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let swarm_run = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-swarm",
-        &[
-            "run",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--epiphany-root",
-            path_str(&root)?,
-            "--runtime-id",
-            runtime_id,
-            "--local-verse-store",
-            path_str(&local_verse)?,
-            "--max-iterations",
-            "4",
-            "--max-items",
-            "1",
-            "--cooldown-seconds",
-            "0",
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let close_receipt = repo
-        .join(".epiphany")
-        .join("work")
-        .join(format!("work-close-{item}.json"));
-    let close = read_json(&close_receipt)?;
-    let publish = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &[
-            "publish",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--epiphany-root",
-            path_str(&root)?,
-            "--item",
-            item,
-            "--closure-receipt",
-            path_str(&close_receipt)?,
-            "--local-verse-store",
-            path_str(&local_verse)?,
-            "--change-summary",
-            "Fresh-repo MVP smoke branch-local status proof.",
-            "--justification",
-            "Disposable maintainer review for the native fresh-repo MVP smoke.",
-            "--ledger-entry-id",
-            "fresh-repo-mvp-smoke-ledger",
-            "--pull-request-url",
-            "https://example.invalid/GameCult/fresh-repo-mvp-smoke/pull/1",
-            "--pull-request-number",
-            "1",
-            "--pull-request-title",
-            "Fresh repo MVP smoke proof",
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-
-    git(["push", "origin", "HEAD:main"], &repo)?;
-    git(["fetch", "origin", "main"], &repo)?;
-    let publish_receipt = repo
-        .join(".epiphany")
-        .join("work")
-        .join(format!("work-publish-{item}.json"));
-    let sync = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &[
-            "sync",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--item",
-            item,
-            "--publish-receipt",
-            path_str(&publish_receipt)?,
-            "--upstream-ref",
-            "origin/main",
-            "--merge-receipt",
-            "maintainer-merge:fresh-repo-mvp-smoke",
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let overview = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &["overview", "--workspace", path_str(&repo)?, "--item", item],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-    let export = cargo_json(
-        &manifest,
-        "epiphany-work",
-        &[
-            "export-proof",
-            "--workspace",
-            path_str(&repo)?,
-            "--item",
-            item,
-            "--local-verse-store",
-            path_str(&local_verse)?,
-            "--runtime-id",
-            runtime_id,
-        ],
-        &root,
-    )?;
-
-    require_eq(&close, &["status"], "closed")?;
-    require_eq(&close, &["soul", "verdict"], "passed")?;
-    require_eq(
-        &close,
-        &["closureReview", "familyAssertions", "status"],
-        "passed",
-    )?;
-    require_eq(
-        &swarm_run,
-        &["stopClassification", "schemaVersion"],
-        "epiphany.repo_swarm_run_stop_classification.v0",
-    )?;
-    require_eq(
-        &swarm_run,
-        &["stopClassification", "category"],
-        "iteration-limit",
-    )?;
-    require_eq(&swarm_run, &["stopClassification", "owner"], "Self")?;
-    require_eq(
-        &swarm_run,
-        &["stopClassification", "authorityGate"],
-        "self.scheduler-iteration-limit",
-    )?;
-    require_bool(&swarm_run, &["stopClassification", "mutatesState"], false)?;
-    require_bool(
-        &swarm_run,
-        &["stopClassification", "requiresElevatedAuthority"],
-        false,
-    )?;
-    require_bool(
-        &swarm_run,
-        &["stopClassification", "privateStateExposed"],
-        false,
-    )?;
-    require_eq(&publish, &["status"], "publication-receipts-recorded")?;
-    require_eq(&sync, &["status"], "upstream-main-synced")?;
-    require_eq(&export, &["status"], "public-proof-exported")?;
-    require_non_empty(&intake, &["memoryRecallStatus"])?;
-    require_non_empty(&intake, &["memoryRecallCacheStatus"])?;
-    require_non_empty(&intake, &["interpreterDynamicRecallStatus"])?;
-    require_non_empty(&intake, &["interpreterDynamicRecallCacheStatus"])?;
-    require_non_empty(&intake, &["weksaLoweringReceiptId"])?;
-    require_bool(&intake, &["privateStateExposed"], false)?;
-    require_bool(&overview, &["privateStateExposed"], false)?;
-    require_bool(&export, &["privateStateExposed"], false)?;
-    let close_private = close
-        .pointer("/authority/privateStateExposed")
-        .and_then(Value::as_bool)
-        .unwrap_or(false);
-    if close_private {
-        return Err(anyhow!("close receipt exposed private state"));
-    }
-    let commit_sha = close
-        .pointer("/handsReceipts/commitSha")
-        .and_then(Value::as_str)
-        .unwrap_or("unknown")
-        .to_string();
-    let final_summary = json!({
-        "schemaVersion": "epiphany.repo_swarm_fresh_repo_mvp_smoke.v0",
-        "status": "ok",
-        "smokeDir": smoke_dir,
-        "repo": repo,
-        "origin": origin,
-        "item": item,
-        "branch": git_output(["branch", "--show-current"], &repo)?,
-        "commitSha": commit_sha,
-        "initStatus": init["status"],
-        "onlineStatus": online["status"],
-        "personaIntakeStatus": intake["status"],
-        "personaMemoryRecallStatus": intake["memoryRecallStatus"],
-        "personaMemoryRecallCacheStatus": intake["memoryRecallCacheStatus"],
-        "personaMemoryRecallHitCount": intake["memoryRecallHitCount"],
-        "personaInterpreterDynamicRecallStatus": intake["interpreterDynamicRecallStatus"],
-        "personaInterpreterDynamicRecallCacheStatus": intake["interpreterDynamicRecallCacheStatus"],
-        "personaInterpreterDynamicRecallHitCount": intake["interpreterDynamicRecallHitCount"],
-        "weksaLoweringReceiptId": intake["weksaLoweringReceiptId"],
-        "planStatus": plan["status"],
-        "preRunOverviewGate": pre_run_overview["gate"],
-        "preRunOverviewBlocker": pre_run_overview["blocker"],
-        "swarmRunStatus": swarm_run["status"],
-        "swarmRunStopCategory": swarm_run["stopClassification"]["category"],
-        "swarmRunStopOwner": swarm_run["stopClassification"]["owner"],
-        "swarmRunStopGate": swarm_run["stopClassification"]["authorityGate"],
-        "closeStatus": close["status"],
