Surface Registry Alignment

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Keep stable surfaces registry-backed and inspectable.

Procedure

1. Read the surface registry ADR, interface matrix, decision map, and relevant generated manifest.
2. Identify every new or changed stable surface: CLI command, API route, event, schema, ID prefix, storage path, preference key, database table, or UI capability.
3. Register it through the typed registry or the project-approved manifest path.
4. Add surfaceNarrative for every new registered surface: concept, authorizing decision, completing human/programmatic surface, and non-inference boundary.
5. Add resourceContract for every new runtime, UI, storage, stream, cache, API, CLI, permission, or feature-flag surface: startup, idle, memory, streaming, storage, hot path, scale, and validation.
6. Ensure claw inspect or the equivalent inspection surface can explain the surface and expose the narrative and resource contract.
7. Classify human and programmatic surfaces as stable, local-only, blocked, not applicable, or another accepted status.
8. Add tests or guards that reject manual lists drifting away from registry truth.

Constraints

• Manual docs are allowed as generated output or explanations, not as the registry source.
• UI-only capabilities are incomplete unless a programmatic surface exists or the gap is classified.
• A technically valid surface without surfaceNarrative is incomplete; do not add it to the baseline unless it is pre-existing bounded debt.
• A technically valid surface without resourceContract is incomplete; do not add it to the baseline unless it is pre-existing bounded debt.
• Do not copy whole provider schemas into Claw-owned registries.