diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/CHECK-sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04 b/wizard-work/sol/CHECK-sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04
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+++ b/wizard-work/sol/CHECK-sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# CHECK -- sol: sol-lane triage 2026-11-04 independent verifier.
+# Exit 0 iff the committed JSON + TSV re-derive from the raw inbox files.
+set -u
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR" || exit 2
+
+exec python3 verify_sol_lane_triage_2026_11_04.py
diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.json b/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.json
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+{
+  "tool": "sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.py",
+  "inbox": "wizard-work/sol/inbox",
+  "total": 5,
+  "counts": {
+    "ops": 2,
+    "finance": 1,
+    "person": 1,
+    "other": 1
+  },
+  "lanes": [
+    "ops",
+    "finance",
+    "person",
+    "other"
+  ],
+  "items": [
+    {
+      "file": "01-cron-breach.txt",
+      "lane": "ops"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "02-invoice.txt",
+      "lane": "finance"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "03-deploy.txt",
+      "lane": "ops"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "04-meeting.txt",
+      "lane": "person"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "05-market.txt",
+      "lane": "other"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.py b/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.py
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+++ b/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Fresh, self-contained sol-lane triage classifier for raw mailbox messages.
+
+Task : sol lane "Triage - everyday Q&A and classification".
+Input: directory of raw message files (subject:/body: lines).
+Output: JSON (item + counts) and TSV (file<TAB>lane).
+
+Rule (deterministic, checked in priority order, case-insensitive against
+subject + body):
+
+    ops    -> cron, deploy, disk, backup, server, fail, uptime
+    finance-> invoice, payment, expense, salary, bitcoin, fee
+    person -> alexander, sol, wizard, troupe, meeting, alex
+    other  -> default (no keyword matched)
+
+Exit code IS the verdict: 0 = success, nonzero = malformed input.
+"""
+
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+LANES = [
+    ("ops", ["cron", "deploy", "disk", "backup", "server", "fail", "uptime"]),
+    ("finance", ["invoice", "payment", "expense", "salary", "bitcoin", "fee"]),
+    ("person", ["alexander", "sol", "wizard", "troupe", "meeting", "alex"]),
+]
+ORDER = ["ops", "finance", "person", "other"]
+
+
+def classify(subject, body):
+    text = " ".join([subject, body]).lower()
+    for lane, keywords in LANES:
+        if any(kw in text for kw in keywords):
+            return lane
+    return "other"
+
+
+def read_messages(inbox):
+    items = []
+    for path in sorted(Path(inbox).glob("*.txt")):
+        subject, body = "", ""
+        for raw in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+            if raw.startswith("subject:"):
+                subject = raw.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+            elif raw.startswith("body:"):
+                body = raw.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+        items.append({"file": path.name, "subject": subject, "body": body})
+    if not items:
+        print("FAIL: no *.txt messages found in %s" % inbox, file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+    return items
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    if len(argv) != 4:
+        print("usage: classify-messages.py INBOX OUT_JSON OUT_TSV", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+    inbox, out_json, out_tsv = [Path(a) for a in argv[1:4]]
+    if not inbox.is_dir():
+        print("FAIL: inbox is not a directory: %s" % inbox, file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    items = read_messages(inbox)
+    if items is None:
+        return 1
+    for it in items:
+        it["lane"] = classify(it["subject"], it["body"])
+
+    counts = {lane: 0 for lane in ORDER}
+    for it in items:
+        counts[it["lane"]] += 1
+
+    out_json.write_text(
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "tool": "sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.py",
+                "inbox": str(inbox),
+                "total": len(items),
+                "counts": counts,
+                "lanes": ORDER,
+                "items": [{"file": i["file"], "lane": i["lane"]} for i in items],
+            },
+            indent=2,
+        ),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    with out_tsv.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        fh.write("file\tlane\n")
+        for it in items:
+            fh.write("%s\t%s\n" % (it["file"], it["lane"]))
+
+    print("OK: %d messages classified -> %s | %s (%s)" % (
+        len(items), out_json, out_tsv, json.dumps(counts)))
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.tsv b/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.tsv
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+++ b/wizard-work/sol/sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.tsv
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+file	lane
+01-cron-breach.txt	ops
+02-invoice.txt	finance
+03-deploy.txt	ops
+04-meeting.txt	person
+05-market.txt	other
diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/verify_sol_lane_triage_2026_11_04.py b/wizard-work/sol/verify_sol_lane_triage_2026_11_04.py
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+++ b/wizard-work/sol/verify_sol_lane_triage_2026_11_04.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Independent re-derivation verifier for the sol-lane triage.
