diff --git a/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md b/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
index a5736a4..c426462 100644
--- a/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
@@ -867,9 +867,8 @@ Recently cut:
   graduates. The conformance export carries `conformanceHandoffPath`, and the
   generic consumer smoke asserts it so EveConformance split readiness is not
   trapped in Eve's parity manifest.
-- Sai, Norn, and TeX now have plugin handoff manifests at
+- Sai and TeX have plugin handoff manifests at
   `plugins/incubating/sai-vn.plugin-handoff.json`,
-  `plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json`, and
   `plugins/incubating/tex-math.plugin-handoff.json`, plus a shared verifier at
   `scripts/run-plugin-handoff-smoke.ps1`. The handoffs name the manifest,
   advertisement, ABI fixture, move sets, contract inputs, forbidden imports,
@@ -877,6 +876,13 @@ Recently cut:
   carries plugin `handoffPath` and `pluginHandoffMoveCoverage[]`, and the
   plugin-owner smoke asserts them so Sai, Norn, and EvePlugins can consume the
   plugin boundary without reading Eve's parity manifest.
+- Norn has crossed that handoff boundary. `Norn/plugins` now publishes the
+  `norn.graph` manifest, advertisement, and ABI fixture, while
+  `Norn/crates/norn-eve-plugin` runs the first executable sidecar over bounded
+  NDJSON stdio. Eve consumes those owner paths directly and no longer carries
+  a duplicate Norn manifest or handoff document. The plugin currently owns
+  `describe`, `validate`, `project`, and solver-backed `measure`; runtime
+  lowering and provider command acceptance remain outside Norn.
 - Aetheria now has a provider handoff manifest at
   `web/fixtures/aetheria-provider-handoff.json` and a verifier at
   `scripts/run-aetheria-provider-handoff-smoke.ps1`. The handoff names the
diff --git a/docs/plugin-architecture.md b/docs/plugin-architecture.md
index 1c02050..ef2bb18 100644
--- a/docs/plugin-architecture.md
+++ b/docs/plugin-architecture.md
@@ -456,8 +456,14 @@ Runtime projection support is not plugin hosting. A Unity, Electron, Flutter,
 TUI, or web client may provide an adapter for sidecar-advertised Norn or TeX
 output, but the sidecar daemon and plugin ABI remain runtime independent. If a
 Sai surface deploys with nested Norn or TeX, Sai composes the slots and keeps VN
-stage authority; Norn and TeX still publish, validate, lower, and receive
-commands through their own plugin contracts.
+stage authority; Norn and TeX still publish and validate their own semantic
+contracts. Each plugin advertises only the ABI operations it actually owns.
+
+The carrier does not define the plugin. The first executable Norn proof uses
+UTF-8 NDJSON over stdio: one request document per line, one response per
+request in order, blank lines ignored, diagnostics on stderr. A future
+CultMesh daemon transport must carry the same typed request and response
+documents; it must not create a second semantic API.
 
 Nested availability is a composition fact, not a Sai dependency story. A Sai
 surface can be deployed with a nested Norn or TeX surface only when that other
@@ -474,6 +480,11 @@ Norn plugin responsibilities:
 - define fallback and capability-gap behavior when a renderer cannot run Norn;
 - provide graph/map fixtures for Eve parity.
 
+Norn currently claims `describe`, `validate`, `project`, and `measure`. It does
+not claim `lower` or `apply`: runtime lowerers own native projection, and
+providers own command acceptance and receipts. Conformance validates advertised
+operations rather than forcing every plugin to pretend it owns all ABI verbs.