-        "soulVerdict": close["soul"]["verdict"],
-        "familyAssertionsStatus": close["closureReview"]["familyAssertions"]["status"],
-        "publishStatus": publish["status"],
-        "syncStatus": sync["status"],
-        "upstreamMainSynced": sync["authority"]["upstreamMainSynced"],
-        "overviewGate": overview["gate"],
-        "overviewBlocker": overview["blocker"],
-        "publicProofStatus": export["status"],
-        "publicProofArtifact": export["outputPath"],
-        "privateStateExposed": false,
-        "kept": args.keep
-    });
-    let summary_path = smoke_dir.join("summary.json");
-    write_json(&summary_path, &final_summary)?;
-    Ok(final_summary)
-}
-
-fn cargo_json(manifest: &Path, bin: &str, args: &[&str], cwd: &Path) -> Result<Value> {
-    let output = Command::new("cargo")
-        .arg("run")
-        .arg("--quiet")
-        .arg("--manifest-path")
-        .arg(manifest)
-        .arg("--bin")
-        .arg(bin)
-        .arg("--")
-        .args(args)
-        .current_dir(cwd)
-        .output()
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to run cargo bin {bin}"))?;
-    if !output.status.success() {
-        return Err(anyhow!(
-            "{bin} failed with status {:?}\nstdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}",
-            output.status.code(),
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
-        ));
-    }
-    serde_json::from_slice(&output.stdout).with_context(|| {
-        format!(
-            "{bin} did not emit JSON on stdout:\n{}",
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
-        )
-    })
-}
-
-fn git<const N: usize>(args: [&str; N], cwd: &Path) -> Result<()> {
-    let output = Command::new("git")
-        .args(args)
-        .current_dir(cwd)
-        .output()
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to run git in {}", cwd.display()))?;
-    if output.status.success() {
-        Ok(())
-    } else {
-        Err(anyhow!(
-            "git failed in {} with status {:?}\nstdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}",
-            cwd.display(),
-            output.status.code(),
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
-        ))
-    }
-}
-
-fn git_output<const N: usize>(args: [&str; N], cwd: &Path) -> Result<String> {
-    let output = Command::new("git")
-        .args(args)
-        .current_dir(cwd)
-        .output()
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to run git in {}", cwd.display()))?;
-    if output.status.success() {
-        Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string())
-    } else {
-        Err(anyhow!(
-            "git failed in {} with status {:?}\nstdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}",
-            cwd.display(),
-            output.status.code(),
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
-        ))
-    }
-}
-
-fn read_json(path: &Path) -> Result<Value> {
-    let bytes = fs::read(path).with_context(|| format!("failed to read {}", path.display()))?;
-    serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).with_context(|| format!("failed to parse {}", path.display()))
-}
-
-fn write_json(path: &Path, value: &Value) -> Result<()> {
-    if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
-        fs::create_dir_all(parent)
-            .with_context(|| format!("failed to create {}", parent.display()))?;
-    }
-    fs::write(path, serde_json::to_vec_pretty(value)?)
-        .with_context(|| format!("failed to write {}", path.display()))
-}
-
-fn require_eq(value: &Value, path: &[&str], expected: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let actual = path
-        .iter()
-        .try_fold(value, |current, key| current.get(*key))
-        .and_then(Value::as_str)
-        .unwrap_or("<missing>");
-    if actual == expected {
-        Ok(())
-    } else {
-        Err(anyhow!(
-            "expected {} to be {expected:?}, got {actual:?}",
-            path.join(".")
-        ))
-    }
-}
-
-fn require_bool(value: &Value, path: &[&str], expected: bool) -> Result<()> {
-    let actual = path
-        .iter()
-        .try_fold(value, |current, key| current.get(*key))
-        .and_then(Value::as_bool);
-    if actual == Some(expected) {
-        Ok(())
-    } else {
-        Err(anyhow!(
-            "expected {} to be {expected}, got {:?}",
-            path.join("."),
-            actual
-        ))
-    }
-}
-
-fn require_non_empty(value: &Value, path: &[&str]) -> Result<()> {
-    let actual = path
-        .iter()
-        .try_fold(value, |current, key| current.get(*key))
-        .and_then(Value::as_str)
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-    if actual.trim().is_empty() {
-        Err(anyhow!("expected {} to be non-empty", path.join(".")))
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-fn take_path(
-    args: &mut std::iter::Peekable<impl Iterator<Item = String>>,
-    flag: &str,
-) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-    args.next()
-        .map(PathBuf::from)
-        .with_context(|| format!("missing value for {flag}"))
-}
-
-fn path_str(path: &Path) -> Result<&str> {
-    path.to_str()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("path is not valid UTF-8: {}", path.display()))
-}
diff --git a/notes/conceptual-substitution-audit-2026-07-12.md b/notes/conceptual-substitution-audit-2026-07-12.md
index 26fd5d63..2b3d74c4 100644
--- a/notes/conceptual-substitution-audit-2026-07-12.md
+++ b/notes/conceptual-substitution-audit-2026-07-12.md
@@ -319,3 +319,12 @@ The aggregate gate binary, wrapper mode, summary-path inputs, build target, and
 display projection are deleted. Focused contract tests remain useful, and live
 fire remains the proper whole-path evidence layer. A pile of green fixture
 summaries is not a system readiness owner.
+
+## Fresh-repo smoke as external governance
+
+`epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke` performed real disposable Git operations, but
+also supplied its own `example.invalid` pull request, maintainer-review prose,
+and merge-receipt string. It then asserted Bifrost publication, Soul approval,
+and upstream publication as one integrated proof. Git can prove ancestry; it
+cannot impersonate the absent publisher, reviewer, or verification organ. The
+binary and its live-proof claims are deleted.
diff --git a/notes/epiphany-investor-readiness-roadmap.md b/notes/epiphany-investor-readiness-roadmap.md
index 18ad28be..f460f2f3 100644
--- a/notes/epiphany-investor-readiness-roadmap.md
+++ b/notes/epiphany-investor-readiness-roadmap.md
@@ -58,13 +58,10 @@ Every investor-scale Objective Draft should answer:
 
