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-# orc-wiki
-
-Builds and maintains a persistent, evidence-anchored project knowledge base (the
-**wiki**) under project-root `wiki/`, plus a cross-repo **crosslink** subsystem.
-Skill mechanics live in `SKILL.md`; freshness in `references/staleness.md`;
-integrity in `references/integrity-check.md`; doc shape in `schemas/wiki-doc.md`;
-crosslink mechanics in `references/crosslink.md`.
-
-## What the wiki is
-
-`/orc-wiki` scans the codebase with Opus 4.8 high and writes `wiki/orc-feature-*`,
-`wiki/orc-reference-*`, and `wiki/orc-architecture-overview.md`, an `INDEX.md`, and
-the machine manifest `.claude/orc/wiki-meta.json`. Future ORC runs consult it —
-precedence `code > fresh wiki > stale wiki (hints) > model priors`. Freshness is
-computed on read (git commit distance), never stored. Expensive and often
-multi-session — it always warns and gets consent before scanning.
-
-## Two halves: docs and registration
-
-- **Docs** (`wiki/*.md`) — prose. Written by the skill's scan agents, because it
-  takes a model to read code and summarize it. This is the expensive half.
-- **Registration** (`wiki/INDEX.md` + `.claude/orc/wiki-meta.json`) — the index
-  and manifest that make the docs *findable*. Every field is derived from the
-  docs' own headers, so the **`orc wiki sync` CLI** writes it: instant, free,
-  deterministic. No model is ever involved.
-
-```bash
-orc wiki                 # registration state: registered / UNREGISTERED / corrupt / out of sync
-orc wiki sync            # (re)build INDEX.md + wiki-meta.json from the docs on disk
-orc wiki sync --check    # read-only; exit 1 if registration doesn't match the docs
-```
-
-**If ORC or `orc crosslink` says it can't see your wiki, run `orc wiki sync` —
-not a re-scan.** A wiki with docs but no manifest is UNREGISTERED, not missing:
-the docs are fine, nothing indexed them. This is common and expected, because
-`/orc-wiki` pauses every 5 areas by design, and a run stopped at a pause never
-reached its assemble phase. Sync fixes it in a second, for free; re-scanning
-buys you docs you already have. `/orc-wiki` also detects this on entry and
-offers the repair without any scan.
-
----
-
-# Cross-repo crosslink — the complete guide
-
-## Why you'd want this
-
-You have more than one repo, and they talk to each other:
-
-- a **backend** that a **frontend dashboard** calls over HTTP, or
-- a **backend** that calls **another service** over gRPC (maybe several).
-
-Each repo's wiki only knows *its own* code. So when you ask ORC to build a new
-gRPC call from `service-a` to `service-c`, it has no idea what `service-c`'s
-`CreateInvoice` actually expects — it guesses the field names. **Crosslink fixes
-that:** it lets `service-a`'s wiki read `service-c`'s wiki *at the exact boundary*
-so the executor builds against the real contract.
-
-**The one rule that makes it safe:** crosslink is **advisory and never blocking**,
-and it only ever **reads** another repo's *wiki* — never its source code, and it
-never writes anything in the other repo. If a linked repo is missing, un-scanned,
-or out of date, you just get a warning and less context — your build never stops.
-
-## The mental model (30 seconds)
-
-1. Every repo **publishes** its own boundary (its endpoints / gRPC methods) as
-   small per-point "tag" files when you scan it — automatically.
-2. You **draw the graph** once with a CLI: "this repo calls that one over gRPC."
-3. ORC **connects the dots**: when a task touches a boundary, it hands the
-   executor the linked repo's real contract as a hint.
-
-You do step 2 (coarse: which repos, which way). The machine does the rest.
-
-## Before you start
-
-- ORC installed in **each** repo you want to link (`orc init`).
-- The repos checked out as **siblings** (or anywhere reachable by a relative
-  path), e.g. `~/code/service-a`, `~/code/service-c`, `~/code/dashboard`.
-- A terminal open in the **consuming** repo (the one that calls the others).
