Submit a Launch v1.7.0

Submit a Launch v1.7.0

Version 1.7.0 adds a closed compatibility contract for protected Applicant intake and a compact, receipt-bound
validator package generated from the exact released Hookbuilder v0.11.0 Skill tree.

What changed

• Publish an exact-base compatibility manifest for Application V3.1 schema, capability, repository, protocol, and
  compact validator bindings.
• Verify every compact package file, byte length, SHA-256 digest, and the complete closure before importing its
  public Applicant validator facade.
• Use the compact facade throughout protected Application V3.1 intake while preserving the released Hookbuilder
  v0.10.3 full-vendor package as the exact compatibility-less legacy fallback.
• Keep the compact package inert during binding verification and reject substitution, unknown capabilities, wrong
  repository identity, and unsupported Builder protocol versions.

Authority boundary

The compatibility contract enables only normal unreviewed Applicant Draft transport. It does not grant review,
acceptance, approval, deployment, discovery, routing, funds, or launch authority. Candidate code remains inert under
protected-base validation.

Verify locally

Use Node.js 24 or newer:

npm ci --ignore-scripts
npm test