+
 TeX plugin responsibilities:
 
 - define `embed.tex` semantics;
diff --git a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json b/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fe3e566..0000000
--- a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "schema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi_fixture.v1",
-  "fixtureId": "norn-graph-plugin-abi",
-  "pluginId": "norn.graph",
-  "ownerRepo": "Norn",
-  "contract": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.v1",
-  "requestSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.request.v1",
-  "responseSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.response.v1",
-  "sourceFixture": "sai-vn",
-  "sourceFixtureRole": "optional-nested-placement-evidence",
-  "authority": "Norn owns graph semantics independently; the Sai fixture only proves a provider surface can nest embed.norn when norn.graph is available.",
-  "operations": [
-    {
-      "operation": "describe",
-      "input": {
-        "manifest": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json",
-        "advertisement": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json"
-      },
-      "expect": {
-        "pluginId": "norn.graph",
-        "componentKinds": ["embed.norn"],
-        "commands": ["graph.node.activate", "graph.focus"],
-        "capabilities": ["embed.norn", "graph.node.activate"]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "operation": "validate",
-      "input": {
-        "surface": "web/fixtures/sai-vn-surface.json",
-        "componentKinds": ["embed.norn"]
-      },
-      "expect": {
-        "acceptedComponentKinds": ["embed.norn"],
-        "rejectedComponentKinds": ["embed.tex", "vn.stage"],
-        "requiredCapabilities": ["embed.norn"]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "operation": "project",
-      "input": {
-        "surface": "web/fixtures/sai-vn-surface.json",
-        "nodeKind": "embed.norn"
-      },
-      "expect": {
-        "projectionKind": "embedded-semantic-surface",
-        "ownedComponentKinds": ["embed.norn"],
-        "outputSchemas": ["norn.graph.document.v1", "norn.graph.layout_request.v1", "norn.graph.layout_result.v1"]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "operation": "lower",
-      "input": {
-        "projection": "embedded-semantic-surface",
-        "targetRuntimes": ["web", "unity-uitoolkit"],
-        "componentKinds": ["embed.norn"]
-      },
-      "expect": {
-        "loweringKind": "graph-viewport",
-        "preservedComponentKinds": ["embed.norn"],
-        "requiredSchemas": ["norn.graph.document.v1", "norn.graph.layout_result.v1"],
-        "commandEnvelope": "gamecult.eve.command.v1"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "operation": "measure",
-      "input": {
-        "projection": "embedded-semantic-surface",
-        "layoutRequestSchema": "norn.graph.layout_request.v1"
-      },
-      "expect": {
-        "measurementKind": "graph-layout-metrics",
-        "measurementOutputs": ["nodeBounds", "edgeRoutes", "viewportBounds"],
-        "preservesProviderAuthority": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "operation": "apply",
-      "input": {
-        "commands": ["graph.node.activate", "graph.focus"]
-      },
-      "expect": {
-        "commandEffects": {
-          "graph.node.activate": "activate-node",
-          "graph.focus": "focus-graph"
-        },
-        "receiptSchema": "gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1"
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json b/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 71f372c..0000000
--- a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "schema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_advertisement.v1",
-  "pluginId": "norn.graph",
-  "ownerService": "norn",
-  "version": "0.1.0-incubating",
-  "manifestAddress": "file://plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json",
-  "runtime": {
-    "invocationModel": "executable-sidecar",
-    "contract": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.v1",
-    "transports": ["cultmesh", "stdio"],
-    "authority": [
-      "renderer-independent",
-      "no-provider-state-mutation",
-      "provider-accepts-or-denies-commands"
-    ],
-    "sidecar": {
-      "processKind": "long-running-daemon",
-      "protocol": "cultmesh-rpc-with-stdio-dev-transport",
-      "requestSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.request.v1",
-      "responseSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.response.v1",
-      "operations": ["describe", "validate", "project", "lower", "measure", "apply"],
-      "commandEnvelope": "gamecult.eve.command.v1",
-      "receiptSchema": "gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1",
-      "stateAuthority": "proposes-plugin-state-only-provider-accepts"
-    }
-  },
-  "schemas": [
-    "norn.graph.document.v1",
-    "norn.graph.layout_request.v1",
-    "norn.graph.layout_result.v1"
-  ],
-  "componentKinds": [
-    "embed.norn"
-  ],
-  "commands": [
-    "graph.node.activate",
-    "graph.focus"
-  ],
-  "fixtures": [
-    "sai-vn"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json b/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 87e8d30..0000000
--- a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "schema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_handoff.v1",
-  "pluginId": "norn.graph",
-  "ownerRepo": "Norn",
-  "currentHostRepo": "Eve",
-  "splitTarget": "Norn/eve-plugin-graph",
-  "manifestPath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json",
-  "advertisementPath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json",
-  "abiFixturePath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json",
-  "authorityBoundary": "Norn owns graph document semantics, graph layout, graph interaction, fallback behavior, and plugin ABI behavior. Eve owns only plugin manifest, advertisement, ABI, provider requirement, and conformance export contracts.",
-  "moveSets": [
-    {
-      "id": "plugin-manifest",
-      "destinationOwner": "Norn",
-      "currentPaths": [
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json",
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json"
-      ],
-      "replacementProof": "Norn publishes norn.graph plugin manifest and advertisement from the Norn repo or sidecar daemon."
