docs: keep project status and links current

README.md

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ We do not need to begin with a blank-sheet LightBurn clone:
 
 The leading route is therefore either to use and improve MeerK40t directly or
 to build a Rayforge JCZ/Balor addon using the narrowest practical layer from
-BalorMK. This remains a proposed decision until the offline proofs in
+BalorMK. This remains a proposed decision until the packaged interaction and
+real-project gates in
 [ADR 0002](docs/adr/0002-reuse-rayforge-and-balormk.md) have passed.
 
 ## Next steps

docs/CODEX_HANDOFF.md

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 ## Verified checkpoint
 
-The public repository currently passes 83 unit tests and the public-repository
+The complete public unit-test suite and public-repository guard pass at this
-guard. The offline Rayforge/MeerK40t evidence covers addon lifecycle, MOPA
+checkpoint. The offline Rayforge/MeerK40t evidence covers addon lifecycle, MOPA
 settings and units, layer and recipe semantics, JCZ record/list encoding,
 negative cases, cancellation/recovery and synthetic LightBurn imports.
 

docs/research/rayforge-jcz-equivalence-spike.md

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ production adapter must not infer the unit from a driver-specific comment.
 
 Spike C passes at the semantic boundary. The result supports a Rayforge JCZ
 addon architecture. A follow-up spike now covers transport-free 12-byte
-command records, but ADR 0002 remains proposed until complete list behavior,
+command records. At this checkpoint, list behavior, full Windows packaging and
-addon packaging in a complete Windows build, and the remaining stock
+the remaining stock MeerK40t workflow assessment were still open. Later
-MeerK40t workflow assessment are addressed.
+offline progress is summarized by the
+[M1 no-device acceptance checkpoint](m1-no-device-acceptance.md); ADR 0002
+remains proposed because its external gates are still open.

docs/research/rayforge-jcz-packet-spike.md

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ operations continue to fail closed.
 
 The result advances the Rayforge addon route beyond semantic JSON traces: the
 same operation model can produce deterministic controller-shaped records at a
-narrow encoder boundary. ADR 0002 remains proposed because stock application
+narrow encoder boundary. At this checkpoint, stock application workflow
-workflow coverage, complete packet/list behavior, packaging in a full Windows
+coverage, complete list behavior and full Windows packaging were still open.
-build and the remaining safety proof obligations are still open.
+Later offline progress is summarized by the
+[M1 no-device acceptance checkpoint](m1-no-device-acceptance.md); ADR 0002
+remains proposed because its external gates are still open.

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Product and research roadmap
 
-Last updated: 2026-10-19
+Last updated: 2026-10-21
 
 ## Destination
 
@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ unknown, so the job still deliberately fails the JCZ encoding gate. A private
 known-working `.lbrn2` fixture is required before implementing the missing
 MOPA mapping.
 
-The architecture decision remains proposed until these spikes produce
+The architecture decision remains proposed until the packaged Windows
-evidence. An independent app requires a documented gap analysis showing why
+interaction and known-working private-project gates produce evidence. An
-neither existing platform can be extended responsibly.
+independent app requires a documented gap analysis showing why neither
+existing platform can be extended responsibly.
 
 Exit criteria: a representative JPT job survives import/planning, MOPA
 parameters and units, validation and deterministic mock encoding; the chosen

docs/status/phase-0.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Phase 0 status
 
-Last updated: 2026-10-20
+Last updated: 2026-10-21
 
 ## Completed
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ evidence for:
 - independent layer visibility/output state and ordered serialization;
 - material-recipe matching plus a fail-closed PirateRay provenance and exact
   machine/source/lens/correction compatibility gate;
-- one consolidated no-device acceptance report that reruns all 83 public
+- one consolidated no-device acceptance report that reruns the complete
-  tests and the leak guard, then hashes the regression evidence;
+  public test suite and leak guard, then hashes the regression evidence;
 - a non-executing Windows artifact verifier that checks portable paths,
   archive safety, sizes, hashes, the pinned Rayforge revision and every
   packaged addon source while retaining the manual GUI gate;

tests/test_document_links.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import re
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import unquote
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+MARKDOWN_LINK = re.compile(r"!?\[[^\]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)")
+
+
+class DocumentLinkTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_relative_markdown_links_resolve_inside_repository(self):
+        documents = [ROOT / "README.md", *sorted((ROOT / "docs").rglob("*.md"))]
+        failures = []
+        for document in documents:
+            text = document.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            for match in MARKDOWN_LINK.finditer(text):
+                target = match.group(1).strip().strip("<>").split("#", 1)[0]
+                if not target or "://" in target or target.startswith(("mailto:", "#")):
+                    continue
+                path = (document.parent / unquote(target)).resolve()
+                try:
+                    path.relative_to(ROOT)
+                except ValueError:
+                    failures.append(f"{document.relative_to(ROOT)} -> outside repository: {target}")
+                    continue
+                if not path.exists():
+                    failures.append(f"{document.relative_to(ROOT)} -> missing: {target}")
+        self.assertEqual(failures, [], "\n".join(failures))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()