-
----
-
-## Step 1 — give every repo a wiki
-
-In **each** repo, run:
-
-```
-/orc-wiki
-```
-
-Besides the normal knowledge base, a scan also **publishes that repo's
-boundary**: one small per-point tag file per endpoint / gRPC method under
-`wiki/crosslink/<kind>/<slug>.md`, plus a `crosslink_provided` list in that
-repo's `.claude/orc/wiki-meta.json`. This is **always on and happens per
-scan-task**, in the same pass as the docs — whether or not anyone links to you
-yet, so you never coordinate timing between teams. Every later scan/refresh
-re-publishes in the same pass, and a refresh **never deletes** your tags
-(a vanished endpoint is retired one-at-a-time, and only with your say-so).
-
-> A repo with no outward boundary simply publishes nothing (each scan-task
-> records that explicitly). That's fine.
-
-### Old wiki with no tags? Backfill — don't re-scan.
-
-A wiki built **before v0.24.0** has docs but no `wiki/crosslink/` folder, because
-publishing used to happen only at the end of a scan (so a run that stopped at one
-of the 5-area pauses never reached it). The boundary is already described in your
-docs' evidence-anchored `Contracts & shapes` rows, so recovering it needs no repo
-scan:
-
-```
-/orc-wiki crosslink
-```
-
-This is the **CROSSLINK-ONLY** legacy-backfill branch. It reads those rows, opens
-*only* the files they anchor to, writes the tag files, resolves what you consume,
-and indexes it all with `orc wiki sync`. It never re-scans an area, never rewrites
-a doc, and never touches coverage. **"No crosslink tags" is never a reason to pay
-for a refresh.**
-
-> On a wiki scanned at **v0.24.0 or later** you should never land here: tags
-> publish on every scan/refresh automatically. If `orc wiki status` says
-> `crosslink: UNPUBLISHED boundary` or `orc wiki sync --check` fails with
-> "boundary documented but no crosslink tags", run the backfill above — that's
-> the guard catching a gap, not a re-scan request.
-
-> **Run it in the repo being CALLED.** Tags are published by the *provider*, so
-> `no crosslink tags yet` about your backend is fixed in the **backend**, not in
-> the frontend you're standing in. Running it in the caller publishes the
-> caller's *own* surface — which for a typical frontend is nothing at all, since
-> a pure consumer exposes no API and correctly publishes zero tags. If both repos
-> call each other (e.g. backend webhooks into the frontend), run it in both.
-
-## Step 2 — draw the graph (in the consuming repo)
-
-From the repo that *calls* the others, run:
-
-```
-orc crosslink
-```
-
-You'll get a tiny menu:
-
-```
-ORC crosslink — self: service-a  ·  0 linked repo(s), 0 edge(s)
-  [1] add linked repo   [2] list   [3] remove   [4] done
-> 1
-```
-
-Adding a link walks you through five short prompts. Here's a real one — linking
-`service-a` to a gRPC dependency `service-c`:
-
-```
-  name for the linked repo (slug): service-c
-  repo path (repo ROOT, relative to this repo, e.g. ../service-z): ../service-c
-  ✓ wiki found · last_scan 11-07-2026 09:12:00 · FRESH · 8 tags
-
-  kinds this repo exposes/consumes (catalog):
-    1) grpc      2) rest-endpoint   3) graphql
-    ... (18 in the catalog, plus type your own)
-  pick (numbers and/or names, comma-separated): 1
-
-  direction?  [1] this repo CALLS them   [2] they CALL this repo
-  > 1
-
-  linked to which repo?
-   1) this repo (service-a)
-  > 1
-  ✓ added service-c  ·  edge self ──grpc──▶ service-c  (we consume → drift-checked)
-```
-
-What each prompt means:
-
-| Prompt | What to enter |
-|--------|---------------|
-| **name** | any short slug for the linked repo (`service-c`, `dashboard`) |
-| **repo path** | the linked repo's **root folder**, relative to this repo (`../service-c`) — not its `wiki/` folder |
-| **kinds** | how they connect — pick from the catalog (`grpc`, `rest-endpoint`, …) or type your own; "Other" is always allowed |
-| **direction** | `[1]` = *you* call them (you'll get drift-checked against their contract); `[2]` = they call you |
-| **linked to** | which repo is the other end — **option 1 is always this repo**; other repos you've added show up as 2, 3, … |
-
-**The freshness line after you paste the path is the important safety check.** The
-CLI reads the linked repo's `wiki-meta.json` right then and tells you:
-
-- `✓ wiki found · … · FRESH · 8 tags` — great, fully linked.
