chore: cut 1.8.4 patch release

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- Selective merge of net-new anti-slop patterns from `miqdadbadjuber/anti-slop` v3.2.x into existing surfaces (`taste-guard.md`, `03-prose-discipline.md`, `writing-for-agents`, `install-anti-slop/NOTICE.md`, and `docs/warehouse-inventory.md`): Two-State Layout, Decorative Status Dot, Over-Explained Comment, and DESIGN.md conflict resolution. Zero new skills added; catalog totals stay 64 (48 model-invoked, 16 manual slash commands).
+None.
+
+## 1.8.4 — 2026-09-16
+
+Patch. Totals remain **64** (48 model-invoked, 16 manual). Selective MERGE of named slop patterns from miqdadbadjuber/anti-slop v3.2.x into taste-guard, impeccable, prose-discipline, and writing-for-agents (Two-State Layout, Decorative Status Dot, DESIGN.md conflict, Over-Explained Comment). Zero catalog twins. Oxlint install-anti-slop unchanged.
 
 ## 1.8.3 — 2026-09-15
 

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.3
+1.8.4

docs/stocktake-1.8.3.md

@@ -136,3 +136,4 @@ A baseline cannot be produced from inside a single session that already has the
 3. ~~`impeccable` frontmatter declares `Apache 2.0` while `vendor/license-audit.json` records `Apache-2.0`.~~ Resolved: frontmatter now reads `Apache-2.0`, and the audit evidence string dropped the parenthetical that only existed to flag the mismatch.
 4. 28 of 62 skills omit a frontmatter `license` key by design. If that ever becomes confusing, document it in the skill authoring guide rather than adding keys.
 5. `img2threejs` added post-#21; not part of the original 1.8.3 execution pass.
+6. Live catalog at 1.8.4 is 64 (48 model-invoked, 16 manual) including `markitdown` KEEP.

vendor/license-audit.json

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 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "product": "OpenCodeBestFriend",
-  "productVersion": "1.8.3",
+  "productVersion": "1.8.4",
   "note": "Evidence-based. A missing frontmatter license is not a grant. Adapted \u2260 first-party.",
   "skills": {
     "adhd": {

vendor/provenance.json

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 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "product": "OpenCodeBestFriend",
-  "productVersion": "1.8.3",
+  "productVersion": "1.8.4",
   "upstreamProduct": "GrokBestFriend",
   "upstreamVersion": "1.3.1",
   "firstPartyLicense": "MIT",

vendor/sources.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "product": "OpenCodeBestFriend",
-  "productVersion": "1.8.3",
+  "productVersion": "1.8.4",
   "adaptedFrom": {
     "product": "ClaudeBestFriend",
     "version": "1.4.2-claude.1",