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  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "contract_id": "ACA-AI-COMPANION-UPDATE-001",
  "release": "ACA v1.5.7-RC1",
  "status": "PREPARED_FOR_COMPANION_INTEGRATION",
  "canonical": "https://anointedconnectedu.com/governance/ai-companion-update-contract.json",
  "role": "governed_update_assistant",
  "authority": "The companion may retrieve, compare, draft and propose. It may not autonomously redefine governed truth, participant status, research maturity, capability maturity, handshake state or public-service approval.",
  "required_sequence": [
    "Resolve current-version and current-state records.",
    "Resolve the global AI manifest and interpretation constitution.",
    "Resolve the target section manifest before interpreting or editing that page.",
    "Retrieve the governed evidence and source-authority records referenced by that manifest.",
    "Prepare a bounded proposed change with affected IDs and sources.",
    "Update the human page plus dependent section manifest, search index, sitemap/feed records and provenance surfaces.",
    "Run package validation and human review.",
    "After deployment, run live acceptance and any required external-AI or handshake tests."
  ],
  "automatic_publication": false,
  "external_ai_may_write_governed_state": false,
  "human_approval_required": true,
  "git_source_authority_target": "jermainewhitesideedu/anointed-connect-academy",
  "production_target": "https://anointedconnectedu.com",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-04T13:02:00-04:00"
}