-- `⚠ no wiki-meta.json there — run orc-wiki in that repo first` — typo or you
-  skipped Step 1 there. The link is still saved (inert until they scan).
-- `✗ path not found — saved as a PENDING edge` — wrong path; fix it later, it
-  resolves automatically when the path exists.
-
-**Bulk-add (nice shortcut).** If the linked repo *already* declares a matching
-link back at you, the CLI notices and offers to mirror it:
-
-```
-  service-c also declares service-c ──webhook──▶ service-a — mirror it into your config? (y/n) y
-   ✓ mirrored
-```
-
-When you're done, pick `[4]`. On your first setup the CLI offers to add the
-derived cache folder to `.gitignore` — say yes.
-
-Everything you just did was written to **one file**: `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml`.
-The CLI never touches the linked repo.
-
-## Step 3 — let ORC connect the dots
-
-Back in the consuming repo, run `/orc-wiki` once more (or your next scan/refresh).
-Now that the graph exists, orc-wiki walks your call sites and:
-
-- resolves the **exact** per-point contracts you depend on into
-  `.claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json` (you never hand-list endpoints), and
-- mirrors snapshots of those contracts into `.claude/orc/crosslink/cache/`
-  (gitignored) so they're available even when the other repo isn't checked out.
-
-That's it. You're set up.
-
-### One-shot alternative: `/orc-wiki crosslink compile`
-
-Once the graph exists (Step 2), `/orc-wiki crosslink compile` does the whole
-connect-the-dots pass in one command (v0.33.0): resolve/consume from the graph
-(refresh `needs.json` + `cache/`) → generate the federation **ATLAS** (below) →
-write the atlas into each linked repo → inject/update the CLAUDE.md pointer
-block locally **and in each linked repo** (in-place block update, user content
-byte-preserved; a peer with no CLAUDE.md gets a minimal file with only the
-block). Every step is warn-only on failure, never a re-scan, never a doc
-rewrite, and it ends with one summary line per repo touched. Hard
-precondition: `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml` with ≥1 edge — missing/empty
-means it explains the `orc crosslink` CLI steps and stops.
-
-## The ATLAS — federation super-context (v0.33.0)
-
-`wiki/crosslink/atlas.md` is ONE repo-agnostic document describing the whole
-federation — every node, every edge (including transitive repos learned from
-peer atlases), what each repo provides/consumes, and **peek hints** (which of a
-repo's wiki docs answer which questions). The same document lives in EACH
-linked repo; a header records `generated_from`, the `generated` timestamp, and
-per-peer peek freshness. Freshness on read = `min(own wiki tier, oldest peek
-age)` — computed on read, never stored; across copies, **newest wins** (trust
-the newer `generated` stamp).
-
-It is regenerated at the end of every scan/refresh (derived + cheap — never a
-scan), and after writing the local copy the session **writes the same file into
-each linked repo** — this is a sanctioned peer FILE write (exception #2 in
-`references/crosslink.md`, next to orc-poly's handoff plan): never a commit,
-never a push, never any other peer path, and any failure warns and continues.
-`orc wiki sync` treats it as derived — never a registered doc, never
-bulk-deleted by a refresh.
-
-## Step 4 — check it worked
-
-```
-orc crosslink status
-```
-
-```
-Crosslink status — self: service-a, 1 linked repo(s), 1 edge(s)
-
-  service-c:
-    ✓ wiki found · last_scan 11-07-2026 09:12:00 · FRESH · 8 tags
-
-  needs baseline: .claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json (per-point tags orc-wiki resolved)
-```
-
-From now on, when you run `/orc`, `/orc-fast`, or `/orc-mini` and a task touches
-that gRPC boundary, the executor gets `service-c`'s real `CreateInvoice` contract
-handed to it as a hint — no more guessed field names.
