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 # Riverbraid-Gold-V2
 
-**Lifecycle category:** experimental concept/demo surface
-**Normative source:** Riverbraid-Core
-**Claim boundary:** Declared Conditions Only
+> Lifecycle: ACTIVE  
+> Experimental status: EXPERIMENTAL  
+> Control posture: NONCONTROLLING  
+> Current mechanical reproduction profile: EXCLUDED
 
-## Role in Riverbraid
+Riverbraid-Gold-V2 is an active experimental surface for advanced Riverbraid implementation and design research.
 
-Riverbraid-Gold-V2 is an experimental next-generation concept and demo surface for Riverbraid interface, ledger, and verification ideas.
+Its models, dependencies, predicates, and design claims are not Riverbraid Core requirements and do not define universal protocol semantics. Any future material promoted from this repository must independently pass the primitive-boundary test.
 
-This repository is not a canonical Evaluation Kit proof route unless a current registry and evidence surface explicitly say so.
+Riverbraid does not decide truth, trust, evidentiary weight, legitimacy, risk, readiness, certification, moral priority, or the correct interpretation of evidence.
 
-## Public verification boundary
-
-Local verifier output, demo behavior, and UI behavior must not be treated as canonical registry verification.
-
-Package scripts in this repository may reference neighboring repositories. Those references are dependency-boundary surfaces and should not be treated as self-contained proof unless the full workspace layout and evidence surface are checked.
-
-Primary public entry point:
-https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Evaluation-Kit
-
-Documentation hub:
-https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Documentation
-
-## Evidence boundary
-
-This repository does not claim certification, legal approval, production readiness, absolute security, external audit, complete AI safety, adoption, registry freshness, or absence of defects.
-
-## Authority boundary
-
-Riverbraid-Core remains the normative source for protocol semantics. This repository does not override Core, the Evaluation Kit registry, workflow evidence, release state, or external review.
-
-## Local use
-
-```bash
-npm install
-npm run dev
-```
-
-## Verification
-
-```bash
-node verify.mjs
-```
-
-This command currently represents local repository verification only unless stronger evidence is explicitly provided.
-
-## License
-
-MIT.
-
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-
-**Navigation:** [Evaluation Kit](https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Evaluation-Kit) | [Documentation](https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Documentation) | [System Map](https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Documentation)
+See [Riverbraid-Core](https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Core) for the mechanical grammar and [Riverbraid-Evaluation-Kit](https://github.com/Riverbraid/Riverbraid-Evaluation-Kit) for the current declared mechanical reproduction profile.