feat(610): split the decision corpus into one YAML-frontmatter file per record

168 records -> docs/decisions/records/<area>/<topic>.md (163 active, 23 dirs) and docs/decisions/archive/<area>/<topic>.md (5 archived). The filename IS the key, so one-active-record-per-key becomes a filesystem property rather than a validator check, and supersession becomes a `git mv`. WHY: the monolith was a concurrency problem before an aesthetic one. A 3,900-line append target made parallel sessions collide -- PR #605 and PR #614 both hit append-vs-append conflicts during routine rebases, and hand-resolving those inside the corpus is exactly the operation the rationale-rewrite guard exists to police. HOW IT IS VERIFIED: a ~170-file diff cannot be meaningfully read, so correctness does not rest on reading it. The parser was taught BOTH formats first, so the body-diff guard parses the old form at the merge-base and the new form at head -- the migration validates itself, no bypass. The proof is a field-level equivalence harness: 168 records before and after, zero lost, zero gained, zero field mismatches, zero rationale bodies differing. Reviewers should scrutinise the harness; it is the actual evidence. What measuring caught that reading would not have: - ~500 lines sit OUTSIDE any record -- decisions.md's lifecycle schema and each topic file's preamble, mostly the only copy. Source files are kept and stripped, never deleted. They also cannot be filed per-area: topic files hold several areas and 4 of 23 areas span several files. - Archive discovery was a non-recursive glob; after the split it found ZERO archived records, surfacing as four bogus "supersedes points to unknown key" errors rather than an obvious failure. - ~32 live docs point into the corpus BY DATE, which the split dangles. Each stripped file now ends with a generated "Records formerly in this file" index, which also rescues the identical breadcrumbs in old issue comments. - decisions.md's "In this file:" list was 97 same-file anchor bullets that the split makes WRONG, not merely stale. Dropped; the generated index replaces them with links that resolve. The equivalence harness now runs against a checked-in FIXTURE, not the live corpus. The earlier version migrated the real tree, which made it a one-shot: the moment the migration landed there was nothing left to move and the tests failed for reasons unrelated to the code. A fixture keeps them testing the SCRIPT rather than the repo's current state. Keys preserved verbatim, warts included: `sched` (12) and `scheduling` (1) remain two directories for one concept. Renaming a key is not a move -- it changes identity, breaks the equivalence proof, and invalidates MemPalace's per-key drawers. Taxonomy normalisation is separate work. refs #610
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+key: ci.verify-locally-ci-confirms
+title: 2026-07-21 — Build and verify locally, then trust it; CI confirms (#542)
+status: active
+since: '2026-07-21'
+supersedes: none
+superseded-by: none
+rule: Treat the local build/verify/review pass as the decision point and CI as confirmation — don't idle waiting on a run you have no reason to doubt.
+signals: '~9 min warm CI · docs-only PR seconds · CI VM 127 · commit status watch · local gate first · paths: n/a · issues: #542, #416'
+mechanics: '`GET /api/v1/repos/timothy/ersatztv/commits/{sha}/status`; CI on VM 127.'
+---
+
+A warm full CI run takes roughly **9 minutes**; a docs-only PR completes in seconds since ersatztv#416's
+docs-only skip. Neither duration justifies blocking on the run when the same gates already passed
+locally.
+
+Watch the run by commit status rather than by polling the UI, and continue working. CI *confirms* the
+local verdict; it is not the first line of defence.