-
----
-
-## What lives where (after setup)
-
-| File | Who writes it | Committed? | What it is |
-|------|---------------|-----------|------------|
-| `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml` | `orc crosslink` CLI (you) | yes | the graph you drew |
-| `wiki/crosslink/**` | `/orc-wiki` | yes | this repo's own published boundary tags |
-| `.claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json` | `/orc-wiki` | yes | the exact contracts you depend on (drift baseline) |
-| `.claude/orc/crosslink/cache/**` | `/orc-wiki` | **no** (gitignored) | mirrored snapshots of linked contracts |
-| `wiki/crosslink/atlas.md` | `/orc-wiki` (derived; also written into each linked repo) | yes | the federation atlas — repo-agnostic super-context |
-
-`orc update` never touches any of these.
-
-## Everyday use
-
-- **Drift warnings.** If a contract you depend on changes or disappears, the next
-  `/orc-wiki` scan warns you *by exact tag* (`grpc:billing.v1.CreateInvoice
-  changed under you`). It's a **warning only** — nothing is ever blocked.
-- **Keeping it current.** Re-run `/orc-wiki` (incremental refresh is cheap) in
-  the consuming repo to re-sync the cache and re-check drift.
-- **Freshness you can trust.** A linked hint is only used as fresh when *both* the
-  provider's wiki is fresh *and* your snapshot is recent — the weaker of the two
-  wins, and it's labeled "cross-repo hints, not verified". Local code always wins
-  over any cross-repo hint.
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-| You see | What it means | Fix |
-|---------|---------------|-----|
-| `⚠ wiki found (N docs) but UNREGISTERED` | that repo's wiki is real and possibly complete — nothing ever indexed it (usually a scan stopped at a 5-area pause) | `orc wiki sync` in the linked repo — instant, free, **do not re-scan** |
-| `⚠ wiki-meta.json there is unreadable` | the manifest is corrupt JSON | `orc wiki sync` in the linked repo rebuilds it from the docs |
-| `⚠ no wiki there` | that repo genuinely has no docs | run `/orc-wiki` in the linked repo |
-| `✓ inbound only (they call us)` | that repo only *consumes* your API — you read nothing from it | nothing to do; its tags/freshness are irrelevant on your side |
-| `⚠ linked, but no edge yet` | you added the repo but never drew an edge | `orc crosslink` → add the edge; a node alone does nothing |
-| `✗ path not found — PENDING` | the repo path is wrong or not checked out | fix the path with `orc crosslink` (remove + re-add), or check the repo out |
-| `no crosslink tags yet (coarse hints only)` | that repo has wiki docs but never published its boundary — its scan stopped before the publish step, or its wiki predates crosslink | run **`/orc-wiki crosslink`** in that repo: publishes the tags from the docs it already has, no re-scan. (It also upgrades on that repo's next full scan — but don't pay for a scan just for this.) |
-| `tier unknown (git unavailable there)` | linked folder isn't a git checkout | freshness falls back to the snapshot date — still works |
-| executor didn't get a contract | the task didn't touch a linked boundary, or `needs.json` isn't built | run `/orc-wiki` in this repo to build the needs baseline |
-
-## The guarantees (why it's safe to adopt)
-
-- **Advisory, never blocking** — every failure degrades to a warning; your build
-  never stops on a cross-repo issue.
-- **Reads foreign *wiki* only** — never another repo's source. The whole
-  footprint is a few read-only wiki files + read-only git queries. The ONLY
-  writes into a peer are the two sanctioned file writes (the atlas +, via
-  `crosslink compile`, the CLAUDE.md pointer block) — file writes only, never
-  a commit or push, warn-only on failure.
-- **No cross-team coordination** — publish and consume are independent; a repo on
-  an older wiki gives you coarse hints today and precise ones for free the day it
-  re-scans.
-
-## Git hygiene
-
-Commit `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml`, `.claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json`,
-and `wiki/crosslink/**`. Keep `.claude/orc/crosslink/cache/**` out of git — it's
-derived and regenerable. The `orc crosslink` CLI offers, once, to append the cache
-path to `.gitignore`; it never edits `.gitignore` silently.