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "abi-conformance",
-      "destinationOwner": "Norn",
-      "currentPaths": [
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json",
-        "web/fixtures/sai-vn-surface.json",
-        "web/fixtures/sai-vn-surface.conformance.json"
-      ],
-      "replacementProof": "Norn owns embed.norn layout, interaction, fallback, and ABI conformance cases; the Sai fixture is only optional nested placement evidence."
-    }
-  ],
-  "contractInputs": [
-    "gamecult.eve.plugin.v1",
-    "gamecult.eve.plugin_advertisement.v1",
-    "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.v1",
-    "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.request.v1",
-    "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.response.v1",
-    "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi_fixture.v1",
-    "gamecult.eve.conformance_export.v1"
-  ],
-  "forbiddenImports": [
-    "Aetheria provider state",
-    "Sai story session internals or VN command authority",
-    "renderer-native projection internals",
-    "provider command acceptance or receipt authority"
-  ],
-  "requiredExternalProofs": [
-    "Norn publishes the norn.graph sidecar ABI without depending on Eve source layout.",
-    "Norn owns graph layout, interaction, fallback, and conformance fixtures.",
-    "Providers consume norn.graph through plugin advertisements and ABI operations.",
-    "Runtimes declare norn.graph projection support through runtime capability manifests."
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json b/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f3d36..0000000
--- a/plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "schema": "gamecult.eve.plugin.v1",
-  "pluginId": "norn.graph",
-  "title": "Norn Graph",
-  "owner": "Norn",
-  "incubation": {
-    "ownerRepo": "Norn",
-    "currentHostRepo": "Eve",
-    "splitTarget": "Norn/eve-plugin-graph",
-    "graduationTrigger": "Split when graph layout, interaction, fallback, and conformance fixtures are stable."
-  },
-  "componentKinds": [
-    "embed.norn"
-  ],
-  "commands": [
-    {
-      "command": "graph.node.activate",
-      "schema": "norn.graph.command.v1",
-      "effect": "activate-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "command": "graph.focus",
-      "schema": "norn.graph.command.v1",
-      "effect": "focus-graph"
-    }
-  ],
-  "runtime": {
-    "invocationModel": "executable-sidecar",
-    "contract": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.v1",
-    "transports": ["cultmesh", "stdio"],
-    "authority": [
-      "renderer-independent",
-      "no-provider-state-mutation",
-      "provider-accepts-or-denies-commands"
-    ],
-    "sidecar": {
-      "processKind": "long-running-daemon",
-      "protocol": "cultmesh-rpc-with-stdio-dev-transport",
-      "requestSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.request.v1",
-      "responseSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.response.v1",
-      "operations": ["describe", "validate", "project", "lower", "measure", "apply"],
-      "commandEnvelope": "gamecult.eve.command.v1",
-      "receiptSchema": "gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1",
-      "stateAuthority": "proposes-plugin-state-only-provider-accepts"
-    }
-  },
-  "stateSchemas": [
-    "norn.graph.document.v1",
-    "norn.graph.layout_request.v1",
-    "norn.graph.layout_result.v1"
-  ],
-  "fixtures": [
-    {
-      "fixtureId": "sai-vn",
-      "schema": "gamecult.eve.surface.v1",
-      "path": "web/fixtures/sai-vn-surface.json",
-      "role": "optional-nested-placement-evidence",
-      "authority": "Norn semantics remain plugin-owned; the Sai fixture only proves a surface can nest embed.norn when norn.graph is available."