 ## Roadmap Shape
 
-1. Fresh-repo Epiphany proof: the native
-   `epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke` now demonstrates Persona entry,
-   Bifrost-linked publication receipts, bounded repo-swarm routing, artifact
-   production, review, upstream-main sync proof, and sealed operator-safe
-   evidence on a disposable fresh repo. Keep it repeatable and move the same
-   loop toward an external or semi-external repo after Bifrost owns the work
-   item bridge.
+1. Fresh-repo Epiphany proof: repo-swarm substrate tests may demonstrate local
+   Persona entry, bounded routing, artifact production, and Git ancestry. A
+   genuine Bifrost body and reviewer must supply publication and review proof;
+   local fixture strings are not substitutes for those authorities.
 2. Bifrost-first private alpha: all external swarm work exists as Bifrost
    topics/work items/bridge receipts/credit, with Bifrost identity and
    Heimdall-backed outside-account capability references where needed, before
diff --git a/notes/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-contract.md b/notes/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-contract.md
index b8b68d03..641d515e 100644
--- a/notes/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-contract.md
+++ b/notes/epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-contract.md
@@ -2615,12 +2615,12 @@ This is the difference between a demo and a repo swarm: the human talks to the
 project, the project forms a plan, the branch work happens inside its owned
 Body, and the proof bundle tells the truth without leaking the private mind.
 