+# orc-wiki
+
+Builds and maintains a persistent, evidence-anchored project knowledge base (the
+**wiki**) under project-root `wiki/`, plus a cross-repo **crosslink** subsystem.
+Skill mechanics live in `SKILL.md`; freshness in `references/staleness.md`;
+integrity in `references/integrity-check.md`; doc shape in `schemas/wiki-doc.md`;
+crosslink mechanics in `references/crosslink.md`.
+
+## What the wiki is
+
+`/orc-wiki` scans the codebase with Opus 5.5 low and writes `wiki/orc-feature-*`,
+`wiki/orc-reference-*`, and `wiki/orc-architecture-overview.md`, an `INDEX.md`, and
+the machine manifest `.claude/orc/wiki-meta.json`. Future ORC runs consult it —
+precedence `code > fresh wiki > stale wiki (hints) > model priors`. Freshness is
+computed on read (git commit distance), never stored. Expensive and often
+multi-session — it always warns and gets consent before scanning.
+
+## Two halves: docs and registration
+
+- **Docs** (`wiki/*.md`) — prose. Written by the skill's scan agents, because it
+  takes a model to read code and summarize it. This is the expensive half.
+- **Registration** (`wiki/INDEX.md` + `.claude/orc/wiki-meta.json`) — the index
+  and manifest that make the docs *findable*. Every field is derived from the
+  docs' own headers, so the **`orc wiki sync` CLI** writes it: instant, free,
+  deterministic. No model is ever involved.
+
+```bash
+orc wiki                 # registration state: registered / UNREGISTERED / corrupt / out of sync
+orc wiki sync            # (re)build INDEX.md + wiki-meta.json from the docs on disk
+orc wiki sync --check    # read-only; exit 1 if registration doesn't match the docs
+```
+
+**If ORC or `orc crosslink` says it can't see your wiki, run `orc wiki sync` —
+not a re-scan.** A wiki with docs but no manifest is UNREGISTERED, not missing:
+the docs are fine, nothing indexed them. This is common and expected, because
+`/orc-wiki` pauses every 5 areas by design, and a run stopped at a pause never
+reached its assemble phase. Sync fixes it in a second, for free; re-scanning
+buys you docs you already have. `/orc-wiki` also detects this on entry and
+offers the repair without any scan.
+
+---
+
+# Cross-repo crosslink — the complete guide
+
+## Why you'd want this
+
+You have more than one repo, and they talk to each other:
+
+- a **backend** that a **frontend dashboard** calls over HTTP, or
+- a **backend** that calls **another service** over gRPC (maybe several).
+
+Each repo's wiki only knows *its own* code. So when you ask ORC to build a new
+gRPC call from `service-a` to `service-c`, it has no idea what `service-c`'s
+`CreateInvoice` actually expects — it guesses the field names. **Crosslink fixes
+that:** it lets `service-a`'s wiki read `service-c`'s wiki *at the exact boundary*
+so the executor builds against the real contract.
+
+**The one rule that makes it safe:** crosslink is **advisory and never blocking**,
+and it only ever **reads** another repo's *wiki* — never its source code, and it
+never writes anything in the other repo. If a linked repo is missing, un-scanned,
+or out of date, you just get a warning and less context — your build never stops.
+
+## The mental model (30 seconds)
+
+1. Every repo **publishes** its own boundary (its endpoints / gRPC methods) as
+   small per-point "tag" files when you scan it — automatically.
+2. You **draw the graph** once with a CLI: "this repo calls that one over gRPC."
+3. ORC **connects the dots**: when a task touches a boundary, it hands the
+   executor the linked repo's real contract as a hint.
+
+You do step 2 (coarse: which repos, which way). The machine does the rest.
+
+## Before you start
+
+- ORC installed in **each** repo you want to link (`orc init`).
+- The repos checked out as **siblings** (or anywhere reachable by a relative
+  path), e.g. `~/code/service-a`, `~/code/service-c`, `~/code/dashboard`.
+- A terminal open in the **consuming** repo (the one that calls the others).