-    }
-  ],
-  "abiFixtures": [
-    "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json"
-  ],
-  "capabilities": {
-    "requires": [
-      "embed.norn"
-    ],
-    "optionalCapabilities": [
-      "graph.node.activate",
-      "graph.pan",
-      "graph.zoom"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/schemas/gamecult.eve.conformance_export.v1.schema.json b/schemas/gamecult.eve.conformance_export.v1.schema.json
index 9d1821b..7969a60 100644
--- a/schemas/gamecult.eve.conformance_export.v1.schema.json
+++ b/schemas/gamecult.eve.conformance_export.v1.schema.json
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
           "runtimeId",
           "runtimeStatus",
           "ownerRepo",
-          "splitTarget",
           "pluginId",
           "severity",
           "reason",
@@ -982,8 +981,7 @@
             "minLength": 1
           },
           "splitTarget": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "minLength": 1
+            "type": "string"
           },
           "manifestPath": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/schemas/gamecult.eve.plugin.v1.schema.json b/schemas/gamecult.eve.plugin.v1.schema.json
index f9584b0..65d2cb9 100644
--- a/schemas/gamecult.eve.plugin.v1.schema.json
+++ b/schemas/gamecult.eve.plugin.v1.schema.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "pluginId",
     "title",
     "owner",
-    "incubation",
     "componentKinds",
     "commands",
     "runtime",
diff --git a/scripts/run-plugin-handoff-smoke.ps1 b/scripts/run-plugin-handoff-smoke.ps1
index 93eb129..7639aa4 100644
--- a/scripts/run-plugin-handoff-smoke.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-plugin-handoff-smoke.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 param(
   [string[]] $HandoffPaths = @(
     "plugins\incubating\sai-vn.plugin-handoff.json",
-    "plugins\incubating\norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json",
     "plugins\incubating\tex-math.plugin-handoff.json"
   )
 )
diff --git a/scripts/run-plugin-owner-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1 b/scripts/run-plugin-owner-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
index 59339c3..ce9a328 100644
--- a/scripts/run-plugin-owner-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-plugin-owner-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
@@ -45,12 +45,9 @@ node $consumerScript $consumerExport `
   --expect-plugin norn.graph `
   --expect-plugin tex.math `
   --expect-plugin-handoff sai.vn `
-  --expect-plugin-handoff norn.graph `
   --expect-plugin-handoff tex.math `
   --expect-plugin-handoff-move sai.vn:plugin-manifest:current:exists:sai-vn.plugin.json `
   --expect-plugin-handoff-move sai.vn:abi-conformance:current:exists:sai-vn.plugin-abi-fixture.json `
-  --expect-plugin-handoff-move norn.graph:plugin-manifest:current:exists:norn-graph.plugin.json `
-  --expect-plugin-handoff-move norn.graph:abi-conformance:current:exists:norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json `
   --expect-plugin-handoff-move tex.math:plugin-manifest:current:exists:tex-math.plugin.json `
   --expect-plugin-handoff-move tex.math:abi-conformance:current:exists:tex-math.plugin-abi-fixture.json `
   --expect-plugin-operation sai.vn:describe `
@@ -66,12 +63,8 @@ node $consumerScript $consumerExport `
   --expect-plugin-operation norn.graph:describe `
   --expect-plugin-operation norn.graph:validate `
   --expect-plugin-operation norn.graph:project `
-  --expect-plugin-operation norn.graph:lower `
   --expect-plugin-operation norn.graph:measure `
-  --expect-plugin-operation norn.graph:apply `
   --expect-plugin-abi-operation-coverage norn.graph:describe:contracted:Norn `
-  --expect-plugin-abi-operation-coverage norn.graph:lower:contracted:Norn `
-  --expect-plugin-abi-operation-coverage norn.graph:apply:contracted:Norn `
   --expect-provider-plugin-requirement gamecult.home.vn:sai.visual_novel.surface:norn.graph:optional-satisfied:Norn:optional-nested `
   --expect-provider-plugin-requirement gamecult.home.vn:sai.visual_novel.surface:tex.math:optional-satisfied:EvePlugins:optional-nested `
   --expect-independent-nested-plugin gamecult.home.vn:sai.visual_novel.surface:sai.vn:norn.graph:Norn `
@@ -96,15 +89,13 @@ node $consumerScript $consumerExport `
   --expect-plugin-abi-field sai.vn:lower:expect.commandEnvelope:gamecult.eve.command.v1 `
   --expect-plugin-abi-field sai.vn:apply:expect.receiptSchema:gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1 `
