# HLF Merge Readiness Summary

Status: branch-aware merge/readiness summary for 2026-03-20.

Purpose:

- summarize what this branch can honestly claim now
- separate current packaged truth from bridge-qualified branch work
- name the still-open architectural gaps that remain after counting the branch improvements

Verified branch facts:

- branch: `integrate/vscode-operator-governed-review`
- divergence from `main`: `0` behind, `10` ahead
- packaged surface count: `69` tools, `31` resources
- repo-wide regression snapshot on 2026-03-20: `758 passed`

## Current-True In This Checkout

These are implemented and verified enough to claim in present tense for this local branch.

- packaged FastMCP front door with `69` tools and `31` resources
- packaged formal-verifier behavior with structured proof reports and front-door/resource exposure
- packaged execution-admission wiring for verifier-aware denial behavior
- packaged governed routing/profile surfaces with route traces, capability catalogs, evidence-aware selection, and fail-closed denial when required evidence is missing
- packaged weekly artifact handling with decision persistence and evidence-query surfaces
- packaged governed-review normalization for spec drift, test health, ethics review, code quality, doc accuracy, and security-pattern review

## Bridge-True But Real In This Branch

These surfaces are real in the checkout, but should remain explicitly qualified.

- symbolic relation-edge proof slice in `hlf_mcp/hlf/symbolic_surfaces.py`
- bounded dream-cycle, media-evidence normalization, and citation-chain proposal surfaces
- multimodal qualification and host-function contract resources
- VS Code operator bridge scaffold under `extensions/hlf-vscode/`

These should be described as:

- implemented branch slices
- bridge work in progress
- not full target-state completion

## Still-Open Architectural Gaps

These remain open even after counting the branch improvements.

- full upstream routing fabric restoration
- fuller orchestration and multi-agent delegation restoration
- stronger unified memory-governance contracts around revocation, supersession, freshness, expiry, and trust-tier policy
- deeper formal-verification semantics beyond the current packaged slice
- gallery-grade operator legibility and richer trust surfaces
- ALS-style audit sealing and signed disclosure surfaces
- full remote recursive-build promotion through proven `streamable-http` initialize/smoke flow

## Near-Term Merge Risks

These are the most concrete current risks for merge or public promotion.

- governance integrity is only as strong as manifest discipline; `governance/host_functions.json` was re-manifested in this pass after branch changes widened the registry to 32 functions
- public-facing docs can still lag branch reality if the new ledger and summary are not linked and kept current
- some branch work is easy to overstate unless claim-lane discipline is preserved

## Merge Reading

The branch should be read as:

- materially ahead of `main`
- stronger than public-main perception in operator evidence, formal verification, symbolic proof, and dream/media bridge work
- still not the full recovered HLF architecture

That means a professional merge story is available now, but it should be phrased as:

- current-truth packaged gains
- bridge-qualified branch advances
- explicit remaining architectural obligations

## Recommended Merge Framing

If this branch is summarized for a PR, use three lanes only:

1. `current-true`: packaged surfaces now real in this checkout
2. `bridge-true`: meaningful branch slices now landed but not yet full target-state completion
3. `still-open architectural gaps`: constitutive work still owed after merge

Do not summarize the branch as either:

- “just docs and scaffolding”
- or “full architectural completion”

Both would be false.