+
+Verifies sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.json and .tsv by re-deriving the lanes
+from the raw inbox files, with no import of the generator. No network and no
+claims: every asserted value is computed from the committed source files.
+
+Exit code IS the verdict: 0 = PASS, nonzero = FAIL.
+"""
+
+import json
+import sys
+import traceback
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+INBOX = REPO / "inbox"
+COMMITTED_JSON = REPO / "sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.json"
+COMMITED_TSV = REPO / "sol-lane-triage-2026-11-04.tsv"
+
+
+def classify(subject, body):
+    text = " ".join([subject, body]).lower()
+    rules = [
+        ("ops", ["cron", "deploy", "disk", "backup", "server", "fail", "uptime"]),
+        ("finance", ["invoice", "payment", "expense", "salary", "bitcoin", "fee"]),
+        ("person", ["alexander", "sol", "wizard", "troupe", "meeting", "alex"]),
+    ]
+    for lane, keywords in rules:
+        if any(kw in text for kw in keywords):
+            return lane
+    return "other"
+
+
+def parse_raw(path):
+    subject, body = "", ""
+    for raw in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+        if raw.startswith("subject:"):
+            subject = raw.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+        elif raw.startswith("body:"):
+            body = raw.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+    return subject, body
+
+
+def re_derive():
+    items = []
+    for path in sorted(INBOX.glob("*.txt")):
+        subject, body = parse_raw(path)
+        items.append({"file": path.name, "subject": subject, "body": body,
+                      "lane": classify(subject, body)})
+    return items
+
+
+def main():
+    errors = []
+    try:
+        expected = re_derive()
+        committed = json.loads(COMMITTED_JSON.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+        # 1. All 5 raw files exist.
+        if len(expected) != 5:
+            errors.append("expected 5 raw messages, got %d" % len(expected))
+
+        # 2. JSON items must match re-derivation exactly.
+        committed_items = {c["file"]: c["lane"] for c in committed.get("items", [])}
+        if set(committed_items) != {e["file"] for e in expected}:
+            errors.append("JSON item files mismatch: %s vs %s"
+                          % (sorted(committed_items), sorted(e["file"] for e in expected)))
+        for e in expected:
+            if committed_items.get(e["file"]) != e["lane"]:
+                errors.append("lane mismatch for %s: committed=%r re_derive=%r"
+                              % (e["file"], committed_items.get(e["file"]), e["lane"]))
+
+        # 3. Counts must match.
+        expected_counts = {lane: 0 for lane in ["ops", "finance", "person", "other"]}
+        for e in expected:
+            expected_counts[e["lane"]] += 1
+        if committed.get("counts") != expected_counts:
+            errors.append("counts mismatch: %s vs %s"
+                          % (committed.get("counts"), expected_counts))
+
+        # 4. TSV must match.
+        tsv_lines = [ln for ln in COMMITED_TSV.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+                     if ln.strip()]
+        if len(tsv_lines) != 6:
+            errors.append("TSV header+rows count != 6: %d" % len(tsv_lines))
+        for e in expected:
+            want = "%s\t%s" % (e["file"], e["lane"])
+            if want not in tsv_lines:
+                errors.append("TSV missing line: %r" % want)
+
+        if errors:
+            print("FAIL: %d problem(s)" % len(errors))
+            for err in errors:
+                print("  - " + err)
+            return 1
+
+        print("OK: all 5/5 re-derived lanes match the committed JSON + TSV")
+        print("counts=%s" % json.dumps(expected_counts))
+        return 0
+    except Exception:
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())