   --expect-plugin-runtime norn.graph:executable-sidecar `
-  --expect-plugin-runtime-transport norn.graph:cultmesh `
+  --expect-plugin-runtime-transport norn.graph:stdio `
   --expect-plugin-runtime-authority norn.graph:no-provider-state-mutation `
   --expect-plugin-runtime-field norn.graph:sidecar.processKind:long-running-daemon `
-  --expect-plugin-runtime-field norn.graph:sidecar.protocol:cultmesh-rpc-with-stdio-dev-transport `
+  --expect-plugin-runtime-field norn.graph:sidecar.protocol:stdio-ndjson `
   --expect-plugin-runtime-field norn.graph:sidecar.requestSchema:gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.request.v1 `
   --expect-plugin-runtime-field norn.graph:sidecar.responseSchema:gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.response.v1 `
   --expect-plugin-runtime-field norn.graph:sidecar.stateAuthority:proposes-plugin-state-only-provider-accepts `
-  --expect-plugin-abi-field norn.graph:lower:expect.commandEnvelope:gamecult.eve.command.v1 `
-  --expect-plugin-abi-field norn.graph:apply:expect.receiptSchema:gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1 `
   --expect-plugin-operation tex.math:describe `
   --expect-plugin-operation tex.math:validate `
   --expect-plugin-operation tex.math:project `
diff --git a/tools/conformance/consume-export.mjs b/tools/conformance/consume-export.mjs
index 7b2e81c..92f7a0e 100644
--- a/tools/conformance/consume-export.mjs
+++ b/tools/conformance/consume-export.mjs
@@ -1129,9 +1129,10 @@ function validateWorldSurfaceLoweringGaps(gaps, errors) {
 function validatePluginRecords(plugins, errors) {
   for (const plugin of plugins) {
     const label = `plugins:${plugin.pluginId || "unknown"}`;
-    for (const field of ["pluginId", "status", "ownerRepo", "splitTarget", "manifestPath", "advertisementPath", "abiFixturePath"]) {
+    for (const field of ["pluginId", "status", "ownerRepo", "manifestPath", "advertisementPath", "abiFixturePath"]) {
       if (!plugin?.[field]) errors.push(`${label}:${field}:missing`);
     }
+    if (plugin.status !== "active" && !plugin.splitTarget) errors.push(`${label}:splitTarget:missing`);
     for (const field of ["capabilities", "abiOperations", "optionalPlugins"]) {
       if (!Array.isArray(plugin?.[field])) errors.push(`${label}:${field}:expected array`);
     }
diff --git a/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json b/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json
index d718440..e86523d 100644
--- a/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json
+++ b/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json
@@ -469,20 +469,18 @@
     {
       "pluginId": "norn.graph",
       "title": "Norn Graph",
-      "kind": "external-owner-planned",
+      "kind": "external-owner",
       "ownerRepo": "Norn",
-      "repoRole": "plugin-incubating",
-      "splitTarget": "Norn/eve-plugin-graph",
-      "graduationTrigger": "Split when embed.norn graph layout, interaction, fallback, and conformance fixtures are stable.",
+      "repoRole": "plugin-owner",
       "capabilities": ["embed.norn", "graph.node.activate"],
       "expectedRuntime": {
         "invocationModel": "executable-sidecar",
         "contract": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.v1",
-        "transports": ["cultmesh", "stdio"],
+        "transports": ["stdio"],
         "authority": ["renderer-independent", "no-provider-state-mutation", "provider-accepts-or-denies-commands"],
         "sidecar": {
           "processKind": "long-running-daemon",
-          "protocol": "cultmesh-rpc-with-stdio-dev-transport",
+          "protocol": "stdio-ndjson",
           "requestSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.request.v1",
           "responseSchema": "gamecult.eve.plugin_abi.response.v1",
           "commandEnvelope": "gamecult.eve.command.v1",
@@ -492,17 +490,15 @@
       },
       "requiredFixtures": [],
       "schemaPath": "schemas/gamecult.eve.plugin.v1.schema.json",
-      "manifestPath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json",
-      "abiFixturePath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json",
-      "handoffPath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json",
+      "manifestPath": "../Norn/plugins/norn-graph.plugin.json",
+      "abiFixturePath": "../Norn/plugins/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json",
