docs(v0.11-release-prep-close): close-docs sweep — status flip + §3/§7 fill + workflow.md R-NEW-82 widening

CLAUDE.md "Status" flipped to v0.11.0 release-prep SHIPPED — ready
for publish, EXTERNALLY BLOCKED on user push + npm publish; Live
numbers refreshed to the M54-G IMPL baseline (4295 + 5 skip / 119
commands / branch 95.86% / functions 98.98% 1359/1373) + the new
"Release-prep held all numbers" sentence; package.json version
bumped to 0.11.0; the bulky M54-G narrative block collapsed to a
plan-doc pointer per the v0.10 close-docs precedent (the per-
milestone narrative belongs in `docs/v0.11-plan.md` §3 + §22 per
`feedback_public_docs_clean` propagation forward); "Next session"
pointer flipped to publish-coordination → v0.11.x / v0.12
candidate-selection per R-NEW-75 (E profile-scoped argument
defaults queued standalone per the 2026-05-22 user binding); §3
v0.11-plan row refreshed to "Release-prep SHIPPED" with R-class
outcomes.

`docs/v0.11-plan.md`: §1 release-prep row flipped to SHIPPED; new
§3 "release-prep — close" subsection at `413d0f8..<close-docs>`
(4 commits — README Scope flip + version bump + CHANGELOG + this
close-docs; ToC audit + deferral-slip + help-text-hygiene commits
all skipped after CLEAN gates per R-NEW-82's widened "if clean,
skip" sub-rule); §7 exit checklist filled (mirrors v0.10 §7
format with a publish line pending the user).

`.claude/rules/workflow.md`: R-NEW-82 body widened at this 3rd-
consecutive 4-commit cluster threshold — folds three OPEN
watch-items inline:
- R-v0.10-NEW-6 GRADUATED ("if clean, skip" sub-rule named on the
  three conditional commit slots — deferral-slip, help-text-
  hygiene, ToC-audit).
- R-v0.9-NEW-14 GRADUATED ("clean by construction when no
  deferred wire leg ships" framing — cites v0.9 M50 deletion +
  v0.10 M53 pure refactor + v0.11 M54-G pure-additive as the
  three structurally-distinct classes named in the M54-G IMPL-
  close-widened "Pre-flights with no deferred wire leg need NO
  stub literal" rule).
- R-v0.10-NEW-7 RESOLVED (bidirectional cross-ref between
  R-NEW-82 + R-v0.9-NEW-13's "Post-publish flip commit pattern"
  — placeholder convention origin + post-publish backfill side
  now point at each other).

`docs/v0.11-plan.md` §22 R-class register: R-v0.8-NEW-21 CLOSED-
RESOLVED at 4th-consecutive CLEAN hygiene sweep (closed rather
than graduated — the v0.10-M53 NOUN_DESCRIPTIONS structural fix
+ `feedback_public_docs_clean` user-memory + R-NEW-82's widened
"if clean, skip" sub-rule cover the discipline already);
R-v0.10-NEW-6 + R-v0.9-NEW-14 + R-v0.10-NEW-7 all flipped to
GRADUATED/RESOLVED per the workflow.md fold above; R-v0.9-NEW-15
re-ratified (2nd dedicated consumer of the widened README
checklist — all three surfaces applied verbatim).

Skip Codex review (R-NEW-84) — release-prep is mechanical /
process-only, zero production `src/**/*.ts` semantic changes;
gates (typecheck + lint + 4295 pass + 5 skipped + npm audit 0)
carry verification.

`<close-docs>` / `<close-docs-sha>` SHA placeholders (6 in
CLAUDE.md + 8 in docs/v0.11-plan.md, 14 total) will be backfilled
at the post-publish flip commit per the GRADUATED R-v0.9-NEW-13
rule.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Nick Webster

.claude/rules/workflow.md

@@ -277,19 +277,50 @@ slot** (feature shipped), or **drop the rejection** (no longer
 planned). Matching test pins + doc prose + module docstrings update
 in lockstep.
 
-Release-prep is a 6-commit baseline: envelope-snapshot refresh probe
-+ ToC audit + deferral slip + README quickstart refresh + version
-bump + CHANGELOG + close-docs sweep.
-
-R-NEW-82 (graduated v0.5 release-prep).
+**Release-prep is a 6-commit baseline** (envelope-snapshot refresh
+probe + ToC audit + deferral slip + README refresh + version bump +
+CHANGELOG + close-docs sweep), but **conditional commits skip when
+the corresponding gate runs CLEAN**: the deferral-slip commit skips
+when the grep returns zero hits; the help-text-hygiene commit skips
+when the `.description()` / `.summary()` / `addHelpText()` sweep
+across `src/commands/**` surfaces no internal refs; the ToC-audit
+commit skips when `output-shapes.md` + `cli-design.md` already
+carry the milestone's surfaces. Three consecutive 4-commit clusters
+at v0.9 / v0.10 / v0.11 ratified the "if clean, skip" sub-rule
+into the baseline.
+
+**When the IMPL ships with no deferred wire leg** (the three
+structural classes named in the "Pre-flights with no deferred wire
+leg need NO stub literal" rule above — deletion, pure refactor,
+pure-additive new verb), the deferral-slip grep runs CLEAN BY
+CONSTRUCTION rather than as an empirically-empty result — no
+deferred leg ever shipped, so no slot can be stale. v0.9 M50
+(deletion) was the 1st instance, v0.10 M53 (pure refactor) the
+2nd, v0.11 M54-G (pure-additive new verb) the 3rd.
+
+The **close-docs commit leaves `<close-docs>` / `<close-docs-sha>`
+placeholders** that the post-publish flip backfills — the close-
+docs commit can't reference its own SHA. The placeholder convention
+is the close-docs SIDE of R-v0.9-NEW-13's "Post-publish flip commit
+pattern" (below); both rules cover the same placeholder lifecycle
+from opposite ends of the cycle.
+
+R-NEW-82 (graduated v0.5 release-prep; widened v0.11 release-prep
+close at the 3rd-consecutive 4-commit cluster threshold to fold in
+R-v0.10-NEW-6's "if clean, skip" sub-rule, R-v0.9-NEW-14's "clean
+by construction when no deferred wire leg ships" framing, and
+R-v0.10-NEW-7's cross-reference to R-v0.9-NEW-13 for the post-
+publish placeholder backfill).
 
 ## Post-publish flip commit pattern
 
 After `npm publish` lands the release, write ONE small commit that
 flips status forward + retires the placeholders the close-docs
 commit couldn't fill itself. The close-docs commit can't reference
-its own SHA, so it leaves `<close-docs>` placeholders that the
-post-publish commit backfills once `git rev-parse HEAD` is stable.
+its own SHA, so it leaves `<close-docs>` placeholders (the
+convention is defined in R-NEW-82's release-prep close-docs shape
+above) that the post-publish commit backfills once `git rev-parse
+HEAD` is stable.
 
 The shape (4 steps, single commit):