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From: Tariq A <tattarw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:52:49 +0000
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PROCEED | PROCEED_STRATEGIC | ABANDON (was 5-value).
status field absorbs INSUFFICIENT_SIGNAL.
reason sub-codes for telemetry.

v0.1.1 → v0.2.0. Per board minute 2026-06-10 §7.2.
---
 README.md               | 6 ++++--
 pyproject.toml          | 2 +-
 src/etymolt/__init__.py | 2 +-
 src/etymolt/types.py    | 4 +++-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e16e84..6651dd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ from etymolt import Etymolt
 etymolt = Etymolt()
 verdict = etymolt.verify("Stratagem")
 
-# verdict["verdict"]    → "PROCEED" | "ITERATE" | "DECIDE" | "ABANDON" | "INSUFFICIENT_SIGNAL"
-# verdict["score"]      → int | None (None when INSUFFICIENT_SIGNAL)
+# verdict["verdict"]    → "PROCEED" | "PROCEED_STRATEGIC" | "ABANDON"
+# verdict["score"]      → int | None (None when status=="partial")
+# verdict["status"]     → "complete" | "partial"
+# verdict["reason"]     → str (e.g. "hard_blocker", "coexistence_required", "no_workaround")
 # verdict["axes"]       → { trademark, domain, cultural, sound_symbolism, pronunciation }
 # verdict["disclaimer"] → Render verbatim per EVP/1 §5.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 129b91b..2f04861 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "etymolt"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Official Python SDK for Etymolt — the fact-check layer for LLM-generated names."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/etymolt/__init__.py b/src/etymolt/__init__.py
index 6e05243..684c9c4 100644
--- a/src/etymolt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/etymolt/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from .client import Etymolt, EtymoltError, AsyncEtymolt
 from .types import Verdict, VerdictAxes, AxisStatus
 
-__version__ = "0.1.1"
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Etymolt",
diff --git a/src/etymolt/types.py b/src/etymolt/types.py
index ae1d603..9b5b26f 100644
--- a/src/etymolt/types.py
+++ b/src/etymolt/types.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class VerdictAxes(TypedDict):
 class Verdict(TypedDict, total=False):
     evp_version: str
     name: str
-    verdict: Literal["PROCEED", "ITERATE", "DECIDE", "ABANDON", "INSUFFICIENT_SIGNAL"]
+    verdict: Literal["PROCEED", "PROCEED_STRATEGIC", "ABANDON"]
+    status: Literal["complete", "partial"]
+    reason: Optional[str]
     score: Optional[int]
     axes: VerdictAxes
     verdict_id: str