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+# ADR 0001: durable local-first bootstrap runtime
+
+Status: accepted for implementation in P01.
+
+NetRatel will have four durable, API-owned states: `Unconfigured`,
+`Configuring`, `Ready`, and `RecoveryRequired`. State is held in a protected
+descriptor and transition journal on persistent API-owned storage; it is never
+inferred from an empty user table, a missing file, migration history, or a
+failed database connection.
+
+Before `Ready`, the API exposes only liveness, setup status, safe built-in
+branding, and setup operations authenticated with a deployment-controlled,
+single-use bootstrap proof. Business APIs, agent admission, schedulers,
+outbox work, Akka authority and optional integrations are not started merely
+to fail later. `RecoveryRequired` is the outcome when a selected store cannot
+be used after initialization, not a reason to create a new SQLite database or
+reopen ownership setup.
+
+Setup provisions and migrates the selected store before accepting an initial
+administrator password. It commits the stable principal, tenant, initialization
+marker, and non-secret setup data atomically in the selected provider, then
+activates the descriptor using the same operation identifier. A restart that
+observes the committed marker completes activation without duplicating an owner.
+
+An established PostgreSQL/OIDC deployment is adopted only by an explicit,
+idempotent compatibility check for meaningful existing application state and
+verified identity mappings. A migrated-but-empty database is never adoption
+evidence. Runtime composition is selected once at startup, not per request.
+
+Configuration precedence is deployment-owned configuration, durable
+administrator/setup values where allowed, then product defaults. Deployment
+examples are not deployment-owned values.
diff --git a/docs/adr/0002-stable-principals-and-scoped-permissions.md b/docs/adr/0002-stable-principals-and-scoped-permissions.md
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+# ADR 0002: stable principals and scoped permissions
+
+Status: accepted for implementation in P02 and P03.
+
+Every interactive identity resolves to a durable application principal ID.
+An external principal is linked only by verified issuer and subject; a native
+principal is linked to its local Identity account. Email is profile/login data,
+not an account-link or authorization key. Existing verified OIDC links remain
+valid through adoption and upgrade.
+
+Effective authority is evaluated as a tuple of principal, permission, tenant,
+resource, and (when present) credential and operation policy. A selected
+tenant may narrow an existing grant but cannot manufacture one. The API is the
+authority for every protected operation; Web access projections control
+navigation only.
+
+P03 will replace administrator-group-only operational decisions with a single
+effective-access service used by local users, OIDC users, integration
+credentials, and delegated MCP execution. It will persist explicit role/scope
+assignments and fail closed for unmapped protected endpoints. Built-in roles
+are reconciled idempotently; custom roles are limited by the acting user's
+delegation ceiling. Existing OIDC group mappings are preserved through an
+explicit compatibility adapter, not recreated on every sign-in.
+
+Role, membership, disablement and credential changes invalidate or revalidate
+server-side authority on the next operation and have defined stream behavior.
+They do not rely indefinitely on stale browser claims.
diff --git a/docs/adr/0003-provider-selection-and-migration-ownership.md b/docs/adr/0003-provider-selection-and-migration-ownership.md
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+# ADR 0003: provider selection and migration ownership
+
+Status: accepted for implementation in P04.
+
+NetRatel will support an explicit provider choice: SQLite for a single-node
+deployment, bundled PostgreSQL, or externally managed PostgreSQL. Provider
+selection is independent of authentication mode. An initialized descriptor
+binds the instance to its selected provider; a connection failure never causes
+fallback to another provider.
+
+PostgreSQL migration history remains intact. SQLite has its own explicit
+migration assembly/snapshot and provider-specific model/query implementations
+where required. Setup, the migrations container, the API and design-time tools
+must resolve the same provider and migration owner. Upgrade tests use real
+migrations, never `EnsureCreated` or an in-memory substitute.
+
+The current PostgreSQL model contains `pg_trgm`, GIN/trigram indexes, `jsonb`,
+SQL defaults and PostgreSQL filters. P04 will retain their PostgreSQL semantics
+and add honest SQLite equivalents for search, ordering, uniqueness,
+concurrency, outbox/idempotency and durable command/job state. Unsupported
+SQLite multi-instance topology is rejected; shared network-volume and
+cross-host SQLite are not advertised.
+
+Changing an existing provider is a separate documented data-migration process,
+not an automatic setup option. Backup and restore cover application/identity
+state, bootstrap state, Data Protection material, agent signing material and
+branding assets.
