v9.0 - closed-topic summary guidance and startup patch posture refinement

Summary

This release refines the RULES repository in two core areas:

1. closed-topic presentation guidance
2. startup patch posture for greenfield / baseline formation

It also includes postflight cleanup of residual metadata and master-changelog drift.

Included rule updates

• accurate-communication -> v2.11
• artifact-initiation-control -> v1.1
• project-documentation-standards -> v2.14
• document-patch-control -> v2.5
• master changelog / README / TODO / design inventory synchronized to release state

Behavioral changes

Closed-topic presentation

Resolved issues may remain available as reasoning context, but they should not be repeated in active summaries by default once the conversation has moved on. Historical context should be labeled explicitly when still needed.

Startup patch posture

Patch remains valid for existing governed surfaces with real before/after review value, but greenfield startup / baseline formation now defaults to design + changelog + TODO + phase first, with patch normally not required unless explicitly requested or justified by a real review surface.

Cleanup and consistency fixes

• synchronized accurate-communication runtime/design metadata to v2.11
• fixed subsection numbering drift in design/accurate-communication.design.md
• fixed README footer version drift to 9.0
• repaired master changelog structure and missing anchor coverage

Verification

• master changelog anchor integrity passed
• touched rule/design/changelog/master surfaces are synchronized for this wave

v8.9

Summary

• refine startup patch posture so greenfield baseline formation no longer implies patch by default
• add Waves 018-021 for the RULES compact plugin companion, including ephemeral handoff, session-scoped carry-forward, active review trigger, and reference-first review tightening
• replace legacy compact hook scripts with the new session-scoped compact lifecycle scripts

Compact plugin highlights

• exact-session compact routing with per-session state and proof files
• visible review-required compact navigator wording
• bounded reference-first additionalContext with file pointers instead of aggressive old-context replay
• bounded sessionstart-directive.json proof for emitted review directives

Governance sync

• update RULES design, changelog, TODO, phase, patch, and plugin docs to reflect the current compact plugin model
• narrow artifact-initiation and patch-governance wording for greenfield startup posture