diff --git a/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
index 071270e..59b3287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Validate A2ML manifests
         if: steps.detect.outputs.count > 0
-        uses: hyperpolymath/a2ml-validate-action@6bff6ec134fc977e86d25166a5c522ddea5c1e78 # main
+        # Pin was 6bff6ec (#26, s-expression identity). That predates #41,
+        # which taught the validator the colon/brace-block identity form
+        # (`id: "..."`), so docs/governance/TSDM.a2ml failed against the old
+        # pin despite being valid. Bumped to current main.
+        uses: hyperpolymath/a2ml-validate-action@5468b7ff0f5129a74d25af5f2468df11a706dc70 # main
         with:
           path: '.'
           strict: 'false'
diff --git a/.machine_readable/self-validating/methodology-guard.k9.ncl b/.machine_readable/self-validating/methodology-guard.k9.ncl
index 3f627ff..bd7139b 100644
--- a/.machine_readable/self-validating/methodology-guard.k9.ncl
+++ b/.machine_readable/self-validating/methodology-guard.k9.ncl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+K9!
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 # Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell (hyperpolymath) <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
 #
@@ -12,6 +13,18 @@ let methodology_guard = {
   version = "1.0.0",
   description = "Validates that agent work respects declared methodology constraints",
 
+  # Component pedigree (K9 self-description).
+  pedigree = {
+    name = "methodology-guard",
+    version = "1.0.0",
+    schema_version = "1.0.0",
+    component_type = "config-validator",
+    author = "Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>",
+    description = "Validates that agent work respects declared methodology constraints",
+    leash = "kennel",
+    k9_spec_version = "1.0.0",
+  },
+
   checks = {
     divergent_invariant_language = {
       description = "No files in languages violating the divergent language invariant",
diff --git a/container/deploy.k9.ncl b/container/deploy.k9.ncl
index 53973d8..c88004e 100644
--- a/container/deploy.k9.ncl
+++ b/container/deploy.k9.ncl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+K9!
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 # deploy.k9.ncl — KRL deployment component (Hunt level)
 #
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ echo "K9: Rollback complete."
 
 # Export the component
 {
-  pedigree = component_pedigree,
+  pedigree = component_pedigree & { name = "krl-deploy" },
   deployment = deployment,
   scripts = scripts,
 
diff --git a/docs/governance/MAINTENANCE-CHECKLIST.a2ml b/docs/governance/MAINTENANCE-CHECKLIST.a2ml
index eaee720..f46eece 100644
--- a/docs/governance/MAINTENANCE-CHECKLIST.a2ml
+++ b/docs/governance/MAINTENANCE-CHECKLIST.a2ml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Cross-repo maintenance baseline (machine-readable canonical)
 
 [metadata]
+name = "maintenance-checklist"
 version = "1.1.0"
 last-updated = "2026-02-24"
 scope = "cross-repo"