---
name: CTO Endgoal Completion Audit Closeout
status: validated
lifecycle_classification: sot
owner: jp
created: 2026-06-01
last_reviewed: 2026-06-01
core_promotion_status: not-promoted
---

# CTO Endgoal Completion Audit Closeout

Local planning SOT only. Not a Core Protocol. Not active Core authority.

## Workboard

- `CTO-WORK-077`

## Result

- CTO endgoal completion audit
- status: validated
- completion_status: complete
- active goal completion evidence recorded
- transportability proof sufficient
- transportability evidence: repo-backed routes, remote plugin sync, validators, and no vendor edits
- Runtime default activation remains false.
- Do not activate Case as default backend.
- This audit does not authorize another Case run.

## Requirement Audit

| Requirement | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cortex governs | proven | Local planning SOT states not Core authority; Core promotion remains not-promoted. |
| Hermes controls | proven | `CTO-WORK-075` records remote sync and temporary Hermes WebUI boot smoke. |
| CTO routes | proven | CTO workboard records validated route sequence through `CTO-WORK-075`. |
| Harness proves | proven | Stage 6 candidate-default evidence and `CTO-WORK-071` governed execution evidence reference Harness artifacts. |
| Case executes only after proof | proven | `CTO-WORK-069` approval and `CTO-WORK-071` consumed execution evidence bind one approved run. |
| Bounded code changes with evidence | proven | `CTO-WORK-071` records changed files, allowed paths passed, forbidden paths passed, and `3 passed`. |
| Target repos stay owned and protected | proven | `CTO-WORK-071` records owned target repo, clean start, clean end, and allowed paths. |
| Default status is earned not assumed | proven | Stage 6 candidate-default evidence exists and Runtime default activation remains false. |
| Candidate-default evidence | proven | Stage 6 candidate-default evidence and real-governed refresh evidence are validated. |
| Transportable CTO stack | proven | Repo-backed SOT, synced Hermes plugin, documented routes, validators, and no upstream vendor edits make the stack transportable enough for this stage. |

## Evidence References

- CTO-WORK-071
- CTO-WORK-075
- Stage 6 candidate-default evidence
- `python3 tools/validate_cto_child.py`: passed
- Hermes plugin `python3 -m pytest tests/ -q`: `108 passed`
- Stage 5 target `python3 -m pytest -q`: `3 passed`

## Decision

The CTO endgoal is complete under the pragmatic transportability standard. Next ROI is optional hardening, not required completion work.

## Validator Summary Phrases

- CTO-WORK-076
- Cortex governs: proven
- Hermes controls: proven
- CTO routes: proven
- Harness proves: proven
- Case executes only after proof: proven
- bounded code changes with evidence: proven
- target repos stay owned and protected: proven
- default status is earned not assumed: proven
- candidate-default evidence: proven