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docs/research/consumer-inventory.md

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 status: draft
-last_updated: 2026-10-10 (mem-engine engine-tier row added —
+last_updated: "2026-10-10 (mem-engine engine-tier row added —
 operator-authority record: wasm32 sandboxing + downstream
 ffi/napi/python-adapter economics; the record the ADR-024 scope
 decision cites per the row-first gate. Earlier: 2026-10-05 streams
 correction and alkcall row; rate-limits + result-storage remain the
-keep-with-flag rows.)
+keep-with-flag rows.)"
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 # alkstore — consumer-driven scope inventory

docs/research/phase-0.md

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 status: draft
-last_updated: 2026-10-04 (Phase 0 complete and the register promoted:
+last_updated: "2026-10-04 (Phase 0 complete and the register promoted:
 docs/architecture/ opened with ADR-001..007 carrying the resolved
 decisions and the OQ tracker mirroring OQ-ST-01..08 1:1. Phase 0
 research itself is closed; remaining work is in docs/architecture/
 open-questions.md. One erratum fixed in OQ-ST-04's tx-friction line —
-thread-affinity is SQLite-side, previously garbled as "pg-side".)
+thread-affinity is SQLite-side, previously garbled as \"pg-side\".)"
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 # alkstore — Phase 0 (Exploration)