v0.17.5

Fixed

• audit-mcp no longer crashes on namespace-pkg __file__=None (#116).
  _check_bridge_pattern → _read_bridge_source did
  Path(getattr(bridge_pkg, "__file__", "")).parent. When the umbrella's
  scitex._mcp_tools resolved as a namespace package (no concrete
  __init__.py), the __file__ attribute existed and was None —
  getattr's default "" did NOT fire (the default only kicks in when
  the attribute is missing), and Path(None) raised TypeError. This
  crashed tests/develop/test_audit.py::test_audit_all_clean on every
  scitex-* PR's audit step and forced an admin-merge across the
  ecosystem. Treat __file__ is None as "no concrete bridge file" —
  semantically equivalent to a missing bridge, which the §1 rule
  already handles silently (presence is checked under §6 parity).
  No-mock regression test (TestReadBridgeSourceNamespacePackage)
  pins the contract with a real types.SimpleNamespace(__file__=None).

Refactored

• _mcp_audit.py split (line-cap rationale). Same convention as
  the existing §6 split (_mcp_parity.py):
  • §2/§5 tool-name discipline → new _mcp_tool_naming.py
  • §1 bridge / mount-pattern → new _mcp_bridge.py
    Orchestrator drops 725 → 420 lines. Every public symbol is
    re-exported from _mcp_audit, so external importers and the test
    suite work unchanged.

Docs

• general/01_ecosystem/11_model-serving-vs-consumption.md (#115).
  New ecosystem-wide rule: LLM serving (scitex-genai: multi-provider
  client + vLLM/LiteLLM recipe) is decoupled from agent-runtime
  consumption (scitex-agent-container / sac, via ProviderSpec
base_url). Contract is an HTTP endpoint (OpenAI/Anthropic-compat),
  never a Python import — the two packages stay completely decoupled
  (neither imports the other). Only the URL+token cross the boundary
  at runtime.
• CLAUDE.md persistent agent spec (#114). Operator-facing
  persistent charter for proj-scitex-dev (ecosystem orchestrator
  role + cross-repo write gating).
• Scitexification overview SKILL.md (#111). Review-only SSoT
  for "the translation act" of converting external code/projects into
  the SciTeX idiom.
• 06_dot_scitex_directory.md §4d worked example + §4b rows (#112).
  Concrete dotfiles-tracked ~/.scitex/ flow + containers/ and
  bin/ rows in the local-state layout reference.

Notes

• Brand-wide branch protection live on scitex-dev develop + main as of
  2026-06-03 (the policy ships in v0.17.3's ecosystem set-branch-protection
  command). First fleet-wide rollout pending operator confirm via lead.