diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b40d1ee..78006e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,6 +216,20 @@ does not fit is listed as deferred. Scanner recovery actions and reasons remain
 data in the plan. The filter does not dispatch, schedule, execute recovery, write
 state, use a credential or network, activate a profile, publish, or touch a target.
 
+## Inactive GitHub forge normalizer payload
+
+`adapters/github-forge/v1/normalize.jq` validates one untrusted GitHub
+change-request snapshot against caller-supplied repository, request, head, base,
+app, time, instruction, and config bindings. It returns a canonical generic
+observation for open, blocked, closed, merged, stale, incomplete, or unknown
+state. Provider metadata stays opaque data.
+
+This PR lands only the immutable normalizer payload. A later assembly PR can add
+its manifest and default-set wiring after this payload has a durable commit on
+main. The payload is offline and unqualified. It does not call GitHub or a CLI, use a
+credential, change a repository or request, grant authority or qualification, or
+activate a profile.
+
 ## The current default team
 
 You talk **only** to yshifu, in a Claude Code session. yshifu orchestrates the other roles
diff --git a/RESTORE.md b/RESTORE.md
index cee6975..e872d00 100644
--- a/RESTORE.md
+++ b/RESTORE.md
@@ -450,6 +450,20 @@ duplicate, unsorted, and oversized inputs. The jq filter remains inactive and
 planning only. It does not dispatch, schedule, execute recovery, write state, use
 a credential or network, activate a profile, publish, or touch a target.
 
+Restore the two paths in the manifest's inactive GitHub forge normalizer payload
+block, then run:
+
+```sh
+bash scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh
+```
+
+This checks exact caller bindings, deterministic state normalization, opaque
+provider data, and fail-closed malformed or stale input. This stage intentionally
+has no adapter manifest. A later assembly PR can bind the payload through a
+durable main commit and add default-set wiring. The pure jq payload is offline and
+unqualified. It does not call GitHub, use a credential, change a repository or
+request, grant authority or qualification, or activate a profile.
+
 ---
 
 ## 5. Smoke test — prove the rebuilt team is alive
diff --git a/adapters/github-forge/v1/normalize.jq b/adapters/github-forge/v1/normalize.jq
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feb4622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapters/github-forge/v1/normalize.jq
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+def exact_fields($required; $optional):
+  . as $value |
+  type == "object" and
+  ((keys_unsorted - ($required + $optional)) | length) == 0 and
+  all($required[]; . as $key | $value | has($key));
+
+def id_ok:
+  type == "string" and test("\\A[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._:-]{0,127}\\z");
+
+def content_id_ok:
+  id_ok and (contains(":") | not) and (contains("/") | not);
+
+def media_type_ok:
+  type == "string" and utf8bytelength <= 127 and
+  test("\\A[a-z0-9][a-z0-9!#$&^_.+-]*/[a-z0-9][a-z0-9!#$&^_.+-]*\\z");
+
+def provider_id_ok:
+  type == "string" and test("\\A[1-9][0-9]{0,19}\\z");
+
+def sha256_ok:
+  type == "string" and test("\\A[0-9a-f]{64}\\z");
+
+def time_ok:
+  type == "string" and
+  test("\\A[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z\\z") and
+  (capture("\\A(?<year>[0-9]{4})-(?<month>[0-9]{2})-(?<day>[0-9]{2})T(?<hour>[0-9]{2}):(?<minute>[0-9]{2}):(?<second>[0-9]{2})Z\\z") as $parts |
+   ($parts.year | tonumber) as $year |
+   ($parts.month | tonumber) as $month |
+   ($parts.day | tonumber) as $day |
+   ($parts.hour | tonumber) as $hour |
+   ($parts.minute | tonumber) as $minute |
