refactor(directives): strip metadata header from v1.md (1-8 of 51; meta extracted to meta.md)

conductor/directives/atomic_per_task_commits/meta.md

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+# atomic_per_task_commits
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/workflow.md` §"Standard Task Workflow" step 9 (line 112) + `AGENTS.md` "Critical Anti-Patterns" (line 55). This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/workflow.md:112 + AGENTS.md:55`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/atomic_per_task_commits/v1.md

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-# atomic_per_task_commits — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/workflow.md` §"Standard Task Workflow" step 9 (line 112) + `AGENTS.md` "Critical Anti-Patterns" (line 55). This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/workflow.md:112 + AGENTS.md:55`
-
----
-
 From `conductor/workflow.md` §"Standard Task Workflow" step 9:
 - **CRITICAL - ATOMIC PER-TASK COMMITS**: You MUST commit your changes immediately after completing and verifying a single task. Do NOT move on to the next task in the plan without committing the current one. This ensures precise tracking and safe rollback points.
 - Stage all code changes related to the task.

conductor/directives/ban_any_type/meta.md

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+# ban_any_type
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.2 (lines 267-277).
+This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:267-277`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_any_type/v1.md

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-# ban_any_type — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.2 (lines 267-277).
-This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:267-277`
-
----
-
 ### 17.2 Banned: `Any`
 
 ```python

conductor/directives/ban_arbitrary_core_mocking/meta.md

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+# ban_arbitrary_core_mocking
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/workflow.md` §"Structural Testing Contract" #1 (line 262) + `AGENTS.md` §"Critical Anti-Patterns" (line 53). This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/workflow.md:262 + AGENTS.md:53`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_arbitrary_core_mocking/v1.md

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-# ban_arbitrary_core_mocking — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/workflow.md` §"Structural Testing Contract" #1 (line 262) + `AGENTS.md` §"Critical Anti-Patterns" (line 53). This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/workflow.md:262 + AGENTS.md:53`
-
----
-
 From `conductor/workflow.md` §"Structural Testing Contract":
 1.  **Ban on Arbitrary Core Mocking:** Tier 3 workers are strictly forbidden from using `unittest.mock.patch` to bypass or stub core infrastructure (e.g., event queues, `ai_client` internals, threading primitives) unless explicitly authorized by the Tier 2 Tech Lead for a specific boundary test.
 2.  **`live_gui` Standard:** All integration and end-to-end testing must utilize the `live_gui` fixture to interact with a real instance of the application via the Hook API. Bypassing the hook server to directly mutate GUI state in tests is prohibited.

conductor/directives/ban_day_estimates/meta.md

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+# ban_day_estimates
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `AGENTS.md` "Critical Anti-Patterns" HARD BAN (line 61) + `conductor/workflow.md` §"Tier 1 Track Initialization Rules" §1 (lines 605-625). This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet-with-rationale style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (tabular, replacement-patterns-table) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `AGENTS.md:61 + workflow.md:605-625`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_day_estimates/v1.md

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-# ban_day_estimates — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `AGENTS.md` "Critical Anti-Patterns" HARD BAN (line 61) + `conductor/workflow.md` §"Tier 1 Track Initialization Rules" §1 (lines 605-625). This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet-with-rationale style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (tabular, replacement-patterns-table) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `AGENTS.md:61 + workflow.md:605-625`
-
----
-
 From `AGENTS.md` "Critical Anti-Patterns":
 - **HARD BAN: Day estimates in track artifacts (Tier 1).** Do NOT include day / hour / minute estimates in spec.md, plan.md, metadata.json, or any other track artifact. Day estimates are inaccurate noise; Tier 2 capacity is bounded by attention, not time. Measure effort by **scope** (N files, M sites, N tasks). The user / Tier 2 agent decides the actual pacing. See `conductor/workflow.md` §"Tier 1 Track Initialization Rules" for the full rule, replacement patterns, and rationale. (Added 2026-06-16 per user feedback: "Day estimates are inaccurate. Tier-2s can only do so much in a single track and there is no way in hell its going to be 'DAYS'.")
 

conductor/directives/ban_dict_any/meta.md

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+# ban_dict_any
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.1 (lines 247-265).
+This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:247-265`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_dict_any/v1.md

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-# ban_dict_any — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.1 (lines 247-265).
-This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:247-265`
-
----
-
 ### 17.1 Banned: `dict[str, Any]`
 
 ```python

conductor/directives/ban_dict_get_on_known_fields/meta.md

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+# ban_dict_get_on_known_fields
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.6 (lines 340-350).
+This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:340-350`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_dict_get_on_known_fields/v1.md

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-# ban_dict_get_on_known_fields — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.6 (lines 340-350).
-This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:340-350`
-
----
-
 ### 17.6 Banned: `.get('field', default)` on a `dict[str, Any]`
 
 ```python

conductor/directives/ban_getattr_dispatch/meta.md

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+# ban_getattr_dispatch
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.5 (lines 328-338).
+This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:328-338`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_getattr_dispatch/v1.md

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-# ban_getattr_dispatch — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.5 (lines 328-338).
-This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:328-338`
-
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-
 ### 17.5 Banned: `getattr(x, 'field', default)` for type dispatch
 
 ```python

conductor/directives/ban_hasattr_dispatch/meta.md

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+# ban_hasattr_dispatch
+
+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.4 (lines 300-326).
+This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
+Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
+**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:300-326`
+
+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-02 (Phase 1 harvest by Tier 3 worker; user directive 2026-07-02 moved the header into this meta file)

conductor/directives/ban_hasattr_dispatch/v1.md

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-# ban_hasattr_dispatch — v1
-
-**Why this iteration:** Lifted verbatim from `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md` §17.4 (lines 300-326).
-This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-ban style currently in production.
-Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, before/after, tabular) against this baseline.
-
-**Source:** `conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:300-326`
-
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-
 ### 17.4 Banned: `hasattr()` for entity type dispatch
 
 ```python