-### Native Fresh Repo MVP Smoke
+### Retired Fresh Repo MVP Smoke
 
-The first repeatable Phase 7 proof is now native:
+This former proof is retired and its binary deleted:
 
 ```powershell
-cargo run --manifest-path .\epiphany-core\Cargo.toml --bin epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke
+epiphany-repo-swarm-mvp-smoke (deleted)
 ```
 
 The smoke creates a disposable bare `origin.git`, clones a fresh repo Body,
@@ -2647,9 +2647,10 @@ Disposable proof `.epiphany-smoke\fresh-repo-mvp-20260620-133452` reported
 `familyAssertions.status=passed`, `publishStatus=publication-receipts-recorded`,
 `syncStatus=upstream-main-synced`, `upstreamMainSynced=true`,
 `publicProofStatus=public-proof-exported`, and `privateStateExposed=false`.
-This proves the operator-facing fresh-repo artery from Persona pressure to
-Bifrost publication receipts, upstream-main ancestry proof, and redacted public
-proof export without supervisor edits inside the target repo Body.
+The Git operations proved local ancestry, but the same smoke supplied an
+`example.invalid` pull request, maintainer-review prose, and a synthetic merge
+receipt. It therefore could not prove Bifrost publication, external review, or
+Soul authority. Keep the record only as rejected historical evidence.
 
 ### Phase 0: Authority Freeze
 
diff --git a/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md b/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
index a3497865..9d37281c 100644
--- a/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
+++ b/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ The confirmed conceptual substitutions have been cut:
 - the aggregate repo-swarm MVP gate and wrapper are deleted. It painted green
   rows from prior smoke summaries and local fixtures rather than exercising one
   live end-to-end organism. Use focused tests plus live-fire evidence instead.
+- the fresh-repo MVP smoke is deleted. Its disposable Git operations were real,
+  but its PR, maintainer-review, merge, Bifrost, and Soul evidence was supplied
+  by the same local caller rather than those owning bodies.
 
 The presentation boundary is now plain: `swarm overview` is a generic compact read-only projection. Gjallar is a downstream TUI application on Nightwing and is not an Epiphany organ, provider, owner, runtime, or architectural dependency. Eve/CultUI graphs may be lowered or composited downstream without Epiphany caring which presentation client does it.
 
