Normalize Steev pickup posture

AGENTS.md

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Legacy-work relation: old Steev/personal-agent, BlueBubbles, Proton/rclone, Seco
 - Follow parent `AGENTS.md`; this file is route-local instruction before chat memory.
 - For broad work, run `cortex graph context` as Derived State, then read local files.
 - Before edits, read `AGENTS.md`, `README.md`, and `WORKBOARD.yaml`; keep writes route-local unless Core authorizes promotion.
-- Run the validator before handoff or done claims; raise proof only for runtime, provider, secret, memory, profile exposure, release, or readiness.
-- Keep proof and handoffs refs-only. Do not write Hindsight memory, Core SOT, sibling repos, runtime state, or personal payloads without route approval.
+- Use Karpathy rules, small profile-boundary seams, real evals, and cartesian/pragmatic/efficient/elegant no-live execution; run the validator before handoff/done.
+- Keep compact refs-only proof and handoffs; do not write Hindsight memory, Core SOT, siblings, runtime state, or personal payloads without route approval.
 
 ## Repo-Custom Agent Contract
 
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ Do not mutate `../core/`, sibling repos, `~/.hermes`, runtime state, browser hos
 
 ## Validation
 
-After editing, run:
+After edits run:
 
 ```bash
 python3 tools/validate_steev_child.py
 ```
 
-For governance text, follow Core caveman prose discipline.
+For governance text, use Core compact prose.
 
 ## Handoff
 
-Handoffs are compact and refs-only: changed files, validator output, forbidden effects avoided, and legacy intentions left for later.
+Handoffs are refs-only: files, validator, avoided effects, deferred legacy intentions.

tools/validate_steev_child.py

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ GOVERNED_BOUNDARY_SOURCE_LOCKS = {
 GOVERNED_BOUNDARY_REPAIRED_SOURCE_HASHES: dict[str, set[str]] = {
     "../core/tools/check_personal_agent_21_seed_main_branch_authority_gate_pickup.py": {
         "20fffdb88f1e7a023e715465aa944c33201bc83ccff218833d6ba72f900f0944",
+        "caeb3a933b6b9faba7da6514ec97ae8dae7e8797f125204fc749897b41f691d8",
     },
 }