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\[optional body\]

\[optional footer\]

### Signed commits

Every commit that reaches the default branch must be signed; a ruleset refuses
unsigned pushes. Estate policy:
[SIGNING-POLICY](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc).

- **People and interactive agents** sign with an SSH key registered on GitHub
as a *signing* key (`gpg.format=ssh`, `user.signingkey=<key>.pub`,
`commit.gpgsign=true`). The committer email must be verified on that account.
- **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write
through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action)
so that GitHub signs each commit.
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Qualify the API signing instruction.

The REST Git Database API does not sign commits automatically. An app or workflow that follows this wording through that route can create an unsigned commit, which the signed-commit ruleset can reject. createCommitOnBranch is signed automatically only when GitHub supports signing for that operation.

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-  through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action)
-  so that GitHub signs each commit.
+  through GraphQL `createCommitOnBranch` (which GitHub signs automatically when
+  supported) or the estate `signed-push` action. Other API commit-creation
+  routes, such as REST Git Database, require a valid detached signature.
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- **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write
through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action)
so that GitHub signs each commit.
- **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write
through GraphQL `createCommitOnBranch` (which GitHub signs automatically when
supported) or the estate `signed-push` action. Other API commit-creation
routes, such as REST Git Database, require a valid detached signature.
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md around lines 132 - 134:
Update the “Apps, bots and workflows” guidance to clarify that GitHub
automatically signs commits created through GraphQL createCommitOnBranch only
when signing is supported. State that other commit-creation API routes,
including REST Git Database, require a valid detached signature.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

- Merge PRs with **squash**. The ruleset checks every commit on the PR branch,
not just the result, so one unsigned commit blocks the merge. Re-create such a
branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR.
Rebase-merge replays commits unsigned and is disabled.
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