verdict: READY
gaps: []

notes:
  - task_contract present with version 1 and mode standard.
  - contract_policy.flow == full_spdd with sync_gate == required and verification_path == automated.
  - All six acceptance criteria (AC-1..AC-6) map to verification rows via acceptance_ids (AC-1 → VER-1/VER-7; AC-2 → VER-2; AC-3 → VER-3; AC-4 → VER-4/VER-8; AC-5 → VER-5/VER-7; AC-6 → VER-6/VER-8).
  - All verification commands are concrete pytest invocations targeting specific test ids; none are placeholders.
  - regression_plan.applies == true with REG-1 (focused regression pytest suite covering YAML/K8s/Helm/catalog/search guards) and REG-2 (ruff over the exact touched paths). Both reference acceptance_ids; every AC is covered (AC-1, AC-4, AC-6 via REG-1; all six via REG-2).
  - Touched files match the surfaces declared in the task_contract; no backlog metadata or archive files are listed as implementation edits. orchestrator.py appears only in INV-3 (invariant, not modified), which is consistent with the file list omitting it.
  - Precedence design (extension/filename → Helm path context → Ansible static context → Kubernetes fallback) is described in Design Notes and reinforced by INV-2, RISK-2, and AC-4 guard tests.
  - Inventory scope is detection-only (INV-5, REQ-5, AC-5) with an explicit guard that no host/group symbols are emitted.
  - Jinja tolerance requirement (REQ-4/AC-3) and verbatim-storage invariant (Design Notes + INV-3) are aligned with mempalace's verbatim-first principle.
  - searcher.py uses searchable_languages() from language_catalog (verified at searcher.py:13,179); routing "ansible" through the catalog will pass language validation, matching the plan's language_catalog.py edit.