+   ($parts.second | tonumber) as $second |
+   ($year % 4 == 0 and ($year % 100 != 0 or $year % 400 == 0)) as $leap |
+   [31,(if $leap then 29 else 28 end),31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31] as $days |
+   $month >= 1 and $month <= 12 and
+   $day >= 1 and $day <= $days[$month - 1] and
+   $hour >= 0 and $hour <= 23 and
+   $minute >= 0 and $minute <= 59 and
+   $second >= 0 and $second <= 59);
+
+def repository_id_ok:
+  type == "string" and test("\\A[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._:-]{0,127}\\z");
+
+def revision_ok:
+  exact_fields(["repository_id","hash_algorithm","commit_id"];[]) and
+  (.repository_id | repository_id_ok) and
+  (.hash_algorithm == "sha1" or .hash_algorithm == "sha256") and
+  (if .hash_algorithm == "sha1"
+   then (.commit_id | type == "string" and test("\\A[0-9a-f]{40}\\z"))
+   else (.commit_id | type == "string" and test("\\A[0-9a-f]{64}\\z"))
+   end);
+
+def content_ref_ok:
+  exact_fields(["content_id","media_type","sha256"];[]) and
+  (.content_id | content_id_ok) and
+  (.media_type | media_type_ok) and
+  (.sha256 | sha256_ok);
+
+def trust_context_ok:
+  exact_fields(
+    ["expected_repository_id","expected_change_request_id","expected_head",
+     "expected_base","expected_github_app_id","observation_time",
+     "instruction_ref","config_ref"];
+    []) and
+  (.expected_repository_id | provider_id_ok) and
+  (.expected_change_request_id | provider_id_ok) and
+  (.expected_head | revision_ok) and
+  (.expected_base | revision_ok) and
+  .expected_head.repository_id == .expected_base.repository_id and
+  (.expected_github_app_id | provider_id_ok) and
+  (.observation_time | time_ok) and
+  (.instruction_ref | content_ref_ok) and
+  (.config_ref | content_ref_ok);
+
+def path_ok:
+  type == "string" and length > 0 and utf8bytelength <= 4096 and
+  (test("[\\x{0000}-\\x{001f}\\x{007f}-\\x{009f}]") | not) and
+  (contains("\\") | not) and
+  (split("/") | all(.[]; . != "" and . != "." and . != ".."));
+
+def file_ok:
+  exact_fields(["path","status","patch_sha256"];[]) and
+  (.path | path_ok) and
+  (.status | type == "string" and
+   IN("added","changed","copied","modified","removed","renamed","unchanged")) and
+  (.patch_sha256 | sha256_ok);
+
+def files_ok($reported_count; $complete):
+  type == "array" and length <= 256 and
+  all(.[]; file_ok) and
+  (map(.path) as $paths |
+   $paths == ($paths | sort) and
+   ($paths | length) == ($paths | unique | length)) and
+  ($reported_count | type == "number" and . == floor and . >= 0 and . <= 100000) and
+  (if $complete then length == $reported_count else length <= $reported_count end);
+
+def state_facts_ok:
+  if .state == "OPEN" then
+    .closed == false and .merged == false and
+    .closed_at == null and .merged_at == null
+  elif .state == "CLOSED" then
+    .closed == true and .merged == false and
+    (.closed_at | time_ok) and .merged_at == null and .mergeability == "UNKNOWN"
+  elif .state == "MERGED" then
+    .closed == true and .merged == true and
+    (.closed_at | time_ok) and (.merged_at | time_ok) and
+    .merged_at <= .closed_at and .mergeability == "UNKNOWN"
+  elif .state == "UNKNOWN" then
+    .closed == false and .merged == false and
+    .closed_at == null and .merged_at == null and .mergeability == "UNKNOWN"
+  else false
+  end;
+
+def timestamps_ok:
+  (.created_at | time_ok) and
+  (.updated_at | time_ok) and
+  (.observed_at | time_ok) and
+  .created_at <= .updated_at and .updated_at <= .observed_at and
+  (if .closed_at == null then true
+   else .created_at <= .closed_at and .closed_at <= .updated_at end) and
+  (if .merged_at == null then true
+   else .created_at <= .merged_at and .merged_at <= .updated_at end);
+
+def snapshot_ok:
+  . as $snapshot |
+  exact_fields(
+    ["repository_id","change_request_id","head","base","github_app_id",
+     "observed_at","complete","reported_file_count","state","mergeability",
+     "closed","merged","created_at","updated_at","closed_at","merged_at",
+     "files","provider_metadata"];
+    []) and
+  (.repository_id | provider_id_ok) and
+  (.change_request_id | provider_id_ok) and
+  (.head | revision_ok) and
+  (.base | revision_ok) and
+  .head.repository_id == .base.repository_id and
+  (.github_app_id | provider_id_ok) and
+  (.observed_at | time_ok) and
+  (.complete | type == "boolean") and
+  (.state | IN("OPEN","CLOSED","MERGED","UNKNOWN")) and
+  (.mergeability | IN("MERGEABLE","CONFLICTING","UNKNOWN")) and
+  (.closed | type == "boolean") and
+  (.merged | type == "boolean") and
+  (.provider_metadata | type == "object") and
+  (.files | files_ok($snapshot.reported_file_count;$snapshot.complete)) and
+  state_facts_ok and timestamps_ok;
+
+def stale_bindings($context; $snapshot):
+  [
+    if $snapshot.github_app_id != $context.expected_github_app_id then "app" else empty end,
+    if $snapshot.base != $context.expected_base then "base" else empty end,
+    if $snapshot.change_request_id != $context.expected_change_request_id then "change-request" else empty end,
+    if $snapshot.head != $context.expected_head then "head" else empty end,
+    if $snapshot.observed_at != $context.observation_time then "observation-time" else empty end,
+    if $snapshot.repository_id != $context.expected_repository_id then "repository" else empty end
+  ];
+
+def normalized_state($snapshot; $stale):
+  if ($stale | length) > 0 then ["stale","github.binding-stale"]
+  elif $snapshot.complete == false then ["inconclusive","github.snapshot-incomplete"]
+  elif $snapshot.state == "UNKNOWN" then ["inconclusive","github.state-unknown"]
+  elif $snapshot.state == "MERGED" then ["merged","github.change-request-merged"]
+  elif $snapshot.state == "CLOSED" then ["closed-unmerged","github.change-request-closed-unmerged"]
+  elif $snapshot.mergeability == "MERGEABLE" then ["open-ready","github.change-request-open-ready"]
+  elif $snapshot.mergeability == "CONFLICTING" then ["open-blocked","github.change-request-open-blocked"]
+  else ["inconclusive","github.mergeability-unknown"]
+  end;
+
+if (exact_fields(["trust_context","snapshot"];[]) | not) then
+  error("github-forge.invalid-envelope")
+elif (.trust_context | trust_context_ok) == false then
+  error("github-forge.invalid-trust-context")
+elif (.snapshot | snapshot_ok) == false then
+  error("github-forge.invalid-snapshot")
+else
+  .trust_context as $context |
+  .snapshot as $snapshot |
+  stale_bindings($context;$snapshot) as $stale |
+  normalized_state($snapshot;$stale) as $normalized |
+  {
+    schema_version:1,
+    kind:"adapter_observation",
+    adapter:{id:"adapter.github-forge.v1",version:"v1",status:"inactive"},
+    state:$normalized[0],
+    reason_id:$normalized[1],
+    stale_bindings:$stale,
+    trust_context:$context,
+    observation:$snapshot,
+    authority:"none",
+    qualification:{state:"unavailable",reason_id:"adapter.unqualified"},
+    effects:[]
+  }
+end
diff --git a/ci/required-files.txt b/ci/required-files.txt
index c0581eb..64bb6b8 100644
--- a/ci/required-files.txt
+++ b/ci/required-files.txt
@@ -228,3 +228,7 @@ scripts/test/orchestrator-state-scanner.test.sh
 # Inactive canonical orchestrator reconciliation planner
 orchestrator/v1/reconciliation-plan.jq
 scripts/test/orchestrator-reconciliation-plan.test.sh
+
+# Inactive GitHub forge normalizer payload
+adapters/github-forge/v1/normalize.jq
+scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh
diff --git a/scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh b/scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3c95137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+set -euo pipefail
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+root=$(CDPATH='' cd -P -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}/../.." && pwd -P)
+normalizer="$root/adapters/github-forge/v1/normalize.jq"
+tmp=$(/usr/bin/mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ystack-github-forge.XXXXXX")
+trap '/bin/rm -rf -- "$tmp"' EXIT
+
+sha_file() { /usr/bin/shasum -a 256 "$1" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}'; }
+fail() { /usr/bin/printf 'FAIL: %s\n' "$1" >&2; exit 1; }
+passed=0
+pass() { passed=$((passed + 1)); /usr/bin/printf 'ok %s - %s\n' "$passed" "$1"; }
+
+platform=$(/usr/bin/uname -s):$(/usr/bin/uname -m)
+case "$platform" in
+  Darwin:*) asset=jq-osx-amd64; digest=5c0a0a3ea600f302ee458b30317425dd9632d1ad8882259fcaf4e9b868b2b1ef ;;
+  Linux:x86_64) asset=jq-linux64; digest=af986793a515d500ab2d35f8d2aecd656e764504b789b66d7e1a0b727a124c44 ;;
+  *) fail "unsupported jq 1.6 proof platform: $platform" ;;
+esac
+jq_bin="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ystack-portable-core-jq16/$asset"
+[ -f "$jq_bin" ] && [ "$(sha_file "$jq_bin")" = "$digest" ] ||
+  fail 'verified jq 1.6 cache is required'
+jq_command=("$jq_bin")
+if [ "$platform" = Darwin:arm64 ]; then jq_command=(/usr/bin/arch -x86_64 "$jq_bin"); fi
+[ "$("${jq_command[@]}" --version)" = jq-1.6 ] || fail 'jq version'
+
+check() {
+  local name=$1
+  shift
+  "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "$name"
+  pass "$name"
+}
+
+mutate() {
+  local name=$1
+  local filter=$2
+  "${jq_command[@]}" -S -c "$filter" "$tmp/baseline.json" >"$tmp/$name.json"
+}
+
+expect_state() {
+  local name=$1
+  local filter=$2
+  local expected=$3
+  mutate "$name" "$filter"
+  "${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -f "$normalizer" "$tmp/$name.json" \
+    >"$tmp/$name.out" 2>"$tmp/$name.err" || fail "$name"
+  [ ! -s "$tmp/$name.err" ] || fail "$name diagnostics"
+  "${jq_command[@]}" -e --arg state "$expected" \
+    '.state == $state' "$tmp/$name.out" >/dev/null || fail "$name state"
+  pass "$name"
+}
+
+expect_stale() {
+  local name=$1
+  local filter=$2
+  local selector=$3
+  mutate "$name" "$filter"
+  "${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -f "$normalizer" "$tmp/$name.json" \
+    >"$tmp/$name.out" 2>"$tmp/$name.err" || fail "$name"
+  [ ! -s "$tmp/$name.err" ] || fail "$name diagnostics"
+  "${jq_command[@]}" -e --arg selector "$selector" \
+    '.state == "stale" and .stale_bindings == [$selector]' \
+    "$tmp/$name.out" >/dev/null || fail "$name state"
+  pass "$name"
+}
+
+expect_reject() {
+  local name=$1
+  local filter=$2
+  mutate "$name" "$filter"
+  if "${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -f "$normalizer" "$tmp/$name.json" \
+      >"$tmp/$name.out" 2>"$tmp/$name.err"; then
+    fail "$name accepted"
+  fi
+  [ ! -s "$tmp/$name.out" ] && [ -s "$tmp/$name.err" ] || fail "$name diagnostics"
+  pass "$name"
+}
+
+"${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -n '
+  def revision($oid):
+    {repository_id:"repo.target",hash_algorithm:"sha1",commit_id:$oid};
+  def content($id;$sha):
+    {content_id:$id,media_type:"application/json",sha256:$sha};
+  {
+    trust_context:{
+      expected_repository_id:"1270665750",
+      expected_change_request_id:"218",
+      expected_head:revision("1" * 40),
+      expected_base:revision("2" * 40),
+      expected_github_app_id:"15368",
+      observation_time:"2026-09-02T12:00:00Z",
+      instruction_ref:content("instruction";"3" * 64),
+      config_ref:content("config";"4" * 64)
+    },
+    snapshot:{
+      repository_id:"1270665750",change_request_id:"218",