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+# ADR 0004: local HTTP MCP delegation
+
+Status: accepted for implementation in P06 through P08.
+
+NetRatel retains distinct browser, local API credential, HTTP MCP ingress,
+short-lived MCP execution, OIDC/M2M, system, and native-agent trust paths.
+Token prefixes or routing hints select a candidate scheme only; each scheme
+performs its own cryptographic and purpose validation.
+
+P06 introduces separate local API and HTTP MCP credentials. P08 extends the
+existing HTTP MCP resource boundary rather than creating a parallel API bypass.
+The gateway validates the ingress credential's purpose, audience and resource,
+then obtains caller-bound delegated execution authority. The API evaluates the
+intersection of current principal access, credential ceiling, tenant/resource
+scope, target/environment policy, confirmation/approval and idempotency rules
+before side effects.
+
+Gateway persistence records only the authorization data needed for current
+revocation and auditability. It never substitutes a shared administrator or
+agent credential. Invalid credentials, insufficient access, rate limits and
+dependency failures remain distinguishable without leaking account existence.
+Existing external-OIDC HTTP MCP configuration and resource names remain
+compatible.
diff --git a/docs/adr/0005-effective-branding-precedence.md b/docs/adr/0005-effective-branding-precedence.md
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+# ADR 0005: effective branding and configuration precedence
+
+Status: accepted for implementation in P09 and P10.
+
+NetRatel is the immutable upstream product and protocol identity. Branding can
+change only visible deployment presentation: display names, approved assets,
+colours, URLs and related copy. It never changes assemblies, packages,
+database schema identities, signing audiences, cookies, Data Protection
+application names, agent protocols or MCP resource identifiers.
+
+For each field the effective value is deployment-managed configuration first,
+durable administrator override second where the field is editable, and the
+approved NetRatel default last. The administration UI shows deployment-managed
+values but cannot overwrite them. Stored overrides are kept separately from
+effective values so a reset removes only the stored override.
+
+Theme selection remains client presentation state. P10 will execute the small
+preference decision before visible content is painted and will test computed
+colours before application runtime for light, dark and system choices,
+including unavailable storage and custom branding.
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+# Local-first endpoint and permission inventory
+
+Baseline inspected at `7ef86801c80b6cdf3c495ce7ff0a4fff41fa8ac4` for
+[P00](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/30). This is the
+authoritative starting inventory for P03; it is deliberately an inventory, not
+evidence that the current administrator-group policies meet scoped-RBAC needs.
+
+## Current boundary
+
+`NetRatel.API/Program.cs` defaults all otherwise-unannotated endpoints to an
+authenticated **Operator** claim (role/group). Explicit policies are
+`Operator`, `McpOperatorPolicyAdmin`, `AkkaShadowAccess`,
+`ClientArtifactsWrite`, `ClientArtifactsUpload`, `ClientArtifactsDownload`,
+`HealthRead`, `M2MOnly`, `AgentAccess`, `AgentGatewayAccess`, and
+`MachineTokenApi`. The API also has OIDC, machine-token, M2M, system and native
+agent schemes. This provides a useful separation of trust paths but does not
+yet provide a durable local principal or a shared tenant/resource evaluator.
+
+## Route families and target checks
+
+| Route family | Current endpoint policy | Current target boundary | P03 permission family / acceptance owner |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `/api/v2/tenants`, tenant cards and tenant-scoped lists | `Operator` / fallback | Route `tenantId` plus service queries | Tenant administration; inventory/list/search isolation |
+| `/api/v2/agents/{tenantId}/{agentId}` including telemetry, logs, presence and streams | `Operator` | Tenant and agent IDs; gateway services | Client inventory, telemetry/log read, streaming revalidation |
+| Agent commands, tasks, jobs, scripts and schedules | `Operator` | Tenant/agent IDs; command/job services | Script edit/execute, command, job/schedule/task with approval/idempotency preserved |
+| Files, artifacts, downloads and uploads | `Operator`, artifact read/write policies, or `M2MOnly` | Tenant/agent/artifact ownership | File read/write/delete and artifact/update publication |
+| Terminals and remote support | `Operator` or `M2MOnly` | Tenant/agent/session ownership; existing transport checks | Terminal and remote-support permissions with current target policy retained |
+| MCP operator client, file, observability, command, script, job, task and request routes | mostly `M2MOnly` | Existing MCP policy/profile, confirmation, idempotency and target checks | Integration-management plus operation-specific effective access; no gateway bypass |
+| MCP policy administration | `McpOperatorPolicyAdmin` | Persisted policy/profile IDs | MCP policy administration and audit |
+| Development MCP/onboarding and operator-target routes | `Operator` | Tenant/agent and grant IDs | Enrollment/client-management and scoped target administration |
+| Agent enrollment, refresh, updates and gateway transport | `AgentAccess` / `AgentGatewayAccess` | Native agent identity and enrollment state | Native Client identity remains separate; no operator credential reuse |
+| Client artifacts and update publication | explicit artifact policies | Artifact/release ownership | Artifact/update publication; preserve native updater contract |
+| Health, OpenAPI and operational endpoints | `HealthRead`, fallback, or explicit anonymous metadata where present | No business resource | Instance administration / deliberate pre-ready status only |
+
+## P03 enforcement contract
+
+P03 adds a testable endpoint-registration inventory that fails for a protected
+route without an explicit permission mapping or an approved non-business
+exception. It tests direct object reads, lists, counts, search, downloads,
+SSE/WebSocket paths, gateway admission, command dispatch and scheduled or
+background execution. Any existing confirmation, target, environment,
+approval, or idempotency restriction remains an additional constraint.