+
+---
+
+## Step 1 — give every repo a wiki
+
+In **each** repo, run:
+
+```
+/orc-wiki
+```
+
+Besides the normal knowledge base, a scan also **publishes that repo's
+boundary**: one small per-point tag file per endpoint / gRPC method under
+`wiki/crosslink/<kind>/<slug>.md`, plus a `crosslink_provided` list in that
+repo's `.claude/orc/wiki-meta.json`. This is **always on and happens per
+scan-task**, in the same pass as the docs — whether or not anyone links to you
+yet, so you never coordinate timing between teams. Every later scan/refresh
+re-publishes in the same pass, and a refresh **never deletes** your tags
+(a vanished endpoint is retired one-at-a-time, and only with your say-so).
+
+> A repo with no outward boundary simply publishes nothing (each scan-task
+> records that explicitly). That's fine.
+
+### Old wiki with no tags? Backfill — don't re-scan.
+
+A wiki built **before v0.24.0** has docs but no `wiki/crosslink/` folder, because
+publishing used to happen only at the end of a scan (so a run that stopped at one
+of the 5-area pauses never reached it). The boundary is already described in your
+docs' evidence-anchored `Contracts & shapes` rows, so recovering it needs no repo
+scan:
+
+```
+/orc-wiki crosslink
+```
+
+This is the **CROSSLINK-ONLY** legacy-backfill branch. It reads those rows, opens
+*only* the files they anchor to, writes the tag files, resolves what you consume,
+and indexes it all with `orc wiki sync`. It never re-scans an area, never rewrites
+a doc, and never touches coverage. **"No crosslink tags" is never a reason to pay
+for a refresh.**
+
+> On a wiki scanned at **v0.24.0 or later** you should never land here: tags
+> publish on every scan/refresh automatically. If `orc wiki status` says
+> `crosslink: UNPUBLISHED boundary` or `orc wiki sync --check` fails with
+> "boundary documented but no crosslink tags", run the backfill above — that's
+> the guard catching a gap, not a re-scan request.
+
+> **Run it in the repo being CALLED.** Tags are published by the *provider*, so
+> `no crosslink tags yet` about your backend is fixed in the **backend**, not in
+> the frontend you're standing in. Running it in the caller publishes the
+> caller's *own* surface — which for a typical frontend is nothing at all, since
+> a pure consumer exposes no API and correctly publishes zero tags. If both repos
+> call each other (e.g. backend webhooks into the frontend), run it in both.
+
+## Step 2 — draw the graph (in the consuming repo)
+
+From the repo that *calls* the others, run:
+
+```
+orc crosslink
+```
+
+You'll get a tiny menu:
+
+```
+ORC crosslink — self: service-a  ·  0 linked repo(s), 0 edge(s)
+  [1] add linked repo   [2] list   [3] remove   [4] done
+> 1
+```
+
+Adding a link walks you through five short prompts. Here's a real one — linking
+`service-a` to a gRPC dependency `service-c`:
+
+```
+  name for the linked repo (slug): service-c
+  repo path (repo ROOT, relative to this repo, e.g. ../service-z): ../service-c
+  ✓ wiki found · last_scan 11-07-2026 09:12:00 · FRESH · 8 tags
+
+  kinds this repo exposes/consumes (catalog):
+    1) grpc      2) rest-endpoint   3) graphql
+    ... (18 in the catalog, plus type your own)
+  pick (numbers and/or names, comma-separated): 1
+
+  direction?  [1] this repo CALLS them   [2] they CALL this repo
+  > 1
+
+  linked to which repo?
+   1) this repo (service-a)
+  > 1
+  ✓ added service-c  ·  edge self ──grpc──▶ service-c  (we consume → drift-checked)
+```
+
+What each prompt means:
+
+| Prompt | What to enter |
+|--------|---------------|
+| **name** | any short slug for the linked repo (`service-c`, `dashboard`) |
+| **repo path** | the linked repo's **root folder**, relative to this repo (`../service-c`) — not its `wiki/` folder |
+| **kinds** | how they connect — pick from the catalog (`grpc`, `rest-endpoint`, …) or type your own; "Other" is always allowed |
+| **direction** | `[1]` = *you* call them (you'll get drift-checked against their contract); `[2]` = they call you |
+| **linked to** | which repo is the other end — **option 1 is always this repo**; other repos you've added show up as 2, 3, … |
+
+**The freshness line after you paste the path is the important safety check.** The
+CLI reads the linked repo's `wiki-meta.json` right then and tells you:
+
+- `✓ wiki found · … · FRESH · 8 tags` — great, fully linked.
