Problem

The native technical bootstrap package completes its model turn without creating documentation when run against a genuinely empty docs/** surface. The deterministic completion validator correctly rejects the run because docs/README.md is absent.

Hosted evidence

Initial bootstrap run:

• Run: https://github.com/Automattic/build-with-wordpress/actions/runs/29752036605
• Result artifact: https://github.com/Automattic/build-with-wordpress/actions/runs/29752036605/artifacts/8465035670

Controlled retry with an explicit bootstrap-only prompt requiring docs/README.md, docs/architecture.md, docs/contributor-workflows.md, a root README link, workspace writes, Git status, and Git diff:

• Run: https://github.com/Automattic/build-with-wordpress/actions/runs/29752395466
• Result artifact: https://github.com/Automattic/build-with-wordpress/actions/runs/29752395466/artifacts/8465203130

Both runs passed dependency installation, pnpm install --frozen-lockfile, pnpm build, pnpm verify, and generated-output drift isolation. Both then failed with:

docs-agent.completion-contract.BOOTSTRAP_REQUIRED_PATH: Bootstrap required path is absent or insubstantial: docs/README.md

No publication branch or pull request was created. The temporary base/output branches were removed after evidence capture.

Expected

On an intentionally empty documentation surface, the technical bootstrap package uses its enabled workspace write tools to create the caller-required navigable documentation before normal final prose.

Acceptance criteria

1. A hosted technical bootstrap against an empty docs/** surface creates the caller-required paths.
2. The root entry point links to the documentation index and the configured glob minimum is satisfied.
3. The host-generated DocsAgentCompletionReport passes from the actual Git/filesystem evidence.
4. The runner publishes the required pull request against the declared temporary base.
5. Deterministic coverage proves the bootstrap package is instructed and able to perform required workspace writes without relying on final-response syntax.

Compatibility

The deterministic completion and publication contracts should remain strict. This issue concerns bootstrap agent behavior on a fresh surface, not weakening validation.