code-ias (Tier-1 IAS commercial-proprietary solicitor app) Phase-0 hardening completed on Tuesday 28 April 2026 across two zero-question autopilot sessions:
- Session 1: legal + tooling foundation — LICENSE (commercial-proprietary single-licence; NOT AGPL/Apache verbatim) + NOTICE + THIRD-PARTY-DEPENDENCIES.md + LICENSE-TERMS.md v0.1 + README.md v1.0 + package.json + .gitignore + .editorconfig + .github/workflows/{license-audit,ci}.yml. arch-state v2.95 → v2.96. 4 commits + 1 docs-strategy commit. ~3hr wall-clock.
- Session 2: doc reconciliation + documentation + scaffolding + BUILD-PLAN.md v1.1 + partner-firm-onboarding runbook. 3 MEDIUM doc-reconciliation fixes per /review-plan (governing-law override §7.6 / LICENSE §3 source-availability tightening / Tier-2 SDK carve-out mechanism §5) + src/ skeleton with 24 stub READMEs + tsconfig.json + .prettierrc + docs/ci-pipeline.md v1.0 + docs/partner-firm-onboarding/runbook.md v1.0 (NEW vs sister-repo pattern) + examples/hello-world/ + BUILD-PLAN.md v1.0 → v1.1 (+372 lines). arch-state v2.96 → v2.97 + tier-1-ias-pointer canonical_version_pinned 1.0 → 1.1. 6 commits + 1 docs-strategy commit. ~25min wall-clock.
Why: Path A funding confirmed 2026-04-27; Phase-1 build runway green-lit. Tier-1 IAS is the partner-firm-facing solicitor app; first onboarded partner-firm fires Phase-1 closure gate B. MLP Law candidate-1 per partner-pipeline P-β touch 28-29 Apr 2026; tech-side P-ζ flow targets ~Q3 2027 (M16-M18). Three v2 build repos now at Phase-0 parity (code-inherit-v2 v2.93 + code-inheritkit v2.94+v2.95 + code-ias v2.96+v2.97); code-inheritv2-www and code-inheritv2-test-suite at Phase-0 baseline per repo-topology v1.1.
How to apply: When working on code-ias post-2026-04-28, this is the substrate state to extend from. Sprint S3-1 substrate work (M13-M14 calendar; ~Q3 2027) executes against this Phase-0 baseline per BUILD-PLAN.md v1.1 §3.4 M1. The 12-artefact table in BUILD-PLAN.md §3.0.1 documents EXTEND / NEW-CONSTRUCTION / PRESERVED disposition for every Phase-0 output. The Day-1 onboarding §1.4 contains the full reading order + tooling install transcript Paul should follow when Sprint S3-1 begins.
Posture distinction (do not drift): code-ias is commercial-proprietary single-licence — NOT dual-licence like code-inheritkit (AGPL+commercial), NOT Apache 2.0 like code-inherit-v2. The license-audit.yml CI gate enforces this with hard-fail misalignment guards (rejects AGPL or Apache verbatim text in LICENSE). Per-firm sovereignty (Q9’ E DO-per-firm + A-113 self-hosted Hocuspocus) is part of the commercial moat — do NOT propose making code-ias open-source.
Sister-repo pattern parity: code-ias hardening followed the same 5-technique autopilot recipe as code-inheritkit (per feedback_autopilot_prompt_techniques), with two innovations: (1) license-audit.yml AGPL/Apache misalignment guards (defensive, novel for commercial-proprietary discipline); (2) NEW partner-firm-onboarding runbook (docs/partner-firm-onboarding/runbook.md 8 sections; not in code-inheritkit/code-inherit-v2 patterns) capturing tech-side P-ζ stage M16-M18 flow.
Aggregate: 12 commits + ~7-8hr aggregate wall-clock for full code-ias hardening (5 commits Session 1 + 7 commits Session 2). Mirrors code-inheritkit hardening (~7-8hr; 9 commits across 2 sessions) plus the partner-firm-onboarding runbook.