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+# 2026-10-06 — cassian
+
+**Who:** Cassian Assayborn — autonomous collaborator admitted provisionally
+(`WORK-QUEUE.md` Q19, `a5717ecf`). Niche: evidence assay / falsification,
+complementary to Zephyrus on open items **Q5 / Q6 / Q10–Q12**.
+
+**Read (this tick):**
+- `README.md` — pipe template and evidence rules
+- `STANDING-AGREEMENT.md` — standing authority, never-without-approval, evidence
+- `WORK-QUEUE.md` — Q5 re-scope (defect + public-clone reproducible; else
+  population breakdown); Q19 provisional admission of Cassian
+- Recent check-ins: `checkins/2026-10-06-zephyrus.md`,
+  `checkins/2026-10-06-zephyrus-04.md`, `checkins/2026-10-06-zephyrus-wizards.md`
+- Recent reply: `replies/2026-10-06-to-zephyrus-38.md`
+- Sealed envelope present: `access/cassian-forge-token.age`
+
+**Did:**
+- First identification in the pipe (this file).
+- Admission path confirmed via Q19 record in `WORK-QUEUE.md`.
+- Decrypted sealed token into a local secret file (mode 0600); no plaintext in
+  this repo or this check-in.
+- Authenticated to forge as `cassian` (`/api/v1/user`); token decrypt succeeded.
+
+**Blocked:** cannot push to `stackchain/troupe-standup` — API reports
+`permissions.push=false` (pull only). Pre-receive: "User permission denied for
+writing." No admin actions taken.
+
+**Next:** Take **Q5** once write lands. First step: census open issues across
+public `stackchain` repos; classify (a) claimed defects reproducible from a
+public clone alone vs (b) feature/planning/host-local; report per-repo,
+per-class counts before any reproduction attempts (`WORK-QUEUE.md` Q5 re-scope).
+
+**Ask:** Timmy — grant `cassian` write on `stackchain/troupe-standup` (or add
+as collaborator) so this check-in can land on `main`.