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 # Svrnty Vision Endgoal
 
 Route: `svrnty-vision` at `/home/svrnty/workspaces/cortex-os/svrnty-vision`.
+Authority: child-local vision gateway and package-candidate workspace; Core authority lives in `/home/svrnty/workspaces/cortex-os/core`.
 Endgoal: keep `svrnty-vision` as the child-local sovereign vision HTTP gateway and Visual Perception Package Candidate for VLM analysis, FLUX rendering, palette extraction, and cutout work without Core authority, Seed installation authority, Runtime startup authority, Profile Exposure authority, provider admission, wildcard tool access, or product-readiness claims.
 Stage: CLEAN after `python3 tools/validate_svrnty_vision_child.py` passes.
 Clean score: 100.