# Self-improvement Slice 7 receipt — 2026-05-12

## Summary

Implemented governed apply / release-hardening checks for OpenClaw Mem self-improvement work.

New command group:

```bash
openclaw-mem governed apply-review
openclaw-mem governed release-check
```

## Authority posture

- Review-only receipts.
- L0/L1 can be allowed for local fixture apply when the underlying Slice 6 plan validates.
- L2 requires explicit config gate.
- L3/L4 remain blocked from auto-apply even with approval flags.
- Release-check does not publish, tag, push, or merge anything.

## Verification plan

- targeted unit tests and CLI tests
- CLI smoke for apply-review and release-check
- MkDocs strict build
- Claude public-facing review
- local editable install smoke

## Topology impact

Unchanged.

## Rollback

Revert the implementation commit or release from the previous tag. No runtime topology rollback is needed.