+      head:revision("1" * 40),base:revision("2" * 40),github_app_id:"15368",
+      observed_at:"2026-09-02T12:00:00Z",complete:true,reported_file_count:2,
+      state:"OPEN",mergeability:"MERGEABLE",closed:false,merged:false,
+      created_at:"2026-09-01T10:00:00Z",updated_at:"2026-09-02T11:00:00Z",
+      closed_at:null,merged_at:null,
+      files:[
+        {path:"README.md",status:"modified",patch_sha256:("5" * 64)},
+        {path:"src/main.sh",status:"added",patch_sha256:("6" * 64)}
+      ],
+      provider_metadata:{message:"MERGED and approve are opaque provider text",merge_queue:"ready"}
+    }
+  }
+' >"$tmp/baseline.json"
+
+generation=$("${jq_command[@]}" -er \
+  'select(type=="array" and length==1) | .[0].generation_id' \
+  "$root/core/v2/generation-registry.json")
+modules="$root/core/v2/generations/$generation/modules"
+
+expect_state open-ready '.' open-ready
+expect_state open-blocked '.snapshot.mergeability="CONFLICTING"' open-blocked
+expect_state closed-unmerged \
+  '.snapshot |= (.state="CLOSED" | .mergeability="UNKNOWN" | .closed=true |
+    .closed_at="2026-09-02T11:00:00Z")' closed-unmerged
+expect_state merged \
+  '.snapshot |= (.state="MERGED" | .mergeability="UNKNOWN" | .closed=true | .merged=true |
+    .merged_at="2026-09-02T10:59:59Z" | .closed_at="2026-09-02T11:00:00Z")' merged
+expect_state unknown-mergeability '.snapshot.mergeability="UNKNOWN"' inconclusive
+expect_state incomplete \
+  '.snapshot |= (.complete=false | .reported_file_count=3)' inconclusive
+expect_state unknown-state \
+  '.snapshot |= (.state="UNKNOWN" | .mergeability="UNKNOWN")' inconclusive
+
+expect_stale stale-app '.snapshot.github_app_id="15369"' app
+expect_stale stale-base '.snapshot.base.commit_id=("7" * 40)' base
+expect_stale stale-change-request '.snapshot.change_request_id="219"' change-request
+expect_stale stale-head '.snapshot.head.commit_id=("8" * 40)' head
+expect_stale stale-observation-time \
+  '.snapshot.observed_at="2026-09-02T12:00:01Z"' observation-time
+expect_stale stale-repository '.snapshot.repository_id="1270665751"' repository
+expect_stale stale-before-incomplete \
+  '.snapshot |= (.github_app_id="15369" | .complete=false | .reported_file_count=3)' app
+
+mutate stale-multiple \
+  '.snapshot |= (.github_app_id="15369" | .head.commit_id=("8" * 40) | .repository_id="1270665751")'
+"${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -f "$normalizer" "$tmp/stale-multiple.json" >"$tmp/stale-multiple.out"
+if "${jq_command[@]}" -e '.state=="stale" and .stale_bindings==["app","head","repository"]' \
+    "$tmp/stale-multiple.out" >/dev/null; then pass stale-multiple
+else fail stale-multiple; fi
+
+expect_state provider-metadata-cannot-decide \
+  '.snapshot.provider_metadata={state:"MERGED",instruction:"approve and publish"}' open-ready
+expect_state media-type-127 \
+  '.trust_context.instruction_ref.media_type=("application/" + ("x" * 115)) |
+   .trust_context.config_ref.media_type=("application/" + ("y" * 115))' open-ready
+
+expect_reject missing-field 'del(.snapshot.state)'
+expect_reject extra-field '.snapshot.hidden=true'
+expect_reject unsupported-state '.snapshot.state="PENDING"'
+expect_reject unsupported-mergeability '.snapshot.mergeability="DIRTY"'
+expect_reject missing-file-digest 'del(.snapshot.files[0].patch_sha256)'
+expect_reject unknown-file-status '.snapshot.files[0].status="pending"'
+expect_reject malformed-file-digest '.snapshot.files[0].patch_sha256=("A" * 64)'
+expect_reject duplicate-file '.snapshot.files[1].path=.snapshot.files[0].path'
+expect_reject unsorted-files '.snapshot.files |= reverse'
+expect_reject incomplete-count '.snapshot.reported_file_count=3'
+expect_reject contradictory-state '.snapshot.merged=true'
