fix(gates): gate on the DEED grammar, per the template and standards#837

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Why

The guard in dogfood-gate.yml counted .a2ml files only:

COUNT=$(find . -name '*.a2ml' -not -path './.git/*' | wc -l)

so a repo whose manifest is written in the current grammar is reported as having none, and the
summary/compliance row is skipped by the same predicate (if find . -name '*.a2ml' ... | grep -q .).
The validator itself has scanned both grammars for a while -- the caller's predicate is the bug.

Authority

• rsr-template-repo/.github/workflows/deed-validate.yml (the mint source) is what this wording is
  copied from, byte for byte, including -type f-free find and the dual-accept stance.
• standards#837 — "DEED conversion campaign", campaign step 4: *"flip ... RSR gates from .a2ml
  presence to .deed presence alongside". Gate predicates, not document contents.
• deed-ecosystem/README.adoc: "The DEED format name and .deed extension are final, not A2ML."

Deliberately not done

• No .a2ml file is translated or renamed. #837 makes classification into the four DEED forms and
  per-family mapping specs a prerequisite for mass translation; that is not this PR.
• No gate that reads a retained file is touched (CLAIMS.a2ml, .machine_readable/Debtfile.a2ml,
  contractiles/INDEX.a2ml); rewriting those would fail gates that currently pass.
• No job-id or shell-var renames (a2ml-validate, A2ML_COUNT): they are referenced from needs:
  and ${{ needs.*.outputs }}. The Checks-UI label is updated, as it has no references.

Estate-wide .deed gate convergence, 2026-09-21. Script: estate-audit/engine/deed_gate_migration.py.

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• Documentation

  • Updated validation labels and guidance to refer to DEED manifests.
  • Clarified that repositories should include a root-level repo deed, while legacy A2ML manifests remain accepted during migration.
  • Updated no-manifest warning and step-summary text accordingly.

• Bug Fixes

  • Corrected validation summary messaging to provide clearer repository configuration guidance.

Walkthrough

The workflow renames the A2ML validation job, updates missing-manifest warnings for repo deeds, and changes the K9 validation summary to use the manifest warning text.

Changes

DEED validation workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validation names and warnings .github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml	The job name and missing-manifest messages now reference repo deeds and legacy .a2ml files. The K9 summary now emits the manifest warning instead of the K9 contract warning.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: metadatastician

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fe376

The workflow can give maintainers the wrong remediation guidance when K9 contracts are absent.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the DEED gate change and links it to the stated template and standards requirement.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the gate predicate issue, the intended DEED and A2ML handling, and the changes that are deliberately excluded.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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In @.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml:
- Line 95: Update the zero-K9 warning in the K9 Contract Validation summary to
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