+- `⚠ no wiki-meta.json there — run orc-wiki in that repo first` — typo or you
+  skipped Step 1 there. The link is still saved (inert until they scan).
+- `✗ path not found — saved as a PENDING edge` — wrong path; fix it later, it
+  resolves automatically when the path exists.
+
+**Bulk-add (nice shortcut).** If the linked repo *already* declares a matching
+link back at you, the CLI notices and offers to mirror it:
+
+```
+  service-c also declares service-c ──webhook──▶ service-a — mirror it into your config? (y/n) y
+   ✓ mirrored
+```
+
+When you're done, pick `[4]`. On your first setup the CLI offers to add the
+derived cache folder to `.gitignore` — say yes.
+
+Everything you just did was written to **one file**: `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml`.
+The CLI never touches the linked repo.
+
+## Step 3 — let ORC connect the dots
+
+Back in the consuming repo, run `/orc-wiki` once more (or your next scan/refresh).
+Now that the graph exists, orc-wiki walks your call sites and:
+
+- resolves the **exact** per-point contracts you depend on into
+  `.claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json` (you never hand-list endpoints), and
+- mirrors snapshots of those contracts into `.claude/orc/crosslink/cache/`
+  (gitignored) so they're available even when the other repo isn't checked out.
+
+That's it. You're set up.
+
+### One-shot alternative: `/orc-wiki crosslink compile`
+
+Once the graph exists (Step 2), `/orc-wiki crosslink compile` does the whole
+connect-the-dots pass in one command (v0.33.0): resolve/consume from the graph
+(refresh `needs.json` + `cache/`) → generate the federation **ATLAS** (below) →
+write the atlas into each linked repo → inject/update the CLAUDE.md pointer
+block locally **and in each linked repo** (in-place block update, user content
+byte-preserved; a peer with no CLAUDE.md gets a minimal file with only the
+block). Every step is warn-only on failure, never a re-scan, never a doc
+rewrite, and it ends with one summary line per repo touched. Hard
+precondition: `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml` with ≥1 edge — missing/empty
+means it explains the `orc crosslink` CLI steps and stops.
+
+## The ATLAS — federation super-context (v0.33.0)
+
+`wiki/crosslink/atlas.md` is ONE repo-agnostic document describing the whole
+federation — every node, every edge (including transitive repos learned from
+peer atlases), what each repo provides/consumes, and **peek hints** (which of a
+repo's wiki docs answer which questions). The same document lives in EACH
+linked repo; a header records `generated_from`, the `generated` timestamp, and
+per-peer peek freshness. Freshness on read = `min(own wiki tier, oldest peek
+age)` — computed on read, never stored; across copies, **newest wins** (trust
+the newer `generated` stamp).
+
+It is regenerated at the end of every scan/refresh (derived + cheap — never a
+scan), and after writing the local copy the session **writes the same file into
+each linked repo** — this is a sanctioned peer FILE write (exception #2 in
+`references/crosslink.md`, next to orc-poly's handoff plan): never a commit,
+never a push, never any other peer path, and any failure warns and continues.
+`orc wiki sync` treats it as derived — never a registered doc, never
+bulk-deleted by a refresh.
+
+## Step 4 — check it worked
+
+```
+orc crosslink status
+```
+
+```
+Crosslink status — self: service-a, 1 linked repo(s), 1 edge(s)
+
+  service-c:
+    ✓ wiki found · last_scan 11-07-2026 09:12:00 · FRESH · 8 tags
+
+  needs baseline: .claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json (per-point tags orc-wiki resolved)
+```
+
+From now on, when you run `/orc`, `/orc-fast`, or `/orc-mini` and a task touches
+that gRPC boundary, the executor gets `service-c`'s real `CreateInvoice` contract
+handed to it as a hint — no more guessed field names.