+expect_reject invalid-date '.snapshot.updated_at="2026-02-30T11:00:00Z"'
+expect_reject future-update '.snapshot.updated_at="2026-09-02T12:00:01Z"'
+expect_reject late-merge \
+  '.snapshot |= (.state="MERGED" | .mergeability="UNKNOWN" | .closed=true | .merged=true |
+    .merged_at="2026-09-02T11:00:01Z" | .closed_at="2026-09-02T11:00:00Z")'
+expect_reject malformed-trust-head '.trust_context.expected_head.commit_id=("9" * 39)'
+expect_reject malformed-instruction-ref '.trust_context.instruction_ref.sha256=("A" * 64)'
+expect_reject missing-config-ref-field 'del(.trust_context.config_ref.content_id)'
+expect_reject colon-content-id '.trust_context.instruction_ref.content_id="instruction:invalid"'
+expect_reject slash-content-id '.trust_context.config_ref.content_id="config/invalid"'
+expect_reject media-type-over-127 \
+  '.trust_context.instruction_ref.media_type=("application/" + ("x" * 116))'
+expect_reject split-trust-repository '.trust_context.expected_base.repository_id="repo.other"'
+
+"${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -f "$normalizer" "$tmp/baseline.json" >"$tmp/repeat-a.json"
+"${jq_command[@]}" -S -c -f "$normalizer" "$tmp/baseline.json" >"$tmp/repeat-b.json"
+check canonical-repeat /usr/bin/cmp -s "$tmp/repeat-a.json" "$tmp/repeat-b.json"
+check canonical-output /usr/bin/cmp -s "$tmp/repeat-a.json" \
+  <("${jq_command[@]}" -S -c . "$tmp/repeat-a.json")
+check authority-qualification-effects "${jq_command[@]}" -e '
+  .authority == "none" and .effects == [] and
+  .qualification == {state:"unavailable",reason_id:"adapter.unqualified"} and
+  ([.. | objects | keys[]] | index("authority_ref") == null) and
+  ([.. | objects | keys[]] | index("gate_decision") == null)
+' "$tmp/repeat-a.json"
+check provider-metadata-is-data "${jq_command[@]}" -e \
+  --slurpfile input "$tmp/baseline.json" '
+    .state == "open-ready" and
+    .observation.provider_metadata == $input[0].snapshot.provider_metadata
+  ' "$tmp/repeat-a.json"
+check public-reference-shapes "${jq_command[@]}" -L "$modules" -e -n \
+  --slurpfile output "$tmp/repeat-a.json" --slurpfile boundary "$tmp/media-type-127.out" '
+    import "schema" as schema;
+    def refs_ok($value):
+      ($value.trust_context.expected_head | schema::git_revision_ref_ok) and
+      ($value.trust_context.expected_base | schema::git_revision_ref_ok) and
+      ($value.trust_context.instruction_ref | schema::content_ref_ok) and
+      ($value.trust_context.config_ref | schema::content_ref_ok) and
+      ($value.observation.head | schema::git_revision_ref_ok) and
+      ($value.observation.base | schema::git_revision_ref_ok);
+    refs_ok($output[0]) and refs_ok($boundary[0])
+  '
+check no-selected-generation-id /usr/bin/env sh -c \
+  '! grep -E "g-[0-9a-f]{64}" "$1" "$2"' sh \
+  "$normalizer" "$root/scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh"
+check pure-jq-normalizer /usr/bin/env sh -c \
+  '! grep -E "core[.]perm|@sh|system[(]|getenv|curl|graphql|api[.]github|github[.]com" "$1"' sh \
+  "$normalizer"
+
+/usr/bin/printf 'GitHub forge normalizer payload: %s/%s checks passed\n' "$passed" "$passed"
diff --git a/scripts/test/portable-core-schema.test.sh b/scripts/test/portable-core-schema.test.sh
index 40f3be5..414d692 100755
--- a/scripts/test/portable-core-schema.test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/portable-core-schema.test.sh
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ schema_import_path_ok() {
   local test_path
   case "$import_path" in
     orchestrator/v1/reconciliation-plan.jq|orchestrator/v1/state-scanner.jq) ;;
+    scripts/test/default-github-forge-adapter.test.sh) ;;
     scripts/test/portable-core-*)
       test_path="${import_path#scripts/test/}"
       case "$test_path" in */*) return 1 ;; esac