Observed while committing docs/TECHNICAL_TEARDOWN.md on PR #539.
The teardown is valuable as a branch-state orientation document, but it overlaps the existing authoritative doc map: README.md, docs/GUIDE.md, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/BEARING.md, and the active design packets. It also names the holmes-weslaw-ingest-gates branch and June 1, 2026 explicitly.
Risk: future readers may treat a stale teardown snapshot as architecture authority after the branch has moved on.
Acceptance criteria:
- Decide whether
docs/TECHNICAL_TEARDOWN.md is a maintained orientation doc, a dated snapshot, or a temporary review artifact.
- If maintained, wire it into the docs front door and define what must update when behavior/architecture changes.
- If snapshot-only, mark that status clearly near the top and avoid letting it override
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md or docs/BEARING.md.
- If temporary, remove or archive it after the PR has served its review purpose.
Observed while committing
docs/TECHNICAL_TEARDOWN.mdon PR #539.The teardown is valuable as a branch-state orientation document, but it overlaps the existing authoritative doc map:
README.md,docs/GUIDE.md,docs/ARCHITECTURE.md,docs/BEARING.md, and the active design packets. It also names theholmes-weslaw-ingest-gatesbranch and June 1, 2026 explicitly.Risk: future readers may treat a stale teardown snapshot as architecture authority after the branch has moved on.
Acceptance criteria:
docs/TECHNICAL_TEARDOWN.mdis a maintained orientation doc, a dated snapshot, or a temporary review artifact.docs/ARCHITECTURE.mdordocs/BEARING.md.