       "advertisementSchemaPath": "schemas/gamecult.eve.plugin_advertisement.v1.schema.json",
-      "advertisementPath": "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json",
+      "advertisementPath": "../Norn/plugins/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json",
       "expectedPaths": [
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin.json",
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json",
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json",
-        "plugins/incubating/norn-graph.plugin-handoff.json",
-        "scripts/run-plugin-handoff-smoke.ps1"
+        "../Norn/plugins/norn-graph.plugin.json",
+        "../Norn/plugins/norn-graph.plugin-abi-fixture.json",
+        "../Norn/plugins/norn-graph.plugin-advertisement.json",
+        "../Norn/crates/norn-eve-plugin/src/main.rs"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs b/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs
index 9a35646..c251183 100644
--- a/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs
+++ b/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs
@@ -621,7 +621,9 @@ async function evaluatePlugin(plugin, fixtureResults) {
                 ? "invalid-plugin-handoff"
                 : plugin.kind === "incubating"
                   ? "incubating"
-                  : "external-owner-planned";
+                  : plugin.kind === "external-owner"
+                    ? "active"
+                    : "external-owner-planned";
 
   return {
     pluginId: plugin.pluginId,
@@ -978,7 +980,7 @@ function validateProviderPluginRequirements(provider, requirements, pluginResult
       if (!optional) errors.push(`${provider.advertisementPath}:${requirement.surfaceId}:plugin:${requirement.pluginId}:missing`);
       continue;
     }
-    if (plugin.status !== "incubating" && plugin.status !== "external-owner-planned") {
+    if (!["active", "incubating", "external-owner-planned"].includes(plugin.status)) {
       errors.push(`${provider.advertisementPath}:${requirement.surfaceId}:plugin:${requirement.pluginId}:status:${plugin.status}`);
       continue;
     }
@@ -1141,7 +1143,8 @@ async function validatePluginAbiFixture(plugin) {
       }
     }
 
-    for (const operation of ["describe", "validate", "project", "lower", "measure", "apply"]) {
+    const claimedOperations = pluginManifest.runtime?.sidecar?.operations || [];
+    for (const operation of claimedOperations) {
       if (!operations.has(operation)) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:operation:${operation}:missing`);
     }
     errors.push(...missingMembers(
@@ -1150,7 +1153,8 @@ async function validatePluginAbiFixture(plugin) {
       `${plugin.manifestPath}:runtime.sidecar.operations`,
     ));
 
-    if (!(pluginManifest.abiFixtures || []).includes(plugin.abiFixturePath)) {
+    const fixtureBasename = path.basename(plugin.abiFixturePath);
+    if (!(pluginManifest.abiFixtures || []).some(candidate => path.basename(candidate) === fixtureBasename)) {
       errors.push(`${plugin.manifestPath}:abiFixtures:${plugin.abiFixturePath}:missing`);
     }
 
@@ -1173,34 +1177,40 @@ async function validatePluginAbiFixture(plugin) {
     errors.push(...missingMembers(manifestComponentKinds, project.ownedComponentKinds || [], `${plugin.abiFixturePath}:project.ownedComponentKinds`));
     if (!project.projectionKind) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:project.projectionKind:missing`);
 
-    const lower = operations.get("lower")?.expect || {};
-    errors.push(...missingMembers(manifestComponentKinds, lower.preservedComponentKinds || [], `${plugin.abiFixturePath}:lower.preservedComponentKinds`));
-    if (!lower.loweringKind) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:lower.loweringKind:missing`);
-
-    const measure = operations.get("measure")?.expect || {};
-    if (!measure.measurementKind) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:measure.measurementKind:missing`);
-    if (!(measure.measurementOutputs || []).length) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:measure.measurementOutputs:missing`);
-    if (measure.preservesProviderAuthority !== true) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:measure.preservesProviderAuthority:expected true`);
-
-    const apply = operations.get("apply")?.expect || {};
-    if (apply.receiptSchema !== sidecarReceiptSchema) {
-      errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.receiptSchema:expected ${sidecarReceiptSchema} got ${apply.receiptSchema || ""}`);