diff --git a/state/ledgers.msgpack b/state/ledgers.msgpack
index 6dfe679b..ac001dc5 100644
Binary files a/state/ledgers.msgpack and b/state/ledgers.msgpack differ
diff --git a/state/map.yaml b/state/map.yaml
index 95946761..8e919f08 100644
--- a/state/map.yaml
+++ b/state/map.yaml
@@ -660,4 +660,4 @@ current_status:
   - Service lifecycle receipt history is now event-only: `load_epiphany_cultmesh_daemon_service_lifecycle_receipts` filters out the `epiphany-local/daemon-service-lifecycle-receipt/latest` mirror, while `load_latest_epiphany_cultmesh_daemon_service_lifecycle_receipt` remains the latest-state reader. Focused unit test `service_lifecycle_receipt_history_excludes_latest_mirror` proves two per-receipt writes return exactly two history records and latest points at the second. Fresh smoke `verse-query-lifecycle-history-filter-smoke` and live overview/triage `local-20260618-145632-497-efac6f0d` / `local-20260618-145632-321-867947af` prove compact swarm sights still expose service lifecycle attention plus the present elevated runbook artifact without daemon pokes or service mutation. Do not use a broad unscoped cargo test filter for this check on Windows; it fans out across bin harnesses and hit a broken pipe during this pass.
   - `epiphany-verse-query seed-compact` is the compact seed receipt for wrappers and read-only rites. The older `seed` command still prints the full local Verse context for explicit debugging, but compact wrapper modes now avoid full `seed`/final `query` readback after the combined overview proof exposed Windows debug stack overflow from full-context serialization pressure.
   last_completed_repo_swarm_cut: Huginn live-fire has crossed the first real repo Body from Persona pressure to branch-local Hands commit and Soul/Mind closure, and now has repeatable closure and redacted-public-proof mouths. On `E:\Projects\Huginn` branch `epiphany/huginn/first-awakening`, `tools/epiphany_local_run.ps1 -Mode repo-persona-intake` accepted item `huginn-inspection-readback-livefire`, Weksa/Persona intake remained sealed, and `epiphany-work derive-plan` lowered it to model-authored safe family `repo.status_section` for `README.md` only. `tools/epiphany_local_run.ps1 -Mode repo-swarm-run` advanced four bounded pulses: run-from-plan, adopt-from-plan, execute-from-plan, and close-from-execute. Huginn commit `e9b07c38fceabbdc89ea35c2156326c80c0393a2` updated only `README.md`; closure receipt `.epiphany\work\work-close-huginn-inspection-readback-livefire.json` records status `closed`, Soul verdict `passed`, Mind state commit `repo-work-close-huginn-inspection-readback-livefire-mind-commit`, safe family `repo.status_section`, path scope `README.md`, Bifrost publication gate, and `privateStateExposed=false`. Verification also ran Huginn's TypeScript compiler through concrete Node path: `C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe E:\Projects\Huginn\node_modules\typescript\bin\tsc -p tsconfig.json` passed. Native verifier `epiphany-repo-livefire-closure-smoke --workspace E:\Projects\Huginn --item huginn-inspection-readback-livefire --expected-path README.md --expected-family repo.status_section --expected-gate awaiting-publication --expected-blocker bifrost-publication-missing` checks closure receipt, Mind map entry, overview gate/blocker, authority seals, and `git show` changed paths, returning `status=ok`, `soulVerdict=passed`, `publicationGate=Bifrost`, and `privateStateExposed=false`. Wrapper `tools/epiphany_local_run.ps1 -Mode repo-livefire-closure -Workspace E:\Projects\Huginn -RepoWorkItem huginn-inspection-readback-livefire -SkipBuild` exposes the same read-only proof through the local operator mouth; artifact `local-20260621-190156-803-2f85ba15` printed commit, path, gate, blocker, Soul verdict, Mind commit receipt, and `privateStateExposed=False` without push, merge, publication, or target mutation. New wrapper `tools/epiphany_local_run.ps1 -Mode repo-work-public-proof -Workspace E:\Projects\Huginn -RepoWorkItem huginn-inspection-readback-livefire -SkipBuild` exports the redacted proof bundle and repo-local Verse index without publishing; artifact `local-20260621-190645-345-4555b1dc` wrote `.epiphany\public\proof-bundles\repo-work-public-proof-huginn-inspection-readback-livefire.json`, proof id `repo-work-public-proof-huginn-inspection-readback-livefire`, SHA-256 `857545b199f3e37eb06c2e757e5cfc201958e46667bb1f8403fd333a22620f63`, nine artifact rows, zero publication rows, and `privateStateExposed=False`. swarm overview readback `local-20260621-190701-140-b9519ec6` sees the `REPO-WORK-PUBLIC-PROOF` row and action row from Huginn's repo-local Verse with the same SHA-256 while Bifrost publication remains missing. Launcher compact modes are now named compact operator-context modes instead of read-only modes, and `bifrost-public-proof` summaries print item, target public Verse, room, proof SHA-256, review receipts, and credit receipts so publication receipts are auditable without claiming upstream sync.
-  next_action: Continue the conceptual-substitution modeling pass beyond receipt writers. Inventory production projections, caches, adapters, schedulers, coordinators, and compatibility surfaces that assert facts owned elsewhere; map owner, inputs, outputs, forbidden writers, and negative proof before cutting. Audit remaining non-receipt smoke binaries for path escape or destructive scope.
+  next_action: Continue the conceptual-substitution modeling pass beyond receipt writers. The fresh-repo MVP smoke is deleted because it wrapped real disposable Git operations in caller-authored PR, review, merge, Bifrost, and Soul authority. Inventory remaining production projections, caches, adapters, schedulers, coordinators, and compatibility surfaces that assert facts owned elsewhere; map owner, inputs, outputs, forbidden writers, and negative proof before cutting. Audit remaining non-receipt smoke binaries for path escape or destructive scope.