docs: consolidate v0.1 README contract

[Abiorh001]

Goal

Make the README easier to understand by removing repeated lifecycle descriptions while preserving the complete Workstream v0.1 contract.

What changed

• replaced the repetitive Core Thesis lifecycle list with six governing invariants
• reduced the Success Standard to one release-level acceptance statement
• consolidated the Operating Standard into the unique operational rules
• kept Current v0.1 State as the single progress-oriented section

Scope

README only. No product behavior, roadmap, initiative state, API, policy, test, CI, or dependency change.

Preserved v0.1 outcomes

• review decisions: accept, needs_revision, reject
• revision without history rewriting
• reviewer and accepted-submission ContributionRecords
• FinalAcceptance as the accepted submitter source
• conditional compensation awards and fulfillment
• runtime reputation projection remains deferred

Verification

• Markdown link check passed
• stale Workstream wording check passed
• git diff check passed
• focused docs review: PASS WITH LOW RISKS; the only ledger-drift observation was avoided by keeping this PR free of new implementation-state claims

Human review focus

Confirm that consolidation removed repetition without weakening any required REV, CON, artifact, authorization, contribution, or compensation invariant.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Reorganized and clarified the project’s documented core invariants.
  • Simplified implementation-status language for the initial release.
  • Updated success criteria to cover the complete real-person lifecycle.
  • Clarified operating standards for versioning, evidence, records, revisions, and lifecycle gates.
  • Explicitly excluded runtime reputation projection from the release criteria.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: defaults

Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro Plus

Run ID: 3e46d9f3-e84f-4bc9-b457-578de3322caa

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between e59e290 and e1f90f4.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• README.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

README.md now uses “Core Invariants,” simplifies implementation-status wording, and defines lifecycle-wide success and operating standards for versioned rules, preserved history, validated submissions, attributable contributions, and conditional compensation.

Changes

README lifecycle standards

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Core invariants and lifecycle standards README.md	The README defines versioned governance, retained lineage, invalid-submission rejection, append-only history, FinalAcceptance-sourced contributions, and downstream compensation. It also documents lifecycle success criteria and operating rules for locked attempt context, rebased revisions, immutable records, governed lessons, and distinct lifecycle gates.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~4 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Flow-Research/workstream#145: Defines related FinalAcceptance, immutable lineage, revision context, and deferred reputation principles.
• Flow-Research/workstream#150: Formalizes related lifecycle invariants and pre-creation validation rules.
• Flow-Research/workstream#270: Documents related frozen attempt context, revision rebasing, immutable lineage, and lifecycle gates.

Suggested reviewers: durutheguru

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description explains the documentation scope and preserved outcomes but omits most required trust-bundle sections and evidence details.	Add the required template sections, including planning context, design, scope control, acceptance proof, test delta, reviewer results, CI integrity, risks, follow-up, and merge ownership.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the documentation change and the README contract consolidation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch codex/readme-v01-consolidation

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