diff --git a/wizard-work/ledger/verify_github_repos.py b/wizard-work/ledger/verify_github_repos.py
index 9d4385c..269870d 100644
--- a/wizard-work/ledger/verify_github_repos.py
+++ b/wizard-work/ledger/verify_github_repos.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Q63 (2026-10-24): no committed gate invokes this file -- `git grep -F -n verify_github_repos.py HEAD
+#   -- '*.py' '*.sh' CHECK` matches nothing outside this file -- so it is a one-off
+#   artifact, run by hand against its subject, not a standing check.
 """Verify the GitHub-repos-by-stars extraction artifact.
 
 Exit code 0 = correct, 1 = any check failed.