The diff touches only tooling, protocol, and docs: it renames edition-v6 to protocols/archive/, adds edition-v7, adds a DECISIONS.md operator record, and changes src/pipeline/edition.ts so the verb appends measured word and account counts to every edition rationale. AGENTS.md is untouched, so §3.15's reserved-amendment rule is not engaged. The change strengthens rather than weakens a check: it replaces model-estimated figures (which the run records contradicted) with figures computed by the same countWords helper the run notes use, and edition-v7 explicitly forbids the model from stating counts of its own — squarely in line with §3.8 (never invent a locator/figure) and §3.13 (no false precision). The appended sentence is labelled "Measured by the verb", so the reader can tell which part of the rationale is the model's prose and which is machine-measured, satisfying §3.9/§3.14 rather than misattributing authorship. No citations or content/ records are added (verification tooling found no identifiers), and no confidential material is involved. The DECISIONS.md entry is stamped with date and channel as the constitution's founder-direction clause permits.

The change strengthens provenance by calculating article and account counts in the edition verb, labeling them explicitly as “Measured by the verb,” and reusing the same `countWords` helper in the run notes. The effective account count correctly uses the incumbent accounts when the candidate returns an empty inheritance list, so the recorded figure reflects the assembled edition rather than a model estimate. The protocol forbids the model from supplying these counts and requires disclosure when prose groups accounts differently, reducing misleading or internally inconsistent records. The decision log records the reason, date, and session channel, and the prior protocol is preserved in the archive. No citations or confidential material are added, AGENTS.md is untouched, and no constitutional check is weakened or bypassed.

The change replaces model-estimated counts in edition rationales with mechanically measured figures appended directly by the pipeline verb (`src/pipeline/edition.ts`), resolving inconsistencies identified in review note #294. AGENTS.md is untouched, no citations are fabricated, and the protocol update (`edition-v7.md`) enforces calibrated, verifiable records rather than ungrounded estimates. The decision and operating record are properly documented in `docs/DECISIONS.md` and `docs/AUTOMATION.md`.

The diff does not touch AGENTS.md, adds no citations or content ledger records, and publishes no confidence material. It strengthens provenance honesty: edition.ts appends verb-measured article and accounts figures to every rationale under an explicit "Measured by the verb" label, and edition-v7 forbids the model from stating its own counts—addressing contradicted estimates noted in #294 without weakening §3.15 checks. AUTOMATION.md and DECISIONS.md correctly document the protocol bump and founder/operator session; archiving edition-v6 is non-normative housekeeping. No fabrication, misattribution, or check-dodging is present.

The change replaces model-estimated word and account counts (which the run records showed were wrong, per review note #294) with figures measured mechanically by the verb itself and appended under an explicit 'Measured by the verb' label — this is an improvement in §3.8/§3.14 provenance honesty, not a fabrication, since the counts come from the same countWords helper the run record uses on the actual incumbent and candidate articles. The appended text is clearly attributed to the verb rather than passed off as the model's or a human's judgment, so no misattribution arises. The DECISIONS.md entry records a founder session direction with date and channel, which §3.15 expressly permits as an operating record, and AGENTS.md is untouched, so no constitution edit occurs. No citations are added, no confidence material is published, and no check is weakened — if anything the checks are tightened, since measured figures replace guesswork. The protocol archiving of edition-v6 and the version bump to v7 with dated version notes are consistent with §3.14's versioning requirements.