+
+---
+
+## What lives where (after setup)
+
+| File | Who writes it | Committed? | What it is |
+|------|---------------|-----------|------------|
+| `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml` | `orc crosslink` CLI (you) | yes | the graph you drew |
+| `wiki/crosslink/**` | `/orc-wiki` | yes | this repo's own published boundary tags |
+| `.claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json` | `/orc-wiki` | yes | the exact contracts you depend on (drift baseline) |
+| `.claude/orc/crosslink/cache/**` | `/orc-wiki` | **no** (gitignored) | mirrored snapshots of linked contracts |
+| `wiki/crosslink/atlas.md` | `/orc-wiki` (derived; also written into each linked repo) | yes | the federation atlas — repo-agnostic super-context |
+
+`orc update` never touches any of these.
+
+## Everyday use
+
+- **Drift warnings.** If a contract you depend on changes or disappears, the next
+  `/orc-wiki` scan warns you *by exact tag* (`grpc:billing.v1.CreateInvoice
+  changed under you`). It's a **warning only** — nothing is ever blocked.
+- **Keeping it current.** Re-run `/orc-wiki` (incremental refresh is cheap) in
+  the consuming repo to re-sync the cache and re-check drift.
+- **Freshness you can trust.** A linked hint is only used as fresh when *both* the
+  provider's wiki is fresh *and* your snapshot is recent — the weaker of the two
+  wins, and it's labeled "cross-repo hints, not verified". Local code always wins
+  over any cross-repo hint.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+| You see | What it means | Fix |
+|---------|---------------|-----|
+| `⚠ wiki found (N docs) but UNREGISTERED` | that repo's wiki is real and possibly complete — nothing ever indexed it (usually a scan stopped at a 5-area pause) | `orc wiki sync` in the linked repo — instant, free, **do not re-scan** |
+| `⚠ wiki-meta.json there is unreadable` | the manifest is corrupt JSON | `orc wiki sync` in the linked repo rebuilds it from the docs |
+| `⚠ no wiki there` | that repo genuinely has no docs | run `/orc-wiki` in the linked repo |
+| `✓ inbound only (they call us)` | that repo only *consumes* your API — you read nothing from it | nothing to do; its tags/freshness are irrelevant on your side |
+| `⚠ linked, but no edge yet` | you added the repo but never drew an edge | `orc crosslink` → add the edge; a node alone does nothing |
+| `✗ path not found — PENDING` | the repo path is wrong or not checked out | fix the path with `orc crosslink` (remove + re-add), or check the repo out |
+| `no crosslink tags yet (coarse hints only)` | that repo has wiki docs but never published its boundary — its scan stopped before the publish step, or its wiki predates crosslink | run **`/orc-wiki crosslink`** in that repo: publishes the tags from the docs it already has, no re-scan. (It also upgrades on that repo's next full scan — but don't pay for a scan just for this.) |
+| `tier unknown (git unavailable there)` | linked folder isn't a git checkout | freshness falls back to the snapshot date — still works |
+| executor didn't get a contract | the task didn't touch a linked boundary, or `needs.json` isn't built | run `/orc-wiki` in this repo to build the needs baseline |
+
+## The guarantees (why it's safe to adopt)
+
+- **Advisory, never blocking** — every failure degrades to a warning; your build
+  never stops on a cross-repo issue.
+- **Reads foreign *wiki* only** — never another repo's source. The whole
+  footprint is a few read-only wiki files + read-only git queries. The ONLY
+  writes into a peer are the two sanctioned file writes (the atlas +, via
+  `crosslink compile`, the CLAUDE.md pointer block) — file writes only, never
+  a commit or push, warn-only on failure.
+- **No cross-team coordination** — publish and consume are independent; a repo on
+  an older wiki gives you coarse hints today and precise ones for free the day it
+  re-scans.
+
+## Git hygiene
+
+Commit `.claude/orc-crosslink.config.yaml`, `.claude/orc/crosslink/needs.json`,
+and `wiki/crosslink/**`. Keep `.claude/orc/crosslink/cache/**` out of git — it's
+derived and regenerable. The `orc crosslink` CLI offers, once, to append the cache
+path to `.gitignore`; it never edits `.gitignore` silently.