diff --git a/docs/implementation/local-first-progress.md b/docs/implementation/local-first-progress.md
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+# Local-first implementation progress
+
+Umbrella: [#29](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/29)
+
+Integration branch: `main`
+
+Baseline: `7ef86801c80b6cdf3c495ce7ff0a4fff41fa8ac4` (`chore(deps): modernize September 2026 dependency stack`)
+
+This ledger records durable evidence only. Raw logs, credentials, screenshots
+and disposable environments remain outside the repository.
+
+## Accepted programme scope
+
+The programme adds local-first setup, native accounts, scoped RBAC, SQLite,
+guided setup, purpose-separated integration credentials, CLI/stdio/HTTP MCP
+support, deployment branding, correct first paint, API documentation and a
+verified prerelease. It preserves established PostgreSQL/OIDC installs, native
+Client credentials and workflows, the current dependency baseline, approved
+brand defaults, and receipt-backed release provenance.
+
+It excludes production/fleet changes, private configuration or consumer-lock
+changes, dependency rollbacks, destructive migration rewrites, tag movement,
+asset replacement, package-visibility mutation, and repository-rule bypass.
+
+## Phase ledger
+
+| Phase | Issue | PR | Merge SHA | Evidence / current state |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| P00 | [#30](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/30) | [#43](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/pull/43) | pending | Inventory and ADRs on `docs/issue-30-local-first-inventory`; local baseline is green; hosted exact-head CI is pending. |
+| P01 | [#31](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/31) | pending | pending | Blocked by P00 merge. |
+| P02 | [#32](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/32) | pending | pending | Blocked by P01 merge. |
+| P03 | [#33](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/33) | pending | pending | Blocked by P02 merge. |
+| P04 | [#34](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/34) | pending | pending | Blocked by P03 merge. |
+| P05 | [#35](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/35) | pending | pending | Blocked by P04 merge. |
+| P06 | [#36](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/36) | pending | pending | Blocked by P03/P04/P05 merges. |
+| P07 | [#37](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/37) | pending | pending | Blocked by P06 merge. |
+| P08 | [#38](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/38) | pending | pending | Blocked by P06/P07 merges. |
+| P09 | [#39](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/39) | pending | pending | Blocked by P03/P05 merges. |
+| P10 | [#40](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/40) | pending | pending | Blocked by P09 merge. |
+| P11 | [#41](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/41) | pending | pending | Blocked by P07/P08/P10 merges. |
+| P12 | [#42](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/issues/42) | pending | pending | Remains open through verified publication. |
+
+## P00 inventory
+
+### Runtime and persistence
+
+- .NET SDK is pinned to `10.0.401`; root product version is `0.1.0-rc.2` in
+  `Directory.Build.props` and `release/release-manifest.json`.
+- `AddNetRatelInfrastructure` currently requires
+  `ConnectionStrings:NetRatelDb` or `Default` and unconditionally calls
+  `UseNpgsql`. `OrchestratorDbContext` owns the current EF model/migrations;
+  it contains PostgreSQL extension, index, `jsonb`, filter and SQL-default
+  assumptions. `NetRatel.Migrations` is the explicit migration component.