+    if (claimedOperations.includes("lower")) {
+      const lower = operations.get("lower")?.expect || {};
+      errors.push(...missingMembers(manifestComponentKinds, lower.preservedComponentKinds || [], `${plugin.abiFixturePath}:lower.preservedComponentKinds`));
+      if (!lower.loweringKind) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:lower.loweringKind:missing`);
     }
-    if (manifestCommands.length) {
-      const commandEffects = apply.commandEffects || {};
-      for (const command of manifestCommands) {
-        if (!commandEffects[command]) {
-          errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.commandEffects:${command}:missing`);
-          continue;
-        }
 
-        const expectedEffect = manifestCommandEffects.get(command);
-        if (commandEffects[command] !== expectedEffect) {
-          errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.commandEffects:${command}:expected ${expectedEffect} got ${commandEffects[command]}`);
-        }
+    if (claimedOperations.includes("measure")) {
+      const measure = operations.get("measure")?.expect || {};
+      if (!measure.measurementKind) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:measure.measurementKind:missing`);
+      if (!(measure.measurementOutputs || []).length) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:measure.measurementOutputs:missing`);
+      if (measure.preservesProviderAuthority !== true) errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:measure.preservesProviderAuthority:expected true`);
+    }
+
+    if (claimedOperations.includes("apply")) {
+      const apply = operations.get("apply")?.expect || {};
+      if (apply.receiptSchema !== sidecarReceiptSchema) {
+        errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.receiptSchema:expected ${sidecarReceiptSchema} got ${apply.receiptSchema || ""}`);
+      }
+      if (manifestCommands.length) {
+        const commandEffects = apply.commandEffects || {};
+        for (const command of manifestCommands) {
+          if (!commandEffects[command]) {
+            errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.commandEffects:${command}:missing`);
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          const expectedEffect = manifestCommandEffects.get(command);
+          if (commandEffects[command] !== expectedEffect) {
+            errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.commandEffects:${command}:expected ${expectedEffect} got ${commandEffects[command]}`);
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (!(apply.stateEffects || []).length) {
+        errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.stateEffects:missing`);
       }
-    } else if (!(apply.stateEffects || []).length) {
-      errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:apply.stateEffects:missing`);
     }
   } catch (error) {
     errors.push(`${plugin.abiFixturePath}:invalid-json:${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
@@ -1862,6 +1872,7 @@ function evaluateSplitTargets(splitTargets, runtimeResults) {
 }
 
 function requiredIncubationFields(entry) {
+  if (entry.kind === "external-owner") return ["ownerRepo", "repoRole"];
   if (entry.repoRole === "core") return ["ownerRepo", "repoRole"];
   return ["ownerRepo", "repoRole", "graduationTrigger"];
 }
@@ -1993,8 +2004,8 @@ function summarize(fixtures, runtimes, plugins, providers, splitTargets) {
     passedFixtures: fixtures.filter(fixture => fixture.status === "pass").length,
     failedFixtures: fixtures.filter(fixture => fixture.status !== "pass").length,
     totalPlugins: plugins.length,
-    healthyPlugins: plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.status === "incubating" || plugin.status === "external-owner-planned").length,
-    failedPlugins: plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.status !== "incubating" && plugin.status !== "external-owner-planned").length,
+    healthyPlugins: plugins.filter(plugin => ["active", "incubating", "external-owner-planned"].includes(plugin.status)).length,
+    failedPlugins: plugins.filter(plugin => !["active", "incubating", "external-owner-planned"].includes(plugin.status)).length,
     totalProviders: providers.length,
     advertisedProviders: providers.filter(provider => provider.status === "advertised").length,
     failedProviders: providers.filter(provider => provider.status !== "advertised").length,