+- API persists a Data Protection key ring (default `.keys`, application name
+  `NetRatel-Keyring`) and separately loads agent signing material. Existing
+  OIDC signing records, agent credentials/refresh tokens, tenant data,
+  outbox, command/job, MCP policy and audit state are in the application
+  database and are upgrade-critical.
+- API currently starts storage initialization, hosted seed/retention/catalog,
+  outbox and search services plus configured Akka authority before it can
+  distinguish a setup-needed instance. P01 owns safe runtime gating.
+
+### Identity, transport and presentation
+
+- Browser/API authentication currently supports provider-neutral OIDC (with
+  Azure compatibility aliases), optional machine tokens, M2M, system tokens
+  and native agent tokens. The default/fallback operational policy is an OIDC
+  administrator role/group assertion; there is no persisted local user model.
+- Web is a browser-session client of the API, while the API remains the
+  authorization and enrollment authority. Native Clients use separate
+  enrollment, credential, refresh and signing paths. CLI/stdio use configured
+  OIDC M2M credentials; HTTP MCP has its own resource/delegation boundary.
+- `App.razor` currently loads theme preference JavaScript after body content;
+  P10 owns first-paint correction. The approved NetRatel brand pack is already
+  merged; P09 adds controlled effective overrides without changing identities.
+
+### Release and CI baseline
+
+- `v0.1.0-rc.1` is the only remote release tag. `rc.2` is an untagged source
+  candidate and must be re-inventoried in P12 before selecting the final RC.
+- Public PR validation builds/tests, creates final component images and runs
+  source/release-image generic OIDC smoke. The non-publishing release workflow
+  produces archives, SBOMs, checksums and attestations. Promotion requires an
+  immutable receipt, preflight, journal, exact digest tests and explicit
+  prerelease publication; it must remain so.
+- Baseline hosted evidence: [PR #28](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/pull/28)
+  merged after all listed Public PR validation checks passed. P00 local command
+  results are added below when complete; historical counts are not reused as
+  current evidence.
+
+## Architecture decisions and test ownership
+
+| Concern | Decision | Implementation phase | Primary evidence |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Bootstrap / legacy adoption | [ADR 0001](../adr/0001-local-first-bootstrap-runtime.md) | P01 | concurrent/replay/restart/adoption real-store tests |
+| Stable principal / access | [ADR 0002](../adr/0002-stable-principals-and-scoped-permissions.md) | P02/P03 | local/OIDC and two-tenant direct/stream tests |
+| Provider / migrations | [ADR 0003](../adr/0003-provider-selection-and-migration-ownership.md) | P04 | SQLite/PostgreSQL migration, restart and restore tests |
+| HTTP MCP delegation | [ADR 0004](../adr/0004-local-http-mcp-delegation.md) | P06–P08 | joined gateway/API and concurrent-scope tests |
+| Branding / configuration | [ADR 0005](../adr/0005-effective-branding-precedence.md) | P09/P10 | options/UI and before-runtime computed-colour tests |
+| Protected routes | [endpoint inventory](local-first-endpoint-permissions.md) | P03 | unmapped-route gate plus target-scope matrix |
+
+## Commands and validation
+
+| Commit | Command | Result |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `7ef8680` | remote tag/release, issue/PR and branch-protection inventory | Completed 2026-09-20; `v0.1.0-rc.1` is the only remote tag; release inventory is recorded above. |
+| `7ef8680` | `dotnet restore NetRatel.sln` | Passed. Restoring was required because prior ignored local test assets were stale and selected VSTest despite the repository's Microsoft.Testing.Platform setting. |
+| `7ef8680` | `dotnet build NetRatel.sln --configuration Release --no-restore` | Passed: 0 errors, 42 pre-existing warnings. |
+| `7ef8680` | `dotnet test NetRatel.sln --configuration Release --no-build --filter 'category!=compose' -- --report-trx --report-trx-filename 'netratel-p00-{asm}_{tfm}_{arch}.trx'` | Passed: 1,860 succeeded, 4 explicit live-environment skips, 0 failed. TRX is retained only as local CI-style evidence. |
+
+## Current checkpoint
+
+Current phase: P00. Branch: `docs/issue-30-local-first-inventory`. PR:
+[#43](https://github.com/BostonTechnologies/netratel/pull/43). Next action:
+wait for required checks on the current head, merge through the protected path,
+then update this ledger and begin P01 from refreshed `main`.
+
+## Blockers
+
+None currently identified. Publication permissions and package ownership will
+be verified only in P12 against the selected candidate; no release action has
+been attempted.